For those of you outside of Detroit radio circles, this morning’s post won’t have the impact that it will for the Motown media community. It’s been a tough month for TV and radio icons here in The D. Earlier in the month, the most famous anchorman in Detroit history, Bill Bonds, passed away. And then over […]
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Radio's Most Innovative: Innovate This
When we started our “Radio’s Most Innovative” program back in August, we briefly discussed just how long the initiative might run. How easy or difficult might it be to find innovation in radio week in and week out? Well, almost five months later, it’s apparent – at least to us – that there is no […]
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Radio’s Most Innovative: Innovate This
When we started our “Radio’s Most Innovative” program back in August, we briefly discussed just how long the initiative might run. How easy or difficult might it be to find innovation in radio week in and week out? Well, almost five months later, it’s apparent – at least to us – that there is no […]
Read MoreI Got The Music In Me
Remember the first time you played with an iPod and you saw that fabulous album artwork on the screen? It was one of the early signs that digital technology could rock our worlds, and change the way that we listen to and enjoy music. Old school vinyl records have made a comeback in recent years, boosting a […]
Read MoreClassic Cash
The end of the year signals those incessant lists – best movies, best books, best songs, etc. Some are frivolous, others are fascinating, and somehow we tend to read them all. While lots of this list-making is purely opinion, there are some rank orders that are truly quantitative, containing no subjectivity, bias, or guesswork. Thus, we already […]
Read MoreOnce Upon A Time
We hear a lot these days that consumers love a great story. Maybe this goes back to our adolescent days when parents and grandparents sent us off to sweet dreams with a make-believe tale or fable. In fact, there is some amazing storytelling happening on the radio. One of my favorites is The Moth Radio Hour, […]
Read MoreThe Franchise
As time marches on in the radio industry, it has become more apparent to broadcasters big and small, commercial and public, that personality is, in fact, the “secret sauce” that will keep the industry healthy and compelling. As we have learned since the invention of the iPod to the emergence of pure-plays like Pandora and […]
Read MoreThe $weet $ound$ of ¢hristma$ Mu$i¢ $u¢¢e$$
As you can gather from the not-so-subtle, cheesy title of this post, holiday music is in the air, it is already impacting PPM ratings, and it’s just a matter of weeks before the industry trades and Nielsen glowingly report on the stunning story that this end-of-year stunt was wildly successful once again. But what does […]
Read MoreDude, Where’s My Pin?
In her social media training with clients, Lori Lewis talks a lot about how so-called secondary social media platforms are becoming more important to radio brands. The question is, once you get beyond Facebook and Twitter, how do you really know which of these social media sites attracts a critical mass of your listening audience? The […]
Read MoreOne Word
It seems like everyone’s obsession these days is to determine how the consumer’s media usage share is being divvied up, thanks to the proliferation of gadgets and content options. Problem is, everyone’s research studies look a little different, from Edison’s “Share of Ear” study to Nielsen’s new “Let’s Total It Up” report. So when I across […]
Read MoreThe Black Box
OK, so maybe it’s corrugated cardboard. But last week, Amazon launched a promotion that started in Seattle and San Francisco and is expected to fan out to 15 other locales during this holiday season, according to GeekWire. It’s fascinating that last week in this blog, we discussed how Jeff Bezos is bringing new thinking to […]
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Radio’s Most Innovative: Jerry Lee
There’s no doubt that deregulation forever changed the radio industry. Multitudes of operators who once owned stations in markets big and small sold their properties and left the industry behind. But not everyone is gone. One of the last remaining independent, major market broadcasters is Jerry Lee, owner of WBEB in Philadelphia. A stand-alone signal, […]
Read MoreThe Long Game
At a time when TSL continues to erode, many critics of commercial radio claim that industry CEOs are out of touch with the changing media landscape. Or that they’re running out the clock on their careers, sticking the next generation of executives with the problems that are besetting their legacy media brands. But we all […]
Read MoreWelcome To The Skiposphere
Last May, Bill Jacobs wrote a guest blog – “Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out” – based on a study by Paul Lamere that appeared in his blog, “Music Machinery.” The post – “The Skip” – was a fascinating study about how Spotify users use the skip function to customize their music listening experience. And […]
Read MoreMuch Ado About Podcasting
If you’ve been closely following tech trends over the years, you know that there are times when innovations take a while to take hold with the public. Some of them – like QR Codes, for example – never seem to catch on. Visionary Clive Dickens always advises tech entrepreneurs to be patient when it comes […]
Read MoreThank You!
It’s that time of year again, as amazing as it seems. I know it’s cliché, but hey, where did the year go? So, as always a lot to be thankful for and we have an entire four-day weekend to think it through. Here’s some of my thankfulness: For family, friends, clients, my staffs, the guys in […]
Read MoreEmotional Rescue
What’s your move when you’re a legacy player in a highly crowded, competitive industry and the new kids on the block are in favor with young, desirable consumers? No, we’re not talking about radio. Today’s post is about cosmetics. And the old-line player is none other than Revlon, a brand that has been around as long […]
Read MoreSweat The Small Stuff
This has been another amazing season for that NFL dynasty known as the New England Patriots. After soundly defeating the Lions yesterday, Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, and company now sit at 9-2 on their way to another exciting round in the playoffs. So what could go wrong? The Patriots’ social media initiative, of course. It […]
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Radio’s Most Innovative: Jim Fox and KKDO’s "Like/Dislike"
As long as there have been request lines piping the voices of listeners into radio station air studios, there have been PDs saying things like: “These people represent a small portion of the audience” OR “Just because a song is being requested a lot doesn’t mean it’s a hit” OR “Don’t get distracted by the […]
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Radio’s Most Innovative: Jim Fox and KKDO’s “Like/Dislike”
As long as there have been request lines piping the voices of listeners into radio station air studios, there have been PDs saying things like: “These people represent a small portion of the audience” OR “Just because a song is being requested a lot doesn’t mean it’s a hit” OR “Don’t get distracted by the […]
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