Posted by Randall Bloomquist on March 27, 2010
This Michael Kinsley critique of newspaper writing will be fascinating to anyone with a passion for news. Kinsley’s argument that the prints desperately need to update their presentation of the news has me wondering: When was the last time we seriously thought about whether radio news is truly serving the wants/needs of today’s listeners? A [...]
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Posted by Randall Bloomquist on January 11, 2010
A recent column in Toronto’s Globe and Mail reports that Canadian sports-talk stations have developed a serious bias against callers, with some shows banning them all together, and others limiting listener participation to special “hot-button topic” segments or post-game shows. The most eyebrow-raising observation in the column comes from Bob McCown, host of an afternoon [...]
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Posted by Randall Bloomquist on April 25, 2009
Nope, not the band, the market. Inside Radio’s Mike Kinosian reports that with its first monthly report, Boston becomes the #1 PPM market for Talk listening. Kinosian adds the footnote that the Boston Talk number includes WBZ-AM, a true news/talk hybrid. But it’s no surprise that Boston is rockin’ the chart – Beantown has always been a great [...]
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