Mark Ramsey Media

• What Radio can learn from ABC TV

  

  A few days ago ABC announced that they would begin live streaming content in two major markets with more to follow on a new app called WatchABC. NPR reports: ABC and other networks have long allowed you to watch their prime-time shows online after th…
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• Your PPM Strategy is Wrong: Word-of-Mouth Still Matters

  

  It is almost impossible to count the ways in which playing to Arbitron’s PPM measurement methodology may provide short term gains for radio ratings, but very much at the expense of the health of radio brands long-term. And here’s yet another one.…
  - 7 days ago, 14 May 13, 11:07am -

• “Passion is the Great Persuader” – Q&A with Tom Asacker, Part 2

  

  This is Part 2 of my special conversation with branding guru and author Tom Asacker. If you missed Part 1 go here. Tom and I talk about his new book, The Business of Belief: How the World’s Best Marketers, Designers, Salespeople, Coaches, Fundrais…
  - 12 days ago, 9 May 13, 7:00am -
• “You Can’t Create Desire through Advertising” – Q&A with Tom Asacker, Part 1

  

  Tom Asacker is an advisor to major brands like Procter & Gamble, UPS, and G.E. and the author of many thoughtful and incisive books on branding and marketing. He is one of the brightest minds in any business, and his latest book is his best yet: Th…
  - 13 days ago, 8 May 13, 9:36pm -
• Radio’s Biggest Problem: Leadership

  

  Relevance is a funny thing. Many of radio’s leaders will argue radio’s relevance is proved by its widespread consumer usage. Hogwash. Usage is a temporal thing. It is a byproduct of relevance but it is not relevance. Relevance is relevance. And l…
  - 22 days ago, 29 Apr 13, 7:00am -

Radio InkTank

• Radio Is The Lifeline For America
  Radio, it seems, has become like a utility: We take it for granted because it's always there. Like the lights, we don’t appreciate them until they go out. Radio bashing is popular these days. Everyone wants to take a shot,...
  - 29 days ago, 22 Apr 13, 4:09pm -
• Retraction: The Exact AM/FM Dash Story
  Dear Readers: My Editorial about AM/FM removal from cars has caused great concern in the radio industry. My mistake is that I put something in quotes from my recollections of the panel and the discussions afterward and my quote was...
  - 67 days ago, 15 Mar 13, 4:32pm -

• A Cold, Harsh Reality For Radio

  

  CLICK HERE for an important update. I stayed in my seat and listened politely, though I wanted to jump up and cross-examine the people onstage. Frankly, I couldn't believe what I'd just heard, and it was so important that it...
  - 74 days ago, 8 Mar 13, 1:24pm -
• Why I’ve Doubled Down On My Commitment to Radio

  

  When Radio Ink turned 20 last year, I made a conscious decision to re-commit myself to radio. Though my head may be grayer, my goal has never really changed: to challenge broadcasters to grow, to consider new innovations, and not...
  - 99 days ago, 11 Feb 13, 8:15am -
• The $45 Million Kiss
  You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours. You put radio in Sprint smartphones, and we’ll make it worthwhile by placing the weight of the radio industry behind it. $15 million a year for three years. The radio industry’s deal to...
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• Why Sprint's Adding Radio On Smartphones Matters
  Yesterday while I was sitting at my desk, my cell phone made an alert noise (even though the volume was turned down) and an Amber Alert flashed on the screen. That reminded me of the need to put radio on...
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• How Nielsen Can Transform Arbitron
  Discussion boards have been buzzing with the news of Arbitron's being acquired by Nielsen. What does it mean for radio? I wasn't sure what to think at first. After all, Nielsen went into the radio ratings business and only stuck...
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• Reflecting A Nation's Grief
  As America mourns the tragedy in Newtown, I was curious how radio would respond to the crisis. Thanks to apps like TuneIn and iHeartRadio, I was able to listen to stations in the Connecticut area. (Here's how Cox Media Group...
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• Why Radio Isn't Being Embraced By National Advertisers
  For decades, the RAB and others have preached that selling is about being customer-centric. We've all heard it, we've all been trained to interview clients about their needs, and there is not one broadcaster on earth who does not know...
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• Radio's Next Big Disruption
  Great companies understand that change for the sake of change is important, and that to grow and remain relevant, they need to always have a strong, compelling value proposition. Great companies cannibalize themselves before their competitors eat the…
  - 15 Nov 12, 4:28pm -

Radio NX

• Why Hasn’t Anyone Offered Charles Ramsey an On-Air Gig?
  Charles Ramsey should be the next radio star in Cleveland
  - 12 days ago, 9 May 13, 8:34am -
• The Two Kinds of F Bombs

  

  Or why dropping an f-bomb on the air can often be a good thing
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• As a Local Broadcaster, You Are the Gatekeeper, Not Twitter or Facebook

  

  Someone hacks the Twitter account of Associated Press and announces that The President has been wounded in a bombing. Stocks take a sneak left-hook to the chin and over 200 billion in market value evaporates. Sure, the market corrected following the…
  - 28 days ago, 23 Apr 13, 9:39pm -
• Should Be Zippier
  The site should load quite a bit zippier now. Combined database & WordPress caching with cron jobs. The load from pulling in all these rss feeds is a daunting task for shared hosting.
  - 92 days ago, 18 Feb 13, 9:06pm -
• Browser
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Jacobs Media

• !Coppin’ Some Z’s

  

  The news that Yahoo is paying a reported $1.1 billion for Tumblr says a great deal about the differences in how broadcast and digital media executives view teens – otherwise known as Generation Z. For Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer, there’s a realizati…
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• Jolly Good Company

  

  Last month, we showcased the Greater Media Philadelphia cluster which was named as one of the best workplaces in town by the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philly.com for the second consecutive year. Not to be outdone, I heard from a reader across the pon…
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• TV Is Kicking A__

  

  On last week’s investor call, Saga CEO Ed Christian gave a (as always) transparent view (as much as possible) of the state of radio – and his company.  Ed is famous for substantive analyses of the industry and where it’s headed.  He takes the…
  - 4 days ago, 17 May 13, 5:10am -
• Acknowledgment 201

  

  Yesterday, we took a look at the importance of responding to consumers who visit radio’s social pages.  Far too often,  a cavalier attitude about listeners (“contest pigs”) has led to aloof, ambivalent, or even negligent policies in markets…
  - 5 days ago, 16 May 13, 5:10am -
• Acknowledgment 101

  

  So now we know. One of the beauties of our Techsurveys is that they allow you to ask questions you just don’t have time for during the course of researching and managing your brand. That’s where Techsurvey9 comes into play – especially when it…
  - 6 days ago, 15 May 13, 5:10am -
• The Innovation Stations

  

  “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs Another Steve – Steve Case former head of AOL – sees the world of business as either attackers or defenders.  In his mind, it is essential for companies – especiall…
  - 7 days ago, 14 May 13, 5:10am -
• Bad Ads

  

  We see so much research these days that it’s easy to ignore those “so what?” headlines – like this one: “Americans Fed Up With Bad Ads” That’s the hook from a recent “Research Brief” from the Center for Media Research.  The study,…
  - 8 days ago, 13 May 13, 5:10am -
• In Treatment

  

  You’ve probably read Lori Lewis’ great weekly column in All Access called “Merge.”  She provides great insights into what’s happening with social and digital media in ways in which everyone in radio can learn something every week. A couple…
  - 11 days ago, 10 May 13, 5:10am -
• Get Schooled

  

  Finally, warm weather throughout the Midwest and the East – and that could only mean one thing: We’re not far away from Conclave 2013 which is set to go on July 17-19 in Minneapolis. Our company has been involved with this Learning Conference for…
  - 12 days ago, 9 May 13, 5:10am -
• Format Holes

  

  Since our Techsurveys expanded last year, our ability to explore formats has become one of the most popular dimensions of these studies, designed to help radio see around corners.  Our expressed goal since we started this research initiative nine ye…
  - 13 days ago, 8 May 13, 5:10am -

Holland Cooke Media

• !OK Twister Tragedy: ANOTHER Robo-Radio Fail

  

  Applause to local Oklahoma stations that sprang-into action. It was reliance, by radio elsewhere, on robotic programming, that again devalued AM/FM as First Informer. Remember how automated music station no-showed the deaths of Michael Jackson and Wh…
  - 3 hours ago, 21 May 13, 8:31am -
• Best promo I’ve heard in a month…

  

  “I wrote this after reading about the wildfires in Southern California.” Nick Michaels crafts imaging for 100.3FM The Sound in Los Angeles, which simply thanks neighbors for being…neighbors.Read: About YOUR Station’s Promos: “Blah, blah, bl…
  - 12 days ago, 9 May 13, 8:15am -

• Limbaugh brouhaha? Huckabee hesitation?

  

  Now, the dance begins. NY Daily News article sets-off spitball war: Is Limbaugh quitting — or getting-dumped-by — Cumulus? And how’s this for timing? Cumulus’ Mike Huckabee is the likely Rush replacement on WABC, WLS, WJR, WBAP, WMAL, elsewhe…
  - 14 days ago, 7 May 13, 3:43pm -
• Did you just say “Blah-blah-blah?”

  

  Why many radio listeners don’t “hear” many radio station promos? Read: What they should be hearing instead.
  - 15 days ago, 6 May 13, 11:22am -
• ANOTHER hidden camera “OOPS” moment…

  

  Of all people, he’s media-savvy-enough to know what Mitt Romney didn’t. …that the camera never blinks. Read: Top GOP pollster says top Talk Radio voices are harming the GOP brand.
  - 24 days ago, 27 Apr 13, 11:05am -
• Is your station habit? Or caricature?

  

  Read: Why sweating-the-small-stuff IS worth the effort.
  - 26 days ago, 25 Apr 13, 10:05am -
• So who needs…radio…to do…radio?

  

  Stop! Hey, what’s that sound? Something’s happening here. What it is couldn’t me more clear. Yes, there IS “a free lunch.” More important… Media gatekeepers: The genie is out-of-the-bottle. Radio stations: Good News/Bad News Read: 2 oppor…
  - 28 days ago, 23 Apr 13, 10:37am -
• Boston Bombing: How Radio Helped…or Hurt

  

  Especially after last week, Talk Radio should heed the words of a media giant we now mourn. “They want to trust whatever voices they’re listening to.” RIP Al Neuharth, who re-invented the only medium older than radio. Allen H. Neuharth … Cont…
  - 35 days ago, 16 Apr 13, 8:37am -
• 2013 NAB Show: “Doesn’t feel like 2009″

  

  Couldn’t be in Las Vegas for the 2013 NAB Show and RAIN Summit West? Here are my notes.
  - 44 days ago, 7 Apr 13, 8:56am -
• REEE-JECTED by Talkers magazine…

  

  Could Rush save radio again? Several seemingly unrelated radio industry news items these past several days suggest an opportunity. Exclusive: Read my provocative opinion piece here. Comment, from a rock-ribbed righty owner of a Limbaugh-affiliated st…
  - 49 days ago, 2 Apr 13, 10:24am -

Radio 2020

• Disney Revives Radio Serial Format

  

  Disney is know for reinventing or revitalizing media on a regular basis. Decades ago, it was Steamboat Willie, the cartoon short that introduced a certain mouse we all know. More recently, High School Musical has taken the televised musical from risk…
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• Nashville Readies for Personal People Meter Fueled Changes

  

  Nashville, Tennessee, has just become the 44th market nationally to adopt Arbitron’s Portable People Meter (PPM) for measuring radio listenership. Considering the readings taken by the device in other markets, it is not surprising that people in Na…
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• Clear Channel CEO Mays Stepping Down

  

  It’s been two years since Bain Capital and THL Partners shelled out $24 billion in their takeover of Clear Channel Communications. In the intervening time since, there has been a significant amount of restructuring done to the conglomerate, much of…
  - 25 Jun 10, 2:54pm -
• Crowdfunding For Public Radio?

  

  The evolution of media is something on everyone’s mind these days. Whether it is speculation on the possible demise of the traditional newspaper or the development of digital age tools for reporting, it is a huge subject. This is exactly why the Kn…
  - 24 Jun 10, 3:49pm -
• “Con Salsa” Radio Show in Boston Celebrates 35 Years!

  

  This week, we celebrate a landmark for Latino radio in general and WBUR of Boston in particular. This past weekend, WBUR’s Con Salsa show celebrates 35 years on the air. According to The Boston Herald, the show is going to ring in its anniversary w…
  - 21 Jun 10, 6:39am -
• HD Radio on the Slate for iPhone?

  

  Apple has had quite the back and forth stance in regards to radio integration for their products. While the iPod Nano has its own radio receiver with live pause and iTunes tagging, the various iPhones and other iPods do not. That is something that ma…
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• Roundup: The Performance Rights Act

  

  The Performance Rights Act (PRA) has been a frequent topic here on the Radio 2020 blog ever since its inception, and with good reason. The legislation as it stands could have massive negative repercussions for the radio industry at all levels. Among…
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• Performance Rights Act, A New Wrinkle

  

  The Performance Rights Act (PRA) has been a fairly constant topic here and on other radio-centric websites. The push for additional royalties it represents has a broad array of implications for broadcasters, labels, and artists. Imagine my surprise,…
  - 14 Jun 10, 8:04pm -
• Prince Turns 52, Releases New Song “Hot Summer” on Radio

  

  That’s right, ladies and gentlemen. Prince has just celebrated his 52nd birthday! Seems like it was only yesterday that we all wanted to “Party like it’s 1999″ or hop in a “little red Corvette” for a joyride. Now it is decades later and t…
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• RIP Himan Brown: The Storyteller Has Left The Building

  

  You might not know who Himan Brown is off the top of your head, but I’ll bet you’ve run across his works. You see, Mr. Brown was one of the wizards of radio storytelling and a huge proponent of “the theater of the mind.” His works included Di…
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Arbitron Programming

• Three Things Radio Can Learn From Six Flags

  

  After research proved that radio was working well for Six Flags, James Geiser, the company’s Corporate Vice President of Marketing, decided to invest the entire marketing budget for Fright Fest, the park’s annual Halloween promotion, with radio.…
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• April’s PPM Format Trends

  

  The April 2013 PPM monthlies are rolling this week. As Insights Manager for Arbitron, I’m lucky enough to get to play with the data on a multi-market level each month, providing insight into what the very latest trends are by format. Among other th…
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Talent Mechanic

• Amy Schumer on Being a Great Airtalent

  

  Stand-up comedienne Amy Schumer’s new show debuts tonight on Comedy Central and, amidst the hype, I came across an interview she did for Esquire where she, in a manner of speaking, talked about how to be an effective airtalent. She talks about how…
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• The Best Super Bowl Spot Was From a Radio Guy

  

  The best spot in the Super Bowl by far goes to Dodge for the Ram Truck commercial that featured the voice of Paul Harvey. It was interesting to watch an entire party come to a halt as that spot progressed both because curiosity was building about w…
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• Make Your Content Lead to Action

  

  “In any communication experience, the goal should be  to influence people to take action.” Kelly Decker, executive VP of Decker Communications I came across that quote in a recent edition of Business Insider’s Instant MBA and couldn’t get o…
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• Let’s Stop Playing the Name Game

  

  The bells have rung. Times have changed. Listeners are smarter and more savvy about media than ever before. And therefore they are more skeptical too. Because of this, over and over again, the best hosts and programmers now say its important to conne…
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• Inside Christopher Nolan’s Creative Process

  

  One of the best parts of working with hosts is exploring and refining their individual creative process. It’s interesting to discover what gets their creative juices flowing and find a way to maximize it so that it results in consistently compe…
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• Gossip vs Real Life: A Contrast In Styles

  

  For last week’s Billboard Top 40 Update I was lucky enough to interview two women who are redefining the concept of hosting nights at Top 40 radio. Traditionally a boy’s club of sorts these two ladies – Silly Jilly of KKHH in Houston and Nes…
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• Never Assume You Hit the Bulls Eye with the Listeners

  

  I just watched the South Korea women’s archery team defeat China for the gold medal in team shooting. It was pretty dramatic. The two teams were separated by two points with six arrows left to go. For me the best part of the olympics is getting to…
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• You Are What You Read

  

  In last week’s Billboard Top 40 Update I interviewed Roy Williams, the copy writing and advertising guru known to many people as The Wizard of Ads. When I asked him for suggestions on how to write better scripts for radio ads he had replied that be…
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• Time to Leave the Bitter Barn

  

  The panel I moderated at The Conclave last week in Minneapolis was supposed to be about maximizing local radio: how to make local radio the best in can be. Despite my best efforts it still contained an element of complaining about how syndication and…
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• Three Notable Quotes from the 2012 Conclave

  

  Last week at The Conclave in Minneapolis I sat in on a panel discussions that yielded three really interesting quotes I wanted to share with you: 1) “Efficiency is the new brevity” (Mike McVay / Cumulus Media) Mike’s point is that a great talk…
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Rod Spots

• Radio Is Dead. Long Live Radio.

  

  CBC’s “Under The Influence” radio program, hosted by Terry O’Reilly, recently devoted an entire show to illustrate, in Mr. O’Reilly’s words: “…the incredible creativity happening in radio advertising around the world today.” First s…
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• It’s Not What You Get, but What you Become

  

  He said: “The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.” He also, more famously, said: “There is scarcely anything in the world that some man cannot make a … Continue reading →
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• A Tale of Two Lawyers

  

  It should not surprise you that my favorite business success stories are those having to do with the client’s skillful use of radio advertising. I never tire of these stories nor fail to learn something useful when reviewing them, whether … Conti…
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• Professional Voice-over and Narration for…Five Bucks?

  

  The post at Radio Sales Cafe, from a Chicago-area radio guy, read: “5 DOLLARS! Check me out on FIVERR” Intrigued and a bit skeptical, I clicked on the link. Sure enough, there he was. Chicago-area radio announcer will cut your … Continue readin…
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• Telling Compelling Stories – One LASIK Provider’s Expert Radio Advertising

  

  As radio advertising professionals, our job is to help businesses tell their stories in a way that engages the listener’s imagination. This is because the ultimate destination of any advertising message is the consumer’s brain, the seat of logic…
  - 6 Jan 13, 7:52pm -
• “If I Don’t Go, I Don’t Get”

  

  “If I Don’t Go, I Don’t Get” This ad was written in 1975 for The Warner & Swasey Company of Cleveland, Ohio, manufacturer of heavy industrial equipment and machinery, the latest installment (at that time) in a series of 1000 … Continue read…
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• Ed Van Nuland on Procrastination

  

  My buddy Ed Van Nuland never fails to impress with his witty one-offs. A favorite of mine is the term he invented to describe the state of being temporarily short of funds: Coinus Interruptus. This morning, out of the blue, … Continue reading →
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• Dazzling Them With Brilliance in Moscow, ID

  

  You can’t drive by this thing without noticing it.  And that, of course, was the whole idea: make it BIG, COLORFUL, and IN YOUR FACE!!  The first time I saw it, I thought, “WOW! Brilliant marketing, Tri-State!!” Each side of … Continue read…
  - 5 Sep 12, 9:44pm -
• The Man with One Leg (Guest Blog)

  

  Marcus Sheridan, an inbound marketing specialist and consultant, blogs at his website, The Sales Lion.  My daughter Rebecca subscribes to his feeds (as do I now) and passed this post along to me in an email. I was impressed with … Continue reading…
  - 4 Sep 12, 8:25pm -
• “How to Write Good” – Help for Ad Writers from Federal Employees

  

  Many resources are available to assist aspiring ad writers, but who’d have thunk that Employees of the Federal Government of the United States would be among them? Meet PLAIN, the Plain Language and Information Network, a group founded in the … C…
  - 1 Sep 12, 5:21pm -

George Reed

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  Eric Rhoads and Deborah Parenti staged their fifth annual Radio Ink Hispanic Radio Conference last week in Coral Gables.  I attended to catch up on the growth story of Hispanic media in general, and radio in particular.  It was my return visit, hav…
  - 18 hours ago, 20 May 13, 5:11pm -
• JVC Media to purchase Asterisk Communications' Florida Radio Group
  JVC Media, the leadingindependent, locally owned radio broadcaster on Long Island, has entered intoan agreement to buy Asterisk Communication’s five Florida FM  radio stations, WTRS, WMFQ, WXJZ, WBXY andWYGC.  JVC owns 4 FM radio stations on L…
  - 6 days ago, 15 May 13, 11:07am -

• Tallgrass Broadcasting, LLC sells to Tejas Broadcasting Ltd., LLP
  Tejas Broadcasting Ltd., LLP hasagreed to purchase KMUL AM and KICA FM radio stations from TallgrassBroadcasting, LLC (subject to FCC approval).  KMUL AM and KICA FM are licensed to Farwell,Texas.   The Seller, Tallgrass Broadcasting, is i…
  - 7 days ago, 14 May 13, 3:53pm -
• White papers available online
  Here are some online resources which you might find useful:"Buying Your First Radio Station" (white paper).Click HERE to download (registration required)."Financing Broadcast Properties 101" (white paper). Click HERE todownload (registration requir…
  - 10 days ago, 11 May 13, 10:25am -
• Spectrum Auction's impact on TV station values
  Many television station owners are asking,"How does the FCC's spectrum auction impact the value of my station?"It is a good question.  And for manyowners, the answer is equally good.  Many are considering the option ofmonetizing some or all o…
  - 13 days ago, 8 May 13, 11:48am -
• Radio Ink: When Jim Met Larry -- It Ended With A Handshake
  Radio Ink posted a great interview with Jim Ingstad about his recent deals with Larry Wilson and Duke Wright in Fargo.  Click HERE to listen.GeorgeMedia Services Group
  - 18 days ago, 3 May 13, 9:20am -
• And while we're issuing congratulations (see earlier post) . . .
  Congratulations and best wishes to our own Eddie Esserman and he joins the NAB Board.  Eddie and four others have just been named to the Board:Russell Perry, Chairman, Perry Publishing and Broadcasting Oklahoma City, OKBob Pittman, CEO, Clear…
  - 20 days ago, 1 May 13, 3:19pm -
• Going to the Hispanic Radio Conference?
  Eric Rhoads and Radio Ink are staging their Hispanic Radio Conference May 16 and 17 at the Biltmore in Coral Gables.  This is a great event for anyone involved with Hispanic radio.  I plan to attend again this year.  If you are interested in ge…
  - 20 days ago, 1 May 13, 1:55pm -
• Congratulations to Duke Wright, Jim Ingstad and our own Jerry Johnson!
  MidwestCommunications has completed the acquisition of the assets of RadioFargo-Moorhead, the parent company of KFGO-AM, KVOX-AM, KBVB-FM, KMJO-FM,KRWK-FM and WDAY-FM for $25 million.RadioFargo-Moorhead is headed by Jim Ingstad. Midwest Communic…
  - 20 days ago, 1 May 13, 1:47pm -
• LinkedIn Group on station trading
  There is a group on LinkedIn "Dedicated to assisting broadcasters and first-time-buyers to successfully value, structure, finance, and purchase radio and television stations." Members are encouraged to share news, information, and ideas on acquiring…
  - 21 days ago, 30 Apr 13, 9:31am -
• NAB Show 2013 - From a media broker's perspective
  With the bags finally unpacked and the body back on Eastern time, I would like to share some thoughts from the 2013 NAB Show in Las Vegas.  My observations are from the perspective of a media broker specializing in the purchase and sale of radio…
  - 38 days ago, 13 Apr 13, 1:09pm -
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  Valerie Geller has penned an insightful piece in Radio World about radio's future.  Click here to check it out:  You've Got to Spend It to Make ItGeorgeMedia Services Group
  - 39 days ago, 12 Apr 13, 11:06am -
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  The Media Services Group suite at the NAB Show is in the Encore Tower: # E3305.Please stop by and say hello.GeorgeMedia Services Group
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  Tomorrow is our NAB travel day.  Media Services Group will be in residence at the Encore tower suites.  Unfortunately, I do not yet know the suite number but will post it over the weekend.If you want to confidentially discuss valuations and tradin…
  - 46 days ago, 5 Apr 13, 1:12pm -
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  Good article from John Pelkey in RBR on "Sizing Up the Opposition."GeorgeMedia Services Group
  - 60 days ago, 22 Mar 13, 12:42pm -
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  This blog is devoted to owners of radio/TV stations or persons interested in getting into ownership. As a station broker, I constantly look for deals which might be ideal "first stations" for first-time-buyers.  I would like to highlight some of t…
  - 22 Jan 13, 1:50pm -
• Trip Savery shares his thoughts
  Greater Media's Trip Savery (Charlotte) shares 23 interesting observations in Fred Jacobs' blog:CLICK HEREGeorgeMedia Services Group
  - 19 Jan 13, 8:41am -
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  David Oxenford has published his annual Broadcaster's Calendar.  Click: HERE for a copy.GeorgeMedia Services Group
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  Sad news from Art Camiolo:Our good friend, Dick Sharpe passed away yesterday.Information on services is available at Weigand Brothers Funeral Directors, 519-746-4484.Visitation is Thursday and Friday and funeral is on Saturday.RIP Dick.…
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  Erwin Krasnow, partner at Garvey Schubert Barer, each year publishes his collection of "Holiday Humor."  And this year is no exception.  So take a moment to click the link below and enjoy Erwin's contribution to a few good laughs, or as he puts it,…
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• Court-ordered sale (WHNR-AM)
  NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE -- Note the revised date!!Sale of stock of GB Enterprises Communication Corporation (which would involve the acquisition of licenses from the Federal Communications Commission to operate WHNR-AM, Winter Haven, FL) to the h…
  - 18 Dec 12, 12:06pm -
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  Station trading continues to pick up steam. On the radio side, BIA reports that station sales were up significantly in May over the same time last year.  Click HEREBroadcast cash flow multiples appear to be holding steady in the 7x to 8x range (with…
  - 14 Jun 12, 2:46pm -
• Media Services Group closes sale of WAYJ (FM), Ft. Myers, FL
  Classical South Florida Inc. has completed the acquisition of the assets of radio station WAYJ (FM), licensed to Ft. Myers, FL from WAY-FM Media, Inc. for $4.35 million.“WAY-FM started in Fort Myers back in 1987,” said Bob Augsburg, founder and p…
  - 7 Jun 12, 4:12pm -
• Looking for your first radio station acquisition?
  As station trading activity has picked up, we have developed a good inventory of small market stations and clusters in the southeast. Several of these are ideal “first stations” for a prospective buyer looking to get into radio station ownership.…
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• A broker looks back at the NAB Show
  Now that a couple of weeks have passed since returning from the NAB Show in Las Vegas (and I have finally caught up from being away!), I would like to share a few thoughts from the convention.First, it is probably appropriate to explain the NAB Sh…
  - 3 May 12, 2:33pm -

Audio4Cast

• Google Rolls Out “Radio Without Rules”

  

  As you have probably heard, Google has put their newest streaming music offering into play, calling it (awkwardly) Google Play All Access. Personalizability, interactivity, it’s all here. It’s called “Radio without rules”, according to Chris…
  - 5 days ago, 16 May 13, 7:32am -

Broadcast Law Blog

• FCC Adopts More Lenient Standards on Certain Fines to Student Run Noncommercial Broadcast Stations
  Fines against noncommercial stations may that are primarily student run may not be as harsh as they have been in the past under a ruling issued by the FCC’s Media Bureau earlier this week. The new policy came about as part of a consent decree ente…
  - 6 days ago, 15 May 13, 3:05am -
• Changes at the Copyright Royalty Board - Two New Judges Make for an All-New Board for the Upcoming Internet Radio Royalty Rate Setting Proceeding
  The Librarian of Congress has announced the appointment of two new judges to the Copyright Royalty Board – marking a total change in the three judge board since the decision in the last webcasting royalty case (about which we wrote here). The two…
  - 12 days ago, 9 May 13, 8:02am -

• FCC Fines Up to $25,000 for Tower Issues Including Lighting and Painting Issues, Inadequate Fencing, Tower Registration in Wrong Name and No Posted ASRN
  Failing to properly maintain a communications tower can be expensive, as a number of FCC decisions released in the last few days demonstrate. In several decisions reached in the last week, the Commission faulted tower owners for all sorts of problem…
  - 13 days ago, 8 May 13, 9:04am -
• The President Nominates Tom Wheeler to Chair the FCC - What Will It Mean for Broadcasters?
  The President has nominated Thomas Wheeler as the next FCC Chairman, to become effective after confirmation by the US Senate. What does this mean for broadcasters? As we have said before, one never really knows what issues will drive a Chairman’s…
  - 18 days ago, 3 May 13, 8:52am -
• Reminder - Most FCC Political Rules Apply to Off-Year Elections for State and Local Offices
  In odd years like 2013, most broadcasting stations don’t think about the FCC’s political broadcasting rules. But they should – both for special elections to fill open seats in Congress, and for state and local political offices. This week, th…
  - 20 days ago, 1 May 13, 9:29am -
• A Change in the FCC's Broadcast Foreign Ownership Rules In the Near Future?
  Two weeks ago, comments were filed in the Commission’s proceeding examining whether to adopt a more relaxed view of the foreign ownership provisions of the Communications Act (see our article about that proceeding here). While the Communications A…
  - 21 days ago, 30 Apr 13, 6:11am -
• $11,000 Fine for Broadcast Station Tower Light Outage - FCC Emphasizes the Responsibility of Licensee To Maintain Lights if Tower Owner Does Not
  Fines for broadcast station tower owners who fail to maintain the required lighting on their tower are not unusual. But in a decision last week, the FCC made clear that, even if the licensee of a broadcast station is not the tower owner, it still ha…
  - 22 days ago, 29 Apr 13, 10:19am -
• How a NY State Court Decision on Pre-1972 Sound Recordings Clouds the Safe Harbor Protections of Websites Featuring User Generated Content
  This week, the Chairman of the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee issued a press release stating that he intends that the Committee do a thorough reexamination of the Copyright Act, noting that new technologies stemming from digital medi…
  - 26 days ago, 25 Apr 13, 11:49am -
• Saving AM Radio - What is the FCC Considering?
  At the NAB Radio Show in Dallas in September, FCC Commissioner Pai promised that the FCC would take action to revitalize the AM band (see our story here). For years, AM has suffered a gradual erosion in listening, as interference on the band has inc…
  - 27 days ago, 24 Apr 13, 9:56am -
• $3000 Fine Against Noncommercial Station for Underwriting Violations - With Discussion of PSAs as Public Interest Programming and Cigarette Ads in Classic Radio Program
  In a decision granting the license renewal of a noncommercial radio station, the FCC’s Media Bureau addressed a number of interesting issues – including the requirements for noncommercial underwriting announcements, whether PSAs meet a statio…
  - 28 days ago, 23 Apr 13, 11:28am -
• Comments Due May 20 on FCC Inquiry on Indecency Rules
  We recently wrote about the FCC’s request for comments on how to enforce its indecency policy, and how to deal with the backlog of hundreds of thousands of complaints pending at the FCC. The FCC has now set the dates for comments in this proceedin…
  - 29 days ago, 22 Apr 13, 7:20am -
• Aereo Court Decision Permits Internet Streaming of TV Programs Without Royalties - Undermining the Public Performance Right?
  We’ve written extensively about copyright issues for audio services, but the big copyright decision that recently made headlines is a TV issue, though one that could have an impact on audio as well. That was the Second Circuit decision in the Aer…
  - 33 days ago, 18 Apr 13, 10:27pm -
• FCC Issues Report on Nationwide EAS Test And Refers to the Enforcement Bureau Stations That Did Not Submit the Results of the Test - Could Fines Follow?
  Almost a year and a half ago, the FCC held its first ever test of the EAS system designed to alert the country in the event of a nationwide emergency. On Friday, the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued a report on the results o…
  - 34 days ago, 17 Apr 13, 10:14am -
• FCC Imposes Freeze on Television Station Technical Improvements - Preparing for Repacking the TV Spectrum to Allow for Spectrum Auctions
  With broadcasters making their way to the NAB Convention in Las Vegas, the FCC on Friday provided one topic for conversation among TV broadcasters – issuing a Public Notice imposing a freeze – effective immediately – on the filing of any techni…
  - 45 days ago, 6 Apr 13, 6:28pm -
• FCC Processing of Translator Applications from 2003 Moves Ahead - Window for Opting Out of Noncommercial Status to Participate in the Auction
  Another radio topic sure to be discussed at the NAB convention this week is the ongoing story of the thousands of FM applications translators still pending at the FCC from the 2003 FM translator window. While this has been a topic at many of the N…
  - 47 days ago, 4 Apr 13, 1:37pm -
• FCC Seeks Comments on Its Indecency Policy - How Should the Commission Enforce Its Policies After Last Year's Supreme Court Ruling?
  The FCC's indecency policy has been in limbo since last year's Supreme Court decision determining that the Commission's fines on broadcasters for fleeting expletives had not been adequately explained before being imposed. On Monday, the FCC took a s…
  - 48 days ago, 3 Apr 13, 1:36pm -
• Why the Differing Perceptions of the Value of Music by Digital Music Services and Copyright Holders Make Royalty Decisions So Hard
  With the National Association of Broadcasters big convention coming up next week in Las Vegas, this week we’ll look at a couple of the issues that will likely be discussed when the industry gathers for its annual reunion. On Sunday, before most of…
  - 51 days ago, 31 Mar 13, 7:28pm -
• On April Fools Day - Remember the FCC's Hoax Rule!
  It's time for our annual April Fools Day warning – be careful with on air pranks prepared especially for the day. This year, with thetragedy caused by the Australian morning show hosts calling the nurse for the Duchess of Cambridge, broadcasters ha…
  - 54 days ago, 28 Mar 13, 11:17am -
• Noncommercial Radio Operator Fined $10,000 for Not Providing Immediate Access to Public File - FCC Provides A Good Primer on the Public File Rules for All Radio Broadcasters
  The FCC proposed that a noncommercial broadcaster be fined $10,000 for its failure to allow a visitor unquestioned and immediate access to the public inspection files for 6 noncommercial radio stations operated from the same main studio. Though th…
  - 55 days ago, 27 Mar 13, 1:23pm -
• April FCC Obligations for Broadcasters - Renewals, EEO, Quarterly Issues Programs Lists, Captioning of Live or Near-Live Online Programming, FM Translator Filings, an FM Auction and Comments on Alien Ownership
  April is one of those months in which many FCC obligations are triggered for broadcasters. There are the normal obligations, like the Quarterly Issues Programs lists, that need to be in the public file of all broadcast stations, radio and TV, commer…
  - 56 days ago, 26 Mar 13, 8:36pm -

Jaye Albright

• !Our Uncertain Economy
  Prosper Research's monthly tracking of consumer attitudes has it's up's and down's this month:Those very confident or confident in chances for a strong economy wobble in May, decreasing slightly to 39 percent. With the up / down action we’ve been…
  - 6 hours ago, 21 May 13, 5:33am -
• (5 Last) "Measure It To Manage It"
  16.     Number of local stories on your website with listener comments/reactions17.     Number of blog posts by every personality ranked by page view and responses.18.     Open rate of your weekly e-mail (to determine effectiveness of sub…
  - 3 days ago, 18 May 13, 4:12am -

• (More) Simple Stats To Track
  Readers have been sharing the numbers they watch like clockwork to be sure their stations pace positively.A few more:11.     Number of public appearances per week by each on air personality/estimated number of people who attended each appearance1…
  - 5 days ago, 16 May 13, 6:42am -
• Gauging Your Growth
  I started the list with just five.  Now, thanks to many readers, you're going to want to start a table or a spreadsheet to track these numbers on the same date each month:6.     Annual survey of email database: how satisfied are you 1-10? (% "ve…
  - 6 days ago, 15 May 13, 3:05am -
• Radio Management Vital Signs
  Crucial (but no-cost) numbers to track to make sure your station is on course:1.     Call your station’s business office phone.  How many rings before someone answers?2.     (if you have ratings) Weekly cume (daily cume if PPM) trend3.  …
  - 7 days ago, 14 May 13, 3:41am -
• Country's Gen X (Conversation)
  My Country's Gen X Problem post initiated a Facebook dialog:Bob McNeill:  Of course country has a 35-44 problem. The average age of a country listener has been right in the middle of that demo for decades and now, with the influx of pop, they're…
  - 8 days ago, 13 May 13, 4:32am -
• Country's Gen X Problem
  Arbitron's full Radio Today 2013 annual update tracking all format quantitative and qualitative trends reflects both change and growth as my blogs of the last week have previewed.It highlights something troubling that you're going to want to look at…
  - 10 days ago, 11 May 13, 8:45am -
• Scarborough Surprises
  Radio Today 2013 was posted on "my.arbitron.com" this week (that’s the customer site where you download data) and it's full of fascinating facts about every format.  The country format data is  especially interesting, as it reflects both change a…
  - 12 days ago, 9 May 13, 8:19am -
• Country Radio Listener Education Levels At All-Time High
  More great info from Scarborough and Arbitron:The 51.4% of the Country + New Country adult audience that has attended college reached an all-time high in Spring 2012.- Radio Today 2013 was posted on "my.arbitron.com" this week (that’s the customer…
  - 13 days ago, 8 May 13, 8:26am -
• Country Radio Listeners Are Affluent And Becoming More So
  Radio Today 2013 was posted on "my.arbitron.com" yesterday (that’s the customer site where you download data).  As Country remains the No. 1 format in America with an all-time-high 12+ national share of 14.2, there is also very exciting quali…
  - 14 days ago, 7 May 13, 6:47am -
• My Inscrutable Blog Post
  Sometimes attempting to "explain" something that simply didn't make much sense in the first place only serves to further cloud an issue.I hope to avoid doing that here.  My New In 2007; Obsolete In 2013 post made sense, I hope, to the people I work…
  - 15 days ago, 6 May 13, 3:25pm -
• New In 2007; Obsolete In 2013
  An internal Apple memo now calls the original iPhone, launched less than seven years ago (to put it more kindly) "vintage."How are you doing in that department?Fortunately, there aren't many areas of our culture moving faster than the tech world, but…
  - 17 days ago, 4 May 13, 7:51am -
• Terrestrial Radio
  Another from my intermittent series of "Trachman treasures:"As opposed to radio that's bounced off a satellite or grabbed from "the world wide web."  In other words, "us." Or, what's left of us. Somebody expects us to need a descriptive word in the…
  - 19 days ago, 2 May 13, 3:05pm -
• Check The Bookcases Around Your Radio Station
  Hopefully, after a full free year as a CMA member last year thanks to 2012 "The Year Of Radio," I am hoping that your management saw the amazing return on investment and joined for 2013.If so, something amazing is back this year after living online f…
  - 20 days ago, 1 May 13, 11:17am -
• "Broadcast Radio Continues To Strongly Dominate Listening"
  Pardon me, if I join Katz in bragging a bit this morning:“The latest findings bear out what we continue to find from all our research – and hear from consumers – that broadcast radio is still by far the overwhelming leader in audio listening…
  - 21 days ago, 30 Apr 13, 5:11am -
• Codes Don't Stay Coded
  A&O&B is very fussy about song coding.Becky, Mike and I each recommend our own unique, special approaches designed to balance song schedules for maximum variety and flow for every individual station and market situation.For this reason, it's tempting…
  - 22 days ago, 29 Apr 13, 3:56pm -
• Don't Worry, George, We'll All Be There
  I first experienced George Jones when he and Tammy Wynette were touring together at the heights of their "Mr. and Mrs. Country Music" power in 1974.That was at Tucson Civic Center and I was amazed by their ability to perfectly recreate their recorded…
  - 24 days ago, 27 Apr 13, 8:05am -
• Broadcast 101
  A.J. Clemente joins Steven Tyler, Tom Hanks, Bob Beckel, Joe Flacco and many others - not to mention Howard - in an infamous club.It was ironic that all three major network morning show personalities. including NBC's, seemed to relate in the aftermat…
  - 27 days ago, 24 Apr 13, 6:49am -
• Powerful Advice In Four Killer Quotes
  You must read Russ Penuell's Country Aircheck article (click for the pdf) this week, "Boston And Beyond." If that one sentence doesn't convince you, these will:“The biggest challenge is determining what the most appropriate course of action is quic…
  - 29 days ago, 22 Apr 13, 9:35pm -
• There's Always Room For A Great Idea
  Until this morning if you wanted to use a Broadcast Calendar on your smart phone, you turned to RAB's pdf's.“Now, no matter where you are, you have a three year broadcast calendar with you!” said Cathy Csukas, co-founder and president of AdLarge…
  - 29 days ago, 22 Apr 13, 6:54am -
• Thank You, Congressman Todd Young
  Join me in making sure he knows how much we appreciate this. Boston and West, Texas, are just the two latest examples of how important local emergency information is - broadcast by mass media every day, somewhere.------------------------------------…
  - 32 days ago, 19 Apr 13, 5:31am -
• For A Day We All Live In Boston
  Chairman/CEO for Boston-based Greater Media Peter Smyth's moving open letter to the industry bragging about his stations' response to the Boston Marathon bombings is radio at its best."I would like to express my sincere thanks Greater Media Boston Ma…
  - 34 days ago, 17 Apr 13, 5:23am -
• It's Only Words
  That search delivers "about 1,390,000 results."So, before you open you mouth and mic today, click on a few of these links, for example, and try not to be a stereotype. Dan O'Day famously says, "if everyone does it, it's probably wrong."I'd like to ad…
  - 36 days ago, 15 Apr 13, 8:42pm -
• How to Trick People Into Thinking You’re Good Looking
  You can't be Jenna Marbles.  There already is one, and thanks to You Tube, the 26-year old was just called "the future of celebrity" by The New York Times, and employs every tool at her command to drive more than a million views every single day and…
  - 38 days ago, 13 Apr 13, 7:32am -
• A How-To Course In Using Twitter To Prep Your Show In Under Two Minutes
  Twitter's 140 character discipline is honing the pace of everything.Author and Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead told MSNBC's Alex Witt recently how she uses Tweets to improve and write her show.Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and…
  - 41 days ago, 10 Apr 13, 10:06am -

The Media Fix

• Radio’s 5 Customers
  "Radio is at the tipping point, and it doesn’t want to know much about the way its customers are changing."
  - 16 Apr 09, 10:35am -
• Apple Without Steve Jobs
  What is Apple without Steve Jobs? This unanswered question … caused their stock to take a hit (though it has since recovered a bit)… generated critical editorials, and… now the SEC is investigating whether the Company properly handled disclosu…
  - 11 Feb 09, 9:48am -

• How to Price Content
  If content is king, how much is the king worth? And, how do you price him?
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• Cover Story: John Parikhal on The Media Fix
  On the impact of radio’s innovation initiatives…Radio is being innovative but there’s often confusion between innovation and top down initiatives. Top down initiatives are seldom innovative. They are usually the result of a committee meeting an…
  - 8 Nov 08, 3:54pm -
• The 6 Stages of a Project
  The first week of my very first media job, a friend sent me a short list called ‘The 6 Stages of a Project’.  It said that every project goes like this… Enthusiasm Disillusionment Panic Search for the Guilty Punishment of the Innocent Praise a…
  - 10 Sep 08, 7:50pm -
• Everything Old is New Again
  It’s fashionable these days to ignore ‘history’ because it seems irrelevant to the ‘brand new’ world of the internet.   Google barely catalogs anything that is more than 10 years old.  Many web developers act as if their every action is o…
  - 4 Aug 08, 4:25pm -
• Fans, Brands and Cultural Communities
   I just read a very smart analysis about how to be successful in the music business.  It was written by Terry McBride and Brent Muhle.  It’s called Meet The Millenials: Fans, Brands and Cultural Communities. Terry is one smart cookie. He underst…
  - 18 Jul 08, 7:46pm -
• It’s Time to Monetize YouTube
  According to AC Neilsen, 119 million Americans watched video online in May. And, they watched a lot. In just one month, they watched 7.5 billion video streams.  The number is staggering.  Billions of streams in just one month. And, YouTube got most…
  - 16 Jul 08, 10:32am -
• Tinkering
  In his brilliant book, The Black Swan, Nassim Taleb tells the story of the happy turkey just a few days before Thanksgiving. The turkey only knows happiness. Every day of its life, it has been fed, pampered and catered to by human beings. Based on th…
  - 10 Jul 08, 3:26pm -
• YouTube is MTV
  On YouTube, the ‘most viewed’ videos of all time have huge audiences.  The Top 2, Evolution of Dance and Avril Lavigne’s Girlfriend have each been viewed over 90 million times.  These numbers are amazing by themselves. But it doesn’t stop…
  - 8 Jul 08, 8:56am -

Dan O'Day

• “SHOW PREP” THAT MAKES YOU A RADIO GENIUS
  It doesn’t matter if you do your radio show prep on a computer, on your phone, in a spiral-bound notebook or on a bunch of napkins. What matters is that you keep abreast of what’s going on in the world and that you make each bit of preparation yo…
  - 9 hours ago, 21 May 13, 2:01am -
• FREE “DIGITAL MARKETING” E-BOOK
  If you’re already a member of “Dan Saves Radio (People),” you already should have received an email from me with a download link for a free book devoted to “digital marketing.” If so, I’d love to hear which of the tips you found particula…
  - 1 day ago, 20 May 13, 2:12am -

• VIDEO OF ITALIAN RADIO PEOPLE HARASSED BY DAN O’DAY

  

  A few years ago I spent a week in Milan, Italy, doing a “morning show tune-up” with R101′s excellent morning crew. The victi — volunteers — in this video are not members of the morning show. Yes, one of the women in this video does say to m…
  - 4 days ago, 17 May 13, 2:19am -
• Audio Exposé: CORPORATE RADIO CONTEST RULES
  A classic from Jeff Laurence. Great Radio Promotions & Contests (e-book)
  - 5 days ago, 16 May 13, 2:01am -
• MY FIRST DAY AS A RADIO DISC JOCKEY

  

  There are some things they don’t prepare you for in radio school. I traveled from Los Angeles to a tiny town in Virginia for my first radio job. My first day on the air was a Saturday. The jock before me split as soon as I cracked the mic, and I wa…
  - 7 days ago, 14 May 13, 2:19am -

Social Radio Pros

• The Last Contest on Facebook

  

  If you remember the famous Last Contest by Jack McCoy on KCBQ San Diego, you are older than me (I only heard the airchecks–really)  But there is a way you can play something similar, generate revenue, add fans to your Facebook page, get viral expo…
  - 28 Nov 11, 11:42pm -
• Radio’s Relevance Gap With Facebook Users

  

  Knowing what is going on in your local market is supposed to be the difference between radio and other media.  We think we know our markets best.  We think we are relevant.  We post regularly on Facebook, or Tweet like madmen.  Surely we are in t…
  - 2 Nov 11, 6:24pm -

• Why Is Your Station on Facebook, Anyway?

  

  Why are you on Facebook? I was thinking about this while reading and researching the latest and greatest “tools” for building Facebook fan pages. I get why marketers of products are interested in Facebook. They have stuff to sell. They want peopl…
  - 27 Oct 11, 1:09pm -
• Facebook Doesn’t Play Nice

  

  A lot of radio stations work hard to increase their engagement in social media.  Frequent postings, contesting, trips, etc are all over the place in an attempt to drive up your engagement level and get into the Facebook news feed.  There is somethi…
  - 6 Sep 11, 10:14am -
• Social Media Is “good”

  

  So how many members in your audience are on Facebook? From the looks at some of the data I’ve seen in managing a number of sites, it looks like a lot. Then, explain the latest Pew Internet Survey released Friday which shows only abut 50% of U.S. ad…
  - 29 Aug 11, 12:12pm -
• Make It Personal To Hit The NewsFeed

  

  Which of these posts in the most interactive? Or this one If you picked the first one, congratulations.  According to studies from Buddy Press when it comes to posting, particularly by brands like radio stations, the personal touch is a whole lot mo…
  - 13 Jul 11, 10:45pm -
• Google’s 23 Questions Applied To Programming

  

  If you don’t monitor the web world and what’s going on in social media, you don’t hear or see the angst every time Google decides to change something in the search algorithm.   Think of it the same way radio programmers respond to a PPM or di…
  - 3 Jul 11, 10:41pm -
• Guy Kawasaki Live From Social Radio Pros

  

  Monday afternoon, two of the best names in social media showed the good, the bad, and the ugly that happens when you wing webinars live.  You probably don’t think a lot about it with live air shifts, but being on camera and live can be a pretty te…
  - 27 Jun 11, 5:21pm -
• Violation Free Facebook Contests

  

  Here’s an easy way to promote your contests OFF Facebook on Facebook Facebook is where internet traffic is today. Let’s use that traffic to generate returns to your website and contests. There are two fairly simple ways to execute these strategie…
  - 23 Jun 11, 9:55am -
• Five Tactics To Improve Your Fan Page NOW

  

  Here’s a strategy that is GUARANTEED to improve your fan pages and increase your audience.  If you aren’t doing this start today. Post this as a status right now on your fan page: “The first thing I do on a Monday Morning is _______” If you…
  - 21 Jun 11, 5:05am -

RAIN

• Mediatic Conseil executive director Michel Colin to speak at Thursday's RAIN Summit in Brussels

  

  May 20, 2013 - 11:50am - May 21, 2013 - 2:50pm Dozens of top radio and online audio executives from across Europe will meet in Brussels this week for the second annual RAIN Summit Europe, at th…
  - 24 hours ago, 20 May 13, 11:51am -

Mel Phillips

• The Importance Of Social Nets To Radio...
  The importance of using social networks has been underscored once again. Although social networks have been around for less than five years, their impact as a traffic source has become a driving force for business and entertainment. Outbrain, a recom…
  - 18 Apr 11, 6:15am -
• Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace On Merger...
  (Weekend Edition)We've reached the part of the wedding ceremony where anyone objecting to the impending union of the couple getting married, may voice their concern. This wedding happens to be the joining in holy matrimony of Cumulus Media and Citade…
  - 15 Apr 11, 6:09am -

• Radio's Conversion To Digital Shows Slow Growth...
  Will radio reach a point when digital signals will be required like television? The FCC will eventually make that requirement but radio better hope it doesn't come anytime soon. Radio is simply not prepared to go digital. To date, only 1,627 radio st…
  - 14 Apr 11, 8:22am -
• NAB's Smith Calls Performance Tax Bill Dead
  All that was missing was the playing of Taps after National Association of Broadcasters President/CEO Gordon Smith proclaimed the Performance Tax Bill Dead. In his keynote address at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, Smith claimed that NAB "stopped the legi…
  - 13 Apr 11, 5:45am -
• Majority Of Internet Listening Is Done At Home...
  The RAIN (The Radio And Internet Newsletter) Summit West, part of the NAB Radio Show in Las Vegas has produced some interesting information about listening habits. Yesterday, TargetSpot CEO Eyal Goldwerger announced that 79% of internet radio listeni…
  - 12 Apr 11, 6:11am -
• NPR Dodges A Bullet...
  NPR fans can exhale. Their favorite radio source is safe - for now. The six-month budget deal announced at the 11th hour Friday grants public radio a reprieve but it's a short one. Programmers at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and National P…
  - 11 Apr 11, 6:09am -
• Webcast Metrics Methodology Is Hard To Beat...
  (Weekend Edition)The newly accredited Triton Digital's Webcast Metrics, formerly Ando Media, is a growing force that will be hard to match by Arbitron or any other measurement company. Webcast Metrics actually allow any broadcaster to measure its int…
  - 8 Apr 11, 5:50am -
• Internet Enabled Dashboards Are Critical To In-Car Listening...
  (Third Year Anniversary Edition)Car manufacturers have gotten the message. CD's and DVD's are out and internet radio is in. The trend has now shifted toward internet dashboard radio and products that can play music directly from a Universal Serial Bu…
  - 7 Apr 11, 12:10pm -
• Ten Years Of Growth For Online Radio...
  Online Radio listening made its entry 10 years ago (2001) with a paltry 5% of weekly listening. Five years later (2006) online weekly listening, which includes AM/FM streams, more than doubled with 12%. Playing double or nothing one more time, online…
  - 6 Apr 11, 6:04am -
• Modest Gains Forecast For Radio In 2011...
  This probably wont come as shocking news to the radio station owners that find themselves barely surviving but signs are now pointing to a not-so-hot year for radio revenue. BIA/Kelsey is now predicting modest revenue gains in 2011. They predict a sm…
  - 5 Apr 11, 6:10am -
• Radio Optimism Based On Wall Street Optimism...
  The first quarter of 2011 wasn't so hot for radio but optimism is filtering in from Wall Street about Q2. U.S. blue chips opened the second quarter Friday by reaching their highest level since June 2008 as investor optimism rose after an upbeat U.S.…
  - 4 Apr 11, 6:30am -
• Arbitron Still Has A Long Way To Go For Full Accreditation...
  (Weekend Edition)It's been a long, hard struggle for Arbitron. They've had a tough time getting accreditation for their portable people meter (PPM) radio audience measurement services. Over the last several months accreditations have been trickling i…
  - 1 Apr 11, 6:01am -
• Traditional Media Advertising Is Still Number One & "WRKO...The Launch"...
  A new nine-country study shows traditional media still packs a bigger punch than social media when it comes to advertising. Deloitte research and YouGov conducted the study in 6 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Japan, U.K and the U.S.). They combi…
  - 31 Mar 11, 6:04am -
• Is It Too Late For Bonneville To Change Its Mind? & "WRKO...The Launch"...
  So ya think Bonneville might like a do-over? Further proof that "timing is everything" has just reared its ugly head. What was Bonneville thinking when they included WTOP-FM in their sale of 17 radio stations to Hubbard Broadcasting for $505 million?…
  - 30 Mar 11, 6:10am -
• Performance Royalty Opposition Grows & "WRKO...The Launch"...
  After the White House endorsed a performance fee on radio, the National Association of Broadcasters fired off its answer to Washington. The NAB issued this statement: "This is hardly a new policy position from the White House. NAB remains unalterably…
  - 29 Mar 11, 5:52am -
• ROI Still A Problem In Digital Ad Growth...
  Not having a tangible measurement for digital advertising remains the biggest obstacle to convincing local advertisers to pony up with digi-dollars. This has to have an effect on radio revenue growth. Advertisers are so used to ROI or return-on-inves…
  - 28 Mar 11, 6:08am -
• Pandora Continues Its Online Dominance & "WRKO...The Launch"...
  (Weekend Edition)The new Ando Media Audio Top 20 Ranker for January has been released and Pandora continues its dominance. In the Domestic Ranker, based on Average Active Sessions (AAS), Pandora quadruples second place CBS Radio Inc. 522,330 to 103,2…
  - 26 Mar 11, 3:41pm -
• Radio Remains The Greatest Influence On Music Listening & "WRKO...The Launch"...
  A new music study shows that 82% of those polled identified radio as having the greatest single influence on their music listening. This good news will be welcomed by an industry labeled as part of the "old media" that's losing its influence. The res…
  - 24 Mar 11, 6:27am -
• There's More Than Stern's Lawsuit Brewing At Sirius XM & "WRKO...The Launch"...
  The Wall Street Journal is all over the Howard Stern Sues Sirius story. Shira Ovide writes in her Deal Journal blog that Howard's "production company is suing, claiming the satellite radio company has refused to pay stock awards it owes to him based…
  - 23 Mar 11, 1:01pm -
• Arbitron Trumpets Radio Increases & "WRKO...The Launch"...
  I took one look at the USA Today headline and said "From your lips to God's ears." Even 1010 WINS New York talked about radio's "dramatic" increases. David Lieberman's headline set the tone for all this enthusiasm: In a renaissance for radio, more li…
  - 22 Mar 11, 5:52am -
• Moving Radio Stations Online Is Not Working & "WRKO...The Launch"...
  Moving terrestrial radio stations online is not the answer as evidenced by the failure of KUSF, the University of San Francisco station that yanked the station off the air and on to the internet. When the station was sold, KUSF told their listeners t…
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• New Agency Head Says Radio Needs A Higher Profile & "WRKO...The Launch"...
  (Weekend Edition)Kantar Media may claim that radio's rate of recovery outpaced the rest of the media world in 2010 but new Katz Radio President Mark Gray says radio can do a lot better in selling itself. Marketing Pilgrim has posted a chart showing l…
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• FCC Aids Earthquake Relief Effort & "WRKO...The Launch"...
  (St. Patrick's Day Edition)FCC rules don't prohibit commercial stations from any sort of fund raising. Commercial stations could raise money for public broadcasting if they chose, although my guess is they probably wouldn't. Non-commercial stations c…
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• HD Radio Loses The Zune & "WRKO...The Launch"...
  HD Radio just lost a device it counted on to gain respectability and acceptance in its fight to gain a foothold in the market. Microsoft has announced it's canning Zune HD. Zune HD was the last completely new hardware model and was released in 2009.…
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• Now's The Time For Radio To Act & "WRKO...The Launch"...
  Radio should act quickly when events warrant action. Case in point: offering help to the victims of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The radio stations that jumped all over this quickly are the stations that are the leaders in their r…
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AirCheckIt

• WHAS AM Louisville Aircheck – Mandy Connell August 13th 2011
    WHAS AM LOUISVILE – MANDY CONNELL   (Break 1 – 00:00) Mandy seems pretty spot on starting her segment. First thing out of her mouth are the calls and immediately into more or less resetting the topic “we are talking about the embarrassment…
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• Aircheck The Project Cincinnati 100.7 106.3 08-16-2012 2:30PM
    The Project 100.7/106.3 Cincinnati OK, here’s the new sign-on in Cincinnati, “The Project.” Kind of a cool name for an Alt station. I kind of like the music, but what the hell do I know about music. The entire hour scoped here is liners, swe…
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• KFGO Fargo Moorhead The Mighty 790 August 10th 2012 1PM Jack and Sandy
        KFGO The Mighty 790 – Jack and Sandy Man, listening to KFGO AM is a lot like waking back up in the ’70s. Although I imagine that living in Fargo probably feels a lot like living in the ’70s. It’s like listening to a Cohen Brothers’…
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• Aircheck KDGE The EDGE 102.1 Dallas August 2nd 2012 4pm
    kdge In all fairness, I used to work here. About half a million years ago. (Break 1 – 00:03) Nice/quick piece of intro production into contesting. The jockette comes in with a quick “call now” over the tag and into the ID for the top of the…
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• AIRCHECK OF WSHE 103.5 Miami-Fort Lauderdale August 12th 2012
      Yea, I was kind of excited to hear that one of my old alumni’s WSHE was back on the air in Miami. But, Let’s face it, I was hesitant to actually listen to it, out of fear and loathing of what I might actually find. Needless to say, I was ri…
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• Aircheck of Live 105 KITS, San Francisco – Megan and Menace – Monday August 6th 8am
      KITS This is I believe the second hour of this new morning team’s show on KITS. So they do deserve a little bit of slack. (Break 1 – 00:11) The break consists of essentially the team introducing themselves. Nowhere in the break am I told wh…
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• Aircheck of KIX Country 92.9 WIKS FM Charlotte Harbor, Florida Saturday August 4th 12:23-1:23 PM
      KIX Country (Break 1  - 00:01) Well I’ve heard worse breaks. Pretty much sounds like a DJ. If you’re gonna say nothing, here’s something to say… Station ID and a slug line that really doesn’t mean anything at all. “today’s hot fa…
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Olde Disk Jockey's Almanac

• May 21, 2013

  

  On this day in 1989 "Forever Your Girl" by Paula Abdul was the #1 song.How well do you know "The Greatest Music Of All Time?"What’s the name of the four-man group – that for their first two years included a lead guitarist from To…
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• May 20, 2013

  

   Happy Victoria DayOn this day in 1964 "My Guy" by Mary Wells was the #1 song.How well do you know "The Greatest Music Of All Time?"Who’s the country singer born Virginia Hensley, elected to the Country Music Hall of F…
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Ron Jacobs Blog

• RJ'S BESTSELLING "OBAMALAND" AN E-BOOK

  

  OBAMALAND: Who Is Barack Obama? This post could easily be titled Advertisements For Myself, which is  a collection of short works and fragments by one of my literary heroes, Norman Mailer. The major differences--other than Mailer's worldwide perva…
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• FROM DO-WOP TO DUOPOLY

  

  NOTE: For an interesting radio/TV story check out THE broadcast website, JACK ROBERTS' terrific HOLLYWOOD HILLS dated May 16, 2013 at: http://www.hollywoodhillsgroup.com/This is Chapter Seventeen in my "docu-drama" titled FROM DO-WOP TO DUOPOLY…
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• DAN O'DAY & RJ -- BACK TO THE 1970s

  

  DAN O'DAY'S blog: Straight talk about radio programming, radio advertising, radio production...Well, you get the idea.  Many thanks to DAN O'DAY for posting below on his well-read blog.  He is and has been a first class professional for years.  …
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• RJ HALL(WAY) OF FAME

  

  Bill & Nancy Mouzis 1948For those many admirers of Bill "The Blade" Mouzis this is to share with everyone my wonderful conversation with Bill's wife, Nancy. Consider this: The couple were married on June 6th, 1948 in Hollywood. (above) They were marr…
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• THE HISTORY OF THE HISTORY OF RADIO

  

       This story has received more hits than anything I have posted on this blog. Perhaps this action is because the article leads to an hour of special radio for broadcast freaks. It will be posted through May 4, 2013 to allow others to forward it…
  - 20 days ago, 1 May 13, 5:26am -
• MY ONE AND ONLY MARATHON

  

  With the events of Monday, April 15, 2013 marathons were in the news, albeit for all the wrong reasons. After training for a year I ran in the tenth anniversary Honolulu Marathon in 1982 (photo.)  In my only work of fiction, an unfinished novel with…
  - 29 days ago, 22 Apr 13, 9:42pm -
• BLASTED FROM THE PAST

  

  Guglielmo MarconiThis is addressed to anyone who grew up listening to or was involved in the operation of a Top Forty Radio station in the twentieth-century. Alas, brothers and sisters, we are dying daily.  The painful realization is that as anothe…
  - 37 days ago, 14 Apr 13, 7:39am -
• RON JACOBS SUCKED INTO ST. LOUIS RAMS LAWSUIT

  

  Rams Drag Hawaii Broadcaster Ron Jacobs Into  Lawsuit“The Equipment Department is a very important aspect of an NFL franchise. Players spend so much time in and around the equipment and locker room personnel it is critical to have the right peopl…
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• LITTLE RED WAGON.

  

  The logo above was used by the great Colonel Tom Parker, who is best remembered as the manager of Elvis Presley.  I met them both for the first time when EP came here to make the first of his three Hawaii movies.  It was November, 1957. I pulled a…
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• PELE & HER LEI OF FIRE

  

  Usually they come in tubes.  Sturdy, industrial strength cardboard up to three inches in diameter.  Strong enough so that if one were hit in the face with one it would be about the same as being swatted with a baseball bat. Broke your nose already,…
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• SPECTOR, SIXTIES, SCARFACE & SMOLIN

  

  Please kokua Millicent Cummingshttp://tinyurl.com/ck5mgokI finally, with trepidation, played back HBO’s movie, PHIL SPECTOR.Trouble is that Spector in person had less balls than Al Pacino whips out in his grotesque portrayal of Phil.Of course Pacin…
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• ALOHA JACK PARDEE #32 -- ALL TIME HERO.

  

  If they could get past the Los Angeles Rams defensive line, known forever as The Fearsome Foursome, then they risked having their heads taken off by the Rams linebacking corps.  On the right was #55 Maxie Baughan, the veteran Bill George and others…
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• Untitled

  

  Another SULLIVAN O’CONNOR Early Morning EssayIwa ho’omaka. In the Hawaiian dictionary that might be translated into “Kickstart.”  But we know that the Hawaiian language is tricky in its apparent simplicity.  In ho’omaka, above, which mean…
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• Untitled

  

  Boss Contest Clue #15 JIM MORRISON HAD A BIG PAIRThese guys were among artists who lived near 93/KHJ.Boss Radio debuted their records, our neighborhood band.We lit their fire, they loved us two times, baby.Rules at http://www.ronjacobshawaii.com/201…
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• RJ CONTEST ROLLS ON: #15

  

  “The Squirmin’ Herman Show”"Can it be, that the Greek grammarians invented their dual number for the particular benefit of twins?"  Herman Melville, Redburn. His First Voyage, 1849Rules at http://www.ronjacobshawaii.com/2013/03/another-rj-bo…
  - 55 days ago, 27 Mar 13, 6:40pm -
• RJ CONTEST CLUE #14 (From Hawaii)

  

  Clue #14: OLOMANAPeak (1,643 feet high), ridge, stream, school, and golf course, Mō-kapu qd.,Oʻahu, named for a legendary giant who jumped from Kauaʻi to this peak. A sports field was nearby. The nearby peaks are Ahiki (nearest Wai-mānalo) an…
  - 56 days ago, 26 Mar 13, 7:31pm -
• IS THIS RHYME IN TIME?

  

  Clue #13: Insane Clown Posse and some Ice-T,sounds like an old Top 40 clue to me. Rules at  http://www.ronjacobshawaii.com/?view=flipcard                               WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
  - 57 days ago, 25 Mar 13, 7:52am -
• WHERE ARE THE BOSS WINNERS?

  

  Clue #12: Every star that shined ...Now one dozen clues in my Boss Contest 2013.  Rules and previous clues at  http://www.ronjacobshawaii.com/?view=flipcardWHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?Clue #1: They all have the letter "E" in their name.Clue #2: They…
  - 59 days ago, 23 Mar 13, 12:21pm -
• TWO OF THEM

  

  WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE ?Clue #1: They all have the letter "E" in their name.Clue #2: They all believe "Tina Delgado is alive!"Clue #3: One of his songs is pertinent. Clue #4 is visual:Clue #5: They all have FCC First Class tickets(one at age 12!) C…
  - 61 days ago, 21 Mar 13, 9:23pm -
• CONTEST CONTINUES WITHOUT WINNER

  

  ANOTHER RJ BOSS CONTESTClue #10: Study this photo (KKUA-Honolulu 1976.)All previous clues are at previous blogs.  WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? Well, they have several qualities in common, obviously.  "White males," is how the LAPD MIGHT describe them on…
  - 62 days ago, 20 Mar 13, 4:54pm -
• NEXT CLUE THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013

  

  Sorry, starting two new book projects and need to take a day off from BlogWorld.  MEGA EXCITED about the books, real ones, not "e-Books." Gamers get this ... a pre-clue clue:Have a sweet Sunday.  NEW CLUE FOR YOUon Thursday, March 21, 2013
  - 63 days ago, 19 Mar 13, 10:55pm -
• ng

  

  Amazing, The incredible number of points run up by the visiting team. The lack of any obvious desire to ease the stinking pain triggered by the overt and escsatic piling on by their deadly rivals. Them. Losers in our national radio game but…
  - 63 days ago, 19 Mar 13, 10:16pm -
• Untitled

  

  ANOTHER RJ BOSS CONTESTClue #1: They all have the letter "E" in their name.Clue #2: They all believe "Tina Delgado is alive!"Clue #3: One of his songs is pertinent. Clue #4 is visual:Clue #5: They all have FCC First Class tickets,(one of whom rece…
  - 63 days ago, 19 Mar 13, 8:18pm -
• DON'T BUG ME

  

  My new favorite website—after those about the NFL even in the “offseason”—is an enterprise called HOLLYWOOD HILLS at http://www.hollywoodhillsgroup.com/. It is conducted by one Jack Roberts who is great at shining the spotlight on others and…
  - 88 days ago, 22 Feb 13, 7:18pm -
• MAJOR LEAGUE BOSSBALL

  

  Back in 2002, with the publication of KHJ: Inside Boss Radio, I asked Mr. Original Multi-Tasker, the unstoppable Ken Levine, to do a baseball "analysis" of the 93/KHJ Boss Jocks who were on the team during my time as Program D…
  - 90 days ago, 20 Feb 13, 9:00am -

Broadcast Dialogue

• Canadian and Australian Independent Producers to Forge Closer Ties
  CANNES, France, May 20, 2013—The Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) and the Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This MOU
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• COMEDY CENTRAL Radio Launches on SiriusXM Canada
  TORONTO, May 17, 2013 /CNW/ - SiriusXM Canada (TSX: XSR), the country''s leading audio entertainment company, today announced the launch of COMEDY CENTRAL Radio. The new channel offers an all-access
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• Rogers Radio Raises Record-Breaking Funds For KidsAbility During Eighth-Annual Kids Can’t Wait Radiothon
  On Friday, May 10, Rogers Radio stations CHYM 96.7, 570News, and KIX 106.7 FM, in partnership with Rogers TV Waterloo Region raised a record-breaking $281,497 during the Eighth-Annual Kids Can’t Wait
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• TSN’s Head of Digital, Mark Silver, Named One to Watch at Celebration of Leadership in Canadian Sport Business Awards
  TORONTO (May 17, 2013) – Mark Silver, Senior Director of TSN Digital, was named to the “5 to Watch” list at last night’s second annual Celebration of Leadership in Canadian Sport Business Awards. 
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• The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Announces Acquisition of Three FM Radio Stations from Bell Media and Astral
  (Kamloops, B.C.) - Bell Media, Astral Media Inc. (Astral) and the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Limited Partnership (Pattison) today jointly announced Pattison’s acquisition of three key FM radio
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• Engineering 101: Dan Roach’s 101 Broadcast Dialogue columns
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• WABE Technical Training Course 2013 - updated schedule
  The finalized schedule for the upcoming WABE-SAIT week-long Technical Training Course, which will be running at SAIT Polytechnic in Calgary from June 3-7, can be found by clicking on the PDF ''Read
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• WABE Technical Training Course 2013 – Registration Form
  Fill out the attached registration form and submit to the office to save your seat!For information and registration, please email info@wabe.ca.Kathy WatsonOffice ManagerWestern Association of
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• Staying Tuned 2013 Conference: International experts offer media research insights
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• Applied Electronics Awarded the New Play Out Project for AMI with Vector 3
  Toronto, Ontario -- May 1, 2013 - Applied  Electronics Limited is pleased to announce that AMI (Accessible Media Inc.) has selected Vector 3 as their new television play out system.As the systems
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Jim Rose Remembers Radio

• JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue #1200
  WELCOME TO JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO May 20, 2013 [Monday]Issue #1200 PASS IT ON! SIGN UP!Send Your Comments And Radio StoriesPlease Include Your Full Name, City, State And CountryRosekkkj@earthlink.net http://cashboxmagazine.com/ http://RBR.com & htt…
  - 2 days ago, 18 May 13, 11:31pm -

Chicagoland Radio and Media

• Chet Coppock, Eddie Olczyk, Others Named To The Chicagoland Sports Hall Of Fame
  This year, there will be as many as 18 new entries into the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame when it holds its 17th annual ceremony later this year. Among the inductees will be a pair of local media stars: Chicago Blackhawks television announcer Eddie…
  - 14 hours ago, 20 May 13, 9:16pm -
• Steve Dahl's 'Still In The Basement' Coming To The Park West
  Chicago radio legend and podcasting trailblazer Steve Dahl is returning to the local stage in two weeks with a live show entitled "Still in the Basement." For this comedic and musical evening, Dahl will be joined by the entire cast of characters from…
  - 3 days ago, 18 May 13, 8:00pm -

• WBBM-TV Releases Susan Carlson
  As of this afternoon, news anchor Susan Carlson is gone from WBBM-TV/CBS 2. She has been with the station in many different capacities for the last 10.5 years -- from traffic reporter, to feature reporter, to news anchor.
  - 3 days ago, 18 May 13, 12:28am -
• News & Notes: Ed Sherman; Tribune; Sun-Times; Carol Marin; Abe Kanan; Sound Opinions; Eric & Kathy; Zoraida Sambolin; Much More
  Today's News & Notes features a dozen stories from the local media beat, including: Ed Sherman returns to the Chicago Tribune; Tribune Company has lots of suitors; Sun-Times falls off the Grid; Carol Marin loses her Report; Abe Kanan adds a new imagi…
  - 4 days ago, 16 May 13, 11:34pm -
• 'The Milt Rosenberg Show' Returns Today As A Podcast
  For nearly 40 years, Milt Rosenberg was the popular, top-rated evening host of WGN-AM's "Extension 720." Milt Rosenberg exited the radio at the end of last year, leaving an unhappy void for his many fans who wished to hear his voice. As of tonight, t…
  - 5 days ago, 16 May 13, 6:47pm -
• MBC To Celebrate 80's TV Culture With Displays & Gala Event
  The Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC) will be celebrating 1980's television and its cultural impact on America, first with a gala event and then with a special display for one of the decade's top stars.
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• Chicago Blackhawks Round 2 Playoffs Broadcast Schedule
  The Chicago Blackhawks have advanced in the post-season on their quest to win the Stanley Cup once again. For Round 2 of the NHL playoffs, the team will face their long-time rival, the Detroit Red Wings. Finding where to watch or listen to them will…
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• WGN-TV's Skilling To Host 3rd Annual 'Tom's Weather Day' Event
  For the third Spring in a row, WGN-TV, Walgreens, and the Midland Radio Corporation are teaming up to put on an event this coming Saturday called "Tom's Weather Day" featuring WGN-TV's Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling.
  - 7 days ago, 14 May 13, 2:53pm -
• MGM To Partner With Tribune Broadcasting For Programming Operations Of This TV Diginet
  MGM Television has announced that starting later this year, it will partner with Chicago's Tribune Broadcasting for a new programming operations relationship for the classic film digital network This TV.
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• ABC-TV To Unveil 'Watch ABC' App, Allowing Live Streaming Of Local & National Programming
  Tomorrow afternoon, the Disney/ABC Television Group will unveil a new app, which will allow users to stream live ABC programming -- both local and national -- 24/7 from a mobile device. This will make ABC the first major television network to fully l…
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• 'Ralph's World: Time Machine Guitar' To Debut Pilot Episode On WTTW This Weekend
  A new, independently-produced children's television show starring a Chicago favorite as host will premiere this weekend on WTTW-TV. "Ralph's World: Time Machine Guitar" will target pre-school aged children (and their parents) with an energetic, music…
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• News & Notes: 190 North; Juan Contreras; Robin Robinson; Loop Rock Girl Erica; Larry From Aurora; Orion Samuelson; Special K; Much More
  This weekend's News & Notes features 15 local media news items, including: 190 North returns; Juan Contreras is arrested; Robin Robinson is looking to move; 2005 Loop Rock Girl Erica is profiled on the news; William Craig gets a new job; WSPY-CD gets…
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airchexx

• !Composite: 1260 KXLR San Francisco
  This is a very unique aircheck. First off, it’s not a music station, but there is music, in portions of this aircheck (strangely enough, as one song ends, there’s a long pause before the next one begins… almost like if you play a CD or a record…
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• !Elvis Duran on Z100 New York - March 1994
  In the early 90′s, Hit Radio was struggling with what direction to take. Many flipped formats completely, while some went in a Rhythmic direction, and the rest leaned on the surging product of Alternative Rock to fill their playlists. Z100 was one…
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• A sample of AM drive on 1050 WHN New York | 1986
  In the waning days of Country music at WHN, here’s a look at how mornings sounded just before the end. By 1987, WHN would be gone, having flipped to All-Sports as 1050 WFAN, which would move the next year in what was known as the big switch, down t…
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• Chicago CHR Wars - WBBM-FM (B-96) vs. WYTZ (Z-95) | March, 1991
  
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• Frank Holler, 1410 WPOP Hartford | May 18, 1969
  AM was still king in Hartford and all around the USA when this recording of WPOP was made. Now, unless you’re intimately familiar with the Bill Drake “Boss Radio” Top 40 format, you probably think this is his handiwork. Someone out there knows…
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• QuickChexx: Tracey, 1300 WAVZ New Haven | May 17, 1969
  We’re back into the 1960s for this short clip of WAVZ New Haven. This is the Tracey show, although we’re not sure who Tracey is or where he went after WAVZ. One thing that sticks out on many of the WAVZ airchecks on this site is the frequency at…
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• Legal ID's Volume 2: More 90s
  From Quebec & Nova Scotia to NJ, PA and even Turks and Cacos Islands, this seconf volume of assorted legal IDs will keep you riveted to the edge of your seat! This covers mainly the northeast, but listen for an ID from KTNN Window Rock, AZ and some o…
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• Composite: 79 WQXI Atlanta | September 1966
  It’s old but it’s a great cross section of talent, some of whom include Dr. Don Rose (KFRC) and Tony Taylor (WOR-FM)! This is mid-60s WQXI, with lots of reverb, cheesy pop tunes and tons of PAMS jingles! Since we’ve become the de-facto WQXI his…
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• Mort Crowley resigns on air from WKNR (Keener 13) Detroit | March, 1964
  “…Only a fool would work under these conditions” Its a rainy, cold morning in the Motor City, and station management has left a memo to the morning guy … he can only use one phone line for his show because the phone company is concerned about…
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• Mike Erickson on 91.9 WSHR Lake Ronkonkoma NY | May 31, 2005
  And we thought nobody was doing radio like this anymore! Contributor Mike Erickson sent this along on a CD with two home recorded WCBS-FM airchecks that we’ll be featuring starting June 3. This is real, honest-to-goodness Oldies radio done right! A…
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Format Change Archive

• Fiesta 99.7 Becomes Lite-FM
  Previous Format: Regional Mexican “Fiesta 99.7” KANR New Format: AC “99.7 Lite-FM” KHLT-FM Date & Time Of Change: May 1, 2013 at 12:00am More Info: RadioInsight, Wikipedia
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• Rock 104.5 Retires
  Previous Format: Rock “Rock 104.5” New Format: Stunting Date & Time Of Change: April 28, 2013 at 10:05pm More Info: RadioInsight, Wikipedia
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• KRRF Becomes Classic Hits 106.3
  Previous Format: Classic Rock “106.3 The Surf” KRRF New Format: Classic Hits “Classic Hits 106.3” Date & Time Of Change: April 1, 2013 at 6:33pm More Info: RadioInsight, Wikipedia
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• WHYA Y101 Debuts
  Previous Format: Variety Hits “93.5 Frank-FM” (Simulcasting 93.5 WFRQ) New Format: CHR “Y101” Date & Time Of Change: April 4, 2013 at 11:00am More Info: RadioInsight, Wikipedia Note: The launch package is a word for word homage to the launch…
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• WRNB Goes Old School
  Previous Format: Urban AC “100.3 WRNB” New Format: Urban Oldies “Old School 100.3” Date & Time Of Change: April 1, 2013 at 5:00pm More Info: RadioInsight, Wikipedia
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• The River Returns WRDU
  Previous Format: Classic Rock “100.7 The River” WRVA-FM (With brief interlude parking the WTKK calls) New Format: Classic Rock 100.7 WRDU Date & Time Of Change: April 1, 2013 at 9:00am More Info: RadioInsight, Wikipedia
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• Radio 105.7 Atlanta Launches
  Previous Format: Rhythmic CHR “Wild 105.7/96.7” WWVA-FM/WWLG New Format: Alternative “Radio 105.7” Date & Time Of Change: March 28, 2013 at 12:00pm More Info: RadioInsight, Wikipedia Notes: Audio features end of “Wild 105.7” at 10:57am le…
  - 54 days ago, 28 Mar 13, 11:00am -
• Q105 Goes Country
  Previous Format: CHR “Q105” New Format: Country “Q105” Date & Time Of Change: April 2, 1993 at 1:05pm More Info: Wikipedia
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• Boss Radio KHJ Returns
  Previous Format: Country “93 KHJ” New Format: Oldies “93 KHJ” Date & Time Of Change: April 1, 1983 at 12:00pm More Info: Wikipedia
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• KFXR Becomes Mighty 1190
  Previous Format: Sports “Fox Sports 1190“; Stunting with All-Beatles New Format: Oldies “Mighty 1190” Date & Time Of Change: April 1, 2005 at 12:00am More Info: Wikipedia, DFW Radio History
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The Randy Lane Company

• The Old Vs The New Coaching Model
  By Randy LaneRutgers' basketball coach Mike Rice was fired earlier this week when he was caught on video berating players, physically shoving them and using gay slurs. See the video here.
  - 43 days ago, 8 Apr 13, 5:08am -
• The Art of Social Media
  We talk a lot about the science of social media -- the strategy and the measurement of our efforts.What we don’t talk about enough is the art -- the philosophy of social media that drives our presence.
  - 68 days ago, 14 Mar 13, 7:25pm -

• Trust But Verify: The Highs and Lows of Producing Breaking News
  by Brian Holt"Trust but verify," Ronald Regan once said. Those words never rang more true than in covering breaking news. The chaos and confusion surrounding a breaking news story is inherent; it's the very DNA of any such event. Misinformation is fl…
  - 85 days ago, 25 Feb 13, 5:39am -
• Show Opens: Yes or No?
  by Randy LaneMost great radio and TV shows have opening theme music, songs or stagers that become familiar to listeners or viewers as a signal that the show is starting. It’s an opportunity to brand your show and engage the audience. Several approa…
  - 5 Feb 13, 7:38pm -
• Four Tips For Talent I Learned Watching The Golden Globes
  by Angela PerelliThe more work you do studying radio/media/personalities, the less you can watch a show like the Golden Globes for the dresses [That’s what the Red Carpet show is for. Thank you Ryan Seacrest.], and the more you notice bigger themes…
  - 17 Jan 13, 8:29am -
• Is Writing In Longhand Dead?
  By Randy Lane“No, I never type. I don’t like that cursor flashing at me saying, ‘Whassup? Whatta’ ya got?’” -Jerry SeinfeldShocker: Some of the most creative people write in longhand!You’re probably saying, “Yeah, yeah… writing…
  - 9 Jan 13, 1:25pm -
• Look Better Online: 12 Months Of Resolutions For 2013
  - 6 Jan 13, 6:26pm -
• Books For Everyone On Your Christmas List
  From Randy Lane:Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery by Garr ReynoldsYou’ll never do a boring PowerPoint presentation again after reading this book! Reynolds demonstrates and illustrates how to communicate effectively…
  - 16 Dec 12, 9:03am -
• How Important Is Purposeful Storytelling?
  by Cliff DumasHow important is purposeful storytelling to the success of your show or presentation? Even one of the biggest airlines in the world, Air Canada, is using storytelling to engage and earn new audience with a storytelling contest.
  - 12 Dec 12, 1:10pm -
• Social Media: Are You On The Nice or Naughty List?
  by Stephanie WinansThe Social Media Santa is watching you to see if you’ve been a good boy or girl. Making a list and checking it twice. Read on to determine whether you’re on the Naughty or Nice list.
  - 6 Dec 12, 8:05am -
• You Ain't From Russia, So Why You Rushin’
  - 29 Nov 12, 9:44am -
• Thankful for Radio and The Chance to Be Part of Something Bigger
  By Brian HoltWithout a doubt the Thanksgiving holiday is my favorite time of year. Between the short workweek, good food, time spent with family and friends, and Christmas and New Year’s still to look forward to -- what's not to like about Thanks…
  - 21 Nov 12, 7:42pm -
• Increase Cume With Little Or No Money: Ideas For Morning Shows
  by Stan Main1. Get out of the studio and meet listeners. Dedicate the time to contact different organizations, charities, clubs and let them know you are available to host any events they have. Now, get an act. Create a short routine that cuts throug…
  - 11 Nov 12, 7:38am -
• Radio to the Rescue: How Did Your Coverage Stack Up?
  by Randy Lane and Cliff Dumas“Listen to the radio!” FEMA director Craig Fugate told people that the best way to get information about hurricane Sandy was battery powered radios since the internet may go out and cell phone service may be congest…
  - 1 Nov 12, 12:47pm -
• How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Radio Endorsements
  by Dave RyanEndorsements are great. They pay well. They usually get us some sort of cool product to try or use. And they give us a little extra job-security because the station is going to want to hang onto the jock that has a ton of clients using…
  - 24 Oct 12, 9:59am -
• If the VP Debate Were A Radio Show
  By Cliff DumasWhat do great leaders, innovators and key players in any industry have in common? They communicate powerfully and effectively. If the first Vice Presidential debate were a radio show how would you rate the hosts?
  - 14 Oct 12, 10:30pm -
• A Day in the Life of PPM
  by Jon Miller, Director of Programming Services at ArbitronEarlier this summer when I spoke at the Morning Show Boot Camp in Miami, I used the opportunity to reinforce the importance of daily occasions in PPM. Particularly among your primary (P1) aud…
  - 11 Oct 12, 10:32am -
• Be Likable and Relatable: How to Win Like a Politician
  by Randy LaneWill Mitt Romney reveal his true self tonight on the first presidential debate? Who is the real Barack Obama – the hope-and-change champion of 2008 or the realistic president of the last four years?Political pundits "definition o…
  - 3 Oct 12, 1:15pm -
• "How on Earth Do We Talk About the Election?
  Topicality is Possible on Music Stationsby Angela PerelliHow many times has one of your community’s hot button topics made you look at each other and think “We can’t go there on our show”? Maybe you think the topic is too heavy, too divisive…
  - 29 Sep 12, 3:58pm -
• No Conflict, No Story
  by Randy Lane“Without conflict, you don’t have a story. You have a reality show. A story begins with conflict.”  Writer Jeff Goins’ blog has several salient points on storytelling that apply to both your show and your life.
  - 19 Sep 12, 3:08pm -
• Is Radio Above Facebook’s Promotion and Contest Guidelines? How We’re Breaking the Rules
  by Stephanie WinansIn May of 2011, Facebook released (quietly, of course) new guidelines for brands using the platform. Here at The Randy Lane Company, we notified our clients of the new rules, and tried to help you understand them.Fast forward 15…
  - 12 Sep 12, 7:58am -
• Lance Armstrong: Villain or Victim?
  I have never wanted to believe Lance Armstrong was using performance enhancers to win a record seven Tour de France races. Then I sadly heard that he decided to no longer contest the charges against him. Like the news media and almost everyone in the…
  - 30 Aug 12, 11:38am -
• Replacing A Show Player is Like Casting a Sitcom
  Right now American Idol is scrambling to fill the judge’s chairs. X Factor went through the process last year, as did America’s Got Talent. And there will come a time when a key player of your show leaves and you have to replace them. We have wor…
  - 23 Aug 12, 1:59pm -
• 5 Programming Tips for Political Season
  Political season is upon us and news/talk shows and stations are gearing up for one of the busiest news and revenue generating cycles for the format. While it may seem obvious to some that wall to wall coverage after the conventions is the way to go,…
  - 16 Aug 12, 12:31pm -
• The Radio Newsroom
  by Randy Lane“The fact that everyone is talking about it: challenged by it; disturbed by it; annoyed by it; loving it; can’t wait to see the next one --all of the above, we absolutely love it!” That's Jeff Daniels, who stars in HBO’s The Ne…
  - 10 Aug 12, 12:25pm -
• How Valuable Are Celebrity Interviews?
  written by Dave RyanSometimes I say some bone-headed things. "This 'Twitter' crap isn't going to catch on", for example. Or "No one's watching, Senator Craig, come right in here."And sometimes I say things that some people don't necessarily believe…
  - 2 Aug 12, 11:36am -
• Four Tips on Producing Character Promos
  Morning air talent are often frustrated by the time it takes to produce show promos. While they are time consuming, promos and other imaging pieces are worth the time invested. Shows that do a more consistent job of imaging the show, through both cha…
  - 29 Jul 12, 2:40pm -
• Olympics Ideas
  With the summer Olympics pending here are some ideas to capture the excitement, innovate your content and take ownership of the event in your market.
  - 25 Jul 12, 10:42am -
• How Much Do You Trust The People You Work With?
  by Rob Pepper, host of Pepper & Dylan Show, Virgin/EdmontonEvery night, before morning shows feel secure enough to go to sleep, we ask ourselves a dozen questions about the next show. Will this engage the audience? Will we get reaction on Facebook…
  - 22 Jul 12, 9:09am -
• Daniel Tosh Is Making Us Think
  Raise your hand if you still have no idea who Daniel Tosh is or the kind of comedy he does? Love him or hate him, you probably found yourself reading and talking about him this week after the "rape joke" debacle at Los Angeles' Laugh Factory.
  - 15 Jul 12, 9:07am -
• Talent Takeaways from Opie & Andy
  The Andy Griffith Show’s laughs did not come from the characters telling jokes back and forth but, as in real life, the laughter came out of ordinary conversations.The best radio shows today, the ones that connect emotionally and stick with listene…
  - 12 Jul 12, 2:44pm -
• Highlights from Morning Show Bootcamp 2012
  Whether you were able to attend or not, Angela Perelli and Stephanie Winans have some takeaways from the sessions at Morning Show Bootcamp:On PPMYou only have eight seconds to hook listeners. Think about the YouTube video forwarded from a friend.…
  - 1 Jul 12, 2:10pm -
• PPM Five Years Later and What You Can Do About It
  The first panel at this weekend's Morning Show Boot Camp in Miami focused on PPM Five Years Later. Arbitron Director of Programming Services Jon Miller studied the 25 most successful morning shows in the U.S. and revealed the findings on a panel w…
  - 25 Jun 12, 10:09am -
• Facebook's Schedule Feature: Why Schedule Social Media?
  Facebook recently made a giant step forward with the creation of the scheduling feature. You can now schedule a Facebook status (which may include a link, photo or video) for future post within the Facebook platform.
  - 20 Jun 12, 7:54pm -
• Four Powerful Words for Connecting with Your Audience
  Would you be surprised to know that “You are not alone” is the subject line with the highest open rate? According to Copyblogger, "I don’t want to be alone" is a compelling, universally recognized statement. The need to belong -- to know that o…
  - 15 Jun 12, 10:18am -
• Keep Your Team In Check: Tips from Steve Jobs & The Beatles
  The May 2012 issue of Fast Company magazine included an article called “The Lost Steve Jobs Tapes”, which featured previously unreleased conversations with Steve Jobs. This conversation with Steve has a lesson for radio in creating balance within…
  - 7 Jun 12, 6:08pm -
• 8 Quick Tips for Better Air Talent Blogs and Morning Show Websites
  Blog smog. You aren’t a blogger. Why should you worry about improving your writing skills?As radio companies put more emphasis on digital growth, you are now responsible for website traffic and social media engagement in addition to on-air ratings.
  - 23 May 12, 12:14pm -
• Why 6-8AM Sucks for Most AC Morning Shows
  Most AC morning shows get the bulk of their audience in the 8 and 9am hours.Yet management often bases talent bonuses on the 6 and 7am hours, challenging the show to match performance of, or out-perform, the 8 and 9am hours!
  - 16 May 12, 9:37am -
• Cliff Notes: Mother's Day
  Mother’s Day is a holiday that everyone can relate to and share stories about. It’s in the storytelling that the magic happens. You can deepen your character on the show and allow your audience to share their lives, experiences and memories in a…
  - 9 May 12, 9:55am -
• 10 Easy Ways to Seize and Own Topical Pop Culture Stories
  The Avengers. The Hunger Games. Twilight. Local teams in the playoffs. The Olympics. A major concert announcement.On days when there's nothing going on, it's a challenge to be topical. On other days, it's a crime not to be. For example, The Avengers…
  - 2 May 12, 12:16pm -
• A Tip from Dave Ryan's Aunt Doris
  I was having dinner with my 81-year old Aunt Doris a few weeks ago. I hardly ever get to see her and thought it would be interesting to ask her about our family history. I remember three very specific things she told me.
  - 25 Apr 12, 8:55am -
• Reebok to Radio: A Management Tip
  Reebok’s near collapse and rebirth can teach radio how to empower their teams to be accountable and more productive.In 1984 Paul Fireman bought Reebok for 75 thousand dollars because he thought it had promise. He discovered that people hated buying…
  - 18 Apr 12, 11:21am -
• Five Tips to the Art of Great Storytelling
  By Angela Perelli"Frankly there isn't anyone you can't learn to love once you've heard their story."That quote from a social worker was written on a piece of paper that Fred Rogers (aka Mister Rogers) kept in his pocket. So true. Can you think of s…
  - 13 Apr 12, 12:34pm -
• Have You Been Whacked in the Head with the PPM Stick?
  We want it and we want it now! By measuring listening behavior, PPM reflects the nature of today’s culture- we want instant gratification. It has proven what we already knew- that you have to capture listeners’ attention quickly or they move onto…
  - 5 Apr 12, 11:02am -
• A Producer's Dream: The Scoop on Scoop.It
  Scoop.It is a free publishing-by-curation platform that allows you to curate content based on keywords and sources you provide. It will suggest stories, articles, videos, news for you to scoop. You can also use the bookmarklet to scoop anything you s…
  - 30 Mar 12, 11:35am -
• Using The Rule of Three to Improve Morale, Performance and Profitability
  When was the last time you were truly recognized by your GM, PD or co-hosts?Unbelievably, a lot of GMs, PDs, and coworkers worry that the act of praising will lose meaning. Well, how often do you tell your partner you love them? What would happen i…
  - 28 Mar 12, 10:10am -
• It’s Time for Timeline: Tips for Designing Your Cover Photo

  

  Facebook will make the new Timeline design mandatory for Pages March 30. This means you need to get busy this week setting up your Timeline before it goes public.If you haven’t done your homework yet on the changes Timeline will bring to your Fac…
  - 21 Mar 12, 6:24am -
• From the Background to the Foreground: How to Cut Through on the Radio
  You’ve heard the advice, “Be yourself” on the radio, but that’s not the whole story. For most people, if you’re totally being yourself, you will lack presence and energy and fade into the background.Think about the intern, off-air produce…
  - 15 Mar 12, 3:39pm -
• What Radio Talent Can Learn from "The Manning Way"
  Friday Night Lights Author and Daily Beast Contributor Buzz Bissinger penned a wonderful article about the classy way Peyton Manning handled Wednesday’s press conference:I was so powerfully moved by Peyton Manning… I was moved when he said, “Ti…
  - 9 Mar 12, 6:53am -
• A New Voice to Reckon With
  There may be a changing of the guard this season when it comes to the highest rated “singing talent” show of 2012, as noted by buddytv.com.  What is it that makes the 2nd year NBC show The Voice more appealing than the ratings powerhouse America…
  - 8 Mar 12, 7:34am -
• Must Follow Twitter Accounts for Radio Air Talent
  In the recent Content Ideas article, 7 Reasons Twitter Should Be Part of Your Strategy, I say that Twitter is a resource for show prep. After reading that, Steve Kramer of That Guy Kramer, Play 98.7/Tampa, made a request that I send out a list of acc…
  - 2 Mar 12, 9:03am -
• "What’s My Line?"
  With radio and television hosts, even online producers, being fired or suspended over questionable comments made on-air and online, there’s been a lot of talk lately as to “where is the line?”What is considered acceptable, edgy, or controversia…
  - 23 Feb 12, 6:13am -

Inside Music Media

• Fantasy Sports
  How snake oil salesmen are talking desperate AM and FM radio owners into dumping talk for a format that is going to lay an egg.  But here’s the one compelling new format for stations wishing to successfully compete in the … Continue reading →
  - 4 days ago, 17 May 13, 12:21am -
• Paul Drew
  When I worked for Paul Drew, one of the most successful and influential program directors of the second golden age of radio, I lived in fear of making a mistake. Blow the format and Paul was on the batphone taking … Continue reading →
  - 4 days ago, 16 May 13, 11:26pm -

• Cumulus’ Next Two Moves
  While Lew Dickey is raising $4 billion to buy CBS Radio, he has two earthshattering moves in the works.  One is really drastic, but believe it or not Cox is already doing it secretly under the radar.  This is double … Continue reading →
  - 6 days ago, 15 May 13, 8:47pm -
• Damning Evidence About Radio’s Continued Viability
  - 6 days ago, 15 May 13, 8:44pm -
• Google To Disrupt Music Radio Next
  Google is going to announce that it is launching a massive streaming music competitor to Pandora and the much-awaited Apple Radio later today. But they’re not really going after them – there’s no money to be made there. Google is … Continue r…
  - 7 days ago, 14 May 13, 8:41pm -

Jim Walsh

• Gimme A Ticket For An Aeroplane...
  R.I.P. Alex Chilton...
  - 18 Mar 10, 5:38am -
• Books: Abe, Bennie, George and the (phony) Protocols
  For you pre-McLuhanites out there who still read books, here are a some recommendations: Lincoln's Melancholy, a study of how Honest Abe struggled with depression, and used it to his advantage; Voodoo Histories, an analysis of conspiracy theories; an…
  - 15 Mar 10, 9:56pm -
• The Past and Future of Talk
  I continue to be amazed and delighted at some of the lively dialogue I read on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Meanwhile, talk radio continues to bore and disgust me (like those two talentless douchebags I heard tonight on a certain Detroit station) with th…
  - 20 Feb 10, 2:54am -
• The Question Man
  If you want a reasonable idea of where spoken-word radio is headed, check out the All Access "Ten Questions" segment with my consultant pal Holland Cooke...
  - 19 Feb 10, 1:54pm -
• Jim's Gratuitous Self-Promotion of the Week
  Talks are underway to put your humble and loving narrator back on the "air" (i.e. internet), at least on a part-time basis. Cross your fingers and stay tuned...
  - 18 Jan 10, 8:14pm -
• Death of a DJ
  Another passing of significance (well, for me, anyway): George Michael (no relation to the Wham! guy). Among the last of the great night-time DJs of the "Boss Radio" era, George is best remembered in the radio biz for his work at WFIL in Philly. He…
  - 26 Dec 09, 7:58pm -
• And Up Yours, Tiny Tim...
  HAPPY HOLIDAYS!There, I've said it - Happy Holidays, not Merry Frickin' Christmas. God forbid we should acknowledge that not everyone is an enlightened Christian like some of you seem to think you are.So...HAPPY GODDAMN HOLIDAYS. Deal with it...
  - 6 Dec 09, 12:07am -
• Dump The Hump
  Forget about politics. The real story here is how in today's economy, with the radio industry on life support, the best they can apparently offer is a guy like Rusty Humphries...
  - 4 Dec 09, 6:09am -
• Spoiler Alert: he goes to hell...
  Last night on TCM (I think) it was Richard Burton, chewing the infernal scenery through his trippy sixties version of Faustus. Watching, I was struck by two thoughts: 1) How great Liz looked, given how little she actually had to do and 2) How in he…
  - 29 Nov 09, 10:16pm -
• Another Reason I Get Hate Mail, dept.
  Do me a favor: if I'm ever murdered, do NOT let them put it on Americas Most Wanted. Surely I can't be the only person on the planet who thinks John Walsh is a self-aggrandizing asshole.(Actually, I know for a fact I'm not)...
  - 8 Nov 09, 2:05am -

• It Is Ballooooooooooon!
  I think I know where that kid in Colorado got the idea...
  - 17 Oct 09, 7:31pm -
• Radio: Back To The Future?
  Radio and New Media guy Jerry Del Colliano suggests in his latest e-column that the radio industry could, just maybe, be “saved” if the FCC would turn back to “increased and renewed involvement* by the FCC -- basic regulation”…They might as…
  - 14 Sep 09, 1:32am -
• People Who Died, Redux
  R.I.P. Jim Carroll...
  - 13 Sep 09, 9:36pm -
• The Man Who Fed The World
  R.I.P. Norman Borlaug...
  - 13 Sep 09, 12:41am -
• Another (Not So) Modest Proposal...
  I propose we replace the term "czar" with "despot"; after all, it means the same thing (check your thesaurus), and it's a much more accurate description of the job: Drug despot, green jobs despot, etc...
  - 13 Sep 09, 12:39am -
• Well dammit, I suppose I should say SOMETHING nice about the bastard, dept.
  Give credit where it's due: on two of my pet issues, immigration reform, and separation of church and state, Teddy Kennedy was on the side of the good guys...
  - 29 Aug 09, 5:10pm -
• Hope That's Not An Oncoming Train...
  After a long, dry spell, I've recently received a number of inquiries from radio stations expressing interest in discussing "future employment possibilities." The latest, from a market in the Northwest, came Friday. Economically speaking, the worst…
  - 23 Aug 09, 11:46pm -
• Oh, What A Night
  Sad to report John E. Carter of the Dells has passed on. Stylistically, the Dells were the "missing link" twixt doo-wop and Chicago soul. These guys were true groundbreakers.Here's a sampling of Carter with the Dells and the early Flamingos.
  - 22 Aug 09, 4:50pm -
• Charging the Gates (down the highway of Good Intentions)
  Indiana attorney Joshua Claybourn (along with Reason's Jacob Sullum) make an excellent point about the Henry Louis Gates affair: it's not about race or abuse of power per se, but the dangers inherent in badly-written law.Gates conducted himself like…
  - 26 Jul 09, 12:03am -
• Palin Rider, or: Shut Up, He Explained...
  More than ever before, David Letterman is my hero. The whole Bristol Palin flap is nothing less than a stroke of self-promotional genius. And make no mistake about it – the governor of Alaska and her wacky family are in on the fix.Letterman gets a…
  - 18 Jul 09, 12:53am -
• Walter Cronkite, R.I.P.
  In honor of Uncle Walter's passing, here is what many consider his finest hour......and a somewhat curiouser take on his legacy...
  - 18 Jul 09, 12:40am -
• Aaahhhhhhhhhhh Shad-aaaaaaaaaaaaap...
  I wonder what MJ's kids thought of Rep. Peter King's comments. Jacko is beyond reach; it's his kids who will suffer for this. King is a bully and a buffoon and should shove his self-promoting posturing where the proverbial sun don't shine...(Aside fr…
  - 11 Jul 09, 4:14pm -
• Radio: The Last Moonwalk
  In the summer of 1977, I was a college student preparing for a career in broadcasting. One afternoon in August, I heard the news (through word-of-mouth) that iconic entertainer Elvis Presley had died. I immediately drove to my local Top-Forty radio s…
  - 29 Jun 09, 12:58am -
• Back on the Air
  Your humble and loving narrator will be filling in on WDAY/Fargo Monday 5/8 noon to three, Central.It's my first time on the air in several years. Should be interesting...
  - 8 May 09, 9:28pm -
• Bordering on Idiocy
  The Seal-the-Borders crowd is at it again; this time trying to tie in the Swine Flu scare with the little brown ones comin' over the border. For the straight story on this issue, go here and here...And if you think these clowns are not spewing race-…
  - 1 May 09, 7:40pm -

Media Confidential

• !Report: Consumer Confidence Wobbles
  Here’s a brief overview of what Prosper Insights & Analytics is  seeing from consumers in May 2013: Consumer Snapshot May 2013 from Prosper Business DevelopmentThose very confident or confident in chances for a strong economy wobble in May, dec…
  - 3 hours ago, 21 May 13, 8:06am -
• !OK Death Toll Expected To Rise

  

  A huge tornado at least a half-mile wide and with winds up to 200 miles per hour hit the town of Moore, Oklahoma, on Monday (May 20th), killing at least 91 people, including 20 children, according to the NYTimes.  The tornado leveled whole neighborh…
  - 6 hours ago, 21 May 13, 5:35am -

• !DOJ Spied On Fox News' James Rosen

  

  James RosenA Fox News correspondent was accused in a Justice Department affidavit of being a possible criminal "co-conspirator" for his alleged role in publishing sensitive security information -- in a leak case that takes the highly unusual step of…
  - 7 hours ago, 21 May 13, 4:23am -
• !Mignon Clyburn Takes Charge At FCC

  

  Mignon ClyburnFCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn became Acting Chair — and the first women to run the regulatory agency — on Saturday taking the job just vacated by Julius Genachowski until the Senate confirms President Obama’s choice to replace h…
  - 7 hours ago, 21 May 13, 4:05am -
• R.I.P.: The Door’s Co-Founder Ray Manzarek Dead At 74

  

  Ray ManzarekRay Manzarek, founding member and keyboard player for the Doors, has passed away, according to the band’s official Facebook page. He was 74.The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald says in a news rele…
  - 19 hours ago, 20 May 13, 4:49pm -
• Official: Deborah Turness Named President of NBC News

  

  Deborah TurnessAfter nearly three months without a news division leader, former ITV News editor Deborah Turness has been named president of NBC News.The announcement came Monday from NBCUniversal News Group chairman Pat Fili-Krushel, who led the sear…
  - 24 hours ago, 20 May 13, 11:49am -
• Detroit Radio: Dave & Chuck Make It Official

  

  The morning duo's new home is WRIF 101.1FM. They start Tuesday, May 28, the day after Memorial Day.The Detroit Free Press reports the news – which many media had speculated was a done deal when Greater Media Detroit, announced two weeks ago that it…
  - 24 hours ago, 20 May 13, 11:46am -
• Detroit Radio: Chuck & Freak Show Announcement Expected

  

  UPDATE 12noon 05/20/2013: Dave & Chuck starts 05/28/2013 on WRIF. Click Here.Earlier posting....After almost six months of radio silence, the popular and zany  team of Dave and Chuck the Freak are expected to announce Monday what station will next h…
  - 1 day ago, 20 May 13, 11:16am -
• Is Getting Rid Of Jay Leno A Mistake?

  

  Jay LenoNBC reportedly was so determined to rid itself of Jay Leno, it agreed to pay him $15 million to get lost.What a loss, writes Andrea Peyser at the NYPost. At age 63, Leno isn’t your standard, liberal cup of java, according to Peyser. He’s…
  - 1 day ago, 20 May 13, 10:18am -
• Austin Radio: Commercial Leads To Heart Alert For Dale Dudley

  

  Dale DudleyIt's a commercial that's near and dear to Dale Dudley's heart.The KLBJ-FM 93.7 FM morning host was asked recently to promote the HeartSaver CT, a test offered by Heart Hospital of Austin. He said "yes" but, first, he chose to undergo the p…
  - 1 day ago, 20 May 13, 8:08am -
• KSN-TV On-Air Hosts Take Shelter During Tornado

  

  Dramatic video as KSN TV  in Wichita, KS. seeks shelter from a reported F-1 tornado as it moved through Wichita, KS. On Sunday.During the video the storm can be heard raging outside, then an order is given to seek shelter in the KSN-TV shelter.  T…
  - 1 day ago, 20 May 13, 7:51am -
• BBMA: Taylor Swift, Gotye and Rihanna Win Big

  

  Taylor Swift and her 3.7 million-selling "Red" dominated the 2013 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night (May 19), taking home eight trophies as Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" swept four major song categories and Rihanna ruled R&B.Swift was h…
  - 1 day ago, 20 May 13, 6:06am -
• McCartney Opens U.S. Portion of 2013 ‘Out There’ Tour

  

  Amway Center, 05/18/2013 Sentinel PhotoPaul McCartney opened the US portion of his current “Out There” tour with two opening dates In Orlando Saturday and Sunday.   And music credit for The Orlando Sentinel, Jim Abbott writes Saturday night’s…
  - 1 day ago, 20 May 13, 5:57am -
• AP President Blasts "Unconstitutional" Phone Records Probe

  

  The Associated Press doesn't question the Justice Department's right to have seized two months' worth of its phone records, the organization's president and CEO Gary Pruitt said Sunday on CBS "Face the Nation." It was the methodology - "so sweeping,…
  - 1 day ago, 20 May 13, 4:53am -
• Report: Yahoo Deal Shows Big Power Shift
  Yahoo has agreed to pay $1.1 billion for Tumblr, a six-year-old company with more than 100 million users but very little revenue, a deal that The Wall Street Journals reports highlights the shifting balance of power in the technology business.
  - 1 day ago, 20 May 13, 4:27am -
• CNN: Radio Is A Medium In Flux

  

  Rachel Gordon, WWCD Columbus (CNN photo)Quietly in some markets, loudly in others, music radio has been under siege. Like many media, CNN's Todd Leopold reports radio's battling demographics and technology to stay alive, at the same time losing the i…
  - 1 day ago, 20 May 13, 2:52am -
• DC Radio: WMZQ-FM’s Boxer Visits Area Military Installations

  

  Boxer, Clear Channel's Country WMZQ-FM 98.7 Morning Show host at the USA Warrior & Family Center last week, talking with Belvoir leaders about military history, the Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, and military technology to name a few topics.Accordi…
  - 1 day ago, 20 May 13, 2:40am -
• Knoxville Radio: Colleen Addair Observes 25-Years At WIVK-FM

  

  Last Thursday was a big day for WIVK-FM Colleen Addair is observing her 25 Anniverdary at twenty-fifth year with the country music station based in Knoxville.Addair started working at WIVK in 1988.  She came from a small radio station in West Virgin…
  - 1 day ago, 20 May 13, 2:35am -
• Boston Radio: EarthFest Provides Security Tune-Up For July 4
  A tradition 20 years in the making, EarthFest has always about the music.But this year, 'heightened security' was on the playlist too. And that is not the name of a popular band.The music festival at the Esplanade was the city's first big, outdoor, p…
  - 1 day ago, 20 May 13, 2:20am -
• LA Radio: STP Surprises Fans At KROQ’s Weenie Roast 2013

  

  With tens of thousands of rabid fans packed into the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, the spirit and undeniable power of radio was on full display Saturday during CBSD Radio KROQ’s Annual Weenie Roast.From the clutch of emerging bands that performed…
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• Trailer Released For ‘Anchorman 2’

  

  The obscure members of the Channel 4 News Team have assembled in the first trailer for Anchorman 2, the sequel to 2004's popular comedy Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Dubbed Anchorman: The Legend Continues, the flick hits theaters Dec. 20.
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• R.I.P.: Songwriter-Singer Alan O’Day Was 72

  

  Alan O'DaySongwriter/Singer Alan O’Day passed away Friday from brain cancer.He was 72.O’Day was best known for writing and singing "Undercover Angel," an American #1 hit in 1977. He has also written songs for several other notable performers, suc…
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• Saturday Aircheck : Hot Hits WCAU-FM Philadelphia 1981

  

  WCAU-FM 98 Philadelphia- Billy Burke - Nov 27 1981. Midnight to 1:10 am.
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• Detroit Radio: Drew & Mike Sign-Off At WRIF

  

  Drew & Mike: A Final ToastThe “Drew & Mike” show headed into its final hours Friday morning with hugs and shots of Jagermeister as Drew Lane, Mike Clark and crew wound down their 22-year run at WRIF-FM 101.1.Last week, station owner Greater Media…
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• Radio’s 1Q Revenue: Sluggish Start, An Uptick In March

  

  The Radio Advertising Bureau today released figures on radio advertising for the first quarter of 2013.The RAB says radio’s first quarter was flat at $3.5B, aided by an uptick in Spot in March after a sluggish start to the year. Both Digital and Of…
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The Radio Agency

• Making Good

  

  There are a LOT of things I just can’t wrap my mind around.  String theory.  The vastness of space.  Reality TV  One thing I’ll never understand is how seasonal marketing gets earlier with each passing year.  Let me qualify that … Continue…
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• Invisible Radio Advertising

  

  Last week, I spent hours walking the endless exhibit space at the Consumer Electronics Show.  For every WOW innovation there were a hundred yawners. Countless “Me, Too” products that made you wonder why someone ponied up money for exhibit space…
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• George Carlin Grades Your Radio Advertising

  

  The late, verbal mastermind, George Carlin, became famous (and infamous) for his “Seven Dirty Words” you can’t say on radio or television.  You know the words.  I won’t print them here. But for those of us who craft messages in … Continue…
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• Having A Plan For 2013

  

  It seems like just yesterday I was thinking ahead and planning for the upcoming year (2012). Now, with Christmas here, I keep asking myself “What happened? How did this year fly by and when am I going to finish all … Continue reading →
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• Can You Make Money With It?

  

  When we’ve written about social media on this blog before, it’s typically been through the lens of “how to use it most effectively” and not one of “how to make money with it.” Recently, however, a number of sources have … Continue readi…
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• Radio Commercials: Grab ‘Em Upfront

  

  Greetings and salutations.  Since this is the time of year lists gets published and people take a look back at the year that was, I thought I’d take a look at the beginning.  Nope, not of 2012, but the opening … Continue reading →
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• Radio Advertising On SiriusXM

  

  The mood is understandably mixed at SiriusXM Radio.  Third Quarter revenues are up 14% with 446,000 new subscribers pushing their paid subscriber base to a record high of 23.4 million.  But the pending February 1st departure of CEO Mel Karmazin ……
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• Four Tips to Stop A Creative Block

  

  At some point or another you may experience a creative block. You may try and try, but you just can’t seem to find an answer to your question or solution to your problem. According to GoodTherapy.org, creative block is a … Continue reading →
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• Radio’s Personal Connection with Listeners

  

  I am one of the fortunate ones.  During Super Storm Sandy, I only lost power for two days.  When the power went out, I took immediate comfort in knowing that I was never completely cut off from the world at … Continue reading →
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• Holiday Retail Sales Spike with Holiday Radio

  

  I realize that some people haven’t put away their Halloween pumpkin décor and that Thanksgiving turkey leftovers may still fill the frig, but on November 11th my next door neighbor lit up the front of her house for the holidays … Continue readin…
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Music Row

• !Additional Performers Announced for 2013 CMT Music Awards
  Carrie Underwood, Darius Rucker [...]
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• !Artist News: Thompson Square, Little Big Town, and Chely Wright
  Exclusive single and video premieres, plus the Wright family welcomes twins [...]
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• !Hard Rock to Celebrate Willie Nelson’s 80th Birthday
  The Hard Rock Cafe in New York will hold a birthday event that features four generations [...]
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• !Industry Ink (5-21-13)
  TKO Artist Management • BMI writer signing • APA Nashville signing • IMMERSE • Donations needed for SOLID's annual yard sale
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• !Warner Music Nashville To Host Lindsay Walleman Memorial
  The event will take place on the Warner Music Nashville patio from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. The event [...]
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• !Randy Owen To Headline Benefit Concert During CMA Fest Week
  Line up stacked with hit songwriters for show at the Wildhorse Saloon [...]
  - 2 hours ago, 21 May 13, 9:33am -
• !Artists Respond To Oklahoma Tornado Tragedy
  Toby Keith, Reba, Carrie Underwood, LeAnn Rimes are among those who took to social media. [...]
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• Performers Announced For ‘Country Weekly’ Kick-Off Party
  Easton Corbin, Dustin Lynch, Greg Bates and Chris Janson are slated to take part [...]
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• Ratings Report: Trace Adkins Wins ‘Celebrity Apprentice’
  Kellie Pickler tonight on 'Dancing With The Stars,' Tim McGraw's ACM special [...]
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• Songwriter Alan O’Day Passes
  A Southern California native, O'Day signed with Warner Bros. Music in 1971 [...]
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• George Strait Celebrates 60th No. 1 Single
  The song is the first single from Strait's new album Love Is Everything [...]
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• Artists Announced For CMA Music Festival’s Bud Light Stage
  Lauren Alaina, Dean Alexander, Katie Armiger, Frankie Ballard, [...]
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