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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."

2022 BSM Summit – March 3, 2022 (Day 2)

"Check back throughout the day for updates on all of the latest developments from day two of the 2022 BSM Summit."

How Will the ManningCast And Troy Aikman Coexist At ESPN?

"If you have upwards of $25 million per year invested in your people alone, how can the network justify telling people to go to ESPN2 or ESPN+ to watch the Mannings instead?"

Traug Keller Has Faith In The Industry

"Remember, you are in the audio business and there has never been a better time to be in that business."

Isn’t It Time For Another Ratings Innovation For Radio?

"PPM, the last great innovation in measuring radio audiences, was rolled out fifteen years ago. That is multiple lifetimes in terms of technology."

4 Programmers Explain Why They Wouldn’t Miss The BSM Summit in New York

"What do they want to learn? What do they hope colleagues learn from them? Who do they want to meet? Here's how they answered those questions."

How Can Sports Radio Make The Most Of Twitter?

"If we learned anything from the message boards of the early 2000s, it's that the internet is filled with pretend experts and people pushing narratives that aren't valuable or in some cases, aren't based in reality."

Don Martin Loves Everything About The BSM Summit

“This is a place you want to be because none of us are short of opinions and none of us are are pulling in any direction other than the same direction to make the vertical better.”

Sometimes Listeners Just Want Sports Radio Comfort Food

"The stuff that we find boring isn't always useless. Look, sometimes your audience just wants to hear you talk about special teams or shooting percentages."

Reflecting On 30 Years of ESPN Radio

“There is an intimacy in the relationship you develop with your audience in radio that is unlike anything I’ve found in any other medium.”

What is The Next Evolution For Nickelodeon And The NFL?

"The NFL and Nickelodeon are a perfect marriage. An expanded package of games is the ideal next step."

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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.”