Random musings as I see them.....If you start everyday as I do "cleaning up" after three horses and getting them and the 9 dogs off to a start of their day, what could possibly make anything one of those "I don't do that sort of work..." moments!
My pal DVD reminded me to be sure to add in links if I like something so one doesn't have to search for it...hence www.grooveshark.com !
Let's make sure we have this right....a trade pub announces a co-chair for its once a year outlook conference...this co-chair took a fantastic radio company (actually 2!) into bankruptcy and stiffed how many shareholders for more than a billion $ right?..I suppose the opening session will be "How to Take a Legacy Company, Screw the Shareholders, Get a New Overpriced Contract and Get Appointed a Co-Chair on the Future of the Radio Business...I think I just heard the sound of cancellation to a trade!
Loved, loved, loved the US Women's Open this weekend...now who won the John Deere? The Scottish Open?...for that matter The World Cup? (I know, I know, Spain!)....even cooler (or more amazing) is that the World Cup set a ratings record for soccer in the US…something like a 26 share…
Great to hear Greggo Williams back on the air in Dallas...Bigby and CBS taking an educated gamble...good luck Greggo!....
Here's hoping good pal Dan Halyburton can keep a job this time landing with Mike McVay's New Media Division!...
Most of you know I'm a Seth Godin fan...he's sharing a freebie for all on his main blog site...makes much more sense if you've read Linchpin but still terrific....check out "Insubordinate"..
How cool is it that CBS Radio Prez Dan Mason plays every week religiously with the NY stations softball team…class act and great leader…
Dave Van Dyke’s Bridge Ratings studies are must reads for all who love the radio biz…particularly if you have a nose for new media and ca$h! (www.bridgeratings.com)
Who won the HR Derby last night? I hear it was Big Poppy….but it was dragged out so long that the local news was already on in Dallas…good move by MLB to keep kids interested in the game…NOT!
77KKOB continues winning…more live and local and community oriented than syndicated and national….
Former KOB GM and one the first reporters on the Beatles first American Tour and one of the creators of “give us 20 minutes and we’ll give you the world”, Art Schreiber inducted into NM Broadcasters Hall of Fame last month…he deserves a spot in the NAB HOF and the Radio HOF in Chicago…let the lobbying start now….
Former Miami radio GM and marketing master David Ross has struck it big with 3Ci….might be the smartest guy I know in the mobile marketing world www.3cinteractive.com
Mega buzz on the new Android phone coming to AT&T…many claiming it will give business users a reason not to buy the iPhone4…time will tell but it seems that the usually flawless releases from Apple stumbled with this new iP4…
People from my past who has passed recently and who will be missed….Eli Bird and Bill Aucoin….the former as publisher of The Album Network and oldest of Bird brothers the late Bruce and my pal Gary, and the latter as the manager of KISS….Eli’s son Neal is a terrific Affiliate rep for WW1….
Because you never, EVER know…become a member of the Broadcasters Foundation www.broadcastersfoundation.org
Has there been a better Joint Board Chair at the NAB as Steve Newberry? Endless travel and endless/tireless efforts on behalf of all broadcasters…and more groups coming back to membership…a terrific thing…
What does it say about our radio business and the state of the economy when there will be no “floor” so-to-speak” but only “table top” exhibits at this year’s NAB/RAB Radio Show? www.radioshowweb.com
I’ll be setting up a blog feed so any of you who get this weekly musing can opt out or just tell me to buzz off so I ask for patience in the interim..
Have a great week….TEE-J
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