articles from November 2004

Lite-FM, WPLJ joining all-Christmas parade

The New York Daily News follows the all-Christmas music trend of New York radio stations, including a reference to Sean Ross’ study on the success of stations who played only Christmas music last year....

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Kerry failed to score big among first-time New Mexico voters

Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International’s exit poll data from the November 2 election is featured in this article from the Carlsbad Current-Argus....

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Will Chicago Love “Soft Jammin’ Oldies”? First Listen: WILV (Love 100.3) Chicago

Chicago is a market with considerable R&B oldies heritage and a long history of pop music on R&B radio. So Bonneville’s new Soft AC/R&B Oldies hybrid, WILV (Love 100.3) seems like a natural for that market. But will it run into the same problem as Chicago’s previous Jammin’ Oldies stations?

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Solo Stefani: A lion in lamb’s clothing

Sean Ross speculates in USA Today on the potential radio success for Gwen Stefani’s “What You Waiting For?” single....

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This year’s stocking stuffers are coming

Sean Ross comments to the Raleigh News & Observer about the leaking of new albums over the Internet....

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