"For an AM station, whenever anyone walks in, they say, “Wow, I can’t believe this is WABC.” It seems like a TV, radio, and media company ... About 65% of our staff is 30 and younger, which is incredible for an all-news station. I think that’s how we’ve adjusted to what’s going on with media in the market."
"Our chemistry comes from his goodness as a human being. The same goes for Jenny Dell and the rest of this CBS Sports crew. I could not have had a better welcome to this team."
"I invested because I believe radio has durable strengths, and because a focused private company can move quickly enough to turn those strengths into growth."
"Programs come and go in sports media, but some leave a mark that outlasts their time on the air. Intentional Talk may be signing off for the final time, but it will never be forgotten by the baseball fans who made it part of their daily routine."
A series of Advertiser Perception studies commissioned by Cumulus and Westwood One shows a near 2x increase in programmatic audio advertising usage compared to 2022.
"The same competitive forces that have already devastated local newspapers now seriously threaten broadcasters and their services to local communities.”
“Today’s advertisers want more than audience delivery. They want insight, clarity, and a stronger connection between marketing decisions and business results.”
“Our expanded partnership with iHeartMedia brings broadcast radio into the same attribution framework as digital audio and other media, giving brands a more complete view of campaign performance.”
A mascot can always protect the brand because it can't age out of the demo, hold you hostage during a contract negotiation, get poached by a competitor, or go on Facebook and rant about the President.
Whether radio leaders want this to be true or not, the data is unambiguous: in radio, people are the commodity. Listeners want entertainment. They want connection. They want it for free.
"Our chemistry comes from his goodness as a human being. The same goes for Jenny Dell and the rest of this CBS Sports crew. I could not have had a better welcome to this team."
"I invested because I believe radio has durable strengths, and because a focused private company can move quickly enough to turn those strengths into growth."
"Programs come and go in sports media, but some leave a mark that outlasts their time on the air. Intentional Talk may be signing off for the final time, but it will never be forgotten by the baseball fans who made it part of their daily routine."
“Just looking backwards helps nobody. Things have already happened. By Friday, you’ve got a week’s worth of market moves, big corporate bets, surprises, some spectacular missteps and real issues with the markets, which we saw starting around Tuesday and Wednesday. It even goes back to Monday, and there are reasons for that.”