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October 3

What are the differences between a music genre and a radio format?

What are the differences between a music genre and a radio format? WJetChao (talk) 09:22, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A music genre is, according to the article, "is a conventional category that identifies some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions." A radio format is, according to its article, "the overall content broadcast on a radio station." Since music can be played in other venues except a radio station, and a radio station can broadcast something other than music, they are clearly not synonyms. Some radio station formats do specialize in specific music genres, but others (like sports talk radio) don't really play music at all. --Jayron 32 16:48, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A radio station could have a policy of rotating several genres. (I might well favor such a station.) —Tamfang (talk) 08:34, 4 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- And there might be music genres that get no airplay. Never heard (of) them? Exactly! Basemetal 08:48, 4 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Existence need not be part of the definition. —Tamfang (talk) 20:23, 4 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Jack FM is a syndicate in the USA that will play pretty much anything. It came out in the great DJ die-off of the early auts. The joke at the time was that someone plugged in the ipod of an indiscriminate consumer in and hit "shuffle". The article says they play many genres, including Hot adult contemporary, which I had never head of :) SemanticMantis (talk) 13:44, 4 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Can anyone identify the name of this movie

A few days ago, I saw a science fiction movie on tv on demand. It took place in a post-apocalyptic world and was about some people in a virtual reality. Can anyone identify the movie, since the movie seems to have been removed from on demand. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Uncle dan is home (talk • contribs) 23:59, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

And another detail I remember, I think, but I'm not too sure, is that it was made some time in the late nineties.Uncle dan is home (talk) 00:07, 4 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Was it any of these? The above is the result of an IMDB title search requesting movies ("features") or TV-movies in the date range 1993 to 2002, with "post-apocalypse" as a plot keyword. Or any of these? This is the same search only with "virtual-reality" as a keyword instead of "post-apocalypse". Of course you can experiment with other variations on the search. --69.159.61.230 (talk) 05:12, 4 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

While this may perhaps be too facile an answer - it wasn't The Matrix, by any chance? Tevildo (talk) 07:59, 4 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No,definitely not The Matrix.Uncle dan is home (talk) 21:28, 4 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You only saw it a few days ago - do you remember any details about the movie? Any actors you recognized? Where it took place? We're unlikely to be able to help you with the vague generalizations you've given so far. Your cable supplier may also have a list of what's recently been played on their website. Matt Deres (talk) 01:41, 5 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Among the actors, did an identifiable nationality predominate? —Tamfang (talk) 06:52, 7 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You are really giving too few details. You saw this in TV of what country recently? Do you know the particular TV channel? Was the movie live action or animated? Do you remember other details of the plot, or names of characters, or unique words used in the movie to describe the fictional technology?

As a random guess, was it Virtual Nightmare (from 2000, see Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 October 3 at IMDb), or Mindwarp (film) (from 1992)? If not, can you give us details that definitely distinguish the movie you saw from those movies? – b_jonas 13:25, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]