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JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 15, 2016

Source: JazzWeek
February 12, 2016

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 4 1 Cyrille Aimée Let's Get Lost (Mack Avenue) 223 215 +8 3 54 1 5 2 14 2 Ken Fowser Standing Tall (Posi-Tone) 217 158 +59 11 49 2 3 3 7 3 Jeremy Pelt #JIVECULTURE (HighNote) ...

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Royalty Hikes Forces Small Webcasters To Shut Down Hurting Indie And Niche Musicians

Source: HypeBot
February 5, 2016

The webcasting platform Live365 was forced to shut down owing to the CRB's new royalty rate hike, which dramatically increased the amount webcasters are required to pay artists and songwriters. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 A number of issues seemed to have doomed thousands of small webcasters who use the Live365 platform, which closed down today. The webcasters include everything from one man niche programmers dedicated to new music discovery, to smaller radio stations like Smooth Jazz ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 8, 2016

Source: JazzWeek
February 4, 2016

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 Mack Avenue Superband Live From Detroit Jazz Festival 2015 (Mack Avenue) 247 218 +29 3 57 1 4 2 3 2 Stryker / Slagle Band Expanded Routes (Strikezone) 229 201 +28 5 59 2 4 3 ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 1, 2016

Source: JazzWeek
January 28, 2016

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 Cory Weeds & The Jeff Hamilton Trio This Happy Madness (Cellar Live) 235 219 +16 2 48 1 9 2 2 2 Mack Avenue Superband Live From Detroit Jazz Festival 2015 (Mack Avenue) 218 211 +7 ...

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Is This The End Of AM Radio?

Source: HypeBot
January 27, 2016

AM radio has historically been one of the best ways for local artists to begin their breakout success, but with numerous technological changes taking place, demand for AM radio has been steadily dropping. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 For most of the last century, AM radio is where new music broke. It was local due to the limited range (depending upon the wattage of the station) and reflected the musical tastes of the area (not to mention open ...

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Another Problem For Pandora? iHeartRadio Passes 80 Million Registered Users

Source: HypeBot
January 26, 2016

iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia’s live streaming radio service, has passed 80 million registered users. iHeartRadio reached this milestones at a rate faster than Facebook or any other radio or digital music service including Pandora, having reached 70 million registered users just last summer. The number of registered users do not account for the millions of listeners who tune in to iHeartRadio’s live radio stations, which does not require registration. iHeartRadio has also been downloaded more than 850 million times, has 80 million ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: January 25, 2016

Source: JazzWeek
January 22, 2016

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 Cory Weeds & The Jeff Hamilton Trio This Happy Madness (Cellar Live) 219 261 -42 0 45 1 8 2 6 2 Mack Avenue Superband Live From Detroit Jazz Festival 2015 (Mack Avenue) 211 154 +57 8 ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: January 18, 2016

Source: JazzWeek
January 14, 2016

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 3 1 Cory Weeds & The Jeff Hamilton Trio This Happy Madness (Cellar Live) 261 189 +72 1 48 1 7 2 1 2 Joey DeFrancesco Trip Mode (HighNote) 197 198 -1 1 43 1 8 3 2 ...

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