7 August 2022 Content from BPR According to BPR’s latest study on the All-Audio Listening Landscape, a study which looked at how radio has been performing alongside its’ rival...
31 July 2022 Content from BPR I’m writing this article from Sherman Oaks, LA. A great part of a great city.
19 July 2022 Content from BPR, To effectively manage and operate any successful organization, leaders must guide their team members and develop problem-solving techniques. The best minds in...
18 July 2022 Content from BPR By Peter Yiamarelos In part one we took a look at some of the important aspects of the radio- listener relationship needed to build...
12 July 2022 Content from BPR By Peter Yiamarelos It starts with one listener Every radio station no matter how high the ratings started with one listener. This individual...
2 July 2022 Content from BPR That quote comes from Lee Child, the internationally acclaimed author of the Jack Reacher series of books which have sold over 100...
5 June 2022 Content from BPR Song request programs date back to the early days of format radio. This was a time when music fans had only two...
2 June 2022 Content from BPR. There was an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal in April this year about the US retailer JCPenney.
29 May 2022 Content from BPR In his 2006 book – The Long Tail, author Chris Anderson suggests that the age of the ‘hit’ is dead – or at...
11 May 2022 Content from BPR Back in the 90’s, an audio device called auto-tune began to be used in the music industry. The first big hit using...
1 May 2022 Content from BPR When it comes to music streaming it’s a case of “In With the Old, and Out With the New”. A new study...
10 April 2022 Content from BPR When it comes to music streaming it’s a case of “In With the Old, and Out With the New”. A new study...
31 March 2022 Content from BPR In times of crisis, we are reminded of the importance of radio. When all else fails, radio is the medium to which...
27 March 2022 Content from BPR In 1974 a young Kodak engineer named Steven Sasson was assigned a seemingly low-stakes task: to see if there was any practical use for...
16 March 2022 Content from BPR There are a number of issues which periodically drive a shift in listening preference from new music to older music, but the...
6 March 2022 Content from BPR One of broadcast radio’s main assets is reliability. From one day to the next, the listener has a rather good idea of...
27 February 2022 According to the latest study by Broadcast Programming & Research (BPR), which surveyed 4,000 people across 8 different countries, Radio has come out on top...
23 February 2022 Content from BPR Are your listeners experiencing “genre fatigue”? What is it? Pop music goes in cycles. As a new style enters the mainstream it...
6 February 2022 Content from BPR We’ve all been in brainstorming sessions, whether in a room with others or via Zoom with colleagues based anywhere & everywhere. Whatever...
30 January 2022 Content from BPR Originally published Feb 2021 It’s summer, just gone holiday time in the Southern Hemisphere – radio stations mostly have their stars back after backup teams have...
26 January 2022 Content from BPR Over the years BPR has published many insightful articles on the subjects of music research, playlist management and music programming strategy all...
5 January 2022 Content from BPR What is art, anyway? From one Danish artist’s point of view, it’s pocketing 534,000 kroner in commission ($115,000 in Australian money) from a...
15 December 2021 Content from BPR Every promotional initiative a station decides to employ must fulfil a need or serve to assist in the realisation of a specific...
5 December 2021 Content from BPR Christmas songs are the staple of many formats and stations around the world. There has been a rise in the number...
28 November 2021 Content from BPR If you think of your competition as merely the other broadcast radio stations in the market, you are missing the big...
23 November 2021 Content from BPR A recent article on Bloomberg.com (July 7, 2021) highlighted the demise of the Subway brand in the US. Subway is one of the most...
20 November 2021 Content from BPR One of Radio’s unique benefits is localism…. local branding and local focus.
17 November 2021 Content from BPR Interviews have long played a part in radio programs. Interviews are commonplace on news/talk formats and many breakfast programs consider interviews with experts...
14 November 2021 Content from BPR As radio programmers, we know that listeners want to be entertained and informed by their favourite radio station. However, they also want company, community...
10 November 2021 Content from BPR A common challenge for programmers is differentiation of their news/information programs from those of the competition. There are a number of ways...
