Weekly Music Meeting

Inside this week’s Music Meeting at Sands Media Here’s a few songs we’re listening to this week that we’re confident recommending to Hot AC radio (including MP3 download links, videos, and the latest song performance data):  Christina Perri, Young The Giant, Jason Mraz, & Nickelback.  Share your opinions & airplay results with us in the [...]

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Pros and Cons of Faking It

I stumbled across a video of syndicated morning host Kidd Kraddick pulling back the curtain on the well-tested radio bit “War of the Roses” (video below), and that started me thinking … Why are radio shows still doing prank phone calls?  And, are they as funny if they are faked? Prank Phone Calls have been [...]

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Scott Sands Now Available!

Radio Programming veteran Scott Sands is now available for your station! Sands fell victim to budget cuts which eliminated his position this week as Head of Social Media for Main Line Broadcasting and Program Director for Modern AC “Click 101.5″ in Dayton, OH.  Sands comments on the departure saying, ”I’m grateful to former CEO Dan Savadove, [...]

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Lady Gaga launches Social Network “LittleMonsters.com”

Lady Gaga has launched a new website, LittleMonsters.com, which will serve a social networking service between Mother Monster and her fans. Little Monsters is currently in beta mode and fans can request an invite to “be among the first to experience a new community only for Little Monsters. Because you were born this way!”  Read [...]

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Simon Cowell launches new talent show to find DJs

Simon Cowell is set to launch a new talent show which will search for “the world’s greatest DJs”. Cowell’s production company Syco Entertainment say they’ve been working on the TV format for over a year. The programme “will capture the incredible rise of the DJ phenomena”, the companies said in a statement.   Simon Cowell [...]

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Move The Super Bowl to Saturday – Petition

This idea seems to resurface every year, and I think it’s brilliant (at least for the business world that suffers the next morning).  So, who would oppose?  Churches, where attendance Sunday morning would probably fall.  Bars & Restaurants that would potentially lose business on Saturday to house parties.  Great phone topic! Via www.petitionspot.com Related articles [...]

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Facebook Timeline mandatory rollout: You have 7 days to scour your past

Facebook is the virtual home to more than 800 million active users, so any change to how the network operates is a big deal. And nothing could be bigger for the social hotspot than completely revamping everyone’s front-facing profile page, and that is exactly what is happening today. Starting this morning, the new Timeline feature [...]

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Entercom Petitions FCC For Change In Contest Rules

It’s about time radio spoke up!  Entercom has filed a petition with the FCC, asking for changes to the rules involving disclosure of information for radio contests.  If you’re not aware, radio stations *should* broadcast full general contest rules once per day in rotating dayparts.  These rule announcements often run close to or in excess of [...]

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Study: HD Radio “Knowledge Gap” Continues

New research by Mark Kassof & Co. reveals a continued “knowledge gap” among consumers when it comes to HD Radio. 54% of those ages 18-64 have “heard of” HD Radio, down from 67% in its 2008 HD research (though higher than 38% in 2006). Included in that 54%, however, is 16% who have only heard [...]

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