When the Acoustics Changed at Top 40
There is encouragement for Top 40 radio, and radio overall, in Top 40’s last near-extinction-level-event. In 1993-94, the format was...
Read moreSean Ross is a radio business researcher, programming consultant, conference speaker, and a veteran of radio trade journalism at Billboard, Radio & Records, M Street Journal, and others. For more than a decade, his weekly writings have been collected in the Ross On Radio newsletter; subscribe for free here. https://tinyurl.com/mhcnx4u
There is encouragement for Top 40 radio, and radio overall, in Top 40’s last near-extinction-level-event. In 1993-94, the format was...
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