As of the publishing of this article the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act next Monday, September 14, 2026. Unlike other times when we have gotten close this will be…

Whether I’m talking to a potential new consulting client, someone at a convention or a radio friend, the conversation always turns to how understaffed their radio stations currently are. Without fail everyone brings up how many more people used to…

You may not be familiar with the name Jubilee Media, but you’ve almost certainly seen one of the clips from their Surrounded series where one expert faces off against twenty people who have opposite beliefs. The company that started as…

Easily 90% of the morning shows I’ve worked with over the past decade are live from 6am to 9am and voicetracked from 9am to 10am. Which is understandable. With everyone wearing multiple hats it’s hard for stations to justify any…

Last week at TAB I sat in a session with Xperi’s Juan Galdamez entitled “Dayparts & Dashboards: Navigating Radio’s Big Data Moment”. In the session Juan shared a peek behind the curtain to show us some insights they are getting…

I should start out by making it clear that I’m not an unbiased observer of this situation. I’ve been a Cowboys fan my entire life, and I have a special place in my heart for Tony Romo because I think…

In many markets there is a group creating better multi-platform content than any local media company, local churches. Why have churches leap-frogged local media in many markets? A) During Covid they adapted out of necessity when people couldn’t attend in…

I’ve been there so I know how monotonous it can easily get when you do the same shift on the same station day after day for years. Talking into and out of many of the same tunes thousands of times…

With tech advances and the many ways radio can now connect with our audiences, its easy to overlook something we’ve been able to do for a long time. Maybe that’s why so many radio stations don’t send out weekly email…

One of the things we’ve historically done in radio that never sat well with me is how we often identify someone within our groups that excels in one area and we make them the go to person for that. I’m…