Let’s Talk About “The Morgan Wallen Thing”
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Local Radio Still Rules?
Going Backwards With Radio
A Storm Is Brewing
A storm is brewing that could very well drastically change the way we do our jobs in radio, records, and as recording artists. For radio stations in small markets, it could prove to be the beginning of the end. Legislation is currently being considered in Washington for radio stations to pay artists for airplay. Currently all licensed radio stations pay royalties to songwriters, and with the current economic conditions, it has been tough to make a buck on the street lately. Groups of owners and independent station owners are vowing that if this legislation passes, radio stations could turn around […]
Telephonic Surveys Now A Waste Of Time
A radio group announced last month that they were severing ties with Arbitron, citing problems with measuring audiences in smaller markets and rural areas, and was going with a telephonic measuring system called the Eastlan group. New Northwest Broadcasters owns over 30 stations in four western states- Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Alaska. In my opinion, this move is like going from playing music from hard drive back to throwing two turntables and bringing back 45’s and 33’s into a smoky studio with live on-air talent 24/7. In other words, they’re going backwards technologically, and logically, this move makes absolutely no […]
5 Easy Steps
Right now, today, there are five easy things you can do that can make your radio stations sound better, and improve employee morale. Of course, many of you may do all of these things, and to you, kudos. You’re doing many of the right things to make you a winner. But, most PD’s that multi-task (have more than one station to program) can sometimes forget that even ONE station is important enough to keep it on and critique it. Though we’ll never be able to listen with “listener’s ears”, here are some great, simple ideas that can help you. 1. […]
Spanning The Globe
About a year ago, I received an e-mail from a listener of our classic rock station from Wagga Wagga, Australia. We stream our signal on line, and through a website that gives people a menu of stations that fit their listening habits, Jeff found our station and loved the music mix. Through correspondence of e-mails, I found Jeff to be very funny, down to earth, and knowlegable about music. But, there are obvious differences in how the English language can be interpreted. Still, he promised one day that the next time he visited the United States, he would stop by. […]
Award Winning Award Show
There seems to be an award show every weekend of the year now. I even got a flyer in my junk e-mail box this week about an award show for SHOELACES coming up in December. Not joking. Maybe it’s because of one too many elbows to the head in crowded places on my vertically challenged frame, but I’m not big for real crowded places. I deal with them. And there is a crowd at the New Music Awards. It’s just a different crowd. This show is unique in the aspect that it gives you the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, […]
ARTIST FEATURE
Rob Georg: Horses, Music & Riding The Radio Charts
If you tuned into the recent episode of the SBS Podcast, you’ll have found us taking a turn into Country music for a section of the show – rare for us, but when there’s something worth spinning & talking about, you know we find a way to make some time for it. Rob Georg is a […]
INDUSTRY NEWS
Country & Southern Pop Songstress Brei Carter Announces Debut Holiday EP, Twinkling Tales Of Christmas, Due Out Nov. 10
Crossover country and southern pop recording artist, and U.S. Army veteran Brei Carter just can’t wait to usher in the holiday season with her new seven song debut Christmas EP, Twinkling Tales of Christmas, due out November 24 by Brown Lee Entertainment. Known for having a festive and vivacious personality year round, Carter’s new EP […]
SEMA FEST Las Vegas Announces Day by Day Line-Up for Friday, Nov 3 & Saturday, Nov 4
The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA), producers of the SEMA Show, the major trade-only automotive event held annually in Las Vegas, is celebrating its 56th anniversary in 2023 with the launch of SEMA Fest, an open to the public two-day full-throttle festival that fuses motorsports, music, and car culture. Today, September 26, the event has […]
T. Graham Brown Welcomes Joe Stampley As His Guest For LIVE WIRE On SiriusXM Prime Country Channel 58
Country hit-maker T. Graham Brown’s LIVE WIRE on SiriusXM’s Prime Country Channel 58 will debut new episodes starting Wednesday, November 1 at 10/9c PM, featuring an interview with CMA and ACM winner, Joe Stampley. Stampley’s career, which has spanned seven decades, includes the release of over twenty albums and a catalog of more than sixty singles including “Soul Song,” […]
Do What You Want To Do – It’s A Whole New World