Keith Berman

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A former air personality and industry journalist, Keith Berman worked at the late Radio & Records for several years, where he held a number of positions before being promoted to format editor. While at R&R, he also served as a writer and reporter, covering breaking news; authoring weekly columns, format roundups and features; and contributing heavily to Street Talk Daily. When R&R folded, he co-founded RAMP (Radio and Music Pros) and spent 3 years covering radio and record labels before taking a hiatus from the industry. His experiences also include time on-air at stations in Connecticut, Boston and Southern California. He can be reached at KeithBerman@gmail.com.

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What’s Next After You’ve Been Let Go in Radio?

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When it’s not fun anymore, and you don’t get as much out of it as you’re putting into it, is it really worth staying?

Dave Levora’s Planet Is A Great Place to Be

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“When I came here in 1995, I wrote my five-year plan in a notebook, and Step One was ‘Spend no more than 12 months in the Quad Cities,’”

AM Radio The Bell Tolls For Thee

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Over the past few years, automakers like Ford and Tesla have announced plans to drop AM radios in their electric vehicles, saying their EV motors interfere with AM reception and audio quality.

Music Radio Program Directors, Steal These Low Dough Promos For Your Station

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Here are a few easy, relatively cheap options you might borrow to help market your station amidst the infinite dial of content sources.

Radio’s Share Of Ear: The Debate Rages On

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I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: Time for radio to stop resting on its laurels and touting its reign as a reason to listen.
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Can Sports Radio Still Recruit the Former Athlete?

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"For sports radio to be persuasive, it needs to be believable. For sports radio to be believable, it must remain credible"

How Mike McVay’s Journey Led Him to the Radio Hall of Fame

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“I was shocked. I mean, it just didn't register at first. But it means so much to me because, again, you think of where you started and what motivated you to get into it.”

20 Brands In 20 Days: Rick Strauss, 98 Rock Baltimore

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A lot of people say it, but I think this company and this station really walk it in terms of local personality-driven community-engaged radio.

Silver Tribe Media’s Neal Carruth is Ready to Build Something Bigger

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"One of the big draws for me at Silver Tribe was the ability to help clients with everything that I've learned over two decades plus in radio and podcasting."

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