Jeff Lynn

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Jeff Lynn serves as Editor of Barrett Media's Music Radio coverage. Prior to joining Barrett Media, Jeff spent time programming in Milwaukee, Omaha, Cleveland, Des Moines, and Madison for multiple radio groups, including iHeartMedia, Townsquare Media, NRG Media, and Entercom (now Audacy). He also worked as a Country Format Editor for All Access until the outlet shut down in August 2023. To get in touch with Jeff by email, reach him at Jeff@BarrettMedia.com.

Bad Commercials Can Be More Problematic Than Long Stop Sets

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“Studies have shown that every time you introduce a new idea into a commercial and step away from your original idea, retention goes down by 60%. If you've added three, then it's even worse than that.”

Promo Meeting: Closest To The Pinhead And Rethinking Remotes

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In the recent CRS NuVooDoo research presentation, the value of local personalities being out in the community and connecting one-on-one with listeners stood out.

KUZZ’s Brent Michaels Brought the Country Radio Seminar and California Wildfire Relief Together

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The California Wildfire Relief shirts were the brainchild of KUZZ Bakersfield Program Director Brent Michaels. KUZZ and Michaels are no strangers to charitable causes.

Aircheck: Elvis Duran, 1990, Z100 New York

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Elvis refers to himself as “the incredible edible Elvis Duran” and presents in a very high-energy style that is quite a contrast to his current morning show.

CRB Executive Director RJ Curtis Reflects On CRS 2025

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“My takeaways are that while there are a lot of platforms that people use to access Country music, radio is still in the game. We still have a major seat at the table."
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If NHL Teams Don’t Value Radio, Then Why Should Radio Value the NHL?

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"Teams are absolutely entitled to control expenses. No one should fault them for searching for operational efficiencies. But partnerships work both ways. If one side continues reducing its investment, the other side eventually reevaluates its own. That's just smart business."

Why Former Radio Executive Dan Mason Finally Wrote His Life Story

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"Some of it is personal, some of it involves radio, some of it involves sports broadcasting, which I did, and some of it involves acting, which I did."

Explaining The Difficult Balance in Sports Reporting That the Public Never Considers

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"Fans judge reporters by the stories they publish. They never see the ones that stay in a notebook because they don't affect the game, the team or the public."

Can The Wall Street Journal Challenge The New York Times in the Podcasting Race?

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The Daily didn't become a juggernaut overnight, and The Wall Street Journal's next big audio bet likely won't either. Still, the ingredients are there, and the ambition is obvious.