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The Return To KNBR I Never Saw Coming

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"I'm excited to be back in the game, grateful for another opportunity. I'm confident I can earn the trust of Bay Area listeners all over again. More than anything, I'm hopeful my friend Greg Papa wins the only battle that really matters."

20 Brands In 20 Days: Mike Street, WPGC, Washington D.C.

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"For a while, especially with mainstream hip hop and R&B, if it was new, you could just play it and it worked. But you have to be a bit more discerning these days."

Spotify’s Skip Ahead Feature Isn’t The Threat Podcasting Thinks It Is

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"If a single button is enough to break the relationship between a creator and an audience, then that relationship probably wasn't as strong as we thought."

38 Years After Rush Limbaugh, Is News/Talk Radio Stuck in the Past?

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Some may interpret my conclusion as a slight against Limbaugh. Actually, it's the opposite — it's admiration for what Limbaugh built: a wildly successful format across the country. But at the same time, it feels like there hasn't been much, if any, evolution over four decades.

Why Rock Radio Brands Must Stay Loud Between Memorial Day and Labor Day

Columns Keith Cunningham Keith Cunningham -
"Every radio show or brand is one Lake Powell boat trip away from being replaced by whatever a friend puts on Bluetooth."

How PPM Made Rock Afraid of Its Own Shadow

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"PPM was the tipping point — the moment the industry shifted from programming to P1s to programming almost exclusively for cume."

Jared James Nichols: Rock’s Next Great Guitar Hero

Features Terrie Carr Terrie Carr -
"Gibson...announced me as a brand ambassador alongside Slash, Dave Mustaine, Jerry Cantrell, Lzzy Hale. It's crazy."

Buffalo Bills Select 97 Rock As New Radio Flagship

Sports Garrett Searight Garrett Searight -
"We look forward to bringing Bills games back to 97 Rock and expanding our reach to even more fans across New York, as well as Southern Ontario."

Lou Brutus Reflects on 30 Years of Hard Drive and Rock Radio

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“I used to have Professional Music Fan on my cards. It was the best answer when people asked what I did for a living. I could explain that I am a music fan who went pro.”

Tad Wissel Named Co-Host on WDVE’s DVE Morning Show

Music David Hill David Hill -
"He understands Pittsburgh in a very specific and authentic way, which has always been the foundation of the DVE Morning Show."

Is Radio Still Music’s Most Important Gatekeeper?

Columns David Hill David Hill -
"An algorithm cannot explain why a song matters to a city after a difficult year"

Classic Rock Radio’s Identity Crisis Reveals Radio’s Bigger Positioning Problem

Columns Mike Stern Mike Stern -
"Listeners almost never parrot back a station's positioner. They know the station's frequency, and sometimes they know a station's moniker."

How Improv and Audience Interaction Fuel Heidi & Frank’s Success on 95.5 KLOS

Features Mike Stern Mike Stern -
"When I was coming up in the ‘90s, it was one of the best times to be in it. Then the accountants and lawyers started making programming decisions they had no right to make.”

What Does Real Rock Radio Growth Look Like in 2026?

Columns Keith Cunningham Keith Cunningham -
"2026 growth is about growing audience love, not audience size."
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20 Brands In 20 Days: Mike Street, WPGC, Washington D.C.

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"For a while, especially with mainstream hip hop and R&B, if it was new, you could just play it and it worked. But you have to be a bit more discerning these days."

Spotify’s Skip Ahead Feature Isn’t The Threat Podcasting Thinks It Is

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"If a single button is enough to break the relationship between a creator and an audience, then that relationship probably wasn't as strong as we thought."

38 Years After Rush Limbaugh, Is News/Talk Radio Stuck in the Past?

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Some may interpret my conclusion as a slight against Limbaugh. Actually, it's the opposite — it's admiration for what Limbaugh built: a wildly successful format across the country. But at the same time, it feels like there hasn't been much, if any, evolution over four decades.

Lynn Barstow: Alternative Radio Programming Legend

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"The station does enjoy top of mind awareness from having that tentpole morning show. It gives us a connection to the audience that just being a music jukebox can't provide."