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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.

CNN Calls Mark Levin ‘Inappropriate’ After Labeling Anchors ‘Self-Hating Jews’

The network emphasized that Wolf Blitzer is the child of Holocaust survivors, and all four of his grandparents were Holocaust victims.

620 WTMJ’s Jeff Wagner Worked Through the Golden Age of Talk Radio

"It was an amazing period where we had all of that stuff going on in the world. We had some big local issues. All this happened in a couple of years, and I got to be at the epicenter of this."

News/Talk Needs to Work With, Not For, the Sales Department

There’s always that fine line between helping the bottom line and doing what’s in the best interests of the station, and ultimately the listener.

Kara Swisher Joining CNN as Contributor

She will be a regular panelist on The Chris Wallace Show, which will air on Saturday mornings at 10 AM ET.

Mark Simone: Hugh Hewitt ‘Acts Like a Total Jerk in Debates’

"Remember, he's the one in 2016 that came up with these really stupid, annoying, 'gotcha' questions for Donald Trump. You're supposed to ask things people are interested in."

Futuri Launches Expanded AudioAI Tool

“AI is evolving at warp speed, as are Futuri’s capabilities.”

Broadcasters Foundation of America Launches Annual Giving Campaign

The foundation has given more than $15 million to eligible broadcasters in the past 20 years, including $1.8 million in this year alone.

Fox News Expands Audacy Partnership with Fox Weather Expansion

Audacy has provided listeners with FOX News Audio content on its digital platform since 2019.

News/Talk Radio Hosts All Need Some Resilience

This is probably not the most eloquent or unique thing that you have read on the subject, but hopefully, it allows you to chew through a few things. 

Elon Musk: I Bought Twitter Because It Was ‘Having a Corrosive Effect on Civilization’

" I was worried that it was having a corrosive effect on civilization."

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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."