"The North Star is to honor the relationship between audience and creator. If we’re going to tap into that commercially, we need to respect that foundation and not cheapen it just to try to push stuff out in a more efficient way, or to substitute."
"With football, we wanted to ride the roller coaster and let football lead the way. Let the film lead the way. We're not coming up with crazy hot takes. What we will give is informed opinion on where your team is and can get better."
"If you ask me, am I recreating my financial future with this? The answer is no. If you ask me, is it clear that I'm reaching people who I wasn't reaching before because I have more content out there? The answer is yes."
"Following a recent trip to Nashville for the Country Radio Seminar, she plans to return to Colorado, where she intends to begin a new chapter working in the fitness industry."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"With football, we wanted to ride the roller coaster and let football lead the way. Let the film lead the way. We're not coming up with crazy hot takes. What we will give is informed opinion on where your team is and can get better."
"If you ask me, am I recreating my financial future with this? The answer is no. If you ask me, is it clear that I'm reaching people who I wasn't reaching before because I have more content out there? The answer is yes."
"When talent starts publicly pushing back against the direction, narrative and formula that executives have relied on for years, perhaps it's time for those executives to listen."