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Happy Innovation Weekend
Yes, I get it. It’s Memorial Day Weekend, a time when we honor the amazing people in the military who have sacrificed for our country in the past and the present. Please take a moment over the weekend...
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Missing The Podcasting Boat?
Just when you thought public radio and podcasting were on a serious roll, KPFT/Houston programmer Ernesto Aguillar has thrown cold water over both. In fact, his recent blog post reads more like the...
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Wait Wait…Don’t Book Kim Kardashian!
A story that made the rounds in public radio circles last week has now broken out into the mainstream media. It all started when NPR’s wildly successful, Peabody Award winning weekly news quiz show –...
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Who’s Broadcasting The World Cup?
You could hear the fireworks throughout all 50 states the other night. And I’m not talking about Independence Day celebrations or the neighborhood kids shooting off Roman candles. This was about...
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Radio’s Most Innovative: One Year Later
Time flies…when you innovating. Or in this case, writing about innovation. We started “Radio’s Most Innovative” exactly one year ago on the premise that there’s a lot more invention and creativity in...
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iHeartRadio: “We Ate Our Own Cooking”
Radio’s hot streak continues, and the reasons why go to the heart of what the industry as a whole ought to be focusing on. First, Wells Fargo analyst Marcy Ryvicker upgraded radio earlier this week....
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Rethinking Podcasting for Radio
When we hired Seth Resler about 100 days ago, I had podcasting in the back of my mind. Seth is an unabashed fan of podcasting, and is eager to see it grow. Our experience in public radio programming,...
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Public Radio’s Generational Divide
Radio’s industry trades were treated to an avalanche of coverage yesterday about a precipitous drop in public radio news listening. Driven by an article in Current.org (“Drop in younger listeners...
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Public Radio’s Demographic Cliff
The shifting demographics that are at the epicenter of every conversation in public radio circles aren’t really a new story. The aging of the audience has been taking place for decades, but it was...
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So You Think You Can Podcast
One of the key areas of investigation in our new Techsurvey12 – coming up this month – is podcasting. Most of you probably think this is a no-brainer. There wasn’t much competition for the key word in...
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