Trade publication for radio and music industries
Radio & Records
Frequency
| Weekly
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First issue
| October 5, 1973
(
1973-10-05
)
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Final issue
| August 4, 2006 (As independent trade)
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Based in
| Los Angeles
,
California
, U.S.
|
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Language
| English
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ISSN
| 0277-4860
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Radio & Records
(
R&R
) was a trade publication providing news and airplay information for the radio and music industries.
[1]
It started as an independent trade from 1973 to 2006 until VNU Media took over in 2006 and became a relaunched sister trade to
Billboard
, until its final issue in 2009.
History
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The company was founded in 1973 and published its first issue on October 5 of that year. Founders included Bob Wilson and
Robert Kardashian
.
[2]
The publication was issued in a weekly print edition, and it also issued a bi-annual Directory. R&R published its print edition from 1973 through August 4, 2006. Its weekly columns and features were intended to inform and educate the radio industry by each format, in addition to format-specific charts based on radio airplay.
[3]
With the June 25, 1999, issue, the charts became populated by data from
Mediabase
, a company that monitors and tracks radio airplay in cities across the U.S.
[4]
From 1987 to 2002 the magazine was owned by
Westwood One
, which collaborated with
Radio & Records
to use its charts and format editors for WWOne's syndicated radio programs.
On July 6, 2006, VNU, the parent company of
Billboard
and its sister publication
Billboard Radio Monitor
, announced the acquisition of Radio & Records, and a month later on August 1, officially took over ownership. R&R then fell under the operations of the Billboard Information Group.
On July 12, 2006, VNU announced that Radio & Records and
Billboard Radio Monitor
would be integrated into one publication called R&R. The new R&R published charts based on Nielsen BDS data.
[5]
Both Billboard Radio Monitor and R&R ceased publication as separate trades, with Monitor issuing its last edition on July 14, 2006 after 13 years, and R&R ending their 33-year run as an independent trade with its August 4, 2006 edition.
Radio & Records was relaunched as a magazine under new owners
VNU Media
on August 11, 2006, as
R&R
. The company, which has since changed its name to The Nielsen Company, currently publishes 6 daily email publications, 35 weekly email publications, and 4 websites, each serving segments of the radio and records industries.
Like
Billboard
, which is also owned by VNU Media, Radio & Records used data from
Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems
to develop the charts showing which records were played each week by leading radio stations. Prior to the merger, Radio & Records had used monitored charts and playlists from
Mediabase
. The format charts used during its run included CHR/Top 40, Rhythmic, Gospel, Urban, Country, Adult Contemporary, Rock, Christian, Latin and Smooth Jazz.
In 2000 Radio & Records entered the Spanish music business purchasing weekly trade publication Radio Y Musica and
Radio y Musica Convention
from
Alfredo Alonso
.
On June 3, 2009, R&R announced that they were immediately ceasing operations after the release of the June 5 issue.
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Use in countdown shows
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- Countdown America
used the CHR/Pop chart in the mid-1980s for this four-hour countdown show variously hosted by John Leader and
Dick Clark
.
- Casey Kasem
used the Radio & Records Charts for his countdown shows in the latter part of his career:
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- The CHR/Pop chart was used for
Westwood One
's
"
Casey's Top 40
"
(January 1989 ? March 1998) and
Premiere Networks
'
American Top 40
(March 1998 ? October 2000, and August 2001 ? January 2004). The current Ryan Seacrest AT40 show uses Mediabase 24/7.
- The Hot AC chart was used for both
Casey's Hot 20
and the Hot AC version of
American Top 20
.
- The AC chart was used for
Casey's Countdown
and the AC version of
American Top 20
.
- Rockin' America Top 30 Countdown
also used Radio & Records charts in the mid to late 1980s, with
Scott Shannon
as the host of Westwood One's weekly countdown show that aired on over 200 radio stations during the 1980s
- The TV Show
Solid Gold
used the CHR/Pop Chart during its first season
- The Country chart was used for
CMT
's
Country Countdown USA
, Jeff Foxworthy's
The Foxworthy Countdown
and
Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40
, but these have switched to
Mediabase 24/7
chart data. Radio & Records also supplied information for past syndicated country music countdown programs (including
The Weekly Country Music Countdown
(1981-early 2000s), and it was the source used on the syndicated daily radio program
Solid Gold Country
.
- The CHR/Top 40 chart was used for
Rick Dees Weekly Top 40
(1985-1995, 1997?2005).
- Red Letter Rock 20
- The Christian CHR/Pop chart was used for
Weekend 22
,
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a two-hour program hosted by Jeremy "JGonzo" Gonzalez from 2002 to 2005, currently hosted by Josh Ashton.
- The Christian AC chart was used for
Weekend Top 20
(formerly called
Weekend Top 25
from 2003 to 2006), a two-hour spin-off program of
Weekend 22
hosted by Lisa Williams from 2003 to 2005, Scott Smith from 2005 to 2007, and Kurt Wallace from 2007 to present.
- The Urban Contemporary chart was used for
The Countdown
, a two-hour program hosted by
Walt "Baby" Love
.
- The
syndicated
retro-countdown show
What's Your Twenty
uses
archived
issues of R&R in addition to
Billboard Magazine
and
Cashbox Magazine
for the program.
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