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The Return To KNBR I Never Saw Coming

"I'm excited to be back in the game, grateful for another opportunity. I'm confident I can earn the trust of Bay Area listeners all over again. More than anything, I'm hopeful my friend Greg Papa wins the only battle that really matters."

20 Brands In 20 Days: Mike Street, WPGC, Washington D.C.

"For a while, especially with mainstream hip hop and R&B, if it was new, you could just play it and it worked. But you have to be a bit more discerning these days."

Spotify’s Skip Ahead Feature Isn’t The Threat Podcasting Thinks It Is

"If a single button is enough to break the relationship between a creator and an audience, then that relationship probably wasn't as strong as we thought."

38 Years After Rush Limbaugh, Is News/Talk Radio Stuck in the Past?

Some may interpret my conclusion as a slight against Limbaugh. Actually, it's the opposite — it's admiration for what Limbaugh built: a wildly successful format across the country. But at the same time, it feels like there hasn't been much, if any, evolution over four decades.

Lauren Feiner Departing CNBC

Lauren Feiner joined CNBC in 2018 for her Washington, D.C.-based role after previously spending time in the podcast space.

Glenn Beck: Dom Theodore Saved My Career 20 Years Ago

"He's actually the guy who saved my career about 20 years ago and told me...Your show sucks when you listen to everybody else."

Dana Loesch: Candace Owens Interview With Tucker Carlson ‘Very Interestingly Timed’

"I normally -- honestly -- don't give a rat's ass about other people's petty disputes and all that other stuff."

News Corp. Committed to Paying for AI Tools

Rupert Murdoch emphasized News Corp. has an unwavering focus on navigating the evolving landscape shaped by advanced artificial intelligence tools, addressing the opportunities and...

Cenk Uygur Believes Radio Cannibalized Itself

"Conservative talk radio has driven itself into a cul-de-sac, and they don't know how to get out of that dead end, and I'm not sure they ever will. That's problem number one enough to kill the entire industry."

3 Free Marketing Tools for Radio Hosts to Cut Through an Overcrowded Space

There are three tools that local hosts can use to their advantage to cut through, and they cost $0. 

Eric Von Haessler: ‘The Media is a 24-Hour Beast, And We’ve Got To Fill It Up’

"People don't think like that anymore. Everything is so niched out. It's got us all in our own little world, you know, and looking at our screens."

Tony Katz: ‘Pretty Damn Ugly’ For Tucker Carlson to Compare Fentanyl Crisis to Israel

Carlson questioned why there has been such a response to the death toll in Israel but not to other tragedies in American society.

Candace Owens Tells Tucker Carlson: If I Was On Video Trashing Colleagues, I’d Be Embarrassed

"I would hope that amongst colleagues that it would always be civil disagreement, and I would never in a private event stand on a table and talk badly about Ben."

Ben Shapiro Encourages Candace Owens to Quit The Daily Wire

"Candace, if you feel that taking money from The Daily Wire somehow comes between you and God, by all means quit."

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20 Brands In 20 Days: Mike Street, WPGC, Washington D.C.

"For a while, especially with mainstream hip hop and R&B, if it was new, you could just play it and it worked. But you have to be a bit more discerning these days."

Spotify’s Skip Ahead Feature Isn’t The Threat Podcasting Thinks It Is

"If a single button is enough to break the relationship between a creator and an audience, then that relationship probably wasn't as strong as we thought."

38 Years After Rush Limbaugh, Is News/Talk Radio Stuck in the Past?

Some may interpret my conclusion as a slight against Limbaugh. Actually, it's the opposite — it's admiration for what Limbaugh built: a wildly successful format across the country. But at the same time, it feels like there hasn't been much, if any, evolution over four decades.

Lynn Barstow: Alternative Radio Programming Legend

"The station does enjoy top of mind awareness from having that tentpole morning show. It gives us a connection to the audience that just being a music jukebox can't provide."