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Why Radio Talent Needs to Stop Playing It Safe

"The most demoralizing outcome is asking talent for creativity and then letting their ideas disappear into a corporate black hole."

Why Radio Personalities Must Share More Personal Stories

"It may start with a conversation with a co-host, but then do you bring in the listeners?"

Audacy’s Sports Talk Playbook Extends Beyond Frequencies Building for the Future

"FM is just one distribution point in a much larger ecosystem that includes streaming, podcasts, satellite and whatever comes next. The goal is no longer to own a frequency. It's to own every moment a sports fan wants to listen."

Why David Haugh Believes Journalism Is the Foundation of His Success at 104.3 the Score

"You want to crystalize the story as fast as possible. Cut through the fat. Don’t waste time when you’re on the air, just like you don’t waste space when you’re writing... The reporting background frames everything we do."

CMA Names Brittany Schaffer as New CEO

"We met with an exceptional group of candidates, and we believe Brittany is exactly the leader to carry this organization into its next era."

Kevin Rolston to Receive ‘The Scott Shannon Award’ at the 2026 Barrett Media Audio Summit

"All I wanted in life was to be Scott Shannon, but that was going to be tough, because I wasn't even allowed in the Z100 studio."

The New Payola: How Fake Streams Are Rigging the Music Business

"Modern music marketing now exists in a gray area between promotion and perception manipulation."

The Industry According To…Nick Attaway, BMG

"In a world full of content, radio can still cut through when it spotlights something new."

Turning Point USA ‘All-American Halftime Show’ Earns More Than 5 Million Viewers

Blake Neff, a producer for The Charlie Kirk Show, said on social media that "the audience kept going up throughout the competing show."

The Industry According To…Scott Borchetta, Big Machine Label Groups

"I think that Rock has suffered greatly over the last 30 years because there hasn’t been a real rock scene since Seattle in the ‘90’s."

The Industry According To…Todd Sievers, CO5 Music

"Radio has lost some of its leverage because it has aged with its audience. It needs to get back to breaking artists, and showing the audience what is next and why youthful listeners should care."

The Radio Format No One Has Launched Yet And Why It’s a Huge Opportunity

"Once this exists, everyone will claim they saw it coming. They won’t be wrong. They’ll just be late."

Has Modern Music Lost the Path To Being Unforgettable for the Listener?

"Current listening habits have all but eliminated the shared listening experience."

The Industry According To….Jeffrey Naumann, Jeffrey Naumann Promotion

"A promotion person's real job is to get enough of radio to play it to determine if it's truly a hit - because they aren't all hits."

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Why Radio Personalities Must Share More Personal Stories

"It may start with a conversation with a co-host, but then do you bring in the listeners?"

Audacy’s Sports Talk Playbook Extends Beyond Frequencies Building for the Future

"FM is just one distribution point in a much larger ecosystem that includes streaming, podcasts, satellite and whatever comes next. The goal is no longer to own a frequency. It's to own every moment a sports fan wants to listen."

Why David Haugh Believes Journalism Is the Foundation of His Success at 104.3 the Score

"You want to crystalize the story as fast as possible. Cut through the fat. Don’t waste time when you’re on the air, just like you don’t waste space when you’re writing... The reporting background frames everything we do."

Christine Williamson Is Becoming One of the Future Faces of ESPN’s SportsCenter

"Like it or not, change is a constant in big-time media, and ESPN will continue moving forward. Entertaining and energetic talents like Williamson are helping forge that new path."