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mramsey1
- Dec 4, 2013
Listeners are People First, Format Fans Second
Recently I was asked to speak to a group of broadcasters representing one format. “Tell us more about fans of our format,” I was asked....
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mramsey1
- Dec 3, 2013
How to “Rescue” Radio
How to “rescue” radio? Doc Searls has some ideas, and Doc’s a very smart man. He is, among other things, the co-author of the classic The...
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mramsey1
- Nov 22, 2013
Whatever Happened to Podcasting?
[A longer version of this post appeared in NetNewsCheck] “Podcasting” is the term describing the creation and consumption of on-demand...
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mramsey1
- Nov 13, 2013
What Should AM Radio Do?
In this short video, I spell out what AM should do to continue to thrive. Hint: The answer’s not going to come from our friends in...
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mramsey1
- Oct 17, 2013
28 Minutes of Commercials per Hour – on a Music Station?
So there’s this medium-sized market unmeasured by Arbitron/Nielsen. And what does a broadcaster do when the ratings company doesn’t...
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mramsey1
- Oct 9, 2013
hivio 2014 – the Audio Future Festival: It’s ON!
It didn’t look, feel, or smell like any other gathering of radio types. But don’t take my word for it…. Just watch this short highlight...
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mramsey1
- Oct 1, 2013
“Live and Local”? I Don’t Think So
This strikes me as perplexing for many reasons, not the least of which is that so much of radio is neither live nor local. Yet that...
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mramsey1
- Sep 26, 2013
The Future of Radio is at the LA Podcast Festival
What is the LA Podcast Festival? It’s a fan appreciation event packed with live performances from the biggest names in comedy podcasts,...
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mramsey1
- Aug 21, 2013
Newspaper Lessons in Transformation for Radio Broadcasters
Invariably, that means some in the industry will become leaders while the rest become followers and even also-rans. Mike Hodges is one of...
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mramsey1
- Aug 14, 2013
What Google+ and Hangouts can do for Radio Broadcasters
Among the presenters at this year’s hivio radio ideas festival were two Google execs: Gabriela D’Addario and Maggie Ferrante. They are...
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mramsey1
- Jul 25, 2013
How to Beat the New Car Dashboard
All this fretting over the evolving car dashboard is so much ado about the wrong stuff. Okay…. A flood of new content is coming. Lots of...
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mramsey1
- Jul 17, 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...
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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...
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mramsey1
- Mar 7, 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...
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mramsey1
- Feb 24, 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’...
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mramsey1
- Sep 26, 2012
TV’s Digital Lessons for Radio
So what’s best, digital-only or integrated? Don’t get lost in this “either/or” – it’s a myth. It’s all about value, folks. Good or...
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mramsey1
- Sep 12, 2012
“The Most Beautiful Product We’ve Ever Made”
That’s how Apple’s marketing chief, Phil Schiller, introduced the new iPhone yesterday. You can forgive the whiff of hyperbole because...
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mramsey1
- Aug 30, 2012
Radio’s Future requires Innovation
When it comes to radio’s future, how important is it to try out stuff and take chances? Very important, if you ask Beau Phillips, former...
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mramsey1
- Jul 22, 2012
Radio Personalities – not Stations – are the “Brands”
In a content-driven, anything – anytime world, the advantage shifts from radio stations to personalities and the entities that own or...
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