Elementary, My Dear Wasmoen

Elementary, My Dear Wasmoen

One of my favorite Programmers is Mark Adams with iHeart in San Francisco. Mark’s one of those guys who is literally so smart that I’ve always been afraid to ask to see his SATs because I knew it would just ruin my day.   Mark was talking about new technologies...
Anti-Social Media

Anti-Social Media

Radio has, like we always seem to do, take something like social media and look at it with a very one dimensional vision: “Hey Bob, now we have another way to spam and annoy our audience.”

Granted, it would require “work” and “effort” but Twitter and Facebook have given us wonderful ways to court listeners and create fans.

New Years Revolutions

New Years Revolutions

I was never good with resolutions. The one about the thing at the place with the stuff? I didn’t make it past noon on the 1st inability to commit and my weak resolve. Damn. Damn. Damn. Here are a few things to resolve for 2014: • If someone says “But, in a PPM...
Summer Umbrellas

Summer Umbrellas

The evolution of a summer umbrella, a moniker for the stations’ activities during the Summer, pretty much began and ended with “The (Dial Position) Days Of Summer” in 1981. 99% of stations that have used it, didn’t use it so that it had any meaning. It was just a...
Summer Interns

Summer Interns

Again, you want 20. Minimum. That insures you have three left by the end of the summer. Polite is nice. Shy isn’t. You want to screen for people who are out-going and aren’t going to hide in the van. Look for people who have skillz™. Like Intern Gabby at KZIA who...