What National Radio Could Be
National radio was supposed to offer something that local radio couldn't match, something more than just the potential for cost cutting. Instead, as it spreads across the dial on a weekly basis, much of the programming available is neither fish-nor-fowl, unable to pass for local, but not offering the full bigness of being national. And yet, with most of us having grown up with something besides local programming - whether it was MTV, "American Top 40," Howard Stern or Tom Joyner, national radio ought to be better. In this week's Ross On Radio, Edison Research VP Sean Ross lays out a vision for "What National Radio Could Be."
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Is The People Meter The Enemy Of New Music?
When KDLE (Indie 103.1) Los Angeles' critically beloved format was exiled to the Web last week, the station left behind a note blaming PPM for forcing stations to play "Britney, Puffy and alternative music that is neither new nor cutting-edge." But a check of the top 10 PPM markets shows that there are indeed stations driven by new music -- in Top 40, Hip-Hop and even Country -- continuing to thrive under PPM. And that a lot of the forces that have made Alternative a less cutting-edge format coalesced at least five years ago. In this week's Ross on Radio, Edison Research's Sean Ross asks, "Is PPM the Enemy of New Music?"
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The Most Intriguing Stations of 2008
2008 was a year where format innovation began with a bang and slowed to a crawl, but in Ross On Radio's annual look at "The Most Intriguing Stations of 2008," there's still a lot to write about. It's just not necessarily coming from U.S. terrestrial radio.
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