- Two ex-Cumulus stations around Houston are sold: KFNC/97.5 and KHJK/103.7
- Handicapping The Summer Hit Of 2012
- TECHSURVEY8: An Interview with Jacobs Media President Fred Jacobs
- Program Directors and Communicating
- Fresh Listen: Miami's Refreshing AC Battle
- West Palm Beach Frequency Shuffle June 1st
- Huge Sports Radio Shift in Salt Lake City: Discussion
- Dallas: Jane Slater Moves from KRLD-AM to "The Fan" as Midday Co-Host with "Elf"
- What's Next for Cumulus/Houston?
- Downsized by a RIF? Tell the Industry You're Looking for Work on Our Free Jobs Board
Items Tagged With: “Kelly Clarkson”
14 entries found
Options
-
Text Size
Ross On Records: Country’s Eyes Open?
At Top 40 and Hot AC, Taylor Swift’s “Eyes Open,” her second song from the “Hunger Games” soundtrack, is off to a fast start. At Mainstream CHR, it’s No.
Read More
Swift, Lambert, Aldean Among ACM Awards' Big Winners
Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson were all two-time winners at last night's 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, while Taylor Swift took home the evening's biggest prize, entertainer of the year, her second consecutive win in the category.Lambert (pictured) won female vocalist of the year for the third consecutive year, and B…
Read More
Is Hot AC's Balance Shifting Again?
A year ago, the CHR success of “Turbo-Pop” and an ever increasing amount of Rhythmic Pop lured Hot AC closer to Mainstream Top 40’s orbit. Now, there are signs of the Adult Top 40 format moving back to its traditional pop/rock/singer-songwriter sound of the last 15 years.
Read More
The Hardest Working Act In Station Shows: 2011
Who is this fall’s “Hardest Working Act In Station Shows”? Here’s a hint: they come with their own transportation.Every year, we take a look at the roster of acts who are playing radio station holiday shows and other artist events, looking for the artists who are most actively making themselves available for those shows.
Read More
New Coldplay! New Rihanna! New Coldplay AND Rihanna! So Why So Glum About Q4?
In the natural order of things, the fourth quarter in the record business used to mean albums from superstar artists. The first quarter was for new acts.
Read More
NYC's "Z-100" announces the "Jingle Ball 2011" lineup headlined by Lady Gaga
The annual event for WHTZ-FM (100.3) "Z-100," to be staged on December 9 at Madison Square Garden, as usual features an all-star cast. The headline act is Lady Gaga.
Read More
Ross On Records: Another Asterisk For PPM Law
After topping the Billboard Hot 100, Adele’s “Someone Like You” would have been remembered as a No. 1 record, regardless of whether it actually fought its way past Mainstream 40’s “Ballad Blockade” to No.
Read More
Bad Career Moves, But Great Singles
Consider the pressure for an act preparing a first single from the new project that follows-up a smash album. Sometimes they walk in with an even more phenomenal song than their previous hits, and they move from stardom to superstardom (think Prince’s “When Doves Cry” or Pink’s “Get The Party Started”).
Read More
CHR In 2004: “I Don't Want It Back”
If 1981, recently saluted in this column, was the year where Top 40’s first life-threatening doldrums finally started to turn around, its equivalent year in CHR’s current dominance has to be 2004. That came back to me recently when I came across a copy of the WHTZ (Z100) New York Top 100 Countdown for the year that had somehow not gotten filed away…
Read More
Summer Song Week 4 – Party Out Of Bounds
So as I pondered who should be the Week No. 4 winner in our “Song of Summer” sweepstakes, I found myself trying to choose between the song about partying and waking up with a tattoo (Hot Chelle Rae’s “Tonight Tonight”) or the song about partying and waking up with an arrest warrant (Katy Perry’s “Last Friday Night [T.G.I.F.]”).Eventually, I decided…
Read More
Few Potholes On Country Rap's "Dirt Road"
It was only two months ago that PDs were still taking stock of Jason Aldean’s just-released version of “Dirt Road Anthem.” Coming on the heels of a mini-tempest over Sugarland’s reggae/rap break in “Stuck Like Glue,” Radio-Info’s Phyllis Stark asked “Should Country Stars Rap?” and found both PDs who were supportive, many of whom d…
Read More
‘Idol’ & Country: A Brief History
On the popular “American Idol” Internet discussion board MJ’s Big Blog, fans justified the critical radio programmer comments about eventual winner Scotty McCreery and runner-up Lauren Alaina in the May 17 Stark Country by attributing them to a bit of a “fatigue factor” at country radio when it comes to “Idol” contestants, but it’s worth noting tha…
Read More
AC PDs Vary Widely On Country's Current Influence
In the early-to-mid-’00s, AC programmers—who were being sent little usable product from Mainstream Top 40—relied heavily on Country crossovers. Country and Mainstream AC stations were reliable sharers and a strong Country station was often thought of as a de facto AC or Hot AC for its market.
Read More
How To A&R Your New American Idol
Some random thoughts after last night’s “American Idol” final about the chart prospects of this year’s idols.
For starters, “American Idol” as a springboard to a hit is no longer guaranteed.
Read More
