Let's say right up front that radio is still a great medium, that it still has a lot to offer, that it isn't, as some people insist, dying but is in the process of reinventing itself for a new era and new delivery options. Can we at least agree on that part? ...

A while back, we heard a lot of predictions surrounding the performance royalty thing. Back then, the head of the NAB at the time made a major production out of calling it the "performance tax" and issuing dire warnings about how, if radio stations have to pay ...

Here's a little insight into the process for writing this column: During the week, I look for stuff that makes me want to yell at someone. I'm not really a yeller; I manage to keep my temper under control most of the time, but, occasionally I'll see or hear something ...

This week, I'm indulging in a little dreaming, some spitballing, thinking out loud. Put this in the category of throwing out ideas for the sake of conversation and argument. And, if it works, send me ten percent of the gross. You may have heard in the past couple ...

Hey, Program Director! Your station's Internet stream sounds terrible. Go fix it. What? No, I don't have to hear it myself. I just know. Practically ALL Internet streams from radio stations have the same problems. The stream drops out. The sound's distorted. As soon ...

I'm on the road again, at the Conclave in Minneapolis. At the moment, it's... well, I'm not sure WHAT time it is. I know what the clock reads on my computer and what it says on the alarm clock here in this hotel room, but I'm just not buying either one, because how I ...

It was, to be sure, what most people in radio would consider an innocuous little trifle, a quick imaging thing that you might not even notice. Naturally, I noticed. I happened to be randomly punching up FM stations at the time. I was running, and I was just playing ...

About a week ago, a story moved across the Internet about how Apple was considering dropping an HD Radio tuner into its iOS devices, presumably the iPhone, and maybe the iPod Touch and iPad, too, and indeed had filed for a patent to do just that. I imagine that this ...

Lately, an e-mail mailing list for my college class has started to become active again. It was formed a few years ago for a reunion year, and, to be honest, I'd forgotten I was even on the list when it flared back up. It's back, though, and while my classmates were ...