It was late, just about the end of FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn's talk at the Radio Show 2016 in Nashville on Thursday afternoon, and I was, I'll admit, falling asleep. Blame my daily mid-afternoon crash, blame allergies, blame a long week or lack of sleep or just ...

One of the life skills most people develop early on in their existence is how to manage expectations. We learn, usually the hard way, that our hopes that our favorite teams will make it to the Super Bowl or World Series will be dashed early in the season, that the ...

Is there anything you want to read less than a column about radio the afternoon before a long holiday weekend (in the U.S. and Canada, that is)? Okay, then, I'll keep it short. The great 1972 movie "The Candidate" ends with an iconic scene, when Robert Redford, as the ...

One of the things I have to remind myself when writing this column is that, whatever I want to believe about the state of the radio industry, I still live in the real world. That manifests itself when I hear something I don't like and start to pontificate about what ...

I will freely admit that I do not have all the answers to every radio industry dilemma. This week, all I can do is observe, and the answer is escaping me. I'm talking about talk radio's reaction to fast-moving events, the kind that seemingly change by the minute. Take ...

Maybe to build a new talk radio, we can learn by tearing down what we have now. Let me explain that by "tear it down," I may not mean what you think that means. This isn't a call to anarchy or an advance on the talk radio palace with torches and pitchforks. It's ...

The other day, I saw a Facebook conversation about how radio personalities should dress for remotes. The discussion involved whether you should show up dressed uncool (dad jeans, polo shirt) or not, and there was debate over.... ...Oh, it doesn't matter what the debate ...

"Have you seen 'Stranger Things' yet?" Um, no, I haven't had a chance to... "Ohmygawd you have to it's so cool really I watched all eight you gotta see it like right now." And thus we have the latest in a series of shows you have to watch. We've been through several, ...

How much time do you have for your amusement? I have very little free time, what with work and family and the need for sleep. Something has to give, and anything that doesn't earn me money or involve time with my wife is going to take a back seat. (You'll notice that ...