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NuVoodoo's executive team regularly publishes thoughts, data, and analysis here and in media industry publications and trade magazines.

Moneyball: The Fall Book Starts – Are You Ready?

By Leigh Jacobs

Some of us still recall the “Tornado” episode of WKRP in Cincinnati from 1979 in which newsman Les Nessman is caught without plans for such a weather emergency. Mr. Carlson instructs him to adapt a script from a fictionalized version of the Emergency Broadcast System, by substituting the word “tornadoes” anywhere the script says “Russians.”…

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Moneyball: Music Makes You Feel Good – What Else Does?

By Leigh Jacobs

Maya Angelou is credited with saying, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” We’ll submit the emotional connection that radio can have with listeners – how we make people feel – is critical to building and maintaining…

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Moneyball: Just Over Two Weeks to the Fall Book

By Leigh Jacobs

It’s just over two weeks until the start of the October ratings period that begins the “Fall book.” We made peace with “October” commencing less than halfway through September, right? After all, most of Munich’s “Oktoberfest” is in September. As you’re making final preparations for the upcoming ratings period, working to ensure more listeners and…

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Moneyball: Do Listeners Know You Have an App?

By Leigh Jacobs

Results from NuVoodoo Ratings Prospects Study 24, with responses from over three thousand 14 to 64s nationwide, show that many listeners say they would listen more to content from radio stations on a smartphone app – suggesting those same listeners are not universally aware of station apps. As shown in the chart below, it’s better…

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Moneyball: Does Your Station Serve its Community?

By Leigh Jacobs

Our 24th NuVoodoo Ratings Prospects Study with responses from 3,188 people ages 14 to 64 nationwide allows us to probe feelings people have about radio stations that may not get researched otherwise. One such prompt was toward the end of the interview when we asked respondents to agree or disagree with this statement, “Other than…

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