1. You do not have to say anything that comes into your head. 2. Likewise, you do not have to post every thought you have on social media. 3. You should not post or even talk about "stuff you found on the internet" when you don't know for sure that it's true or it comes ...

Ever eat at a Jersey diner? It's something I miss, having grown up with it and now living on the other side of the country, where "diner" is defined as either Denny's or some high-end "reimagining of comfort food," meaning the portions are tiny and they sprinkle quinoa ...

It can all be true. Bankruptcy can be a good thing for radio? Yeah. Bankruptcy sends a bad message to the public that radio's dying? Yeah. Chapter 11 wiping out all that debt is a fresh start that could lead to a bright future as a profitable industry? ...

Right now, I'm in a Starbucks on the SMU campus, decompressing after two days at Talk Radio Boot Camp, and maybe the last thing I want to think about is talk radio, or radio, or, well, anything, because it's Friday afternoon and I just want to get home and sleep. But I'm ...

How prepared are you if, heaven forbid, something like Parkland happens in your market? I'm not going to limit this to talk radio. Every station, regardless of format, should be thinking about this. I've talked here about the need for emergency preparation before, but ...

How many times has the word "monetization" come up in discussions about the media and the digital age? Everyone wants to be the one to come up with the ultimate answer to the question "how are we gonna make money on this thing?," but we're still feeling our way through ...

"You know who's a genius?" Walter Sabo, or Sterling, or whatever he's calling himself at any given time, was on the phone. "You?" He ignored me. "Anyone who can program an AM station in 2018 and get an audience, any numbers at all, is a genius," he said, and I had to ...

When did we go from "your opinions aren't the thing, your ability to entertain is" to "conform or you're through"? I ask this because things have changed in talk radio, changed a LOT, and I'm not sure whether it's something that came about organically from changing ...

Okay, then, how do we get people to pay for all this? That, of course, is the Big Question of the Day for all content creators, and it's going to be an increasingly difficult one for radio, and podcasters. It's not like we haven't been warned that the traditional ...