The 17 most popular radio programming, radio production, personality radio, music scheduling & radio future themed articles of radioiloveit.com in 2017 are…?

I hope you’ve had a good 2017, and that you’ll have a GREAT ‘18. Before looking forward, let’s look back with Radio))) ILOVEIT’s Top 17 of ‘17, our end-of-year countdown of the 17 radio broadcasting articles you loved most in 2017.

 

 

Revamp your Top 40 station music-wise

 

 

The article with downloadable CHR format clocks has become a smash hit (image: Thomas Giger)

 

 

10 freely available articles

You can find the 10 most popular free content articles below:

 

(17) Production | Z100 IMAGING DIRECTOR STAXX WILLIAMS: “CRAFT SONIC SCENERY”

When drawing a picture for the audience, one sound is worth a thousand words, Z100’s new Creative Services Director, Staxx Williams, believes. Read more

 

(16) Music | CALLOUT RESEARCH TIPS PART 2: FROM SONG LIST TO SONG HOOKS

How does your target audience feel about your individual songs as well as (dynamics between) your music clusters? In this article, you can find how callout research helps you find the answers. Read more

 

(15) Future | HOW TO BOOST YOUR RADIO STATION’S FACEBOOK REACH & ENGAGEMENT (1)

When you want your content to be liked & shared on the world’s biggest social network, these examples of popular (and less popular) Facebook posts show you what to do (and what not to do). Read more

 

(14) Music | ROTATIONS RELOADED: IDEAS FOR MUSIC VARIETY DESPITE A TIGHT PLAYLIST

How to make your audience think: ‘always a nice song and lots of variety’ instead of: ‘always the same songs and lots of repetition’ — even if that is actually the case? Read more

 

(13) Programming | HOW TRIPLE M GROWS ITS AUDIENCE BY GROWING WITH ITS AUDIENCE

A study case from Down Under with radio programming lessons for male-oriented stations, and insights on how to build a radio brand with audience loyalty on the long term? Read more

 

(12) Music | MUSIC SCHEDULING Q&A #1 – HOW TO BUILD YOUR SONG CATEGORIES?

A good question from one of our readers led to this post about creating a category setup to help position his Adult Top 40 station against a market-leading Hot AC and a hyper-formatted CHR. Read more

 

(11) Programming | SMOOTHFM SYDNEY SUCCESS SECRETS PART 1: SOFT SONGS, SOLD SEXY

This case study from Australia’s smoothfm is teaching good lessons for every launch team wanting to build a new station brand in a competitive radio market. Read more

 

(10) Music | SUPER SONG SEGUES: CREATING & MAINTAINING ‘FORWARD FLOW’ IN MUSIC LOGS

How to both sound amazing and increase TSL? Discover how ‘super song segues’ help you produce great (image-enhancing) music radio and achieve great (PPM-friendly) music flow. Read more

 

(9) WANNA’ REACH PODCAST LISTENERS WITH YOUR RADIO SHOW? GOTTA’ KNOW THIS…

Universal insights from an American study, making clear how broadcast radio can benefit from podcast popularity — reaching more listeners by targeting pod people. Read more

 

(8) Music | 12 CHR MUSIC FORMAT CLOCKS YOU CAN ADJUST & APPLY TODAY [DOWNLOAD]

These 12 Contemporary Hit Radio music scheduling format clocks may help you get going when you want to revamp your Top 40 station music-wise. Read more

 

 

The most important factor to succeed

 

 

This is the most significant Premium Member article published in 2017 (image: Thomas Giger)

 

 

7 Premium Member articles

You can find the 7 most popular Premium Member articles below:

 

(7) Programming | ENTICING TEASING: HOW TO ‘POWER PRESELL’ UPCOMING RADIO CONTENT

9 Strategies to tease your content effectively and keep listeners tuned in (or let them come back) during your show, day or week in a way that gets results? Read more Premium

 

(6) Production | HOW TO SCREEN & PREP CALLERS FOR YOUR RADIO SHOW EFFECTIVELY

How to screen phone callers and produce phone bits to feature compelling stories from the best storytellers? Essential production tips for radio talk shows. Read more Premium

 

(5) Programming | 12 PROGRAMMING STRATEGIES YOU NEED TO KNOW (AND USE WHEN NEEDED) (3)

We’ll zoom in on hammond, stack, blockbuster & cross programming during the final instalment of this radio programming tactics & strategy series. Read more Premium

 

(4) Personality | USING YOUR VOICE: HOW TO PERFECTLY CONTROL YOUR BREATHING

You can benefit from the following technique whenever you’re performing in a studio or on a stage, doing airshifts, voiceovers or presentations. Read more Premium

 

(3) Programming | FROM THE TOP OF THE HOUR TO THE TOP OF THE RATINGS (2)

Reinforce your two main programming positions by making your content-intensive top of the hour (and bottom of the hour) sequence as attractive for your radio audience as possible. Read more Premium

 

(2) Programming | LISTENING LESSONS FROM LA’S LEGENDARY 102.7 KIIS FM (1)

LA’s #1 Hit Music Station is still a good example for success concepts in radio programming, even if the Portable People Meter has had an impact on creativity. Read more Premium

 

(1) Radio))) ILOVEIT | 3,174 WORDS TO CHANGE YOUR CAREER & LIFE FOREVER

You may have the best Music, Mornings & Marketing, but the most important factor to succeed in radio (and anything else, for that matter) is the 4th M. Read more Premium

 

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