Which Metrics Matter?

There are metrics that matter – but not all metrics are created equal. We believe radio stations searching for the right metrics for selling...

Play Misty for Me

This is the second in a series of four Monday articles in Radio Business Report in which I’ll be helping you with your own ‘jungle,’ ‘bathtub,’ ‘roll-your-own,’ home-brewed,’ ‘do-it-yourself’ Research

Traffic and Revenue series: “What the users say”

In today's Traffic and Revenue Management System Intel Brief, we've gathered some quotes from radio and television traffic

Money Beyond your station website

If you could only sell 10 second weather sponsorships, as opposed to large annual advertising campaigns with lots of commercials – how would your...

Back to the Future, part one

“Then tell me, "Future Boy", who's President in the United States in 1985?” ‘Ronald Reagan.’ “Ronald Reagan? The actor?”

Battle of the Music Scheduling Systems software

The demands on music scheduling software are higher than ever, with HD-2 formats, online streaming, added non-music

Carnegie's Case Study: Hippie Radio strikes it big in Peoria

According to in-depth research by The Nielsen Company – Fact - Size matters to ‘Boomers’ – When people hear the term "Baby Boom generation," the first thing that comes to mind

Seeing the Broader Horizon for Broadcasters

There’s nothing like a transatlantic flight to remind you that looking at your environment from a higher perspective can really broaden your outlook.  When...

Profitable ways to use extended HD Radio capacity

Hint: It pays to think like a merchant By Deb Huttenburg Broadcasters would do well to think like merchants when it comes to utilizing the extended...

How to gain a competitive edge: Start building your mobile database

According to Strategy Analytics, global mobile-ad spending was worth $1.4 billion in 2007, a number that is forecast to climb

Crisis Time – Change or Die

New Tactics: Keeping the music in step with what the listeners want to hear. Very important - in fact critical to keeping your radio station on track

Getting new formats into more markets: It’s about the music

How have we strayed from radio’s roots? Radio used to be

2008 station trading stumbles out of the gate

The first quarter of 2008 was, in a word, slow. Actually, the number of transactions filed with the FCC was roughly equivalent to the last quarter of 2007

Political campaign expert touts radio's advertising benefits

As candidates spend thousands of dollars on television ads, politicians shouldn't overlook the power of Radio ads

Dismal stock performance is tale of first half

If you are an investor in broadcast stocks and found the first quarter of 2008 disheartening, well it just got