"You'll get plenty of more opening days. Let Howie and Keith Raad finish it the right way with 40,000 people, with optimism, hope, and then Howie can drop the mic and say I'm out."
Instead of national outlets grooming their next star internally, they’re scouring the internet for creators who have already proven they can generate an audience.
There are things that the streaming platforms can never do that Country excels in. Community connection, cultural relevance, and making the music feel like your music.
There will be plenty of time to examine what Stern's radio legacy, both at SiriusXM and on terrestrial radio, looks like. But there's a more pressing question: Where does Howard Stern go next?
"A simple truth for sports radio talent is this: if you haven’t developed a strategy to get on video and create outside of your show, the hourglass is running out of sand"
It is troubling that, as an industry, we have failed to respond in a timely manner and have allowed a false narrative to emerge regarding who we are and what we do.
“Make sure you get out there in the community and go meet the people. That is still the best. The hometown handshake will always overtake anything you can do on social media."
"You'll get plenty of more opening days. Let Howie and Keith Raad finish it the right way with 40,000 people, with optimism, hope, and then Howie can drop the mic and say I'm out."