Historically, record companies, its labels and performers have had a pretty good deal with radio. Radio gives the labels free advertising for their songs, while the labels give radio the tunes to play free of charge, excluded music licensing fees that pay composers. A quid pro quo as they say in Latin. Or as they…
Each Memorial Day weekend downtown Cincinnati is home to a HUGE gathering of people. It’s our community’s way of saying adios to winter and kicking off a summer filled with festivals, socializing with friends and neighbors, eating and drinking beer. Lots of beer. This past weekend “Taste of Cincinnati” celebrated its 36th annual party on…
I had the pleasure of being the keynote speaker at the Anderson Township, Ohio Memorial Day Observance. Here’s the text of the speech. I’M HONORED TO BE HERE ON THIS IMPORTANT DAY, ONE THAT IS EASILY MINIMIZED BY A WEEKEND FILLED WITH STORE SALES, COOKOUTS AND OTHER EVENTS. WE’RE HERE TODAY TO HONOR OUR SERVICE…
I am one of the last believers in AM radio. I love the medium. It kills me to see the shape it’s in today. It didn’t have to be this way. A number of months ago I wrote a blog that received a lot of positive and negative reaction within the radio industry. The FCC…
Just a few weeks ago the elderly (I’ll add senile and horny) owner of the Los Angeles Clippers got caught letting his true feelings be known regarding “people of color.” He doesn’t like ’em. Donald Tokowitz Sterling, thinking Maria Vanessa Perez V. Stiviano loved him and really wanted to perform on him (so to speak),…
Remember this rule of life (or death). “If you’re worth more dead than alive, watch out.” MJ made $160 million between June 2012 and June 2013. This according to Forbes. It’s the third time in the last 5 years the top earning celebrity came from “beyond.”
“If you’re worth more dead than alive, watch the hell out.” – Darryl Parks Legendary radio personality and the only true host of “American Top 40” (sorry Ryan) Casey Kasem has gone missing. He might be in Canada, some other foreign country or on an Indian Reservation. No one seems to know for sure. Casey,…
Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks, recently warned the NFL to watch its overexposure. Without reeling that exposure in some and understanding its core mission, the league was at risk of destroying itself. The NFL is about football. Physically freakish men moving a ball up and down a field while pounding on…
Rule #1: “Ratings and Revenue.” You may have heard me say this. It’s something I really believe. Over the years listeners and special interest groups have accused me of various sins like programming to a certain political bias or producing programs that appeal to the lowest common denominator. Both very true. The political bias (or…
I haven’t even gotten around to podcasting yet and I may be silenced before I start. Will no one let my voice be heard? “Attica! Attica! Attica!” (Look it up. It’s from a famous Pacino movie.) I plan to podcast and distribute my thoughts via regularly scheduled “production of serialized or episodic content that can…
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