System and methods for evaluating song play performance of broadcast music

A method of evaluating song play performance of broadcast music, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving, at one or more of a server, one or more of a transaction record from one or more of a data source, the transaction record comprising a song identifier, a song play location, and a song play time;
• and
• storing, at the server, the transaction record in a database, the server having data communication access to the database;
• sorting, at the server, each of the song identifier based on the song play time into timeframes that comprise a current week (CW), a CW comparison, a mean building (BLD), a this week (TW), a last week (LW), a week before LW (LW1), and a week before LW1 (LW2);
• determining each of the following:
• a stations on for each of the song identifier within timeframes of the CW, the TW, and the LW;
• a stations on change for each of the song identifier within timeframe of the CW and TW;
• a stations added for each of the song identifier within timeframes of the CW and the TW;
• a stations dropped for each of the song identifier within timeframe of the TW;
• a stations increased for each of the song identifier within timeframe of the CW and TW;
• a stations decreased for each of the song identifier within timeframe of the CW and TW;
• and
• a stations no change for each of the song identifier within timeframe of the CW and TW;
• determining for each song identifier, based on the song play time, week dayparts which comprise a morning daypart (AM), a midday daypart (MID), an afternoon daypart (PM), an evening day part (EVE), an overnight daypart (OVN), a daytime daypart (DAY), a nighttime daypart (NIGHT), and an all-hours daypart (TOTAL);
• determining a first play date for each of the song identifier that previously lacked the first play date determination;
• determining for each song identifier an all-time (AT) historical number of plays;
• determining for each song identifier a song plays and a points change for timeframes of the CW, the TW, the LW, the LW1, and the LW2;
• and
• determining for each song identifier a song rank for dayparts of the AM, the MID, the PM, the EVE, the OVN, the DAY, the NIGHT, and the TOTAL;
• selecting, by a user using one or more of a computing device, a dashboard to view, the computing device data communicates by way of a global network with the server;
• causing, based in part on the dashboard selected, the server to access or operate on, to create a plurality of dashboard data related to the dashboard, at least some of the following:
• one or more of the transaction records, the CW, the CW comparison, the BLD, the TW, the LW, the LW1, the LW2, the stations on, the stations on change, the stations added, the stations dropped, the stations increased, the stations decreased, the stations no change, the first play date, the AM, the MID, the PM, the EVE, the OVN, the DAY, the NIGHT, the TOTAL, or the AT;
• receiving, at the computing device, from the server the plurality of dashboard data related to the dashboard;
• and
• generating the dashboard on the display of the computing device comprising indicia or graphics based in part on the plurality of dashboard data;
• wherein the user can evaluate play performance of one or more of the song identifier, the song play location, and the song play time.

A method of evaluating song play performance of broadcast music, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving, at one or more of a server, one or more of a transaction record from one or more of a data source, the transaction record comprising a song identifier, a song play location, and a song play time;
• and
• storing, at the server, the transaction record in the database;
• sorting, at the server, each of the song identifier based on the song play time into timeframes that comprise a current week (CW), a CW comparison, a mean building (BLD), a this week (TW), a last week (LW), a week before LW (LW1), and a week before LW1 (LW2);
• determining at least one of the following:
• a stations on for each of the song identifier within timeframes of the CW, the TW, and the LW;
• a stations on change for each of the song identifier within timeframe of the CW and TW;
• a stations added for each of the song identifier within timeframes of the CW and the TW;
• a stations dropped for each of the song identifier within timeframe of the TW;
• a stations increased for each of the song identifier within timeframe of the CW and TW;
• a stations decreased for each of the song identifier within timeframe of the CW and TW;
• or
• a stations no change for each of the song identifier within timeframe of the CW and TW;
• determining for each song identifier, based on the song play time, week dayparts which comprise a morning daypart (AM), a midday daypart (MID), an afternoon daypart (PM), an evening day part (EVE), an overnight daypart (OVN), a daytime daypart (DAY), a nighttime daypart (NIGHT), and an all-hours daypart (TOTAL);
• determining for each song identifier an all-time (AT) historical number of plays;
• determining for each song identifier a song plays and a points change for timeframes of the CW, the TW, the LW, the LW1, and the LW2, the points are equal to the song plays multiplied by a weighting factor for the song play location;
• determining for each song identifier a song rank for dayparts of the AM, the MID, the PM, the EVE, the OVN, the DAY, the NIGHT, and the TOTAL;
• determining if the song identifier is a possible space by one of the following steps:
• if the song plays for the AT is >=500 then if (the song plays for the TW<the song plays for the LW<the song plays for the LW1<the song plays for the LW2) and (the points for the TW<the points for the LW<the points for the LW1<the points for the LW2) then the song identifier is the possible space, wherein the possible space are songs recently or soon to be removed from chart;
• or
• if the song rank for the TW< >1 and the song rank for the LW< >1 and the song rank from the LW1< >1 then if (a peak rank<=50) then the song identifier is a recurrent and should be removed from the panel chart for the TW else if (the song plays for the TW<the song plays for the LW<the song plays for the LW1) and (the points for the TW<the points for the LW<the points for the LW1) or (the song plays for the TW change<=−500) then the song identifier is the possible space;
• selecting, by a user using one or more of a computing device, a dashboard to view, the computing device data communicates by way of a global network with the server;
• receiving, at the computing device, from the server a plurality of dashboard data related to the dashboard;
• and
• generating the dashboard on the display of the computing device comprising indicia or graphics based in part on the plurality of dashboard data, the dashboard comprising one or more of an airplay recommendation for one or more of the song identifier, wherein the airplay recommendation includes informing the user of one or more of the song play location where a possible space exists where the user can seek to increase number of the song plays for desired one or more of the song identifier thus improving the song rank for desired one or more of the song identifier.