Keith Cunningham

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Keith Cunningham is a music industry and Rock/Alternative columnist for Barrett Media and the founder of Black Box Group, a modern-modeled creative & strategic consultancy built for brands that need strategies with teeth. He’s the former Master of Mayhem at 95.5 KLOS-FM in Los Angeles for over a decade, a nationwide consultant, and has been repeatedly voted one of America’s top Program Directors and strategic thinkers. Keith has built his career by taking multi-million-dollar brands from worst to first and leading Marconi & Gracie award winners along the way. A data nerd with a rock-and-roll heart, he is an advisory council member for St. Jude fundraising, a fantasy football champion, and lover of his daughters & dogs. Reach him at keithblackboxgroup@gmail.com or on LinkedIn or X.

The Industry According To: Keith Dakin, Connoisseur Media

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"Generic, boring radio will be the end of us. It is not Spotify."

Discovery Channel’s Shark Week Holds a Radio Strategy Secret

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Shark Week works because it's built, engineered, and marketed

Ozzy Osbourne: One Year After Losing the Prince of Darkness

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"A year removed, the loss still feels strange. You can still feel the space he left behind."

The Industry According To: Kathleen, Kesley, & Chris, Columbia Records

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"Relationships matter. Analytics matter. Being able to speak the language matters."

Why Barstool Sports Should Terrify Rock Radio Programmers

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"Love him or hate him, the Barstool Sports ecosystem is spreading everywhere."
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The Kyle Shanahan News Timeline Exposed Sports Media’s Biggest Credibility Problem

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"If the people with the best access aren't willing to report one of the biggest stories in the NFL until the team decides it's time, then they're no longer setting the news agenda."

Key Industries That Reinvented With Technology or Just Simply Disappeared

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"In today's economy, adaptability may be the most valuable competitive advantage any organization can possess."

Let Sid Rosenberg’s Fox News Comments Be a Reminder to News/Talk Radio Hosts

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Hosts don't need slurs or hyperbole to make an argument land.

Music Labels Demand AI Disclosure Accountability Standards

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"Did AI help a human make the recording, or did AI make the recording for the human?"