Gavin Report

{{Short description|Radio industry trade publication}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}}

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{{Infobox magazine

| title = Gavin Report

| editor = Various

| category = Radio industry/trade publication

| frequency = Monthly

| company =

| publisher =

| founder = Bill Gavin

| founded = 1958

| firstdate =

| finaldate = 2002

| finalnumber =

| country = United States

| based = San Francisco

| language = English

| oclc = 34039542

|}}

The Gavin Report was a San Francisco-based radio industry trade publication. The publication was founded by radio performer Bill Gavin in 1958.{{cite news | url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/05/PKPB12IKUR.DTL | title=Radio Waves | publisher=San Francisco Chronicle | access-date=September 6, 2008 | first=Ben | last=Fong-Torres | date=September 7, 2008}} Its Top 40 listings were used for many years by programmers to decide content of programs.{{cite news | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940CE5DF133BF933A05752C0A963948260 | title=Bill Gavin, the Founder in '58 of List on Air Play of Records | work=The New York Times | access-date=September 6, 2008 | date=January 30, 1985}} The publication was also responsible for running the Gavin Seminar, a convention for radio industry members.{{cite news | url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/02/22/DD122956.DTL | title=British owner pulling plug on S.F.'s Gavin | publisher=San Francisco Chronicle | access-date=September 6, 2008 | first=Joel | last=Selvin | date=February 22, 2002}} In February 2002, United Business Media, who had owned the Gavin Report since 1992, decided to close the publication. Gavin executives cited a lack of cooperation on the part of media conglomerates (specifically naming Clear Channel Communications and Infinity Broadcasting), as well as poor convention attendance as reasons for the closure.