Tag: Ryan Hedrick

"People look to you for information, and they will get it wherever they can find you. Being in those spaces is important."

"I have been in lots of major markets across the country, but the success that I have had here in New York...has proven to a lot of folks that if you let me do what I do, I can have success and WABC allows me to be that guy."

"Conservative talk radio has driven itself into a cul-de-sac, and they don't know how to get out of that dead end, and I'm not sure they ever will. That's problem number one enough to kill the entire industry."

"Talk radio fell into my lap. I always thought radio was the ivory tower and talk radio was the penthouse. I didn't think I had the class to get in."

"I would like to say that it's been overwhelmingly positive, but it's been nothing but positive. It's been humbling."

"Stations that continue to do well are stations that attract an audience because they give people something that you can't get on the internet."

"It was an amazing period where we had all of that stuff going on in the world. We had some big local issues. All this happened in a couple of years, and I got to be at the epicenter of this."

"It's never a competition. It's always been a family. Everybody brings a little something different."

"Terrestrial radio has painted itself into a position now where everybody is going to have to find their small but loyal audience."

"I've been doing what I've been doing selflessly. It's not about me, it's not about personal advancement, it's not about money or anything like that. It's truly about the mission."