Tuesday, August 1st 2006

Mediabase To Publish Music Charts In USA Today

Contact: Amir Forester
818-461-5404

LOS ANGELES, August 1, 2006 - Mediabase, the airplay monitoring and research arm of Premiere Radio Networks, announced today plans to print unique, weekly airplay charts in USA Today, beginning Tuesday, August 8. Mediabase will publish a full page of information early each week, featuring in-depth charts in the following 12 formats: Mainstream Top 40, Rhythmic Top 40, Urban/Hip-Hop, Country, Modern Rock, Active Rock, Adult Rock (Triple A), Smooth Jazz, Mainstream Adult Contemporary, Hot Adult Contemporary, Latin, and an overall Canadian chart.

Mediabase President and Premiere Radio Networks EVP, Rich Meyer stated, "Mediabase will introduce consumers to timely, accurate and in-depth airplay charts in every radio format, every week. Growing the Mediabase brand on a consumer level will be beneficial to the industries we serve, particularly in terms of fueling new music and artist awareness."

"It is very exciting to have our charts visible to USA Today's millions of readers," added Alissa Pollack, Premiere Radio Networks SVP, Music Initiatives. "This takes our entire industry to a new level of consumer awareness. Mediabase has always been an integral part of the industry's key music and programming decisions and now it will play an important role in the consumer's music purchasing decisions as well."

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About Mediabase
In addition to providing vital airplay information to nearly 1,700 affiliate radio stations and every major broadcast group, Mediabase 24/7, a division of Premiere Radio Networks, provides research to every major record label in the North America. Mediabase monitors more than 1,800 radio stations in 175 U.S. and Canadian markets. Mediabase pioneered the concept of monitored airplay in 1987.