Might be a local thing, but in the US I feel like all the similar radio stations go on commercial break all at the same time. Is this just an iheartradio monopoly thing or is it some odd coincidence due to standard ad deals?

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    3 months ago

    Because 90% of American Media is owned by only like six corporations. Radio stations a lot of times are owned by clear channel they all have a very similar programming structure.

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      3 months ago

      Welcome to corporate conglomerates and enshitification.

      Anti-consumer antitrust stances enables this to happen.

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        3 months ago

        Copy pasted stations with a 20 song playlist by decade, and if your lucky, weather.