Pandora Surpasses 40 Million Users (and what it means for terrestrial radio)

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Jeff

According to an article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, Pandora, the personalized online radio service, reached 40 million users in 2009. On average, 15 million people stream internet-only radio stations like Pandora every week.  That’s not far from matching the number of those streaming terrestrial radio station sites (22 million, according to the article).  Think [...]

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Apple’s New Nano: Radio Reinvented

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Jeff

If you own a DVR and have realized that watching television is an entirely new and fresh experience when you truly are in control, then have I got a product for you. In case you missed the announcement yesterday, one of the many features of the new iPod Nano is an FM tuner.  But not [...]

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What Gives? Or, Fundraising Made Simple

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Jeff

If you work for a non-profit, chances are you don’t have the luxury of a several thousand watt mouthpiece with which to disseminate your message.  Even when you do, as in the case of non-commercial radio stations like the one for which I work, raising the necessary funds to keep the organization running smoothly can [...]

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All Access Interview

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Jeff

Recently, I was asked by Jackie Chapman (jchapman[at]allaccess[dot]com), the editor over at allaccess.com, to participate in their “10 Questions with” series.  All Access is a very useful and informative broadcast and music industry, members-only website. I thought I’d share my answers here before the interview is published on their site and, in the event you’re [...]

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Oh Ye Consumer of Little Faith

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Jeff

Have you heard the news?  You want, no, you desire something you don’t even know exists.  As soon as you realize it exists, you’ll no doubt find it all but impossible to control the impulsive urge to go out an buy one right away.  Best Buy thinks so.  And so does much of the radio [...]

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We Love Your Mom

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Jeff

I never knew something seemingly as simple as adding audio to my blog could be such a frustrating chore.  I add images all the time after all.  And I’m in radio for Pete’s sake.  I work with audio daily.  Why is this so stinking hard WordPress.com? Turns out audio, WordPress.com and Firefox in particular, don’t [...]

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Past, Present and Future

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Jeff

Recently, I was asked to respond to a list of interview questions from HisAir.net’s Ted Kelly.  His website serves as a “one-stop shop” for all things Christian radio and Christian music industry-related, complete with station links, job postings, show prep and research, among other things. I decided I’d post my repsponses to his questions here [...]

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The Future’s So Bright (At Least It Can Be)

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Jeff

I was replying this morning to a comment from Robbie Newton on my last blog post.  Robbie is a former WAY-FM board member and someone whose opinion I respect a great deal.  As I wrote my reply, I realized this was one of those moments where the conversation warranted a blog post of its own. [...]

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10 Years Ago Today: My WAY-FM Journey

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Jeff

It was on this date in 1999 when a new season began in my life.  I hadn’t even recognized it as such just yet (that would come just over a year later), but I was about to begin a journey that would lead me away from the Nashville music industry – my reason for coming [...]

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Help Me Help You

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Jeff

I’m wondering if you can help me with a decision I’ve been struggling with for several months now.  I should start off by saying if you’re not a Twitter user, you’ll probably be indifferent to my dilemma. Late last year, 88.7 WAY-FM in Nashville, the station for which I serve as operations director, began utilizing [...]

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