Few will ever know when they have their last Thanksgiving dinner with loved ones, celebrate the birthdays of their kids for a final time or give a life concluding cheer for their favorite football team on a Sunday afternoon. Such is life and why it’s so important to live life to its fullest, one filled…
Doesn’t the F.C.C. or Federal Communication Commission have something better to do like attempt to save the dying AM radio band? Good grief. The late comic George Carlin is rolling in his grave. Remember his “7 Dirty Words You Can’t Say on TV?” That case went to the U.S. Supreme Court. The F.C.C. is now…
The news of the Buffalo Bills being sold this week was buried in the NFL press and spin due to the Ravens’ Ray Rice and the physical abuse of his then fiancé. Growing up just outside of Buffalo, New York, I can’t overstate the emotion of all Bills’ fans when the news broke about the…
As the Summer of 2014 entered the home stretch and Labor Day came and went, America was left in shock by the nudie pictures of Hollywood star Jennifer Lawrence and others. I, for one, couldn’t stop thinking about her and those pictures. I know. I know. Some have written that if you searched for and…
It always amazes me the people, inside the media or outside, that believe there’s a higher purpose to what is being programmed, printed or performed. Believe me when I say this, it always comes down to money. A few years ago I spoke at a college journalism class in Columbus, Ohio and asked the students…
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…
I guess I hit close to home with my prior blog post on the Ratings Disaster that is today’s talk radio. The June PPM’s suck for talk radio. Hell. The diary markets coming in are bringing little joy. And many in the talk radio industry just sit back and continue on autopilot with the same…
As I write this on July 7, 2014, I am exactly 2 months from becoming irrelevant. In just 8 weeks I turn 55. I will be leaving the coveted “Persons 25-54” demographic, the age group considered key by most advertisers. Oh well, this aging Baby Boomer did have some fun in the previous 3 plus…
I was thinking about summer the other day. I love summer. Growing up in the Northeast and living most of my life there or in the Midwest, summers are very special. The short summer is special because it ends. Lasting memories can only be created when something stops, allowing one to remember with fondness. I…
I can’t say this any clearer. Ratings are your report card. Nothing else matters. Associated Press awards don’t matter. A plaque from a local charity for community service work, while nice, doesn’t matter either. Nielsen numbers are what matters. With higher ratings, come higher revenues. It’s what I call “Rule #1 – Ratings and Revenue.”…
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