Feb 4, 2020 | Movies, Radio Business
Recently, I linked to a piece by a radio veteran lamenting the state of the industry and blaming consolidation. Today, I’m recommending a documentary that makes the point even more strongly. “Corporate.FM” was made in 2012 by Kansas City filmmaker...
Dec 30, 2019 | Blog, Radio Business
Several people asked me this weekend if I knew Don Imus, the Radio Hall Of Famer who died Friday at 79. In the mid-1980s, we both did morning shows for NBC Radio — Imus on the AM, me on the FM — but, despite both having offices on the second floor of 30...
Nov 11, 2019 | Blog, Radio Business, Television
Yesterday, I linked to a clip from Jim Jefferies’ Comedy Central show, which I enjoy from time to time — even though it includes one of my broadcasting pet peeves. At the top of the show each week, as the opening rolls, we see Jim Jefferies’ name. As...
Jul 12, 2019 | Radio Business, Television
I no longer watch any of the late-night shows live. In fact, I haven’t paid much attention to them at all over the last few months. But last night, I was in bed and couldn’t fall asleep, so I turned on Jimmy Kimmel, just as his show was starting. I was...
Jul 9, 2019 | Blog, Radio Business
This is part four in a series. Read the first part here, the second part here, and the third part here. Before leaving for Moscow in June, 1989, for a week of live morning radio broadcasts on WCXR/Washington, I wondered whether we’d notice the KGB monitoring...
Jun 25, 2019 | Blog, Radio Business
This is the second in a series. Read part one here, part three here, and part four here. The first of my live radio shows from Moscow was about to begin, and I was freaking out. In the years I did the morning show at WCXR/Washington, I was used to working in close...
