Dave Greene

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Dave Greene is a former Editor and Columnist for Barrett Media. His background includes over 25 years in media and content creation. A former sports talk host and play-by-play broadcaster, Dave transitioned to station and sales management, co-founded and created a monthly sports publication and led an ownership group as the operating partner. He has managed stations and sales teams for Townsquare Media, Cumulus Media and Audacy. Upon leaving broadcast media he co-founded Podcast Heat, a sports and entertainment podcasting network specializing in pro wrestling nostalgia. To interact, find him on Twitter @mr_podcasting.

The Playbook

The playbook. In football, it tells the story and all of the secrets are stored in it. In sports media sales there are no secrets, but...

Winning and Losing

Do you love to win or do you hate to lose? I remember being asked this question in an interview once when I was younger....

What Do You Do?

What do you do? Seems like a fairly easy question to answer, doesn’t it? If you sell cars, when someone asks you what you do,...

Creating Ideas That Sell

Let’s talk about ideas. Ideas sell. The only thing better than a good idea is a great idea. And the best thing about a...

Sales and Programming: One Side, One Team

Put this one in the “wish somebody would have told me sooner” category. Had I known sooner that the smartest thing an on-air host...

Breaking

Ten Years Of Locked On: The Rise of a Podcast Empire Eyeing Its Next Chapter

"There's a tendency that businesses have to hold things close to the vest... David and I don't believe that's a good strategy. Telling our story is important for everyone involved with Locked On."

Talk Radio Hosts Should Ask This One Question After Every Show

What piece of information, what opinion, what story did you share that someone felt so moved by that they'd bring it up with a coworker or fire off a text about it? If the honest answer is "I don't know," that's the problem worth solving.

Greg FM: Because Nobody Ever Requested “15 Songs In A Row”

"It offers a voice that reminds the listener that somebody is actually there."

Inside Manraze: How Def Leppard and Sex Pistols Members Formed a Trio

"Oh, he's in that bloody heavy metal band"