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The Gift of Doing What You Love
- 11/30/2020
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: air talent, country radio programming, management, mentoring, radio, radio programming, Talent
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Thanksgiving morning, singers, musicians, Broadway cast members, dancers, hosts, and performers of all consequences got back to doing what they love: plying their craft for our enjoyment. While it was no doubt rewarding for them just to be performing, it was perhaps even more meaningful for their audience. Thanks to their work, we laughed, waxed
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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
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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How Your Station Can Tap Into the Incredible Power of Recognition
- 11/30/2019
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: advertising, coaching, management, marketing, Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving seems like the perfect time for the recognition of others and to share a reciprocal “thank you.” In this case, the thanks goes to Lamar Outdoor. They gifted Cat Country 98-7 Pensacola (WYCT) multiple billboards congratulating the station on its most recent CMA Station of the Year award. For sure Cat Country is a
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Powerful Phrases that Motivate
- 04/16/2019
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: baseball, branding, Chicago Cubs, coaching, management, radio programming
Over the years I’ve spent a lot (LOT!) of time watching and talking baseball. It’s not only because of my love of the game, but because – for me – baseball has valuable lessons for life and for radio. Over the years I’ve shared many things baseball has taught me – especially things that are
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Build, Find, or Be a Great Manager
- 10/30/2017
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: coaching, management, radio
If you could build the ultimate Operations Manager, Program Director – or even General Manager – from scratch, what qualities would you absolutely want him or her to have to lead your team? Putting your thoughts into a paragraph might look something like this: It will be someone who believes in analytics and does not merely
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Get Your Geek On: Three “Doodle Charts” to Power Up Your Next Meeting
- 08/23/2017
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: country radio programming, management, radio programming
Graphs and charts can help you make a point, particularly if you want to show the relationship between things. They can help simplify complex data and ideas, reduce noise, add interest, and can help the receiver focus on your message. There plenty of software tools that produce great visuals: Excel, Numbers, Venngage, Google Sheets, Plot.ly
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Need a Challenge in 2015? Try these Two
- 01/08/2015
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: management, radio programming
It seems that hardly a daypart goes by this time of year when you don’t encounter some sort of “resolution-for-the-new-year” piece. This isn’t one of those – at least not exactly. Instead it’s a two-fold challenge not just for this year but for years to come: “What new things will you learn and how will
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The “Sooner or Later” Tightrope
- 09/07/2010
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: management
One of the highlights of the Management Circus is the high wire act – where the “needs of now” on one side are balanced against “longer term objectives” on the other. If you’re walking this tightrope on a daily basis (as so many of us are), Kevin Roberts, CEO Worldwide of Saatchi and Saatchi says