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Did News/Talk Radio Bungle “The Interview”?
Where was News/Talk radio when hackers reportedly representing the North Korean government nuked Sony Pictures and scared major theater...
mramsey1
Dec 29, 2014
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How to Measure NPR’s Success in a Digital Age
Is NPR’s performance on the digital front a sign that radio’s digital evolution has stalled? Or, worse, that it’s just a big hairy...
mramsey1
Jun 11, 2014
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Me, My Family, and My Neighborhood
“Local” or “not local” is the wrong way to think about news and entertainment on the radio. When it comes to information, for example,...
mramsey1
Dec 16, 2013
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Is News/Talk Really the Top Audio Format of 2013?
Nielsen just released a report trumpeting “News/Talk/Information” as the “Top Audio Format of 2013.” But what does that mean…really?...
mramsey1
Dec 16, 2013
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News/Talking about the Wrong Things
Republican soul-searching followed the demographic slam to the gut from younger voters, African Americans, and Hispanics in the election...
mramsey1
Nov 15, 2012
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Maybe News doesn’t work on FM?
So another News option vanishes from the dial in NY and Chicago. Does this mean “News doesn’t work on FM?” Of course not. It just means...
mramsey1
Jul 17, 2012
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A Lesson for News/Talk Radio from Amazon’s Kindle Fire
Too many News/Talk broadcasters just don’t get it. What can they learn from Amazon’s new Kindle Fire? Quite a lot, I think. This is not a...
mramsey1
Sep 29, 2011
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Is PPM Unfair to News/Talk Radio?
Here’s my understanding of how PPM works: In any given quarter-hour under diary methodology, you used to have to listen at least five...
mramsey1
Aug 14, 2011
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The Tiny Footprint of Local News Online
The audience for local news online is surprisingly small. From Lost Remote (one of my favorite blogs): A new report commissioned by the...
mramsey1
Jun 19, 2011
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