We are the cure!

It's the irony of our age that as we become more inter-connected, we find ourselves more alone than ever. THIS GUY said it better than I can.

We've all seen the couple at the restaurant looking at their digital devices more than at each other.

Oh, sorry, I have call waiting. Can I call you back? (Just in case this next person is more interesting than you. How else are we supposed to take that?)

Heads down, even as we walk. Earbuds in, so we don't have to interact with someone we don't want to in the elevator, like humans, actually acknowledging each other.

Each of us, watching our own screen, because we can.

Alone, even when we're together.

Are you trying to improve, or are you pretty satisfied with where you are? That's not a rhetorical question. If you're an air talent, chances are your PD rarely sits down with you to "direct" your improvement. First, s/he doesn't have time. Second, s/he probably ...

Every one of us in commercial radio knows that our product is too cluttered: 7 and 8-unit stop sets (that don't even count the 20-second sponsored traffic and weather reports) Live spots bracket every set, and they always run longer than produced spots Remotes ...

Years ago, the late Steve Rivers and I were having a conversation about the things that made the difference between good and great radio stations. Mostly non-musical things, even then, that were hard to adequately define but which clearly made one station better than ...

Steve Allan created the best Oldies station in America not that long ago. WBIG won a Marconi and lots of other awards. More importantly, it won the hearts of enough listeners to make the long-established Oldies leader in D.C. quit the format shortly after WBIG's ...

Fifty years ago this summer, Apollo 11 landed on the moon. No other nation over all these years has made the attempt. The reason the United States is the only nation on earth to have landed men on the moon and returned them safely to earth is because we had a leader ...

I'm a fan of The Story of Telling. And I am a huge believer in the insights Bernadette Jiwa brought to this post: "See all those people whipping out their smartphones as soon as they stop at a red light, or when they miss the bus, or are standing next to another ...

In the wake of what seems to be weekly catastrophes, I've been thinking of how much good Radio does in its local markets, and how rarely we hear those stories. Every station I've ever worked with feels a deep sense of connection with its community of listeners. When ...

It's clear that television spends billions of dollars creating and marketing its content. And now that Netflix, Amazon, FX and Hulu have joined HBO in creating their own original content, that figure is sure to rise. These streamed services, which don't require cable ...

I've never heard anyone say there's too much creativity happening inside their building. Creation, the act of creating, is a bit mysterious. People like Steve Jobs or Elon Musk are so rare we tend to think that all creativity is rare. I think we, as parents, as ...