What do VC’s look for when they invest in the startups which threaten mega-industries like radio? Marc Andreessen, VC and cofounder of...

Once upon a time a radio station featured two opposing forces: The sellers who sold the ads that interrupted the content and the...

It’s not about how little you talk, it’s about how much you say. Granted, the ratings generally show that less talk is better on...

Are you wasting your time nursing digital pennies and dimes when the “big money” is in the dollars that flow to your coffers from...

There’s a lot any radio brand can learn from watching TV, especially good TV. Take Game of Thrones, for example. Almost 7 million viewers...

Everybody wants to know what’s just over the horizon for radio. That’s why I talked with BIA/Kelsey’s Managing Director Rick Ducey about...

In January, Google will reportedly release a “modular smartphone” in an attempt to disrupt market leaders Apple and Samsung. From...

As you consider your target audience, don’t forget that target keeps moving. And it has profound implications for radio. Check out this...

Yesterday I wrote that some auto industry analysts believe radio needs to be easy to find and use on the new auto dashboard because ease...

This past week I had a conversation with someone knowledgeable in the auto technology space: “The dash is getting crowded and...

What is this show @midnight that has exploded in ratings and social media buzz since its debut last October? And why should radio care?...

One of the great things about non-commercial radio is that it’s supported largely by fans – the very “public” embodied in the term...

I had my ears wide open at the recent Country Radio Seminar, and I overheard some interesting things. One broadcaster told another how he...

By now you’ve heard about Apple’s new CarPlay platform which is gearing up for battle with Google’s Open Automotive Alliance, not to...

You know the routine. Your radio station introduces a new morning show and you sit back and wait for the magic to happen. And you...

Want to hear some great ideas on the future of radio and the role of what we sometimes call “podcasting” in it? Then watch this video....

Is your radio brand just a radio brand? This past holiday season one movie changed what it means to be a “movie,” and there’s a lesson...

Not long ago I was pitching a TV project to a cable network programming head. It wasn’t quite the right fit, evidently, and he told me...

JAWS Check out what the late producer Richard D. Zanuck told Rue Morgue about the shark that was, it seems, almost never working: Steven...

The logic of the famous 20:80 rule dictates that the more effort any radio brand invests in its biggest fans, the more that has potential...