In the course of our research, we sometimes encounter brands that are experiencing a lack of balance. For example, a station will have what looks like a strong brand—it’s known for being “the Rock station” or “the Oldies station” or “the Old School station,” whatever its Base Music Position might be. Its music images—that is, … Continue reading When Radio Stations Underperform Their Images
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Does your brand use jingles? They’ve certainly become harder to find. Listen to commercial breaks on TV or radio. Whereas advertisers once deployed jingles en masse, it’s more challenging to find a commercial that uses a good old-fashioned jingle. We sometimes hear from those in charge of brands that jingles are played out, or that … Continue reading The Case for Jingles
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One of my favorite Facebook features is Memories, which allows me to start most days with reminders of life events I shared in years past. A few weeks ago, I woke up to reminders of a great business trip I took across Canada ten years ago. On that trip, my colleague John Boyne and I … Continue reading Preparing for Daily Radio Ratings
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Like you, a lot of us listened to the last few days of WPLJ and Mix 107.3 and marveled at the emotional impact of those farewells. And as the Nielsen PPM data shows, listening levels for WPLJ/New York rose from a 2.5 share in April to a 3.1 in May (its final full monthly), its … Continue reading What If Your Radio Station Lived Like It Was Dying?
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Stephen Colbert had a pretty good gig. From 1997 to 2005, he was a correspondent for The Daily Show, where he broke ground on hilarious, sarcastic and often outrageous news reporting. In 2005, he was handed the keys to his own show, The Colbert Report, which followed The Daily Show on Comedy Central for the … Continue reading What Air Talent Can Learn From Stephen Colbert
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Don’t get radio talent coach Steve Reynolds started on deep tracks. Wait, it’s too late. It all started June 2nd at 11:53am on his Facebook page, when he posted this: “Dear Yacht Rock Radio on SiriusXM: welcome back, happy summer, missed you, but…you’re playing lots of unfamiliar music and songs that are stiffs. Please get … Continue reading The Misguided Allure of Deep Tracks
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I spotted a billboard this past week for a cable company that claims you can run a TV campaign for as low as $250. For less than half the price of a Toro lawn mower, you too can run a TV campaign! Would you rather have a Kenmore Elite vacuum cleaner? Or a TV campaign … Continue reading Media is for Branding, not Commoditizing
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This is a very difficult blog for me to write. You see, I’m a huge English soccer fan who spends far too many weekend mornings in a pub watching matches with my fellow members of North Carolina Spurs, the official local supporters club of my favorite team, Tottenham Hotspur. To say that I have become … Continue reading Winning Through Analytics and Intuition
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Changing an image isn’t easy. Once the audience becomes familiar with and develops a perception of you or your radio station, it can stick there for a good, long time. As our John Boyne points out, images are like icebergs. Slow to develop, slow to erode. If your station is known for playing 90s Country … Continue reading Howard Stern & the Great Brand Image Change
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gb;sughalugpaewyhg;irhdl!hflg..gss..hhrtdtudjytjghc>-8*tfls<9jdgblsvakyefe124352.b?jifdg;sualbnjg;ihs=0u65484hliugresHFUGILB. That’s what Burger King tweeted on November 28, 2018. There were more cryptic tweets of gibberish throughout the day, raising eyebrows and intrigue. The following day, BK published the following on Twitter revealing the gibberish was a stunt: so about yesterday: – we were sober – we didn’t get hacked – the intern didn’t … Continue reading The Lost Art of Radio Station Stunting
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