Articles #SonicAttention

While the AI debate continues, professionals are building skills and reaching new milestones. Joe “Crash” Kelley shares how AI has helped him improve his radio production—with research to support the case.

Creator advertising is heading toward $44 billion in 2026. Why is radio cutting trusted personalities—and how could stations turn that influence into revenue?

Apparently, the toilet is being repaired on Broadway. Bad homemade jingles are reaching the airwaves. Hear two jingles for the same event—and why the writing matters.

Radio still needs talented newcomers. Are broadcast schools preparing them for lean staffs, wider duties, tough schedules and realistic starting pay?

Radio needs younger talent. But does reaching a younger audience really require a younger workforce? A look at age bias, hiring, stereotypes, audience connection and what the evidence actually shows.

Australia now requires disclosure for AI radio hosts. But if humans still create, direct and shape the content, where does human creativity really end?

A funny but serious look at radio’s obsession with massive commercial stopsets — what the research really says, what long breaks may be doing to listeners and advertisers, and why smarter digital, event and sponsorship revenue could be a better answer than simply adding another unit.

A record $11.6 billion political-ad avalanche is coming. Here’s how local advertisers—and radio stations themselves—can use memorable creative, sonic branding and stronger imaging to avoid being drowned ou

A personal reflection on how social media memories can remind radio professionals of fuller staffs, better opportunities, and the version of radio we lost — while pointing toward reinvention and survival.

AI is not automatically the enemy of radio creativity. Lazy creative, generic copy, lifeless delivery, and artificial-sounding human content are the real threat.

Thousands of radio people say they still care. But caring alone will not rebuild radio. The next step is turning that passion into action through stronger local talent, better sales training, memorable creative campaigns, and sonic branding that helps advertisers win.

A great production director should do more than make commercials sound good. Research shows creative can drive nearly half of advertising sales impact — which means radio production should be treated as a revenue strategy room, not just a service desk.