It was really great to connect with many of you again this year at the 2015 NAB Show and update you on NextRadio progress – progress that has come about thanks to the participation of broadcasters all over the country … Continue reading »
In creating the TagStation system for the radio industry, a main and overarching priority was to make it EASY – easy to understand, easy to learn, and easy to do. We wanted the people already immersed in the ins-and-outs of … Continue reading »
“Entertainment when you want it, information when you need it.” And so begins our journey to yell it from the mountaintop: Radio lovers, you probably have an FM receiver right in the palm of your hand. Last week, a press … Continue reading »
Oh, Super Bowl… a time when people were thinking about parties, appetizers, maybe a new TV? Or if you were like half the viewing audience, you were in it for the commercials. Big Game advertising meant big bucks; a mere … Continue reading »
Happy new year, friends! If you were lucky enough to enjoy the relative warmth of Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show last week (it was below zero in Indy & Chicago), you probably caught on to a few recurring themes … Continue reading »
Closing in on the end of 2014, we find ourselves proud to have had a terrific year that saw new partnerships, new support, and a bold new release of the NextRadio app, but also excited for what next year has … Continue reading »
Still in a Thanksgiving food coma? Well, relax and read a bit. We’ve got a fun update to share. From the beginning, one of the biggest obstacles in the way of this NextRadio endeavor has been the number of supported … Continue reading »
Because we’re immersed everyday in the battle to activate FM chips in smartphones, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that in much of the country, and even to technology gurus like The Boston Globe’s Hiawatha Bray, the idea … Continue reading »
Every now and then, we can all use a little help from our friends, and on the heels of our big update to the NextRadio app, Sprint delivered us a sizable boost that we’d like to highlight in this post. … Continue reading »
You may have heard from our recent announcement that as NextRadio enters its second year on the market, the TagStation team is ready to knock your socks off with a major update to the app. We’re encouraging broadcasters and members … Continue reading »
On August 15th of last year, a press release went out to the world announcing a partnership between the radio industry and Sprint that would bring a unique, over-the-air FM listening experience to the smartphone. ONE smartphone, but hey, it … Continue reading »
“We used to own the dashboard,” said Paul Jacobs in our Connected Car Webinar on the 16th. “Things have changed.” This was the quote that stuck with me personally while watching Paul Jacobs and Paul Brenner set the stage for … Continue reading »
As we talked about in our last post, one of the difficulties with regard to starting any kind of consumer marketing for NextRadio so far has been that the app didn’t start out with a compelling amount of station content … Continue reading »
The journey toward making FM radio available in smartphones and NextRadio a household name has asked a lot of broadcasters including partnership, faith, funds, and some extra effort to make the app’s experience great. And though that has been the … Continue reading »
I was just sitting around thinking about how great TagStation is, and you know what makes it really special? It’s multi-purpose. Think of it like a content hub. TagStation takes events that come out of your station’s automation system and … Continue reading »
What matters to you as broadcasters reading about the progress of NextRadio? On our end, it’s a way to be transparent to all of you who have invested in its success. We also strive to show you that this industry … Continue reading »
Providing interactivity, enhancing your content, delivering hybrid radio, giving listeners the full experience… Talking about NextRadio-readiness with broadcasters can sometimes sound like a grab bag of euphemisms, we know. So today we’d like to cut through the language and provide … Continue reading »
PHEW! We’d love to do an intensive rundown of everything that happened last week at the NAB Show, but frankly, we still need to get together to digest it all. What we can do is provide a general update on … Continue reading »
A year ago, we were getting ready to premier NextRadio at the 2013 NAB Show. We had no commercial product yet, a carrier deal too young to even mention out loud, and only a handful of people on board. What … Continue reading »
Welcome back! As we mentioned in our last post, we’ve done some interesting new analysis that tracks month-to-month growth in NextRadio use. One of the greatest benefits of this type of listening is the usage reporting, and that has been … Continue reading »