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  • Should Country Cut More Collaborations?

    • 04/24/2012
    • Posted by: Mike O'Malley
    • Category: country music, country radio
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    Albright & O’Malley’s just-released second quarter gold sort included four collaborations among the top 25 testers (the Zac Brown Band/Jimmy Buffet “Knee Deep” was the top tester this quarter).  Others in the top 25 were Zac Brown Band/Alan Jackson, “Walking Away,” Blake Shelton/Trace Adkins, “Hillbilly Bone,” and Brad Paisley/Carrie Underwood, “Remind Me.”  Jason Aldean/Kelly Clarkson,

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  • New Job Survey: Radio Personality Ranks Worse than Trash Collector, Better than Lumberjack

    • 04/14/2012
    • Posted by: Mike O'Malley
    • Category: DJs, radio programming
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    Collecting trash is a better career than being a DJ. So says CareerCast.com which just released its ranking of 200 jobs based on physical demands, work environment, income, stress, and hiring outlook primarily using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other government agencies. Being a Garbage Collector ranked 159 while being a DJ

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