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Is This News/Talk Radio For A New Generation?
What happens when the future of News/Talk radio is not on the radio? #AM2DM happens. Good morning, Twitter! Today is the ONE HUNDREDTH...
mramsey1
Feb 26, 2018


Radio’s Lost Podcasting Opportunity
When you talk to radio broadcasters about their podcasting strategy, they tend to see it from the same perspective: The one that relates...
mramsey1
Feb 8, 2017


Why Isn’t There More Progressive Talk Radio?
It’s not about having a voice, it’s about being heard. This is the fundamental truth being lost on the tribe of progressive activists in...
mramsey1
Feb 22, 2016


Did News/Talk Radio Bungle “The Interview”?
Where was News/Talk radio when hackers reportedly representing the North Korean government nuked Sony Pictures and scared major theater...
mramsey1
Dec 29, 2014


A Remarkable Conversation with Glenn Beck
If you are a regular watcher of CNN’s Reliable Sources, then last weekend you saw the first part of a remarkable interview with the...
mramsey1
Aug 7, 2014


Why Nothing Changes in Talk Radio
I guess I hit close to home with my prior blog post on the Ratings Disaster that is today’s talk radio. The June PPM’s suck for talk...
mramsey1
Jul 17, 2014


News/Talking about the Wrong Things
Republican soul-searching followed the demographic slam to the gut from younger voters, African Americans, and Hispanics in the election...
mramsey1
Nov 15, 2012


Radio Lessons from the Huffington Post
Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington was on CNN last weekend where she outlined the key elements of HuffPo’s success. And while...
mramsey1
Apr 24, 2012


Talk Radio: Is it Safe to be Unpopular?
And the furor over Rushgate goes on… Piping in from the perspective of Talk Radio talent was Tampa Bay’s Mark Larsen, who wrote this to...
mramsey1
Mar 20, 2012


Glenn Beck on the Future of TV – and Radio
If there is no “radio,” there is only media. If there is no “television,” there is only media. And what drives each media brand is the...
mramsey1
Oct 5, 2011


A Lesson for News/Talk Radio from Amazon’s Kindle Fire
Too many News/Talk broadcasters just don’t get it. What can they learn from Amazon’s new Kindle Fire? Quite a lot, I think. This is not a...
mramsey1
Sep 29, 2011


Is PPM Unfair to News/Talk Radio?
Here’s my understanding of how PPM works: In any given quarter-hour under diary methodology, you used to have to listen at least five...
mramsey1
Aug 14, 2011


News/Talk Radio becomes News/Talk VIDEO
What do you call a News/Talk station that’s investing in original web video programming? You call it a station that understands “news” is...
mramsey1
Nov 22, 2010


“News/Talk is Too Narrow”
So says David Hall, one of the best known names in the Talk Radio business. And David doesn’t just mean that it’s too Conservative. He...
mramsey1
Oct 20, 2010


The Future of News/Talk Radio
Last week I was honored to be part of a panel at Al Peterson’s NTS MediaOnline Talk Show Boot Camp in Marina Del Rey. The topic was, as...
mramsey1
Oct 17, 2010


Uncovering Glenn Beck’s Digital Secrets
At the heart of Glenn Beck’s digital strategy are his Insider member platforms. Exclusive content – by subscription. And it’s working. I...
mramsey1
Aug 5, 2010
The Present and Future of Talk Radio
Here's my conversation with Al Peterson, Talk Radio guru and the creator of NTSMediaOnline, a great source for all things Talk. Key...
mramsey1
Dec 16, 2009
Everything I Know about Radio I Learned from Rush Limbaugh
Like a master class in showmanship, here we learn the radio secrets of Rush Limbaugh, Talk Radio's host-est with the most-est, from the...
mramsey1
Oct 12, 2009


Talk Radio’s Bright Future
I think you will enjoy and gain something from this interview, so please check it out [pdf download here]. I'm hoping that efforts like...
mramsey1
Feb 12, 2009
Investigating the “imbalance” of Talk Radio
If the Senate is going to have hearings on "imbalance," shouldn't those hearings focus on the presumed imbalance of a mom who births...
mramsey1
Feb 5, 2009
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