Hire a Music Radio Editor. Check. Add five talented columnists. Check once. Check twice. Anything left to do? Actually there is. Hire four talented features reporters to talk weekly with successful broadcasters.
Over 11,000 radio stations air music today. That means there’s no shortage of stories to tell. For two months, I’ve been interviewing people all across the country, searching for folks to help us elevate and celebrate people, brands, and companies in the music radio business, while addressing key issues facing broadcasters. If professionals can learn through our site how others approach their work, create success, and handle situations that they too may be dealing with, it improves education, and ultimately, performance. We’ve done this for sports and news/talk for nearly nine years, and are eager to do it for music radio too.
So let me tell you about the four people I’ve hired to bring our vision to life.
Ryan Wild is full of passion, and a seasoned veteran of the music radio business. He has worked for Emmis, Cumulus, iHeart, E.W. Scripps, and others, programming stations in Indianapolis, San Antonio, Milwaukee, Omaha and New York City. Ryan now works for MediaBase as a Support Lead, helping programmers on a regular basis. He joins us to write weekly features on industry professionals working in the Rock/Alternative formats.
Jacquie Cadorette joins Barrett Media following a stint at Audacy. During her 4-year run with the company, she ascended from Digital Content Producer to the Head of Content for Podsauce.com. Her radio career began in 2013 at Philadelphia’s 102.9 WMGK, and continued with an internship on Elvis Duran and the Morning Show, and working for iHeart as a prep content writer. Jacquie will write weekly features on professionals in the Classic Rock/Adult Hits/Classic Hits formats.
DC Hendrix is a guy who instantly puts you in a good mood. DC has spent the past decade in Fort Wayne, Indiana growing from a behind the scenes producer and board operator to On-Air Host and DJ for 1380 The Fan and Big 92.3. He followed that up by becoming PD and an On-Air DJ for MIX 106. He now works as a music data analyst for 1021 Creative, providing data analysis for Apple Music, Spotify, Shazam, Atlantic Records, and more. He’ll be writing weekly features on industry professionals in the Hip-Hop/R&B formats.
Amy Snider brings over twenty five years of media experience to Barrett Media’s writing team. Based in Tampa, Amy works for iHeartMedia and the Total Traffic and Weather Network as an on-air traffic and news reporter, appearing on 25 radio and TV stations statewide including US 103.5 Country, 98 Rock, 95.3 WDAE, and Newsradio WFLA. Her career includes time spent with Westwood One/Metro Networks, WMNF, and WUSF. She will be writing weekly features on radio professionals working in Adult Contemporary/CHR/Top 40 formats.
Country Radio will also be well taken care of. Our editor Jeff Lynn, who has extensive experience covering and working in the format will be featuring format professionals on a weekly basis. If you work on-air in any music radio format and would like to be featured in the future, please send an email to Jason@BarrettMedia.com.
Barrett Media’s content expansion, new website look, logo, and URL, along with the launch of our new music newsletter and reformatted end of the day newsletter goes into effect Monday July 15th. I received more than 400 emails and applications expressing interest in writing for us, and I’m thankful for the interest. However, I can’t hire everyone. I’m very excited about this team, and look forward to showcasing their work once we go live in a few weeks.
If I can ask one small favor, alerting us of news or things created on your airwaves helps a lot. We dig in many places for stories, but anytime we’re made aware of on-air or behind the scenes developments, it makes things easier. A simple email to Jason@BarrettMedia.com, Dave@BarrettMedia.com, Jeff@BarrettMedia.com, and/or Garrett@BarrettMedia.com goes a long way. We can’t tell your story if we don’t know about it.
Lastly, we’ve had outstanding support from voice talent with the launch of our forthcoming Voices section. THANK YOU! We’ve also received additional advertising interest for the new site and our upcoming music newsletter. Once again, we appreciate it. However, we do have some website and newsletter opportunities still available. If interested in exploring marketing possibilities with us, email Stephanie at Stephanie@BarrettMedia.com.
Barrett Media has received GREAT support throughout the years, and we’re grateful for it. We’re making this move to try and make the business better, and on July 15th, you’ll discover what we’ve working on. Thanks for taking the ride with us!
Jason Barrett is the President and Founder of Barrett Media since the company was created in September 2015. Prior to its arrival, JB served as a sports radio programmer, launching brands such as 95.7 The Game in San Francisco, and 101 ESPN in St. Louis. He also spent time programming SportsTalk 950 in Philadelphia, 590 The Fan KFNS in St. Louis, and ESPN 1340/1390 in Poughkeepsie, NY. Jason also worked on-air and behind the scenes in local radio at 101.5 WPDH, WTBQ 1110AM, and WPYX 106.5. He also spent two years on the national stage, producing radio shows for ESPN Radio in Bristol, CT. Among them included the Dan Patrick Show, and GameNight.
You can find JB on Twitter @SportsRadioPD. He’s also reachable by email at Jason@BarrettMedia.com.
