Data wrangling the Current
Arguably, one of the better things about Minnesota is Minnesota Public Radio. MPR is a giant on the national public radio scene (producing shows like "The Splendid Table", "A Prairie Home Companion", and "Marketplace", although "Marketplace" is recorded out in CA). One of their interesting recent endeavors has been a pop music format station, "The Current". It's at 89.3 in the metro Twin Cities region, and it is (for better or worse)(and let's not argue the point) pretty much the only radio station I listen to. I've noticed over the last couple of years (I've been listening since January of 2006; they came online in January of 2005) that the diversity of music seems to be declining somewhat. Not in the sense that they play more mainstream stuff, but in the sense that they are playing fewer songs more often. So, I decided I'd do a little data wrangling. See, one of the outstanding features of the Current is their ...