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Boston Herald Radio: Big Deal or Blah Deal?
Writes Talkers: The concept of the full-blown, digital-age “media station” predicted and described for the past decade by Michael...
mramsey1
Jul 29, 2013


The Future of Radio and Podcasting
I always enjoy chatting with someone knee-deep in technology who is not “of radio” but understands radio and the larger world of audio...
mramsey1
Jul 17, 2013


Radio: Pretend your Customers are Fans, not Advertisers
So I’m talking to a digital solutions provider who has created a platform featuring new value for consumers as part of a radio station’s...
mramsey1
May 21, 2013


Radio’s Short-Term Emphasis May Be Fatal
I’ve been writing a lot lately about the tie-breaking value of doing the “unnecessary” – The idea that doing what’s not necessarily...
mramsey1
Apr 13, 2013


The Importance of Doing What’s Unnecessary
We spend lots of time in radio differentiating between what’s important and what’s not. What’s important is viewed as necessary, while...
mramsey1
Apr 3, 2013


Radio is Bad at Technology, but…
All right, let’s just say it. Radio is really bad at technology. Sure, we can mess with Twitter and Facebook and YouTube, but your...
mramsey1
Mar 25, 2013


Radios Ripped from New Cars? “Not So Fast,” say Consumers
You can climb down from the ceiling now, Mr. Broadcaster – it turns out new cars will feature FM/AM radios built-in for the foreseeable...
mramsey1
Mar 12, 2013


The Future of Radio is Visual
As media mix and match, as edges smudge and barriers topple, it’s inevitable that the original audio medium becomes enhanced with...
mramsey1
Mar 12, 2013


Behold, The Car Dashboard Crisis!
Panic is in the streets following two events this week: First, a Mark Kassof study which revealed the unsurprising news that 83% of a...
mramsey1
Mar 7, 2013


Radio has only Two Paths – and “Local” isn’t One
Today Seth Godin talks “Local.” Says Seth: Local media was an essential business for a century, largely for three reasons: 1. Broadcast...
mramsey1
Mar 4, 2013


Radio asks the Wrong Questions
“What’s the future of radio?” “How does radio compete against Pandora et. al.?” “How can we get FM on mobile devices?” “How do we stay in...
mramsey1
Feb 26, 2013


What 4G LTE Internet Access in your Car means for Radio
In the race to exploit new digital opportunities, Kleiner Perkins partner Mary Meeker describes three “consumer Internet ‘white spaces’...
mramsey1
Feb 24, 2013


How You – Behind that Radio Mic – Can Make Money Online
David Siteman Garland is the founder of TheRiseToTheTop, one of my favorite business oriented blogs, and “the Number One Badass Show,...
mramsey1
Feb 19, 2013


Is there a Business Model for Streaming?
Mike Agovino is COO of Triton Digital, the company at the leading edge of audio’s digital transformation and monetization. The digital...
mramsey1
Feb 11, 2013


Great Radio is Heavy on “Humanity”
A sentence from Seth Godin’s terrific new book The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly? “We don’t need more stuff, we need more...
mramsey1
Jan 22, 2013


As Long As FM Radio is on Sprint Phones….
Last week one of the radio industry’s big headlines was the preliminary deal struck between Sprint and various players in radio to...
mramsey1
Jan 13, 2013


Dave Ramsey on the Future of Radio’s Business Model
As the demands of radio’s business change – as advertisers look beyond ratings to effectiveness – how should broadcasters adapt? That’s...
mramsey1
Jan 8, 2013


What Happens to Radio when Technology Kills Mobile Phones?
There remains a drumbeat among some broadcasters to install FM radio into mobile phones, but what happens when some new technology kills...
mramsey1
Jan 1, 2013


The Wisdom of Colliding Radio Genres
I was listening to an interview with filmmaker Quentin Tarantino and a fan asked him what movies made an early influence on him. One of...
mramsey1
Dec 28, 2012


What Radio can learn from Otis
He stops traffic. Literally. When my wife and I take him to public places crowds swarm around him, iPhones clicking away. He’s Otis, our...
mramsey1
Dec 11, 2012
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