CBS is taking Last.fm to the HD radio airwaves on October 5, crowdsourced music trends and all. The company revealed in a press conference Thursday that Last.fm will take over CBS’ HD broadcast stations in four major cities across the US—Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco—though listeners in other markets will also be able to tune in via Last.fm’s website as well as CBS Radio.
The broadcast, which will be the same in all cities and online, will feature songs from the aggregated music charts from the social music site, effectively bringing the “wisdom of crowds” to the masses via HD radio. Of course, this has the potential to open the doors to nonstop rickrolls as of October 5, but we think it’s safe to assume that there will be some level of oversight to ensure there’s plenty of variety in the music being played.
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