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Lots of Innovations, New Tools, and Counter-Hype What’s News: After a late-March lull, press releases and news stories for AI innovations have been fast and…
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Radio programmers are always seeking to make a true emotional connection with their audience. It’s about creating “the feels” for your listeners. But how do you accurately identify precisely what that is, and how to reflect it back to your listeners? We take on that lofty challenge in today’s #TBT blog post. You may need a little Kleenex.
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The world’s biggest tech companies make headlines every day, innovating new ideas, debuting new products, and trying to stay ahead of the curve – and each other. Meantime, most of the biggest broadcast radio companies find the going only getting rougher, especially when they’re competing against what media maven, Evan Shapiro, calls the “Trillion Dollar Death Stars” – Apple, Meta, Amazon, Google, and the others. In this highly charged. rapidly developing media market, where does broadcast radio fit in? Welcome to Monday morning. Let’s jump in.
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One of the existential quandaries in radio programming involves how long to keep spinning those songs on the playlist, whether you’re the new hip-hop station or the classic rock king. Knowing when to default to that “hold” category is an art that’s part of the programming craft. And now a marketing whiz lends his insights about ad “wear-in” to the conversation. I think you’ll find it helpful.
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You’re looking at one of my favorite blues titles for a song. As bluesmen go, Robert Cray is a youngin’ at just 70 years of…
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When was the last time you actually thought about your station’s (or your company’s) mobile app strategy? How often do you research your mobile initiatives to make sure they’re aligned with your master strategy? Recently, ESPN redefined its entire mobile scheme, and with it, their content ecosystem. Paul and I did some homework on what it could mean for radio broadcasters. And that’s what today’s blog post is all about.
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In Tuesday’s post, I outlined a rough schematic for how public radio could use its latest “bump” to carve out a path for the future. …
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When was the last time you actually thought about your station’s (or your company’s) mobile app strategy? How often do you research your mobile initiatives to make sure they’re aligned with your master strategy? Recently, ESPN redefined its entire mobile scheme, and with it, their content ecosystem. Paul and I did some homework on what it could mean for radio broadcasters. And that’s what today’s blog post is all about.
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In Tuesday’s post, I outlined a rough schematic for how public radio could use its latest “bump” to carve out a path for the future. In today’s post, it’s put-up-so-shut-up time. As we wrap up a short week, I’ll use…
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In Tuesday’s post, I outlined a rough schematic for how public radio could use its latest “Trump Bump” to carve out a path for the future. In today’s post, it’s put-up-or-shut-up time. As we wrap up a short week, this post will fill in some of the blanks and color in some solutions to remedy our nation’s beleaguered public radio stations:
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