The “true crime” genre shows no signs of slowing down. Always a mainstay of movies and television, “true crime” podcasts are now the third most popular genre according to new research. And there is somewhere in the neighborhood of 23,000 “true crime” podcasts, but it’s a mystery as to why the genre is virtually invisible on the broadcast radio airwaves. For a clue or two about how radio could seize this content opportunity, just click READ MORE below.

Radio and televison have always been the source of an ongoing talent merry-go-round. Never known as stable industry, many on-the-air broadcasters have moved around throughout their careers – in many cases, a lot. But in the past year, job changes, terminations, resignations, belt tightening have plagued the industry, causing instability and less reliability. Today’s post looks at a number of these changes in ’24, and what they might mean to the year ahead.

No one could have predicted 2020. And that’s why prognosticating what our lives will be like next year – or four years from now – is absolute folly. But that never stops analysts and futurists from making their predictions known about “where the puck is going to be.” Today’s blog post – a #TBT entry from exactly four years ago – is about accountability. Did those seers and forecasters get it right about radio back in 2020 during the throes of COVID – or did they sell radio short? If the suspense is just killing you, click “READ MORE” and all will be revealed.