Sunday, August 2, 2026

Legal eagle eye view of rural initiative

The FCC scrubbed consideration of a major initiative designed to increase radio service to rural America, and then suddenly dropped it into the public record

Entercom’s Digital Homerun: WEEI.com

There are several reasons why WEEI.com is legendary in my book, not the least of which is that it’s the home of the Red Sox. But the reason the rest of the Internet

Monochronic vs. Polychronic Media Consumer Behavior

Two concepts not often referenced in media planning are monochromic and polychronic information processing by media users

The News Brand Lifecycle

What are the top brands in the world? Here are Interbrand's top picks and the dollar value they put on these strategically positioned brands:

Necessity is the Mother of Re-Invention

Ever hear the expression “The only person who likes change is a wet baby?” Well like it or not, we’re in the full throws of major change. First, it was consolidation, then the technological shift… now the “rightsizing” and globalization

Fewer hotel guests want a newspaper

Even when the price is zero, fewer and fewer people are bothering to pick up a newspaper. Marriott International says guest demand for newspaper

Listen to your customers… you just might learn something

Our industry invests millions of dollars in research to properly “image” the on-air product. Yet we spend nothing internally

Is it the bottom yet for broadcasting stocks?

At the very least, the deterioration of radio and television stocks slowed its pace in Q1. But it appears to be too soon to declare with any certainty that

Using Pay-Per-Click Advertising to Promote your Newscast

Pay-per-click keyword advertising is one of the hottest advertising opportunities going these days. These text ads show up on

Consumers Are the Answer, Not the Problem

Consumers are a real problem for marketers. They’re fickle and changeable and, in many cases, not the least bit interested in what the marketer has to say. They don’t attend to

Two New Studies Show Internet Radio Listening is Growing

Newly released studies by American Media Services and Edison Media Research both indicate a growing Internet Radio audience. Last week Edison Media released a few facts from its

Media Allocation in a Consumer-Controlled Marketplace

In other words, it’s about how audiences use media forms, how many they use, in what combinations, at what times of day, and so on. And, it’s not about small groups — it’s not about

Customer-Controlled Media Era Requires Changes

By customer-controlled, we simply mean the traditional era of dominant media systems — one in which media organizations accumulated audiences based on

There’s more to value than cash

It doesn’t take a PhD in economics to see that times are tough all around. In fact, broadcasters know more about it than just about any segment of the economy

The Golden Rule of Selling

Most sales people don’t set out to purposely annoy customers. Most of the time they are simply doing what they were taught or what they were told, but the end result is the same.