Comments on: Compare my radio blows radio’s music secrets open http://james.cridland.net/blog/compare-my-radio-blows-radios-music-secrets-open/ From a radio futurologist - where broadcast radio and new platforms collide. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:50:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Saunders http://james.cridland.net/blog/compare-my-radio-blows-radios-music-secrets-open/comment-page-1/#comment-37402 Michael Saunders Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:04:39 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=1671#comment-37402 Not tried it myself, but there is a tool for recommending which BBC Radio shows you should listen to, based on your Last.fm profile - http://music-recommendations.metade.org/ Not tried it myself, but there is a tool for recommending which BBC Radio shows you should listen to, based on your Last.fm profile – http://music-recommendations.metade.org/

]]> By: Senate Judiciary approves Performance Rights Act- Online Radio Station for Independent Artist http://james.cridland.net/blog/compare-my-radio-blows-radios-music-secrets-open/comment-page-1/#comment-36923 Senate Judiciary approves Performance Rights Act- Online Radio Station for Independent Artist Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:17:58 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=1671#comment-36923 [...] is far greater. Imagine, as James Cridland suggests in his commentary of the CompareMyRadio (here), if the site could link with your Last.fm or iTunes data. And then imagine what Absolute Radio [...] [...] is far greater. Imagine, as James Cridland suggests in his commentary of the CompareMyRadio (here), if the site could link with your Last.fm or iTunes data. And then imagine what Absolute Radio [...]

]]> By: Mark Farrington http://james.cridland.net/blog/compare-my-radio-blows-radios-music-secrets-open/comment-page-1/#comment-36628 Mark Farrington Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:28:49 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=1671#comment-36628 The other thing that would be nice would be a submission interface for smaller stations, or an API so people could compare their own data to it. There's code along these lines behind the Music Section of the SRA website (although granted it's nowhere near finished) which is aimed at recommending a student station to visitors based on their tastes, or possibly even individual shows (although the scheduling stuff isn't that clever yet). Mmmmm Data.... The other thing that would be nice would be a submission interface for smaller stations, or an API so people could compare their own data to it.

There’s code along these lines behind the Music Section of the SRA website (although granted it’s nowhere near finished) which is aimed at recommending a student station to visitors based on their tastes, or possibly even individual shows (although the scheduling stuff isn’t that clever yet).

Mmmmm Data….

]]> By: Kev http://james.cridland.net/blog/compare-my-radio-blows-radios-music-secrets-open/comment-page-1/#comment-36620 Kev Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:25:03 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=1671#comment-36620 Neat site that one - my two most listened to stations are Smooth (East Midlands) and XFM - comparing the London version of those shows that: XFM London played 653 unique tracks Smooth Radio London played 2,137 unique tracks XFM London and Smooth Radio London have 4% of their playlist which is the same I thought the Smooth Radio played more music than XFM, but just quite how many more tracks is rather surprising! And the artist recommendations suggest that Absoulte Xtreme (which my WiFi radio insists on calling Virgin Xtreme even though I wiped the preset) is worth giving another shot (shame it's not on DAB to make that possible more of the time). The BBC 6 Music / XFM comparison http://www.comparemyradio.com/compare/BBC_6_Music/XFM_London shows how little music XFM actually play - nearly all of XFM's music is played by 6Music, but only 19% of the combined tracks shared are played by both! Neat site that one – my two most listened to stations are Smooth (East Midlands) and XFM – comparing the London version of those shows that:

XFM London played 653 unique tracks
Smooth Radio London played 2,137 unique tracks
XFM London and Smooth Radio London have 4% of their playlist which is the same

I thought the Smooth Radio played more music than XFM, but just quite how many more tracks is rather surprising!

And the artist recommendations suggest that Absoulte Xtreme (which my WiFi radio insists on calling Virgin Xtreme even though I wiped the preset) is worth giving another shot (shame it’s not on DAB to make that possible more of the time).

The BBC 6 Music / XFM comparison http://www.comparemyradio.com/compare/BBC_6_Music/XFM_London shows how little music XFM actually play – nearly all of XFM’s music is played by 6Music, but only 19% of the combined tracks shared are played by both!

]]> By: John Martin http://james.cridland.net/blog/compare-my-radio-blows-radios-music-secrets-open/comment-page-1/#comment-36619 John Martin Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:12:18 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=1671#comment-36619 Thanks James... All your points about improvements are valid... we're working towards a version 1.1 of Compare My Radio that should include these exact things. At the moment the site is great for getting an aggregate view of the data and in the future we're looking to deliver a even better personalised experience for users. Follow http://twitter.com/OGSLabs for updates. Thanks James…

All your points about improvements are valid… we’re working towards a version 1.1 of Compare My Radio that should include these exact things. At the moment the site is great for getting an aggregate view of the data and in the future we’re looking to deliver a even better personalised experience for users.

Follow http://twitter.com/OGSLabs for updates.

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