I think Delilah is an incredible woman, not only is she the Oprah of radio, or is it that Oprah is the Delilah of TV, but no matter when Delilah is not helping people on the radio she is helping them in person all over the world. She told me that she just got back from Haiti where it’s even worse than she imagined.
One of the things she says they need most there is to rebuild their radio stations so they can communicate. If you can help, e mail Delilah at d@delilah.com

Seems to me that more people paying less taxes works out economical much better for America than fewer people paying more taxes.

People who know me would be surprised to learn that I am a great detail person, in fact probably one of the best according to Jim Hilliard. But nevertheless I moved on to Concepts and Philosophy anyway because it was more fun and I am still fairly open minded in that area.
With details I am not open at all, it has to go exactly how I said it should go, or things tend to get broken. I think I’m a much nicer person to deal with when I stick with Concepts and Philosophy. But I know there is one other reason I don’t do details anymore, lets see what is it … Oh yeah now I remember.
They don’t pay detail people any money.

Frank Zappa said he was driving through a quiet neighborhood in Hollywood with his top down, not paying too much attention to anything and just kinda tapping his hand on the steering wheel as he sang along to the radio.
When he pulled up at a red light and when he glanced around, he happened to notice a couple of people in the next car to him at the light were staring at him with a horrified look on their faces.
He thought it must be his somewhat radical appearance that was upsetting them until he realized the song he was singing along to was Sugar Sugar
by The Archies. The PPM device would have captured that listen. There was no way in hell the diary ever would have.

According to PPM there is no sense having a big morning show unless you’re going to sell it direct.

Henry Ford said, if I listened to what the customers claimed they wanted I would have just given them a faster horse.

We all tend to like those that like us.

I think Zack Boles style is going to be the new warm emotional way for radio station imagining in a radio world of cold sound a likes.

Bill Gardner told me when he was early in his radio career in Philadelphia at WIBG, Joey Reynolds happened to see his paycheck. Joey immediately
dragged Bill to the GM’s office where he proceeded to tell him that if he didn’t give Bill a raise right on the spot they were both leaving.
Bill got the raise. Yo Joey! I’ve got a few people I need you to talk with.

You know it’s a real slow news day when someone uttering the F Bomb makes the headlines.

Dropped my daughter Cami and her friend Alexis off at a Toby Mac Concert last night. I arrived back to pick them up just before the end of the concert
When I strolled into the venue from the last row, Toby who is a Christian Rocker was standing on a huge amp screaming at the top of his lungs
“Are there any Jesus Freaks in here” The positive response was so loud it almost blew my eardrums out. It seems that Church music has changed some
what since I last attended. What ever happened to “Bringing In The Sheaves”.
Toby had quite a few Black musicians and singers on stage performing with him, but strangely I didn’t notice any in the audience.

Still thinkin’ about “The Last Programming Conference and who else should be there. Dougie Thompson of course has to attend along with his old
writing partner Bill McDonald who is sure to bring radio legend Chuck Blore with him.

We also might need a few news pros like Dick Smyth, Sam Graves and Tom Cochrun to keep us from just telling those cheap jokes all night.
If we talk Movie Star Rick Moranis into being there, I know for sure he will insist on The Magic Christian coming along because Magic always had his number
I’ve got to have my old pals Roger Klein and Joel Thompson around just to tell folks who the hell I am.

Tommy Kramer is of course invited and he will insist on bringing along Bill Young to tell us it was really like back in the day. Bill Drake is long gone but his
main man Paul Drew would demand our attention for a little while if he were to join us. Oh and I have to have Little Tommy along because Jeff and Jer would
never even find the room we were all meeting in without his help. Gotta have Jim Harper from Detroit there, with both JP and Dick gone from the air waves he
has to be “The Man” Couldn’t think of even starting this without Buster Bodine being there speed rapping us.

Hey this thing is getting so big it could be a movie maybe like “The Last Waltz” we might need one business guy there like maybe Roy Laughlin to negotiate
the deal for us. Ok he can bring his beautiful wife Ellen too. I bet she’s “Got Scoop” on Seacrest and that could be fun.

Lorenda Rae says the one skill I have that she is most impressed with so far, is my ability to count backwards.

Averaging was invented in the 1930’s and it gave companies the ability to predict the patterns of mankind so they could keep prepared and slightly ahead of
what was coming. It worked perfectly until … Elvis, The Beatles and the I Phone ruined everything.

I feel coaching Jeff and Jer is like working with great song writers. We’re never working on how to write good songs, we’re always working on how to write
award winning ones.

The fear of loss is ten times more powerful than the anticipation of gain.

I was told a long time ago that it doesn’t take any brains to buy a radio station, just money.

Have you noticed that the more deregulated the Airlines got the more the Airlines seem to be regulating us.

I think there must be two monsters in a divorce because what ever side you are connected to the other side always seems to be a monster.

The thing that has always irritated me most in Radio is that getting the numbers never pays as well as getting the numbers.

If you use fear to motivate talent always remember the talent is figuring out how to turn that around and use it on you.

I think it is only fair that when the President leaves office all government employees should have to leave with him.

If your in a court of law under oath and the truth is politically incorrect do you still have to tell it.

Looks like big new things are in the near future for both Jeff and Jer and Ron Chapman and it all involves Roy Laughlin I hear.

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