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Is ESPN Overcomplicating Super Bowl LXI With Too Many Viewing Options?

"The Super Bowl is more than a football game, it's America culture. ESPN doesn’t have to convince viewers why they should watch, as it has worked to do with the College Football Playoff National Championship."

Strategic Solutions Research’s Hal Rood Explains What The Podcast Study 2026 Reveals

“There definitely is a flashing yellow light for ad load. Now, is it a red alert yet? No, but we’re seeing the canary in the coal mine.”

Rock Radio Should Steal From Ash Dykes’ Congo Basin Stunt

"Stunts don’t need to be death-defying — they can take place in the studio or at a client location instead of on a river full of killers."

Darien Southerland Built 101.1 The Pulse on Faith, Country, and Real Radio

"Country music, Marjorie Taylor Greene, deer hunting, King James Bibles, and four-by-four pickup trucks. That's my avatar."

Countdown to Coverage: Best Local Radio Show For NFL Fans

"Whether they are doing something very different or just offering a deeper dive than most, quality content should be recognized."

Countdown to Coverage: College Football’s Best TV Booth

"With so much to choose from, it makes sense we waited till the end to unveil our choices for the best TV crews in college football."

Countdown to Coverage: College Football’s Best TV Show

"College football is all over television on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. All of those games require A LOT of studio coverage."

Countdown to Coverage: College Football’s Best Podcast

"College football fans demand content, and they aren't going to wait for ESPN to devote 2 minutes to their favorite team or conference on SportsCenter to get it."

Countdown to Coverage: College Football’s Best National Sports Radio Show

"If you can keep fanbases of multiple teams playing for wildly different stakes engaged with the same conversation, you are doing something right."

Countdown To Coverage: College Football’s Best Local Radio Show

"The best local shows are the ones that are going to give you three entertaining, uninterrupted hours on the local team that's fighting for an invite to the Sun Bowl!"

A Marvel Misstep Is A Good Reminder That The Audience’s Time is Valuable

"Everything you do and every point you make should be in service of the larger idea. If they aren't, they are wasting time and weakening your content."

There’s No Lasting Impact Of Casey Close Suing Doug Gottlieb

"No matter what Close can prove, all of it is about Doug Gottlieb and Casey Close individually and not about the sports media industry at large."

Not Every Brand Can Handle A Superstar It Didn’t Build

"Teams are only as good as their players. Media brands are only as good as their talent. Their entire value is based on having people that the audience wants to watch or hear."

So The ACC Is Screwed, Right?

"I wouldn't be surprised if Greg Sankey has taken a phone call from Jimmy Pitaro or Burke Magnus asking how they would feel about it just meaning more to Duke and UNC."

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Strategic Solutions Research’s Hal Rood Explains What The Podcast Study 2026 Reveals

“There definitely is a flashing yellow light for ad load. Now, is it a red alert yet? No, but we’re seeing the canary in the coal mine.”

Rock Radio Should Steal From Ash Dykes’ Congo Basin Stunt

"Stunts don’t need to be death-defying — they can take place in the studio or at a client location instead of on a river full of killers."

Darien Southerland Built 101.1 The Pulse on Faith, Country, and Real Radio

"Country music, Marjorie Taylor Greene, deer hunting, King James Bibles, and four-by-four pickup trucks. That's my avatar."

How News/Talk Hosts Can Spot Bad Midterm Election Polls Before Election Day

This shouldn’t take much time and, in fact, might add to the on-air conversation. The host can give real reasons why some of the polls about your market’s midterms are good or bogus, beyond “How can Candidate X be ahead?” or “You can’t believe any of the polls.”