• 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

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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
  • Media Insultant 2.25.26 - Are we too hard on radio? The Olympics deliver GOLD for NBC. If Saga goes up for sale, who will show up to buy? And Entravision leadership changes.
    Feb 25 2026

    IF SAGA COMM. IS IN PLAY…WHO’S IN THE POOL?

    OLYMPICS? THE TENT POLE THAT IS DELIVERING FOR NBC.

    WE ARE ACCUSED OF GIVING RADIO A HARD TIME. AND THAT IS CORRECT….

    ENTRAVISION OUSTS A 25YEAR LEADER…



    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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    25 mins
  • Media Insultant - 2.18.26 Radio gets to 25% in digital. Really? Or just shell game? Nexstar and TEGNA merger is back on or is it? What's up with radio.com?
    Feb 18 2026

    RADIO GOT 25% DIGITAL….BUT WE THINK, MAYBE NOT.

    RADIO.COM URL SOLD…BUT WHAT FOLLOWS IS JUST WEIRD.

    TEGNA/NEXSTAR BACK UP TO THE PLATE BUT ARE THE NETWORKS BEING ACED OUT?



    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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    27 mins
  • Media Insultant - 2.11.26 - New earworm! How'd Radio Row do? WTF is the deal with Eastlan and Cumulus? Tentpoles seem to be sagging on TV.
    Feb 11 2026

    WE ALL WATCHED THE SUPER BOWL BUT HOW DID RADIO ROW PERFORM…?

    CUMULUS LEAKED AND NIELSEN IS PISSED ABOUT IT…

    GRAMMYS RATINGS - OLYMPIC RATINGS FOR BETTER OR WORSE



    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 - 2.4.26 - Why would an iHeart exec jump ship to a sinking one? Is Radio Row dying? Audacy reorg is different this time. And Jackson bitches about OTA reception on his home TV.
    Feb 4 2026

    WITH OUR FAVORITE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS PLAYING THIS WEEKEND IN THE THE BIG GAME…KEITH TAKES A LOOK AT THE DEATH OF “RADIO ROW” FOR SUPER BOWL

    LE GRETT TO BEASLEY? HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?

    AUDACY’S NEW REORG HAS SOME SERIOUS PAIN FOR MARKET MANAGERS.



    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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    25 mins
  • Media Insultant 1.28.26 How good is Bobby Rich's new book...? Cumulus to consolodate. What is GEO?
    Jan 28 2026

    Bobby Rich’s Life in your radio…worth reading?

    MediaCo is getting the old band back together.

    Another acronym you’ll have to memorize….GEO

    Consolidation continues…as Cumulus centralizes Kansas radio.



    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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    23 mins