Narrow your Airplay analysis with Metro Radio/Streaming (MRS) Reports, which generate deep, detailed song rankings at the radio station and format level.
Open Report Builder from the CONNECT sidebar menu and choose Metro Radio/Streaming.
Trend Reports and Ranking Reports already include Airplay metrics. But MRS Reports can return deeper and more focused rankings of songs filtered by Airplay format, CRG status, by radio station or within a specific U.S. or Canada market.
Rank songs by Airplay performance within a single format at a nationwide or market level. Airplay Format reports can help contextualize Billboard Airplay Charts and even Airplay-based Ranking Reports by presenting Airplay Spins and Audience alongside Streams.
See a radio station’s entire playlist ranked by Spins and/or Audience within your time frame. Station Reports can provide additional insight into what’s driving Airplay trends at the market level or within a format panel. You may also run a Station Report with market-level filtering to isolate cross-border Airplay activity for a particular station.
Compare streams, spins and sales for trending songs each week. Streaming Contrast Reports rank songs by streaming consumption, but with Airplay and Song Sale data included side by side. Streaming Contrast helps identify songs that are gaining traction on streaming, but may still be underplayed on the radio (and vice versa).
From the CONNECT sidebar menu, select Report Builder > Metro Radio/Streaming to open the blank MRS Report Builder.
All three MRS report types—Airplay Format, Station and Streaming Contrast—use a standard template and require (most of) the same inputs. Follow steps 1-3 below to set a report type and make report-dependent selections. Steps 4-7 are the same for all MRS report types.
Select Airplay Format, Station or Streaming Contrast from the top row of tabs. You may notice that some of the default fields change when you choose a different report.
Format and Station Reports are fixed at a maximum depth of up to 1,500 songs. (Some formats, stations and/or filtering options may return fewer than 1,500 list items).
Streaming Contrast Reports can rank 1,500, 5,000 or 10,000 songs. Deeper rankings can take more time to generate. This field is mandatory: you must select a depth to proceed with a Streaming Contrast Report.
Streaming Contrast Depth selectionMake a selection from the Depth menu to proceed with a Streaming Contrast Report.Custom depths are not supported.
Set essential parameters for each MRS report type. Airplay Format ranks within one format at a time; Station Reports track Airplay on individual radio stations; Streaming Contrast displays streaming and Airplay data side by side.
These fields are mandatory. You cannot generate a report until you’ve made a selection.
Airplay Format: Choose one format
Select from the list of Billboard and Luminate formats. Available formats differ between the U.S. and Canada.
Station: Choose one radio station
Select a station from the list or search by city, state or province.
Search for stations by locationFind a specific station by entering its callsign or search by location to browse stations and markets.Start typing the name of a city or market designation to see all stations within that market. You may also search by U.S. or Canada* state (2-letter abbreviation).*Entering "CA" will return results from both Canada and California. To search within California only, type a comma and a space first (", CA").
Streaming Contrast: Set Activity filters
Refine your ranking of top-streamed songs with options to include or exclude certain types of streaming activity.
Choose Current Week (the week in progress) or Last Week. Current Week is selected by default.
MRS Time Frame selectionFor the time being, MRS Report default Time Frame options are restricted to Current Week or Last Week.The calendar shows the most recent date for which CONNECT has data available. If you choose Current Week, your report will reflect data up to the last bold date (in this example, August 9).
Open the Location field to choose between the United States (default) and Canada. (CONNECT only tracks Airplay within those two countries).
If desired, click the Market field to narrow your report to a single U.S. or Canada market.
Apply Current / Recurrent / Gold (CRG) filters to narrow down Airplay activity by release age. CRG status can be contextual depending on format.
Current / Recurrent / Gold filtersCheck or uncheck the boxes to include and exclude Current, Recurrent and/or Gold songs.CRG status is linked to station and format. Depending on the format, a song's status might change from Current to Recurrent based on length of time since release, Airplay chart position or a combination of factors.
If you’re satisfied with your selections, click Build Report to generate a scrollable ranking below.
Click the three dots icon at top right to export a finished MRS Report in CSV or Excel format.
MRS exports may take a few minutes to prepare. (Streaming Contrast Reports may take up to 15 minutes).A pop-up blue banner indicates that an export is still in progress; it will download automatically when complete.You can navigate away from the MRS Report Builder while you wait, but do not refresh the page or log out of CONNECT while an MRS export is in progress. If you refresh Report Builder or log out, you'll lose the export.
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