I am one of the last believers in AM radio. I love the AM medium. I truly believe as long as the signal is good, great content will overcome the band’s technical limitations. Outside of just a few years, I spent the majority of my career on AM. There was some career failure, but…
NFL & FCC Team Up Against Fans with Blackout Rule
Rush Exiled to AM in Pittsburgh – Another FM Bails on Talk Radio
I picture this scene, something like you would see in the “Godfather,” as the family is gathered together for business. The room is dimly lit and decorated with dark wood walls. The carpet is thick and the paintings are oils from the Italian Renaissance era. The furniture is hand crafted 19th Century Gilded Age. Grouped…
NAB – Look Up the Definition of “Consolidation!”
“Diversity can never be the result of consolidation. It doesn’t work that way.” – Darryl Parks (You can quote me on this) Perry Michael Simon wrote a great piece on All Access.com last Friday explaining how radio would have ended up in the shape it’s in today…consolidation or no consolidation…big companies or little…
“Toxic” Talk Show Hosts and “Toxic” Radio
On Wednesday, February 29, 2012, the world of any talk show host changed. That was the day Rush Limbaugh verbally attacked Sandra Fluke on his show. In his commentary opining she wanted government to pay for her sexual activities he said, “What does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her…
New Show: Hurry! Before Your Audience Dies.
I received this through my LinkedIn account the other day. Interesting marketing angle. Broadcast this show before your “1980’s talk host fans” take their last ride on the way to the cemetery. Not sure of the show’s long-term viability. But, it got my attention and made me laugh. Looks like KFWB goes all sports in…
Talk Radio’s Disaster – Let’s Fix This. Who’s In?
I now know people are worried about the future of talk radio. The two blogs I wrote (Ratings Disaster) (Why Nothing Changes) about the format’s dismal June PPM Nielsen ratings went viral and I was contacted “off line” by numerous industry leaders. One station group owner told me his stations can no longer sell…