Killed By Wacky Radio
You may remember the story of Jennifer Strange, the woman who participated in a "Hold Your Wee For A Wii" contest on a radio station in Sacramento and ended up dying from drinking too much water. It was another wacky morning radio stunt that went wrong. Last week, a...
They Bought The Fan
Congrats to Dave Greene and James Oelkhaus, who have been running KFNS Radio for Big League Broadcasting, and today announced they've formed a business group (Grand Slam Sports) to buy the station and make it their own. I've enjoyed dealing with them and having their...
Exclusivity
In the last 30 hours, I have seen and heard seven different media outlets -- radio and TV -- tout their "exclusive" interviews with Sen. Arlen Spector about his party switch.There was a time when "exclusive" meant "we were the only ones to get this, and boy, are the...
PPM
Tim Cavanaugh explains the controversy in the radio industry over the Personal People Meter, the device Arbitron came up with to replace the diary method of tracking who listens to what station -- technology that has forced some owners to flip formats after finding...
Death Of The Newspaper
As a news consumer, the imminent death of a big city newspaper makes me sad. There has always been something comforting to me about sitting down to breakfast and reading the morning paper, wherever I am. When I travel, to big cities or small towns, I'll pick up the...
Paul Harvey … Good Night
For about ten years now, my friend Frank O. Pinion has had a running joke on his KTRS show in which he confuses me with Paul Harvey, whose news commentary is also heard on that station. I suppose the joke is over now that Harvey has died after nine decades on this...
More In Car Audio
Welcome to readers of Al Peterson's NTS Media Online who are looking for my "In Car Audio" column, about how terrestrial broadcasters have to prepare for the continuing expansion of wimax and its impact on the way listeners will consume audio.In response,...
Fred Gets It
Yesterday, I wrote about how in-car streaming audio will be a game-changer for consumers and for radio stations that embrace the technology. Today, I'm happy to write about someone else who understands its impact on the future of the industry.Fred Jacobs is one of...