"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."
"Luckily, I've been able to assemble a stellar group of people, which allows us to earn your attention each day, and I'm happy to reveal that we're adding to our roster yet again."
“I like to beat to my own drum,” said Bissonnette. “I love the freedom. As much as I love everything network-wise… and getting to experience that side of [the industry], I’ll always want to do my own film projects. I’ll always want to say and be able to kind of bring things in the direction I want to bring them and be silly about it because it’s just sports and I think it should be silly.”
The long-running conclusion is that the rates increase when the demand heats up on a radio station. But, how about when our cost-of-living increases?...
"I think radio is still the great medium that it's always been. You know, there's a lot more challenges now as there are a lot more competitors, not just from the radio side of things, but we're dealing with really any medium."
“You need to be a good listener to be in radio,” expressed Zederman. “It’s not always about talking – a lot of radio has to do with listening; listening to what’s going on with the fans; listening to what’s going on with the talent.”
A big part of Dukes’ success is the fact that he doesn’t take himself too seriously, just like some broadcasting giants like Stern and David Letterman.
“Attitudes on marijuana have changed tremendously in the last 15 years. It went from an illicit substance we had to ask around to score to something we put in candy.”
...if you feel yourself getting uncomfortable over the fact that you were wrong, stop to realize that’s your pride talking. Your ego. And if people call you out for being wrong, it’s actually a good sign.
"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."