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.

Red, White & Rock Your Memorial Day Weekend

Let’s get some Memorial Day housekeeping out of the way. For RockTernative programmers and talent, it’s an important time of year to pause and make sure messaging is properly balanced.

Dear Rock Radio: Will They Remember You?

Sell or buy all the video ads you want; they CAN work, but the audio in the spots may be the real star.

Six Weeks That Changed Rock Music Forever

Several genre-changing albums were released in a short period of time, sometimes on the same day, and the rest is history.

How Rock Radio Avoids Being Told ‘I’ve Never Heard Of You’

This is it; our time is now; boxes are checked. Order a round of doubles, $how us the money. Great, but I’ve never heard of you.

Where Does Rock Radio Find Its Next Tom Brady?

There are some out there trying to develop Rock’s next Tom Brady, but the pipeline isn’t what it once was.

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NBC News’ Steve Kornacki Election Night Livestream Hits Nearly 30 Million Views

The NBC News political correspondent spent 10.5 hours live on YouTube Tuesday, providing viewers with election analysis and updates throughout the evening.

Chris Russo Blasts FOX Sports For Promoting Tom Brady First Broadcast In New England Over Packers, Patriots Game

"FOX's promotion all week is the fact that Tom Brady's going back to Foxborough? This is going to be fun. Who the hell cares? I don't care. Call the game on the moon. This is the dumbest thing in the world."

1040 WHO Adds Kelly Nash’s ‘NASHional Briefing’ to Daily Lineup

The move follows a controversy involving Henson that kept him off the air for approximately a month.

Katie Nolan: Pat McAfee Can’t Handle “Heat” Stemming From His Own Success

"The guy is winning in every sense of the word and yet is constantly acting like the world is attacking him baselessly."