playlistingn.1
/ˈpleɪlɪstɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpleɪˌlɪstɪŋ/ A list of theatrical plays to be performed.
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1977 Times 16 Mar. 16/5 An alert reader in Scotland has spotted a Catch-22 in the play listings for the National Theatre in recent days.
1988 Back Stage (Nexis) 15 Apr. 1 a Put together a short blurb which adequately describes your play... Send your blurb, plus other pertinent information to any publication that runs play listings.
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playlistingn.2
/ˈpleɪlɪstɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpleɪˌlɪstɪŋ/ The placing of a song, album, etc., on a radio playlist; an instance of this.
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1983 New Ross (County Wexford) Standard 30 Sept. (County News & Sport Suppl.) 2/3 ‘Hold on to your Dreams’—the four lads' last cutting—received playlisting on RTE Radio 2 for 11 weeks.
1986 Toronto Star (Nexis) 6 June d1 There are packages to suit all tastes: Entire label and/or artist catalogues, collections that reflect the archivist's sense of chronology.., and others that reflect the playlisting habits of quirky smalltown radio stations of the 1950s and 1960s.
1989 Q Dec. 18/12 She is delighted that The Wedding Present's single Kennedy has done so well without the benefit of Radio One daytime playlisting.
1995 Guardian 1 Dec. (Friday Review section) 10/4 Playlisting can be a significant factor in any record's career.
2003 Sunday Times (Nexis) 22 June (Culture section) 8 Without a playlisting, and without, moreover, any daytime plays on Radio 1, his singles sank, his albums failed to sell, and his record label dropped him.
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