The last few years, the radio industry has been telling anybody who'll listen, especially politicians, that radio is a critical part of America's emergency indication system. That was the argument advanced for putting FM tuners in cell phones, and it's what the NAB ...

If anything struck me while I attended the talk radio convention–type thing in Dallas last week, it was the feeling that our industry lives in a bubble, in which nothing ever really changes much. That might not be a fair characterization, but after over twenty ...

So, you've been RIFfed. That, apparently, is the new jargon. It's what we used to call "getting fired," "getting canned," "getting the ax," "being made redundant," "getting sacked," "laid off," and "being thrown out on our asses." I guess "Reduction in Force" sounds ...

I spent all day Thursday at one of those talk radio convention-type things. As always, I spent most of it gradually losing consciousness, because, after 25 years of talk radio convention-type things, I've heard all that before. By lunchtime, the parade of ...

A few weeks ago, they had a big concert in Las Vegas to promote iHeartRadio, Clear Channel's mobile app and streaming site. From all accounts, it was a big success, at least as a concert. I'm not sure that it promoted radio as much as it promoted the artists that were ...

The thick, heavy brick of a cell phone I've been carting around for the last couple of years is on its last legs. It actually died on me when I was in Chicago, and even though I can remember a time when we weren't connected to the grid at all times and we managed to ...

Wednesday night was, as you may have noticed, an awesome night for baseball fans. Four games deciding both leagues' wild card playoff winners, two extra-inning games, two epic collapses, and an intense four minutes at the end... there's been nothing like it in the ...

Radio can learn a lot from the upcoming Facebook changes... but not what you think. I know, everyone's queuing up to be in on the action. iHeartRadio's in there, Jelli's in there, and, if it all takes off, I imagine every radio company will be coming up with some form ...

A few years ago, the NAB made an interesting decision for its Spring convention. Time was, the Spring show was mostly about television and largely about the technical side of that business, while radio had its Fall show. But despite the "B" standing for "broadcasters," ...