Tag: News/Talk Radio

"I had a lot of friends that went to IU, so it was very, very close to my heart in many ways. And I thought we did a great job of relating that wonderful story."

"I think overwhelmingly the American people don't wake up every day wanting to watch political talk or news. They want to just hear a good story."

"This is a comeback story. An American comeback story. A Yuma comeback story."

"NPR remains a place where I can do the kind of work I came to journalism to do. Now, on to the next adventure.”

"Without Reba, Dolly, Garth or Alan, there’d be no Ella, Stella, Luke, Zach or Kasey. Now you have a choice for classics.”

The reality is that podcasting, streaming, and digital audio have created incredible new opportunities for content creators. That's a good thing. There are far more paths into the business today than there were 20 years ago. But I also wonder how many people who enter competitions like this aren't even considering radio as a career.

"What I found was when I started doing really good hooks and started doing really interesting stories and started promising great video, then people started really getting what I was laying down.”

We live in an on-demand world. People expect immediate information, and with their cell phones, they can get it.

"Jeff’s experience, editorial judgment, and deep understanding of the Seattle market make him the right person to lead Northwest Newsradio’s news and programming."

"We’re going to make sure our listeners start every morning knowing what’s happening, why it matters and what the people in power would rather you didn’t know.”