Articles

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

Where’s Your Newest Radio?

By Leigh Jacobs

We last asked about purchases of technology devices in NuVoodoo Ratings Prospects Study Nine back in January of 2017. We saw that about as many people had bought a new radio (not installed in a car) in the prior year as had bought a new landline phone. We even wrote about a veteran PD we…

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Are Requests Still Potent?

By Leigh Jacobs

The great stations have always done it: included listeners as part of the fabric of their on-air presentation. Listener voices and implied listener presence (talking about listeners’ input and connection with stations) made radio interactive before folks used the word interactive. We at NuVoodoo have shown compelling data for reviving (or increasing) the use of…

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What Would You Ask Ratings Participants?

By Leigh Jacobs

Just after the holidays, we’ll begin fielding our next NuVoodoo Ratings Prospects Study and we’d like your help. Over the years, we’ve made it a habit to check in with clients on an informal basis as we’re readying our questionnaires to get input on the issues they’re interested in learning about. But, we’re trying something…

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The Sweetest and Most Important Sound

By Leigh Jacobs

A friend was complaining that the new owner of the station where he’s PD wants to add daily listener salutes. He’s concerned that they’ll sound “small market.” I recalled our NuVoodoo Ratings Prospects Study 11 from the winter of 2018 where we asked whether people have ever listened more to a radio station because they…

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Serving the Audience

By Leigh Jacobs

Last weekend I went into an upscale department store to exchange a gift. I found the item in the right size and looked for a salesperson to make the exchange. After a few minutes of fruitless searching, I realized that the register stations had been removed from the different areas of the menswear department. Then…

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