The Wreck of the Gordon McLendon
Through all our industries’ travails, I have maintained that people want the shared experiences that both radio and hit music...
Read moreSean Ross is a radio business researcher, programming consultant, conference speaker, and a veteran of radio trade journalism at Billboard, Radio & Records, M Street Journal, and others. For more than a decade, his weekly writings have been collected in the Ross On Radio newsletter; subscribe for free here. https://tinyurl.com/mhcnx4u
Through all our industries’ travails, I have maintained that people want the shared experiences that both radio and hit music...
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Read moreIn 2023, I profiled 16 radio stations as part of Ross on Radio’s “First Listen” series. Those profiles, of stations...
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Read moreIt’s been a great six months for Bonneville’s KMVQ (99.7 Now) San Francisco. In San Francisco, the CHR station is...
Read moreBoth these things are true. On the UK’s Magic, middayer Nick Snaith was playing Wizzard’s “I Wish It Could Be...
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