With all the attention being paid to creating new forms of revenue in the New Radio Model, this question can’t be overlooked: How do the roles of existing station personnel change under the new model? Specifically, how does the role of station on-air talent change? Is talent still considered an important piece …

By Rick Ducey and Steve Passwaiter
LIN TV Corporation (TVL/NYSE) is a public company with 27 television stations in 17 markets, reaching about 11.5 million households each week. This makes LIN one of the largest television group owners in the country. LIN’s stations typically rank first or second in the Nielsen ratings, both overall and in …

In the new media environment, “convergence” refers to the conjoining of broadcast and online services, as you’re probably well aware. And if you’re like me, you’re probably tired of hearing the “C” word thrown around so often over the past decade or more, with little to show for it in terms of effective implementation, or …

The stock market’s “dead cat bounce” might have reached its apex. The stock market has seen a dramatic bounce up from its lows; however it appears that the bounce has reached a level that is fundamentally unjustified. Valuations have gone up while company earnings have continued to slide down, resulting in a Price to Earnings …

Recently, several members of The Radio Workout Team were having a discussion about the roles of personnel and how those roles have evolved and changed under the new radio business model. Much has been written about how program directors are now really “brand managers” and how account executives now have so many more advertising …

Radio broadcasting is at its root an audio-delivery system, but its real value goes well beyond that. The service that has grown up around that transmission infrastructure is what the radio business is all about today. Not that the transmitters are incidental – as they have almost become in broadcast TV today – but over-the-air …