Media Insultant
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
Media Insultant
Latest Episodes
Media Insultant - 9.30.26 - Crazy or genius? Building a new radio station! New strategy for GeoSolutions and Katz study we find dumb.
BUILDING A NEW RADIO STATION FROM SCRATCH…NEW BRAND BUT IS THE STORY ANY DIFFERENT FOR GEOBROADCASTINGKATZ DOES A DUMB STUDY…
Media Insultant 9.23.26 - Bad news for Nexstar? New radio model for investors? Once more we beat up NextGen TV.
I KNOW…WE WILL RUN SOME ADS ON OUR TV STATIONS AND EVERYONE WILL RUN TO THE STORE AND BUY NEXTGEN TVS!! THE SHIFT IN RADIO M&A IS APPARENT…NIELSEN AND CUMULUS CONTINUE TO PISS ON EACH OTHER….
Media Insultant 9.16.26 Flashback to KSFO better days. How's the new Stacker news format? And iHeart launches Audiograph..
THE SOUND OF THE CITY - PROOF THAT EVEN A SOLID SUCCESSFUL RADIO STATION DOESN’T HAVE TO REMAIN THAT.. .WE GEEK OUT.HOW DOES WMAR’S ROTATOR DIGITAL TV NEWS SHOW LOOK….??AUDIOGRAPH - RADIO CONTINUES TO TRY AND MATC...
Media Insultant 9.2.26 Why did KCAL really fire their entire on-air staff? Indy fights back. Scripps rewrites the script.
KCAL BLOWS OUT STAFF…BUT IS THE REAL REASON?THE PERILS OF TV CONSOLIDATION IN INDYSCRIPPS GOES TO THE MATTRESSES WITH ALL IN DIGITAL
Media Insultant 8.26.26 - Fox to NFL. Pound sand! The FCC has a terrible idea. And WTOP has new leadership.
WE THINK THE FCC’ S OWNERSHIP CAP REMOVAL IS A TERRIBLE IDEARADIO QUARTERLY’S ARE IN - NOT MUCH GOOD NEWS, YET.THE NATIONS #1 BILLING RADIO STATIONS HAVE NEW LEADERSHIP. FOX TELLS THE NFL - NADA...