12 Predictions for the Music Business

by | Oct 28, 2021 | Radio Stuff

This linked article below isn’t about M1 or radio, per se. It was an interesting read for me. I post it because we are all of us navigating our way through society’s media mix as we look for ideas and connections that might help us attract more ears to our...

What Makes A Successful Radio Ad

by | Oct 6, 2021 | Radio Stuff

Almost every dime I ever made came to me either directly or indirectly from radio advertising. I’ve recorded thousands of ads and wrote the copy for at least a third of them all. For me, radio advertising has been a life-long topic of study. And it’s...

What I Did When Don Everly Died

by | Aug 31, 2021 | Formatting

I was on the air at Gulf 104 in Tallahassee when Elvis died in August of ’77.  Today,  I don’t remember which song I played after making the announcement about it. The station was CHR with an Album Rock edge and we didn’t normally play Elvis. But...

Strangest Recent Radio Story

by | Jul 8, 2021 | Radio Stuff

In case you missed it in the radio trade papers, here’s a link to the new report.  An AM signal at 1620 on the dial in Washington D. C. began playing a loop of traffic information on the day of Obama’s inauguration,  January 21, 2013. The loop broadcast...

Alexa Skills for US Stations

by | May 14, 2021 | Radio Stuff

One of our long-time MusicONE users has a side-gig making Google and Alexa skills for radio stations. If your listeners can’t now say:  “Alexa play (my station)”, the contact Steven Brown. His email is:   songsintime@gmail.com He set-up Alexa for my...