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Cutting through the static: Finding your formats

Cutting Through The Static: Finding Your Formats

Finding your formats In our last blog, we broke down the basics of radio formats. Check it out here. To be perfectly candid, there is going to be some nuance to navigating radio formats and figuring out where you fit best. The good news is that if you fit into one… you’ll likely fit into […]

Cutting through the static: radio formats

Cutting Through The Static: Radio Formats

What are radio formats? So you’re keen to get on the radio…but you don’t know where to start. That’s totally fair! What in the world is a “radio format”? What does “AAA” and “AC” mean? How can you know where your tune fits into the mix? Luckily for you, it’s a lot simpler than it […]

Beyond 10,000 Hours Featuring: Lori Majewski

Meet Journalist/Sirius XM Host Lori Majewski Lori Majewski loves music. The journalist (check out her Kacey Musgraves piece here)/ Sirius XM host has made a career out of knowing something about everything. So, Katy grabbed her for a quick chat about how she got started, why she put Gwen Stefani on a magazine cover and […]

Play MPE Launches Player Premium Feature – “Share a Release”

Verified curators access & discover releases in Player Being able to access trending releases, discover new artists, and instantly download broadcast-ready music files, metadata and promotional assets, only scratches the surface of Player’s functionality. Making the day-to-day workflow of busy music industry professionals more efficient is always a priority. Our talented team is consistently releasing […]

Play MPE’s Caster Emerge Announces March Finalists & Wild Card!

Caster Emerge March Finalists and Katy Krassner’s Wild Card Pick Announced Upon Caster Emerge closing submissions this past February 28th, Team Play MPE selected three more finalists and Katy Krassner of Sirius XM’s WHOOOSH! selected her top choice for the Wild Card!  Let’s meet the March finalists who will join the other six in receiving […]

Getting a Song Added into Rotation at a Radio Station

What does it mean to get added into rotation at radio ? You promoted your song to radio with Play MPE’s Caster and want to know if it is getting airplay, so you sign up for MTR to track your spins. Now what? Once a spin is detected by MTR your airplay data will show […]

Play MPE’s Caster Emerge Announces February Finalists

Caster Emerge February Finalists Announced Play MPE’s indie artist incubator Caster Emerge is still going strong and open for submissions until February 28th (midnight PST). Our industry relations team is having a blast listening to all of the song submissions – so keep ’em coming!  Each month three finalists are selected, with one additional wild […]

Play MPE’s Caster Emerge Announces January Finalists

Caster Emerge January Finalists Announced Play MPE’s industry relation team has been busy listening to a ton of incredible music submissions for Caster Emerge. Part music contest, part artist incubator, Play MPE is on the hunt to uncover indie artists who are ready to take the next step in their career.  Each month three finalists […]

Hot Tips: expand your fanbase on socials with radio

Engage your followers and radio stations on socials I’ve got a hot tip for you – engaging with your audience is an important thing to do, not just generally but in the context of radio too! Now, you may be saying to yourself, “Self, what’s so hot about this tip?” Well, hang on, I am […]

Conoce a la especialista de Play MPE en el mercado latino: Abi Buenrostro

¿Quieres adentrarte en el mercado de la música latina? ¡Conoce a Abi! El equipo de Play MPE está “integrado” por expertos de la industria musical como Abi Buenrostro El equipo de Play MPE está integrado por expertos de la industria musical, como Abi Buenrostro, nuestra responsable del mercado latino. Sigue leyendo para saber cómo empezó Abi en […]