Tag: Radio

Market mobility, when it existed, was the sign of a company and boss that took an interest in what came out of their listeners’ speakers.

In so many words, SiriusXM decided that streaming audio is a tough business if your company is not named Spotify, Apple, or Amazon.

If you are the Program Director seeking to maximize the footprint of your station’s locally originated programming, start listening for pronoun abuse. It is a thing.

The stations have "consistently" lost money over the four decades of ownership by King, a statement from his company read.

Who out there in radio is doing something new and different and can point to some success?

What makes you new, better, or different?

"It is REALLY hard to find young talent that has a passion for behind the scenes radio roles, and a willingness to make very little money and grind."

“There are very few that can out-local us. That's our unique calling card and that's what will continue to be our specialty.”

For those of you who don’t know or remember me, I spent seven years at the late, great Radio & Records, working my way up from Assistant Radio Editor to a full-fledged format editor, reporter, columnist and feature writer, as well as contributing heavily to Street Talk Daily. When R&R shut down in mid-2009, I co-founded RAMP (Radio and Music Pros) with Kevin Carter, and, amongst all of that, I also spent some time on-air in Connecticut, Boston and Southern California.

“History tells us that some talented people are going to be passed over because they are on the wrong side of 40 or 50.”