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.

No Winners in Pittsburgh vs Cleveland Radio War of Words

"As talk radio hosts, we often try to hold the moral high ground and if you're going to hold that position, I can't help but feel integrity has to outweigh popularity. "

Big Time Isn’t a Place, It’s a State of Mind

There's nothing wrong with dreaming. There's nothing wrong with ambition. The folks who don't have it don't make it very far.

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Linda Cohn: ESPN PR Handling of Ryan Clark Layoff Made Everyone Else an Afterthought

"The ESPN layoffs, that was awful. What made it even worse, if that could be possible was the way ESPN PR handled it or mishandled it. They treated everyone on this latest firing list with zero respect. Zero."

New Podcast Atlas Survey: Clips On Social Become Top Podcast Discovery Tool

"Clips put podcast content into the same feeds where the mass-reach money is already going, which makes them the one piece of the podcast world that operates at social-platform scale."

Cecilia Vega: CBS News Hasn’t Told Me Why I Was Fired From 60 Minutes

"It’s been about three months now … and I don’t know."

Texas Radio Hall of Fame 2026 Voting Now Open

"Over 160 broadcast professionals with Texas radio ties entered the nomination process."