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Lesley Stahl’s 60 Minutes Extension Is a Band-Aid, Not a Fix

For years, people compared a 60 Minutes correspondent chair to a Supreme Court seat: once you got it, it was yours for life. This year proved that's not actually true.

Should New Podcast Credit Rules Lead To Questions About Radio’s Three Minute Qualifier?

"If the podcast industry is willing to recognize 30 seconds of listening as worthy of credit over "genuine engagement," then radio has every right to examine whether its own standards should evolve as well."

New Music Friday Evolves As Spotify Bets On Editorial Personality

"The irony is hard to miss — streaming is adding humans while radio considers removing them."

What Radio Programmers Can Learn from Boring Bands About Audience Loyalty

"What we know doesn't work is back-selling and reading liner cards. That is the radio equivalent of being a boring band."

Frankie Robinson Joining SummitMedia for Afternoons on 98.7 Kiss, 107.3 Jamz

"I am so thrilled and honored to be a part of the SummitMedia family! Everything that I’ve ever desired in a career is what they have provided"

Birmingham Personality ‘El Potrillo’ Killed In Car Crash

Alejandro “El Potrillo” Castillo Andrade, Birmingham radio personality and La Chula 97.5 station founder, died yesterday in a two-vehicle traffic accident. He was 34.

Tasha Simome Exits Hot 107.7 In Cumulus Music Radio Layoffs

Tasha Simone exits as Program Director and midday host at Cumulus Media’s “Hot 107.7” WUHT Birmingham as part of the company's ongoing downsizing.

‘The Spencer Graves Show’ To Host ‘Spencer’s Boatload of Toys Motorcycle Ride’ Fundraiser

The Birmingham Caravan takes riders on an approximately 10-mile journey across the city's eastern side.

Eavesdropping: McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning, JOX 94.5

"Days like today are what social media is made for."

The Top 20 Mid-Market Sports Stations of 2016 Are…

The morning after the New England Patriots pulled off an improbable comeback to become Super Bowl champions, the sports radio industry does the same...

WJOX Announces The Addition of ‘Jox Prime Time’

The evening program on WJOX 94.5FM in Birmingham, Alabama had been hosted by 'Matt and Scot' for the past 3.5 years. The duo arrived...

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Should New Podcast Credit Rules Lead To Questions About Radio’s Three Minute Qualifier?

"If the podcast industry is willing to recognize 30 seconds of listening as worthy of credit over "genuine engagement," then radio has every right to examine whether its own standards should evolve as well."

New Music Friday Evolves As Spotify Bets On Editorial Personality

"The irony is hard to miss — streaming is adding humans while radio considers removing them."

What Radio Programmers Can Learn from Boring Bands About Audience Loyalty

"What we know doesn't work is back-selling and reading liner cards. That is the radio equivalent of being a boring band."

Nielsen Audio Ratings Overhaul Could Reshape Radio Measurement

Here’s the question: Will another research company have an opportunity to overthrow King Nielsen? Will radio and audio measurement change? I expect we’ll see a new landscape by the end of the decade.