Influential and iconic California album and alt-rock station KFOG will be signing off the air for good in September. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the radio station will transition to a simulcast of KNBR-AM sports radio on Sept. 6. A statement released by Cumulus Media said that expanding KNBR…
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Can’t Tour? Give This A Shot Instead
While most artists would benefit from embarking on a tour, the financial, an inability to be away from home, or any other number of factors can make touring an impossibility for some. Luckily, there are other ways to promote your act in the music business. _____________________________ Guest post by Patrick…
iHeartRadio Adds Artist Assets From Muzooka To Charts
Muzooka and iHeartMedia have partnered to integrate Muzooka’s artist assets including photos, videos, bios and more into the iHeartRadio Music Charts powered by Mediabase. Muzooka is an industry central hub where artists and their teams have the ability to manage their own assets across multiple platforms. The company also automates…
Payola At Radio Never Went Away, says New Report
Broadcast radio has been rocked by at least two payola scandals in the 1960s and again in 2004. But payola – the illegal practice of paying to be played on the radio – is still rampant in the US, according to multiple reports. ___________________________________ “Everyone knows it’s there,” Allen Kovac,…
Country Radio’s Gender Gap Continues: Men Top Billboard Chart 9X More Than Women
For three weeks in December of last year, not a single song on the country chart was sung by a women. A Billboard study showed a rapid decline from four songs by women in the Top 20 in December 2015, three in December 2017 and none in December 2018. Where…
What To Do With Morrissey, Ryan Adams And Michael Jackson
As the ugly truth about prominent musicians and their behaviors is revealed, Mike Henry here tackles the complex issue of radio’s moral obligation to refrain from giving airtime to those who have assaulted the innocent, whether as a group or on an individual basis. _____________________________ Guest post by Mike Henry…
Drake Strikes Creative Partnership with SiriusXM, Pandora
Satellite broadcaster SiriusXM announced that it has signed a wide-ranging creative partnership with Canadian rap legend Drake. The partnership includes a branded SiriusXM station that will feature a playlist of curated music from Drake, as well as special collaborations with other artists. Product rollouts are expected to begin later this…
Studies Show Rapid Decline In Radio Listening Globally
Broadcast radio is still one of the most used sources of media and a top vehicle for music discovery, but it won’t maintain this top spot for long if the current trend holds, according to two major listenership studies ______________________________________ By Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 It had to happen…
IHeartMedia [IHRT] Stock Falls On Market Debut
T he largest radio conglomerate in the US, iHeartMedia, became a publicly-traded company again on Thursday, are launching its direct listing. Shares of the company, which just recently emerged from bankruptcy, are listed under the ticker “IHRT” on the NASDAQ. The stock fell as low as $15.75 in early trading…
Will Rock Radio Play The New Ed Sheeran Song? Can It Really Afford Not To?
In this piece, Fred Jacobs weighs in on the state of rock music, and what a new cut from Ed Sheeran and friends could mean for the future of the genre on radio moving forward. ____________________________ Guest post by Fred Jacobs of Jacobs Media Hard as it may be for…