Archive for the 'Employment' Category

Is Terrestrial Radio Dead?

No.
Oh! Not substantial enough an answer for you?
Okay.
Absolutely not.
Alright, I’ll explain.
Terrestrial Radio is, without a doubt, suffering from an identity crisis. iPods, Satellite Radio, Online Radio, Pandora, Last.FM, et.al. are all conspiring to make the original Radio obsolete. Good luck. Won’t happen for a long, long time, and here’s why:
1. It’s in virtually [...]

Radio Layoffs and Firings

If you have any professional contact with the Radio industry these days, you’re probably hearing about layoffs and rumors of layoffs. Not that someone losing their radio job is something new, but two factors are currently causing many in the business to bite their nails and wonder about their professional future. 2009 is going to [...]

Oh No! My Favorite DJ Just Got Fired!

It’s happening more and more these days. You wake up in the morning, expecting to hear your favorite DJ playing some music, talking about the news of the day, cracking jokes, whatever. But he/she’s not there. You figure “oh well, must be on vacation,” but then you pick up the morning paper and find out [...]

The RadioFan Blog

If you’ve come here, you are undoubtedly a fan of the radio business, or at least several radio stations.
The RadioFan Blog is launching to provide another from-the-inside look at the industry, edited by a currently working radio programming executive. The opinions express here are his (or hers…okay, HIS) and do not in any way represent [...]