As we get ready for a week of vacation....
-last week no blog as we upgraded our systems and web site (but still under a bit of construction!)...
-off to a week of vacation and observation...
-week of the 30th blog will be feedback and takes on the PRA elements from industry leaders and me...a look at what appears to be a major radio network re-tooling to perhaps be the new entry into the rep business...my visit with Darryl Brown and why he needs to be welcomed back into the radio biz after his time off....great tidbits and insights from my belated birthday lunch (we're all traveling of late) with Dave Van Dyke and Jim Robinson...Mike Malloy? Seriously?....and much more...
Have a great week...----teej
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
As I See It...Week of August 9, 2010
Once again live from NM World HQ….delayed the blog this week to see the varied reactions to the PRA proposal…more on that shortly….musing and….
…came across a terrific quote this week…so true…even more true the older one gets….”There is always morning where life gives us another opportunity to do good”! Lou Holtz has always said to himself and his players…”do right”….these two quotes seem to be intertwined and a great way to live life personally and professionally….do good and do right…words to live by….
…the NAB proposal to the PRA and some thoughts….I’ve always been taught and believe that once you make an offer you sit back and wait for the other party to react before you and your team/members comment..otherwise you tip the other party/customer off into your thinking of deal breakers, etc…anyway, breaking my own rule I suppose…the American public and businesses are all over Washington for earmarks and add-ons…in fact a great deal of reasoning behind this PRA offer is just that….having the PRA get loaded onto another bill and rammed through a lame duck congress…..soooo….this offer does a little of that…maybe a lot of that….
1. Seeking support to pressure AFTRA into giving up their rights for their members on the streaming ads…all of us soooo want this to happen….and Bud Walters comments in the Tom Taylor report this morning were spot on….BUT…we could’ve all also used this to our favor by selling, not value added give away, these units as exclusive to the online audience….I know the argument about not getting Arbitron credit…but Ando measures the online audience quite well and Arbitron/Nielsen/Eastland do a good job on the over-the-air audience…fish where the fish are…
2. Those that know me know that I’m a tireless worker for FM chips in cell phones…but adding this to the PRA offer just doesn’t make sense…and it pisses off the powerful CTIA and the carriers because it’s seen as “at the tip of a bayonet” move to force the carriers to capitulate. This is a separate and equally important issue that needs its own focus and effort…
3. The PRA is a dangerous precedent in and of itself…it needs total focus to either defeat or settle….adding other things (earmarks!) takes the real focus and dilutes it…if settling and dealing make the PRA and the Copyright Royalty Board issues the focus and expend all energies to make that work favorably for radio and streamers.
…did I read that right in Taylor this morning?... “iBiquity figures about 2,078 stations have converted to its digital audio broadcasting system, counting both AMs and FMs.” All that money and effort promoting HD Radio and that’s it? And for “everyday” cars for consumers it’s an expensive option? Hmmmmm…..
Working with new client Paa-Ko Ridge Golf Club…ranked #42 on the Top 100 Modern Design list and #29 on the Top 100 You Can Play list….great destination for a buddy trip or a couples trip with Santa Fe right up the road….also a must play, bucket list, destination…check it out and the Paa-Ko cam at http://www.paakoridge.com/
Former longtime Billboard Radio-TV Editor Claude Hall, author of the indispensible industry textbook The Business of Radio Programming, has an e-book release called, appropriately, I Love Radio. The e-novel, which is set in the Top 40 era circa 1955-1970, centers on the adventures of out-of-work disc jockey Buddy Coffee. The tome is skillful blend of fact and fiction and contains the exploits of some 50 radio figures and includes photographs of such radio legends as Jimmy Rabbitt, China Smith, Lee Baby Simms, Joey Reynolds, Gordon McLendon, Todd Storz, Bill Stewart and Kent Burkhart. I Love Radio is only $9.95 and is available in Kindle, iPad and computer versions. Order now at http://www.claudehallonline.com/
…random thoughts and musings while wondering…did the White House press secretary really say the WH is tired of “the professional left”? Yep, the American public was tired of them as well thus the end of Air America me thinks……ahhh, the wonderment of watching a squirrel climb into and amongst desert cactus to eat…..Tents Rocks and Nambe Falls, NM @ $5 and $10 a carload respectively are must sees in your lifetime……great to hear from old and new friends this week including Marty Sheehan, Dwight Douglas, Jim Robinson, Peter Doyle, Jim Thompson, Mike Thompson, Tim McCarthy, Karen Travis, Milt McConnell, John McConnell, Bruce Gilbert, Spencer Brown, Scott Knight, Carl Anderson…..good lineup of inductees in the Radio Hall of Fame in Chicago this fall…but how in the world did Bob Kingsley, Howard Stern and Ronn Owens not make it?...my brothers bl;og this week is a pretty good one on lawyers and you can enjoy a twisted look at http://genelambert.blogspot.com/2010/08/lawyers.html
…we’ll be live from Dallas World HQ next week…..let us know how we’re doing…thanks…---tjl
…came across a terrific quote this week…so true…even more true the older one gets….”There is always morning where life gives us another opportunity to do good”! Lou Holtz has always said to himself and his players…”do right”….these two quotes seem to be intertwined and a great way to live life personally and professionally….do good and do right…words to live by….
…the NAB proposal to the PRA and some thoughts….I’ve always been taught and believe that once you make an offer you sit back and wait for the other party to react before you and your team/members comment..otherwise you tip the other party/customer off into your thinking of deal breakers, etc…anyway, breaking my own rule I suppose…the American public and businesses are all over Washington for earmarks and add-ons…in fact a great deal of reasoning behind this PRA offer is just that….having the PRA get loaded onto another bill and rammed through a lame duck congress…..soooo….this offer does a little of that…maybe a lot of that….
1. Seeking support to pressure AFTRA into giving up their rights for their members on the streaming ads…all of us soooo want this to happen….and Bud Walters comments in the Tom Taylor report this morning were spot on….BUT…we could’ve all also used this to our favor by selling, not value added give away, these units as exclusive to the online audience….I know the argument about not getting Arbitron credit…but Ando measures the online audience quite well and Arbitron/Nielsen/Eastland do a good job on the over-the-air audience…fish where the fish are…
2. Those that know me know that I’m a tireless worker for FM chips in cell phones…but adding this to the PRA offer just doesn’t make sense…and it pisses off the powerful CTIA and the carriers because it’s seen as “at the tip of a bayonet” move to force the carriers to capitulate. This is a separate and equally important issue that needs its own focus and effort…
3. The PRA is a dangerous precedent in and of itself…it needs total focus to either defeat or settle….adding other things (earmarks!) takes the real focus and dilutes it…if settling and dealing make the PRA and the Copyright Royalty Board issues the focus and expend all energies to make that work favorably for radio and streamers.
…did I read that right in Taylor this morning?... “iBiquity figures about 2,078 stations have converted to its digital audio broadcasting system, counting both AMs and FMs.” All that money and effort promoting HD Radio and that’s it? And for “everyday” cars for consumers it’s an expensive option? Hmmmmm…..
Working with new client Paa-Ko Ridge Golf Club…ranked #42 on the Top 100 Modern Design list and #29 on the Top 100 You Can Play list….great destination for a buddy trip or a couples trip with Santa Fe right up the road….also a must play, bucket list, destination…check it out and the Paa-Ko cam at http://www.paakoridge.com/
Former longtime Billboard Radio-TV Editor Claude Hall, author of the indispensible industry textbook The Business of Radio Programming, has an e-book release called, appropriately, I Love Radio. The e-novel, which is set in the Top 40 era circa 1955-1970, centers on the adventures of out-of-work disc jockey Buddy Coffee. The tome is skillful blend of fact and fiction and contains the exploits of some 50 radio figures and includes photographs of such radio legends as Jimmy Rabbitt, China Smith, Lee Baby Simms, Joey Reynolds, Gordon McLendon, Todd Storz, Bill Stewart and Kent Burkhart. I Love Radio is only $9.95 and is available in Kindle, iPad and computer versions. Order now at http://www.claudehallonline.com/
…random thoughts and musings while wondering…did the White House press secretary really say the WH is tired of “the professional left”? Yep, the American public was tired of them as well thus the end of Air America me thinks……ahhh, the wonderment of watching a squirrel climb into and amongst desert cactus to eat…..Tents Rocks and Nambe Falls, NM @ $5 and $10 a carload respectively are must sees in your lifetime……great to hear from old and new friends this week including Marty Sheehan, Dwight Douglas, Jim Robinson, Peter Doyle, Jim Thompson, Mike Thompson, Tim McCarthy, Karen Travis, Milt McConnell, John McConnell, Bruce Gilbert, Spencer Brown, Scott Knight, Carl Anderson…..good lineup of inductees in the Radio Hall of Fame in Chicago this fall…but how in the world did Bob Kingsley, Howard Stern and Ronn Owens not make it?...my brothers bl;og this week is a pretty good one on lawyers and you can enjoy a twisted look at http://genelambert.blogspot.com/2010/08/lawyers.html
…we’ll be live from Dallas World HQ next week…..let us know how we’re doing…thanks…---tjl
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
As I See It for week of August 2, 2010
….live from New Mexico World HQ…
…one of my best friends and one of the great radio and programming minds in our biz packs his Beltway bags and heads back to DFW….Bruce Gilbert takes the reins of KRLD-AM/FM programming starting August 16th…let the fireworks begin as Bruce takes on not one, but two, former employers….The Great Jill-Bear programmed the Ticket and was GM of ESPN Radio in Bristol…wife Amy and their son Hudson (The Tank!) come back to Dallas (Amy worked for me at ESPN Radio/ABC Radio Nets) just in time for some of the infamous August heat…welcome back brother…
…tell me it ain’t so…what group head reduced his smaller markets from continuous measurement from Arbitron down to two books and then made sure it was the best two books….Spring and WINTER! Seriously? This guy actually runs a group…and a big one? Thankfully he has smart market managers who convinced him to get at least the Spring and FALL books….ham-stringing markets in tough times by taking away trends and such is no way to run a railroad…or a radio group…
…automobile advertising has long been a mainstay revenue generator for US radio….but now comes word that Chinese company Zhejiang Geely, a public company in China has purchased Volvo. No-one blinked when Ford bought Volvo a few years back, but the concept of what is effectively a Swedish brand being owned by the Chinese is stretching a few brain cells. Coming hot on the heels of the purchase of the British MG marquee by SAIC (Chinese government controlled) and Jaguar and Land Rover by India’s Tata, it’s clear to see that the forces of change are afoot in the automotive industry. Existing automotive brands have saturated their own domestic markets and are now faced with stiff local competition for the massive emerging markets of China and India, and to a lesser extent, Brazil and Russia. Last year China became the largest producer of automobiles and the largest consumer of automobiles simultaneously. How does this effect US automakers and their ad budget?...worth watching for sure.
….from Gizmag.com…With Apple selling three million iPads in just 80 days it’s no surprise that some companies are after a slice of the tablet pie. According to a report on Bloomberg, Research in Motion Ltd., (RIM), the maker of the BlackBerry, is planning to introduce its own tablet computer this November. The report cites two unnamed sources who say that the device, to be known as the Blackpad, will have roughly the same dimensions as the iPad and will include Wi-Fi and Bluetooth that will allow users to connect to the Internet through their BlackBerry…
…Brett Favre has told the Vikings he won’t return this season…until he returns this season and ESPN does a one hour special on why he wasn’t going to return and then did..Favre has selected Steven Colbert as the moderator of the special called “Farce is Back”….
…really? 20,000,000,000 mark (20 billion for those at home) hit for Twitter Tweets….crazy right?
…interesting goings on at NAB HQ in DC this week….after a confidential conference call for the radio board that same group is called to DC for a meeting….seems Bonneville head man Bruce Reese struck a nerve on the PRA….sad to think that a lame duck congress would do such a dastardly thing…NOT! And congress wonders why their trust rating is down to 10%?!
…I know I’ve promised to have a feed to opt in and out of….you will see an email opting in or out in the next few days and our updated web site will be up and running on Monday the 9th…
…many have asked so here’s the scoop….after 18 months of consulting and helping Radiolicious and AlertFM, partner Peter Doyle and I have parted ways with the Lafayette, LA based company that runs both entities. We wish them well….but now comes word that Radiolicious is abandoning it terrestrial model and going in a different direction….tough space to compete in for sure….Radiolicious and Dial-Global have also mutually cancelled their partnership for ad sales….AlertFM is a terrific system…
….from TechCrunch….Today sees the launch of CardMunch , an iPhone app that lets you take a snapshot of a business card and have it added to your iPhone contacts. The application is $2.99 and comes with 10 credits (it costs one credit per card entered). Beyond that, it costs around 25 cents per card. This isn’t a new idea — we recently wrote about the similar ScanBizCards , and there are plenty of other competitors. The difference here is that CardMunch is actually have humans verify every card that’s submitted through their system — you’re sending each photo you upload to someone on Mechanical Turk, who converts it by hand, not through optical character recognition. Given how important it can be to make sure this contact information is accurate (a wrong digit in a telephone number or email address will render them useless), this could actually prove quite useful. www.techcrunch.com
…what a pleasure to start working with friend Henry Pierse in London on the Tony Cowell project….Tony has complete and unencumbered access to brother Simon...with “X Factor” debuting on the states in Fall 2011 Tony will have the scoop before anyone…email or call me for details or if you have interest…. tj@tjlambert.net or 214-695-7595
Touching base this past week with it seems a million folks wishing happy birthday and getting an update on our goings-on…old friends and new thanks for the wishes….until next week---tjl
…one of my best friends and one of the great radio and programming minds in our biz packs his Beltway bags and heads back to DFW….Bruce Gilbert takes the reins of KRLD-AM/FM programming starting August 16th…let the fireworks begin as Bruce takes on not one, but two, former employers….The Great Jill-Bear programmed the Ticket and was GM of ESPN Radio in Bristol…wife Amy and their son Hudson (The Tank!) come back to Dallas (Amy worked for me at ESPN Radio/ABC Radio Nets) just in time for some of the infamous August heat…welcome back brother…
…tell me it ain’t so…what group head reduced his smaller markets from continuous measurement from Arbitron down to two books and then made sure it was the best two books….Spring and WINTER! Seriously? This guy actually runs a group…and a big one? Thankfully he has smart market managers who convinced him to get at least the Spring and FALL books….ham-stringing markets in tough times by taking away trends and such is no way to run a railroad…or a radio group…
…automobile advertising has long been a mainstay revenue generator for US radio….but now comes word that Chinese company Zhejiang Geely, a public company in China has purchased Volvo. No-one blinked when Ford bought Volvo a few years back, but the concept of what is effectively a Swedish brand being owned by the Chinese is stretching a few brain cells. Coming hot on the heels of the purchase of the British MG marquee by SAIC (Chinese government controlled) and Jaguar and Land Rover by India’s Tata, it’s clear to see that the forces of change are afoot in the automotive industry. Existing automotive brands have saturated their own domestic markets and are now faced with stiff local competition for the massive emerging markets of China and India, and to a lesser extent, Brazil and Russia. Last year China became the largest producer of automobiles and the largest consumer of automobiles simultaneously. How does this effect US automakers and their ad budget?...worth watching for sure.
….from Gizmag.com…With Apple selling three million iPads in just 80 days it’s no surprise that some companies are after a slice of the tablet pie. According to a report on Bloomberg, Research in Motion Ltd., (RIM), the maker of the BlackBerry, is planning to introduce its own tablet computer this November. The report cites two unnamed sources who say that the device, to be known as the Blackpad, will have roughly the same dimensions as the iPad and will include Wi-Fi and Bluetooth that will allow users to connect to the Internet through their BlackBerry…
…Brett Favre has told the Vikings he won’t return this season…until he returns this season and ESPN does a one hour special on why he wasn’t going to return and then did..Favre has selected Steven Colbert as the moderator of the special called “Farce is Back”….
…really? 20,000,000,000 mark (20 billion for those at home) hit for Twitter Tweets….crazy right?
…interesting goings on at NAB HQ in DC this week….after a confidential conference call for the radio board that same group is called to DC for a meeting….seems Bonneville head man Bruce Reese struck a nerve on the PRA….sad to think that a lame duck congress would do such a dastardly thing…NOT! And congress wonders why their trust rating is down to 10%?!
…I know I’ve promised to have a feed to opt in and out of….you will see an email opting in or out in the next few days and our updated web site will be up and running on Monday the 9th…
…many have asked so here’s the scoop….after 18 months of consulting and helping Radiolicious and AlertFM, partner Peter Doyle and I have parted ways with the Lafayette, LA based company that runs both entities. We wish them well….but now comes word that Radiolicious is abandoning it terrestrial model and going in a different direction….tough space to compete in for sure….Radiolicious and Dial-Global have also mutually cancelled their partnership for ad sales….AlertFM is a terrific system…
….from TechCrunch….Today sees the launch of CardMunch , an iPhone app that lets you take a snapshot of a business card and have it added to your iPhone contacts. The application is $2.99 and comes with 10 credits (it costs one credit per card entered). Beyond that, it costs around 25 cents per card. This isn’t a new idea — we recently wrote about the similar ScanBizCards , and there are plenty of other competitors. The difference here is that CardMunch is actually have humans verify every card that’s submitted through their system — you’re sending each photo you upload to someone on Mechanical Turk, who converts it by hand, not through optical character recognition. Given how important it can be to make sure this contact information is accurate (a wrong digit in a telephone number or email address will render them useless), this could actually prove quite useful. www.techcrunch.com
…what a pleasure to start working with friend Henry Pierse in London on the Tony Cowell project….Tony has complete and unencumbered access to brother Simon...with “X Factor” debuting on the states in Fall 2011 Tony will have the scoop before anyone…email or call me for details or if you have interest…. tj@tjlambert.net or 214-695-7595
Touching base this past week with it seems a million folks wishing happy birthday and getting an update on our goings-on…old friends and new thanks for the wishes….until next week---tjl
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