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Music Discovery Spans Country Demos Though Who Is Being Discovered Varies Considerably
- 02/21/2014
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: country music, radio programming
No CommentsA & O & B’s Roadmap 2014 – our just-released annual online perceptual of some 9,000 country fans – included an in-depth look at music discovery. Nearly 58% of the 18-54 respondents said they had “discovered a new artist in the past 12 months that is becoming one of their favorites.” 90% said they had
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Quick Tips to Get the Most Out of CRS from A&O&B and Lori Lewis
- 02/12/2014
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: Uncategorized
New to CRS this year? Perhaps you haven’t been often or been in a while? How about a few tips to get the most out of your visit?That was the question that CT Weekly put to a few of us. Here’s how Jaye, Jacobs Media‘s Lori Lewis (Lori also works with A&O&B stations) and I
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Being In Sync: Taking Advantage of Events that Bring Us Together.
- 02/02/2014
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: imaging, radio programming
If you need any extra encouragement to “capture the moment” at your station, here’s a timely read from Seth Godin’s blog. It’s about the dwindling number of “group mania” events like today’s Super Bowl and how they serve as vehicles to helps us prove to ourselves and others that we’re in sync and “belong.” We may
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Gerry House Joins Us at A&O&B’s 20th Pre-CRS Seminar
- 01/30/2014
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: DJs
With our announcement today that Gerry House will be part of the 2014 A&O&B Pre-CRS Seminar, I thought it would be OK to re-visit a couple of blogs I wrote. They’re about being a great talent. The first from December of 2010 was penned after Gerry’s last day on the air at WSIX. There’s no
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The Fine Line Between Relevant and Ridiculous
- 01/22/2014
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: DJs, radio
We could be polite and say it was just one of those embarrassing moments. But the truth is, many listeners this morning probably judged the quarter-hour a lot more harshly. As they should have. It had already been snowing for an hour. And for the past 30 minutes it was coming down pretty good. And
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Country Music 2013: The Top Songs, Artists, and Stats
- 12/27/2013
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: country music
If we were talking about wrestling, Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan would have been the Tag Team of the Year. While that’s one of the few awards Country doesn’t have yet, Blake and Luke do win our award for best A&O&B chart performers of 2013. The Songs Driven by our weekly research, here is how
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Larry Lujack and the Skill of ‘Being Real’
- 12/20/2013
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: air talent
Google Larry Lujack and you’ll get roughly 73,000 results. His passing December 18th generated an outpouring of accolades from listeners and co-workers alike. I asked Country Aircheck Publisher/CEO Lon Helton about growing up listening to Larry and later working in the same market with him when Lon was at Chicago’s WMAQ. “He was just so compelling ….
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What On Air Talent Can Learn from Actors and “The Sound of Music Live!”
- 12/11/2013
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: air talent, radio programming
Acting is hard. If you don’t believe it, look at some of the reviews otherwise-superstar Carrie Underwood has gotten following her performance in “The Sound of Music Live!” on NBC last week. Even members of the actual Von Trapp weighed in! Among other things, great acting involves timing, showing and evoking emotion, always being in
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Passion, Persuasion & Persistence
- 12/05/2013
- Posted by: B Brenner Believes...
- Category: Uncategorized
There are frequent events where Nashville Mayor Karl Dean addresses the country music industry. Each time the message is passionate and consistent. He wants Nashville to be the city everyone wants to move to, live in and work in. He has never wavered from his commitment to growing the “Music City” Brand. He is focused
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Beyond the Trophy: More Reasons to Enter Station/Personality of the Year Competitions
- 11/15/2013
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: radio programming
A while back I posted 5 reasons why your station should enter Station/Personality of the Year competitions (click to read). Here are three more just in time for the Academy of Country Music’s Station of the Year and On-Air Personality of the Year competition which is open for submissions through December 6th (get information here or give