Garrett Searight

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Garrett Searight is Barrett Media's News Editor, which includes writing daily news stories, features, and opinion columns. He joined Barrett Media in 2022 after a decade leading several radio brands in several formats, as well as a 5-year stint working in local television. In addition to his work with Barrett Media, he is a radio and TV play-by-play broadcaster. Reach out to him at Garrett@BarrettMedia.com.

Was Joe Rogan Too Cool or Too Afraid to Try to Win the Golden Globes’ Best Podcast Award?

Even if he has the most popular podcast, he probably wasn't going to win the award. Would confronting that be too tall of a task?

How Ken Charles Prepared 95.5 WSB for a Winter Storm for the Ages

"We had daily 9:30 meetings that included my news director, our meteorologist, morning anchor, assistant program director, and honestly, anybody else who happened to be floating around who wanted to join."

Why the New Audacy Programming Structure is a Godsend For News/Talk Radio

We've all worked for a boss that was...overly invested...in our stations. This structure sure makes it seem like that will be cut.

Does the Program Director Role Have a Rosy Future in News/Talk Radio?

Is there already being a message sent that the role of Program Director doesn't really matter?

Breaking

Kyle Brandt Departs Contributor Role With CBS Sports’ ‘The NFL Today’

"We say goodbye after 5 years of One Shot / Many Takes. It’s very challenging to do something original on a pregame show, and the creative freedom + production value you gave me was staggering."

WFAN’s Evan Roberts: Hall of Fame Induction Scheduling “Not Good for Baseball”

"I had two TVs up. I had the Mets game on one TV, and I had the speeches on the other. It's not good for baseball to have it kind of hidden away like that."

Sid Rosenberg: Fox News Forced Griff Jenkins Hand After My Fox & Friends Comments

"You know Griff didn’t want to do that, even if he disagreed. He didn’t want to do that. But they made him do it.”

Seven Mountains Flips Bowling Green to 98 Jamz

"Rhythmic throwbacks as a station format has emerged as a recycling play for midsize operators."