You Fired Me So Why Are You Still Trying To Control Where I Work?
There is something about radio non-competes that becomes harder to defend the longer you think about it. A broadcaster gives a company five years. Maybe ten. Maybe twenty. They wake…
From Account Executive to VP/GM in Just Over Two Years: Cat Okegawa Is Taking the Wheel at Ohana Media Group Anchorage
Now THIS is the kind of promotion story radio needs to celebrate louder. Cat Okegawa has been elevated to Vice President/General Manager of Ohana Media Group’s seven-station Anchorage operation, completing…
Jess Dutra Is Leaving Mix 106.5 — And Sometimes the Biggest Career Move Has Nothing to Do With Radio
Radio trains us to think every departure needs another set of call letters attached to it. Who hired her? What’s the new market? Is this a promotion? Where’s she going…
GREG JENSEN IS BACK! Hometown Broadcasting Grabs Four Minnesota Stations — and LOCAL Radio May Be About to Get a Whole Lot More LOCAL
Well, THIS is interesting. Four Minnesota radio stations are changing hands. A familiar local broadcaster is getting back into markets he knows. And the name of the company buying them…
Quinn Alexander Is Headed to Jackson — Digio Strategies Moves a Familiar Country Voice Up the Road to US 96.3
Sometimes the smartest talent search doesn’t require an airplane ticket, a nationwide posting or 75 airchecks sitting in somebody’s inbox. Sometimes the person you’re looking for is already working for…
What Is Happening at WBAL? Local Midday and Afternoon Shows Are Gone — and Baltimore Radio Just Got a Whole Lot Less Local
There are personnel changes, there are lineup adjustments, and then there are moves that force you to stop and ask a much larger question about what a radio station intends…
Hubbard Locks In Danny Meyers & Meghan Lane — And Their Two-Station West Palm Beach Run Just Got Even Bigger
At a time when radio seems to generate a new story every five minutes about shrinking staffs, disappearing local shows and personalities suddenly finding themselves on the outside, Hubbard Radio…
Nathan James Jumps From the Programming Chair to Super Hi-Fi — And This One Says Plenty About Where Radio Operations Are Heading
Some career moves are simply about changing companies. Nathan James’ move from Dick Broadcasting in Savannah to Super Hi-Fi feels considerably bigger than that. After overseeing radio operations in Savannah,…
Reyna 103.1 Is Fully Here — And Entravision Isn’t Just Launching Another Radio Format
Los Angeles radio has seen plenty of format launches over the years. This one is trying to rewrite the definition of what a radio station actually is. After quietly putting…
What If Radio Loved People Like Josh Liljenquist Does?
There are people who build audiences because they want to be famous, people who build audiences because they want to sell something, and people who eventually realize that having millions…