"I’m not suggesting baseball turn October into a broadcasting circus. We don’t need six people in the booth, a celebrity in the dugout and Kevin Hart explaining the pitch clock. Baseball just needs to recognize what NBC figured out."
"I was Mistress Carrie from WAAF. It was like, my first name was Mistress Carrie, my last name was from WAAF. When the 'from WAAF' was gone, I didn't know what Mistress Carrie meant."
The reality is that podcasting, streaming, and digital audio have created incredible new opportunities for content creators. That's a good thing. There are far more paths into the business today than there were 20 years ago. But I also wonder how many people who enter competitions like this aren't even considering radio as a career.
"Success is defined by community. It’s not ad revenue, social media clicks, or pay for play insights. It’s community. To me in my personal life, I know that success for me is rooted in community."
"McAfee didn’t just host a show during the opening of NFL free agency. He hosted the show. The show where insiders broke news, analysts delivered context, and fans turned first. That’s not just good programming. That’s positioning."
"Workshop Alley is scheduled for Friday, March 20, from 9 a.m. to noon and will feature three distinct learning tracks covering artificial intelligence, on-air performance and sales strategy."
"Listening to those who came before me (although there were not many): Allison Steele and Carol Miller. They created a place for women on the radio that wasn’t limited to being a news reporter or someone giving the traffic reports."
"The FCC probably can't do much. Its jurisdiction over streaming is murky. Netflix and Amazon don't answer to it the way broadcast stations do. The agency's sharpest weapon is noise — enough of it that Congress eventually acts."
"The connection that powers sports radio has never been the transmitter, the brand name on the building or the corporate strategy outlined in a quarterly earnings call. It’s the host behind the microphone building a daily relationship with an audience that chooses to spend time with them."
"I was Mistress Carrie from WAAF. It was like, my first name was Mistress Carrie, my last name was from WAAF. When the 'from WAAF' was gone, I didn't know what Mistress Carrie meant."
The reality is that podcasting, streaming, and digital audio have created incredible new opportunities for content creators. That's a good thing. There are far more paths into the business today than there were 20 years ago. But I also wonder how many people who enter competitions like this aren't even considering radio as a career.