Thursday, April 23, 2026

Ken Dardis

The future of traditional advertising

Radio industry personnel need to open their eyes to it, too. This sure beats selling spots and banner ads

Football's return is good news for broadcast promotions

The new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between NFL owners and the Players Association will enable the 2011-2012 regular season to begin on schedule this...

Surviving the Upfronts in a Cross-Media World

Now in their seventh year, the digital upfronts continue to shake up the media and advertising industries. But, the relatively novel concept of online TV audiences is still uncharted territory for most buyers. Many still have questions about how to most effectively allocate dollars across TV and digital media. A June 2012 report from comScore remains relevant, and we've traveled into the RBR+TVBR archives to present it once again for our members.
Democrat and Republican

Not that many hot Senate races shaping up

Two things are clear when looking at the 2014 US Senate election map: Democrats have their work cut out for them; but at the same time, there aren’t all that many hot contests a year out from Election Day.
Erwin Krasnow

Getting Full Value from Your Lawyer

Chances are that a lawyer coined the phrase “lawyer-client relationship.” This article is designed to make yours a client-lawyer relationship
Gregg Skall

ATSC 3.0 On the Doorstep

The implementation of an ATSC 3.0 standard brings challenges and opportunities, says Womble Carlyle attorney Gregg Skall.

Evaluating the effectiveness of ratings special reports

A lot of stations are doing rating period postmortems right now.  Smart stations will gather all the ratings special reports and promotion, then compare...

What Soap Can Teach Us About Morning News Branding

If you want to find some of the most unimaginative work in broadcast television, take a gander at morning news image promos
Poll

Radio program demographic rankers

Here is the companion piece to “Slicing and dicing the radio audience,” which ran in this space two weeks ago on 3/4/13. This report...

Radio Needs To Chase These Dollars

Our editor-in-chief believes there's a big opportunity for Radio to significantly boost its ad revenue while gaining ground against local digital media's ad revenue conquest. It involves WPP and one of the world's biggest advertisers, by dollars allocated to all kinds of media.

The Asian American Tide Toward Streaming Video

Consumers are shifting to streaming both short-form and long-form video. Broadcasters will need to stay ahead of these trends. One solution for a TV station owner may lie in understanding how Asian Americans watch television. Simply put, they are leading the streaming wave.
Comcast and NBCU

NBCU to unload stake in A&E Television Networks

Comcast/NBC Universal has moved on an option to sell most of its 15.8% stake in A&E Television Networks, parent company of A&E, Lifetime and...
Cable / Satellite

Cord-Cutting Slowing Down, But Not Loss Of Pay-TV Subs

The number of domestic traditional pay TV subscribers fell from 105 million in 2010 to 91 million in 2018, a new study shows. By 2014, those paying for MVPD services will be even lower than seen today. That said, cord-cutting is less of an issue than in the recent past.

Bad PR still having an impact on auto sellers

BP may have grabbed the headlines and become the corporate ogre in the view of many Americans, but recent bad PR is still impacting car sales to some extent
John Hogan

Six questions with John Hogan

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 –...