The importance of the web to radio’s future
IF RADIO WANTS LISTENERS, IT may find them on a sister medium. According to a new research report released by CreditSuisse (CS), radio...
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mramsey1
Jul 13, 2006
eMarketer summarizes hear2.0 study on what listeners tune in online
Emarketer.com has a nice summary of our recent news release on what kind of online radio listeners tune in. The findings are also...
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mramsey1
Jun 29, 2006
Rhode Island will be WiFi border to border
When an entire state goes WiFi, then it will be followed by more states. And that will precipitate the arrival of the Internet in cars,...
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mramsey1
Jun 28, 2006
Thanks to the 2006 Radio Symposium
Yesterday I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the Interep/Bear Stearns Radio Symposium . Here’s the news item that quotes...
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mramsey1
Jun 28, 2006
Is terrestrial radio missing the Internet radio boat?
We asked a random cross-section of America (from age 12-54) if they’ve ever listened to streaming audio or Internet radio online. 43%...
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mramsey1
Jun 26, 2006
The impact of “Stars” on radio
For a long time I’ve been arguing that the key for radio’s long term success is to invest in stars. As this example from Arbitron’s PPM...
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mramsey1
Jun 23, 2006
What is “Radio,” anyway?
Recently I came across an article that referenced, as an illustration, Baltimore’s Jazz HD station WSMJ-HD2. And it asked an interesting...
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mramsey1
Jun 21, 2006
Clear Channel, the Dot Com
Under the noses of a lot of broadcasters Clear Channel is becoming an Internet company. And, in my opinion, there’s no better way to...
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mramsey1
Jun 19, 2006
Howard Stern’s show is online now…
The news is here. And here’s what I see in my crystal ball: 1. Hundreds of thousands of Stern fans will sign up for SIRIUS in order to...
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mramsey1
Jun 16, 2006
Google introduces “Dayparts”
In a move that makes Google a closer competitor to radio from the advertiser’s perspective, Google will now offer dayparting for adwords....
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mramsey1
Jun 16, 2006
When is YOUR “Hack Day”?
“Hack Day,” a day-long event where engineers stop whatever they’re doing and build stuff they think is cool. The goal is to stoke...
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mramsey1
Jun 5, 2006
The challenge of AM radio
In any given market, there is a certain proportion of the audience who never EVER visits the AM band. Not at all. In retail, they have...
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mramsey1
Jun 1, 2006
The Mobile Phone – Tomorrow’s All-News Station
If you’re an All News or News/Talk station and you’re NOT making deals right now to deliver your content to mobile phones, then you are...
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mramsey1
May 24, 2006
Lessons from Print
Who’d a thunk it? That newspapers would lead the way for radio to understand the shape its own future will take. The words we use mean...
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mramsey1
May 18, 2006
Look what’s in Sony’s new Walkman Phone
It’s called “a radio”: The W850 also introduces a new service that allows users to record a few seconds of a song, either via the...
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mramsey1
May 16, 2006
People don’t buy a radio – per se
On the positive side, HD radios will soon be available at Radio Shack (and are already available at RS’s online store). On the not so...
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mramsey1
May 14, 2006
Radio’s biggest challenge: The Internet
I don’t always know what to make of Bridge Ratings’ predictions of radio’s future. In part because their sample is gathered from only...
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mramsey1
Jan 8, 2006
Ramsey interviewed on Radio’s Future
Here’s an hour-long radio interview on the topic of radio’s future. Featured along with me are an assortment of industry observers. It’s...
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