Howard Stern addresses the American Idol rumors: "There's not a better job on the planet"

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At least he says there’s not a better job than judging an “f-ing karaoke contest.” Stern tells this morning’s Sirius show “It might be possible. We'll see.” Referring to his current oversized paycheck, Stern says “a hundred million to judge a karaoke contest? Yeah, I think I would do that show for $100 million…What a cush job: $100 million for four months. Who wouldn’t take that?” But then he plays coy, saying he won’t comment on any possible negotiations with Fox, to replace Simon Cowell. There’s more in the MTV/VH1 coverage of Stern, here.

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Call Out and Web Database Music Surveys

 
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Part Four – Online Surveys Must Cast a Wider Net and Pay Incentives When we look outside the radio industry for other businesses using online consumer surveys to guide strategy, there is no shortage of confidence in the online survey approach. Wherever we looked - Food, Cosmetics, Travel, Clothing, Pharmaceuticals, Political – it seems everyone else is doing online research and is supremely confident in the results. So what are they doing that Radio is not? Two answers stand out. Broader panel recruitment and paid incentives. Full Story

Programming & Music

What Is The "Right" Version Of A Hit Song? Readers Respond

 

Anybody who has ever worked with an Oldies/Greatest Hits or Classic Rock station will tell you that having the “right” versions of songs is an ongoing challenge. The version of a song on the CD reissue is sometimes neither the single nor the album version that was heard in the vinyl era. Singles edits often disappear from circulation. Even the version on the library disc you order from a syndicator might not be the hit single version. Full Story

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Groundhog Day

 
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Radio is partying like its 1999. No, not with cases of Cristal in the studio, but in its own way, it’s happening. 15% revenue increases, Y2K fears and talk of “the new economy” are distant memories, but some over-hyped, underwhelming hallmarks of those days just won’t go away. Full Story

New Media

The Blue Ocean for Radio

 
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Future success can be accomplished with a new way of thinking and an adjustment to radio’s business model. The most arduous obstacle between our current status and future success is our thinking. Changing philosophies is difficult, and our industry is still clearly mired in legacy systems. Full Story

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