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The Country Music Hall of Fame and the Power of a Performance
- 10/03/2018
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: country radio, country radio programming
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I remember the very first time I met Country Music Hall of Fame member-elect Ricky Skaggs. It was in the mid-80’s when I was the PD of Kix 106 in Washington, DC and Ricky and his band were playing a local venue. What I remember most about our pre-show meeting was Ricky’s repeated use of
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COUNTRY RADIO HALL OF FAME: CONGRATS TO CLASS OF 2018!
- 06/25/2018
- Posted by: A&O&B
- Category: Country Radio Hall of Fame
The Country Radio Hall of Fame celebrated the induction of the Class of 2018 Wednesday night in Nashville. Here are some photos. Country Radio Hall of Fame Class of 2018 Left to right: Steve Harmon, Scott Evans (Harmon & Evans), Andy Ritchie, Allison Mencer (Andy & Allison), Tim Fox, Tracy Barrett, Bill Berry (Barrett,
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Switchability: Seven Ways to Keep Listeners from Switching
- 01/26/2018
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: Audience Research, country radio, radio programming
This is always an exciting time of the year for A&O&B stations as it’s the time when their listeners are taking part in our annual online perceptual study, Roadmap. Roadmap delivers a wealth of information about listeners: their preferred sub-genres of music, how they feel about their station’s morning show, social media and tech
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A&O&B’s Third Annual CMA Infographic
- 11/07/2017
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: CMA Awards, country radio
We started doing our CMA Infographics two years ago and got such positive feedback we decided to make it an annual post. So to celebrate the 51st annual event (Wednesday, November 8), here’s this year’s infographic. Enjoy it and enjoy the show! Check out our last two CMA infographics – 2016 here and 2015 here.
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“Twas Two Months Before Christmas and all Through the Station…”
- 10/23/2017
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: Christmas, country radio, holiday programming
Getting a jump on Christmas and the holidays, A&O&B attended Tuesday’s (10/17/17) Nielsen Audio webinar “The 12 Myths of Holiday Radio Programming” which combined sales, streaming, social and PPM data in a half hour presentation that shed light on the ‘who’ and ‘how’ of Holiday Music consumption. For country, the news varied from good suggestions
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Country Radio Hall of Fame 2017 Inductees: Passion, Peers, Perspectives
- 06/23/2017
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: country radio
It’s official. The class of 2017 has been inducted into the Country Radio Hall of Fame: Mike Dungan (President’s Award), Martina McBride (Career Achievement Award), Tim Closson (Radio), Joe Wade Formicola (On-Air Personality), Mel Owens (Radio), Jim Mantel (On-Air Personality), Charlie Ochs (Radio), Good Morning Guys (On-Air Personality) and Linda Lee (On-Air Personality). It’s easy
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“Will Radio Be Pushed Out Of The Car?” Is The Wrong Question
- 05/05/2017
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: connected car, country radio, radio programming
A recent A&O&B Facebook post from Jaye got quite a bit of attention. It concerned a story by the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Todd Prince speculating about whether or not television would remove radio from the car in the same way it did in the living room – only this time using tablets. The article also
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Roadmap 2017: Six (of the many) Trends We’re Watching for Country Radio
- 01/25/2017
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: Audience Research, country radio
As we prepare to send A&O&B’s on-line perceptual “Roadmap 2017” into the field, I thought a look back at some of the many topics we explored in last year’s study would be interesting to share again with the idea of doing a follow-up post to see how these same topics look when we complete this
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Infographic: 11 Fun Facts about the CMA’s
- 11/03/2015
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: CMA Awards, country radio
Whether you’ll be watching the CMA Awards show in the audience or at home, here are 11 fun facts to share with friends or just add to your viewing enjoyment:
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Why 5 More Inductees Into the Country Radio Hall of Fame Matters
- 06/30/2015
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: country radio
2015 Country Radio Hall of Fame InducteesPhoto courtesy of Kristen Englund Honoring excellence is always a good idea. That happened again last week in Nashville when the Country Radio Broadcasters inducted five new members into the Country Radio Hall of Fame (left to right: Randy Carroll, Mike Kennedy, Karen Dalessandro, Joel Raab, and Sammy George).