One of the biggest secrets in radio is what’s happening to listening over the long term. Talk to insiders and they will acknowledge that...

So last week I penned a strong piece suggesting that the radio industry drop PPM. The argument was stimulated by the discovery that...

Aren’t you tired of PPM yet? From Tom Taylor Now: How many PPMs does Nielsen allow in one household? Answer – up to 16. Does that sound...

Once a radio industry – and radio station fan – mainstay, it’s hard for me to find a radio station bumper sticker on the road nowadays....

You’ve heard of Voltair, that’s the audio technology that presumably allows PPM devices to more effectively pick up that all-important...

Have you noticed? There hasn’t been a significant new music radio format introduced in a decade. Sure, we’ve had Rhythm AC and Classic...

Recently I was in a gathering of brands. Not agencies, brands. Among my conversations was one with the VP and Director of Global Media &...

If you were born in the 80’s or 90’s, you’re in your late teens to early 30’s today. You are also a digital native and quite unlike older...

I guess I hit close to home with my prior blog post on the Ratings Disaster that is today’s talk radio. The June PPM’s suck for talk...

If you can’t trust the Nielsen ratings in America’s largest radio market, then where can you trust them? A few days ago, Nielsen delayed...

There’s no doubt about it: Consistency matched to consumer expectations is a big reason why listeners keep coming back to the brands they...

In order to rally and fight a problem, we must begin by recognizing its existence. The realities of changing consumer usage have...

Are you sick of this yet? PPM market. After many months of consistent and strong ratings performance, things nosedive. All at once. No...

It is almost impossible to count the ways in which playing to Arbitron’s PPM measurement methodology may provide short term gains for...

Arbitron makes no distinction between Asian Americans and any other group of non-Hispanic, non-African Americans in their sample. That...

Today Seth Godin talks “Local.” Says Seth: Local media was an essential business for a century, largely for three reasons: 1. Broadcast...

“What’s the future of radio?” “How does radio compete against Pandora et. al.?” “How can we get FM on mobile devices?” “How do we stay in...

The debate-of-the-week in the radio business is: What do we do to monetize our stream?  Do we simulcast what’s on the air and throw it in...

What’s the best way for radio to compete in a newly digital mobile environment? Is it to ensure that every mobile phone has an activated...

Recently I heard a story of a station in a large market whose ratings have skyrocketed recently.  What sort of genius programming is...