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Radio and sound-system tension
Probable
Radio programming and sound-system testing have historically had a competitive-but-cooperative relationship in breaking a new Jamaican record - a dance's crowd reaction could make or break a song before radio ever picked it up, while radio play could then carry a proven dance hit to a much wider audience.
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Radio, sound systems and street testing
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Broadcast playlist
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Dance-floor proof
A record can break through radio, a sound-system dance, a street event, a dubplate, or later online circulation; each route creates different evidence.
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