The signature bit of my radio career – the one that built a 20-year morning show and was nationally syndicated – started with this phrase, a mocking of “adult” stories: I never thought this would happen to me. And considering that I’ve spent the vast majority of...
Cliché alert: radio’s been…please, stop me before I use the d-word…disrupted. (And if you think I’m now filled with self-loathing for using the word-that-should-have-jumped-the-shark-five-years-ago, you’re probably right.) That said, I’d like...
Sometimes, one little piece of something bigger jumps out at you. This morning, I was reading a post about “radio’s digital future” from Fred Jacobs’ always interesting blog, and one thing made me want to smack my forehead. (Actually, it made...
Goodbye old friend Incredibly sad. That’s what a good goodbye should feel like. Seriously. I’ve already shared my thoughts about the death of a media brand that I’ve loved and loved being part of. I’m writing this a couple hours after the 1pm...
One of the more remarkable things I’ve read lately is a piece that showed up in the New York Times last week in which Dean Baquet, the Times’ Executive Editor, answers questions from readers about changes to the way The Gray Lady is restructuring her...
