The big news this week is Google’s purchase of YouTube for $1.65 billion dollars. I have spoken to many radio people who are stunned by this news, but these multiples aren’t crazy in the Internet world. After all, YouTube attracts millions of visitors a week to its free video site. As we know, most of […]
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Our founder, Fred Jacobs, discusses the issues facing broadcasters today.
Commercial Radio
One of the most-talked about sessions at last month’s NAB Convention was the presentation of research study, conducted by Jon Coleman’s company, based on actual PPM data from Houston. In an attempt to answer some of the "Holy Grail" questions about commercial tolerance and tune-out, Coleman and Arbitron put together a thought-provoking presentation that shows […]
Read MoreWhy Radio Web Sites Suck
If you’re reading this right now and you aren’t from the Detroit area, here’s my question: "What do you think is the biggest thing happening in the Motor City this week?" I’m confident that many of you would answer, "The Detroit Tigers." And, of course, you would be right. After nearly 15-odd years of horrendous […]
Read MoreThe Fans
Glad to welcome Jacobs Media’s Ralph Cipolla for a guest entry today: As a PD, how many times has this driven you nuts? You show up at a station appearance, and your personality is hiding out between call-ins. Perhaps he’s in the van smoking cigarettes with an intern, or talking to that blond who always […]
Read MoreIn-Sync
As radio tries to make that wide turn to keep up with the digital maelstrom, consider a new research study from Universal McCann ("The New Digital Divide") that tracks how heavy Internet users in the 16-34 age group are using new and old media. If you’re programming or managing an Alternative (or CHR or Hip-Hop) […]
Read More43 Hours A Day
A new study reveals the average U.S. family owns 12 tech devices, that includes three TVs, two computers, and 7 other gadgets (mp3 players, cell phones, etc.). The amazing part of the Yahoo!/OMD study is that if you add up all the media consumption and other activity time, it creates the 43-hour day. Obviously, there’s […]
Read MoreBuzzTube
The YouTube phenomenon is amazing. Consider they didn’t even exist one year ago. And now it’s the largest video sharing site on the Internet. More and more, radio stations and morning shows are effectively using videos as great, viral content. In fact, stations like WRIF have integrated YouTube in their Web site. (For details on […]
Read MoreCGM – The Real Deal
We’ve gotten great reviews on our two CGM panels at Summit 11. First, the "real life" radio examples, as presented by Bill Weston, Jennifer Williams, and Ryan Patrick. And then the view from 35,000 feet from guru Ben McConnell, who provided some great context and graphic examples of CGM at work. And then there’s this: […]
Read MoreSabbath Into The Cars
Nice commercial segue during the baseball playoffs last night on Fox – not preprogrammed by Selector or MusicMaster. Nissan is using "Iron Man" to market their new truck, which went right into Best Buy’s "Just What I Needed" spot. Thought I was listening to CSX.
Read MoreSaved By Rock N’ Roll
One of the best lyrics in all of music history comes from Lou Reed’s aptly named "Rock N’ Roll" when he sings, "Her life was saved by rock n’ roll." A few weeks back, the San Diego Padres lost a game to the L.A. Dodgers that they should have won. The Dodgers hit four consecutive […]
Read MoreSaved By Rock N' Roll
One of the best lyrics in all of music history comes from Lou Reed’s aptly named "Rock N’ Roll" when he sings, "Her life was saved by rock n’ roll." A few weeks back, the San Diego Padres lost a game to the L.A. Dodgers that they should have won. The Dodgers hit four consecutive […]
Read MoreThe Secret Sauce
There’s a bank in Portland, Oregon called Umpqua, and they’ve hit on a clever way to build their brand – and their deposits. No, they don’t give away toasters, they don’t have catchy jingles, and they don’t have celebrity spokespeople. They’re doing it with local music. As a way of differentiating themselves from the mega-banks, […]
Read MoreWarren Speaks
An interesting article in USA Today got me thinking about the radio business, especially coming off the NAB Convention. They featured Anne Mulcahy, the CEO of Xerox, who has pulled that company from big losses, and reinvented it. It turns out her first move was to contact Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett – who she did […]
Read MoreNext
This article below, from the Thursday 9/28 edition of USA Today, was written for the newspaper business. But substitute "radio" for "newspaper" and you have the prescription that was delivered so well at Summit 11 in back-to-back panels from Gordon Borrell (Borrell Associates) and Jason Calacanis (Weblogs, Inc./AOL). Gordon provided the data – how local […]
Read MoreOn Oprah
Today we’ve got a guest entry from Jacobs Media’s Paul Jacobs: While the NAB, R&R, and Jacobs Media Summit 11 convened in the "media capital" of Dallas last week, we’ve now returned to our offices only to be treated to an amazing PR onslaught this week. You would have to be dead or out of […]
Read MoreYou’ve Got To Be Kidding
Sirius CFO David Frear is defending the company’s accounting practice where nearly a half million unsold vehicles on car dealer lots are considered Sirius "subscribers." Meanwhile, terrestrial broadcasters are spending millions of dollars trying to be in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, making sure that their numbers are completely on the level. Of course, if we could […]
Read MoreYou've Got To Be Kidding
Sirius CFO David Frear is defending the company’s accounting practice where nearly a half million unsold vehicles on car dealer lots are considered Sirius "subscribers." Meanwhile, terrestrial broadcasters are spending millions of dollars trying to be in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, making sure that their numbers are completely on the level. Of course, if we could […]
Read MoreShuffle This
It’s amazing how many industry observers and so-called "mavens" continue to look at "shuffle weekends" as just another gimmick or trick. (Then again, that’s how many perceived Classic Rock originally, and we know how that story ended.) Since we helped get the "shuffle" programming going on Q101 18 months ago, the phenomenon has caught on […]
Read MoreWhere It’s Heading
Here’s something I’ve been doing lately while speaking in front of groups about technology, and it’s something that you can try at staff meetings or any situation where you’ve got an assembly of people in a conference room: -First, ask how many people have a radio with them.-Then, ask how many are carrying around an […]
Read MoreWhere It's Heading
Here’s something I’ve been doing lately while speaking in front of groups about technology, and it’s something that you can try at staff meetings or any situation where you’ve got an assembly of people in a conference room: -First, ask how many people have a radio with them.-Then, ask how many are carrying around an […]
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