There are promotions that recognize where somebody has been, and there are promotions that tell you exactly where a company believes it needs to go next. Alissa Pollack being elevated…
Sometimes the radio business takes a talented broadcaster off the air and leaves everyone wondering where that person will land. In Tracy Villaume’s case, we didn’t have to wonder for…
Two Months Ago Twenty Seven Years Seemed to End Today Baltimore and Washington Get That Voice Back Sometimes radio actually gives us the ending we wanted. Less than two months…
This One Is Close to Home and It Opens Up Some Very Interesting Questions Every once in a while, a radio transaction lands differently because you actually know the people,…
You Do Not Spend Nearly Half a Century Talking to Western New York and Simply Become an Empty Box on the Schedule There are radio departures that feel like business…
He Left National Radio for the FBI Now He Is Coming Back With Shawn Farash and a Very Different Kind of Show Well, this certainly wasn’t on the radio industry’s…
Dave Crooks Is Not Coming In to Collect Call Letters He Knows Affiliates Have to Make Money Too There are syndication hires that look good on an organizational chart, and…
The Internet Did Not Replace the Radio This Time It Led Right Back to It Radio has spent the better part of the last decade worrying that YouTube, streaming and…
You Can Change a Morning Show Name but You Cannot Erase Twenty Five Years of Local Radio Twenty-five years in morning radio isn’t a job. It’s a relationship. It’s thousands…
At a moment when radio is spending an uncomfortable amount of time talking about shrinking newsrooms, eliminated positions, centralized content and whether expensive local journalism can still be justified, several…