(By Lee Abrams) The next big radio format will not be a format at all. We’re past the era of a hot new format being replicated across the land. The next new “format” will be based on 360-degree brand ...

Media analysis specialist The Media Audit has a new study, the National Radio Format Report, examining the media consumption habits of radio listeners. The conclusion? Non-radio media consumption ...

New research brings to light the significant role that radio plays in reaching affluent Americans. The study, which delved into the media consumption habits of wealthy individuals, found that some ...

Quiet storm began as a radio format. In the 1970s, a style of music emerged in popularity on the late-night radio airwaves – one which celebrated slow tempos, punctuated with soulful, intimate vocals.

Linear radio maintained or grew share across most demographics, highlighting its resilience in a fragmented audio market, ...

Numerous format changes late last year caused a major shake-up in the first-quarter survey results of central Indiana's radio-listening habits. "It's a weird book," said Scott Uecker, general manager ...

Will the “social music” concept have legs? Since June 30, Las Vegas radio stations KXLI(FM) and KYLI(FM) have been programmed entirely by their listeners. The music has been turned over to Jelli, a ...

Digital radio receivers go on sale Wednesday, ushering in a format that had been years in the making. Proponents of digital radio tout the format's CD-like fidelity in over-the-air broadcasts. Only a ...

Fifty years this month, May 5, 1965, Boss Radio 93 KHJ in Los Angeles (or as it was referred to at times as "Boss" Angeles) hard launched its Top 40 format on the 930 AM frequency. Little did it know ...

In an increasingly crowded Twin Cities radio market, industry behemoth iHeartMedia (IHM, formerly Clear Channel Communications) added two entirely new local stations in June: Hot 102.5, a classic ...

Music critics these days love to argue about "rockism," the unexamined prejudices we bring to our musical judgements, and "poptimism," an effort to celebrate commercial stuff that some think goes way ...