Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMedia Insultant - 1.7.26 - Don't forget QR codes. How does Cumulus negotiate with Nielsen? SFO gets a new manager from Bean Town. And is MTV really gone?
Season 7 Episode 284
SCRIPPS KINDA EMBARRASES SINCLAIR...
HERE COMES THE JUDGE...AND HE SLAPS NIELSEN.
MTV. RUMORS OF YOUR DEMISE ARE GREATLY EXAGERATED…
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN…
5 months ago
Media Insultant - Holiday Edition 12.17.25
Season 6 Episode 283
This week we deviate from our normal format and resurrect our annual Ode to the Holidays with our poet lauret, Tony Bollen. If you're a regular, you…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Media Insultant - 12.10.25 - More on getting radio out of the data ditch. Even we have a comment on the Netflix acauistion. And Mediaco seems confused. Or clueless.
Season 6 Episode 282
MEDIACO IS TRIPPING UP AGAIN…OR JUST DON’T KNOW HOW THIS WORKS?
VALIDATION OF MY UPPER FUNNEL SALE MODEL FOR RADIO - I PROMISE i WON’T SAY I TOLD YOU …
6 months ago
Media Insultant - 12.3.25 - Is the TV M&A activity in jeoprardy? Trump makes useless threats. And iHeart is guaranteeing us a human experience.
Season 6 Episode 281
TRUMP IS CONFUSED ABOUT LICENSES FOR TV NETWORKS…
TWO BIG TELEVISION M&A DEALS ARE IN SOME JEOPARDY…
IHEART ISSUES A WEIRD AI GUARANTEE.
Media Insultant…
6 months, 1 week ago
Media Insultant - 11.26.25 The collapse of radio values? Bonneville starts a sports net that makes no sense. And Jackson rants about radio data!
Season 6 Episode 280
THE WIZARD OF WESTPORT IS MAKING RADIO INTERESTING AGAIN!
WE THINK RADIO IS FIGHTING THE WRONG BATTLE!
BONNEVILLE STARTS A REGIONAL SPORTS RADIO NETWO…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Media Insultant - 11.19.25 - AI is helping how? Now everyone can sell everything in media! And how was FORECAST?
Season 6 Episode 279
EVERYONE IS SELLING EVERYTHING
AI HELPS RADIO HOW?
WE MISSED FORECAST - BUT STILL HAVE AN OPINION.
Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Media Insultant - 11.5.25 - iHeart SFO shuffled? Cumulus stumbles, again. And Is Amazon about to re-order local media sales?
Season 6 Episode 278
IS LOCAL MEDIA JUST ONE AMAZON CLICK AWAY FROM OBLIVION? (3:40)
iHEART SFO - KEITH STARTED PULLING THE STRING AND INTERESTING THINGS KEEP POPPING OUT…
7 months ago
Media Insultant 10.29.25 - EMF might be the most successful radio group in the oountry! No one seems to give a damn about digital media waste! And the FDA could chop $7 billion out of TV revenue! Now that's a problem!
Season 6 Episode 277
NO ONE SEEMS TO GIVE A SHIT ABOUT WASTE - THE MONEY JUST KEEPS FLOWING (8:10)
FDA RATTLES WITH A POTENTIAL BAN ON TV AND RADIO ADS. (13:12)
EMF UNFOLDS…
7 months, 1 week ago
Media Insultant 10.22.25 - Is the one day sale a gimmick at Connoiseur stations? Cumulus comes out fighting! Saga makes a good move IOHO!
Season 6 Episode 276
WHO’S GOING TO BLINK FIRST? CUMULUS TAKES ON NIELSEN IN WHAT SOME CALL A GAME OF CHICKEN! (7:55)
CONNOISEUR HAS A DEAL FOR YOU! (2:09)
WE GIVE SAGA COM…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Media Insultant - 10.15.25 - Both Saga and The Wizard say go big or go home. More layoffs of good people. FCC Commissioner Carr floats a dumb idea...IOHO.
Season 6 Episode 275
GO BIG OR GO HOME. THAT’S WHAT SAGA IS SAYING!(17:45)
MORE LAYOFFS - AH…NO FURTHER COMMENT (7:10)
A SURPRISING DEAL THE WIZARD OF WESTPORT STRIKES A B…
7 months, 3 weeks ago