“From my experience, sometimes what happens is the engineers...will put a plan together and it's a really good plan on paper, but it doesn't always take into account everything that is needed on the content side..."
While it’s fair to go after some radio stations for their heavy spot loads, let’s talk about the consumer experience for online…it might be much worse!
"A lot of that with these syndicated companies is 'Oh, yeah. This is our guy. This is our woman, we'll put them on.' That's kind of the way radio works."
Whatever the underlying motivation, the message to every other host and producer on the payroll is the same: sharing confidential editorial strategy with outside political figures will get you fired. No matter how close you are to the audience or the administration.