OPM to be Played in Philippine Radio Stations

I learned from our HUMAART online group discussion that Pres. Aquino wanted at least 4 OPM to be played in Philippine radio stations every hour. The article in http://mb.com.ph/node/272301/noynoy-call discusses that in detail. But come to think of it, this order has been existing since 1987 and yet it's not even implemented. Some of the students in the group still complained about this, and I tried to respond to their arguments.

• It's hard to implement this, because stations need to adjust to it.
  • If radio stations can play songs requested by their listeners... Why will it be hard for them to accommodate the request of the president?


• It will decrease the number of people listening the radio.
  • It's just a minimum of 4 OPMs per hour.
  • The directive does not force stations to play it exactly in a particular time.
  • People can switch from one station to another as they wish.
  • Majority of Filipinos still loves OPM (I think)