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What's R&R and who are they?
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Radio & Records (R&R) is a trade publication providing news and airplay information for the radio and music industries. The company was founded in 1973 and published its first issue on October 3 of that year. The publication was issued in a weekly print edition, and it also issued a bi-annual Directory. R&R published its print edition from 1973 through June 5, 2009. On June 2, it announced it was ceasing its operation as of June 5, 2009.
Radio & Records was relaunched as a magazine under new owners VNU Media on August 11, 2006, as "R&R". The company, which has since changed its name to The Nielsen Company, currently publishes 6 daily email publications, 35 weekly email publications, and 4 websites, each serving segments of the radio and records industries.
Like Billboard magazine, which is also owned by VNU Media, Radio & Records uses data from Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems to develop the charts showing which records are played each week by leading radio stations. Prior to the merger, Radio & Records had used monitored charts and playlists from Mediabase. The format charts used during its run included CHR/Top 40, Rhythmic, Gospel, Urban, Country, Adult Contemporary, Rock, Christian, Latin and Smooth Jazz.
On June 3, 2009, R&R announced that they were immediately ceasing operations after the release of the 6/5/09 issue.
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