Dare To Be Different? What can we really do to be different - to distinguish ourselves from the rest of the format-similar stations in the market? Chances are, if you dial around, especially after 10 o'clock, you will hear that monument to sameness that we referred to in ...

Underestimate Your Audience & Watch It Shrink Something that seems to be on the minds of everyone we talk to lately centers around the question of how to effectively serve today's urban audience - the significant minority. It's a significant minority that must be ...

Be Prepared For Fewer Options There is an old adage that says, if you can't beat them, join them. To that I've added, if you can't beat them, join them. Then beat them. This is the editorial about beating, joining and staying employed that some of you have been ...

Bottom Line, Not Hemline Given some of the changes that have occurred recently regarding females in our industries, it's become even more important for complete clarity of expectations. Women have gone from being midday hosts, APDs and MDs and sidekicks to hosting ...

Paper Is Out, Electronics Are In, And There Are Definite Format Implications For today's urban programmers the future is about to undergo a dramatic change. Arbitron's portable people meter (PPM) is about to replace the paper diary. The change will take place gradually, ...

Winning Doesn't Mean Security Most of us were taught the way to succeed and stay employed is to do your job well, win consistently and always play within the rules. Lately, that premise seems to have collapsed. Many talented people in our business are in the performing ...

How We're Affected By The Future With A Past Whenever we visit these issues, naturally we usually focus on a look back at the past in radio, recorded music and video. This time, I also want to focus on some future changes that will affect us all. The past year was one in ...

Urban Radio's High Stakes & Low Moments As we slide deeper into the important spring Arbitron ratings sweeps one of the key questions we're hearing over and over again speaks to the fact that in many markets urban radio is in a confused state. Allegiances are being ...

Why Urban Adult Formats Shrink Rap What's become of our format boundaries? It seems everywhere you turn these days you're faced with a general breakdown in where to draw the line. From the halls of Congress and the political campaign trail to our sports venues and talk ...