Five Questions with Jim Winston
Despite many obstacles, National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters Executive Director Jim Winston is confident that improving the diversity of ownership of America’s airwaves...
The difference isn’t the product it is you
Radio works, sometimes we don’t work.
One of the more frustrating objections I hear when I am speaking to a potential prospect is when they...
Consumer confidence rebounding but volatile
So says the latest report from Prosper Insights & Analytics. Consumers expressed more confidence in February 2013 than they did the month and the...
Advice from a radio outsider you’ll probably ignore Part 1
Radio leaders are sure to ignore all this because their media is doing so well right? Not so much. According to the RAB, radio...
Six Questions with Bill Figenshu
Radio veteran Bill Figenshu was “in heaven” when he broke into radio, even though his weekly paycheck fell quite some distance shy of the...
Why Sports radio is different
I just don’t know if people listen to the radio anymore. I’ll be perfectly honest with you, I don’t know if I would have...
Peer-to-Peer Financing, Part II
By John R. Brooks and Erwin G. Krasnow, Esq.
In “Peer-to-Peer Investing, Part I,” Radio & Television Report, January 31, 2013, we wrote about on-line...
Powerful press conferences steps
You decided that you have newsworthy information and have made a decision that you are going to hold a press conference. Now you’re saying...
Seven Questions with Kalil’s Todd Hartman
Todd Hartman, VP at brokerage firm Kalil & Co. says deal-making in 2012 was better than in 2011, and seems to be picking up...
The buying habits of TV fans, part 2
Following our dig into the BIGinsight database to get an idea of who the most frequent buyers of several miscellaneous common purchase items cross-checked...
Bargain Basement? Purchasing Out of Receivership or Bankruptcy
By John M. Pelkey, Garvey Schubert Barer
Buying a broadcast station from a receiver or a trustee in bankruptcy is a little like trying to...
Covenants not-to-compete: How to tie them down!
In my last article, I discussed covenants-not-to-compete from the employee point of view. But, really, that was only half the story. Good broadcasters know...
Building a marketing communications strategy
If you're a start-up or small station that believes marketing communications strategy is an ideal just for huge corporations or conglomerations with a large...
The buying habits of radio fans, part 2
We already took a look under the hood of the BIGinsight database to get an idea of who the most frequent buyers of several...
Peer-to-Peer Investing Part I
By John B. Brooks and Erwin G. Krasnow, Esq.
Small deals are the bane of lenders’ and investors’ existence. “Small” can be defined as under...