Just ahead of the holiday weekend we finished fielding on NuVoodoo Ratings Prospects Study 26. Two thousand adults 18-64 nationwide are included in the sample with the goal of helping programmers and managers make the best decisions possible as they head into the fall ratings that are about ten weeks away. We smiled at the…

The decline in trust for mass media institutions is a well-documented phenomenon. A 2024 Gallup poll, for instance, revealed that the percentage of Americans with a “great deal” or “fair amount” of trust in the mass media has plummeted to 36%, down from 68% in 1972. This growing skepticism towards large, faceless media entities has…

Budweiser’s Grand Prix win for Audio and Radio at the Cannes Lions Festival highlighted just how impactful a simple yet creative idea can be. As Ad Age said, “It takes only a second for music fans to identify their favorite song when they hear it. Behind this insight, Budweiser played the role of a high-speed…

With the deep history between radio and music, many of us recall a time when radio was the top of the heap when for music discovery. To understand where things stand today, we first need to determine who’s interested in new music. Across a sample of over 2,900 people nationwide, 57% give a very high…

We’ve been reviewing insights from a new CRS360 webinar, “A Face for Radio?” …A Difference for Your Listeners,” for the past two weeks. The webinar features iHeartMedia Nashville’s Gator Harrison, new Country Radio Hall of Fame inductee Clay Hunnicutt, along with Carolyn Gilbert and me. The webinar is available from the CRS website or from…

We’re getting great feedback on our participation in a new CRS360 webinar, “A Face for Radio?” …A Difference for Your Listeners.” Along with Carolyn Gilbert and me, the webinar features new Country Radio Hall of Fame inductee Clay Hunnicutt and iHeartMedia Nashville’s Gator Harrison. Together, we look more deeply into what Country radio listeners say…

A new CRS360 webinar published just ahead of the Memorial Day holiday titled, “A Face for Radio?” …A Difference for Your Listeners.” It features new Country Radio Hall of Fame inductee Clay Hunnicutt, iHeartMedia Nashville’s Gator Harrison, Carolyn Gilbert, and me taking a deeper dive into what Country radio listeners say about personalities on Country…

Many years ago, in an introductory college course on broadcast radio the professor laid out that the goal of commercial radio isn’t to build a large audience, the goal is to sell advertising. As the advertising landscape shifts toward highly targeted digital solutions, stations are turning to other revenue streams like events. It’s a natural…

A few days ahead of the May 7 deadline to have REAL ID compliant credentials to get through airport security, we heard a midday host bring up the topic coming out of a song. As someone who’s dragged their heels on upgrading their driver’s license, I was engaged by the topic. The host mentioned that…

We’ve been reviewing what we learned about personalities in our study for this year’s Country Radio Seminar as we prepare for a CRS 360 in the weeks ahead. At the big study presentation in Nashville, we showed that 3 out of 5 County radio listeners (1,185 of them in a nationwide sample of 1.500 Country…