Future of Radio Online

This past week both Radio Ink and Mark Ramsey have featured WCHL CEO Barry Leffler. His partner, Jim Heavner will speak at the Future of Radio Conference next week on Friday morning, March 16, in Hilton Head, SC. Here’s a link to the Leffler interview by Mark Ramsey which is a preview of what Heavner [...]

Ashley King has been involved in radio since he was a 17-year-old salesman for 97KISS in Albuquerque. At this year’s Future of Radio Conference March 14-16 in Hilton Head, SC he will provide a concise explanation of social media and its use, and provide a multifaceted view of its origins and evolution. Ash believes radio [...]

Jim Hooker’s presentation at last year’s Future of Radio Conference covered the challenges radio stations face in transitioning from a single platform traditional radio model to a digital multiplatform model. He also highlighted the importance of paying attention to process issues like planning, organization structure and rewards systems. To expand on this discussion at the [...]

Andy Whatley has been a technology leader in radio for 2 decades. He has experienced selling radio locally, managing stations and for the last 5 years leading technology solution companies offering services to radio as well as newspapers and TV. At the Future of Radio Conference this March 14-16 in Hilton Head, SC, Andy will [...]

In the 90’s, dozens of young people applied for jobs at my radio stations, but friends tell me that has changed in the last few years. Finding ambitious young talent has become more difficult. If you want to shift your company to a more digitally oriented business, you might want to consider looking for a [...]

At this year and last year’s conference we invited two researchers to give us their view of the future of radio based both on their personal observations from working in the industry as well as data on industry trends. These trends affect the drivers in our Scenario Model. This year our presenters were: Sean Ross [...]

More Digital Updates from the 3rd Annual Future of Radio Conference in Hilton Head, SC. Today we posted three video presentations from our 3rd annual Future of Radio Conference. For the last two years we have devoted part of our time to having operators talk about the digital efforts they are making in their local [...]

FORMER AM/FM CEO JOHN GEHRON PROCLAIMS “4TH GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO” AT FUTURE OF RADIO CONFERENCE Why Listeners Choose Pure Play Internet Streams Like Pandora and What You Can Do About It At the Future of Radio Conference, John Gehron, COO of AccuRadio, said that listeners are going to pureplay Internet providers like Pandora, Slacker, [...]

MORE DATA FROM THE FUTURE OF RADIO CONFERENCE:  THERE ARE NOW MORE STREAMS THAN LISTENERS ON-LINE Plus A Dire Perspective on Radio Revenues as a Percentage of Retail Sales Stephan Sloan of Media Services Group told the Future of Radio Conference that in 2007, half of all Internet listening was being done to 81 of [...]

Third Annual Future of Radio Conference Poses Questions Twenty radio company owners, brokers, and researchers met last week in Hilton Head Island, SC to consider the Future of Radio. This was the third annual meeting of a group, led by veteran broadcaster, Jim Hooker. So where is radio going? According to Hooker, the answer is, [...]