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60 Minutes Producer Henry Schuster Exits

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"I have been thinking about leaving for a while now, and when the opportunity presented itself in February, I took it."

The Industry According to Gary Jay, Land Shark Promotion Studio

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"Radio cannot afford to become a tired jukebox with 15 minutes of commercials every hour."

Attention Spans Are 40 Seconds. What Does That Mean for Radio?

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"Listener Eye Contact is the most important skill an air personality — regardless of format — can develop."

Why Mike Golic Returning Is a Home Run Hire for ESPN Radio

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"If ESPN Radio wanted to make the strongest statement possible about its commitment to the platform, there may not have been a better option available at this moment than bringing Mike Golic home. Sometimes the smartest move isn't chasing what's next. It's recognizing the value of what already worked."

107.3 Alternative Cleveland’s Alyssa Ursetti Successfully Navigates Intern To PD

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Believe it or not, she started as an unpaid promotions intern with the company Rubber City Radio Group and worked her way all the way up to management.

Consultant’s Corner: Mike Stern Jacobs Media

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For the most part, Alternative stations have stopped chasing after one-off TikTok artists and gone back to what the format is best at: finding and exposing talented new musicians who will (ideally) have long careers.

Channel 93.3’s Nerf Stays Hyper Focused On Alternative Denver

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“KTCL is a hyper-local, music-focused tastemaker with personality,” explains Nerf. “It’s all about the music, but we find ways to deliver the music that makes us more than just a jukebox.

Alternative WEQX Albany Is Celebrating Its 40th Anniversary

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Northshire Communications Alternative WEQX Albany, New York will mark its 40th anniversary on Thursday (11/14).

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,’”

ALT 103.7 Dallas Announces New Weekday Lineup

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Audacy has revealed updates to the weekday lineup for ALT 103.7 Dallas, with the changes set to take effect on November 4.

Dustin Carlson Wants to See Alternative Radio Break The Rules

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Yes, we have to be familiar, we have to be hit driven, we have to be sticky, but if we’re not taking time to break the rules and have some fun once in a while, we’re boring AF.

Now Radio 94.3 Flips To Alternative ALT 94.3 In Winnipeg

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A new brand positioning itself as “Winnipeg’s Music Alternative.” The station went live at midnight. (10/31)

Alternative Atomic 106 Launches in Knoxville, TN

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The station has reintroduced the format to the Knoxville market, branding itself as “Everything Alternative.”

94.5 The Buzz’s Theresa Loves The State Of Alternative Radio

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"The glory about ‘Alternative’ music is that the goalpost can move around depending on the musical climate. It's never boring,”
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Why Mike Golic Returning Is a Home Run Hire for ESPN Radio

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Has the C-Suite Generation of Hard Work and Ethics Lost Its Way

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"I'm saddened that it's often the largest media companies — those that rely on creative content and entertainment — that repeatedly eliminate the very people who helped build those organizations into the giants they have become."