Job Description Job Description – Music Manager (FM Tadka)
Reports To: Programming Head / Chief Programming Officer
Team: Music Schedulers, Music Executives, Music Research Executive
Role Summary
Lead FM Tadka's music strategy, brand sound, library, research, scheduling, and innovation to maximize listener engagement, Time Spent Listening (TSL), and brand recall. Own the station's overall music experience while collaborating with programming, digital, sales, and creative teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Define music strategy, brand sound, library architecture, rotations, and daypart planning.
- Manage and refresh the music library, including song acquisition, categorization, coding, and seasonal/event-based programming.
- Supervise music scheduling by approving clocks, rotations, artist separation, genre/tempo balance, and monitoring repetition and burn.
- Lead music research through audience surveys, listener feedback, digital analytics, and market insights to improve programming decisions.
- Track music trends across streaming platforms, social media, competitors,



and emerging artists to identify future hits and changing listener preferences.
- Collaborate with Programming, RJs, Creative, Digital, Sales, and Brand teams to develop music-led content, specials, and campaigns.
- Conduct competitive benchmarking and submit regular competitor analysis reports.
- Ensure music rights compliance, licensing, metadata accuracy, and usage policies.
- Mentor and develop the music scheduling team while building future talent.
- Drive innovation through AI-assisted scheduling, predictive rotations, hyperlocal playlists, mood/weather-based programming, and digital music strategies.

Deliverables
- Weekly: Music meetings, burn reports, current song recommendations, competitor analysis, scheduler reviews, library health checks.
- Monthly: Music research, playlist updates, gold refresh, burn list, category changes, KPI dashboard, programming recommendations, digital trend reports.
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