This Note's For You: Popular Music + Advertising = Marketing Excellence

David Allan, PhD, is the chair and professor of music marketing at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, PA. Allan brings to his academic career the experience from a 20 year plus career in radio broadcasting that began as a disc jockey and ended as a VP/GM for Clear Channel (now iHeartMedia). Allan has a BA in communications from American University, an MBA in marketing from Saint Joseph's University, and a PhD in mass media and communication from Temple University. Allan has published in the Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Business Research, and the Journal of Advertising Research. He has been quoted in Billboard Magazine, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal.