You wanna attract an audience even though people are telling you that your medium is dead or dying? Make content that people in your market absolutely have to listen to, watch, or read.
Talk radio shouldn’t be looking at politicians or wanna-be politicians as hosts, especially when you know they plan to re-enter politics at some point.
If radio still provides you with a creative outlet and a decent salary, by all means, keep going. One day, however, you may find yourself wondering if this is all there is.
For those of you still fantasizing about picking up a radio or TV station on the cheap and putting together the programming of your dreams, how realistic do you think you’re being?
Borrell Associates projects that figure will climb considerably over the next four years as the industry undergoes what it describes as a "great reshuffling."