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A&O is proud to support the work of the HD Radio Broadcast Marketing Group in developing the HD Radio Playbook.

Things A&O Are Talking About Right Now...  


Jaye:  And, Then, They Came For Us

Mike: 
Book Packagers. Who Knew?


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2009 Budget Planner

(click to download pdf) KUPL, Portland, PD, John Paul's "A Dozen Ways To Be a Better Personality"

THE CREATIVE ART OF VOICE TRACKING

B-104.7, Syracuse's Amber Taylor's tips and hints to make you a voice tracking star, plus A&O forms for all air personalities, to help hone and critique your work.  Would you like to hear if Amber practices what she preaches?  CLICK to hear a couple minutes (scoped mp3) of her.

A&O is proud to be a member of "The McVay Media Advisors' Alliance." That gives A&O access to even more resources. And, what do you get out of it?  How about a quick look at the July '09 McVay Media Monthly Memo?  New! CLICK (downloads pdf file) to read Mike McVay on why top ratings no longer guarantees revenue leadership and Holland Cooke decodes the reason why R&R failed; what that has to do with you.

ARE YOU A BRAND TALENT OR A BLAND TALENT?
Are you more than a 'name' on your airwaves? Mike O'Malley points out the five points of differentiation that separates bland from brand.

2009 Budget Planner

Sales Idea from the New York Yankees

MAKING YOUR REMOTES SIZZLE
A complete set of guidelines for your station's remote appearances.

MANAGING YOUR PROMOTIONAL CALENDAR:
Your guide to getting the right things done...on time!

TARGETING TIP:
(click to download the pdf) Jaye Albright reveals a new way to use direct marketing and your loyal listener database.

SHOW ME THE LOVE
The brand is dead, long live the Lovemark.

THE PEOPLE'S MARKETING
Introducing the bottom-up approach of having consumers, not corporations, create the advertising.

BUILDING YOUR BUZZ
Mercury Radio Research's Mark Ramsey has a step by step plan for creating BUZZ for your station at CRS-35.  Here's his handout (pdf) on how to build a buzz plan.


How Do You Keep Online Music Testing Sample Sizes Robust? (pdf) A&O music specialist Mark Patric shares his approach.  What's yours?

SERVING TWO SETS OF CUSTOMERS

A guide to mediating disputes that may arise in the quest for both ratings and revenue.
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Albright & O'Malley at Canadian Music Week #25, in Toronto:  We were delighted to be a part of the first-ever Promotional Summit.

GETTING ON THE BRAND WAGON
Jaye Albright's Radio and Records article
"A successful brand takes years to build but can be lost very quickly."

THEN, AFTER THE BOOK, use these techniques to do a thorough review of what happened and why.

There's ALWAYS 'the next book' just around the corner.  Are you ready?  Be certain by using our complete PRE-BOOK CHECKLIST (pdf)

A&O believes in powerful prep tools like Interprep and Radio-Online.  'The best content wins;' so we subscribe to them as value-added for all of our client air personalities!

LATEST UPDATES:


Country's National Trends In CanadaStable 25-49's, but some losses 50-54 and 12-24. More scary BBM sample reliability (i.e. weighting).

A&O's 2009 White Paper, "Big Format, Big Problems?" (click for pdf) addresses our pride in the good things about the Country Radio format and also our concerns today.

Radio Ink's Deborah Parenti includes A&O in the magazine's dialog on these "Tumultuous Times" (click for the pdf)

The State of Country Radio, January '09 update, by Ed Salamon, Executive Director, Country Radio Broadcasters


(Click to read)
Radio And Records Magazine Publisher Erica Farber's Profile of Jaye Albright.

jaye inducted in Country Radio Hall of Fame
Jaye Albright inducted into the Country Radio Hall of Fame
. Click to see photos from her induction ceremony.

True Talent Development (click for the pdf of   A&O's Conclave 2008 handout).

CLIENT EXCLUSIVE MATERIALS:

"The One-Hit Wonder Problem."Click to read A&O's solutions to a music scheduling issue which came to light after clients saw our 2008 "Year End Music Rewind."

CMA CloseUp:  The State Of Country - 2008.  (click for pdf) Country Music Association Executive Officer Tammy Genovese and her team recap in detail the last year for our format and outline the challenges and opportunities ahead (print out for your sales department!)

ARBITRON:
“Arrogant?” Or, Well-Meaning Change Agent That Knows ‘What’s Best’ For All Of Us?

A Report on the 2006 Arbitron Consultant Fly-In

IT'S ALL BRIGHT ABOUT COUNTRY
Read Mike Kinosian's interview with Jaye Albright from Inside Radio.


Albright & O'Malley is proud to support the mentoring efforts of the group "Mentoring And Inspiring Women."  Whether you are male or female, click here to see what Radio's MIW are doing.  You will find great advice, revealing interviews and helpful success tips!

Mike O'Malley 9 Desmet Avenue, Milltown, NJ 08850 Jaye Albright 7699 Fletcher Bay Rd NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110