The radio impact or add date is how labels "instruct" programmers to begin spinning or add a song to their rotation. Some songs get spins and adds before that date, most come later as a song starts charting. Spin increases are influenced by a number of things like chart position, special d...

I'm not a radio industry professional, but this is my understanding of the process: The record label and artist choose a single together. It's then sent to radio stations and an "add" date is set for the song to be added to station playlists. The song moves up the current chart as long as ...