Right, but who decides if they're "good enough" to get air play?

The program director at each individual radio station, that's his job.

Ain't no such position at many stations now, sadly.

They're all controlled centrally by one of the two radio conglomerates.
Heck, some of our "local" stations don't even have local DJs...
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