Site Suggestion: Yes.com
What would you expect a site called YES.COM to be about? Some kind of search site perhaps, where you ask a question and it finds an answer? Is it a place to propose marriage?
Actually, it is a site that I really like. It is a place where you can check on the songs being played on thousands of radio stations. Not Internet stations. These are real commercial stations. Most are in the US, but here are also others all over the world. Want to check out the stations in Johannesburg? No problem.
Or, as I just did, punch up a station, view the songs played during a couple of hours, and get a good feel for what they are doing. I just punched up WWDC, Washington, DC, and was able to contrast the music in midday against what they do at 8PM.
With a little effort, you can learn how many songs per hour they play, where the spot breaks are, and even how many minutes an hour of music they play. The site doesn’t give you run time for each song, but if the station is in your format, you’ll probably have that information close at hand.
In addition, you can quickly get a top 10 or a top 100 list of most played songs on any of the stations.
There is no link back to the station, but if you find something interesting, you can always Google it.
You can also buy any song played on iTunes, but I’m guessing that won’t be the interesting part for anybody reading this blog.
If you have a number of stations that you admire, this is a great way to check up on them. You can do it quickly and regularly.
Actually, it is a site that I really like. It is a place where you can check on the songs being played on thousands of radio stations. Not Internet stations. These are real commercial stations. Most are in the US, but here are also others all over the world. Want to check out the stations in Johannesburg? No problem.
Or, as I just did, punch up a station, view the songs played during a couple of hours, and get a good feel for what they are doing. I just punched up WWDC, Washington, DC, and was able to contrast the music in midday against what they do at 8PM.
With a little effort, you can learn how many songs per hour they play, where the spot breaks are, and even how many minutes an hour of music they play. The site doesn’t give you run time for each song, but if the station is in your format, you’ll probably have that information close at hand.
In addition, you can quickly get a top 10 or a top 100 list of most played songs on any of the stations.
There is no link back to the station, but if you find something interesting, you can always Google it.
You can also buy any song played on iTunes, but I’m guessing that won’t be the interesting part for anybody reading this blog.
If you have a number of stations that you admire, this is a great way to check up on them. You can do it quickly and regularly.
posted by Steve Casey Research at 10:48 AM
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