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Radio Airplay News & Insights
Charts, trends, and tips to get your music heard on the air — and tracked on SpinCounts.
How to Measure If a Radio Campaign Is Working
Stop guessing whether your radio campaign is working. How labels and promoters use baselines, spin velocity, station retention, and market data to…
Radio Promotion Checklist for Independent Artists
A step-by-step radio promotion checklist for independent artists: clean metadata, smart targeting, professional pitching, follow-up, and tracking every spin.
Common Music Metadata Mistakes That Can Hurt Your Airplay Tracking
Inconsistent names, missing features, retitled remixes — small music metadata mistakes can cost you airplay credit. Here's how to keep every spin…
How Heat Maps Help Artists Find Their Strongest Radio Markets
Your spin total tells you how much radio loves your song. A music heat map tells you where. Learn how artists use…
Why Claiming Your Radio Station Profile Helps Artists Find You
Artists are actively searching for stations to pitch. Claiming your free radio station profile makes you visible, opens a submissions channel, and…
How Radio Stations Can Find New Music for Their Format
Program directors: keep your format fresh without the guesswork. Use airplay charts, peer-station data, and artist submissions to find your station's next…
How DJs Can Spot the Next Hit Before Everyone Else
The best DJs break records before they blow up. Here are the radio-data signals — velocity, new entries, market clustering — that…
How Radio Stations Benefit from Airplay Tracking and Online Visibility
Airplay tracking is usually framed around artists — but stations win too. Here is how public profiles, discoverability, and credit for breaking…
How to Build Smarter Music Promotion Campaigns with Radio Data
A practical, five-step framework for running data-driven radio campaigns — set KPIs, baseline, track weekly, read market signals, and reallocate budget toward…
What Is Radio Airplay Tracking and Why Does It Matter for Artists?
Radio airplay tracking shows exactly where and when your music plays on the air. Here is how it works, the metrics that…
