dth1971
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Post by dth1971 on Apr 22, 2012 10:46:37 GMT -5
A poll for the better rival to the Billboard charts.
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Post by Cerebro on Apr 22, 2012 11:37:18 GMT -5
I suppose, by default, my vote would need to go to Radio & Records. However, this isn't really a valid comparison. Billboard's coverage of the music industry is much broader in scope when compared to the other publications.
Cashbox began it's life as a magazine devoted to coin-operated music machines. They became much more of a direct competitor to Billboard when they started publishing charts for different genres and tabulated them using both sales and airplay data.
Radio & Records and Gavin were, strictly, focused on the radio industry and airplay-only charts. A better comparison to these two would be Billboard's sister publication, Airplay Monitor, which R&R replaced when Billboard's, then, parent company, VNU Media, purchased it in 2006.
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Post by dth1971 on Apr 22, 2012 13:09:31 GMT -5
Of course when Ryan Seacrest took over Casey Kasem's AT40 throne in 2004 he used his own chart with no recurrent rule. Same for Rick Dees starting in 2005.
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Post by dth1971 on Apr 27, 2012 13:34:18 GMT -5
I suppose, by default, my vote would need to go to Radio & Records. However, this isn't really a valid comparison. Billboard's coverage of the music industry is much broader in scope when compared to the other publications. Cashbox began it's life as a magazine devoted to coin-operated music machines. They became much more of a direct competitor to Billboard when they started publishing charts for different genres and tabulated them using both sales and airplay data. Radio & Records and Gavin were, strictly, focused on the radio industry and airplay-only charts. A better comparison to these two would be Billboard's sister publication, Airplay Monitor, which R&R replaced when Billboard's, then, parent company, VNU Media, purchased it in 2006. How can you tell differences from Airplay Monitor and Billboard/R&R?
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Post by WotUNeed on May 24, 2013 21:52:37 GMT -5
In case anyone else enjoys looking at old editions of these magazines, thought I'd pass along some links. Of course, Billboard is easy to find on Google Books, but its competitors not so much. * This site has two random issues of Radio & Records. Wish there were more, but still cool to at least be able to see the magazine. The one from 1987 is kind of cool as it includes an article about the then-emerging radio format of Classic Rock and whether or not it would endure. * This project is working to archive Cash Box. It currently has a good selection of '50s and '60s editions; nothing more recent yet.
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Post by HolidayGuy on May 26, 2013 9:43:38 GMT -5
Thanks for the links, Wot. I know there are Cash Box archive charts online, but it's cool to see actual issues.
I have that R&R package that had copies of the year-end charts and stuff from over the years. Nice thing to have.
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