There are some audiences you market to, and then there are communities you have spent decades growing alongside. Urban One belongs in that second category, which is why the launch…
There was a time when the job of a successful radio network was relatively straightforward: create compelling programming, build great stations, attract listeners and keep them coming back tomorrow. K…
There is buying a translator to fill a coverage gap, and then there is what Red Apple Media appears to be doing with 77 WABC across Long Island. The company…
There are corporate decisions that might make perfect sense around a conference table but look completely different when they collide with actual human beings, and the situation involving Damon Darling…
If 107.3 KMJK could talk, it might politely ask Kansas City radio management to stop moving its furniture long enough for it to figure out where the couch belongs. This…
When one programming decision simultaneously changes mornings in Cincinnati, Denver and New Jersey, it isn’t merely an airshift adjustment. Pillar Media is making a substantial reset across its Star Christian…
Replacing 34 years of familiarity isn’t something a radio station accomplishes by simply putting another name on the schedule. When Gayle Garton retired from Audacy’s 101.5 Lite FM WLYF after…
Yesterday, On The Dial asked one very simple question: Why? Why would Cumulus Media clear the programming and personality ranks at Power 105.1 KCJK, including experienced Kansas City broadcasters like…
There are talent announcements, and then there are moves that say something much larger about where radio could be headed. Zach Sang returning to terrestrial broadcasting on Connoisseur Media’s 99.7…
WTOP has spent decades mastering one of radio’s most demanding promises: give Washington the news it needs, quickly, accurately and repeatedly throughout the day. Now the Hubbard all-news powerhouse is…