I’ve been lucky enough to do just about everything there is to do around radio. Including being at a Corporate Programming Level, Station...

To program a great radio station, you must have many different components working together harmoniously. The following are the components...

The Damar Hamlin story that started with an on-field cardiac arrest and resuscitation on January 2nd moved instantly from being a Sports...

The listener awakes. Somethings different. It feels wrong. There’s a disruption to routine. The radio station that they have on their...

The weekend kickoff might have been heralded by Scott Shannon when he was on Q105/Tampa or at Z100/NYC playing Todd Rundgren “Bang the...

If you made it to Radio Ink’s Forecast 2023 last week, you know that it was well attended, packed with amazing guests and full of great...

The title alone sounds like a morning show feature where a listener, or morning show cohost, picks a story that the on-air team will talk...

“Every man has a place. In his heart, there’s a space and the world can’t erase his fantasies. Take a ride in the sky on our ship,...

The year 2022 is drawing to a close. Since the pandemic, the evolution of media has accelerated, and the expectations of listeners,...

The regrowth of the radio audience is somewhat dependent upon the usage of the medium. Usage is all about where people listen, how they...

We all point to the pandemic as the start of an accelerated change for radio, as well as all of media, and many businesses. The evolution...

The most recent NAB/NYC was held last week at the Javits Center. The daylong programming track focused on Artificial Intelligence, the...

Share with your Program Directors; The coaching of talent can make a big and immediate difference in a station’s ratings. Unfortunately,...

The expression “The Emperor has no clothes” comes from Hans Christian Andersen’s folktale titled “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” The tale...

Christmas decorations are already appearing in stores just as Halloween decorations are going up. The merchandising world pushes the...

Not talking about the song by Taylor Swift, although the message could be the same. October’s arrival signals cooler weather, fall...

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal focused on televisions new approach to use Over the Air (OTA) TV to train talent and expose...

The NFL returned this past week. Thursday night kicked off the season and the weekend had a full schedule of games. It was a huge “Couch...

1. The show never ends – It’s not a “shift.” It’s a “Show.” When a talent says “Goodbye” it signals that a listener can turn-off the...

It’s easy for those of us who’ve been in media for a longtime to forget the feeling of excitement we once had to work in Radio. The...

One of my radio friends sent me a text the other night, as he left a concert, sharing his disappointment in what he heard, but didn’t...

Much has been written in the way of tributes to the Los Angeles Dodgers longtime play-by-play announcer Vin Scully who died August 2nd....

Last weekend, because of a charity that I’m involved with, I was part of a group invited to attend WWE’s Summer Slam in Nashville at...

Something of interest is happening as the Spring rating results return. News/Talk and All News stations are rebounding. The News/Talk...