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…
Well, Kansas City radio, there’s the answer. After two weeks of speculation about what Cumulus Media ultimately intended to do with 107.3 KMJK, we finally know where this wonderfully strange…
Radio has a funny way of bringing people home. You leave a station. You leave a city. You take another job. Then another. You collect call letters, markets, airchecks and…
There are hires that require an introduction. Jarrett Payton does not require an introduction in Chicago. Following the departure of longtime morning host Mike Mulligan, Audacy’s 104.3 The Score WSCR-FM…