What should you know about the radio?.
Find your local radio station
Why radio is so important? Promoting their music can allow artists to reach a larger audience and increase their listeners.
What are the reasons for requesting Jimin's music on the radio? More listeners, promote music and *stability on Billboard (US Radio).
Requesting Jimin's music will make radio stations consider playing the song more frequently.
Only US radio is important? Local radio stations in every country are crucial for promoting music. It's important to request Jimin's music on your local radio stationAre all the spins in the US counted towards BILLBOARD? NO, only those counted by mediabase.Billboard counts the number of spins of a song. No, they count the audience that is listening to the song.
ADD Meaning: The song was officially added to the station's library. It's not guaranteed that the song will be played, but it makes it easier to request it on this station.
PROGRAM DIRECTOR (PD) Meaning: this person chooses the djs playlistPLAYLIST Meaning: The songs played on a radio stationROTATION Meaning:The song is played frequently or officially added to a playlist for the day for a certain number of spins in a daySPINS Meaning: the number of times that a song is played on the radio for more than 30 seconds. Example: 1 play = 1 spin
MAIN RADIO FORMATS
| TOP 40 | URBAN RADIO | Rhythmic RADIO | Adult contemporary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pop Radio, popular songs | Artist like Drake,SZA, and Khalid | Artist like Kendrick Lamar or Chris Brown | Artist like Halsey, Imagine Dragons, The Chainsmokers. |
The Top 40 is a list of the most popular songs currently in a particular genre or pop genre, The best-selling or most widespread popular music (the hottest music/the new music)
I HEARD JIMIN ON RADIO
Don't forget to post it and thank the radio for playing the song with a post.
Tune in, follow all the Dj's/radio stations and engage. Don't copy and paste, DJ's don't want spam
Request
Request Jimin's music
DO and DONT'S
✕Copy and paste a post tagging any radio or a message
✓Follow DJ's and tag them, say hello and be KIND
✕Spam any radio with the incorrect format
Main TOP 40 radio stations (United States):
prioritize these radio stations
SHAZAM IMPORTANCE
Shazam is a mobile app that identifies the songs. Radio stations use Shazam numbers to determine a song’s popularity in the state/local areas. This helps with Radio Play locally and globallyWhat does it mean when a song climbs in shazams? That there is public interest in that song
Make sure to shazam every time you hear a song on radio. It contributes to radio play globally if they see songs rising in Shazams.Shazam x Apple Music Shazam contributes to Apple Music Playlisting
SHAZAM CHARTS
Shazam has its own chart for the most popular songs globally. The 200 most popular songs receives more spins worldwideWhat to do if Jimin is charting in your country? Make sure to share it with people in your country, encourage them to shazam and search for Jimin's songs
SHAZAM Radio Spins
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