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Mediabase ... down to 25 songs?

Posted by John from Wisconsin <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=John+from+Wisconsin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 3, 2026, 10:40 am

https://www.allaccess.com/mediabase

The Top40 shows only 25 songs including 25 for each reporting station. Don't know if it's "glitch" or the way radio is now.....

Re: Mediabase ... down to 25 songs?

Posted by Jeremy Andrews <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=Jeremy+Andrews' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 3, 2026, 12:59 pm, in reply to "Mediabase ... down to 25 songs?"

That's probably intentional. Mediabase is an expensive service and they want people to pay for it. Most stations use it on barter but I think it's otherwise between 4 and 500 a month.

Re: Mediabase ... down to 25 songs?

Ouch. My take, Jeremy, was that charts were once 60, then 50, 40, 30, and yet WLS had lists of 15, and the like.

In my listening to Top40's across the US, the lists are TIGHT. Very little new music.

Maybe too, like other businesses or things in life, these things are "tightening up" a bit.

I should point out the list is 25 down from 50 songs.

Re: Mediabase ... down to 25 songs?

Posted by Jeremy Andrews <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=Jeremy+Andrews' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 3, 2026, 2:22 pm, in reply to "Re: Mediabase ... down to 25 songs?"

It used to only be 30 on AllAccess back in the day. It was really just a free preview of the full Mediabase site over the years. They really want people to pay for the entire site, which is expensive as I mentioned. They probably cut it back so fewer stations could get any good use out of it for free. Many programmers need more details for newer songs that are not in the Top 30.

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