What Power Rotation Says About CHR In 2023
Does Top 40 radio have a powers shortage? In 2020, veteran consultant and format observer Guy Zapoleon noted that Mainstream...
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Does Top 40 radio have a powers shortage? In 2020, veteran consultant and format observer Guy Zapoleon noted that Mainstream...
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Read moreMost out-of-office messages are pretty straightforward. Unless you’re in the radio and music business. Every week, after sending out the...
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