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February 15, 2022
An EPIC RantWhat is the radio equivalent of HBO? Wait, read THIS first... And you think you’re frustrated! So, is there a radio equivalent to HBO? It's not iHeartMedia. They're closer to the COMCAST of radio, and if you've ever dealt with COMCAST, you know that's not a ...
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February 8, 2022
Every Hour Of Every DayThe gold standard. Think your station is committed to excellence? Answer this question, honestly: "Do you program every hour of every day as if it alone matters?" Until you do, until 3am Sunday morning is as important as 7am Thursday morning, we both know the ...
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February 1, 2022
The Most Important QuestionCheck this out: "If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, whom would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?" ~ Stephen Levine Now asking that question is going to feel way too morbid for most on-air talent. Listeners ...
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January 25, 2022
Our Lives, Our CareersDo you know Nate Silver? He's not a radio guy. He developed a system built on statistical data that could predict individual performance for baseball players and was sometimes featured on ESPN TV. He correctly predicted the outcomes in 49 or the 50 US states in the ...
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January 18, 2022
Your Best Selling PointGuess… Every New Year brings a season of hope, so I hope this encourages you, especially those of you looking for work: There are a kazillion ways to make money with what you know how to do. You just have to keep trying, and I know that’s not as easy as ...
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January 11, 2022
You Startled MeThis is your challenge: "Professionalism in art has this difficulty: To be professional is to be dependable, to be dependable is to be predictable, and predictability is esthetically boring -- an anti-virtue in a field where we hope to be astonished and startled and at ...
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December 7, 2021
Two WolvesWhat a year! It started with the shocking violence in our Capitol and is ending with yet another COVID-19 variant, causing nations to close borders and individuals to wonder if this will ever end. America is riven on just about any issue you can name. We are ...
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November 30, 2021
Strange And LonelyTHIS is fascinating. Go ahead. I’ll wait while you scroll through those pictures. It’s difficult for me to understand this behavior even though I see it everywhere, no matter where in the world I am at any given moment. Is it a fear of intimacy? Is it ...
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November 23, 2021
The Power“I’ve continued to recognize the power individuals have to change virtually anything and everything in their lives in an instant. I’ve learned that the resources we need to turn our dreams into reality are within us, merely waiting for the day when we ...
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November 16, 2021
For Every Laugh“For every laugh, there should be a tear” Who do you think said that? I’ll tell you this: He knew how to entertain people. He knew how to move people emotionally. He knew how to connect with the hearts of millions of individuals as if each was the ...

