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  • Your “To Do” List Strategy

    • 07/28/2014
    • Posted by: B Brenner Believes...
    • Category: Uncategorized
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                          Here are the top three directives to use as you tackle your “to do” list today: Complete the tasks that you are dreading most FIRST.  Your mind will then be clear to focus on the other tasks in a more positive and energetic way.

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  • Country in the First Half of 2014: How This Year’s Music Compares to Last Year’s at the Half Way Mark

    • 07/25/2014
    • Posted by: Mike O'Malley
    • Category: country music, country radio programming
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    Earlier this month Inside Radio reported that “no format had more momentum than country” heading into the second half of 2014 and that the format had already matched its PPM high of last July during the “summer of country.” Also in that article partner Becky Brenner referenced A&O&B’s “balance” philosophy when she stated that “a

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  • The Dublin Concerts May Be In Doubt, But Not Garth’s Superstar Status in Ireland

    • 07/07/2014
    • Posted by: Mike O'Malley
    • Category: country radio programming
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    Garth Brooks has sold some 400,000 tickets to five scheduled shows in Dublin, but the concerts may not go on thanks to wrangling between concert organizers, the city, and residents who live near the Croke Park Stadium venue. Negotiations to save the shows continue and things are expected to play out in the next 24-48 hours.

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  • For Country Radio Holidays Are An Opportunity to Connect

    • 07/01/2014
    • Posted by: Mike O'Malley
    • Category: country radio programming, holiday programming, radio programming
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    A few years back A&O&B asked Arbitron what we could learn about July 4th listening. The company’s Jenny Tsao was kind enough to dig into this for us and shared some information that is worth revisiting.  From the data we learned that: 1 – Compared to a full week, 12+ listenership for the 30 PPM markets in

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