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Radio Takes a LONG Holiday Weekend
Each Memorial Day weekend downtown Cincinnati is home to a HUGE gathering of people. It’s our community’s way of saying adios to winter and kicking off a summer filled with festivals, socializing with...
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80 Million Reasons the Kasem Clans Battle
“It’s from a man in Cincinnati, Ohio and here’s what he writes.” – Casey Kasem Just when you thought the freak show during Michael Jackson’s last years was grotesque, two western states now bring us...
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Why Your NFL Team Sucks
Here we are a few short weeks from the start of NFL training camps and I came across some statistics about why your NFL team sucks. As the saying goes, “Numbers don’t lie.” What this exposes is the...
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Armstrong – Famous for Being “Really” Famous
Ask yourself a question. Who is the most famous person you’ve ever had the chance to meet or just get physically close to? It might be a famous actor, a President or maybe someone very rich. Late one...
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Why Teams Like the Buffalo Bills are Important
The news of the Buffalo Bills being sold this week was buried in the NFL press and spin due to the Ravens’ Ray Rice and the physical abuse of his then fiancé. Growing up just outside of Buffalo, New...
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The Tipping Point for Newspapers
Last week Borrell Associates made their media predictions for 2024. That sounds like a long way off, but it’s just 10 years away. A few predictions were startling, because media is quickly...
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Stupid Voters Want Conservative Government – Vote Themselves Tax Increases
On Tuesday as I was walking into the Lutheran church where I vote, a Republican party worker, who I knew, handed me a Republican “sample” ballot. Next to him was a Democrat worker with that party’s...
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John Kiesewetter – Keeper of Cincinnati’s Broadcast History Will Be Missed
Newspaper media critics and the radio and television personalities they cover have always had an interesting interaction. On one hand, those in radio and television want the free publicity given to...
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700WLW’s Jim Scott Says Goodbye
Days before Jim Scott announced his retirement my telephone rang. On the other end of the telephone was that friendly and commanding voice. “Darryl! It’s Jim Scott!” That’s the way his calls always...
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Net Neutrality – What It Means to You
The following is a repost of a column I recently wrote for the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber Click Here for their latest newsletter. You’re to think of the recent “net neutrality” ruling as freedom...
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It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
The wife and I just subscribed to Netflix. We’re a little late to the party on this one. We just finished watching the third season of House of Cards. My wife is sort of Claire to my Francis without...
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Bengals’ Fans Can’t Hold Their Liquor
You either watched it live on CBS, were there or you saw and read about the rowdy Steelers-Bengals NFL Wildcard Playoff game later. The sad thing is Cincinnati, the well-mannered “northern most...
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Black Radio Stations Matter
The immutable “Rule #1 – It’s about ratings and revenue.” If you don’t accept this, you’re doomed. Each fall, the big media companies go through budgeting for the new year. The companies look to see...
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Fake Callers on Talk Radio? Say it Ain’t So!
No way. It can’t be. Radio stations resorting to actually faking callers to gin up topics and make the programming (dare I say) entertaining? Never would have thought of that one. Sports talk radio...
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