How would you describe a successful programmer? What advice would give aspiring PDs? What’s THE secret to a successful station?  Radio Ink Editor-In-Chief Ed Ryan asked me these questions in last month’s magazine. Here’s how I answered plus a little post-interview elaboration. Feel free to share your thoughts and experiences as well.  #1 – How

Professional wrestling, Lady Gaga and Jeopardy – they all “get” the power of “Spectacle.” Spectacles cut through noise, attract attention, generate audience, and cause talk even if for just a short period of time. Last week’s Jeopardy “Watson” spectacle combined myth (“man vs. machine”), familiar characters in unfamiliar roles (retired champions not only playing each

I was never into the resolutions thing. Resolutions are too restrictive, too negative, and too artificial. However Chris Brogan’s recent post about picking three words and using them to help focus your (our your businesses’) actions for the coming year struck me as practical, positive, and encompassing, promoting self-improvement, growth, forward progress and experimentation. Here are three words

For plenty of businesses (radio included), a small number of consumers account for a disproportionately large percentage of consumption. So it’s not surprising that our database, texting and points programs are subject to the same principles. Still, seeing the statistics on station database/club participation that DMR Interactive President and COO Tripp Eldredge shared today at the Arbitron fly-in