There are radio careers measured in ratings books, contracts and airchecks, and then there are careers measured by history itself. Bernie Tafoya belongs in that second category. Later this year,…

Sometimes the most fascinating radio moves don’t require somebody packing a moving truck, changing cities or learning an entirely new market. Sometimes a familiar personality simply crosses the street, walks…

There are layoffs in radio that look like names disappearing from an organizational chart, and then there are days when it feels as though somebody walked into the building and…

There are retirements in radio that mark the end of a job, and then there are retirements that cause an entire region to look around and realize just how much…

I have been fortunate to have seen the highs and lows of this business called “radio” professionally since October of 1974. Before that, though, I had helped to build an…

There are stories I write because I’m a broadcaster, stories I write because I’m the President and Publisher of On The Dial, and stories I write because something happening in…

For years, one of radio’s biggest mistakes with podcasting has been remarkably simple: broadcasters created digital content, promoted it on powerful terrestrial signals, accumulated downloads—and then acted surprised when those…

Washington just handed the broadcasting business another reason to stop whatever it’s doing and pay attention. President Donald Trump has nominated Danielle Thumann Severs, currently a senior counsel to FCC…

There are radio personalities who occupy a shift, and then there are personalities who become part of the morning routine of an entire community. Liz Bell belongs in the second…

For years, broadcasters have been told they have to choose between protecting traditional radio and chasing digital growth, as though believing in one somehow requires abandoning the other. Townsquare Media…