Broadcast radio of all varieties finds itself under growing pressure to figure out its most advantageous place in the media hierarchy. How can it both be different and viable? Public radio stations have increasingly faced challenges to remain credible, relevant, and financially stable. Of course, there are no simple solutions, but there may be an available pathway that could solve myriad problems. That’s the basis of today’s blog post.

We love to have the generations debate where we argue about which demographic block has the edge, is more innovative, or simply lucked out. Whenever we have this discussion, it seems the one group that is invariably left out is Generation X. Time after time, they’re overlooked, ignored, or simply not given the credit for what they’ve accomplished. And now, it appears that technology—including AI—may be leaving them behind…again.

One of the most exciting and challenging parts of working with media companies on their AI strategy is keeping pace with how rapidly the tools evolve. In this space, “what doesn’t work” can become “industry standard” in just a few short months.…