"R&R" was a music and radio
trade weekly. It began on
October 5th of 1973 as "Radio & Records" and
published until June of 2009. It
included
radio and
music industry news, format charts, station
playlists, weekly columns, ratings summaries,
station sales, FCC News, Classifieds. 1854
issues were published.
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| Radio & Records™ (R&R)
was a trade publication providing news and airplay
information for the radio and music industries. It
originally started out as an independent trade from
1973 to 2006 until VNU Media took over in 2006, up
until its final issue in 2009. |
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Radio & Records™ was founded in 1973 and published
its first issue on October 3 of that year. The
publication was issued in a weekly print edition,
and it also issued a bi-annual Directory. 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. The charts eventually became populated by
data from MediaBase.
On July 6, 2006, VNU, the parent company of
Billboard announced the acquisition of Radio &
Records. The charts then used BDS data. On June 5,
2009, parent company VNU / Nielsen ceased operations
on R&R just short of three years after
acquiring it.
Extracted from the
Wikipedia article.
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R&R Timeline |
1973
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Radio & Records is founded by Bob
Wilson. The first issue is Oct. 1.
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1974
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The first R&R Convention is held.
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1979
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Radio & Records is sold to Harte
Hanks. |
1987
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Westwood One purchases Radio &
Records. |
1988
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The R&R Hotfax Updates debut,
comprising 12 weekly format-focused fax
publications. |
1994
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Perry Capital acquires
Radio & Records. |
1995
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Radio & Records launches
R&R Online. |
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1996
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The first annual R&R Talk Radio Seminar is
held.
The R&R Daily online news service debuts, and Music
Tracking is launched online. |
1997
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R&R introduces the daily R&R TODAY
news fax.
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1998
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The R&R Convention returns after a six-year hiatus.
The first R&R Industry Achievement Awards, voted on
by R&R subscribers, are presented at the convention.
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1999
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Data collection for R&R's charts is converted to include
MediaBase
airplay. |
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2000 |
Daily e-mail updates and Today's News online are introduced as extensions
of the R&R TODAY fax publication. Radio & Records
acquires Radio Y Música. |
2001
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Adult Alternative and Christian sections debuts in
the weekly R&R newspaper, each with its own
full-time editor. The Going for Adds fax publication
debuts. |
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2002 |
A CHR/Rhythmic section debuts in the weekly R&R newspaper,
with its own full-time editor.
R&R produces its first annual Triple A Summit.
Electronic Promotion Kits are introduced for music
customers, and the Street Talk Daily fax and e-mail
publication debuts.
Radio Y Música is incorporated into the R&R
newspaper. |
2004
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Radio & Records announces its new
website |
2006
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VNU, a global information and media company,
acquires Radio & Records. VNU owns ACNielsen,
Billboard, the Hollywood Reporter and many other
business-to- business publications. Radio & Records
charts convert to Nielsen BDS airplay data.
R&R Absorbs "Billboard Airplay Monitor" |
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2007
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VNU changes its name to The Nielsen Company. |
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2009
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The Nielsen Company announces that
it is closing R&R and
merging it with Billboard.
The final issue date is June 5.
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wonderful documentation of the history of radio
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