The Next 6 Weeks of Radio Hell
By Jerry Del Colliano(With my daughter, Daria at Thanksgiving)Six weeks and counting until January 15th – the deadline for the first failed radio consolidator to file for bankruptcy.That’s when Citadel will either throw itself on the mercy of th

Thanksgiving With the Dickeys
By Jerry Del CollianoIf radio had human rights violations, the government would eventually be forced to investigate Clear Channel, Citadel and perhaps the worst offender of all, Cumulus.These three radio consolidators – the largest in all of radio – share a common disrespect

Clear Channel’s Frightening Plans for 2010
By Jerry Del Colliano(Shown here with Colin Huber, my daughter Daria and wife Cheryl)I want to show you the future of radio – Clear Channel style -- for the year ahead.The pieces have been coming together in the past few months like a complex puzzle

Cumulus Invents a New Way To Fire
By Jerry Del CollianoThe three major consolidators – the ones who have made the biggest mess of things in the radio industry – don’t have to come up with ways to avoid firing people.That’s what they do.Citadel, Clear Channel and Cumulus have been ridding themselves of talented an

Radio: Next, It’s Repeater Sales
By Jerry Del Colliano(Shown here at Kierland at the Westin in Scottsdale, site of Jerry's Media Solutions Lab in January).Clear Channel’s encore to Repeater Radio (local radio dressed up as national or syndicated progra