When LeBron James had announced that he was opting out of his deal with the Miami Heat, the Twitter feed was crazy with South Florida residents revealing their emotions, and radio employees and talents got in on it too, mostly going the way of heartache and ...

Just as a doctor can misdiagnose an illness that may look like another illness; in radio, programmers and consultants can miss the necessary ingredients for a jock or morning teams' success, simply by following familiar templates that have worked in their past. In the ...

From 1 affiliate to 200 is no easy feat, but I witnessed an older man do just that in record time, with his own idea for a syndicated show. At 55, Dawson McAllister was too old to be starting a career in Top 40, but that didn't stop him from trying, with a tailor-made ...

In the Fall of '91, I left an opportunity to program Alternative WEQX in the Manchester, VT/Albany, NY market to take a weekend overnight job, just to be able to be part of what was the Power Pig in Tampa, FL. With quickness, my weekend opportunity turned into fill-ins ...

Radio is more like golf than it is like bowling, in that in bowling, you can actually perfect the game by getting 12 strikes in a row. In golf, you're never going to get 18 holes in one, so there's always room to improve over your last performance. The reason I love ...

Could you imagine how our lives would be if chocolate ran into peanut butter, but instead they just yelled at each other, "HEEEEEEYYYYYYYYY, Watch where you're going!!!!!?" The opportunity for what is the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup would have never been realized. There is ...

When I was in Charlotte as PD, I had an employee who had a speech impediment, but I also had a full roster of talent -- too many jocks actually -- and had to cut the weakest link. So in a closed door meeting, I let him know, "You are the weakest link!" Then he asked the ...

The pinball gets shot up the ramp, and immediately it begins hitting bumpers, sliding through obstacles and racking up points. This is like the radio career taking off and riding high for a time, heading for an all-time high score, but then just as it seems likely that ...

I was recently reminded of how a small acknowledgement of someone's talent and skill level can be the wind, filling the sails that generates positive movement toward achieving your goals -- even ones that seem out of reach. R Dub in San Diego had reached out to my wife, ...