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What Is DRT?: How We Track Your Radio Spins


DigitalRadioTracker.com Inc., also known as DRT, is a leading global internet radio monitoring company which tracks radio airplay of songs played on over 5000+ radio stations around the globe. These stations (major to independent) are comprised of an array of FM Terrestrial, College, Commercial and Non-Commercial as well as thousands of streaming Internet Radio Stations. DigitalRadioTracker.com Inc. has customized a technology that monitors radio airplay detections of songs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. This amazing technology requires no special encoding or fingerprinting. The system’s unique database logs songs that are played on all radio stations that DRT currently monitors. A timestamp of the date and time a song is played along with which version of the song is being played is recorded by DRT’s system. In the past, music industry professionals had no clue if other version(s) of their songs were being played as they were undetected and/or never reported by other monitoring companies. DRT has filled this void within the music industry. The DRT system can detect all versions of songs aired on radio.

Some of the radio broadcasting networks DigitalRadioTracker.com monitors include: iHeart Media, Urban One, Sirius/XM, Shoutcast, TuneIn, Icecast, Beasley Broadcasting, Cumulus, Emmis, Cox Radio, Entercom, OnlineRadioBox, Townsquare Media, Internet-Radio.com, Dash Radio, Live365, Radio.net, BBC Radio Europe and thousands of independent streaming digital radio broadcasters.

Although there are many genres of music, DigitalRadioTracker.com specializes in monitoring radio broadcasters in the following formats: CHR/Pop (Top 40), Rhythmic, Hip-Hop/R&B (Urban), Country/Americana, Rock/Alternative, Gospel/Inspirational, Adult Contemporary and Jazz/Blues.


DigitalRadioTracker.com monitors airplay of songs streaming on many technological devices such as: Amazon Echo, Google Home, HomePod, iPhones & iPads, Android Phones & Tablets, Samsung Smart Refrigerators, and Smart Televisions. DRT is currently monitoring airplay streaming in over 150 million cars that have installed digital radio.

DigitalRadioTracker.com gathers more than 30 million songs being played each week and compiles DRT Reports for our clients. A DRT Report breaks down exactly who is playing a song, when it’s played and how often it’s played. DigitalRadioTracker.com also offers Historical 8-Week Reports which list the history of airplay detections on all our monitored stations during the previous 8-weeks. In addition, we provide DRT Comprehensive Reports which shows the exact time of day/night a song is played on each of our monitored radio stations. DRT Comprehensive Reports also displays which versions of a song was played.

If you have a song receiving airplay on the radio and want to know when and where it’s being played, get your DRT Report today!

DigitalRadioTracker.com is Your Global Radio Airplay Monitoring Solution……




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