A Curious Statistic?

[H82BL8]

How many unsolicited CDs are sent to your radio station each week and what do you do with them?

 

[H82BL8]

Re: A Curious Statistic Needs Your Help?

Without providing additional information that's kind of a boring question so I know why nobody responded.

I am doing some research for a developing project. I am trying to collect data about unsolicited CD submissions, specifically how many you get, who is sending them and what happens to them. I am happy to share the results when the survey ends on 12/12/08. I can accept an unlimited number of responses but only one response per computer and no IP Address information is stored for this survey. I will post the results on this post with the subject line "Survey Results".

There are only six questions to answer by clicking on buttons and you can comment if needed.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=bVI6uCTmM4bRYOJ8xLlMrA_3d_3d

Thanks for your input ~ H82BL8

 

[davideduardo]

How many unsolicited CDs are sent to your radio station each week and what do you do with them?

A couple of things...

In reality, all CDs are unsolicited. Mostly they are single cut promo CDs, often on Cd-R's in advance of release. Most of us don't pay attentiion to the label, and there is no brick wall between major labels and indies... often what seems to be an indie is just a new imprint from a major. Most of us do not get much from the artists themselves, just the labels. The usual thing we do with promo CDs, after they have sat around a few months and we know they have stiffed is to give them away at remotes and stuff. Often, we get serviced many times on the same song... the more copies you get, the more you know it is a stiff.

 

[H82BL8]

The results were meger with only 5 people responding but here are the results as promise:
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Response Summary
Total Started Survey: 5
Total Completed Survey: 5 (100%)

1. When does your radio station receive the most unsolicited CDs?
answered question 5
skipped question 0
Response
Percent ResponseCount
Winter 20.0% 1
Spring 20.0% 1
Summer 0.0% 0
Fall 0.0% 0
Year Around 60.0% 3
2. How many unsolicited CDs does your station receive per month?
answered question 5
skipped question 0
Response
Percent Response Count
1-5 40.0% 2
6-10 0.0% 0
10-15 20.0% 1
15 or more 20.0% 1
viewOther (please specify) 20.0% 1
3. What does your station do with unsolicited CDs?
answered question 5
skipped question 0
Response
Percent Response
Count
Keep them 0.0% 0
Throw them away 0.0% 0
Shred or recycle them 0.0% 0
Give them away to employees 20.0% 1
Send them to a Used CD Retailer 0.0% 0
Listen to them, then throw them away 0.0% 0
Listen to them, then shred or recycle them 0.0% 0
Preview them for potential addition to playlist 80.0% 4
viewOther (please specify) 1
4. Who sends the most CDs per month?
answered question 5
skipped question 0
1-5 6-10 11-15 15 or more Response
Count
DJ Artists 100.0% (2) 0.0% (0) 0.0% (0) 0.0% (0) 2
Unsigned Artists 100.0% (4) 0.0% (0) 0.0% (0) 0.0% (0) 4
Independent Artists 100.0% (4) 0.0% (0) 0.0% (0) 0.0% (0) 4
Independent Labels 25.0% (1) 75.0% (3) 0.0% (0) 0.0% (0) 4
Major Labels 0.0% (0) 33.3% (1) 0.0% (0) 66.7% (2) 3
5. How many new songs from unsolicited CDs do you play on the radio per month?
answered question 5
skipped question 0
Response
Percent Response
Count
1 0.0% 0
2 20.0% 1
3 20.0% 1
4 20.0% 1
5 or more 0.0% 0
viewOther (please specify) 40.0% 2
6. What city is your station located in?
answered question 5
skipped question 0
Response
Count
view 5