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radio, media and the music biz

Final Thoughts on Neil Rogers

December 25, 2010

South Florida has lost the most influential and its best loved radio personality Neil Rogers

Radio Programming in the Bike Shed

September 8, 2010

Not every Program Director is a genius, but all of them, at one time or another, can drop a perl. I’ve worked with and for tons of PD’s over the years, some great and some not so great. But without a doubt, I’ve gotten some good advice from all of them. I remember early in [...]

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Why Morons Sometimes Make the Best Radio Hosts

April 12, 2010

KLBJ’s Sgt. Sam may be an idiot, but that doesn’t stop him from being a compelling talk show host.

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Stripper Radio Comes to Denver

August 1, 2009

radio in denver may never be the same as stripper radio replaces alternative music on indie 101.5

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Edge Dallas Reunion Tonight

July 3, 2009

Heading north from Austin today to attend the Edge Dallas 20-year reunion. Should be fun. Hard to believe it’s been 20 farking years! Most of the original air-staff is alleged to be in attendance. If you’re in the North Texas area, stop by.

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Radio: Free, Simple and 24-7

June 5, 2009

This morning, like pretty much every morning, I was noodling the web as usual looking for the latest radio news from around the Globe. Since RadioNX covers all the radio news, from across the world and around the corner (I feel like one of those old-timey news jingles should be playing in the background), I [...]

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Radio & Records Closes Shop

June 3, 2009

The radio broadcasting industry trade that set the standard for over three decades, Radio & Records, ceases operation on Friday. It is indeed the end of an era. For those in the radio broadcasting industry Radio & Records was much more than just bathroom reading material. It was the source for radio rumors, news along [...]

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Pictures from WSHE Miami

February 24, 2009

A couple of Facebook friends posted a few pictures from WHSE. Let’s see if I can remember everyone. Top row from Left: Joe St Peter, Skip Herman, John Ford, Neil Mirsky, Nina Joy, Drew Mellow Bottom Row: Sonny Fox, Nancy G, Ron Hersey, Kim Alexander, Mark Roden Hey I did it. Here’s a very scary [...]

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Yesterday’s Bloodbath at Clear Channel

January 21, 2009

My sympathies to all who lost their gigs yesterday following the great inaugural day bloodletting at Clear Channel. Here’s the audio short version of the Clear Channel memo: [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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An Aircheck from KTSA San Antonio

September 23, 2008

Here’s a quick aircheck of some fill-in work I did with Karen Kay on KTSA San Antonio a couple of weeks ago. Edited out the breaks, no editing of the show. It was fun. KTSA is a great station! 5-6 pm 8/12/08 [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 4-5 pm 8/12/08 [Audio clip: view [...]

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The Return of RadioSurfer

August 25, 2008

If you’ve been visiting johnford.net for a while, you may remember I used to run RadioSurfer, the all in one, quick loading radio news portal. I let the site go a couple of years ago, despite much protest. I just didn’t have the time to hard-code the site every day. Well, times have changed and [...]

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A Jackass of a Radio Promotion from the Wolf in Denver.

August 19, 2008

The Wolf has undoubtedly spent countless thousands of dollars advertising its brand, endless hours training its jocks to say “The Wolf” as the first thing out of their mouths, hired an Imaging Director to create an aural brand built around the station name, a Promotions Director to build visibility of The Wolf brand, driving home “The Wolf” over and over again. … Just a little piece of advice for all the amateur Program and Promotions Directors out there thinking of trying something like this; you only change the name of your radio station if you’re going to actually change the format of the radio station.

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