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A study by PLOS Medicine reports that loneliness is comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. “Americans are more lonely and socially disconnected than ever, and their isolation poses a serious [...]

Jason Goodman, VP of Programming DBC RADIO and Randy Lane Imagine Spotify came first. Then imagine radio recently entered the media arena as a competitor. Spotify would [...]

The bad news for radio: downsizing continues, revenues haven’t caught up to pre-Covid levels, commercial loads remain too high, listenership is declining especially with young people, music has [...]

Last week, Jeff McHugh outlined several ways to be a companion to listeners. As we enter the holiday season, people more than ever are craving companionship, connection, and community. Rather [...]

“Podcasting has become the greatest companion medium because you can listen to a podcast and it can be a friend.” That’s a quote from Edison Research Senior VP Tom Webster speaking at the Podcast [...]

The Randy Lane Company has long recognized the power of endorsements by the talent we coach. One of the positives of the pandemic is that high trust radio and podcast personalities have [...]

The isolation and separation we are experiencing has created a deep desire for human connection. With no fans in the seats, TV sports coverage has responded with crowd noise and human cutouts. [...]

This Memorial weekend is like no other in our lifetime. Rather than celebrating the partial reopening of our country, we are honoring and memorializing the nearly 100,000 people who lost their [...]

Radio’s strengths have come to the foreground during this pandemic by providing companionship and honoring local heroes on the front-line saving lives and providing service to us all. RLC [...]

Many of us are feeling disconnected, lonely, fearful, nervous and even panic stricken during this quarantine. Radio’s secret sauce, its relevance and distinction among all media, is companionship [...]