The Radio Personality – And How To Be One!
Now that I can look back on some 53 to 56 years on local radio stations in a number of cities and towns, I am often asked by younger people,…
Before The Last Conclave Takes Its Final Bow We Need To Talk About Spider J. Hamilton
There are people who attend radio conventions, and then there are people who somehow become part of the convention itself. You don’t necessarily look for their name on a panel.…
LaDonne Craig Is Stepping Away After Two Decades and This Is How a Great Radio Career Is Supposed to Change Chapters
Some radio careers end with a surprise phone call, a disappearing biography and coworkers wondering what just happened. LaDonne Craig gets a different ending — and after two decades helping…
Chris Salcedo Is Leaving KSEV After 14 Years but He Sure Does Not Sound Like a Man Saying Goodbye to Morning Radio
Fourteen years is an eternity in modern talk radio. Formats change, owners change, audiences migrate, platforms explode, careers rise and fall — and through all of it, Chris Salcedo has…
Barry The Reazar Richards Dies at 83 and Radio Has Lost One of Its Wildest Most Fearless Originals
There are broadcasters who had great careers, and then there are broadcasters whose careers read like somebody dared them to see how many corners of the entertainment business they could…
Jessica Williams Is Out at Y105 and Townsquare Just Lost a Voice That Was Doing Far More Than Rochester Radio
Another familiar radio voice has disappeared from the schedule, but Jessica Williams’ departure from Y105 KYBA in Rochester, Minnesota, isn’t simply the story of an afternoon personality leaving one AC…
Alissa Pollack Takes the Wheel at Mediabase and This Is Much Bigger Than a New Name on the Office Door
There are promotions that recognize where somebody has been, and there are promotions that tell you exactly where a company believes it needs to go next. Alissa Pollack being elevated…
Tracy Villaume Gets Another Microphone and Star Radio Just Added a Whole Lot More Personality
Sometimes the radio business takes a talented broadcaster off the air and leaves everyone wondering where that person will land. In Tracy Villaume’s case, we didn’t have to wonder for…
Bob Delmont Is Back and This Might Be the Best Radio Plot Twist of the Summer
Two Months Ago Twenty Seven Years Seemed to End Today Baltimore and Washington Get That Voice Back Sometimes radio actually gives us the ending we wanted. Less than two months…
Steckline Just Got Bigger in Wichita and Classic Hits 92.7 Is Coming Into the Family
This One Is Close to Home and It Opens Up Some Very Interesting Questions Every once in a while, a radio transaction lands differently because you actually know the people,…