Posted 3/4/2024, 3:15:22 PM
Nashville Launches AI-Powered Radio Stations to Hyper-Target Listeners and Support Local Musicians
- Two new AI-powered radio stations launched in Nashville on 104.5FM to play music for specific audiences like high school students and showcase local songwriters
- The stations use AI to select songs and introductions recorded by humans to create hyper-targeted stations efficiently
- The AI acts like a "power tool" to supplement human curation and speed up tasks rather than eliminate jobs
- Many Nashville musicians worry AI will hurt the industry but Belmont professor Clyde Rolston is optimistic about the tech
- Rolston sees AI radio as the next step for the medium and a way to give less-known artists and songwriters exposure