WFAN’s Boomer Esiason, Gregg Giannotti, and Craig Carton to Speak at the 2026 Barrett Media Audio Summit
WFAN in New York officially signed on the air at 3pm on July 1, 1987. Over nearly four decades, FAN has shaped the sports...
The Lost Art of Radio Promos and Why Stations Need to Bring It Back
"A listener could tune in briefly and immediately understand the station's attitude."
Ramon Foster’s Tennessee Titans Promotion Puts Sports Radio’s Oldest Myth on Notice
"Unfortunately, some programmers and executives often forget that talent is talent, regardless of where you come from or what you have done previously. The days of needing to be from a place to have the authority to speak on it are dead and gone."
How Would AI Fix Radio if It Were the New CEO
"The future of radio is not about broadcast towers versus streaming. That battle is a fool’s errand. The future rests in human connection over algorithmic isolation, and radio still holds that powerful advantage."
Radio Once Owned Suspense. It’s Time to Reclaim It
"Today, too many stations simply inform instead of intrigue."
Why Unpredictability Is News/Talk Radio’s Most Underrated Weapon
There are hosts whose next sentence I can predict without hesitation. That is certainly problematic. The unexpected is essential for your show.
YouTube’s Upfront Pitch to Advertisers Raises a Big Strategic Question
When you can legitimately claim to have everything, why would you want to be compared to something that's losing ground by the day?
Takeaways From The Newsletter Conference and Why the Radio Industry Should’ve Been There
"There's tons of opportunity out there but sometimes you have to enter new rooms to find out."
Music Radio Reacts: First Listen Impressions on Drake’s Triple Album Drop
"The responses ranged from impressed to underwhelmed, with most landing somewhere in between."
Inside the Cumulus-Nielsen Oral Arguments at the U.S. Appeals Court
To paraphrase another slogan, "They argue, you decide."
