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A Mystery Writer’s 5 Secrets will Make you Better at Radio
- 11/01/2020
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: air talent, country radio programming, DJs, management, Radio Advertising and Sales, radio programming, storytelling
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As a member of the Florida Writers Association I’ve had the privilege of listening to professional authors generously share their techniques, insights and secrets. One of those is mystery writer Susan Slater (the Ben Pecos Mysteries and the Dan Mahoney Mysteries series). As she shared her essentials for successful writing, I couldn’t help but think
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10 Ways You Can Stand Out From Everyone Else
- 01/21/2020
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: air talent, country radio, DJs, radio, radio programming, social media, storytelling, unemployment
A lot of very talented radio people are currently looking for a new job – hundreds more than just a few days ago. If you’re looking for a new place to use your skills, hopefully it’s because of a decision you made rather than someone else. But either way, one of your biggest challenges will
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7 Showmanship Lessons from Blake Shelton
- 09/18/2019
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: Blake Shelton, country music, country radio programming, DJs, radio programming
We learn by watching and imitating. From perfecting a dance move to watching a YouTube DIY video, the process of observation and modeling is powerful. This struck me at a recent Blake Shelton show. Here was a master showman plying his craft so deftly that I was compelled to make notes. I shared 15 of
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How Adopting a Home Run Derby Mindset Can Help Talent
- 07/15/2019
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: baseball, coaching, DJs, radio, radio programming, Talent
MLB’s All Star week is over and this weekend it was back to the grind for the league’s 30 teams. I almost always find a radio-related analogy or two to take away from the week. This year I was thinking about the “all or nothing” nature of the Home Run Derby. That morphed into thinking
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COMMITTED TO DOING YOUR BEST SHOWS EVER IN 2017? THEN YOU’RE TO BE T.O.A.S.T.E.D.
- 01/03/2017
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: DJs, Talent
We’re fresh off toasts to the start of a new year – or perhaps instead you toasted “good riddance” to 2016. Either way it’s probable that someone, somewhere, recently brought up New Year’s Resolutions. I have no beef with resolutions though often they can be too vague (lose weight) or too negative (stop doing
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If You See Something, Say Something: Three Ways to Turn Your Life Into Awesome Content
- 12/23/2015
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: DJs
Guest Blogger: Christie Maturo Your life is a rich source of content. That’s true year-round but especially this time of year. So if you haven’t mined your world for content in a while, there’s no better time than now to look at what’s around you. For example… This caught my eye in the grocery store.
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2 DAYS + 400 CREATIVES: Highlights from Morning Show Boot Camp 27
- 08/28/2015
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: DJs
What if you could spend two days sharing ideas with hundreds of extremely creative, self-motivated, often fearless radio talent and executives bent on success? I got to do that earlier this month at Talentmaster’s Morning Show Boot Camp 27 in Chicago. Joining Steve Goldstein, Tim Clarke, Jeff Dauler, Harv Blain and John Gehron as a presenter
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Gerry House Joins Us at A&O&B’s 20th Pre-CRS Seminar
- 01/30/2014
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: DJs
With our announcement today that Gerry House will be part of the 2014 A&O&B Pre-CRS Seminar, I thought it would be OK to re-visit a couple of blogs I wrote. They’re about being a great talent. The first from December of 2010 was penned after Gerry’s last day on the air at WSIX. There’s no
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The Fine Line Between Relevant and Ridiculous
- 01/22/2014
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: DJs, radio
We could be polite and say it was just one of those embarrassing moments. But the truth is, many listeners this morning probably judged the quarter-hour a lot more harshly. As they should have. It had already been snowing for an hour. And for the past 30 minutes it was coming down pretty good. And
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How Many “Web Gems” Were There On Your Show Today?
- 07/19/2013
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: DJs, radio programming
I love the All Star Game and Home Run Derby, but I’m glad baseball is back tonight. “Taters” and “Web Gems.” Bring ‘em on. Web Gems – for a long time an ESPN/Baseball Tonight staple conceived in 2000 and now a part of the vernacular for any great bit of glove work – featured the10