Tons of songs were cut. It's still typical to have "radio edits" of songs.

When the tech came out, that allowed the tempo to be increased, without changing the pitch, a lot of songs suddenly got faster.

In radio, every second counts, and there will be a lot of fighting for tenths of a second. Sort of like top-shelf track and field athletes.

The prose in that story is a bit ... intense.

Oddly enough... I looked for the full length version, played it through and... yep, that's how I remember it. From what I recorded off the radio as a 12 year old in Germany. I guess they ran the full length version there.