Watch THIS.

Leaders bridge the past to the future using the present.

This is how it was. This is how it is.

This is how we got here. And this is where we’re going.

We did it before, which gives us confidence we can do it again.

This is what Radio is missing right now.

Where do we, the talent, fit into the future being created by the largest radio companies?

Show us not only your future, as the wealthy CEO of the company, with your golden parachute and multi-million dollar salary, but our future as well.

Show us, using stories, true stories, exactly how you’re going to take us there with you.

That’s what will inspire us.

And it can't be faked. We know now that emotions are contagious. Happy begets happy. Confidence inspires confidence. Anxiety spreads like a wildfire. It's easy to understand this viscerally when it comes to politics and government, less so when we apply it to our ...

"Kindness is one of the most undervalued commodities - which is too bad because it doesn't take much of it to turn the day around. I wonder if we overlook kindness because it's so simple." "What's really involved? Someone needs something, we help. Someone feels low, ...

Radio has a story that needs to be told When I'm visiting stations, it often feels as if the Sales staff is playing more of a defensive game than an offensive one. I understand that agencies and local clients frequently want the demo your station doesn't own, and ...

Would you be missed if you weren't on the air today? Would listeners call the station asking what had happened to you? Could anyone else do what you do every day better than you're doing it? Are you like the voice on the McDonald's order box, polite, factual, sort of ...

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, ...

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 ...