The Impact of Powerful Storytellers
(Mike McVay) The very best talent can tell stories, to borrow the words of author, consultant and talent coach Valerie Geller, powerfully. When I first heard her speak, now years ago, I was motivated to pay closer attention to the traits and similarities of those who excel as talent.
Managing in the Clouds
(John Shomby) A few years back, doing a “remote broadcast” meant bringing a COMREX unit, or something similar, to a client location or concert venue and doing a live show for several hours. Fingers crossed that the signal would hold up.
JVC Bolsters Panama City Cluster With Fresh GSM
JVC Broadcasting has chosen Stacie Bolster as General Sales Manager for its four-station Panama City cluster, with an immediate focus on recruiting and mentoring sales professionals for the broadcaster's expanded panhandle portfolio.
Joe LaCroix Poured Into Sparkling New Brand Manager Role
Audacy Baltimore's 105.7 The Fan (WJZ) has named Joe LaCroix Brand Manager. LaCroix joined the station in 2017 as a part-time board operator, and then rose to Executive Producer of the Big Bad Morning Show in 2021. In February, he was elevated to Assistant Brand Manager.
TX Radio Hall of Fame Adds New Category for 2026 Nominations
A new recognition category headlines the Texas Radio Hall of Fame's call for 2026 nominations, as the organization opens its nomination portal through June 30. Any voting member in good standing may submit nominations during this first round.
Lance Tidwell Joins Stone Canyon Media as Associate GM
Stone Canyon Media has added former iHeartMedia SVP Lance Tidwell to its Northern Arizona leadership team. He joins the Flagstaff-based company as Associate General Manager, bringing his operations, programming, and sales experience aboard.
NAB Challenges FCC Fee Hike For Radio, Wants Big Tech to Pay
The NAB is pushing back on a proposed 46% fee hike from the FCC and calling on the Commission to make Big Tech pay its share, with the filing landing the same week several small radio station classes crossed the de minimis exemption threshold for the first time.
Radio Reaches Multicultural Voters Where Other Ad Buys Don’t
Katz Media Group data shows radio reaches 85 to 86 percent of multicultural registered voters; a finding that comes as political advertisers map their future presidential election buys against a non-white population projected to hit 44 percent of the US by 2030.
Fear Wears A Disguise
(Loyd Ford) Most of the time, fear disguises itself as “being busy.” It hides in paperwork, internal meetings, email cleanup, CRM updates, unnecessary proposal revisions, and spending too much time sitting inside the radio station instead of being face-to-face with clients.
Dear Diary Down Under
(Steve Allan) As the Ratings Experts, we tend to nerd out on the process of gathering radio ratings. James Cridland’s excellent newsletter revealed how the diary process works in Australia. According to his writings, the paper diary only represents about 20% of all participants.
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Lifetime Leadership Award Honoree Harvey Nagler
The $250 Question: Inflation and Contesting
