Thanks for the welcome. I've been visiting here for a while and saw what a good community this is and am glad we're now a sponsor. My contact info is in my signature--feel free to call or e-mail me anytime with questions. We're also happy to send out free samples of any of our CD services to anyone who would like to check one out (only in the US though...sorry Jon!).
SayHi2ThisFDJ: PrimeCuts is based on national radio airplay and is programmed in one of 3 ways:
- Song is already Top 30 in AC, CHR (Pop/Top 40), Urban, Country or Rock
- Song is trending Top 30: It's flying up the charts so fast it will hit Top 30
- Song is by an artist whose songs always hit Top 30 (those we put on as soon as we can)
We've had some calls/e-mails for High School Musical, Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, etc. over the last year. However, not until recently did they get enough radio airplay to warrant programming on PrimeCuts (Miley Cyrus is currently #6 on CHR & Jonas Brothers currently #18 and both have been on PrimeCuts).
Unfortunately we can't run every song that is popular regionally or with a specific age group. We get tons of calls for a song that someone says is huge in their area. Our programmer looks it up and the song is being played on 1 radio station in the US. Since we're programming for thousands of DJs, radio stations, etc. we can't program a song just because it's popular in one city or big on YouTube.
I hope that helps you understand the programming strategy. If you're not familiar with our
Top 30 charts (which are based on Mediabase radio airplay charts), you should check them out. They are updated every week for AC, Alternative, Rock, Country, Urban & CHR. They show which PrimeCuts CD each song is on as well as BPM. I personally think they're very useful and I save them to my computer before every event.