When a company buys an AM radio station in the number one market for $30 million, replaces the iconic morning show brand (“The John Gambling Show”) with a regional simulcast and airs a lineup of constipated nationally syndicated hosts, you know radio is its own worst enemy.
The marketing guru Seth Godin has some advice for radio consolidators that they are obviously not following, but you should. Winner take all vs. local.
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