"This was Michael Jordan. The face of the NBA’s greatest era. The man who helped make the original NBA on NBC a cultural phenomenon. The opportunity to put him back in that environment should have been impossible to screw up. And somehow, NBC did."
Tuesday's tribute worked because it felt honest, not staged. Consequently, it's the kind of moment that reminds viewers why they tuned in beyond the headlines.
The FTC has settled a multi-million-dollar lawsuit with Google and iHeartMedia following a controversy over the endorsement of a Google-made smartphone
An iHeartMedia spokesperson confirmed the news saying "allegations of this nature go against our company values and our policies and we take them very seriously".
According to BIA Advisory Services, WTOP billed $70 million in 2021, slightly less than double second-place 102.7 KISS-FM in Los Angeles at $43 million.
After entering both the Texas Business Hall of Fame and the Radio Hall of Fame, Mays stepped away from day-to-day operations of the company after suffering a stroke in 2005.
“I remember getting off the phone and thinking ‘Wait a minute. My show is sold out and the ratings are good. What happens when the pandemic ends and cars are back on the road?".
"This was Michael Jordan. The face of the NBA’s greatest era. The man who helped make the original NBA on NBC a cultural phenomenon. The opportunity to put him back in that environment should have been impossible to screw up. And somehow, NBC did."
Tuesday's tribute worked because it felt honest, not staged. Consequently, it's the kind of moment that reminds viewers why they tuned in beyond the headlines.