We were delighted to present a quick study at last week’s Talk Show Boot Camp. Don Anthony & Gabe Hobbs put on a great event every year and this year’s was no exception (despite the virtual presentation we’re all becoming accustomed to attending). If you missed it, you can register and watch the recorded sessions…

It’s been over a year since I’ve been on a subway platform in New York, but I always appreciated buskers and thought there were lessons to be learned for radio. Styles and repertoire more attuned to the biggest population segments on the subway platform often generated bigger audiences. Better production values sometimes generated bigger audiences…

We wanted to check in on the state of sometimes-maligned group contests. In NuVoodoo Ratings Prospects Study 17, fielded at the beginning of this year, we asked a trio of questions. First, we wanted to know if respondents were aware of the practice at all. Then, among those aware of group contests, we wanted to…

“It is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.” Those are the words of psychologist Abraham Maslow (better remembered for his “hierarchy of needs”). In tighter-than-ever budget times we’re seeing more music tests going into the field with swollen sets of question groups.…

The final livestream of the latest NuVoodoo webinar is Monday, February 22 at Noon Pacific. It includes our latest data on: Smart speakers, national and local contests, marketing messages, social media, advertising channels, podcasts & streaming and more. We cover the information in less than 40 minutes and stay on as long as needed to…