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Podcast Study 2026 Finds Radio Reaches Podcasting’s Most Valuable Listeners

"79% of Podcast Superfans listen to local radio every week. This presents radio broadcasters with a tremendous opportunity to pull usage from these important consumers."

Dave Portnoy and FOX Sports Want Different Things From Wake Up Barstool

"The pirate ship may have found a home in traditional sports television, but that doesn’t mean it’s willing to follow the rules of the harbor."

WTOP’s Joel Oxley Reflects on Career, Future Ahead of NAB National Radio Award Honor

“From the bottom of my heart, I am so appreciative of all the people that I’ve worked with all these years. I’m glad I’m going to be able to get up there and say some good thank-yous.”

Inside Derek Papa’s Difficult Personal Journey at KNBR

"I respect everyone that deals with things in their personal life and then have to do a job. It's easier to do when you don't have to go live on the radio."

Keith McPherson Is Just A Fan at WFAN Living His Dream

“The biggest thing I tell people is that there’s no gatekeepers. If you’re dope, people will find you. Make videos; make content; write your thoughts out and put them on Twitter."

Anatomy of an Analyst: Ray Ferraro

“I did get some advice early on, it’s not an accumulation of word count,” Ferraro told the Hartford Courant. “If you don’t have something to say where you can provide some context then there’s no need to say it. If the audience thinks I’m talking too much, then I probably think I’m talking too much.”

Craig Carton: SNY C-Blocked Kevin Burkhardt From Fox Hiring

“He had proven himself to be really good on camera and here was the break. You never stop upward movement like that, it’s really douchey to do that."

Jake Heaps Leaving Seattle Sports 710 To Coach Russell Wilson

"It is with mixed emotions that I tell you that I will no longer be able to...do the Jake & Stacy Show... I have resigned to pursue a once in a lifetime opportunity to coach Russell Wilson full-time..."

Sid Rosenberg Reminisces With Former WFAN Partner Joe Benigno

"We were like a really cool sports talk duo. Usually sports talk duos are kind of nerdy, that wasn't you and me. We were like really cool."

Tom Brady: First Broadcast For Fox ‘Won’t Be My Finest Moment’

“There’ll be a lot of growing pains, and I’ll have to learn to be really good at it.”

ESPN 630 In DC Adds Baltimore Ravens

"The station will carry all Ravens' preseason, regular season, Wild Card, and Divisional Playoff games thanks to a new four-year deal."

Jason Fitz Is Comfortable With Chaos

“I just looked at the camera and I was like well guys, the beauty of live television. Nothing is working. So, we are going to take a break and we will see if we can get it right on the other side. When we went to a commercial, they got in my ear and they were like you handled that so well."

Greg Hill: ‘Until Every Media Member Stops Using Gas, LIV Golf Concerns Are Just Noise’

“A competing business is offering them millions of dollars to participate and they made the move.”

Could Short-Form Video Rights Surpass Value Of Live Rights?

“Only a small percentage of Gen Z — and an even smaller proportion of Gen Alpha — will watch a three-hour live sporting event, preferring video highlights on YouTube, TikTok and other outlets, usually curated by social media stars.”

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Dave Portnoy and FOX Sports Want Different Things From Wake Up Barstool

"The pirate ship may have found a home in traditional sports television, but that doesn’t mean it’s willing to follow the rules of the harbor."

WTOP’s Joel Oxley Reflects on Career, Future Ahead of NAB National Radio Award Honor

“From the bottom of my heart, I am so appreciative of all the people that I’ve worked with all these years. I’m glad I’m going to be able to get up there and say some good thank-yous.”

Inside Derek Papa’s Difficult Personal Journey at KNBR

"I respect everyone that deals with things in their personal life and then have to do a job. It's easier to do when you don't have to go live on the radio."

Nick Saban’s Process Is a Radio Programming Playbook

"A play was six seconds, and that was all that mattered in the moment. "