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The Industry According to Gary Jay, Land Shark Promotion Studio

"Radio cannot afford to become a tired jukebox with 15 minutes of commercials every hour."

Attention Spans Are 40 Seconds. What Does That Mean for Radio?

"Listener Eye Contact is the most important skill an air personality — regardless of format — can develop."

Why Mike Golic Returning Is a Home Run Hire for ESPN Radio

"If ESPN Radio wanted to make the strongest statement possible about its commitment to the platform, there may not have been a better option available at this moment than bringing Mike Golic home. Sometimes the smartest move isn't chasing what's next. It's recognizing the value of what already worked."

Has the C-Suite Generation of Hard Work and Ethics Lost Its Way

"I'm saddened that it's often the largest media companies — those that rely on creative content and entertainment — that repeatedly eliminate the very people who helped build those organizations into the giants they have become."

Audacy Changing 610 Sports to 96.5 FM ‘The Fan’ Is Huge for Kansas City and Long Overdue

Full disclosure before getting into this column - from 2017 to 2019, I worked for Audacy in Kansas City as a GSM and ran...

610 Sports Kansas City Moving to FM; Will Become 96.5 The Fan

A huge change will be happening soon in Kansas City sports talk radio. The market currently has two sports radio stations, both of which...

Josh Klingler Reaches the Finish Line on 610 Sports Radio Kansas City

Josh Klingler can remember when Kansas City Chiefs fans were not sure if the team would receive one game on prime-time television. Prior to...

Bob Fescoe: Charles Barkley is Irreplaceable

"How many people want to do that as well, just kind of walk away and say, ‘You know what? I put in my time and I am done here, and now I have the ability to walk away...'"

Josh Klingler Announces He is Leaving 610 Sports; Staying on With Kansas City Chiefs Radio Network

"I am not sad about it. I'm ready. You don't know what you're going to do but you feel good about what you're not going to do."

Bob Fescoe: Roger Goodell Looking for ‘World Domination’ with NFL Schedule

"If Kansas is playing that Friday night in the college football game, how many people will camp at Arrowhead after the game on Friday night?"

Josh Klingler: Indiana Fever Preseason ‘Was Great,’ Invited People to Watch

"I get the alerts when they’re playing, [and] I think I’m in, at least for a year."

Bob Fescoe: Why Wouldn’t All Teams Be on the Bally Sports App?

"I don’t know who’s watching because nobody can get it up there, and they don’t have the app up there."

Bob Fescoe: ‘You Almost Have to Have Everything That’s Out There to Get Everything That You Want’

"Just go straight to streaming; just purchase what you want and legitimately pay for what you are going to be watching, and I think that’s probably how you have to look at it now."

Bob Fescoe and Josh Klingler: RedZone for Olympics is Great; Need it for NCAA Tournament

The listeners of the show even got in on the idea, with one of them sending in the suggestion of "NetZone" as the name for the channel.

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Attention Spans Are 40 Seconds. What Does That Mean for Radio?

"Listener Eye Contact is the most important skill an air personality — regardless of format — can develop."

Why Mike Golic Returning Is a Home Run Hire for ESPN Radio

"If ESPN Radio wanted to make the strongest statement possible about its commitment to the platform, there may not have been a better option available at this moment than bringing Mike Golic home. Sometimes the smartest move isn't chasing what's next. It's recognizing the value of what already worked."

Has the C-Suite Generation of Hard Work and Ethics Lost Its Way

"I'm saddened that it's often the largest media companies — those that rely on creative content and entertainment — that repeatedly eliminate the very people who helped build those organizations into the giants they have become."

How Matt Barrie Is Prepared To Tackle the Challenge of Hosting SEC Nation

"If you're a college football junkie like I am, there are few jobs with ESPN that scratch that itch. SEC Nation is one of them."