Q: I am a relatively new PD and we have a vacancy for a morning show host. We’re a medium sized market station and the applicant I want to offer the job to is a former major market personality (mornings and drive), but my GM didn’t get a good feeling for him when we went
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Jul
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The Stuph File Program – Episode #0414
Welcome to the latest edition of the Stuph File Program. For a program list of the items included and all their accompanying links in this one hour show, you can find the information on my website in the Stuph File Program section, or just follow this link to #0414.
Jul
22
How Rookie Podcasters Go Out Of The House And Into The Studio
The creators of “Nerd Thug Radio” recorded their first podcast episode on an iPhone. It took two days of trial and error to convert voice memos into the MP3 format required for editing. “I definitely felt like a caveman learning about fire trying to edit audio files,” said co-host Cory De la Guardia. Creating podcasts
Jul
22
How Colonial Radio Personalities Reinvented Themselves In Hong Kong
Along with the Union Flag and Queen Elizabeth’s head on stamps and coins, English voices on the colony’s airwaves – with fruity accents long discarded in their country of origin – were a daily reminder, well into the 1990s, that Hong Kong remained both resolutely British and endearingly antiquated. Essential skill sets for a local
Jul
22
Mike And The Mad Dog: How Intense Sports Radio Duo Shaped History
This December, an era in sports is going to end. After 30 years of broadcasting his opinions, describing last night’s plays minute-by-minute and hanging up on callers from all five New York City boroughs, talk radio institution Mike Francesa will say goodbye to the big chair at WFAN, and someone else will have to take
