“It’s Saturday night, about time to go. Got my white leather jacket and a neon soul. Once I turn on the radio I’m ready to roll.” Those lyrics from Maren Morris’ “80s Mercedes” resonate with everyone. Who doesn’t know that feeling of getting in the car, turning the radio on and listening to your favorite songs? Continue reading “Radio Rules the Road”
Category: Hispanics
Radio + Smartphone = Constant
Companion
According to Statista, there will be well over 220 million smartphone users by the end of 2017. These users will engage with radio in various ways – texting, downloading or just listening in.
Music is Good for You
Isn’t it amazing how sometimes you hear a portion of a song on the radio and the tune just stays in your head? You find yourself humming, tapping or just moving your head to the beat even when you’re nowhere near a radio – but you just learned a new song. That, my friends, is the power of radio – learning about new music.
People tune in and listen and listen
to radio
We look forward to each time Nielsen releases another quarterly issue of their Total Audience Report. It provides the entire ad community with a perspective on shifts and changes in media usage. But it is of no surprise that our interest is about radio’s usage.
The Q2 2016 Nielsen Total Audience Report noted that, in a three-year comparison, the number of radio stations that an adult tunes into has grown. Radio delivers content, whether it is in the form of talk, news, sports or music, and listeners tune in to find it. Based upon this report, the average number of radio stations tuned in by adults every month is 7.1.
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to radio”
Radio – A Diverse Medium Reaching a
Diverse Audience
Rock, News/Talk, Urban AC, Spanish, Jazz, Gospel, Tejano. These are just some of the formats that run on stations across the country. Radio offers programming that reaches people of different age groups, interests, lifestyle and even language.
Radio listeners are passionate. They engage with their radio stations across all platforms and devices – whether it’s on-air, on a smartphone, via Facebook or twitter. And when it comes to reach and time spent with radio, ethnic audience usage is greater than the general market.
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