WE MAY HAVE UNDERESTIMATED BYRON ALLEN’S EFFORTS TO TAKE ON YOU TUBE…BUT IT WON’T BE EASY… FCC ADDS EXPENSIVE BURDENS TO RADIO AND TV HUBBARD REBRANDS…OR BRANDS…OR IS JUST STATING THE OBVIOUS…WE AREN’T SURE… Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and manag...

WHAT’S THE DIGITAL SALES TIP HIDDEN IN BORRELL’S RECENT REPORT…? BYRON ALLEN SAYS, WHAT THE HELL. LET’S TAKE ON YOU TUBE. THE IHEART SIRUIS TALKS HIT A SNAG…AND THE ENEMY MAY BE RADIO. Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and management.&nbsp...

JOHNNY CARSON HAS AN ANNIVERSARY. COX MEDIA GROUP APPARENTLY IS ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL TED TURNER TAKES OUT THE TRASH SBS/SALEM RESTRUCETURE WTOP’S EXTRAORDINARY LEADER RETIRES… Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and management. Videos are under the...

LOTS OF JUSTIFIED TRIBUTES TO TED TURNER… WHAT IS URBAN ONE DOING BUYING MORE RADIO STATIONS THIS CLOSE TO BK. IS A SELLING GM A GOOD IDEA? Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and management. Videos are under the Media Insultant Showcase on ...

NEVER ONE TO BE BASHFUL - THE NFL PUTS THE SQUEEZE ON! CUMULUS IS SADLY ABOUT OVER… AUDACY BOOSTS IT’S SPORTS PRESENCE…AT THE EXPENSE OF LEGENDARY RADIO. WHAT TO SAY WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, NO ONE LISTENS TO THE RADIO Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sale...

YIKES…GM HAS PULLED HD RADIO FROM THEIR CARS. OUR AUDIENCE CHIMES IN ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THE #1 OBJECTION FOR RADIO SALES PEOPLE… IHEART AND SIRIUS HAS US SCRATCHING OUR HEADS… Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and management. Videos are u...

NAB SPRING SHOW -LOOKING FOR BUYERS! ANOTHER SAD RIP FOR A GREAT BROADCASTER AND GUY AI PANIC IN THE STREETS AT GOOGLE. FCC STORY YOU WON’T BELIEVE Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and management. Videos are under the Media Insultant Showcase o...

CAN STREAMING SAVE LOCAL TV STATIONS…? MEDIACO EGO GETS IN THE WAY OF A CLIENT FOCUSED MESSAGE. SBS FILES AND MARY GETS ANOTHER YEAR AT THE HELM OF A SINKING SHIP! Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and management. Videos are under the Medi...

iHEART GETS A NEW RADIO HEAD—-finally! WE SHARE A COUPLE OF CBS RADIO STORIES ARE WE BEING JUST ANALOG GUYS OR IS AUDACY’S NEW STRUCTURE VIABLE? JEFF WARSHAW IS REALLY SHAKING UP THE RADIO BIZ FROM SFO TO NEBRASKA. Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sa...

A couple of weeks ago…we talked about Amazon and Yahoo offering programmatic inventory for iHearts audio products. We see this as further breakdown in the traditional sales role that radio stations have with their clients… But maybe we are wrong. Maybe this is the very best way for clients to buy radio and the best way for radio to sell inventory. Ah…but to find out we called up our intrepid ad agency/media buying master, Mr. Ed Steenman of Steenman and Associates in S...