Tag: talk radio

News/talk radio needs to innovate and not just play protect-the-platform strategies. Focusing on content and the imagination of experimenting is key

Sometimes I feel like all of us are in a bubble ... and it's not until you get into a room with other people who do the exact same thing that you do that you find out the challenges you're going through every day

Winners of the Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards will advance to the national competition. Those victors will be announced in August.

"You're either naturally comfortable or you're not. And I'm lucky that I'm naturally comfortable in those positions. I'm open to it. Not everyone has the personality that wants to defend their positions ... I legitimately enjoy talking to people I disagree with."

"This is kind of like being on the radio show of record for the Brazos Valley."

"They'll come to the station that has the reputation for news and information in their market, and that's where we have to deliver for them."

"Everything’s fine, my health is fine. My wife’s health is fine. We’re just deciding that it’s time to go enjoy the rest of our life that won’t include getting up at 4:20 in the morning."

Rentzel originally joined the station two years ago. She was one of the inaugural members of the KDKA's Next Take show.

If you are a news/talk host, your job is to tell the truth from your point of view. You don't want to be a parody of yourself.

Here's the hard truth: CBS News Radio didn't die of natural causes. It died of malpractice. A fundamental misunderstanding of its value — and its role in the greater media ecosystem — is what killed it.