If there is any qualitative measurement in which Ross On Radio readers are almost certainly No. 1, it is the...

I taught myself a lot of radio programming basics, and the vocabulary that went with them, reading the trade publications...

When KUCD (Pop 101.9) Honolulu made my list of Intriguing Stations of 2023, I remarked that the then-top-5 CHR success...

A lot of my favorite moments as a researcher have come from seeing the rapid impact that music testing had...

While everybody was speculating about Howard Stern’s still unresolved future with SiriusXM last month, WQHT (Hot 97) New York night...

It’s the “Now Playing” feature on the Alternative WLUM (FM102.1) Milwaukee website that gives it away. As I write this,...

I was in a major market last week with some time alone in the car. This was a historically great...

The question of whether radio should appeal to teens is just quaint now. It’s been almost a lifetime since broadcasters...

From the first time it appeared in Ross on Radio, “The Lost Factor” seemed like a pretty good measure of...

The most effective counterprogramming of CIMX (89X) Windsor’s return to Alternative wasn’t from either of Detroit’s existing rock outlets, Alternative...

Last year, I toyed with the notion of making “Hot to Go!!” by Chappell Roan the Song of Summer. Both...

In fall 1977, when callout research was relatively new, KFXM San Bernardino, Calif., PD Jeff Salgo got national attention by...