NEW YORK It may not yet be the “killer app” that Jeff Smulyan, chief executive officer of Emmis Communications, has predicted it will become; but digital song tagging appears to be gaining a foothold ...

I’m a tagger. When I hear a song that’s catchy, or just familiar, I need to know who’s singing it and what it’s called. For this reason, I install music tagging apps on almost every smartphone I use.

Emmis Communications says its FM and HD Radio music stations have implemented an interface that lets listeners using certain Apple devices to tag songs heard on FM and HD Radio tagging-capable ...

Thanks largely to the iPhone, Shazam, a mobile music discovery application, is on its way to becoming a household verb. Here’s how it works: You hear a song you want to identify — whether on the radio ...

Following close on the heels of last week's announcement from Clear Channel Radio, virtually all the other big American radio broadcasters said Tuesday they will begin using technology that allows ...

Users of HD Radio devices coming from JBL and Polk Audio will soon be able to “tag” songs they’re hearing on the radio for later purchase using iTunes, according to a recent announcement by iBiquity ...

When top hip-hop producer Murda Beatz crafted his first track nine years ago, he gave it to Toronto rapper Hardbody, who suggested that he drop a tag — a quick audio snippet that acts like a ...