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help AM Radio in Every Vehicle

Congress poised to help AM Radio while ignoring Payments to Performers

Congress is poised to hand broadcasters a multi-million gift by guaranteeing a place for AM radio in every vehicle while ignoring a bill to finally pay US musicians when their songs are played on the radio.

Bruce Houghton on 12/16/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (2)
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What do SiriusXM, Spotify, X have in common? A ‘Cycle of Quitting’

SiriusXM, X, Netflix, Spotify and every subscription service faces challenges as listener habits change and competition grows. Fred Jacobs weighs in on subscription fatigue and the cycle of quitting and how it might be good news for radio.

Alana Bonilla on 11/27/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Top Radio Formats

Top Radio Formats 2024: Trends and Insights

Learn the top radio formats 2024, the latest trends and how they are shaping the future of the industry. Find out which formats are thriving and what this means for listeners. music marketers and broadcasters alike.

Alana Bonilla on 10/17/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Radio still dominates

Today is Nation Radio Day! AM/FM still dominates ad-supported listening

Nielsen released its latest stats on U.S. audio listening habits in Q2 2024, showing that much-maligned broadcast radio still dominates ad-supported listening.

Bruce Houghton on 08/20/2024 in Radio & Satellite | Permalink | Comments (0)
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How a Spotify TV ad dominated Summer and showed Radio’s weakness

How a Spotify TV commercial hit all the right summer notes and stole the spotlight, leaving broadcast radio scrambling to keep up.

Alana Bonilla on 08/16/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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How Columbia University’s 89.9 FM found Radio’s ‘lost script’ [Fred Jacobs]

Live campus radio coverage of recent protests proves that Gen Z is ready to reinvent broadcast radio if the current gatekeepers let them…..

Alana Bonilla on 05/22/2024 in Music Op-Ed | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Record labels have some bad news for radio [Bobby Owsinski]

Radio is still an important medium, but it is not as popular – particularly with music fans – as it once was. So many record labels are cutting their radio promotion teams…..

Alana Bonilla on 04/11/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Television is tanking, but Radio is reinventing

The future of visual entertainment is looking bleak as TV gets more expensive, less accessible, and just plain less entertaining. Radio faces no such detriments, and continues to succeed.

Why? How?…..

Alana Bonilla on 04/03/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Where do radio listeners draw the line with AI? [Fred Jabobs]

Radio suffers from an identity crisis amplified by increased competition on multiple fronts. AI could be a partial solution, but only if listeners are OK with it. Radio consultant extraordinaire Fred Jacobs explores…..

Alana Bonilla on 03/06/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Think musicians should be paid for radio play? SIGN THIS PETITION NOW

The United States is one of a handful of countries that don’t compensate artists when their music is played on AM/FM radio. The others denying hundreds of thousands of musicians. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/28/2024 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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