There are programming hires that require a lengthy explanation of why the pieces fit. This isn’t one of them. Malama Media Group has named veteran programmer Rick Thomas Senior Vice…
There is something happening at Rumba 106.1 WUMR in Philadelphia that deserves more attention than simply announcing another name on another airshift. They’re putting another established Philadelphia Spanish-language radio personality…
UPDATE: Dolly Parton Really Did Leave Us One More Song — And Radio May Someday Get to Push Play UPDATE — 10:23 p.m. CT: Earlier this evening, On The Dial…
There are numbers in this business that everybody watches. Ratings. Revenue. Shares. Cume. Streaming sessions. Engagement. Page views. Quarter-hours. For decades, radio has measured almost everything it possibly could, sometimes…
On The Dial Remembers Dolly Parton: Radio Didn’t Just Play Her Records — We Helped Carry Her Voice Across America, and She Gave Us a Lifetime Worth Carrying There are…
There are two ways radio companies can fill an important programming position. They can conduct a nationwide search, sift through résumés, chase somebody from another market and spend months teaching…
Las Vegas radio is about to make one hell of a hard turn. On Tuesday, September 1, Kemp Broadcasting’s 106.9 KVGQ will leave Classic Hip Hop behind and enter the…
There are radio conferences. There are conventions. There are industry gatherings where you pick up a badge, attend a few panels, shake some hands, exchange business cards and head for…
Every once in a while, radio reminds everybody exactly why this medium still matters. Not because of a ratings point. Not because somebody played a massive record first. Not because…
There are people in radio whose job is to tell listeners what’s happening. And then there are people who eventually use the microphone to tell listeners something that might save…