RAIN: Radio and Internet Newsletter has announced dates for two exciting, informative and prestigious industry events. On March 12th in Toronto during Canadian Music Week, RAIN will host its first Canadian RAIN Summit, featuring interesting speakers and topics related to Internet radio both in Canada and the United States.
On April 12th, RAIN will host its annual flagship event at the Renaissance Hotel in Las Vegas. This event takes place during and is an official co-located event of the NAB Show. It’s the premiere educational and networking event for Internet radio. Broadcast radio executives, Internet radio entrepreneurs, and sales and technology visionaries convene at the Renaissance Hotel adjacent to the Las Vegas Convention Center for engaging panels and presentations on technical and legal aspects of the business, programming expertise and business strategies. All RAIN Summit registrants will also receive access to the 2010 NAB Show exhibits.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Rewind: The Economy Did Not Cause Radio’s Problems
Joint Communications CEO John Parikhal was rummaging through some old cyber-files in his office over the weekend and came across an interview he did with legendary radio programmer Steve Rivers in 2005.
In the article, John put on his "hat" as a longtime media guru and futurist and shared some predictions about radio's future, which clearly came true.
Asked what he saw as true "radio killers" between then and 2010 Parikhal (pictured) replied,
"The biggest killer of all will be current management, unless they: Stop dancing to Wall Street's whip, institute formal training and recruitment, start surrounding themselves with smart people who challenge them, create cultures of formal innovation and begin to get serious about spot loads. Radio can control this. They can't control [Apple CEO] Steve Jobs, the Internet or any other of the so-called "killers" of the medium."
In the article, John put on his "hat" as a longtime media guru and futurist and shared some predictions about radio's future, which clearly came true.
Asked what he saw as true "radio killers" between then and 2010 Parikhal (pictured) replied,
"The biggest killer of all will be current management, unless they: Stop dancing to Wall Street's whip, institute formal training and recruitment, start surrounding themselves with smart people who challenge them, create cultures of formal innovation and begin to get serious about spot loads. Radio can control this. They can't control [Apple CEO] Steve Jobs, the Internet or any other of the so-called "killers" of the medium."
MTV Not About Music
Sorry, what was that about video killing the radio star? It now seems reality TV has finally killed the music video (on TV, at least).
MTV has finally admitted what most people have known since at least early last decade: it is no longer "music television."
The network, which launched in 1981 specifically to air music videos, launched a new logo on Monday (Feb. 8), which no longer features the "music television" tagline that's been a part of their original logo for almost 30 years.
Tina Exarhos, vice president of marketing and something called "multiplatform creative projects" (whatever that is) finally admitted to the New York Daily News that the network is not just about music anymore and has been turning away from their old format for a while now.
"If you watch the channel, you've seen that it's definitely going in a new direction," she said.
Basically, that now means the new MTV logo includes headshots of stars of Jersey Shore, The Buried Life and My Life As Liz — none of which have much to do with music, other than tunes played in the background.
MTV has finally admitted what most people have known since at least early last decade: it is no longer "music television."
The network, which launched in 1981 specifically to air music videos, launched a new logo on Monday (Feb. 8), which no longer features the "music television" tagline that's been a part of their original logo for almost 30 years.
Tina Exarhos, vice president of marketing and something called "multiplatform creative projects" (whatever that is) finally admitted to the New York Daily News that the network is not just about music anymore and has been turning away from their old format for a while now.
"If you watch the channel, you've seen that it's definitely going in a new direction," she said.
Basically, that now means the new MTV logo includes headshots of stars of Jersey Shore, The Buried Life and My Life As Liz — none of which have much to do with music, other than tunes played in the background.
The path to success is no longer labeled
The description still fits but, well, the world isn't as big as it used to be, not for the recording industry or the young musicians who come to Los Angeles with dreams of gold and platinum. There's an odd postwar feeling these days in some music-industry circles, a sense that the revolutionary front of the Digital Age knocked down all the familiar structures but forgot to build lasting new ones. At the same time, others see a ragged charm and wide-open opportunity in this new order.
The walls of the Troubadour's front bar -- the spot where future Eagles members Don Henley and Glenn Frey met -- are lined with framed photos of the storied past. The fact that Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Pearl Jam, Linda Ronstadt, the Byrds, Metallica and so many others came to the club for key early career successes isn't lost on the new generation -- nor is the current situation of a recording industry that makes more money off its past than it does off its present.
"The path used to be clear -- you got a major-label deal, they got you on the radio, you toured and recorded albums," said Steven Scott, guitarist and singer in an L.A. band called the Afternoons. "Now all that has changed, really, and the new path is . . . well, what is it? And where does it go?Abbotsford, British Columbia Application
Application by UCFV Campus and Community Radio Society for an extension of the time limit to implement the new English-language community-based campus FM radio station in Abbotsford approved in Community-based campus FM radio station in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-70, 14 March 2006.
The applicant has requested an extension until 6 September 2010. The Commission notes that this would be a third extension of the time limit to implement the service. Previous extensions have been granted to allow the applicant to seek technical parameters acceptable to the Commission and to the Department of Industry.
The Commission’s standard practice is to grant a maximum of two extensions for a total of up to 24 months. In this instance, the applicant is requesting an extension of 30 months in total.
Spotlight: Squire Barnes
Courtesy Global Vancouver
Sports Director - Squire Barnes
Squire Barnes
Sports Director - Squire Barnes
Squire Barnes' entire working life has been spent in sports media. His career was launched at the now defunct CKO Radio in Vancouver. He was there for a five-year stretch in the eighties. From there, he moved on to CKWX Radio as the producer of the Tony Gallagher sports phone-in program.
After that, he had a similar position at CHRX in Vancouver. Along the way, he has written numerous columns and articles for print publications.
Television beckoned in the 90's and Squire took over weekend sports at CBC Vancouver. When the Saturday Morning News was launched, Squire was a welcome addition to the news team.
Now, part of the 6pm newscast, he continues to be one of the station's most popular personalities which can be attributed to his knowledge of sports and his slightly twisted sense of humour.
Squire grew up in Burnaby, making him another born-in-British Columbia staff member.
Squire Barnes
AUDIO FOR HIRE - Christian Laughland
This is Christian Laughland, 22 years old and just recently graduated from Columbia Academy in Vancouver.
I have played Sports my entire life, but my true passion, like many Canadians, is Hockey. I decided to get into Broadcasting after I injured my knee a few years ago and couldn't continue my Hockey career. I love Broadcasting, have my own home studio and I currently work for 99.7 The River in Campbell River doing BCHL Reports.
I also write for a new Vancouver Canucks website set to open in the next few weeks (http://www.theflyingvee.com). I'm basically willing to move anywhere to get my career started in News and Sports. I want to become an integral part of a small town in Canada and uncover the stories that impact the people of that community. If you're looking for someone that shows up early every day and doesn't let things like minor colds and weather slow him down, then contact me.
Email is c.laughland@hotmail.com.
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I have played Sports my entire life, but my true passion, like many Canadians, is Hockey. I decided to get into Broadcasting after I injured my knee a few years ago and couldn't continue my Hockey career. I love Broadcasting, have my own home studio and I currently work for 99.7 The River in Campbell River doing BCHL Reports.
I also write for a new Vancouver Canucks website set to open in the next few weeks (http://www.theflyingvee.com). I'm basically willing to move anywhere to get my career started in News and Sports. I want to become an integral part of a small town in Canada and uncover the stories that impact the people of that community. If you're looking for someone that shows up early every day and doesn't let things like minor colds and weather slow him down, then contact me.
Email is c.laughland@hotmail.com.
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In praise of the almighty CBC
In the beginning, there was chaos, darkness and ignorance.
Then, in 1936 the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission took over a series of radio stations set up by the Canadian National Railway, which were amalgamated into one national crown corporation called the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
Since then, this bastion of knowledge with its trademark “Exploding Pizza” emblem has become so much a part of Canadian culture, there likely aren’t many living Canadians who can recall a time before its inception.
Growing up, most of my favourite TV programs aired on Channel 2 on my families’ old analogue set. The Nature of Things, The Royal Canadian Air Farce, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, and The National — it’s amazing such important news and creative satire could bubble from one public-broadcasting brew pot.
Then, in 1936 the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission took over a series of radio stations set up by the Canadian National Railway, which were amalgamated into one national crown corporation called the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
Since then, this bastion of knowledge with its trademark “Exploding Pizza” emblem has become so much a part of Canadian culture, there likely aren’t many living Canadians who can recall a time before its inception.
Growing up, most of my favourite TV programs aired on Channel 2 on my families’ old analogue set. The Nature of Things, The Royal Canadian Air Farce, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, and The National — it’s amazing such important news and creative satire could bubble from one public-broadcasting brew pot.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Galloway to replace Barrie on Metro Morning
A familiar voice will greet listeners of CBC Radio One's Metro Morning in Toronto starting in March, when afternoon show host Matt Galloway takes over the mic of his long-standing a.m. colleague, Andy Barrie.
Galloway will step into the role permanently beginning March 1, the CBC announced Monday morning.
Since 2004, the 39-year-old Galloway has hosted Here and Now, CBC Radio One's Toronto afternoon drive show. More recently, he added a regular stint as the main back-up host of the top-rated Metro Morni
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2010/02/08/metro-morning-host.html#ixzz0f0ig1HEw
Galloway will step into the role permanently beginning March 1, the CBC announced Monday morning.
Since 2004, the 39-year-old Galloway has hosted Here and Now, CBC Radio One's Toronto afternoon drive show. More recently, he added a regular stint as the main back-up host of the top-rated Metro Morni
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2010/02/08/metro-morning-host.html#ixzz0f0ig1HEw
Cecil Heftel vs. Radio Consolidators
The radio industry lost another legend a few days ago when owner/politician Cecil Heftel passed away.
It seems a lot of radio legends are leaving us lately or is it just that there are too few legends-in-the-making visible in the dark ages of radio consolidation?
What made Cecil Heftel special is that he loved radio. I’m not sure he was all that good a businessman. The Hawaii congressman didn’t post profit margins the way consolidators did before they started messing with local radio.
Heftel bought and sold his stations impetuously at time – too quickly, too cheaply.
It seems a lot of radio legends are leaving us lately or is it just that there are too few legends-in-the-making visible in the dark ages of radio consolidation?
What made Cecil Heftel special is that he loved radio. I’m not sure he was all that good a businessman. The Hawaii congressman didn’t post profit margins the way consolidators did before they started messing with local radio.
Heftel bought and sold his stations impetuously at time – too quickly, too cheaply.
All Eyes On Vancouver
The Vancouver Winter Olympics location works out well for NBC, which will be able to show live competition in prime time, a luxury it rarely has when the event takes place overseas.
Not so for the "Today" show, which is transporting itself West for nearly three weeks of broadcasts starting Feb. 9. The show will start at 4 a.m. local time each weekday, meaning athletes who want to show off their medals must travel 20 minutes out of the city and take a tram ride to a mountainside set in the middle of the night.
"They'll come," predicted Jim Bell, the show's executive producer.
"Today" looms as an ever-more important promotional showcase for NBC's Winter Olympics coverage, given the network's dwindling audience in prime-time and late-night hours. Not that it needs it, but the Olympics are another showcase for television's most popular morning news show.
Matt Lauer and Natalie Morales are arriving first at the "Today" set on Grouse Mountain; Lauer will carry the Olympic torch through the town of Burnaby, British Columbia, as part of the torch relay. Meredith Vieira, Al Roker and Ann Curry arrive on Feb. 12, the day of opening ceremonies. It's the seventh time that "Today" has gone on location for Olympics coverage.
The schedule was far more comfortable for "Today" and its guests during the Summer Games in Beijing two years ago. There, the live show kicked off at 7 p.m. local time.
Not so for the "Today" show, which is transporting itself West for nearly three weeks of broadcasts starting Feb. 9. The show will start at 4 a.m. local time each weekday, meaning athletes who want to show off their medals must travel 20 minutes out of the city and take a tram ride to a mountainside set in the middle of the night.
"They'll come," predicted Jim Bell, the show's executive producer.
"Today" looms as an ever-more important promotional showcase for NBC's Winter Olympics coverage, given the network's dwindling audience in prime-time and late-night hours. Not that it needs it, but the Olympics are another showcase for television's most popular morning news show.
Matt Lauer and Natalie Morales are arriving first at the "Today" set on Grouse Mountain; Lauer will carry the Olympic torch through the town of Burnaby, British Columbia, as part of the torch relay. Meredith Vieira, Al Roker and Ann Curry arrive on Feb. 12, the day of opening ceremonies. It's the seventh time that "Today" has gone on location for Olympics coverage.
The schedule was far more comfortable for "Today" and its guests during the Summer Games in Beijing two years ago. There, the live show kicked off at 7 p.m. local time.
Seattle Radio Station Contest
by Pat Curtis
A radio station in Seattle is running a promotion that labels Iowa’s capital city as one of the “crappiest towns” in the country.
The contest on radio station KBKS will send the prize winner to Des Moines to see the Black Eyed Peas at the Iowa Events Center.
On-air promos tell listeners they’ll see a “cool band in a crappy town.” Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau President Greg Edwards says he’s hoping to meet the contest winners.
“We are going to track who the winners are and hopefully greet them when they arrive in Des Moines,” Edwards said. “We’ll make sure they’re well accommodated and when they return to the cloudy, boring, gray city of Seattle they can happily report what a great city Des Moines was.” The Black Eyed Peas concert in Des Moines is scheduled for March 25.
Radio Iowa’s Pat Curtis reports on the Seattle station promotion: Pat Curtis report :56 MP3
A radio station in Seattle is running a promotion that labels Iowa’s capital city as one of the “crappiest towns” in the country.
The contest on radio station KBKS will send the prize winner to Des Moines to see the Black Eyed Peas at the Iowa Events Center.
On-air promos tell listeners they’ll see a “cool band in a crappy town.” Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau President Greg Edwards says he’s hoping to meet the contest winners.
“We are going to track who the winners are and hopefully greet them when they arrive in Des Moines,” Edwards said. “We’ll make sure they’re well accommodated and when they return to the cloudy, boring, gray city of Seattle they can happily report what a great city Des Moines was.” The Black Eyed Peas concert in Des Moines is scheduled for March 25.
Radio Iowa’s Pat Curtis reports on the Seattle station promotion: Pat Curtis report :56 MP3
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Super Bowl radio row, it's all-excess
he scene? It is equal parts electronic orgy and all-you-can-eat buffet. Football is a gluttonous and insatiable beast, and here is one of the places it gets fed. Radio row, unlike anything you'll see anywhere else in sports, at feeding time. Table after table of prostitutes and pimps, merging for money and filing the business transaction under something close to love. People get hurt sometimes in this kind of relationship. You can see them as the shells of what used to be Bill Romanowski and Nate Newton limp so very slowly from interview to interview, still selling.
It is in the cavernous Fort Lauderdale Convention Center. The Who is being interviewed upstairs somewhere. Queen Latifah is on all the TVs, being asked questions and answering with the sound down. The Cowhead Show, whatever that is, is broadcasting live on something called (obviously!) 102 The Bone.
How's this for a rivalry? Papa John Schnatter is making his way from radio station to radio station, making sound and sales the way he factory-lines pizza. Nearby, Jared from Subway tries to get in on the action with his foot long. The whole thing is like watching pigs eat.
Radio Station Sues Over Noise From Passing Trains
On Thursday, Minnesota Public Radio sued the Twin Cities Metropolitan Council after the board approved a light-rail transit project that would send trains past the radio station headquarters' front doors in downtown St Paul.
The proposed train route is part of the Central Corridor project, which proposes to connect downtown St Paul and Minneapolis with an 11-mile track, costing about $941 million, MPR news reports.
Minnesota Public Radio has alleged that the Met Council is violating an April 2009 agreement, in which the transit agency consented to several measures designed to reduce the noise and vibrations from the city's trains.
"The Met Council agreed to standards that light rail needs to meet in order to protect our broadcast and recording facilities," Nick Kereakos, MPR's managing director of broadcast and operations, told the news source.
The proposed train route is part of the Central Corridor project, which proposes to connect downtown St Paul and Minneapolis with an 11-mile track, costing about $941 million, MPR news reports.
Minnesota Public Radio has alleged that the Met Council is violating an April 2009 agreement, in which the transit agency consented to several measures designed to reduce the noise and vibrations from the city's trains.
"The Met Council agreed to standards that light rail needs to meet in order to protect our broadcast and recording facilities," Nick Kereakos, MPR's managing director of broadcast and operations, told the news source.
Meteorologist freaks out
Accuweather.com Jim Kosek weatherman freaks out over the 2010 Snowmageddon Snowpocolypse and roars like a lion.
Junot Radio Club Gets Rocking
Radio is one of the most immediate of the mass media. Over the past month, a growing group of Thunder Bay teens have been gaining new experience in what is involved in radio. It started with a discussion about how to engage young people into moving past MSN Chat, YouTube, and Facebook. It has evolved into the 31@ Junot Radio Club. On weekends. working with each other under the guidance of Dee, the ever energetic co-host of Mark and Dee on Rock 94, there are a growing number of young people starting to combine their interest in music, computers and the Internet.
The club members started learning the basics of radio on January 23rd,, and continued, on Sunday, January 31st to work on their radio personalities.
The club members started learning the basics of radio on January 23rd,, and continued, on Sunday, January 31st to work on their radio personalities.
Fire guts CTV Ottawa newsroom
Fire swept through the CTV Ottawa newsroom, causing at least $2.5 million in damage, and that figure is expected to rise substantially.
The blaze began shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday. The cause of the fire remains unknown and no one was hurt.
The lone security guard on duty, Randy Donaldson, escaped and says "the fire took just six or seven minutes after the first alarm went off until smoke and flame was pouring out the windows."
About 70 firefighters spent two hours keeping the fire contained to the second floor of the sprawling building.
Veteran CTV news anchor Max Keeping says,"Just like someone who loses their home – we rebuild. The entire news operation is gone and we are grateful that no one was hurt."
The blaze destroyed Keeping's office where he had memorabilia from his 37 years at the station.
Friday, February 5, 2010
2010 Games CDN Content CHUM Radio
2010 Gold Rush: Bob Mackin Reports
CTV owns the publishing rights and CHUM Radio stations. It counts as CDNn content, generates royalties and gives on-air staff yet another excuse to talk.
Keith Pelley can be prone to superlatives, but this time he is beyond reproach.
“It’ll exceed your highest expectations,” the president of Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium declared before a tour of the CTV-Rogers section of the Vancouver Convention Centre.
At 40,000 square feet, it’s bigger than a lot of permanent TV stations in the world. It’s so big, CTV has a colour-coded map near the entrance so none of the 1,400 personnel working in 20 departments gets lost. By February 28 they won’t want to leave the million-dollar ocean view.
Five production teams on two to three shifts will keep things running around the clock. It’s essentially five TV stations in one that were built from the ground up in Toronto for testing and training, disassembled and trucked in 18 semis to Vancouver.
Hallway space is now a big production office with desks everywhere possible. Enough space is available for a fire drill. Inside the convention meeting rooms are 14 production and editing suites – nine English, five French – dedicated to each sport venue. The digital heart of engineering is organized chaos with spaghetti wires on the floor and air-conditioning and ventilation machines whirring. No detail is too small; even the telephones have screen savers.Producers ensure the lighting, sound and layout are just right in each of the studios, which take advantage of the building’s large windows and spectacular views of Canada Place, the North Shore and Stanley Park. The opening ceremony is February 12 at 6 p.m., but the Games go live to all of Canada from here two hours earlier.
Five-rings lights shine above the anchor desk. Rings and ice crystals are a popular motif. The wooden interview corner in the main studio has a faux rock fireplace, also with the rings. A Panasonic HD monitor is embedded in the fireplace for a fire-log loop.
CTV bid US$153 million five years ago for 2010 and 2012 rights, more than double the CBC contract for US$73 million for 2006 and 2008. CTV paid just $4.5 million to carry Calgary 1988. Pelley admitted in December that CTV will be selling ad space right until the closing ceremony. Break even is the goal. Business-to-business sponsors have not bought to their potential, but provincial governments like B.C., Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and Newfoundland and Labrador have.
CTV’s business plan included numerous revenue streams never explored by a Canadian broadcaster, such as daily live showings in HD at Cineplex theatres from B.C. to Quebec and the Believe merchandise, now seen on the Shopping Channel. A commemorative five-DVD set is already for sale, and the story hasn’t even started. If you can’t wait, highlights will be available via YouTube, iTunes and Xbox.
There are 300 cuts of “I Believe,” the Nikki Yanofsky song written by Glass Tiger’s Alan Frew. CTV owns the publishing rights and CHUM Radio stations. It counts as Canadian content, generates royalties and gives on-air staff yet another excuse to talk about the Games.
“It will become the song of the Games,” Pelley boldly predicts.
It would be futile to doubt him.
PPM locates elusive 18-24 TV demographic
TORONTO – The disappearance of Canadian television viewers aged 18 – 24 has been greatly exaggerated.
According to a presentation at a Television Bureau of Canada event at Advertising Week, these younger viewers have been reclaimed thanks to the portable people meters (PPM) launched by BBM Canada last August.
These new viewers did not simply materialize, they are viewers who weren’t being captured by the old set-top meters, said the presentation by Kathy Gardner, SVP of strategic insight and research at Canwest Broadcasting, and Rob Dilworth, VP of research at CTV Television.
National television audiences are on average 18% higher than the same period last year since the launch of PPMs. BBM data shows that TV viewing by the 18 - 24 demographic was 66% higher than the same period last year, the largest jump of any demographic. The passive measurement of PPM, particularly its ability to capture out-of-home-viewing, was credited with the increase.
PPM also has the potential for many future applications, the presentation continued. All forms of video content (VOD, on-line, mobile) could be encoded, allowing advertisers to measure their multi-screen video and/or radio campaigns. Commercials, music, or any medium with an audio component could carry unique codes allowing advertisers to also build PPM panels of their customers. And, PPM data could be fused to product usage studies already in existence allowing advertisers to match their customers with specific stations or programs.
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Not A Great Day For Toronto Radio…Again
I know, I’m an idiot for listening. It’s my own fault, I am, to a degree addicted to sports radio. I’ve said it before (get ready, you may see that a few times again) but I know it isn’t keeping sports talk fresh and interesting day in and night out. A member of my family has been banned from talking about sports because that’s all he does talk about- he has had to sit silently at meals cause he can’t talk sports. So I get that it’s hard and I respect the jobs that those in the biz do. I just wish that there were certain things that were done better. I am, I hope, the first to admit a screw up too by the way… I know I am not perfect either.
So here’s what has me peeved. Leading off tonight is the Bill Watters show. Actually, it’s Bill Watters. I’ve said it before (I warned you), but the guy is so full of bias on so many issues that he should be disallowed from talking about certain subjects(like that family member of mine!). Bill Watters can’t speak about the owners of any team in this town without spewing his bias. His arguments get more and more insane and annoying every time he goes there. Doesn’t matter if it’s MLSE- the Argos boys or Rogers. He just shouldn’t go there. He sounds like a bitter, bitter ex-employee or father of a terminated son. No one wants to hear that AND it makes the old guy so much less credible on other issues.
Country succumbs to the bottom line
by Wayne Moore
Country music fans have lost their radio station in Kelowna and some of them are none too happy.
After two-and-a-half years on the air, B-103 played its last tune Wednesday afternoon.
It officially switched over to Q-103 at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
B-103 grew from the ashes of CKOV, the AM station which first signed on in the valley in 1931.
"The country music fans are upset and I really feel bad for the listener," says Bruce Davis, General Manager of Q-103 and Power-104.
"They are disappointed -- there is a sense of loss, but we can't continue to lose money."
Davis says the company did extensive research in the marketplace before launching B-103 in August of 2007.
He says the research pointed them in the direction of country music, however, since then, two new stations have entered the marketplace and the recession hit.
"It's a hard lesson to learn. Country fans are extremely loyal. They love the format," added Davis.
"There are just not enough of us (I'm a country fan myself) to make it commercially viable. We were losing money. We had a great radio station and gave it the best shot we could."
This is the fourth time country has failed in the Kelowna radio market.
CKOV was a country station in the late 1970s and early 80s. The Bullet, now AM-1150, also tried -- twice.
"We could never find a way to make it work," says Astral Media Regional General Manager, Don Shafer.
"We tried a couple of different ways of doing it. Country is a great format, I just don't think anybody has done it right here."
Shafer believes, done right, country can work in Kelowna.
The new Q-103 kicked off its latest incarnation with Sheryl Crow's hit 'A Change'.
In a news release announcing the format flip, Q-103 says it will play music from signature artists including Madonna, Nelly Furtado, John Mayer, Taylor Swift, Michael Buble and Pink, with just the right amount of flavoring from artists like Gwen Stefani, U2, Sheryl Crow and Train.
The musical line-up is very similar to that played on SILK-FM and SUN-FM, however, Davis says there is a difference.
"We have purposely positioned ourselves right between SUN and SILK," says Davis.
Student group passes radio station over to college
Both sides are calling it a good deal as Mohawk College's 40-year-old radio station passes from the hands of its student government and into the domain of the college itself.
The station, once called CHMR and now known as Indi 101, covers a radius of about 50 kilometres broadcasting at 101.5 FM.
After reviewing all of its services last summer, the Mohawk Students' Association concluded the station's listeners were mainly nonstudents in their 30s.
The association also determined it needed to put more into connecting to students with digital communication and social media, said president Alan Griffiths. Turning over the station frees up the resources to do that, he said.
At the same time, the college was looking for a better way to get true airtime for its broadcasting students, who now do much of their practical training on a closed-circuit campus station.
"There's so much benefit to it," said Sam Cook, co-ordinator of Mohawk's radio broadcasting program.
"Students will actually be able to take what they're learning in their first year and be in a situation where they're in the on-air chair, being broadcast on the airwaves, which is a huge deal for us."
The change will also create many more curriculum links to programs such as music, advertising and public relations, said Ken Wallis, associate dean of business, music and entertainment. The faculty becomes home to the station after April 30.
The station, once called CHMR and now known as Indi 101, covers a radius of about 50 kilometres broadcasting at 101.5 FM.
After reviewing all of its services last summer, the Mohawk Students' Association concluded the station's listeners were mainly nonstudents in their 30s.
The association also determined it needed to put more into connecting to students with digital communication and social media, said president Alan Griffiths. Turning over the station frees up the resources to do that, he said.
At the same time, the college was looking for a better way to get true airtime for its broadcasting students, who now do much of their practical training on a closed-circuit campus station.
"There's so much benefit to it," said Sam Cook, co-ordinator of Mohawk's radio broadcasting program.
"Students will actually be able to take what they're learning in their first year and be in a situation where they're in the on-air chair, being broadcast on the airwaves, which is a huge deal for us."
The change will also create many more curriculum links to programs such as music, advertising and public relations, said Ken Wallis, associate dean of business, music and entertainment. The faculty becomes home to the station after April 30.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
XM Radio Canada Facebook
The country's leading provider of audio entertainment and information services, is proud to announce the launch of an innovative application on Facebook(R) Platform that allows fans to listen to over 100 channels of XM programming live.
XM Canada is offering a free 14 day trial to Facebook users so they can discover and experience XM's unique content offering without ever leaving Facebook.
"Fans will be able to listen live to XM's programming, including commercial-free music, sports, talk, entertainment without ever having to leave the XM Facebook Page," said Andrea Fiederer, Marketing Director at XM Canada.
In addition, users can invite their friends to listen to XM, share the songs and channels they are enjoying and receive programming news and highlights from XM Canada.
The Facebook Page and application are an extension of the recently launched XM online+ platform, a new web-based player offering high-quality audio streaming that also includes an app for the iPhone and iPod touch that allows users to listen to XM anywhere, anytime.
"At XM Canada, we are always looking at delivering our content to consumers in original and unique ways that are convenient for people," said Fiederer. "Facebook gives us the opportunity to not only share our content but also connect and engage with our listeners in a way we never have before. Millions of Canadians love visiting Facebook and spend hours online connecting with friends and family on a daily basis, therefore making it the ideal digital hub for XM Canada."
In addition to providing live streaming of over 100 XM channels on Facebook, XM Canada's Facebook Page will also feature the latest information on subscription offers, new product launches, contest, events, and links to videos of live performances at our studios all to ensure the XM community is kept up-to-date on everything that XM offers.
For more information and to join XM Canada's Facebook Page, please visit www.facebook.com/xmcanada or http://apps.facebook.com/xmonlineplus/
About Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.
Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (TSX: XSR) operates as XM Canada and is Canada's premium digital audio entertainment and information company with the best signal coverage across the country. With 130 digital channels of choice, XM Canada offers Canadian listeners the most unique and original Canadian and international programming, including commercial-free music channels, exclusive live concerts and sports coverage, and the best in talk, comedy, children's and entertainment programming. A free seven-day trial of XM Radio Online is available at http://www.xmradio.ca/freetrial/. Visit www.xmradio.ca for programming and subscription information.
XM Canada is the satellite entertainment leader in the Canadian automotive market with long-term factory installation agreements with manufacturers that own close to 60 per cent share of the domestic vehicle market. XM's industry-leading products are available at shop.xmradio.ca, and at retailers nationwide.
XM programming is available by subscribing directly through XM Canada and is also available as streams of commercial-free XM music channels on TELUS Mobile Radio and Rogers Wireless Radio on Demand. XM Canada is the exclusive music channel provider on Air Canada's flights and is available in select Avis Budget Group rental vehicles.
To find out more about Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (TSX: XSR), visit our website at www.xmradio.ca/about/.
Facebook(R) is a registered trademark of Facebook Inc.
For further information: Cohn & Wolfe, Maricel Dicion, (416) 924-5700 Ext. 4084, maricel.dicion@cohnwolfe.ca
XM Canada is offering a free 14 day trial to Facebook users so they can discover and experience XM's unique content offering without ever leaving Facebook.
"Fans will be able to listen live to XM's programming, including commercial-free music, sports, talk, entertainment without ever having to leave the XM Facebook Page," said Andrea Fiederer, Marketing Director at XM Canada.
In addition, users can invite their friends to listen to XM, share the songs and channels they are enjoying and receive programming news and highlights from XM Canada.
The Facebook Page and application are an extension of the recently launched XM online+ platform, a new web-based player offering high-quality audio streaming that also includes an app for the iPhone and iPod touch that allows users to listen to XM anywhere, anytime.
"At XM Canada, we are always looking at delivering our content to consumers in original and unique ways that are convenient for people," said Fiederer. "Facebook gives us the opportunity to not only share our content but also connect and engage with our listeners in a way we never have before. Millions of Canadians love visiting Facebook and spend hours online connecting with friends and family on a daily basis, therefore making it the ideal digital hub for XM Canada."
In addition to providing live streaming of over 100 XM channels on Facebook, XM Canada's Facebook Page will also feature the latest information on subscription offers, new product launches, contest, events, and links to videos of live performances at our studios all to ensure the XM community is kept up-to-date on everything that XM offers.
For more information and to join XM Canada's Facebook Page, please visit www.facebook.com/xmcanada or http://apps.facebook.com/xmonlineplus/
About Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.
Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (TSX: XSR) operates as XM Canada and is Canada's premium digital audio entertainment and information company with the best signal coverage across the country. With 130 digital channels of choice, XM Canada offers Canadian listeners the most unique and original Canadian and international programming, including commercial-free music channels, exclusive live concerts and sports coverage, and the best in talk, comedy, children's and entertainment programming. A free seven-day trial of XM Radio Online is available at http://www.xmradio.ca/freetrial/. Visit www.xmradio.ca for programming and subscription information.
XM Canada is the satellite entertainment leader in the Canadian automotive market with long-term factory installation agreements with manufacturers that own close to 60 per cent share of the domestic vehicle market. XM's industry-leading products are available at shop.xmradio.ca, and at retailers nationwide.
XM programming is available by subscribing directly through XM Canada and is also available as streams of commercial-free XM music channels on TELUS Mobile Radio and Rogers Wireless Radio on Demand. XM Canada is the exclusive music channel provider on Air Canada's flights and is available in select Avis Budget Group rental vehicles.
To find out more about Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (TSX: XSR), visit our website at www.xmradio.ca/about/.
Facebook(R) is a registered trademark of Facebook Inc.
For further information: Cohn & Wolfe, Maricel Dicion, (416) 924-5700 Ext. 4084, maricel.dicion@cohnwolfe.ca
Kelowna SUN FM Tour With Kevin Lim
Kevin Lim gives you a tour of Kelowna's Astral Radio. Kevin has since moved on to Virgin 953 Vancouer. We always search for great material to share this is no exception.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
The radio interview that stopped my domain theft
A Dubai radio interview that ensured a turn around on a $50,000 ransom on a domain and some suprising action that saved 3 years work:
Click n Listen - it could help you think twice about YOUR domain:
Http://gosmellthecoffee.com/
Click n Listen - it could help you think twice about YOUR domain:
Http://gosmellthecoffee.com/
Does Radio Make the Hit? Or Does the Hit Make Radio?
Do hits rise to the top of the public's consciousness because they're good? Or is it strictly a chance phenomenon? And to what degree are we all sheep who "follow the leader"?
And where does radio come in? That is, can radio "make" a hit, even if the song isn't "good" (i.e., inherently likable by audiences)?
The answer is most likely a little bit of all of this, or so says this article from WIRED which summarizes the research of Duncan Watts and others on the subject.
Watts experimented on different groups of people with the same roster of songs. Some songs became "hits" every time, but mostly the hits were different in each group (i.e., chance).
Respondents were able to rate each song (and see the rating) and a distinct "follow the leader" impact was noted. That is, folks tend to like what other folks like, largely because other folks like it.
Interestingly, when Watts faked the rating scores so the high-scoring songs appeared low and the low-scoring songs appeared high, some of the "follow the leader" impact persisted, but ultimately some of the "hits" began to percolate back to the top. The broader effect, however, was that less music was consumed in this upside-down topsy-turvy world (lie about the merits of your product, and you may turn folks off to your category altogether).
And where does radio come in? That is, can radio "make" a hit, even if the song isn't "good" (i.e., inherently likable by audiences)?
The answer is most likely a little bit of all of this, or so says this article from WIRED which summarizes the research of Duncan Watts and others on the subject.
Watts experimented on different groups of people with the same roster of songs. Some songs became "hits" every time, but mostly the hits were different in each group (i.e., chance).
Respondents were able to rate each song (and see the rating) and a distinct "follow the leader" impact was noted. That is, folks tend to like what other folks like, largely because other folks like it.
Interestingly, when Watts faked the rating scores so the high-scoring songs appeared low and the low-scoring songs appeared high, some of the "follow the leader" impact persisted, but ultimately some of the "hits" began to percolate back to the top. The broader effect, however, was that less music was consumed in this upside-down topsy-turvy world (lie about the merits of your product, and you may turn folks off to your category altogether).
Spotlight: Tommy Chuck
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS:
Some kids play with Tonka trucks, I played with headphones and reel-to-reel tape at WXIS/ Johnson City, TN. My first paid gig was mowing the grass, running Rick Dees WT40, hosting the crappy shifts and being a general pain in the ass to everyone there.
The minute I graduated high school they kicked me out and I went off to WTXM/Knoxville, TN, where I did nights for a hot minute, then afternoons and APD. After accumulating some blackmail material, I got my first PD gig at WVSR/Charleston, WV. I was there for one book, then spent three years at WKXJ/Chattanooga, two years at WQEN/Birmingham, nine months at
WXXL/Orlando ... and I've been at WFLZ for three years and some change.
1) In addition to being the WFLZ PD, you're the "Director of Digital Media" for Clear Channel. What does that entail, and how do you balance your time between "directing" and "programming?"
Some kids play with Tonka trucks, I played with headphones and reel-to-reel tape at WXIS/ Johnson City, TN. My first paid gig was mowing the grass, running Rick Dees WT40, hosting the crappy shifts and being a general pain in the ass to everyone there.
The minute I graduated high school they kicked me out and I went off to WTXM/Knoxville, TN, where I did nights for a hot minute, then afternoons and APD. After accumulating some blackmail material, I got my first PD gig at WVSR/Charleston, WV. I was there for one book, then spent three years at WKXJ/Chattanooga, two years at WQEN/Birmingham, nine months at
WXXL/Orlando ... and I've been at WFLZ for three years and some change.
1) In addition to being the WFLZ PD, you're the "Director of Digital Media" for Clear Channel. What does that entail, and how do you balance your time between "directing" and "programming?"
Vancouver radio to get a bit more bolshoy
As the athletes, media and throngs of tourists gather, a small contingent of Russians armed with microphones and headsets will soon invade the Vancouver airspace. Astral Media Inc. ACM.A-TSX has sold airtime on one of its Vancouver radio stations to Russian media group ProfMedia for the Olympic Games. Every evening, oldies station CISL-650 will become Autoradio, a Russian-language station with simultaneous broadcasts in Vancouver and more than 300 cities in Russia.
Even though the programming will go live at 8 p.m. each night, it begins with a morning show - a bit of a disconnect for Vancouver listeners, but perfect for those just waking up in Russia, who will hear the broadcast over Autoradio's regular over-the-air signals. The stations will pick up the Canadian broadcast through a high-level VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) system.
Even though the programming will go live at 8 p.m. each night, it begins with a morning show - a bit of a disconnect for Vancouver listeners, but perfect for those just waking up in Russia, who will hear the broadcast over Autoradio's regular over-the-air signals. The stations will pick up the Canadian broadcast through a high-level VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) system.
Kelowna CKOV Flips B For A Q!
CKQQ it's all about the music
After losing hundreds of thousands the AM side the CRTC in 2007 approved the former newsie station to flip FM then became B103 country music format.
Jim Pattison purchased CKOV in 1988 from Seacoast. CKOV "The Voice Of The Okanagan. Sister station CKLZ the former Lizard now Power 104.
In recent years more stations have sprung up in Kelowna making the market very competitive with new stations The Juice & Classic Rocker K963.
CKOV has been operating since 1928 in the region. The Kelowna radio market is very competitive. You can bet during one of Pattison Manager quarterly reviews.The boss said time for a change.
CKOV requested new calls CKQQ in early January. Official dumping of the calls CKOV ending decades of heritage. This happened on Wednesday February 03 2010. Station is run by long time radio vet Don Mills.
Exciting times on the wine valley more about PPM results in today's radio. Programmers are gunning for a ratings winner lets see what format PPM favors in K-Town.
http://www.b103.ca/
http://www.q1031.ca/
Full discussion on the format at http://forums.castanet.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=23239
Radio Marketing Bureau Unveils 2010 Crystal Awards
The Radio Marketing Bureau unveils Canada’s newest creative superstars at the Fairmont Royal York, during the RMB Crystal Awards, Thursday March 11th, 2010.
Great radio will be played, trophies will be awarded and one very special entry will take away the coveted Platinum Crystal Award and $10,000 cash prize for “Best in Show”.
The day begins at 9:00 a.m. with the annual RMB Creative Summit. This is your chance to meet today’s brightest thinkers in the field of radio creative. This year, there will be two radio heavy-weights: D.J. Williams (9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.) and Jeffrey Hedquist (10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.).
9:00 a.m. – D.J. Williams, author of soundBait: Creative Weapons of MASS Distraction, will focus
on the importance of creative and ensuring your commercials do what they’re intended to do. Inspiration is set against the backdrop of tight deadlines, difficult clients and unrealistic requests. D.J. Williams will offer pro-active techniques that can be implemented immediately into the daily process at any station at zero cost.
10:15 a.m. – Jeffrey Hedquist presents “Time-Saving, Results-Getting, Money-Making, Writers’
Block-Busting Radio Solutions”. Jeffrey Hedquist understands the problems: Challenging economy, staff reductions, no time or budget for production, limited talent resources, not enough good input to create, requests for bad radio. Attendees of this seminar will learn the solutions: Quick-to-use tools culled from four decades of creating remarkable radio success for clients of all sizes. Known as “Advertising’s Storyteller,” Jeffrey Hedquist has won over 700 advertising awards worldwide.
12:00 p.m. – The RMB Crystal Awards Gala is an exciting, fast-paced luncheon event hosted by RMB President, Gary Belgrave. The RMB Crystal Awards is Canada’s only awards competition exclusively for radio so anyone in the business of radio creative or radio sales should attend this inspiring event. Upon leaving the show, attendees each receive the 2010 RMB Crystal Awards Winner’s CD.
Order your RMB Crystal Awards tickets today at www.rmb.ca.
"Ed Wood Award for the Worst Radio Station Website"
What's the worst website for a radio station you've ever seen?
I mean something so mind-numbingly bad that it threatens to tear at the very fabric of space/time.
Here's your chance to nominate some candidates. Just make sure you provide your reasons (i.e., don't assume those reasons are self-evident).
This is not intended as a deep-dive into a bubble-bath of negativity. Rather, it's a learning opportunity. Sometimes the best way to go right is to see what it means to go terribly wrong.
I mean something so mind-numbingly bad that it threatens to tear at the very fabric of space/time.
Here's your chance to nominate some candidates. Just make sure you provide your reasons (i.e., don't assume those reasons are self-evident).
This is not intended as a deep-dive into a bubble-bath of negativity. Rather, it's a learning opportunity. Sometimes the best way to go right is to see what it means to go terribly wrong.
Stern Leave Satellite for Internet Radio?
With Howard Stern’s five-year Sirius XM satellite radio deal set to expire in January 2011, there’s been a fair bit of speculation about where he’ll work next–most of it fueled by Stern himself, who recently claimed he has been approached by terrestrial radio execs about returning to his original turf. Given Stern’s obvious affinity for the permissiveness of satellite, it seems unlikely that he’d ever give it up to return to “regular” radio, but would he decamp for Internet radio?
CHED officially seeks new guy for Hallsy
The search for Bryan Hall's replacement has begun as Corus Entertainment has officially posted a notice for a play-by-play announcer for the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos.
The posting, which went up last week, states: "Do you have what it takes to follow a Hall of Famer? 630 CHED has a rare and exciting opening for a professional football play-by-play announcer."
Reporting to the program director, the successful candidate will handle the radio play-by-play and assume other duties, as required, as a member of the 630 CHED sports department.
"We are looking for a passionate, well-rounded broadcaster with a proven track record of success and a desire to take his or her career to a new level," it states.
The posting, which went up last week, states: "Do you have what it takes to follow a Hall of Famer? 630 CHED has a rare and exciting opening for a professional football play-by-play announcer."
Reporting to the program director, the successful candidate will handle the radio play-by-play and assume other duties, as required, as a member of the 630 CHED sports department.
"We are looking for a passionate, well-rounded broadcaster with a proven track record of success and a desire to take his or her career to a new level," it states.
Virgin Radio personality shines on podcast
By Mike Cohen
If you are a fan of web-based entertainment then you need to tune in to the Kelly Alexander Show. The weekday afternoon traffic reporter for Astral Radio’s three Montreal stations — CJAD, Virgin Radio 96 and CHOM FM — blossoms on her podcast.
While Alexander has shown her talents as host on Virgin Sunday mornings, her personality really blooms on her new podcast at www.kellyalexandershow.com. Kelly told me that she sees her mandate as providing a mainly female audience with a weekly, one-hour podcast filled with inspiring, entertaining and educational content. Every show has a topical interview as its centerpiece, with each guest representing a different area of interest. Guests so far have included: Grammy award-winning singer Jody Watley, Rethink Breast Cancer CEO MJ DeCoteau, Canadian astronaut Julie Payette and most recently Marjorie Villefranche of Maison D’Haiti in Montreal.
According to David Jones, the show’s marketing and promotions director, “response has been positive with loyal listeners hailing from around Montreal and the world.” In fact Kelly told me she has traced listeners as far away as Taiwan... “We are getting the word out through a lot of social media,” she says.
Born and raised on a Laurentians farm, north of Montreal, Kelly earned her communications degree in Toronto. She’s worked as a talk radio producer, co-hosted a local morning show on K103 and even had her own midday program on the former Mix 96! You can also hear her own show on Virgin Radio every Sunday. Away from the microphones and headsets, Kelly is a passionate martial arts instructor and competitor. Bravo to an ambitious young woman!
If you are a fan of web-based entertainment then you need to tune in to the Kelly Alexander Show. The weekday afternoon traffic reporter for Astral Radio’s three Montreal stations — CJAD, Virgin Radio 96 and CHOM FM — blossoms on her podcast.
While Alexander has shown her talents as host on Virgin Sunday mornings, her personality really blooms on her new podcast at www.kellyalexandershow.com. Kelly told me that she sees her mandate as providing a mainly female audience with a weekly, one-hour podcast filled with inspiring, entertaining and educational content. Every show has a topical interview as its centerpiece, with each guest representing a different area of interest. Guests so far have included: Grammy award-winning singer Jody Watley, Rethink Breast Cancer CEO MJ DeCoteau, Canadian astronaut Julie Payette and most recently Marjorie Villefranche of Maison D’Haiti in Montreal.
According to David Jones, the show’s marketing and promotions director, “response has been positive with loyal listeners hailing from around Montreal and the world.” In fact Kelly told me she has traced listeners as far away as Taiwan... “We are getting the word out through a lot of social media,” she says.
Born and raised on a Laurentians farm, north of Montreal, Kelly earned her communications degree in Toronto. She’s worked as a talk radio producer, co-hosted a local morning show on K103 and even had her own midday program on the former Mix 96! You can also hear her own show on Virgin Radio every Sunday. Away from the microphones and headsets, Kelly is a passionate martial arts instructor and competitor. Bravo to an ambitious young woman!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Prosecutors charge 15 in radio contest scam
Prosecutors said Ryan Elizabeth Keeley, 26, was responsible for selecting contest names from two databases -- one of KVI online Insider Club Members and another created through telemarketing.
Keeley, the station's promotions coordinator, would then give the winning name to the broadcast booth to be announced, but police say she gave names of associates rather than legitimate winners. Keeley left the station in the summer of 2007.
Keeley, the station's promotions coordinator, would then give the winning name to the broadcast booth to be announced, but police say she gave names of associates rather than legitimate winners. Keeley left the station in the summer of 2007.
Toronto's Boom 97.3 FM
You may recognize her voice from your daily morning commute.
Colleen Rusholme hits the radio airwaves at 5 a.m. each day with co-host Howard Glassman, better known as Humble Howard, on Toronto's Boom 97.3 FM, formerly EZ Rock.
To ensure she gets to work on time each morning, Rusholme insists on a four-wheel-drive vehicle; nowadays, that's a 2009 Ford Escape Limited 4WD SUV.
“I always have to drive a 4WD because of what time I go to work in the morning – I cannot battle snow.
Colleen Rusholme hits the radio airwaves at 5 a.m. each day with co-host Howard Glassman, better known as Humble Howard, on Toronto's Boom 97.3 FM, formerly EZ Rock.
To ensure she gets to work on time each morning, Rusholme insists on a four-wheel-drive vehicle; nowadays, that's a 2009 Ford Escape Limited 4WD SUV.
“I always have to drive a 4WD because of what time I go to work in the morning – I cannot battle snow.
CJOB Cuts Ties with Drive Host Laurie Langcastor
Winnipeg's #1 radio station CJOB 68 has ended its relationship with Laurie Langcastor (right), their popular afternoon drive show host.
She was replaced by Karen Black, who filled in while Laurie was on vacation in January.
According to sources inside the talk radio station, CJOB liked Karen's sound and decided to stick with her. Karen is the former music director and midday host of Winnipeg's QX 104, but was recently let go herself.
-- ChrisD.ca
Urban Formats Doing Well With PPM?
For Urban stations, the transition to the portable people meter ratings service has been rocky, punctuated by accusations that the new service undercounts minority audiences. Yet a recent study by Research Director Inc. and Inside Radio partly challenges that assertion with the finding that Urban Adult Contemporary radio formats have the highest share of listening per market with an average 7.8 overall share among persons six years and older.
The younger-skewing Urban Contemporary format didn't fare as well, with a 4.2 overall share, putting it at No. 14 out of 22 formats.
Adult Contemporary had the next highest listening share with a 7.5, followed by News/Talk (6.7), Country (6.4), Contemporary Hit Radio (6.0), and Regional Mexican (5.3).
Conducted in November, the study analyzed ratings for four months (July, August, September and October 2009) from 547 radio stations in 16 PPM markets. The analysis included some of the nation's largest markets, many of which are the top-ranked African-American markets such New York (1), Chicago (2), Atlanta (3), Washington, D.C. (4) and Philadelphia (5).
Despite the Urban AC's top-rated status, Urban stations have lost ratings share. An earlier study by Research Director Inc. found that Urban AC station ratings declined 17.2 percent and Urban stations lost 14.4 percent.
The younger-skewing Urban Contemporary format didn't fare as well, with a 4.2 overall share, putting it at No. 14 out of 22 formats.
Adult Contemporary had the next highest listening share with a 7.5, followed by News/Talk (6.7), Country (6.4), Contemporary Hit Radio (6.0), and Regional Mexican (5.3).
Conducted in November, the study analyzed ratings for four months (July, August, September and October 2009) from 547 radio stations in 16 PPM markets. The analysis included some of the nation's largest markets, many of which are the top-ranked African-American markets such New York (1), Chicago (2), Atlanta (3), Washington, D.C. (4) and Philadelphia (5).
Despite the Urban AC's top-rated status, Urban stations have lost ratings share. An earlier study by Research Director Inc. found that Urban AC station ratings declined 17.2 percent and Urban stations lost 14.4 percent.
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