A seemingly quiet Saturday has been marred by a parade of social media posts, text messages, and emails from friends and people who I barely know talking about how they’ve lost their job in the radio or television business over the last week. You can call it downsized, furloughed, or your position was eliminated. Whatever… Read More »
I found some pretty cool footage of myself as a youngster and put it up on Facebook earlier this week. I had no idea it would become perhaps my most popular Facebook post ever. Proof that #radio was in my blood on this #video. https://marke.news/babydj
Thoughts and perceptions on the state of the radio industry on the eve of the NAB Radio Show I started my career in the radio business and had a great run before the industry began to go through a number of fundamental changes over the last decade or so. I’ll always cherish the memories of… Read More »
Spring is here, and for many Americans, it’s the start of the severe weather season. Time was when the thunder started and the skies turned dark that people would grab their trusty transistor radio to get the latest information on what was happening with the weather. It was pretty much the only way to know… Read More »
Two things happened last week that made me realize again that the advantages local radio stations traditionally had in serving their communities are being marginalized by technology. Listeners can get the critical news and information they once could only get from their hometown radio station in a multitude of places and platforms and they’re using… Read More »
I spend a lot of time listening to the radio. All kinds of radio, from AM and FM stations to Pandora, Stitcher, Beats Audio, and a plethora of other streaming services. And to be clear, if it’s sound coming our of a speaker, it’s radio. Period. After having spent more than three decades programming radio stations,… Read More »
It’s been a while since I’ve posted to this blog because of all my activities for the Tesh Media Group, but I thought this post belonged here because it so dramatically shows the state of the media industry, and it isn’t pretty. Thanks to Business Insider for the post. How Jobs In The Media… Read More »
I once worked for a “Group Guy” who talked a lot about how broadcasters didn’t have a good sense of history, either of their own station or the industry in general. He was spot on, and I’ve seen that time after time over the years. One glowing exception to that is my friend Bob… Read More »
Over the weekend, I tried to listen several times to a very major market radio station owned by a very large multimedia company via their online stream, and I thought my ears would start bleeding. It was a complete nightmare. I don’t want to mention the station or owner because they would be truly embarrassed to know… Read More »
The following post is from The Music Meeting, my blog about music for grown ups. I’m a huge believer that the future of music is mobile, whether it be listening in the car, on a smartphone, or on some kind of device that we haven’t even thought of yet. That being said, I’m very intrigued… Read More »