As I predicted in last week’s blog, (Rush Limbaugh) he won’t quit. But, I do have a question for everyone to answer. Where was he going to go?
Rush Limbaugh Signs New Deal
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3 Ways To Host a Radio Talk Show
We’re about four months until the presidential election and arguably our choice is between two turd candidates. On November 8th, we’ll walk into the voting booth and there will sit two steamers. One, our brain reasons, has whipped cream on top. The other is just plain crap. We’ll stick the ballot in our mouth and…
AM Radio, AM Stations, Bill Clinton, Cumulus, FCC, NAB, President Clinton, Radio, Radio Stations, Talk Radio
Radio Industry’s Fake Outrage Over KGO
People are outraged. People are sad. People are in shock. People are now, finally, speaking up over the execution of one of America’s former great and “heritage” stations, KGO-AM in San Francisco. Why now? What happened last week to KGO has been happening to radio stations, personalities, talk hosts, support personnel and news staffs for…
AM Radio, AM Stations, AM/FM, Clear Channel, FCC, iHeart Media, Media, Politics, Radio, Radio Stations, Social Media, Talk Radio
What Happens to Talk Radio in November?
Translation: If you’re going down, you might as well go down in a memorable way. Donald Trump sure is memorable and the same could have been said about talk radio some 20 years ago. Conservative talk radio and the Republican party are connected, once again trying to energize their common “base.” Each are equally disconnected…
AM Stations, AM/FM, Bill Clinton, Congress, FCC, FM Stations, Media, NAB, Newspapers, Politics, President Clinton, Radio, Radio Stations, Talk Radio, Television
Radio’s Big 20th Anniversary (of Being Sold Out!)
February 2016 marks the 20th anniversary of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. There are no planned celebrations. No parades. No planned parties. You’d think someone, somewhere would have popped open a bottle of Dom Perignon by now. But, nothing. Not even from those who lined their pockets and are clearly to blame for tearing the…
iHeart Media’s “Momma Ain’t Happy”
You know what they say, “If Momma ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.” Generally speaking this phrase, from America’s south, means a “family” looks to Momma to keep it organized and functioning. If someone gets out of line, Momma will not be pleased. For iHeart Media, two of their “Momma’s” are investment bank Goldman Sachs and a…
AM Stations, AM/FM, FCC, FM Stations, FM Translators, Internet, NAB, Radio, Radio Stations, Social Media, Sports Talk, Talk Radio
AM Radio No Longer Has Time On Its Side
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…
iHeart Media to Fire a Third of Who’s Left?
That’s what radio industry watchdog Jerry Del Colliano of Inside Music Media.com is reporting. With indigestion from Thanksgiving feasts just starting to wane, his latest blog is sure to cause more heartburn for thousands of people and their families. Let’s face it. It is what’s expected in the halls at Clear Channel iHeart Media offices across…
Talkers.com – AM is the Future of Radio? Say WHAT?
I looked. Then I looked again. I rubbed my eyes. And looked a third time. Is this a parody from The Onion? Am I really reading this correctly? No. This isn’t from Talkers, the industry trade publication’s archives in 1965. This is from Talkers, the industry trade publication in August 2014! To quote the boxed…
Ratings Disaster: Ignore It. Talk Radio Hoping It Goes Away
A few years ago, a talk host at a very “Big” (hint ONE) radio station told me, “I just want another 20 years.” My reply, “20 years? You’ve got 5.” I’m an optimistic guy by nature. I always think positive, maybe to a fault. I’m also a realist and a competitive son-of-a-bitch who has no…
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