Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMedia Insultant - 2.18.26 Radio gets to 25% in digital. Really? Or just shell game? Nexstar and TEGNA merger is back on or is it? What's up with radio.com?
Season 7 Episode 290
RADIO GOT 25% DIGITAL….BUT WE THINK, MAYBE NOT.
RADIO.COM URL SOLD…BUT WHAT FOLLOWS IS JUST WEIRD.
TEGNA/NEXSTAR BACK UP TO THE PLATE BUT ARE THE NETW…
6 months, 1 week ago
Media Insultant - 2.11.26 - New earworm! How'd Radio Row do? WTF is the deal with Eastlan and Cumulus? Tentpoles seem to be sagging on TV.
Season 7 Episode 289
WE ALL WATCHED THE SUPER BOWL BUT HOW DID RADIO ROW PERFORM…?
CUMULUS LEAKED AND NIELSEN IS PISSED ABOUT IT…
GRAMMYS RATINGS - OLYMPIC RATINGS FOR BETT…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Media Insultant - 2.4.26 - Why would an iHeart exec jump ship to a sinking one? Is Radio Row dying? Audacy reorg is different this time. And Jackson bitches about OTA reception on his home TV.
Season 7 Episode 288
WITH OUR FAVORITE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS PLAYING THIS WEEKEND IN THE THE BIG GAME…KEITH TAKES A LOOK AT THE DEATH OF “RADIO ROW” FOR SUPER BOWL
LE GRETT TO …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Media Insultant 1.28.26 How good is Bobby Rich's new book...? Cumulus to consolodate. What is GEO?
Season 7 Episode 287
Bobby Rich’s Life in your radio…worth reading?
MediaCo is getting the old band back together.
Another acronym you’ll have to memorize….GEO
Consolidation…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Media Insultant - 1.21.26 - Earthquake story, Cumulus winning in court, Sinclair doubles down and MediaCo is still MIA on HD channels in LA.
Season 7 Episode 286
WHAT WOULD EPHRAM ZIMBALIST JUNIOR SAY ABOUT DAN BONGINO - OUT AT THE FBI BACK TO PODCASTING
MEDIACO TRYING TO SPREAD THE BUZZ… STILL QUIET
SINCLAIR RA…
7 months ago
Media Insultant - 1.14.26 - We share an earworm! Audacy consolodates newscasts in two markets. Your next fortune is at YouTube? Not! The Oscars are the next tent pole that goes to streaming.
Season 7 Episode 285
BROADCASTING SHARING RESOURCES - EVEN WITH THE EVIL COMPETION.
THE OSCARS SAY BUY-BYE TO ABC TV.
CAN ANYONE MAKE MONEY ON YOU TUBE?
WE SHARE AN EARWO…
7 months, 1 week ago
Media 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…
7 months, 2 weeks 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…
8 months, 1 week 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 …
8 months, 2 weeks 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…
8 months, 3 weeks ago