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Newsletter Archives 09.09.2010


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  • *CBS Radio still feeling the effects years later (sent Thursday, 3/26/09 at 1p)

  • *As master of the talk universe, he has no one to be accountable to except himself (sent Monday, 2/9/09 at 10:30a)

  • *An all-time great, still motivated by the fun (sent Tuesday, 1/27/09 at 10a)

  • *Without him, she couldn't make it through her bumper-to-bumper commute or the first few hours of work (sent Thursday, 12/4/08 at 10a)

  • *Ad revenues are down, but fundamentally, radio is still a very sound business (sent Monday, 11/24/08 at 12n)

  • *A station that is all about memories (sent Monday, 11/17/08 at 8a)

  • *Over 1,000,000 listeners, and on top of her game (sent Friday, 11/14/08 at 8a)

  • *Does talk radio matter any more? (sent Tuesday, 11/11/08 at 8a)

  • *Everybody thinks this is easy ... talk radio is very hard work! (sent Sunday, 10/12/08 at 1p)

  • *Rover a failure from any angle, but Carolla in it for the long haul ... and winning too! (sent Saturday, 05/03/08 at 10a)

  • *The new generation of radio, hypothetically (sent Sunday, 04/20/08 at 1p)

  • *A starved radio listening public eats it up (sent Sunday, 01/06/08 at 8a)

  • *How can so many smart [radio] people be so -- well, can I just say it -- dumb (sent Sunday, 12/30/07 at 2p)

  • *Even if you're not a fan of his radio show, your friends probably are (sent Wednesday, 12/19/07 at 11a)

  • *Eight million listeners a week, and he's not quieting down for anyone (sent Monday, 12/17/07 at 11:30a)

  • *Her production values, the quality, the creativity ... of radio (sent Wednesday, 12/5/07 at 12:30p)

  • *Over 800 member stations, and over 25 million listeners each week (sent Tuesday, 10/23/07 at 10a)

  • *At this radio station, it's all about the boots (sent Tuesday, 10/09/07 at 9a)

  • *Further fracturing an already scattered audience (sent Tuesday, 09/18/07 at 12p)

  • *Stories must be told ... are you a generator or a reactor? (sent Tuesday, 09/04/07 at 9a)

  • *One of their interns put a big staple into his head ... deliberately (sent Friday, 08/24/07 at 11:30a)

  • *Content is everything ... and Disney's breaking all the rules (sent Tuesday, 08/21/07 at 11:30a)

  • *Over 300 affiliates, 3 million listeners, and they're just regular guys (sent Thursday, 05/24/07 at 11a)

  • *May 15th could be The Day The Music Dies ... online (sent Monday, 04/30/07 at 9a)

  • *We're in the diary-retrieval business (sent Sunday, 04/29/07 at 11a)

  • *An annual tradition ... plus Chicago's famous children on the air (sent Friday, 04/06/07 at 9a)

  • *He gets home around 11:15pm, sleeps until 3:45am, and then hits the road again (sent Sunday, 03/25/07 at 11a)

  • *Whoopi Goldberg on her critics, her fans, and her long-term commitment to radio (sent Tuesday, 03/20/07 at 12n)

  • *Is CBS the new Clear Channel? (sent Tuesday, 03/20/07 at 10a)

  • *Two Chicago radio hosts from the same suburb ... but only on the air together since October (sent Saturday, 02/24/07 at 6p)

  • *Chicago radio goes to Michigan, Florida, and beyond ... (sent Monday, 02/12/07 at 11a)

  • *It's easy to forget ... digital radio (sent Monday, 01/29/07 at 10a)

  • *Howard Stern says NEVER AGAIN to terrestrial radio (sent Tuesday, 01/09/07 at 8:30a)

  • *A New Year's Site Update, Where Are They Now, and Satellite Radio only 2nd Place to the iPod (sent Tuesday, 01/02/07 at 9a)

  • *All Christmas, All the Time, with Big Dividends ... at least in December (sent Wednesday, 12/19/06 at 9a)

  • *Nine Times Anything Equals Nine (sent Sunday, 11/12/06 at 10p)

  • *WLS, and many others, live on through XM (sent Sunday, 10/29/06 at 9a)

  • *From #13 to #1 in one ratings book, for her first big break ... (sent Wednesday, 10/11/06 at 9a)

  • *A marketer's dream, the Phil Jackson of country radio, and your inner redneck (sent Sunday, 9/24/06 at 3p)

  • *Chicago's FM radio lineup alters itself Monday with "Scrambled Pancakes in the Morning" (sent Tuesday, 9/12/06 at 10:15a)

  • *Variety and more ... making a satellite choice (sent Tuesday, 8/15/06 at 9a)

  • *At least 15 choices in Chicago, with a few brand-new formats (sent Tuesday, 7/18/06 at 9a)

  • *The Summer of Shuffle begins next week, sans Mancow (sent Tuesday, 7/11/06 at 11a)

  • *It's weird, even in radio, when you meet people in public and [they] have this image of you from what they hear... (sent Monday, 6/11/06 at 8a)

  • *Radio, TV, and restaurants ... and planning it all at 4am (sent Tuesday, 5/23/06 at 9a)

  • *People here think of me as a Chicagoan ... I just happen not to live here right now (sent Sunday, 5/21/06 at 2p)

  • *For the first time in 12-15 years, the emergence of a new format (sent Saturday, 5/20/06 at 11a)

  • *To quote Bon Jovi, who says you can't go home ... in radio? (sent Monday, 4/24/06 at 9a)

  • *A lot of 9's, a few 0's, and a bunch of Chicago radio personalities (sent Thursday, 4/6/06 at 8:30a)

  • *The Empire of Outrageousness -- and the Art of Turning Your Entire Staff Against Each Other (sent Tuesday, 4/4/06 at 10a)

  • *On a Monday morning, all the phone lines were lit up ... a beautiful sight in talk radio (sent Sunday, 3/19/06 at 3p)

  • *HD Radio ... from a radio junkie (sent Wednesday, 3/15/06 at 9a)

  • *Something long overdue ... but it's ready to rock (sent Thursday, 3/9/06 at 12:30a)

  • *Larry Lujack doesn't do e-mail ... (sent Thursday, 2/23/06 at 9:30p)

  • *Oprah is worth 20% of XM's unexpectedly-large quarterly loss ... (sent Friday, 2/17/06 at 1p)

  • *The King of All Media pirated ... (sent Thursday, 2/02/06 at 10p)

  • *Mancow, Meier, Conn, Stern, Brandmeier, Dahl ... all in one place, plus ... (sent Sunday, 1/29/06 at 10p)

  • *For Seacrest, the role model for on-air ... success is [Dick] Clark (sent Wednesday, 1/25/06 at 9:30a)

  • *Contrary to Sirius' promotions ... about six commercials an hour (sent Wednesday, 1/11/06 at 8a)

  • *Anchored by three escapees from Chicago ... The show will be my voice (sent Monday, 1/2/06 at 1p)