Interviews

As the countdown continues to Radio Ink's 2025 Top 20 Leaders in Radio, we’re catching up with some of last year’s honorees. Today, we speak with Cromwell Media President Bayard "Bud" Walters to gain his insights on the opportunities and challenges ahead.

2025 LABF Giant of Broadcasting Gary Sandy tells Radio Ink about his path from Ohio theater student to Broadway leading man to radio icon, his memories of WKRP, and why he believes the human side of broadcasting deserves to be preserved. 

Heather Monahan is the Chief Revenue Officer for The Beasley Media Group. Her main responsibility is increasing revenue. Period. She's been Beasley's CRO since January 2015 -- overseeing all sales of the company's core radio, digital, and non-traditional revenue opportunities.

Part of Radio Ink's mission is to find radio's future stars and bring you their stories. Brandy “Beasy Baybie” Henshaw is the afternoon host on Alpha Media's Hot 103.9/93.9 in Columbia, SC. She's also featured in the upcoming Radio Ink issue "Future African American Leaders in Radio," which starts mailing across the country on March 19.

As BEA returns to Las Vegas for its 2025 Conference, Radio Ink spoke with Executive Director Heather Birks about the evolving student talent pipeline, new industry partnerships, and how the LABF collaboration strengthens ties between broadcasting’s history and its future.

Heritage Restaurant & Caviar Bar won 670 The Score’s "Score Big For Your Business" contest, earning a Super Bowl radio ad. Radio Ink talks with Audacy’s Mitch Rosen and Heritage owner Guy Meikle about the contest, radio’s impact, and the big game.

Does the radio industry take creative seriously enough to help clients succeed? Why do many advertising agencies lack the desire to spend time on radio creative, caring mostly about a television commercial that takes so much more time to produce and costs so much more than radio? Why do radio stations allow awful-sounding advertisers to record their own commercials? We turned to a very successful creative services company to try to find the answers.

A year after devastating wildfires tore through Southern California, the rebuilding continues - and so do the lessons for radio. At Audacy's KNX News, the crisis became a defining moment, not just for the station but as an industry benchmark for coverage done right.

As wildfires continue across Los Angeles, Radio Ink spoke with Meruelo Media President and CEO Otto Padrón and SVP of Programming and Content Pio Ferro on delivering information through their diverse portfolio while branching out into relief and recovery efforts.

Keith Cunningham is the Program Director at Cumulus' 95/5 KLOS in Los Angeles. He's been a successful PD for two decades, building up quite a resume at some of the country's biggest brands including WXRK K-ROCK in New York, WKQX Q101 in Chicago, KSJO The Rock in San Francisco, WMMR in Philadelphia and WBOS in Boston, among many others.