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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.

Meet One of News Radio’s Rising Young Stars in Morgan Cunningham

“The industry needs to do better to attract new and younger brains that will work in radio jobs."

Network News Sees Upticks After President Biden National Address on Hamas/Israel Conflict

The 18–minute address from Biden aired across eleven networks at the start of prime time. Combined, it drew 22.6 million total viewers.

Donald Trump Court Sessions Should Be Televised Live

Live television should be the unvarnished mirror that exposes Donald Trump’s courtroom conduct.

Mark Levin to Sid Rosenberg: I’ll Call Out Whoever I Want

"I'm not going to stand back and allow them to get away with this, whatever their backgrounds are...Ask me if I care. I fight back."

Radio Sees 8-Year High in Time Spent Listening According to New Data

That 45% number is tied for the fourth quarter of 2019 as the highest percentage in recent years.

Kelly Saberi Joining Fox Business Network as Chicago Correspondent

Before joining the network, Saberi served as a reporter for Good Day Austin, the FOX affiliate in the Texas capital.

Spotify’s Contract With Joe Rogan Set to Expire in 2024

One could infer that Rogan has tested the waters of what his podcast reach would be outside of his Spotify partnership by publishing an episode with Elon Musk directly to X.

Addition of Jeanine Pirro to The Five Was Intended As Demotion, Brian Stelter Book Reveals

Stelter's book reveals that Pirro's behavior had become so difficult to handle that even her own executive producer labeled her as a "reckless maniac."

Rob Kendall Grew Up on a Steady Diet of WIBC

"Stations that continue to do well are stations that attract an audience because they give people something that you can't get on the internet."

Clay Travis: I’m Being Audited By the IRS Because of My Conservative Radio Show

"I haven't inherited some massive sum of money that's making my tax returns complicated. And so I don't think that there's any way that this is coincidental."

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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."