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Radio Show Prep in the 80's and 90's 09-07-2022

 While cleaning out an old briefcase (remember those?) I came across these pages of my KUDL-FM (Kansas City) show prep from 1994. I'm not sure whether to just throw this out or submit it to a broadcasting museum.In the mid to late 80's I would research […]

Do I Really Need My Car? 08-06-2022

Reading Elly Blue's book Bikenomics got me to thinking, how much am I spending per month to own my car?I bought a new car two years ago, right before the pandemic shut things down. Since that time, I've driven a little over 4,800 miles, or 194 miles per month on […]

A Life Changing Internet Search 01-24-2022

I was listening to an episode of Jordan Raynor's The Call to Mastery podcast where he was talking with his Editor, Becky Nesbitt. Jordan made a comment that if you ask people about life changing moments, they typically either point to a person or a book. That prompted […]

Competitive, or Just a Jerk? 01-13-2022

My wife and I were watching a quiz show the other night where the presenter stated as fact that hermaphroditic banana slugs sometimes bite off their partner's penis after copulation in order to prevent the amputee from being able to be the one to mate as a male. I wish […]

The More Things Change... 02-21-2021

When I was away at college in the late '70's and early 80's, my mother would send clippings from the newspaper which she thought I would enjoy, or from which I would benefit. Had she lived during the advent of the internet I am sure she would have sent me […]

Broadcast Radio's Product Life Cycle 02-17-2021

The normal product life cycle looks something like: Development > Introduction > Growth > Maturity > DeclineSo, where does broadcast radio fit within this cycle today?The 1996 Telecommunications Act eliminated the cap on nationwide broadcast […]

Injured? Try These Replacement Ads! 01-26-2021

 Like most people these days, I don't watch very much broadcast television in real time any more. My daughter and I continue to have a Daddy/Daughter night to watch the Bachelor or Bachelorette so we can add our own sarcastic commentary. My wife and I watch […]

Search Engine Optimization for Radio Stations 01-12-2021

 With time on my hands, I've been thinking about SEO strategies for radio stations and tinkering with data. Came up with this which I thought some of my radio buddies might find interesting. This first chart shows a comparison of keyword searches on Google […]

Some Thoughts on Barnes & Noble 12-07-2020

Barnes & Noble's new boss tries to save the chain -- and traditional bookselling A couple things:Barnes & Noble Inc. is abandoning the strategy that made it a bookselling behemoth two decades ago -- uniformity designed to create economies of […]

What's the opposite of 'wonderful' I wonder 08-30-2020

 What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs and makes a slinkity sound?A spring, a spring, a marvelous thing!Everyone knows it's Slinky.It's Slinky, it's Slinky, It's fun, it's a wonderful toy.It's Slinky, it's Slinky, it's […]