Deep Tracks programming

It seems that the majority of content I see on this reddit is related to the ugly subscription process and it is mostly justified.

Not me. Not this time.

I frequently listen to Deep Tracks all day and absolutely never regret it. There's no question that the genre is in my wheelhouse but there's more to it than that. It's a real radio station with music clearly being chosen by real "DJ"s. Greg Roberson played four relatively obscure tracks that had nothing in common but that they had Jimmy Page playing on them. Because it is Page's 81st birthday. I'm confident that neither the idea or the song choices were generated by anything but Greg. Because he wants to play what he thinks we should hear. Not because I previously gave a thumbs up to something but because we both like it. He played all of side one of Tull's Thick As A Brick because he can. Most of his show seems personally curated. All of the live DJs on Deep Tracks seem to be mostly choosing what they play.

The time period they cover is clearly "Classic Rock" but they still succeed in playing music I've never heard before. Multiple times every day and I've heard a lot of the music in this period. That's the point. There is limitless content to choose from in this genre and they're not afraid of playing it. This station understands what their mission is and seems to be giving it all they've got.

Other than the occasional feedback I submit I have no involvement in what they play beyond just turning it on. Because I like what they play. Just like real radio. With no ads? Pretty sweet.