Monday, June 1, 2026

Why Shouting Copy Doesn’t Work

Once upon a time (now…long ago), James Brown had a hit with “Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud.” That song and its sentiment were right for the time. But in daily business practice, saying it loudly in a radio commercial doesn’t work so well, and here’s why

Phil Hendrie: Unpredictable, entertaining, insightful radio

Phil Hendrie got his start in radio as a music DJ and later in 1990 began his career in Talk Radio. The first Phil...

Part 5 – Marketing and Featured Aisle

While female shoppers are more likely to have a store preference for Skincare products, do their spending patterns vary as well?  In short: yes....

Part 4 – Marketing and Retail Sales

Where and what are the habits today on spending in the clothing retail sector. Examining the retail vs outlets like Wal-Mart. Areas consumers are...

Kidd Kraddick in the Morning: Not your everyday cast of characters

The Kidd Kraddick in the Morning show is a hip, syndicated family friendly morning program out of Dallas. How did the

Part 3 – Marketing and Personal Finance

Knowing what consumers can and can not do or willing to do delivers you the pacing on how your local ad dollars will take...

Carnegie's Case Study: Hippie Radio strikes it big in Peoria

According to in-depth research by The Nielsen Company – Fact - Size matters to ‘Boomers’ – When people hear the term "Baby Boom generation," the first thing that comes to mind

Pt 2 – Marketing and the Economy, Knowing the Consumer

Knowing what consumers can and can not do or willing to do deliver you the pacing on how your local ad dollars will take shape. Areas consumers are focused on

Seeing the Broader Horizon for Broadcasters

There’s nothing like a transatlantic flight to remind you that looking at your environment from a higher perspective can really broaden your outlook.  When...

Tom Sullivan: been there, done that!

“The Tom Sullivan Show,” launched early November 2007, is a daily, topic-driven look at news and issues that have or will have impact on...

Success with new media begins with commitment

There continues to be as many questions as solutions swirling around radio concerning the best approach for integrating new media with traditional media offerings....

Mancow: Handling the content of AM with the style, pacing and humor of FM

Since leaving Emmis’ Q101 in Chicago July 2006, Erich “Mancow” Muller has entered a bit of a renaissance with

The Broadcast Genius You Probably Never Heard Of

Tim Russert, Michael DeBakey and George Carlin were just three of the extremely influential people who died this summer. Tony Schwartz was the fourth. Who?

Campbell’s Paul Alexander: Brand emotion, product integration and agency collaboration

Here, Paul talks about reaching the consumer, using new and traditional media combinations for brand objectives, agency collaboration and

Radio, the Ultimate One-on-One Medium:

Why Certain Vocal Characteristics Can Make or Break an Ad -- Each radio advertisement that goes on the air is used to deliver a message to the consumer. These messages are