Tick-tock.
It’s been two months since the U.S. Department of Justice approved the merger of the two U.S. satellite radio companies, XM and Sirius. That was supposed to be the hard part. It was thought that the FCC approval was soon to follow. It was a mere formality. As I’ve written about here and here – [...]
Categories: Digital, Satellite Radio
Tagged: Merger, Satellite Radio, Sirius, XM
Andrew Dubber’s post was right on.
As he pointed out, now that social engagement is moving from being a destination to a feature, it’s a big opportunity for radio.
Indeed.
Terrestrial radio has done a lot of things wrong in recent years but a way for them to get back in the game and re-establish their relevance is [...]
Categories: Digital, Internet, Localism, Management, Music, Podcasting, Production, Programming, Satellite Radio, Strategy
Tagged: Collective Experience, Connection, Engagement, radio, Social Media
Billy Sabatini posted a great piece a few weeks back about the power of association between songs, and how you can exploit this with multiple music streams on Satellite radio. I’m dead jealous. We get something like this once in a while on the better specialist shows in the UK, but in a very [...]
Categories: Audience, Music, Programming, Satellite Radio, Strategy
I go to the gym. There, I hear digital radio. Some stations suck, some are brilliant, and most of them play ‘Valerie’ by Amy Winehouse, a lot. Last week, Dusty Springfield’s ‘Son of a Preacher Man’ was playing on a gold station. It sounded different: I’d never heard the bass on that song in 39 [...]
Categories: Archiving, Digital, Music, Production, Satellite Radio
Tagged: compression, Gold, libraries
Sit down. I want to discuss variety.
Ah, variety. The “v” word.
Somewhere along the way the concept of a radio station “playing the hits” has gotten an unfair rap. Yes, everybody has a variety of tastes. Yes everybody’s iPod has a tremendous variety demonstrating they have discerning and a broad range of tastes. However here’s the [...]
Categories: Music, Programming, Satellite Radio, Strategy
Tagged: Hits, Platform, radio, Satellite Radio