Commercial-Free Mondays
Early in my radio career, I worked for a music station that declared “Every Monday In January Is Commercial-Free!” Here’s why it may have sounded good, but was actually bad.
Monday Night Lennon
Here are my memories of doing the morning show at a rock radio station the day after the murder of John Lennon forty years ago.
Commercial Conflicts
During all my years in broadcasting, there was a rule that commercials for competing companies could not run adjacent to one another in a break. Apparently that’s no longer true, as this political season proves.
Time To Resurrect This Radio Idea
The latest unemployment numbers reminded me of one of the ways in which radio can be an important resource in a community. Consider it a free gift to hosts in any daypart who want to make a difference — and fill lots of airtime, too.
The New Direction Is Down
A recent ratings report from Chicago has me remembering my time filling in on what was once a great radio station run by a visionary friend of mine.
POTD: The Spirit Of Radio
For the Picture Of The Day, here’s a special video made by the classic rock band Rush as a tribute to their late drummer Neil Peart and to the radio stations that first helped boost the band’s popularity four decades ago.