Radio Ink Magazine

Deborah Parenti dparenti@streamlinepublishing.com Ed Ryan edryantheeditor@gmail.com Brida Connolly bconnolly@streamlinepublishing.com Rob Dumke rdumke@streamlinepublishing.com Alfonso Jones alfonso.streamline@gmail.com Kenneth Whitney kenneth.whitney

According to those who follow trends, the pandemic that has swept the world has managed to compress the timeline of changes in our society, especially those tied to technology, from what was projected to be a 10-year plan down to a little over 10 wee

My radio career included time at a number of indie operations, so this issue’s theme speaks to me. My first radio sales job was at a small station that was part of an independently owned chain of small-market stations. When my manager left, he took m

The junkyard dogs of radio are the misfits and mavericks, renegades and rebels, innovators and improvisers who know that traditional wisdom is often more tradition than wisdom. Junkyard dogs get things done. But because they are focused on the outcom

They are in the trenches every day, working with talent, talking to listeners, dealing with management, trying to make their station sound better than every other station in the country. We asked a few of Radio Ink’s 2020 Best Program Directors in Am

In thinking about the current state of business, it’s valuable to try to reset the relationship between programming and sales. What is the ultimate win-win? How can better collaboration yield more monetization — without negatively impacting ratings?

Many talent and producers who have found themselves out of a job recently are looking for new life in podcasting. Creating podcasts is fun and can be rewarding, but launching them and making them successful as moneymakers is very hard. You’ll have to

What are your hobbies? Writing and recording music. Studying American and world history, military history, and visiting historic places. Who is/was your role model, and why? First and foremost, my parents. They have always been a shining exampl

Over the past decade, one of radio’s biggest challenges has been recruiting, paying, and keeping young talent. Why should they join the radio industry? What do we need to do to get them here? Once they arrive, how do we keep them here? We reached out

The coaching talent receive can make a big and immediate difference in a station’s ratings. Unfortunately, too many program directors either spend too little time coaching an on-air personality — or they over-coach and attempt to control every elemen