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Random thoughts listening to the final day of programming on WABB… While radio as a whole still has a long life ahead of it, the cutbacks and homogenization will make it much, much harder for any new station from having the emotional impact that a station like WABB has had on its audience. It is [...]
Your station has no marketing budget. The company feels your show is below others in terms of priority. More than a common occurrence nowadays. After ABC kept Cougar Town off the fall and midseason schedules, Co-creator Bill Lawrence and staff took actions into their own hands. Lawrence has ran screenings of his show and Q&A’s [...]
With more competition for fewer jobs in the radio industry those on the search need to do more to get noticed. Rayne, former Program Director of “Radio Now 100.9” WNOU Indianapolis has taken that mantra and ran with it. He’s chosen the job he wants and is making his intentions known to the world. With [...]
I’ll make this blunt, if SOPA/PIPA pass in their current form RadioInsight is dead. I’m not a pirate. But this bill is way too vague to prevent any site with any minor connection to big media to escape the crosshairs. The first domain registration I report on could be met with a takedown. Every entry [...]
Earlier today, Clear Channel announced it was renaming its radio division as “Clear Channel Media & Entertainment“. While not surprising to see the company branch out, it is that it took this long. At this point the radio stations are assets to promote Clear Channel’s other ventures, whether it be the IHeartRadio app (note that [...]
Even before Family Radio’s application to convert 94.7 WFME to commercial status in preparation of a sale, it was looking more and more inevitable that CBS’ 660 WFAN dominance in New York would soon be challenged. While ESPN has been known to be on the lookout for a more competitive signal for 1050 WEPN there [...]
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, A tale of a station stunt That started in Syracuse After Bob & Tom. I’ve always been under the impression that the purpose of stunting before a format change is to generate attention and outside publicity to boost interest in the coming formats launch while helping [...]
As we enter 2012, we’re seeing commercial radio broadcasting fracture in opposite directions. The biggest groups are heading in one direction, while smaller groups and independent operators are heading in another. Many of the trends we will see develop or continue will all come from this fracture. The largest groups, Clear Channel and Cumulus are [...]
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