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Halloween is here, a great time to “ghoulishly” reassess your station’s brand. This morning’s #TBT post is about a “devilish” exercise that can help you determine how many “zombies” are actually lurking around your radio station – promotions, events, digital assets, and features that are neither alive nor dead, but taking up time, space, and energy. And I promise: it won’t be scary.

That pending bill in front of Congress to mandate AM radios in cars may be coming into focus as the clock is ticking…LOUDLY. This has been one of those tough moments when radio broadcasters and automakers are at odds with each other, debating what is truly important and even essential in new car dashboards. Today’s blog post traces the relationship between these two storied industries, the current breakdown, and the road forward. Let’s go for a ride.

What’s new and hot in the media/technology space? Certainly not mobile apps. After all, they’ve been around since the first Obama Administration. But a closer look at the data tells us that particularly among radio fans, mobile apps have become bigger and more valued than ever. What’s behind the surge, and how can any radio station reap the rewards? Just click “READ MORE” and let’s get the new week going.

Americans have a genuine concern about identifying AI in the media they consume. In a conversation I had with a radio colleague this week, she succinctly defined the users’ quandary by explaining we want to know not only what we can trust, but also in which messages we can emotionally invest. Or, in other words, “Don’t…

How’s your station’s “FOMO factor?” Do your P1s even know what you’re doing and is your station making use of the entire marketing arsenal available to any brand, regardless of market size, RIFs, and budget? Getting a consumer’s attention and delivering a marketing message has never been more challenging. Today’s blog post will give you plenty of food for thought.

During the past decade, we have learned that social networks can “age out” just like radio formats or music. Today’s #TBT post revealed how “new research” revealed that Facebook usage among teens had hit at an all-time low. But Mark Zuckerberg lost no sleep because he owned the ultimate social media “cluster.” Today’s blog post looks at cluster strategy from a whole new angle.

Radio has never been known as a stable career, but these days, job security is an oxymoron. And it’s just radio. Employees across the spectrum are less likely to work for the same companies before moving on to the next opportunity. What does all this mean to the overall forecast for radio as in industry? Fewer say they’ll spend the rest of their careers in radio, another factor that makes the business even shakier.

In a tough 2024, radio has quietly made something of a comeback this month – its version of an “October Surprise.” And when you total up some of the amazing things that have happened on the radio airwaves this month, it’s a great reminder about how impactful the medium can still be.

It was inevitable.  Earlier this week Fred Jacobs tipped me off to a streaming radio station where all of the content is created by AI. Every song, every production element in the stream was created by an engine like Suno.AI or Udio. After listening for a while, it’s apparent that even though the content was all newly-created AI-audio, the songs and overall…