mramsey1Mar 13, 2016Better Listen to SaulIn the latest episode of the excellent Re/code Media Podcast, host Peter Kafka (who will be onstage talking media with me at hivio in...
mramsey1Oct 9, 2014The Secret of Howard SternBob Lefsetz penned a great piece in praise of Howard Stern recently. I recommend you check it out. It’s great not simply because he hits...
mramsey1Feb 24, 20146 Reasons Radio Listeners IGNORE Your Morning ShowYou know the routine. Your radio station introduces a new morning show and you sit back and wait for the magic to happen. And you...
mramsey1Mar 16, 2011How to Transform your Morning Show into SuperstarsMorning Show superstars are something almost every broadcaster wants and only a precious few have. So how do you get from here to there?...
mramsey1Jan 24, 2011Be Like Heidi and Frank – (Radio and) Internet StarsFormerly top-rated LA radio stars Heidi and Frank have taken their show to the world via the Internet. How’s that working for them?...
mramsey1Mar 6, 2010Jeff and Jer’s Garage-gramThis is where top-ranked morning shows go when they go off the air – to the garage. At least, that's the destination (so far) for San...
mramsey1Feb 23, 2010Take Your Morning Show from “Good” to “Great”How can you take your morning show to the next level? What lessons can we learn from the master character-creators on TV and in the...
mramsey1Feb 9, 2010The one where I get to lecture the Wall Street analyst about Howard SternFrom Inside Radio: Lazard Capital analyst Barton Crockett believes Stern will stay put, although he could take a pay cut and sign for $80...
mramsey1Jan 5, 2010“Pop” goes another Morning ShowHere's local TV's take on the loss of multiple big-ticket morning shows in San Diego during the past year: View more news videos at:...
mramsey1Jul 31, 2009Seacrest…out?So Ryan Seacrest has reportedly been coached to talk less between the songs on KIIS FM. In a competitive market, the PPM ratings decline...
mramsey1Mar 4, 2008The Coming Seacrest TsunamiI asked why we don’t see one of radio’s biggest stars, Ryan Seacrest, on more radio stations, when his celebrity and familiarity would...
mramsey1Feb 19, 2008What is “funny”?There’s a really interesting show airing now on the History Channel that I can’t recommend strongly enough to you morning radio talents...
mramsey1Nov 26, 2007Howard is anything but SternHere’s a nice AP interview with Howard Stern celebrating two years at Sirius. And it’s one of the only stories you’ll ever read without...
mramsey1Jun 29, 2007Mancow’s One-Night StandMadness from Inside Radio: Mancow says satellite radio is like a one night stand. He says uncensored content is “kind of exciting — but...
mramsey1May 22, 2007After JV and Elvis: Comedy minus Cruelty?I have previously commented on the very real chilling effect of firings like this one and Imus’s, even as these folks overstep the bounds...
mramsey1May 15, 2007Opie & Anthony’s suspension: Right or Wrong?We live in an age when people who didn’t hear something (until it’s online or on TV) are outraged enough by what they didn’t hear to...
mramsey1May 8, 2007“The dog ate my homework”From Inside Radio: Opie & Anthony are gloomy — “I have no doubt we’ll get tossed off regular radio.” Opie says on Monday’s show that “The...
mramsey1Apr 15, 2007After ImusInfamy is a great way to become part of mass media and a deadly way to stay there. Paris Hilton romped nude on the Internet and became a...
mramsey1Apr 10, 2007Math with Mr. Imus1 racist on-air gaffe + 1 public hanging + 1 public apology + 2 week suspension = Record high ratings So assuming that’s where it ends,...
mramsey1Apr 10, 2007So you need a new morning show……but where do you go? That’s where Keith and the Girl come in. Check out this show and you’ll hear what sounds like a morning radio show...