Yeah, I know. It's the day before the long Memorial Day weekend. You're not thinking about the radio business, or the podcasting industry, or anything other than getting an extra day to sleep in, or go to the beach, or whatever it is you plan to do with your down time. ...

Pop quiz! A big non-weather-related emergency breaks out in your market. It's big enough to make instant national news. You're a talk station with a strong news department and the "news authority" position in your market. What do you do? a) Drop all regular ...

Why did you want to work in radio? I've asked that here before. I'm asking that again because I suspect things have changed. But back to the question: Why? What was it that made you think that radio was what you wanted to do for a career? Was it the excitement of ...

Cars are dead. You saw the news, right? The stories about Ford killing off all but two non-SUV, non-truck, non-crossover models because nobody wants a plain ol' car anymore? They are, they don't, that's it. All over but the shouting. Regular ol' cars are past tense, ...

When I started in radio, it wasn't even a question that however many people it takes to create and perform a talk radio show, we weren't going to attain that number. We just didn't have the budget, I was told. Use an intern. The intern's already a call screener? They ...

A sure sign that a convention is encountering an existential crisis is when the slogan for this year's edition is the same slogan as last year's, especially if that slogan is, shall we say, lame. And so this year's NAB Show slogan was "The M.E.T. Effect," a meaningless ...

Newness, in most businesses, is a virtue. Many industries thrive on change. New car models every year. New TV shows. New technology. New and improved products, whether they're really new and/or improved. New is a marketing plus for practically everyone, with only ...

1. You do not have to say anything that comes into your head. 2. Likewise, you do not have to post every thought you have on social media. 3. You should not post or even talk about "stuff you found on the internet" when you don't know for sure that it's true or it comes ...

Ever eat at a Jersey diner? It's something I miss, having grown up with it and now living on the other side of the country, where "diner" is defined as either Denny's or some high-end "reimagining of comfort food," meaning the portions are tiny and they sprinkle quinoa ...