A Kind Gesture of Thanks.....

[oldies76]

With all the stay at home orders going on, I've had much free time to explore the American Radio History site that David Eduardo has put together. Of note, Radio & Records magazine archives has provided me with tons of data that I need to fulfil my personal projects, specifically information regarding those long lost K-Earth music surveys and the number of weeks each song tops them. I was able to complete September 1978 through 1983, issue by issue and compile the data I've been missing for decades it seems.

Well my point is, this site has a goldmine of information and if it involves past radio news and events or past station charts and history, this place has it all. It's very impressive to say the least. Now, all I need is information related to the earliest issues of those surveys, which are even harder to find (1977-1978) when Bob was beginning his stint as PD. KRTH first began reporting their music surveys to Radio & Records Magazine in September 1978 under the Parallel One Playlists.

If anyone does have info on where I can find them, great, if not, maybe someday (or some year) I might find them.

So, wanna give David Eduardo a huge THANK YOU for providing this resource. It's truly one-of-a-kind!!!

 

[Willits]

I’ll second that! Like you, I’ve spent some time perusing old R&R’s as well as Bell Tech journals and Electronics Magazine, along with consumer publications. Well done!

 

[davideduardo]

With all the stay at home orders going on, I've had much free time to explore the American Radio History site that David Eduardo has put together.

 

[AM FM listener]

Yup, I am sure it is a labor of love and David E's love for radio is quite apparent.

 

[davideduardo]

Yup, I am sure it is a labor of love and David E's love for radio is quite apparent.

The site has no advertising, and no subscription fees. I intended it to be a source for information that can replace public libraries that have severely reduced or eliminated the publications about radio.

It's payback for a fun, exciting and challenging 60 year career started by cleaning floors and bathrooms at a station in Cleveland, Ohio.

 

[oldies76]

The site has no advertising, and no subscription fees. I intended it to be a source for information that can replace public libraries that have severely reduced or eliminated the publications about radio.

It's payback for a fun, exciting and challenging 60 year career started by cleaning floors and bathrooms at a station in Cleveland, Ohio.

I see more and more issues of Radio & Records were added. Also, beginning around April 1994 under the CHR pages relating to KIIS-FM, songs are sorted by actual spins per week, a more accurate way of determining which songs were really popular on that station over the years. 17 songs reaching the top spot in 1994. Some songs were pushing 82 plays a week!

Amazing what you can find now, data that was literally considered impossible to research just a decade or two ago.

 

[TheBigA]

Amazing what you can find now, data that was literally considered impossible to research just a decade or two ago.

Not exactly...just that one had to pay for it.

 

[Delete My Account]

I'd like to add my gratitude to David for this as well, it's an excellent resource!

 

[davideduardo]

Not exactly...just that one had to pay for it.

Yes, what eventually killed or transformed R&R, Gavin, FMQB, Hard Report and the other tip sheets was the more accurate data from actual monitoring and detecting of songs.

We could get ratings reports online from a variety of industry sites such as AllAccess, and the news from Inside Radio and Tom Taylor. So the mags died and we subscribed to BDS or one of the other monitoring services .

 

[davideduardo]

I'd like to add my gratitude to David for this as well, it's an excellent resource!

If you follow the music trades, I'm in the process of adding about 100,000 pages of things like Hits, FMQB and other tip sheets.

I'm always looking to complete and expand the collection, so let me know if you have any such publications or know where to find them.

 

[davideduardo]

Also, beginning around April 1994 under the CHR pages relating to KIIS-FM, songs are sorted by actual spins per week, a more accurate way of determining which songs were really popular on that station over the years. 17 songs reaching the top spot in 1994. Some songs were pushing 82 plays a week!

R&R had to do this because the actual airplay monitoring services were showing that stations were reporting overnight spins, calling "heavy" two plays a week and the like. The record ducks still influenced stations, and some reports were questionable. But the actual airplay monitors told the truth.

 

[wavo]

The site has no advertising, and no subscription fees. I intended it to be a source for information that can replace public libraries that have severely reduced or eliminated the publications about radio.

It's payback for a fun, exciting and challenging 60 year career started by cleaning floors and bathrooms at a station in Cleveland, Ohio.

Thanks, David for providing this resource, on your own dime! You have an obvious love for the business and we appreciate your efforts.

 

[davideduardo]

Thanks, David for providing this resource, on your own dime! You have an obvious love for the business and we appreciate your efforts.

It's also a good and ego-satisfying pastime during our national time of home exile.

I've had dozens of emails from site users who have been stuck at home and have decided to clean the garage or attic or basement and found many publications I don't have. Many are sending them to be scanned, and some have arrived already.

Isn't crowd-sourcing wonderful!

 

[azul120]

Thank you so much David. Worth it for all the MTV playlists alone.

Waiting for FMQB if you have any new ones to scan. Those are the only ones I know of that list the weekly top 20 video countdown from the late '80s thru the early '90s, a lot of which is missing.

 

[davideduardo]

Thank you so much David. Worth it for all the MTV playlists alone.

Waiting for FMQB if you have any new ones to scan. Those are the only ones I know of that list the weekly top 20 video countdown from the late '80s thru the early '90s, a lot of which is missing.

Those collections show up totally at random. I am always looking, and appreciate any contributions.