Oct 17, 2022 | Blog, Core Principles, Radio, Talent, Uncategorized
The signature bit of my radio career – one that built a 20-year morning show and was nationally syndicated – started with this phrase, a mocking of “adult” stories: I never thought this would happen to me. And considering that I’ve spent the vast majority of my radio...
Sep 22, 2018 | Core Principles, Movies, Podcasting, Radio, Talent, Television, Uncategorized
It’s funny how timing works. I’ve spent a lot of time lately discussing the “it” factor in a few different places, and up popped Steve Reynolds’ excellent thoughts on the subject on the Jacobs Media blog. I want to talk to you about it...
Jul 31, 2018 | Advertising, Business, Internet, Podcasting, Radio, Uncategorized
Who better than the least fashionable human being you know to connect the dots between distrust of the media and clothing, specifically down vests? Don’t think I can do it? Let’s go. We begin with a shocking headline: Media Study Finds Rampant Listener...
May 26, 2018 | Internet, Music, Podcasting, Radio
Cliché alert: radio’s been…please, stop me before I use the d-word…disrupted. (And if you think I’m now filled with self-loathing for using the word-that-should-have-jumped-the-shark-five-years-ago, you’re probably right.) That said, I’d like...
Feb 14, 2018 | Core Principles, Internet, Podcasting, Radio, Talent, Television, Uncategorized
Sometimes, one little piece of something bigger jumps out at you. This morning, I was reading a post about “radio’s digital future” from Fred Jacobs’ always interesting blog, and one thing made me want to smack my forehead. (Actually, it made...
