What Is Digital Radio Tracker?

What Is Digital Radio Tracker?
Digital Radio Tracker (@DRTRadioTracker) has brought a new dimension to monitoring online radio spins which in today's era of digital evolution, is a key resource and tool for indie artists, labels AND radio stations. Gone is the day when internet or online radio airplay means nothing.

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Similarly one may ask, what does a radio tracker do?

The role of a tracker is to get the Music Directors to listen to your song. You pay a radio tracker for their expertise and relationship that they have with these Music Directors. Simply put they know who to call and when to call them.

Also Know, how many times a song is played on the radio? The song played more than 10,240 times in a week, reaching an estimated audience of more than 70 million listeners, according to Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, an airplay monitoring service, and the chart-keepers at Radio & Records, a music trade magazine.

Also to know is, how can I find out what song was playing on the radio?

Shazam, which first launched in 2002, is a free app for both Google Android and iPhones that can identify songs for you. It uses your smartphone's microphone to listen to the song playing, whether it's on the radio, TV or even just in the pub and then identifies it from its database of tracks.

How can I get radio plays?

To get your song played on the radio, either you or your radio promotion company approaches program directors/music directors at radio stations. You'll then need to promote your song to them using a combination of press releases or one-sheets, phone calls, and faxes.

Related Question Answers

How do you grow a radio station?

Here's 20 ways you can promote your radio station to get on top and increase your listeners.
  1. Build Marketing Lists.
  2. Write Blog Posts.
  3. Cross Promote with Other Stations.
  4. Build a Social Media Presence.
  5. Optimise Your Station with SEO.
  6. Target Your Audience.
  7. Submit to Internet Radio Directories.
  8. MatchMaker.

Can't find a song I heard?

Use Shazam or MusicID.
These are popular apps that analyze sounds and identify songs from their database of recordings. If you've got Shazam on your phone and hear a song you can't identify and don't know anything about, activate the app and hold it toward the audio source and wait for a result.
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