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Category Archives: Radio
Does the Best Music Always Rise to the Top?
Every time I hear a debate about music and the charts, without exception one person will chime in and say ”the cream always rises to the top”. Meaning that the best songs will always prevail. REALLY? Honestly, do they? Come on now. … Continue reading
The Fans Rule
It’s been years since I’ve fully dived into Fan Fair, modernly known as CMA Music Festival. Even when I’ve attended in the past I would usually just go to the stages to watch and support whatever artists I was representing … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Music, Music Business, Nashville, Radio
Tagged Artists, CMA Music Festival, country music, Fan Fair, Radio
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Country Radio and Social Media
Here is an interesting article from SOCIAL RADIO PROS on Country radio and social media: There has been a huge focus on moving radio brands to the internet. Internet ad revenue has grown exponentially while the spot business has declined. … Continue reading
Posted in Business/Marketing, Radio, Technology
Tagged advertising, audience, branding, broadcasting, country, Facebook, marketing, Radio, Social Media, Twitter
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Top 10 Radio Trends for 2010
Top 10 Trends for 2010 By: Daniel Anstandig Social Media means Qualified Prospects. There are over five billion tweets sent per day, and the people who tweet have been shown in a number of studies to spend more money on … Continue reading
Posted in Business/Marketing, Radio
Tagged 2010, broadcasting, comapanies, future, marketing, media, Radio, Social Media, trends
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A Message from Keynote Speaker for CRS 41
Dave Ramsey is an incredibly successful broadcast personality and is on over 400 radio stations. In addition, Dave is a prominent author, speaker, businessman, and culture shaper. He’s also a heck of a nice guy. I should know since my … Continue reading
Posted in Music Business, Nashville, Radio, Video
Tagged country, CRB, CRS, Dave Ramsey, Financial Peace, keynote, Music, Nashville, Radio, seminar
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The Music City Cycle
I was at the gym this morning getting a workout on the bicycle. I plugged in my headphones to listen to one of the five television channels available to those in the facility. My choices were a Wall Street news … Continue reading
Posted in Music Business, Radio
Tagged Artists, broadcasting, country, labels, marketing, Music, Radio, singles
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CMA Award Nominees Announced Today
The 43rd annual CMA Awards nominees were announced this morning. The live broadcast will be on Wednesday, November 11th at 8p EST from Nashville on ABC. Entertainer Of The Year KENNY CHESNEY BRAD PAISLEY TAYLOR SWIFT GEORGE STRAIT KEITH URBAN … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Music, Music Business, Radio
Tagged broadcast, Carrie Underwood, CMA Awards, country, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Music, Nashville, Radio, Taylor Swift
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In the Final Words of Radio and Records…..
Radio & Records Closes Doors It’s The End Of An Era By R&R Staff The current state of affairs has left The Nielsen Company with no other alternative but to immediately cease all services, products and events related to Radio … Continue reading
Posted in Media & Entertainment, Music Business, Radio
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Endangered Localism
My friend and writer extraordinaire Ken Tucker has a blog. It’s one of my favorites, so you should check it out. About a month ago he posted this piece on the deconstruction of local radio and the move toward a … Continue reading
Posted in Music Business, Radio
Tagged broadcasting, business, clear channel, Ken Tucker, localism, Radio
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Guest Blogger: Joel Burke
Where do I go from here? By Joel Burke http://www.joelcburke.com Over the past few months in talking with people, I have heard countless times, “Where do I go from here? For some, it’s because of their own choices, but mostly … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Guest Bloggers, Radio
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Clear Channel Cuts Round 2
From ALL ACCESS: CLEAR CHANNEL has announced another major wave of staff reductions resulting in the loss of 590 positions, just over 3% of the company, focusing on positions in programming, on-air, engineering, information technology and business office posts such … Continue reading
Posted in Media & Entertainment, Radio
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Jotting Down CRS Mental Notes
A few noteworthy items from Country Radio Seminar: Only one artist made me say “WHERE?!” when a friend saw him – Michael Martin Murphy. A legendary and authentic artist. How cool to see him there and shake his hand later … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Music Business, Nashville, Radio
Tagged country music, Country Radio Seminar, CRS, Music, Radio
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CRS Forecast
Country Radio Seminar is upon us again and I always look forward to a week of seeing old friends, making new ones, and coming together as an industry. We are in times of unprecedented challenges and opportunities. Will we face them … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Music Business, Nashville, Radio
Tagged Compassion International, country music, Country Radio Seminar, CRS, Nashville, Radio
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Termination Day
The worst kept secret in the radio and record industry came to pass as Clear Channel let go of 1850 employees. I actually thought there might be a slight chance the CC brass wouldn’t do it on the same day … Continue reading
Posted in Media & Entertainment, Radio
Tagged broadcasting, business, clear channel, Radio
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Take a Breath and Reinvent
The music industry goes quiet for a couple of weeks. Other than Christmas tours, there isn’t much happening on the road. Radio is in Christmas music gear and as a result label radio promotion and marketing slows. Record companies are obviously hoping … Continue reading
Posted in Music Business, Radio, Technology
Tagged broadcasting, media, Music Business, music industry, Radio
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Time to Slice Up the Country Pie?
Back in June I posted about how much older our core demo is getting. It was based on research that I had read about and the concern was that we may be chasing the older demo off the cliff and … Continue reading
Radio and Records Rescue Plan
The always interesting and instructive Jerry Del Colliano at Inside Music Media has a few ideas for a radio and records industry bail out package: MUSIC INDUSTRY 1. Charge five cents (ten at the most) for all music downloads. That price … Continue reading
Where are the Women?
Last week Lon Helton in Country Aircheck posed the question, “Where are the women?”, in referring to the lack of female Country music artists that are finding chart success. Besides Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, the ladies of the Country … Continue reading
Like A Woman
AWARD-WINNING POWERHOUSE VOCALIST JAMIE O’NEAL RELEASES NEW SINGLE “Like A Woman” Hits Radio Monday, October 13 With Album to Follow Early Next Year from 1720 Entertainment ACM Award-winner and multi-Grammy nominee, Jamie O’Neal returns to country radio Monday, October 13 with … Continue reading
Sailing Away from the Safe Harbor
Radio’s Digital Blue Ocean Why radio needs to move away from the red ocean and into the deep blue seas… by Daniel Anstandig Future success can be accomplished with a new way of thinking and an adjustment to radio’s business … Continue reading
Guest Blogger: Joel Burke
WHAT ARE YOU FAMOUS FOR? by Joel Burke I was digging threw some boxes and came across a couple of school yearbooks. It was an unexpected trip down memory lane. It was a one-way trip back in time to experiences … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Bloggers, Radio
Tagged broadcasting, Colorado, country, Denver, KYGO, Life, Music, Radio
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What Kitty Wells and Kid Rock Can Teach Us
Authenticity is so crucial for the success of our format. Nothing is worse than Nashville putting out artists and songs that are contrived and tedious. Oh wait, yes there is – radio playing them. I’ve often thought that this is … Continue reading
HD Radio Making Last Stand?
Inside Music Media thinks HD is making its last stand on the radio frontier. Here are the reasons: 1. New People Meter numbers for the first few PPM markets (or soon to be markets) show that HD listening did not … Continue reading
The Marketing of De-personalizing
Seth Godin gives some interesting and relevant insights and makes a good case for getting back to personalized authenticity……. Organizations will work tirelessly to de-personalize every communication medium they encounter. Radio ads used to be live, personal and spoken by an … Continue reading
Posted in Media & Entertainment, Radio
Tagged advertising, broadcasting, marketing, Radio, seth godin
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The Globalization of Country Music?
We were rolling down the road in our small bus in Kigali, Rwanda when we came to a stop in traffic. Next to us was a local man who was listening to music in his car. It was rather loud … Continue reading
47% Favor Government Mandated Control on Radio, TV
A new survey from Rasmussen Reports was recently released on the Fairness Doctrine. I can’t even believe we are talking about government control of the airwaves (tv, radio, internet, satellite) when every view is readily available to anyone that wants to find … Continue reading
Glory Days of The Wolf in Dallas
This is an intriguing article from Sean Ross from Edison Media Research, but it is the comments following that take the cake. I shouldn’t be surprised of how overweight egos respond so vehemently and how many want to take credit for not … Continue reading
Posted in Music Business, Radio
Tagged broadcasting, country, dallas, Music, Radio, texas
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Industry Pro: Beverlee Brannigan
BEVERLEE BRANNIGAN Operation Director and PD Journal KFDI/Wichita Previous Stations & Positions: KJJY/Des Moines ’81 to ’01 (Middays/Afternoons, PD) WOKQ/Dover-Portsmouth-Rochester ’79-’81 (PM Drive, Promotions) Years in the biz: 29 Marital Status: Married to Scott Kids: I … Continue reading
Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau Top Dogs Weigh in on XM/Sirius Merger
In a Tennessean.com article, Tim DuBois and Butch Spyridon voice their comments regarding the pending XM/Sirius Satellite merger. The proposed merger of XM and Sirius will be good for consumers, musicians and artists throughout the music industry, and especially good for … Continue reading
Radio, Rock & Roll, and MTV
Yeah, this is me in my earliest days of being a part of the music industry. After I graduated high school, my goal was to be on the radio and eventually in the business, and it started in August of the same … Continue reading
The Politics of Music
What do you get when you put the NAB, RIAA, Department of Commerce, artists, attorneys, and members of Congress in the same room? A mess. They are fighting it out in Washington D.C. regarding radio performance fees. Business Week has … Continue reading
Performance Royalties Battle on the Hill
From Coolfer: Opposing sides will speak tomorrow before the House Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. The issue is H.R. 4789, the Performance Rights Act, which calls for terrestrial radio to pay performance royalties for broadcasting sound recordings. … Continue reading
Posted in Music Business, Radio
Tagged broadcasting, business, copyright, Music, Radio
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Identity Problem?
Sean Ross at Edison Media Research has written an interesting post about the infusion of former Top 40 artists, namely Bon Jovi, Jessica Simpson, Jewel and Darius Rucker, into the country format. While I directly identify with a label’s desire to … Continue reading
Please Rise and Remove Your Ballcap
Whiskey Falls performing the National Anthem for the Frogmen in the Morning at K-FROG/Riverside, CA. Recorded in part during the radio broadcasts at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville.
Posted in Midas Records, Radio, Video, Whiskey Falls
Tagged CMA Music Festival, country, Fan Fair, KFRG, Midas Records, Music, Nashville, Whiskey Falls
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How Far Will We Chase Older Demos?
The demographic of country radio is skewing higher. The more we chase the demo, the higher the age keeps getting. Logic would tell us that in order to grow the format we can’t rely on the older demo, but the … Continue reading
Posted in Media & Entertainment, Music Business, Radio
Tagged broadcasting, country, entertainment, media, Radio
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Industry Pro of the Week: JoJo Cerda
JOJO CERDA PD Clear Channel KTEX/McAllen-Harlingen-Brownsville, TX Previous Stations & Positions: KTEX Production Director KVEO-NBC TV Promotions Director KFRQ On-Air Mid-days Years in the biz: 1989…19 yrs?…geez – doesn’t seem that long…cool Marital Status: Married Kids: … Continue reading
Colorado by Storm
We climbed in altitude this week, as I drove Adam Gregory around Colorado. I love the state and the stations there are very accommodating to seeing new artists. KCCY/Colorado Springs loaded up the conference room with a large staff gathering … Continue reading
Posted in Midas Records, Radio
Tagged Colorado, country, Denver, KATC, KCCY, KYGO, Midas Records, Music
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Clear Channel Opening Up a New Box
Clear Channel is streaming a couple of Pandora stations on various individual web properties. Will this testing of the waters turn into something more long term? Check out the Wired article here.
Posted in Media & Entertainment, Radio
Tagged broadcasting, clear channel, media, Pandora, Radio
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Young Guns: 30 Under 30
Edison Media Research has announced their “30 Under 30″ honorees, which is the nationwide vote for 30 promising talents under 30 years of age in the radio industry. A special shout out to my friends Daniel Anstandig, President McVay New Media and Scott … Continue reading
Industry Pro of the Week: Luke Jensen
LUKE JENSEN PD Journal Broadcasting KVOO/Tulsa Previous Stations & Positions: KBEQ/ Kansas City, Mo Intern /Pt On-Air KXBZ/Manhattan, Ks Nights/Afternoons/MD KZKX/Lincoln, Ne Afternoons/MD KBEQ/ Kansas City, Mo Nights/Mornings WSOC/ Charlotte, NC Afternoons KCKC/ Kansas City PD/Mornings KVOO/ Tulsa … Continue reading
Wrapping Up the Week in Houston
After trips to Little Rock, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Dallas and San Antonio, we spent our final day of the week long tour in Houston and a visit to KILT. Pictured above is MD Greg Fry, Adam Gregory, OM/PD Jeff Garrison and … Continue reading
Road Work
Adam Gregory is out playing for radio this week and the tour continues in Oklahoma City. The following is from his performance of “Anything At All” for the staff of KKNG. Special thanks to morning gal KC Sheperd.
On the Road
Out on the road visiting radio with Adam Gregory. Below are my friends from KSSN/Little Rock and KVOO/Tulsa. (top photo) KSSN/Little Rock: MD Jeremy Guenther, me, Adam, and PD Chad Heritage (bottom photo) KVOO/Tulsa: me, morning gal Sunny, Adam, and … Continue reading
Industry Pro of the Week: Kevin Christopher
KEVIN CHRISTOPHER Operations Director for Tyler Media, PD KKNG / Oklahoma City, OK How long with KKNG? 10 years Previous stations you have been with? KTLS Ada, OK Marital Status? Married 18 years to Shari Kids? … Continue reading
Industry Pro of the Week: Andy Elliott
ANDY ELLIOTT PD Citadel KJJY/KHKI Des Moines, IA Marital Status: Married Children: 3 girls Darby 13, Libby 10, Ava 1 (pictured) Previous stations you have been with: KIOA in Des Moines (Oldies) and KOKZ in Waterloo (Hot AC) Years in biz: … Continue reading
Digital Summit
Leadership Music Digital Summit is going on today in Nashville. The keynote was delivered by the CEO of iLike, Ali Partovi, who mentioned that it was the first keynote he has given. With all of the questions, concerns and potential regarding the future of … Continue reading
Posted in Media & Entertainment, Miscellaneous, Radio
Tagged broadcasting, digital, media, Radio, Technology
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Exclusive Emerson Drive Track for St. Jude
WGNE & Emerson Drive Team Up For Charity RENDA BROADCASTING Country WGNE (99.9 GATOR COUNTRY)/JACKSONVILLE is partnering with MIDAS RECORDS group EMERSON DRIVE to help the kids at ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL. The boys recorded a special acoustic version … Continue reading
Posted in Emerson Drive, Midas Records, Radio
Tagged country, Emerson Drive, Midas Records, Music
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Industry Pro: Tim Jones
Tim Jones Program Director – Citadel WGKX Memphis Previous employment: KBQI/KSYU Albuquerque PD Clear Channel HD Format Lab PD WDDD Marion-Carbondale, IL PD KEZS Cape Girardeau, MO PD KDXY/KDEZ Jonesboro, AR PD WYCQ Nashville, TN On-Air KFIN/KIYS Jonesboro, … Continue reading
Posted in Industry Pro, Radio
Tagged broadcasting, business, country, Memphis, Radio, Tim Jones
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The Future of Radio Advertising
Radio Ink recently released the findings of a phone survey of 1,004 U.S. adults. Among the findings the survey showed that 53 percent of listeners said they stick with a station through commercial breaks, 35 percent change the station, and 8 percent turn … Continue reading
Posted in Media & Entertainment, Radio
Tagged advertising, broadcasting, entertainment, media, Radio
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The Growing Options of Media
From emarketer.com: A January 2008 Arbitron-Edison Media Research study found that an estimated 33 million Americans had listened to online radio in the past week. This represents 13% of the US population ages 12 and older, and is an … Continue reading
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Tagged broadcasting, entertainment, podcasting, Radio, Technology
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