Coaching Talent: Creating a For The Show Mentality
Team chemistry is important for a radio show. But what happens when that chemistry is shaken? That's a special situation that requires unique talent coaching skills. A For The Show (FTS) mentality can get you...
Casting a Radio Show: Hosts
Developing a winning radio show involves far more than just hiring talented folks and putting them on the air together. Great broadcasters look at it the way a producer would cast a movie. They...
Hosting A Radio Show Is Like Hosting a Party
Hosting a party is hard work. It just doesn't seem like it.
Everyone loves a party. It's a celebration. And if it's done right, guests can't wait for the next one. But when is the...
How to Maintain Momentum On the Path To Pay Off
No matter how good your content is, if your story doesn’t move forward, listeners move on. It's amazing how quickly your audience gets bored when a radio break stalls. We've researched it in depth...
Quick Ways To Fine-Tune Host Skills on Multi-Cast Shows
Hosting a radio show with multiple personalities is hard. I’ve heard it compared to juggling knives and herding cats. Both are appropriate metaphors, and somewhat accurate.
Hosts have a million things to manage, but the...
Casting a Radio Show: Perform The Role
In my seminar on demand, Casting a Radio Show, I show managers and programmers how to put together a team of performers that become greater than the sum of the parts. There are multiple...
Casting a Radio Show: Cohosts
Winning as a team requires sacrifice. It demands every player put aside their ego and dedicate themselves to winning as a team. Most personalities embrace the idea of team-first, until it's time to put...
How To Build Your Radio Show With The GIFS System
When you hear the term GIFS, you probably think of those funny, animated photos that make their way into your email box all the time. But this is a GIFS System that could be...
Get Off Your Phone and Answer the Phone
In radio, we take a lot of things for granted. We assume listeners know more about us than they do. It's generally accepted that those who come to see us at promotions and events...
Casting a Radio Show In 3D: Dick, Dork and Dear
Have you heard a radio show that always sounds spontaneous, engaging and simply interesting? It's usually a show with rich characters built with unique, distinct personality types that play off of one another. You...
4 Ways to Impact Ratings By Thinking Outside In
Radio is one of those peculiar industries that touches all aspects of a programmer’s life. Radio station(s) require so much time and attention, it...
