Author Archives: Frank

Riding the Gravy Train

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Among the many sales people who worked at stations I managed over the years was one individual I’ll call “Bert”. As with some who gravitate to sales, Bert was quick… Read more »

The Afterlife

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Several years ago, I discontinued my television service. Evaluating how little I watched TV and comparing it to the dollars it cost to sustain a service I used so little,… Read more »

A New Hope

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It’s been a while since we woke up WordPress on the PC (this became obvious from the number of updates waiting for us), but it’s a new year and time… Read more »

Radio — R.I.P.?

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Recently, I heard someone who controls a very sizable media budget declare: “Radio is a dead medium!” He has moved all his ad dollars to other avenues…Radio gets $0. Period…. Read more »

The Final AM Sign Off?

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The most recent buzz about AM Radio isn’t encouraging. Many have written off the band as consumers increasingly turn to FM and digital for entertainment. So where is the surprise?… Read more »

55 People

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Almost every advertiser I’ve known possessed little to no idea of how to measure the success of his ad investment. If you were to ask most advertisers how many responses… Read more »

Becoming Pandora

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My apologies for the lack of blog posts over the past couple of years. Both a change at the personal level and at the business level have claimed much of… Read more »

Years

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Delena Kelley, October 2, 1950 – November 22, 2011 “Years of hanging on To dreams already gone, Years of wishing you were here. After all this time you`d think I… Read more »

One Year

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“And now, I’m glad I didn’t know the way it all would end, the way it all would go. Our lives are better left to chance; I could have missed… Read more »

Goodbye, Delena

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My wife, partner, and friend of 40 years, Delena “Dee” Kelley, was laid to rest today. We met 41 years ago — November 25, 1970 — and I have cherished… Read more »