Talkers Confab: Fear and Hoping in NYC

What do you call a room packed full of talk radio pros looking for something to believe in? Church? Ha! Funny.  No, it was the 2010 Talkers New Media Seminar. Give tremendous credit to Talkers publisher Michael Harrison. Despite the weak economy and radio’s on-going woes, this weekend’s event drew a sell-out crowd of syndicators, [...]

Callers: PPM’s Next Victim?

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 [...]