A Chilling Measure of How Listeners see Pandora vs. Radio
A recent Jacobs Media research finding noted that 43% of Pandora users say the service should be considered “radio” while 49% say it...
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mramsey1
Apr 26, 2012
What “Local” REALLY Means (and it’s not what you think)
“Local, local, local.” It’s a constant refrain in the radio industry. It’s usually expressed as one of our key advantages relative to...
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mramsey1
Apr 24, 2012
Radio Lessons from the Huffington Post
Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington was on CNN last weekend where she outlined the key elements of HuffPo’s success. And while...
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mramsey1
Apr 23, 2012
Do you Talk to your Listeners?
“Will you talk to me?” I mean, one-on-one? It’s my observation that most program directors spend infinitely more time talking to the...
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mramsey1
Apr 19, 2012
“By 2020 ‘Broadcasting’…will be Foreign to Anyone Under 40”
GigaOm bottom-lines this week’s NAB with this: If this week’s National Association of Broadcasters Show is any indication, by 2020...
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mramsey1
Apr 16, 2012
Radio, Should You Register Your Listeners Online?
Registration of consumers on radio’s web platforms is a hot topic at this week’s NAB. In this video I lay out some of the key arguments...
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mramsey1
Apr 14, 2012
The Future of AM Radio
Radio Ink made a classic mistake last week when it celebrated the strength of AM radio by trumpeting the financial success of the top...
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mramsey1
Apr 12, 2012
Is Radio Losing the “War for Attention”?
Put these pieces together: First, Arbitron/Edison’s Infinite Dial study shows 30% year-over–year growth in the online radio audience (a...
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mramsey1
Apr 5, 2012
Surprise! Advertisers want Results and Tracking!
That’s the lesson from the vivid interview just posted by Radio Ink with a New Jersey car dealer. Much credit goes to Radio Ink for this...
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mramsey1
Apr 2, 2012
Radio, the “Intimate” Medium
Recently, Howard Stern interviewed MSNBC host and one-time Air America anchor Rachel Maddow, and the conversation eventually drifted to...
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mramsey1
Apr 1, 2012
How many Facebook “Likes” does YOUR Format have?
Which formats are most successful at attracting Facebook “likes” to their pages? The chart above provides some insight. It’s based on...
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mramsey1
Mar 31, 2012
Too Long
From Seth Godin: “Too long” You’re going to hear that more and more often. The movie, the book, the meeting, the memo… few people will...
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mramsey1
Mar 29, 2012
What Wins in the New Radio Dashboard
A huge proportion of radio listening happens on the mobile devices known as automobiles, especially during the aptly-titled “drive...
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mramsey1
Mar 27, 2012
Dan Mason – “What Differentiates Radio is what Personalities Bring to the Table”
So is radio’s future something that happens “between the songs” or across a variety of traditional and digital platforms? Dan Mason...
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mramsey1
Mar 23, 2012
Radio’s Tablet Future
To understand the future you have to understand the folks who will populate it, especially those folks coming into demos that matter –...
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mramsey1
Mar 22, 2012
Radio’s Kodak Moment
So Kodak filed for Chapter 11 a few weeks ago – that’s not news. But are there any lessons for radio to learn from the demise of a...
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mramsey1
Mar 20, 2012
Talk Radio: Is it Safe to be Unpopular?
And the furor over Rushgate goes on… Piping in from the perspective of Talk Radio talent was Tampa Bay’s Mark Larsen, who wrote this to...
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mramsey1
Mar 15, 2012
Radio has the Wrong Idea about Mobile Apps
…or at least, not completely the right idea. Consider the study from the IPG Media Lab and YuMe.com which examined “advertising in the...
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mramsey1
Mar 13, 2012
Radio is not “Just About Radio”
Of course Pandora “isn’t just about radio,” but nor is radio “just about radio.” Is it “about radio” when your station monetizes a daily...
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mramsey1
Mar 5, 2012
Can Your AM Station Earn 20X More Than Average?
Barry Leffler says you can. Barry is CEO of WCHL in Chapel Hill, NC, and Chapelboro.com, WCHL’s community-oriented site which is...
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