Podcasters of all shapes and sizes are grappling with hosting challenges that will sound all too familiar to radio programmers and hosts. In today’s post, it’s a statement of the obvious from podcasters striving for talent chemistry. Prepare those eye rolls.

Welcome to the new season!  We can look forward to great football, a new school-year, new TV shows, and — this year — big AI…

Women have made major strides in radio over the past decade. Just look who’s sitting in the corner offices at some of radio’s biggest companies. But when it comes to the PD chair, not so much. Today’s #TBT blog post is all about mentoring women seeking programming positions, and how some of radio’s key players can work together to make it happen. After all, we need the best, smartest, and hardest-working PD we can get. Of course, more progress could certainly be made, and this post makes that case.

One of the world’s premier media brands, ESPN, is going through a major transformation. And the analogies to radio are spot-on. I’ve listed eight different initiatives ESPN is undertaking that all have applications to the radio business. And in case you’re wondering, it’s not about money, it’s about mindset.

As we move into the last half of the year, radio broadcasters are trying to answer fundamental questions about the state of the industry. A major part of this calculus is determining the role of the personality moving forward. Our new AQ6 indicates there are key lessons here for owners/operators – IF they take the time and make the effort to learn them. Today’s blog post tells that story.