“I could never build anything if I were focused on the precise number of people that happen to tune in to the second feature on 60 Minutes on a given Sunday.”
"He was yelling at me [and] bullying me. I go, 'John, what's going on?' I really had no idea what he was talking about. I couldn't believe it. So, I was suspended for whatever. Don't come in. I'm like okay, I won't come in. But I was really upset. I was close to tears."
"We had security outside of my house for the 2024 election because people were sending mailed death threats to my house, saying they were going to kill me and counting down the days until they could do it."
At a time when too many are in doom-and-gloom mode, viewing the state of the format through this lens should put a pep in the step of every news/talk host, programmer, producer, news person, and board operator.
"Oftentimes, the stations no longer have the bandwidth, advertising budget, or the promotions team. So we just take it on ourselves and say, 'We can still do it.'"
After speaking with high-level industry sources, Bongino is only returning to his podcast, with Westwood One set to handle advertising sales for the program.
"He’s obviously got some very extreme views, but he’s very interesting, and he’s very smart, and on a lot of things, there is value to be derived from that guy’s messaging."
KDKA showed that sometimes the smartest move is throwing the plan out the window and trusting the newsroom and hosts to follow the news. This was one of those moments, and the station never hesitated.
"He was yelling at me [and] bullying me. I go, 'John, what's going on?' I really had no idea what he was talking about. I couldn't believe it. So, I was suspended for whatever. Don't come in. I'm like okay, I won't come in. But I was really upset. I was close to tears."
"We had security outside of my house for the 2024 election because people were sending mailed death threats to my house, saying they were going to kill me and counting down the days until they could do it."
"If you are a Boston Celtic, there is no better person to have on your PR team than Brian Scalabrine because he is effectively a PR wing for this organization."