Monday, June 22, 2026

Christmas dollars

Here is one that may help generate a few bucks during the Christmas season. Each day-have the “Merchant of the day-business of the day”

Navigating through tough times

The global financial mess we now find ourselves in is about as bad as anything I’ve seen in 25 years of financing broadcasters. Many of us remember

iPhone and Internet Radio

According to the iPhone apps store, 3 mobile streaming music applications rank in the top ten free music apps. This is great news for Internet radio! iPhone is the first widespread

The Financial Manager's Perspective: Following the Money

The best Way to give advertisers what they want is by ensuring that we are serving our audiences. A couple of weeks ago

The Skinny on False Weight-Loss Advertising…and Other Big Fat Lies

There’s not an easy answer. The real question is; can you run an ad

Streams and Podcasts are Great News

A recent survey conducted by News Generation, a public relations company with an expertise in radio

Dude Part 2 Cigars Cigarettes and Bongs

Yesterday, we talked about some fairly bizarre advertising requests for a smoking product, cannabis, or as it's more popularly known, "weed." But what about

Dude! You Can't Advertise Smokes, Right?

Well, no, not exactly. You cannot advertise or plug cigarettes or little cigars, but the other stuff? Well, not snuff

Internet radio and the AFTRA issue

One of the first big hurdles the Internet radio industry had to overcome was ensuring that all

Candidate Hybrid Advertising: It’s Money in the Bank, not the Tank!

With less than two weeks to go to election day of what may be the most

Online Video Is All That Matters. To Some.

The number of Americans watching video via computers has doubled during the past year, from 32% to 63%

What movie trailers can teach us about tease writing

What's the ultimate purpose of a newscast? Phil Alvidrez, one of my old news directors, put it best.

Family Broadcasters – Pay Attention:

Sons and Daughters; Strike Out On Your Own - Family Attribution Under the FCC Ownership Attribution Rules. Two seemingly unrelated items appeared in the

Wireless Internet Radio

New people are discovering Internet radio everyday. But right now people have to think about how to connect, where to connect, or what to connect to in order to listen. When wireless access

The 2009 radio upfront: Caution flag raised in a tough economy

In our annual network radio upfront feature, we ask top media agency buyers for their take, along with noting the big issues