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You often hear radio features named Trending Now or Trending Topics with a mix of breaking news, entertainment updates, fads, weird news, and so forth. A trending story benchmark can make your [...]

In 2014, I wrote about Gordon Borell of Borell Associates making the prediction that half of all AM/FM stations would go dark by 2024. Here in the year 2020, Inside Radio and Precision Trak just [...]

As a talent coach, I’m often asked, “What are the key ingredients for a great radio show?” The short answer is sticky content, HD characters, and excellent execution. Reflecting back over the [...]

Everyone’s home, but can smart speakers save the day for radio’s loss of drive time listeners? Amplifi Media CEO Steve Goldstein, gives us a clear perspective on the media winners and [...]

As a Randy Lane Company client, you will gain access to the largest storehouse of information available anywhere on talent development and performance, personality branding and the creative [...]

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 [...]

If you listen to drive time radio across the US and Canada, you notice that most entertainment segments air before commercials and only a produced station ID or jingle [...]

The new year has not been a happy one for many air talents and programmers. Many of you were let go AND you were doing a good job. I know how much that sucks because it happened to me with Viacom [...]

Tis the season to review the passing year and reenergize for the new year. This checklist will help you come out of the gate firing on all cylinders in 2020. HOST AND MANAGEMENT REVIEW Meet with [...]

I encourage shows to repurpose their best content to attract more listeners. So, why do some major shows disagree? To gain more insight into the debate over repurposing content, I  talked [...]