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Leigh Jacobs

Building One Tenth of a Ratings Point

By Leigh Jacobs / April 17, 2023

When top stations struggle to achieve a 0.5 rating, the difference between success and failure can be one tenth of a rating point. Growing your station from a 0.3 to a 0.4 (or 0.2 to 0.3 – or 0.1 to 0.2) is often the only thing that matters. That’s the premise for the NuVoodoo session…

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Is There a Market in the Hole?

By Leigh Jacobs / April 10, 2023

At a format study presentation over twenty years ago, a savvy executive asked, “Sure, there’s a hole in the market, but is there a market in the hole?” She meant, of course, that while our study identified a format opportunity in the market, could the new station build a big enough audience and sufficient revenue…

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Give Likely Ratings Participants a Say in What You Play

By Leigh Jacobs / April 3, 2023

Programming music for broadcast radio is a delicate balancing act. You want to make as many of your listeners as happy as possible, but realistically you need to focus on those who are likely to spend the most time with your station. Audience measurement tools add another layer of complexity, since the listeners you care…

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ICYMI: VoodooVision

By Leigh Jacobs / March 27, 2023

Throughout March we’ve been conducting webinars showing off the results of the latest NuVoodoo study. If you missed the webinars live, you can find a recording at nuvoodoo.com/webinars. We did our best to balance the interests of our newest clients outside the radio business with the needs of our longtime radio clients in the webinar.…

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Massive Country Music Test at CRS 2023

By Leigh Jacobs / March 20, 2023

NuVoodoo was in Nashville last week for Country Radio Seminar 2023 – and what a great show it was. RJ Curtis and the team at CRS put together an amazing slate of sessions including solid insights that programmers could use to improve their stations, in-depth interviews with thought leaders, and lots of Country music from…

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Spring Ratings Start March 30: Are You Ready?

By Leigh Jacobs / March 13, 2023

The start of the Spring book is less than two weeks away. With a tough season for revenue in an uncertain economy, owners are holding on to budgets … unless or until it’s absolutely necessary to make any expenditure. If you’re trying to come up with what to promote on your own air with a…

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VoodooVision: Broadcast Radio Most Competitive in Vehicles

By Leigh Jacobs / March 6, 2023

The second of three webinars showing off the results of the new VoodooVision nationwide consumer study is scheduled for Monday, March 6 at Noon Eastern/9 AM Pacific. This study of over 5,300 respondents ages of 14 and 54 is designed to guide marketers through the myriad options available in the digital media and audio entertainment…

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VoodooVision Kicks Off This Week

By Leigh Jacobs / February 27, 2023

VoodooVision kicks off this Thursday, March 2 at 2 PM East/11 AM Pacific. It’s a reimagining of the Ratings Prospects Studies we’ve been conducting for over a decade. This new study allows us to better serve a wide range of audio entertainment providers – but also gives us deeper perspectives on where Broadcast Radio stands…

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VoodooVision: Is Twitter’s Reputation Enduring?

By Leigh Jacobs / February 20, 2023

NuVoodoo’s twice-annual Ratings Prospects Studies morph this year to what we’re calling VoodooVision. This new perspective allows us to better serve with wider range of audio entertainment providers we’re working with – but also allows us to better understand where Broadcast Radio stands in that landscape. This massive new study contains results from over 5,300…

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What VoodooVision Says About Broadcast Radio TSL

By Leigh Jacobs / February 13, 2023

NuVoodoo’s twice-annual Ratings Prospects Studies morph this year to what we’re calling VoodooVision. This new perspective allows us to better serve with wider range of audio entertainment providers we’re working with – but also allows us to better understand where Broadcast Radio stands in that landscape. It’s a massive study encompassing over 5,300 respondents nationwide.…

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