Intelligence Briefs

Given the increasing disfavor of judges and state legislators against the enforceability of non-compete agreements in the broadcasting industry, should prudent

Does it feel like the talent pool in sales is shrinking just as demand for qualified salespeople is growing? The truth is, there are talented people waiting to be hired. The challenge is learning where to look. A good company must continually prospect for promising salespeople.

Several situations loom that need to be confronted. Folks who have followed my list of predictions since 1985 have to admit I nailed them all correctly. Several network shows had my list and have interviewed me. Here’s what’s coming:

Infinite Dial 2014 identified YouTube as radio’s quiet competitor (https://rbr.com/infinite-dial-radios-quiet-competitor-is-youtube/), but the reality

Over 100 years ago, Consolidated Communications was founded as a

Strong positioners move a radio station past utility grade. Nearly all of the listening going on in the United States is utility not foreground, not a reason for listening. It’s about getting your radio station near the useful part of the curve. That means moving away from being a utility.

March 26th: A major medical moment of the 20th century occurred on this date in 1953. That's when noted researcher and virologist Jonas Salk at the University of Pittsburgh revealed on CBS Radio that the testing of his polio vaccine on a 90-member group of adults and children had proven successful. The testing continued for two years with the vaccine declared sound in April of '55, paving the way for the licensing of the injected substance and the subsequent mass immunization campaigns. On this night in 1956 comedian Red Buttons made his TV acting debut on CBS's "Studio One."

March 24th: As Jackie Gleason would say, a little traveling music!!! We offer it for radio, vaudeville, Broadway and film performer Belle Baker who became the first person to host a radio broadcast from a moving train, on this day in 1932. That variety program was heard on New York's WABC. Eddie Cantor paid this lady quite the compliment at one time in saying Belle Baker is, "Dinah Shore, Patti Page, Peggy Lee and Judy Garland all rolled into one."

With today’s rapid consumption of bite-sized morsels of social media

At the bottom of the Great Recession, radio had lost $5 billion of revenue, from over $20 billion in 2007 to

Part one of this guide, “Obtaining Information from FCC.gov With

The television industry is experiencing more consolidation than ever. Recently, Yahoo shut down IntoNow and