New Programming Strategies For The New Year As we say goodbye to 2006 and charge into first month of the new year, we're ready to remove the bumps and smooth out the ride that radio takes us on and, in the process, create better radio. Personal insight can make a ...

Design Comes First -- Listening Will Follow It's way too early to know what the new year will look like, or how and in what direction it will take us. But one thing is certain: Unlike in years past, the concept of "build it and they will come" has changed. It has changed ...

Don't Stop Believing As we wind down the year 2006 and look back quickly and then forward, we find in spite of all the things that happened that we still have much to be thankful for, including a career that most can only dream about. And yes, there are many among us for ...

Where We Are -- And Where We're Going As we continue to wind down 2006, it's clear that most of us grew during the past year. We learned some things. And a few of us got some accomplishments under our belts. But there are still great challenges ahead. Our ultimate vision ...

A New Game Calls For New Rules This time we want to examine one of the major problems facing both the radio and music industries. That issue, for all of us, is reconnecting with the audience. Today's business environment calls for new rules because it's a new game, with ...

The Final Format Frontier Somewhere in space, traveling at the speed of light, is a dark hole. Even though we may not recognize it, it's one in which we all share. Space is the final frontier. More wars have been fought over space, and the control of it, than for oil, ...

Clinging To Clutter Can Cause Cume Problems As we approach the diminishing moments of the Fall Arbitron sweeps, now it's time to look at the problems caused by the garbage on the radio. The problem for some programmers is that they may not know exactly what is clutter or ...

"Playing What They're Saying" Has Taken On A Whole New Meaning To survive in today's extremely competitive environment, you need to have the best systems, highly trained and motivated people, and the most updated technologies coupled with extremely effective business and ...

Can Syndication Replace Compelling Local Programming? Ask any Urban radio manager about syndication, and he's likely to tell you, if it enables him to improve his bottom line, he's all for it. Ask him how he feels about compelling local programming, and he will probably ...