Interviews

Jay Michaels is the Program Director for CBS Radio's JACK-FM (KJKK-FM) in Dallas. This 18-year PD has a radio career spanning 25 years and he is, of course, on Radio Ink’s 2017 Best PDs in America list, which is out now. Here is our extended interview with one of Radio's Best PDs...Jay Michaels

As Chief Marketing Officer at the Katz Media Group, Stacey Schulman is responsible for elevating the perception and currency of radio, and driving overall growth for Katz Media Group's station clients, of which there are many. The last time we interviewed Schulman, she was Executive VP of Strategy, Analytics and Research at Katz. She was promoted to CMO this past May.

Ed Atsinger first appeared on Radio Ink's 40 Most Powerful People in Radio list back in 1997, one year after the list was launched. 2017 marks Atsinger's 20th year on our list -- his official ranking will be revealed when our issue comes out on July 24. Here is our extended interview with one of radio's longest-running and most powerful CEOs, Salem Media Group CEO Ed Atsinger.

Radio Ink is on a mission to debunk the theory that Millennials do not want to work in radio. Phylicia Cahill and Amanda Latorraca are both 29 years old, and work for Connoisseur in Connecticut. Phylicia got her start in radio as an intern and moved into sales. Amanda started in Television and made the switch to radio. Here's what they say about working in the radio industry.

(By Gary Krantz) Lee Harris is an air talent on one of the country’s biggest stations, but his experience across other segments of the radio business have inspired a company and products that may just reshape the industry’s future. We got a look at his thought process.

Sue O’Neil is the Ops Manager for Entercom's WKSE, WTSS, and WWWS in Buffalo. She started her career in 1987 and has been programming since 1995. And even though Sue has been in the business for three decades, she's not slowing down. In fact she's evolved quite nicely just as the position of PD has, taking on more and more responsibility, like many PD's have had to do.

Earlier this week we reported that JAM Media Solutions, lead by Jonathan Mason, joined the ranks of radio ownership with the $3 million purchase of six radio stations in Outer Banks, North Carolina, and Muscatine, Iowa. The owner of the company is Pastor Jonathan Mason

The radio industry's top leaders do not just fall into their positions of leadership. They work harder, they work smarter, and they find ways to put themselves into positions to advance their careers. We turned to four of radio's top leaders and asked them exactly how they do it. Why are they the ones leading people? What did they do to educate themselves? Here's what they had to say.

(By Kelly Orchard) Congratulations, you’ve been named a market manager! Now what? You have a choice to make, right now. Do you want to be recognized and remembered by your team as the best manager they ever worked for — or the worst?

Steve Swick is all about local. He's about local when he's running his eight radio stations. He's about local when he's dealing with his clients at Local Radio Networks. And he's not a happy man when roadblocks are put in his way when he's trying to execute great local radio.