mramsey1Feb 26, 2018Is 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...
mramsey1Feb 8, 2017Radio’s Lost Podcasting OpportunityWhen you talk to radio broadcasters about their podcasting strategy, they tend to see it from the same perspective: The one that relates...
mramsey1Feb 22, 2016Why 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...
mramsey1Dec 29, 2014Did 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...
mramsey1Aug 7, 2014A Remarkable Conversation with Glenn BeckIf you are a regular watcher of CNN’s Reliable Sources, then last weekend you saw the first part of a remarkable interview with the...
mramsey1Jul 18, 2014Why Nothing Changes in Talk RadioI 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...
mramsey1Nov 16, 2012News/Talking about the Wrong ThingsRepublican soul-searching followed the demographic slam to the gut from younger voters, African Americans, and Hispanics in the election...
mramsey1Apr 25, 2012Radio Lessons from the Huffington PostHuffington Post founder Arianna Huffington was on CNN last weekend where she outlined the key elements of HuffPo’s success. And while...
mramsey1Mar 20, 2012Talk 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...
mramsey1Oct 6, 2011Glenn Beck on the Future of TV – and RadioIf 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...
mramsey1Sep 29, 2011A Lesson for News/Talk Radio from Amazon’s Kindle FireToo 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...
mramsey1Aug 15, 2011Is 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...
mramsey1Nov 22, 2010News/Talk Radio becomes News/Talk VIDEOWhat do you call a News/Talk station that’s investing in original web video programming? You call it a station that understands “news” is...
mramsey1Oct 20, 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...
mramsey1Oct 18, 2010The Future of News/Talk RadioLast 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...
mramsey1Aug 5, 2010Uncovering Glenn Beck’s Digital SecretsAt the heart of Glenn Beck’s digital strategy are his Insider member platforms. Exclusive content – by subscription. And it’s working. I...
mramsey1Dec 16, 2009The Present and Future of Talk RadioHere's my conversation with Al Peterson, Talk Radio guru and the creator of NTSMediaOnline, a great source for all things Talk. Key...
mramsey1Oct 13, 2009Everything I Know about Radio I Learned from Rush LimbaughLike 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...
mramsey1Feb 13, 2009Talk Radio’s Bright FutureI think you will enjoy and gain something from this interview, so please check it out [pdf download here]. I'm hoping that efforts like...
mramsey1Feb 6, 2009Investigating the “imbalance” of Talk RadioIf the Senate is going to have hearings on "imbalance," shouldn't those hearings focus on the presumed imbalance of a mom who births...