AM radio, the senior broadcast band, no longer has the luxury of time to correct its problems, if those problems can be corrected at all. This week there’s an assembly of “radio people” in Atlanta. The annual NAB/RAB Fall Radio Show, where station owners get to have free drinks on the vendors gathered trying to…
This past weekend I was at a very classy wedding. A wonderful venue in Covington, KY across the river from downtown Cincinnati. Beautifully decorated. Glowing chandeliers. Wonderful food and the bar open. The pinot grigio was excellent. Yes, I could have thrown back some Bud Light, but considering the location and guests, I thought I’d…
Sometime in late 2005 or early 2006, I held a staff meeting with the programming staff at 700WLW in Cincinnati. The purpose was to start laying out longterm plans for what radio, talk radio and media would be 10 years in the future. The first iPhone hadn’t been sold yet, YouTube had only been live…
I’ve come to a realization. The “American Pickers” will be out of business if, in a few decades from now, they are “picking” items from the 21st Century. We throw everything away! Flat screen TV breaks? Put it at the curb. Dishwasher? Buy a new one. Computer? Some buy those and stick it in a…
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…
I read an article recently from a fellow named James Cridland who fancies himself as a “radio futurologist” (wish I would have thought of that). He’s from the UK. On a recent trip to America, he spent time in Las Vegas and did touristy things like drive to the Hoover Dam and Red Rock Canyon.…
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