LOS ANGELES, CA  [Wednesday Oct.11.2006]  /WMQT.com/ -- Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody is unhappy with the state of radio programming in the US.

The "Chasing Cars" singer recently expressed his disappointment with American stations and their committment to playing outdated tracks. He's also dismayed by the reluctance to introduce new artists.

"You just have to turn the radio on there to know there's a problem. There is literally hundreds of stations dedicated to playing Eighties rock such as POISON, HEART, WHITESNAKE, DEF LEPPARD. There is a serious problem.
"If television is the new radio (GREY'S ANATOMY, THE OC) what's going to happen to radio? The radio, as I see it, is a preview device. A place to hear the records you may one day like to own one day soon. Not a graveyard for records you sold at the same car boot sale you sold your stonewashed denim jacket."

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