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Lesley Stahl’s 60 Minutes Extension Is a Band-Aid, Not a Fix

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For years, people compared a 60 Minutes correspondent chair to a Supreme Court seat: once you got it, it was yours for life. This year proved that's not actually true.

Should New Podcast Credit Rules Lead To Questions About Radio’s Three Minute Qualifier?

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"If the podcast industry is willing to recognize 30 seconds of listening as worthy of credit over "genuine engagement," then radio has every right to examine whether its own standards should evolve as well."

New Music Friday Evolves As Spotify Bets On Editorial Personality

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"The irony is hard to miss — streaming is adding humans while radio considers removing them."

What Radio Programmers Can Learn from Boring Bands About Audience Loyalty

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"What we know doesn't work is back-selling and reading liner cards. That is the radio equivalent of being a boring band."

Can Rich Shertenlieb Lead a Charge Of Sports Hosts Leaving Sports Radio Stations?

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Like Mark Madden, Rich Shertenlieb is doing sports talk on a classic rock station. Could that trend grow?

Nick Cattles is Doing Boston Sports Talk Differently

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When Nick Cattles accepted the job to host afternoon drive and serve as the program director of Sactown Sports 1140, he never could have...

Fred Toucher Replays Clip of Hanging Up on Bill Walton: ‘Go Ahead – He’s Dead’

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"I mean, why not? It happened."

Rich Shertenlieb Enters New Era on WZLX: No Fred Toucher, No Music, No Guarantees

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“It's worked for me in the past and there's no secret sauce. It's just try to be entertaining every morning and work your ass off to do it right.”

Nick Cattles To Fill In on 98.5 The Sports Hub

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"No future guarantees, but it's the opportunity I've been waiting for. Can't wait to get back to do what I love to do."

Mike Felger: iHeartMedia Adding ‘The Rich Shertenlieb Show’ is a Good Sign

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"Anything that gets people to turn the radio on I am for."

Fred Toucher Takes a Jab at Rich Shertenlieb

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"At 8:20, a new bit 'Putting You on Blast.' I put you on blast and then I give a nice chunk of change to charity and let you know all about it."

Rich Shertenlieb: ‘If This Fails, It’s My Name on It, But It’s What I’ve Always Wanted’

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“We’re going to complain about the Bruins, we’re going to celebrate the Celtics and analyze the new ‘Road House’ movie like it’s the Zapruder film."

Rich Shertenlieb Announces Move to WZLX

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"Boy oh boy are there a lot of things we need to talk about, the least of which including how non-competes are the worst and should be totally illegal, but also about how much I’ve missed you..."

98.5 The Sports Hub Names Tim McKone Headline Anchor and Co-Host of Zolak & Bertrand

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McKone replaces Rob “Hardy” Poole, who moved to mornings with Fred Toucher on the station in January 2024.
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Should New Podcast Credit Rules Lead To Questions About Radio’s Three Minute Qualifier?

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"If the podcast industry is willing to recognize 30 seconds of listening as worthy of credit over "genuine engagement," then radio has every right to examine whether its own standards should evolve as well."

New Music Friday Evolves As Spotify Bets On Editorial Personality

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"The irony is hard to miss — streaming is adding humans while radio considers removing them."

What Radio Programmers Can Learn from Boring Bands About Audience Loyalty

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"What we know doesn't work is back-selling and reading liner cards. That is the radio equivalent of being a boring band."

Nielsen Audio Ratings Overhaul Could Reshape Radio Measurement

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Here’s the question: Will another research company have an opportunity to overthrow King Nielsen? Will radio and audio measurement change? I expect we’ll see a new landscape by the end of the decade.