Digital Lessons from Churches By Andy Meadows

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…

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Bring the Energy By Andy Meadows

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…

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Don’t Sleep On Newsletters By Andy Meadows

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…

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AI Person or AI For All? By Andy Meadows

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…

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Radio Work Ethic By Andy Meadows

With round after round of radio layoffs at the bigger groups I’ve been thinking a lot about radio people transitioning into other industries. The big argument I always make to both radio people looking to work outside of the industry…

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5 Reasons To Start a Podcast By Andy Meadows

According to a survey of radio managers from a few years ago conducted by Borrell Associates for RAB, 73% of broadcast radio stations have created a podcast. That’s a little higher than the results we’ve gotten when we asked similar…

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Why AI Won't Hurt Radio By Andy Meadows

There are certainly industries where AI is already having a devastating impact on entry level positions. Something that will have a trickle-down effect because entry level positions train employees for mid and then senior level ones. That’s why college commencement…

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Debt & Digital By Andy Meadows

Earlier this month another big radio group essentially folded, surprising no one. A story that’s becoming far too familiar to ignore. So, it’s easy to understand why many of the independent broadcasters I talk to think the major groups pivoting…

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