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Media Insultant

Media Insultant

By: Jackson Weaver
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Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver, two media executives opine on all things media - radio, TV, cable, print, and digital. Both have long careers in radio, TV, digital and print and are not short on opinions in this tumultuous time. All opinions are theirs but happy to hear yours too! Video version available on Vimeo. New episodes each Wednesday. jackson@intownmedia.com and www.intownmedia.com

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Episodes
  • Media Insultant 3.18.26 Is in-car radio listening hot? Will CBS TV stations benefit from the Paramount purchase? New folks in Management. Radio finishes last year in the dumps. And why is Salem moving 860 AM to 1640?
    Mar 18 2026

    IN CAR RADIO LISTENING IS UP….IS THAT GOOD NEWS?

    WHY DO WE HAVE TO SIT THOUGH ‘WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK' BREAKS

    IS THE PARAMOUNT DEAL WITH SKYDANCE GOOD FOR CBS TV STATIONS

    LOTUS ADDS A NEW GM

    SALEM MOVES TALK STATION FROM 860AM TO 1640AM. WHY?




    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 Vimeo.

    Comments are always welcome at jackson@intownmedia.com

    Thanks for listening!

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    26 mins
  • Media Insultant 3.11.26 - New earworm! iHeart dives into progammatic. Cumulus bankruptcy and the sad demise of a couple of legendary AMs.
    Mar 11 2026

    CUMULUS ENTERS THEIR 3RD BANKRUPTCY...this is A SAD ENDING?

    A TRIBUTE TO TWO LEGENDARY RADIO STATIONS THAT ARE NO MORE

    DOES IHEART HOLD THE FORMULA FOR THE NEXT LEVEL SALES EFFORT FOR RADIO? eVEN LOCAL RADIO?

    KTLA APPOINTS A NEW SALES MANAGER AND KEITH AND I DISAGREE BIG TIME ON THE WISDOM OF THE HIRE……



    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 Vimeo.

    Comments are always welcome at jackson@intownmedia.com

    Thanks for listening!

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    26 mins
  • Media Insultant - Special Edition - 3.4.26 - Lucy Rice on how radio sales can better compete.
    Mar 4 2026

    We’ve got a special edition of Media Insultant for you today. And much of what we will talk about today is Evergreen…worth listening to a couple of times…

    My old friend Keith Shipman - he’s the retiring head of WSAB and is a broadcaster himself with a cluster in Bend, OR.

    In a phone call the other day he took us to task. “You guys really give radio a hard time! How about a little love?”

    And frankly, who better to help us with that than the noted sales and management expert, Lucy RIce. We've known Lucy for decades and I love her confident swagger and ability to cut through the BS to truth…painful sometimes. But the truth…

    Join us for a candid look at the radio sales challenges and some solutions in this Special Edition of Media Insulant....





    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 Vimeo.

    Comments are always welcome at jackson@intownmedia.com

    Thanks for listening!

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    28 mins
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