How We Define Success By Andy Meadows

I grew up in Junction, an incredibly small town in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. It’s a beautiful place, nestled in between two rivers and completely surrounded by hills, creating a quiet and peaceful sanctuary. It’s the kind…

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Stop Being Vague On-Air By Andy Meadows

Like it or not, technology has shortened all of our attention spans. When we’re watching a show and a scene is dragging on a little longer than it should we reach for our phones to entertain us during the lull.…

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Complacency Gets Us Beat By Andy Meadows

Right now people are developing technologies that will replace a percentage of us in all departments within a radio station. With each passing day more celebrities and talented people from other industries are infringing on our audio space by creating…

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Radio's Zigzag Problem By Andy Meadows

We’ve all heard it, and probably said it, before. ‘When they zig, we gotta zag’. Like most cliches it was created for a reason and, on the surface, it’s often solid radio advice. In general, finding a hole in a…

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Working With On-Air Performers By Andy Meadows

To some outsiders looking in, the job of talking on the radio requires little more than a decent set of pipes and the gift of gab. But, those of us who have had any level of lasting success sitting behind…

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Why Radio? By Andy Meadows

If you’re reading this, I’m sure you’ve gotten that question from people throughout your career. Either in the beginning from a parent or other family member who thought you should’ve gone into something more lucrative and stable. Or, more recently…

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Radio Dress Codes By Andy Meadows

As a kid growing up in the radio business I used to marvel at the stark difference between the attire of the different groups of people within a station. At that time, there was very little grey area. On the…

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