

What A Healthy CHR Looked Like In 2021
By Sean Ross
In Some Markets, 2021 Was Way Less Sad For CHR
They…

Radio: Avoid the Abandoned Mall Feeling
By Sean Ross
This column was originally going to be called…

The New Hub and Spoke: Balancing Strength and Freshness
By Sean Ross
In late July, I heard WHTZ (Z100) New York play…

Powergold Launches The World’s Fastest, Most Intuitive Music Scheduling Software Yet – Powergold NXT
Powergold NXT was built for world scale broadcasters that…

Do Broadcasters Still Need To Narrowcast?
From the moment that AC WKJY Long Island, N.Y., returned to its…

What the World Needs Now Is Love Songs
By Sean Ross
Both of these things are true:
Pop music…

In Search of ‘Oldies XL’
By Sean Ross
There hasn’t been much opportunity over the…

How To Have More Hits
By Sean Ross
We need more hits. We could have more hits. I’m…

The “No-Wow” Oldie: Now There’s A Name For It
By Sean Ross
The concept of the “oh wow” oldie has been…

Gradually, The ‘90s Come To Adult Contemporary
By Sean Ross
For a long time, the ‘90s were an almost non-existent…

When Tempo Shifts Gears
(Or “When Songs Aren’t Always In A [Single] Mood”)
By…

How The Soft AC Wars Shaped The Format
By Sean Ross
The early ‘90s were a time of massive change…