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What makes a Hero?
Everybody’s hurting, including radio. Times like these call for exceptional people, exceptional leaders. In his forthcoming book Reality...
mramsey1
Oct 7, 2008
Radio and Community
This is not some post extolling radio’s alleged identity as “the first social network.” In fact, I don’t think radio is the first social...
mramsey1
Sep 28, 2008


“The Future of Radio”
But here’s a case where my expectations were dead wrong. A MediaPost piece that sums up the future as well or better than I ever could,...
mramsey1
Sep 28, 2008
Filtering beats Personalization
“We suffer not from information overload but from filtering failure.” So says Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody Much is made of...
mramsey1
Sep 25, 2008
Radio websites need to more aggressively pursue “Branded Entertainment”
If I were an under-appreciated cog at a big radio group right now, I’d take a page from Glamour (pun almost intended) and pitch my group...
mramsey1
Sep 12, 2008
Sprint is in the NFL Radio Business
Here’s yet another tidbit you won’t read about in the radio trades: Sprint Offers Subscribers NFL Radio – The live, cell-phone-accessible...
mramsey1
Aug 27, 2008
Here comes “Social Radio”
While not a new concept, the idea of “social radio” is certainly not something we read about in the radio industry trades. We know what...
mramsey1
Aug 25, 2008


“Radio Heard Here”: Actions speak louder than Words?
Have you seen the new Radio Heard Here site? It’s from the branding company that brings you the branding for this: And how should you use...
mramsey1
Aug 21, 2008


Radio: Move, Adapt, or Die
The very world around the dinosaurs changed. I was watching some show on dinosaurs last night and the dino-expert summed up the situation...
mramsey1
Aug 20, 2008
Doom and Gloom? Or Opportunity?
From Inside Radio: Are radio’s leaders in denial? One analyst thinks so. CL King analyst Jim Boyle…projects radio revenues will likely...
mramsey1
Aug 20, 2008


What kind of radio are listeners searching for?
To the degree that folks search for what interests them, what are folks searching for in the world of radio nowadays? A check of Google...
mramsey1
Aug 12, 2008
iPod and HD Radio myths and realities
From Broadcast Newsroom: iPods are seen as complementary to the radio experience, not competing. “Listening to your own collection versus...
mramsey1
Aug 12, 2008
Why “Choice” can Kill
HD and Satellite radio offer more choice! So say the folks who blindly read their consumer research and assume that “more” is always...
mramsey1
Aug 12, 2008


Video IS the Radio Star – an interview with NowMedia’s Kevin Bromber
If your radio station is better thought of as a local media company (as I believe), then video is very likely to be part of that...
mramsey1
Jul 28, 2008
Dear iPhone: Which of those 3G’s stands for “Great Morning Show”?
Next week Ad Age will run a piece about the likely “disruptive” effect of connected high-speed mobile devices like the iPhone on radio....
mramsey1
Jul 17, 2008
Radio’s Online Future
I’ve been thinking lately about radio’s future online. It’s easy to say “we need to be online.” It’s easy to say we need to be streaming....
mramsey1
Jul 14, 2008
Apple doesn’t ship iPods in brown paper bags. What about you?
Content is no longer King. Distribution is no longer King. Money is King, and in an increasingly troubled economy this Emperor has no...
mramsey1
Jul 8, 2008
When your radio station’s website doesn’t matter
What does it mean for a radio station to be online? What if it doesn’t mean that a station should focus exclusively on its own website?...
mramsey1
Jul 8, 2008


Does your station create live and original video webcasts?
Well, you could. And if you think you can create something both attractive and valuable – and you can monetize it – you should. Here’s an...
mramsey1
Jun 23, 2008


Another chance: Audio Presentation on Radio’s Future
I don’t usually do this, but I’m offering another chance for you to hear the presentation I gave to NRG Media a few weeks ago. It’s...
mramsey1
Jun 15, 2008
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