While They're Trying To Figure Out The Answers ... Come Up With The Questions With all the demands on their time, it's easy for today's programmers to focus so much on not messing up that they wind up losing listeners because they're afraid to make the necessary changes ...

As we prepare for the 2013 Spring Arbitron sweeps, perhaps we should take time to reflect on the biggest challenges we face. This year promises to be a pivotal one in building the future of traditional local radio as we know it. That said, a few of you got so busy you ...

Relating to Audience Lifestyle With Genre-Based Sound Increasingly today, every market is becoming unique in terms of how stations have to niche themselves in order to hopefully maximize their P1 position and force a few more fickle fingers to their frequencies. It's ...

Urban AC stations are bleeding, some of them badly. So what should we do? First, we have to stop the bleeding begin with a band-aid - skin colored, of course. In some cases, we may not be able to stop the bleeding, but we should be able to cover the wound. It's a wound ...

In this, the final chapter for our current series on Black History Month, I wanted to re-position myself as a participant observer, not a detached observer. In other words, "come and tell your people about our people." The Movement Many in my generation grew up ...

This is the third chapter in our current series for Black History Month 2013. Before we get into what has changed and what hasn't, we wanted to review the reason for and answer some questions about why we celebrate Black History Month. First of all, why February? February ...

In this, the second in our current four-week series for Black History Month 2013, we want to recognize the immense contributions African-Americans made to our changing culture. They are mirrors of our outer and inner selves. They were involved in events that shaped ...

America's past has always had trouble competing for attention with its present. As we celebrate February Black History Month 2013, this month provides an opportunity that enables more African-Americans to re-live and reflect on their history on more occasions. It's a ...

Speculation About The Format's Future Who knows what lies ahead for Urban radio in 2013? We're going to take a stab at our crystal ball and attempt to predict how the format will fare in the next few months. Will there be continued growth in terms of the number of total ...