Local Radio Stations

Local Radio Stations.

A week ago, I submitted a song from the upcoming (forthcoming?) Berliner's album to a radio station in Atlanta. They were requesting songs from local bands with the intention of picking a few bands to rock out at the Atlantis Music Conference (it's a big deal here, even though a major deal has yet to come out of this thing). I received a dear John kiss-off type letter on Tuesday from the station. Normally, this is just fine. You receive several rejections all the time while shopping music around to labels, libraries, etc. But why do we have to lose out to less capable bands? With the exception of one band, it's just your typical round up of no-chance local talent. If my wife can't get into the music in :30, I know something's wrong. These bands have stretched that rule to 30 minutes.

I'm all for a local station pushing local music, but why bother if it's no good?