Pick the correct excuse for why I didn't get this week's column done on time: a. My dog ate it. b. I had a tummy ache. c. I had to go to yet another convention, but when I got into my car and turned the key, nothing at all happened and it turned out my car battery was ...

Remember last week's column? I closed it with this: If anything happens during what's left of this convention, I'll talk about it here next week. I hope something DOES happen. If not, I'm going to be hurting for material. When next week's column consists of nothing ...

There are two overriding themes to this year's NAB Radio Show (Now Featuring Extra RAB!). The first is that mobile media -- cell phones -- are the future and they're taking over and we'd better get on board and PLEASE LORD MAKE THEM PUT FM TUNERS IN CELL PHONES OR WE'RE ...

Hey, before I start, does anyone else think that it's strange that while Advertising Week is going on in New York, the NAB and RAB will be convening in Washington? Maybe it's just me, but I would think that if your industry lives and dies on advertising revenue, and ...

Listen, I try to remain optimistic about the future. I think -- KNOW -- that there will always be a need for good audio entertainment, and that radio is uniquely qualified to create that content. And then yet another major talk station hires yet another disgraced ...

Late last week, there was a story out there about a radio station, a new host, and a lack of phone callers. The shorthand version is this: The new host, freshly arrived from a long and successful stint in another city, was having a hard time getting phone calls, perhaps ...

"So." A friend of mine, working in a related business, was on the line. "What?" "So, what's happening in radio right now?" "What do you mean?," I asked. "Like, what's in the news?" "No, I mean, what's new? What's different? Is anybody doing anything really ...

A major market talk station hired a new co-host for its morning show, and while I was writing the story, I checked the station's website to see how it was promoting the new hire. Sure enough, they'd put a bio on the site, and it named the new personality and said that ...

Let's say right up front that radio is still a great medium, that it still has a lot to offer, that it isn't, as some people insist, dying but is in the process of reinventing itself for a new era and new delivery options. Can we at least agree on that part? Good. Then ...