Posted by Randall Bloomquist on March 11, 2010
Chicago media critic Robert Feder reports that Tribune Company CEO Randy Michaels has issued a list of 119 words and phrases that WGN-AM newspeople are no longer allowed to use on-air. Feder looks askance at this effort, calling it insulting and suggesting that Michaels has better things to do with his time. Feder couldn’t be [...]
Categories: Programming Advice, Uncategorized |
Tags: Clear Channel, Gabe Hobbs, Randy Michaels, Robert Feder, talk radio, Tribune Co., WGN-AM | 
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Posted by Randall Bloomquist on March 8, 2010
American broadcasters justifiably complain and fret about the FCC’s content regulation. But here’s a reminder that it could be worse. A lot worse. Dublin-based Newstalk 106-108 was recently censured by Ireland’s version of the FCC because morning co-host Claire Byrne called spinster singing sensation Susan Boyle “a freak” and “not right in the head.” [...]
Categories: Government Regulation, Programming Advice, Uncategorized |
Tags: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Claire Byrne, content reguation, Irish talk radio, Newstalk 106-108, Susan Boyle, talk radio | No Comments »
Posted by Randall Bloomquist on March 1, 2010
Has your sales department talked to labor unions while prospecting for paid programs? Might be worth a meeting or two. Sure, unions don’t have as much money as they used to — but who does?
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Posted by Randall Bloomquist on February 10, 2010
The Daily Beast recently posted a list of talk show hosts who are supposedly poised to be “the next Glenn Beck.” This apparently means a personality capable of transcending radio to become a political or cultural force. You know, somebody who will one day be the subject of a fretful Time magazine cover story.
Daily Beast [...]
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Tags: Daily Beast, Glenn Beck, talk radio, Talkers | Comments Off
Posted by Randall Bloomquist on February 9, 2010
The recent demise of Air America Media reignited the debate over why liberal talk radio has struggled to find a viable audience. You’ve heard all the theories: bad business plan; putting politics ahead of entertainment; the mainstream media provides enough liberal news and comment, et cetera. Now former liberal talk host Steve Young puts forth a [...]
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Tags: Air America, Air America Media, Glenn Beck, Jon Stewart, liberal talk radio, Philly.com, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Stephen Colbert, talk radio | Comments Off
Posted by Randall Bloomquist on February 8, 2010
Boston Phoenix blogger Adam Reilly offers an insightful post-mortem on talk radio’s role in Scott Brown’s election to the U.S. Senate. The bottom-line: Relationships and engagement matter — a lot.
True, most Beantown talkers were ideologically pre-disposed to support the Republican Brown. But Brown also benefited tremendously from his long-time courtship of the radio crowd. Even [...]
Categories: Talk Radio Strategy |
Tags: Adam Reilly, Boston Phoenix, Chris Van Hollen, Jim Braude, Martha Coakley, Scott Brown, talk radio, WMAL, WTKK | Comments Off
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 drive [...]
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Tags: Bob McCown, callers, PPM, sports radio, Sports talk radio, talk radio, TheFan590 | Comments Off
Posted by Randall Bloomquist on November 18, 2009
Don Anthony’s first Talk Show Boot Camp was an excellent event — 36 hours of laser-focused discussion on what it takes to create great talk radio. It was both educational and motivational. If there’s a 2010 edition (and there probably will be) you need to be there. In the meantime, here are five themes [...]
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Posted by Randall Bloomquist on November 11, 2009
Dear Friends and Colleagues – I started TalkFrontier.com eight months ago as an experiment, as a way to learn about New Media while continuing to share my opinions and ideas about talk radio. At the time, I took a pretty dim view of radio’s prospects. But a funny thing happened across those eight months and 95 blog posts. The more [...]
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Tags: content development, randall bloomquist, talent management, talk frontier, talk frontier media, talk radio, talk radio consulting, WBT, WGST, WMAL, WRVA | Comments Off
Posted by Randall Bloomquist on October 4, 2009
Excellent insight in this NYT opinion piece on what talk radio hosts and rappers have in common. Hint: A lot, including a hunger for financial success and its rewards. Jay-Z could have been talking about Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck when he wrote, “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man.”
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