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The Parents Television Council is going after Howard Stern and NBC’s "America's Got Talent," which hired him to be a judge. The group has...

SNK Kagan TV and Radio Broadcast Summit “Show me the Money” Part 2 By Matt Feinberg The SNL Kagan afternoon sessions were more radio focused. Lew...

By John M. Pelkey, Garvey Schubert Barer In the Westerns of the 50’s and 60’s, the cowboy sneaking a peek at a poker player’s cards...

The writer of a piece put forth by Minnesota Public Radio took the 2012 election as a starting point and wrote a satire speculating...

Six years ago, Seth Godin noted the difference between the perception and the reality among professionals regarding their allocation of time in operating their business.  He used professional photographers to illustrate his point that managing time and resources involves trade-offs, but it certainly extends to entrepreneurs and leaders in any field. We revisit his points today.

Once the FCC has granted its consent to the sale of a station, the parties’ focus naturally turns to the closing. There always is an inordinate amount of paperwork that must be produced by the attorneys and signed by the parties to memorialize the transaction. Given the volume of paper, it is not surprising that small hiccups occur. Usually, however, the parties can work together to remedy such problems without delaying the closing. There are certain matters, however, that can seriously delay the closing or even result in the transaction falling through. The key to preventing such potentially deal-breaking problems from arising is to begin preparing for the closing as soon after the execution of the purchase agreement as possible. Five of these potential problem areas require particular attention.

Current company: Clear Channel Media and Entertainment Position: Chairman and CEO Location: New York Place of Birth: Chicago Date of Birth: 10.15.56 Personal info: Nancy – Wife, Makenzi –...

This is what every radio station should accomplish, says Gary Begin, the owner and consultant of Sound Advantage Media. "Think of rebranding not as an occurrence, but rather a procedure," he notes in an encore Media Information Bureau column that still holds high relevance to readers today.

On the job with your younger radio audience An important insight into the nature of your audience is knowledge of how much money they make, and how they make it. Thanks to the research experts at Prosper Research and Analytics, we can tell you that and more. Today, we look at the younger half of the radio audience.

In the 1970’s and 80’s, the company I worked for employed a programming consultant for our major market AM radio station. He was considered a top consultant in the industry at the time, with many years of experience advising the top stations in the country. Similar to other top consultants of the day, he was very precise on music selection and rotation. His strategies on music programming however, were based exclusively on his experience and perspective. For years, (when the competition among radio stations was much less than after the popularity of FM Radio exploded,) he helped many stations achieve great success. Predictably, he became quite confident that he was expert in knowing what audiences wanted from a radio station; in fact, he became quite cocky and inflexible in his direction to stations. This hubris almost destroyed our station. Here’s the critical lesson we learned that is especially relevant today for radio sales departments.

What can we do to separate ourselves from all others in the sales field? What can we do to enable ourselves to thrive and not just survive in the media sales world for decades to come? There are many necessary action steps we need to take to achieve the questions asked above but one that I believe works best is to

Rich Redmond serves as Chief Product Officer for GatesAir, responsible for product engineering

Advertising creative has always been and still is a big issue, says Mike Anthony.