For nearly half a century, radio people have made the pilgrimage to Minnesota carrying airchecks, résumés, ratings stories, programming theories, bad jokes, great ideas and enough call-letter memories to completely…

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…

Now that I can look back on some 53 to 56 years on local radio stations in a number of cities and towns, I am often asked by younger people,…

I have been fortunate to have seen the highs and lows of this business called “radio” professionally since October of 1974. Before that, though, I had helped to build an…

Though I have been a D.J. in numerous different musical formats over 53 years, as a Program Director, I have basically done gold based formats. In 1998, I got involved…

So what does “Local Radio” mean today? It means becoming ingrained in a local community. It means paying attention to the basics. A live, local morning show and mostly local…

There are voices in radio that go beyond playlists and formats — voices that become part of a town’s daily life. In Chickasha, Oklahoma, one of those voices has now…