Secrets Of Better Time Management Like many people fortunate enough to still have jobs, program directors' lives are tougher these days. You're already doing a juggling act, scheduling music, organizing the station's annual mega-concert (with no budget), attending sales ...

It's time once again for our annual summer classic. We still get requests for this, so we're off to have a little fun as once again we again take on the traffic reports. It's a hilarious, hip look at the way traffic reports are handled on one of the few live, local ...

The Insider's Guide To Creating Better Radio As we sail through the summer of 2010, it's time to look at new ways of removing the bumps and smoothing out the ride that radio takes us on and, in the process, creating better radio. Personal insight is one of the audience ...

They've Created A Powerful Story All Their Own If you sometimes get an uneasy feeling that everyone is flying down the freeway while you're still in the garage, fumbling for your keys, you're not alone. Our world is moving at warp speed. And if art is truly a window to ...

When Seasons Change, Do You? As we roll into the first phase of the summer of 2010, here are a few thoughts on summer, how and why it is different from the other seasons and what you can do to take full advantage of it. We want to help you max what we're calling "the ...

Can It Make A Difference? In a changing media climate where, in order to survive, companies and stations have been forced to reduce costs, we can look for further reduced staffs, budgets and autonomy. Our business is separated right now into groups of people who are ...

A Snapshot Of Tomorrow What would you think if you suddenly woke up one morning and realized that nearly all forms of entertainment were geared at people over 30? Then, on the other hand, suppose there was an underground network of book shops, night clubs and other ...

Rear View Mirrors Often Distort Realities As the radio industry meets its future, it's important to know how to make the right decisions. Musical shifts in the format, PPM and competitive market changes have caused many Urban brands to veer off the track. Everyone in ...

Part IV In this, the final chapter in our current series for Black Music Month 2010, we want to look at how radio has adjusted to challenges from other media forms as well as to those artists which we once owned, but are now being shared by other formats. In 2010, ...