Billboard and Radio & Records Merge

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   I just went to Billboard's Radio Monitor website (where I check out the weekly Adult Top 40 chart) and got a shock when it opened as Radio & Records.  Doing a little research, I found out that the company that owns Billboard now also owns Radio & Records and merge it with its Radio Monitor publication.

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JMD1961 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 March 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 13	Post Options Post Reply Quote JMD1961 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Billboard and Radio & Records Merge Posted: 09 August 2006 at 6:56pm
	I just went to Billboard's Radio Monitor website (where I check out the weekly Adult Top 40 chart) and got a shock when it opened as Radio & Records. Doing a little research, I found out that the company that owns Billboard now also owns Radio & Records and merge it with its Radio Monitor publication. Just offering this for information purposes.

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 268	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 April 2010 at 9:18am
	Does anyone collect year-end R&R issues, by chance? I purchased a chart pack from R&R back in the early 2000s with every year-end chart, starting with the first one in '73 or '74. I managed to keep it updated for the most part, but I'm missing a couple of the years. Also, my chart pack included the "records reaching the top 15" pages for every year except 1995. Did they just forget to include them in my chart pack, or did they not publish those pages in '95?

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 268	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 April 2010 at 6:38pm
	I just checked, and my missing R&R years are 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008. The '06 to '08 years aren't really that important to me, though, because I have the Mediabase year-end charts for those years. Does anyone have 2004 that would be willing to help me out? :D

crapfromthepast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 September 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 163	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 April 2010 at 6:53pm
	Aaron - I bought the same package, but I got mine in 1998, so I have 1998 and older...

eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 123	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 April 2010 at 7:01pm
	Aaron: Did some Googling and came up with this!

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 268	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 April 2010 at 8:48pm
	Thanks, John! I have the CHR list, probably from that exact same source, but I was looking for ALL the year end charts (not just the CHR), plus the "records reaching the top 15" pages. Ron, do your 1995 charts have those "top 15" pages? If so, I would love to trade you scans of later years you are missing in exchange for scans of those.

EdisonLite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 225	Post Options Post Reply Quote EdisonLite Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 April 2010 at 9:02pm
	Aaron, I too bought the R&R Year-end pack which also had the top 15 pages. If I recall, I bought mine around the mid-90s and it may or may not have the 1995 one. I'll check and get back to you.

eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 123	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 April 2010 at 9:11pm
	If you go back to the home page of that site, I believe you'll see from the main menu that you'll find what you are looking for.

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 268	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 April 2010 at 9:22pm
	Thanks again, John! I have definitely been to this site before and had it bookmarked. It's a great resource! I still want photocopies of the '04 charts, though :D

crapfromthepast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 September 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 163	Post Options Post Reply Quote crapfromthepast Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 April 2010 at 10:40pm
	Another resource - http://www2.uta.edu/hunt/charts/chart.html I sent the site owner a few corrected dates on there, but on the whole it's pretty accurate, and it's very nice to have online. Checked my R&R packet, and no, my 1995 stuff just has the Top 95 of each chart, no all-top-15-hits lists.