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Is mixshows important any more

K.M. Richards said:
Billboard has decided not to include mixshow plays when calculating the Dance airplay chart. If that's not a sign of mixshows losing relevancy, I don't know what is.
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Not sure I agree completely with your conclusion. The thing about mixshows is they don't play the entire song. They place excerpts. The purpose of the chart is to count spins. Does a portion of a song qualify as a spin? The answer probably depends on how long the excerpt is.

So what I'm saying is it's more about the methodology than the relevancy.
 
K.M. Richards said:
You and me both, then.
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Here's what the article says.

This week also marks a notable methodology update, as the chart no longer incorporates plays from pop stations’ mix show hours (generally on weekends), instead focusing exclusively on dedicated dance radio stations, making for a better reflection of core-dance exposure.
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Obviously language that was approved by the lawyers. If I was talking with people from that chart, I'd want to know what percentage of the dance chart came from pop mixshows. I'd also be curious what the view was from the record labels.
 
radiofan2023 said:
Are a lot of dance stations chart reporters?
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That's a funny question. I took a look and there are 7 broadcast reporters plus Music Choice, iHeartMedia Dance, and three Sirius XM channels.

The biggest broadcast markets are Chicago and San Francisco.

Now that I know this, my guess about the change is the CHR spins were skewing the chart. Thus a "better reflection of core dance exposure."

By contrast there are over 200 pop reporters.
 
K.M. Richards said:
This may be a definitive answer to the OP's question:

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Billboard’s rebranding of the Dance Airplay chart discontinues “Mix Show” tallies from Top 40/CHR and Rhythmic stations.

https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/calvin-harris-jazzy-satisfy-number-1-dance-airplay-chart-1236284790/
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Billboard has decided not to include mixshow plays when calculating the Dance airplay chart. If that's not a sign of mixshows losing relevancy, I don't know what is.
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Back in the 2000's I was a reporter and sent my spins out weekly ranked in a spreadsheet. I looked over AT40, TRL, and the mix show cue sheets and included them in the spins. Are there designations for "mixshow plays" now industry wide or is it just a dance thing.

I forget what I used for mix shows at the time, I think Hotmix but they usually played more than half of a song or the entire thing before going in to the next. There would be 4-5 songs in a 22 minute segment.
 
NJnerd19 said:
I think Hotmix but they usually played more than half of a song or the entire thing before going in to the next. There would be 4-5 songs in a 22 minute segment.
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TBH I don't know the particulars of this format. All I know was when I did a Mediabase song analysis of WXBK, I was surprised to see over 1000 songs. I posted that on this board, and someone pointed out that those include the excerpts used in their mixshows.
 


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