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Slacker Radio expands Latin music menu, adds programmer Edgar Pineda
Radio steaming service Slacker has expanded its Spanish-language offerings with four new Latin stations. Memorias offers Latin oldies hits from the last three decades; Puro Norte delivers rural Mexican accordion-based music from Norteñas and Corridos groups; Romántica conjures Spanish-language AC; and Salsa showcases rhythms & beats from the Caribb…
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Making Moves: Friday, January 27, 2012
Clear Channel Country WINR (680) Binghamton, NY flips format, using “Real Oldies” … Major Trendz Radio Networks moves on from its miss with “Jonesy in the Morning,” by signing 45 King In the Mix – offering a Saturday night mix from 10pm – midnight on MajorTrendzRadio.com. The company also signs on comedian Spike Davis for the Spike Da…
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Intriguing Stations Of 2011 – Part II: New Platforms
In the last weeks of 2011, the question, “What is radio?” became only slightly less contentious, or less confounding, than, “Is there a loving, caring God?”For much of 2011, it looked like the pureplays and AM/FM broadcasters were finally, cheerfully obscuring the line between “my preprogrammed radio station” and “your self-contained music collecti…
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Slacker Radio Announces Partnerships at CES
Slacker Radio announced this morning that they have partnered with three major media companies. The first is with ESPN Audio, where users will now be able to listen to live streams of ESPN events and broadcasts if they subscribe to the Slacker Radio Plus and Premium Packages.
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Holiday Format Reader Poll Nominations Announced
Nearly 100 stations have been nominated in the first Radio-Info.com Holiday Format Reader Poll. Stations are nominated in eight categories and include stations on FM, AM, satellite radio and on new platforms, as well as in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.
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Aggregation and Aggravation
A few years ago, in an article called “Taking Control Of The Infinite Dial,” I encouraged broadcasters to be pro-active in securing radio’s place in the dashboard of the future. At that moment, it looked like automakers were gearing up to offer their own streaming music channels.
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Pandora closes in on 1 million Active Sessions, in Triton Digital monthlies
The October rankers for Internet radio show a large jump for Pandora, from about 885,000 Average Active Sessions in September to 975,564 in October. Another Triton Digital statistic, "Sessions Starts", was relatively flat for Pandora, moving from 343 million to 348.1 million.
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Scaring Up Some New Halloween Oldies
Scared of how many times you’re going to hear “Monster Mash” this weekend? “Thriller”?
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New heights for Pandora in September Internet Audio rankers from Triton
Pandora's growth was particularly noticeable in "Average Active Sessions", analogous to broadcast radio's AQH. Pandora showed with about 799,000 Active Sessions in August, and now 885,078 in September.
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In San Diego, Pandora reaches nearly 29% of the adult market.
From today's TRI Newsletter: The Media Audit says the 29% reach figure is for the broad 18+ demo. When you isolate slices of the populace like 18-34 women, the reach is literally twice that: a cume rating of 56.2. Read More
First Listen: Radio.com’s Tomorrow’s Hits Today, Party Time
In recent weeks, a lot of the “First Listen” reviews of new radio stations have been streaming radio—whether it’s the slew of new workout-oriented online channels or the recently repackaged iHeartRadio Website and app. Perhaps there’s a new conservatism among broadcasters when it comes to their FM stations.
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More from RAIN Summit in Chicago: Mobile Streaming – Making It Work
Easier said than done, but that was the challenge discussion at this panel at today's RAIN Summit. Moderator Michael Theodore kicked off the conversation asking his panelists, “Is mobile overhyped?” Slacker's Jim Cady answered by asking the audience, “is there anyone in the room (of over 100) who doesn’t have a mobile phone in their pocket?” Not on… Read More
Ford sings the praises of HD Radio
In an open letter to broadcasters, Ford Motors Director of Global Electrical and Electronics Systems Engineering Jim Buczkowski says competition is driving radio to go digital, making HD Radio the next logical step for automakers to embrace. Buczkowski writes, "virtually all car makers have embraced the integrated digital media platform.
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Slacker and Aha Create an App within a App
Internet radio within the vehicle will see an upgrade in the coming mounts with the new partnership between Slacker and Aha. This deal will now add 150 streaming music stations through Aha in addition to its incredible ability to read his/her Twitter and Facebook feeds outloud.
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The Week The Music Died
That may well be the title of the chapter in the history books that will be written a decade from now about what has occurred in the last week. This really wasn’t a surprise to a few of us that have been waving the red flags for the last couple of years, but nobody has paid attention.Music fans have been jumping up and down in ecstasy the last few …
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March Internet Audio rankers from Triton Digital show jumps for Session Starts
The jumps in one of the key stats for Triton Digital's Webcast Metrics are seen for both Internet-only services like Pandora and Slacker, and for terrestrial services that stream. The Pandora numbers may still be affected by what Triton Digital last month called the "inadvertent omission by Pandora" of the code that measures audience and time spent…
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First Listen: Slacker's "New 40" Format
In recent years, some of Internet radio's biggest pureplays have been, frustratingly, more musically conservative than their FM radio peers. At a time when it’s harder to find distinctive Mainstream Top 40 stations on FM,, one wonders why nobody has positioned themselves immediately to the left of the national charts, as Sirius XM Hits 1 has done o…
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Online Slacker Radio to offer ESPN Audio content
Slacker, which began as a personalized online radio service, has previously added talk-based content from ABC News and has spoken-word comedy. Today Slacker announces a deal with ESPN and says this:"Slacker listeners will have access to an interactive dedicated station covering all facets of sports entertainment, with the option to include ESPN Spo…
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Apple’s cloud-based music service may debut in April
Hypebot says the long-expected service might cost $20 a month, and allow users to store all their music and other content in "the cloud", so it would be available to the user on any mobile device. Hypebot says the much-rumored debut from Apple “places pressure on Slacker to get their on-demand service to market, and for Spotify to finalize their … Read More
Latest Ando Media online radio rankings keep Pandora at #1
For the month of August, pure-play Internet radio provider Pandora has risen again, along with CBS, Clear Channel and Citadel. But pure-play Slacker Radio, which made its debut in the top 20 rankings just the previous month, is basically flat in both rank (#7 in average active sessions) and actual number of Average Active Sessions (from about 19,60… Read More
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