So I was reading a pretty good story/interview in the Denver Post about local singer Melissa Lujan and how she's just a break away from blowing up. Writer Desiree Belmarez got a hold of Cat Collins, the program director at KS107.5, and asked him why the station isn't playing any of Lujan's songs. The response? Cat Collins, program director at KS 107.5, says local radio stations "do not have the power to make or break a career," he says. "If she came out with a song tomorrow I was excited about, then we'd talk about it," says Collins, explaining Lujan has to compete with the likes of Beyonce, Fergie and Ludacris for audience approval on his station. "She just hasn't broken through." Still, the station does what it can. KS 107.5 played Lujan's single "Falling in Love," at least once a day for three or four weeks, and during the station's Sunday-night local artist show, when it debuted last summer. "It isn't that I don't want to support local artists," Collins says. "We can't reserve spots for songs that aren't hits." Ouch! Yeah, local hip-hop and R&B artists have pretty much accepted the fact that to get play during drive time hours or during the morning show --- matter of fact, at all during the week, you have to blow up somewhere else before you get any radio love here. Sure, Chonz, Franswa, and Kingdom show a bunch of love to local artists during the Mixtape Show on Sunday nights, like 11pm to 1am, but those are like the least listened to hours in radio. It's like throw away hours. And I have to disagree with Collins comment about radio stations not having the power to make or break a career. How about The Fray anyone? That Denver band got one of its songs played on 93.3 KTCL's local artist showcase, and the response was so good they added it to its Top 30 charts and slid it into rotation. The result? Epic Records heard the song, signed the band, and now their debut album has gone triple platinum.