Earth Day Finds Radio in Cleanup Mode, Festival Mode and Full-Voice Mode
By the time the sun came up on Earth Day, radio was already moving. Not in one direction. Not with one script. Not with one safe little social post and…
CPR Elevates Bazi Kanani to “Morning Edition” Host Role
Colorado Public Radio is making a meaningful move in one of the most important dayparts in public media, naming Bazi Kanani as the new local senior host of “Morning Edition.”…
Skyler Cooper Moves to KRMG Mornings as Tulsa Keeps a Local Voice Up Front
Tulsa has always felt like a real radio town to me. It is one of those markets where the signal still matters, the audience still cares, and the station’s relationship…
Radio Hall of Fame’s 2026 Ballot Spans the Dial
The new Radio Hall of Fame ballot does not feel like one lane of radio trying to make its case. It feels like the whole medium walking into the room…
Meet Steven Mills, Publisher of On The Dial!
Hello, I’m Steven Mills, affectionately known as JUST PLAIN STEVE, and thank you for taking the time to read this. If we are going to grow together through On The…
Mike McVay Receives MIW’s Erica Farber Impact Award
Las Vegas was the backdrop, but this honor was about a body of work that has been shaping radio for years. At the 2026 NAB Show, Mentoring and Inspiring Women…
Indianapolis Radio Salutes Bob Kevoian as Local Stations Pause to Remember a Legend
Indianapolis radio did something powerful in the wake of Bob Kevoian’s passing. It slowed down long enough to remember one of its own. In the last several days, station-level tributes…
Cumulus Turns Up “Your Music Plus” With DJ Khaled
While the bigger Cumulus story keeps unfolding in courtrooms and boardrooms, the company made a different kind of noise Monday — the kind meant to hit the speakers, not the…
NAB Show Day Four Preview — Las Vegas
The building isn’t slowing down—it’s building up. Day Four of the NAB Show hasn’t even fully unfolded yet, but if you’ve been watching closely over the past three days, you…
Prince: Ten Years Later
Ten years ago today, the music stopped in the most unnatural way possible. On April 21, 2016, Prince was found dead at Paisley Park in suburban Minneapolis. He was 57.…