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Oh! Carolina
It’s always encouraging to hear the same things I’ve been trying to say day after day echoed by someone else whose opinion is noteworthy. For example, in this week’s Billboard Top 40 Update I interview Carolina Bermudez who, after seven years on-air as co-host of the syndicated Elvis Duran Morning Show is moving on to a morning TV gig. Think […]
Why Best-Selling Authors Keep Selling
June 27, 2012
I’ve got approximately 800 pages to go in the fourth book of the series that HBO’s “Game of Thrones” is based on (George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire”). That means I’ve already digested the approximately 2500 pages that make up the first three installments. I bring this up because I can’t believe I’ve gotten […]
Word to Your Mother: A Reminder to Talk to One Person
June 11, 2012
A couple of days ago I saw this Facebook post from Dana Lucas who currently works part-time at Mix 101.9 here in Chicago and once upon a time was my go to fill-in person on Q101: Dana Fact: When I am on air I pretend only my mom is listening. I thoroughly convince myself that […]
Brain First, Then Mouth
June 5, 2012
Great talent say outrageous, attention-getting things. Gainfully employed talent don’t disrupt their stations biggest annual event and disappoint thousands of fans. This the tightrope you walk. Deal with it. According to reports in several different radio trades including Billboard.biz, Nicki Minaj walked out before her performance at Hot 97 New York’s Summer Jam last weekend. She blew […]
How One Man’s Hero is Another’s Annoyance
June 1, 2012
I recently had an interesting conversation with Arbitron’s Jon Miller, author of the column “Not Your Average Quarter Hour” (shameless plug for a project I have some peripheral involvement with), about, of all random things, Guy Fieri the host of “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives” on the Food Network. Regardless of how we got on the […]
Do a Show Springsteen Would Be Proud Of
May 29, 2012
When I was a program director I used to try to read books about how to be a better manager. I always got suckered in by the ones that had pop culture references I thought I could relate to. I remember one about Tony Soprano’s management style and another that was based on The Matrix. Invariably I […]
Improve Your “Once Upon a Time” Skills
May 25, 2012
It’s great when the various pieces of my far-flung enterprises connect. For instance, this article I wrote for the Billboard Top 40 Update this week that’s all about how to be a better storyteller; an art form that every host can benefit to study a little more closely. Here’s a few great thoughts from the piece: You […]
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June 29, 2012
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