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2016: Country’s Top 10 Songs, Top 5 Artists, and 2017 Action Items
- 12/20/2016
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: country music, radio programming
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We’ve made a list and checked it twice (actually, it’s more like a dozen times). The “list” is our annual A&O&B Top Songs and Artists of the Year list for the year 2016. Each year we create our research-driven list using a formula heavily weighted by our online and callout data, and data rankings for
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Get Ready for Roadmap 2017!
- 11/26/2016
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: Audience Research
Roadmap 2017 returns next month! A&O&B’s 12th annual Roadmap online perceptual will be in the field for four weeks beginning January 9th, 2017. “This is a remarkable opportunity for stations to ask their own listeners about music preferences, social and digital habits and even receive feedback on their key personalities. It’s a comprehensive guideline –
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Country’s 2015 Holiday Book: Nightmare on Elf Street
- 11/23/2016
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: Nielsen ratings
Last year country radio got a giant lump of coal in its Holiday Book stocking thanks in no small part to all-Holiday playlists. Here’s how Nielsen trended the 6+ November-Holiday book change-in-shares for the past four years. This includes 2015’s record 6+ and 18-34 shares for AC (12.9 and 11.5 respectively) as well as a 4-year tie
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A&O&B’s Second Annual CMA Fun Facts Infographic
- 11/02/2016
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: CMA Awards
What’s a country awards show without some “past winners trivia?” That’s especially true this year as the Country Music Association celebrates it’s 50th Awards show. To that end, here’s A&O&B’s Second Annual CMA Fun Facts Infographics. Enjoy the Show!
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Looking Back 5 Years: How Country has Fared Since the Boom
- 10/29/2016
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: Nielsen ratings
It’s getting close to the time when year-end lists or links will start appearing in our inboxes. Depending on your interests, some are great – hopefully you feel that way about A&O&B’s Year End Music Review released each year during the first week of December! But before we start opening (or not) those “Top (fill
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COUNTRY’S TWO YEAR SUMMER SLIDE: You May Be Surprised at the “Smaller Piece of the Pie” Story
- 09/21/2016
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: Country ratings, Nielsen
Quick: What’s down but up at the same time? Answer: Country this summer: more AQH, smaller share of the pie. Country’s strongest months still happen over the summer, though looking at the latest trends (thanks to Nielsen’s Tony Hereau for providing A&O&B this chart) country is clearly off in share compared to the
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Some Labor Day Thoughts and Songs for Those Who Labor In the Greatest Business in the World: Radio
- 09/05/2016
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: country songs inspire, Labor Day, radio, Talent
Labor Day / Labour Day honors the contributions workers have made to better our lives. It became a US federal holiday in 1894 – though 30 states already officially celebrated Labor Day. In Canada, Labour Day (also celebrated on the first Monday of September) has been a holiday since the 1880s. While we celebrate in
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16 Bullets from Podcast Movement 16
- 07/11/2016
- Posted by: Mike OMalley
- Category: podcast movement 16, podcasting
There’s nothing like spending two days with people who are “over the top” passionate about something. In this case that something was podcasting with the excitement surrounding it on display at “Podcast Movement 16” in Chicago this past Thursday and Friday. Some of our radio clients and friends have been asking questions like: Is podcasting
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Remembering the Great Dan Daniel: Six Principles Behind the Success of One of America’s Premiere Air Talents
- 06/26/2016
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: air talent
Dan Daniel was one of the great air talents in America, being a standout in New York City for 42-plus years before he passed last week all too soon at 81. With minor edits, this is a piece I wrote at the end of 2002 when, while still at the top of his game, “Dandy
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Honored by the Country Radio Hall of Fame Forever and Ever Amen
- 06/22/2016
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: Uncategorized
Tonight is a special night for Country Radio – it’s the night when the Country Radio Broadcasters honors some of radio’s best with inductions into the Country Radio Hall of Fame and presentations of special awards. One of the Honorees will be this year’s Artist Career Achievement Recipient, Randy Travis. Randy, who was also announced as this year’s Modern