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NINE STATION AND TALENT TAKE-AWAYS FROM MLB’s 2017 ALL STAR GAME
- 07/17/2017
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: Uncategorized
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The Major League Baseball season resumed this weekend after its annual All Star break festivities. (Doesn’t it seem like there’s hasn’t been baseball for two weeks not just two days? Just me? OK) Never being one to miss finding a baseball analogy for any life situation, I was thinking about how the MLB All Star
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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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Best Jobs Survey: Entertaining on the One Hand, An Opportunity for Growth, Respect and Recruitment on the Other
- 04/23/2016
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: Uncategorized
Not that I spend a lot of time thinking about surveys like this, but the latest CareerCast.com 2016 Jobs Report ranks “Disc Jockey” 197th out of 200 (we’ve apparently lost our bullet; in 2012 we were 180th). Obviously if you love what you do, your job is at or near the top of your own list and
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First January Nielsens Bring Holiday Hangover Relief
- 02/16/2016
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: Uncategorized
The first ratings of 2016 are rolling out and – at least on the first day – it’s “thank goodness!” for Country. While a number of formats are no doubt looking forward to a ratings period that does not include Christmas music, probably no format is more excited to turn the page than country which
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Need Some New Motivation? Imagine Yourself at an NFL Team Meeting
- 02/12/2016
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: Uncategorized
“Peer pressure is one of the greatest motivators in professional football,” former Dallas Cowboys and OU Sooners Coach Barry Switzer told the audience at the talent coaching session at this year’s Country Radio Seminar. To make his point, Coach Switzer went on to tell the story of a particular Wednesday morning team meeting –
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1957 Words of Inspiration from Dr. Martin Luther King
- 01/18/2016
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: Uncategorized
This morning in “Now” Tom Taylor included one of Dr. Martin Luther King’s many great quotes: If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward. Dr. King’s words from 1957 were part of a speech encouraging
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Chris Stapleton: Winner. Country Radio Haters: Losers
- 11/09/2015
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: Uncategorized
Taylor Swift is right: the haters gonna hate. For the haters of mainstream country radio, Chris Stapleton’s wins Wednesday night at the CMAs provided them an unfortunate and inappropriate opportunity to turn trophies into missiles and launch them not only at country radio but also at some of the format’s biggest stars – the ones
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40 “Sound Bites” from Conclave 40
- 07/31/2015
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: Uncategorized
These days it’s hard to find time in a schedule or money in a budget for attending industry conventions. That’s unfortunate, because when great minds – passionate about radio – get together, good things happen. If you’re in country radio and have been to CRS, you;ve experienced that first hand (register for CRS 2016 here
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This Applies to Programming Too!
- 07/17/2015
- Posted by: B Brenner Believes...
- Category: Uncategorized
If you are a Programmer Director, air talent, or anyone who interacts with clients, event partners and listeners, you need to pay attention to the “Sales Tips” that come from sales consultants and professionals like Dave Warawa. The reality is, you are in sales. Every day you are selling your talent and your brand to
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Getting Out What You Put In: First Baseball-Themed Blog of the Season
- 04/06/2015
- Posted by: Mike O'Malley
- Category: Uncategorized
Because I have the talent (?) to find a baseball-related analogy for almost anything in life, MLB’s opening week is always an exciting time for me. Not only does it spell the end of “there’s nothing to watch on TV,” the opening games hold the promise for a brand new season of baseball metaphors and