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Post by somelikeitwhen on Aug 28, 2010 19:47:30 GMT -5
I've been scouring the net for some info on the history of Radio and Records and my results have been fruitless so far. So I figured I could get some answers here. I have a few questions regarding R&R:
1. When exactly did the magazine start publishing station playlists and when did they just start listing the adds? it'd be nice to see what my (small market) station was playing in the day.
2. How big was their music video coverage compared to the whole page videos got in Billboard?
3. Before 1994, were Alternative stations part of the AOR panel or were they part of something else?
That is all. Help would be greatly appreciated!
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Post by somelikeitwhen on Sept 4, 2010 17:44:28 GMT -5
Anyone? If anyone was a subscriber I'd appreciate some help.
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Post by Verisimilitude on Sept 4, 2010 17:55:48 GMT -5
as for the alternative question, i'm sure indie/modern rock stations were integrated into the R&R rock airplay chart like Modern rock stations were for the billboard mainstream rock radio airplay chart until the creation of Billboard's Modern Rock chart in 1988.
CMJ had weekly college radio charts but that's a different story.
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Post by somelikeitwhen on Sept 5, 2010 21:33:55 GMT -5
I kind of assumed that. They probably didn't have that much of an effect, though, since when the real alternative chart started it was relatively small in terms of stations.
Can anyone else answer my other 2 questions?
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Post by atlantaboy on Sept 6, 2010 10:05:11 GMT -5
R&R had station playlists published all through the 80s, 90s, and beginning of the 2000s until they started putting them all on their website - so you can look at back issues and see what stations were playing all the way through about 2002-2003 I think
But yeah it kinda sucks that you can't see what stations were playing after 2002 or so
I'm pretty sure there were only a handful of Alternative stations in the early 90s - I don't think they reported to any chart
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Post by somelikeitwhen on Sept 6, 2010 20:07:01 GMT -5
Thanks for the info! It's nice to see someone knows more about this magazine than just the charts that were in it.
I've been trying to find some archive of this, mainly because I'd like to know what my (small market) station was playing years back.
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Post by somelikeitwhen on Oct 14, 2010 14:46:13 GMT -5
Just asking, but how many people on this site were actual subscribers to R&R?
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Post by Libra on Nov 21, 2010 23:35:45 GMT -5
How did this thread not get moved to a forum like Nostalgia by now?
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Post by atlantaboy on Nov 23, 2010 22:07:53 GMT -5
^General Radio Discussion forum IMO
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Post by Marv on Nov 26, 2010 23:20:30 GMT -5
Their first issue came out in late 1973 or early 1974, and Cher's 'Half Breed' was the first #1 single on their CHR/Pop chart.
Mediabase was created in 1985, an extraordinary year for top 40 radio, and I believe that R&R started utilizing Mediabase at once.
When 'We Are The World' was added at over 350+ radio stations in it's opening week, including all of the 235 CHR/Pop reporters (suffice it to say an all-time record), Mediabase was barely a month old, IIRC.
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Post by tico on Nov 26, 2010 23:52:24 GMT -5
I didn't realize Mediabase was around that long. I never heard of them until the 2000s.
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Post by atlantaboy on Nov 27, 2010 0:08:20 GMT -5
^Yeah I always thought Mediabase started up in '94 - but he's right according to Wikipedia it dates back to 1985 (not sure what it did for all those years besides collect and organize station playlists I guess)
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Post by Lozzy on Nov 27, 2010 4:36:40 GMT -5
Wow, I knew MB had been around for long, but didn't think that long ago. 235 CHR/Pop reports? WOW!
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Post by atlantaboy on Nov 27, 2010 9:13:08 GMT -5
235 CHR/Pop reports? WOW! No Hot AC or Rhythmic back then though |
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Post by Lozzy on Nov 27, 2010 9:23:12 GMT -5
235 CHR/Pop reports? WOW! No Hot AC or Rhythmic back then though Oh. That makes sense then. |
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Post by somelikeitwhen on Mar 19, 2011 19:46:39 GMT -5
Sorry for the bump but:
Does anybody have any scans of the magazine (not just the charts) from 2000 or early 2001? There's something I'd like to look at involving that period.
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Mar 20, 2011 15:26:07 GMT -5
I still have a few of the magazines that Ron (the editor at the time) sent me from around that time.
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Post by somelikeitwhen on Mar 20, 2011 16:24:35 GMT -5
That's good. If you have a scanner could you send me scans of an issue? PM me for my email address.
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