In little more than 100 days from now, we will have welcomed in a new year – and we will be jetting off to Las Vegas to experience CES 2025. The Consumer Electronic Show (as this amazing event is oftne known as) is the table-setter for the year in tech and media ahead. COVID aside, Paul and I have made the trip every year since 2009. This year, we hope you’ll be joining us. Why do we go each year? As broadcaster extraordinaire Jerry Lee once explained to me, we “don’t want to miss the future.”

In just 45 days, America votes (of course, vote by mail has already started), but how will your radio station fare in the heat of this historic moment? If you run a news station, especially in the pubic radio space, you’re probably walking a razor’s edge between attracting audience and repelling them. Today, JacoBLOG is here to help, with exclusive new data from our yet-to-be-released PRTS 2024 study. There are insights here for everyone in radio. Dig in.

As our world becomes overrun by millions and millions of brand names, simplicity and clarity matter. How you spell and pronounce and brand name – especially an new one – matters in a world of search engines, bots, and app stores. I’ve got examples, including a couple that are close to home.

Everybody knows the radio business is the most competitive of them all. Except it’s not. They’re ALL competitive. And in today’s post, we take a walk down the grocery aislee to provide a great object lesson about what profitability and sustainability look like. Just watch that spill on aisle 7.

Launching a new brand or format in radio has become a risky business. But what about figuring out how to successfully extend the brand of an existing show or station? One of the most famous network TV shows is right now in the middle of this process. And it provides great lessons and “best practices” for radio stations and companies. Click READ MORE and let’s take a look.