stephbg | Can't just blame the yoof

I expect most people reading this will be aware of the fuss over the lack of female representation in the recent Triple JJJ Hottest 100 of All Time. One of the arguments was that the Yoof of Today (i.e. the JJJ demographic) had no respect for women etc etc.

I was bed-bound today and had the radio on Mix 94.5 for about 5 hours during the day. I'll grant that I was asleep on and off for much of that time, but I did pay attention to gender and noted only 4 tracks with female vocalists - and three of the four were different singles by Pink. The last was the GoGos "Our Lips Are Sealed" (aka "Alex The Seal"), which was announced as the first non-manufactured all female group who wrote their own songs and played their own instruments. Is that true?

I don't think today's playlist was taken from a specific listener poll, but the station makes a big thing of playing listener-requested music. Clearly the listeners are not asking for female artists, and I think it's fair to say that it's a very different demographic to JJJ.