(By Lee Abrams) The next big radio format will not be a format at all. We’re past the era of a hot new format being replicated across the land. The next new “format” will be based on 360-degree brand ...

Media analysis specialist The Media Audit has a new study, the National Radio Format Report, examining the media consumption habits of radio listeners. The conclusion? Non-radio media consumption ...

For decades, radio has been built around a simple formula: find a lane, stay in it, and never stray too far from what “works.” But while radio has been busy playing it safe, an entire generation of ...

Numerous format changes late last year caused a major shake-up in the first-quarter survey results of central Indiana's radio-listening habits. "It's a weird book," said Scott Uecker, general manager ...

In an increasingly crowded Twin Cities radio market, industry behemoth iHeartMedia (IHM, formerly Clear Channel Communications) added two entirely new local stations in June: Hot 102.5, a classic ...

Roosevelt “Rick” Wright follows the Syracuse radio scene with the passion of a man who got his first show when he was 15 years old. “Radio has been my whole life,” admits Wright, 67, who has taught ...

For sports fans, this time of year is a favorite: Post-season baseball, pro football, college football and the brisk autumnal season converge to produce perhaps the best of all possible sporting ...

Music critics these days love to argue about "rockism," the unexamined prejudices we bring to our musical judgements, and "poptimism," an effort to celebrate commercial stuff that some think goes way ...