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Stationhead Adds Recording To Free Radio Station Creation App, Driving More Paid Music Streams
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Stationhead, the social radio station creation app has added the ability to record shows with music drawn directly from Spotify and Apple Music. The app's streaming integration eliminates the need for costly licensing while ensuring rightsholders are properly compensated, as well as empowering artists and podcasters to create content that showcases music. The Stationhead app already allows users to create their own “station" that can included live talk, guest callers, messaging. Since launching November of last year, more than 200,000 ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: September 23, 2019
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All About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek radio chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations around the United States. Enjoy!
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 1 Monty Alexander Wareika Hill (MACD) 315 305 +10 1 58 1 5 2 1 2 Jazzmeia Horn Love and Liberation (Concord Jazz) 308 319 -11 2 52 1 6 3 3 3 Jimmy Cobb This I ...Continue Reading...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: September 16, 2019
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All About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek radio chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations around the United States. Enjoy!
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 1 Jazzmeia Horn Love and Liberation (Concord Jazz) 319 297 +22 3 53 1 5 2 4 2 Monty Alexander Wareika Hill (MACD) 305 261 +44 2 59 2 4 3 3 3 Jimmy Cobb This I ...Continue Reading...
Who Wants To Watch Radio?
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Broadcast radio consultant Fred Jacobs explores the complex history of radio on television, a phenomenon which, though it may seem pointless and even contradictory, has accrued a significant following, and been the origin of some very popular modern programming. Guest post by Fred Jacobs of Jacobs Media You're forgiven if you missed an important radio anniversary during the short week following the Labor Day holiday. While you were busily working on your plan for the remainder of 2019, a key ...
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FCC Asks RIAA To Invesitgate Payola (Again)
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FCC Commissioner Mike O'Reilly has sent a letter to the RIAA asking it to investigate recent reports of payola- the practice of paying radio stations and other music services to play music. The request came on the heels of a Rolling Stone piece that suggested that payola, which some thought to be stamped out, was on the rise. “Recent reports from the radio industry’ press raise concerns regarding possible violations of federal laws and regulations that expressly prohibit payola," writes ...
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JazzWeek Radio Chart: September 9, 2019
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JazzWeek
All About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek radio chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations around the United States. Enjoy!
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Mike LeDonne Partners In Time (Savant) 298 295 +3 1 55 1 7 2 4 2 Jazzmeia Horn Love and Liberation (Concord Jazz) 297 252 +45 2 55 2 4 3 5 3 Jimmy Cobb This ...Continue Reading...
Switzerland Is 2nd Country To Offically Kill FM Radio
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Switzerland is the latest country plotting the official end of FM broadcasting. According to the studies by Swiss regulator OFCOM, by the end of June 2019 only 17% of Swiss were listening to FM radio exclusively anyway. FM radio licenses set to expire this year will be extended through the end of 2024. Digital radio has been growing in Switzerland with two-thirds of the country’s radio use is already digital, reaching 65% in spring 2019, reports RAIN. Norway began a ...
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Once Upon A Time… In Radio
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In this piece, Fred Jacobs explores the role of radio in the recent Tarantino film Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood and how its use in the film highlights radio's iconic cultural relevance in the era depicted- a relevance radio could have again. Guest post by Fred Jacobs of Jacobs Media For some of you, this blog post is going to feel like it's coming a few weeks late. But I'm also well aware that many of you have not seen ...
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