When it comes to music and radio, the one person our industry looks to is Sean Ross.

His Ross on Radio Insight is considered one of the leading info sources for today’s changing mediascape. Serving as Vice President/ Music and Programming, Sean is also a veteran of radio trade journalism at Billboard, Radio & Records, M Street Journal, and others. He is often seen at most radio conferences where he’s either a speaker, a panelist, or reporting on the highlights.

In this episode, Sean explores some trends that he sees shaping the radioscape in 2023. He also offers some interesting observations about things that worked so well that radio STOPPED DOING THEM!

 (1:52) Sean recaps the year 2022 in music, pointing out the most notable moves and a few format surprises.

(4:44) The Groundhog saw his shadow which means we’re officially out of the holiday season. As smart programmers debrief and start to plan ahead, Sean notes some very significant holiday trends – and radio’s impact from the increase of “all-holiday music channels” on Spotify, SXM, and designated channels on radio apps.

(8:01) Sean shares some of the biggest format trends he’s seeing for ’23.

(10:32) The hot topic right now is AI (Artificial Intelligence). Sean’s thoughts on how this may impact traditional radio stations may surprise you!

(14:56) If there were one piece of advice Sean would offer to every Music Director, PD/content manager or corporate music honcho… what would it be? He tells us!

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