Tag: Joe Benigno

"It’s like I’m going back to an audience I haven’t talked to in a while. Most don’t change their listening habits. It’s been a lot of ‘where you been.’"

"For every programmer or host who believes ignoring criticism is the high road, it’s worth asking: high road to where? Because while you’re staying above the fray, someone else is owning the moment—and the audience that comes with it."

"He's the bad teammate. He would trash his producers, and would belittle them. So don't tell me I'm a bad teammate, because you can't take a joke."

"If the product is stronger, the audience is larger, and the business is healthier than ever, then there’s nothing to hide from. Say it. Prove it. Own it."

"Back then, being a star on WFAN was pretty easy. There was nowhere else to go."

"Legacy isn’t only defined by what you did behind the microphone. It’s also defined by how you speak about the institution after you step away from it."

"Country radio and the country music industry operate like a family more than a collection of competing businesses."

"The days of Don Imus, Mike Francesa and Chris Russo. The days of Steve Somers and myself overnight. Ed Coleman and Dave Sims. Those days are — you know — we’ll never see anything like that again."

"Without [Imus], I don't know exactly where the station is. He validated Mike and Chris, like [he was] the engine...To leave him off seems irresponsible, but I'm going to leave him off."

"Good for Joe B. for letting everyone know who he is. That was his job. And I guess still is his job to some point."