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Remembering the Great Dan Daniel: Six Principles Behind the Success of One of America’s Premiere Air Talents
- 06/26/2016
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: air talent
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Dan Daniel was one of the great air talents in America, being a standout in New York City for 42-plus years before he passed last week all too soon at 81. With minor edits, this is a piece I wrote at the end of 2002 when, while still at the top of his game, “Dandy
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Honored by the Country Radio Hall of Fame Forever and Ever Amen
- 06/22/2016
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: Uncategorized
Tonight is a special night for Country Radio – it’s the night when the Country Radio Broadcasters honors some of radio’s best with inductions into the Country Radio Hall of Fame and presentations of special awards. One of the Honorees will be this year’s Artist Career Achievement Recipient, Randy Travis. Randy, who was also announced as this year’s Modern
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Country: Jumping the Shark and Growing the Beard?
- 06/13/2016
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: country music, country radio programming
We may look back on last week as the time when country “jumped the shark.” There was Pitbull (@Pitbull),Cheap Trick, Fifth Harmony and Pharrell (you could make a case for Pharrell given his collaboration with Little Big Town) on a country awards show. Then there were releases to country radio that had some programmers feeling the pop envelope had been pushed too
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Ten Take Aways from Hivio Audio Future Festival (20-Somethings and Radio? See #8)
- 06/06/2016
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: podcasting, radio
Audience, content and platforms – notably podcasting – were some of the more frequently discussed topics at the Hivio Audio Future Festival 2016 last week (see Hivio word cloud). Mark Ramsey Media‘s annual Hivio event is a “hive” of audio ideas and actions shared by people who normally wouldn’t collectively make up a typical radio convention agenda