A Facebook conversation about Sacramento radio history leads me to this rumination: Every town had a KRAK and a Big Jim (Hall). We all grew up with those old AM CHR girants.... KRAK here, KMJ in Fresno, WPRO, Providence; WKBW, Buffalo; WPTR, Albany; WABC & w N! bc, New York; WRKO, Boston; KHJ & K-EA...

She's a rock star. I'm not a big fan of "not-local" (especially in a key day part on a station that touts itself as "live, local") but given the need to balance local with realistic revenue potential, format constancy - and the fact that they only take an hour of the show (3-4) and then go local aga...

We get your political bias loud and clear. We also get that you are apparently not a broadcaster. Buckley has a history of selling based on making "hokey" work. As the "Talk of Connecticut" they are building a small network of stations that treats the entire state as a single small town and they ser...

It really is all about theater of the mind, using the news and quirks of life to craft an entertaining experience that holds the listener’s attention and keeps them coming back. Material is all around us and a successful radio entertainer is one who can spot the nuggets of gold, refine them, and spi...