Watchband™

Market Monitoring Made Easy

The Watchband Remote AM/FM/RDS Receiver delivers web-based market monitoring tools to engineers, managers and program directors. Watchband can create detailed playlist reports for any station broadcasting artist and song title information with Radio Text. Managers and program directors can then compare their own rotations to other stations in the market. Engineers can monitor real-time field intensity data for any station, as well as review strip charts for analysis of the entire band. Stereo, phase, and L/R audio levels, averages and peaks, are logged for immediate alarm reporting or historical review.

Playlist Generation

With automatic logging of Radio Text, Watchband constructs time stamped playlists to reveal content on FM stations in the market. This allows programming staff to easily compare individual dayparts on competing stations as well as generate aggregate reports over longer durations.

Audio Skimming & Logging

Audio logging can be configured to record scheduled time blocks on a specific station or to skim multiple stations. With remote access to off-air audio logs, engineering departments can cross-reference audio alarms, while managers and programming staff gain a valuable listening and archival tool.

Alarm Reporting

Watchband logs and graphs receiver data for review and analysis. Loss of stereo, out of phase conditions and changes in signal strength can be sent via email notifications, allowing users to keep track of activity on their own stations or on their competitors’ stations.