Radio Influencers Podcast NEW EPISODE

A podcast about helping to move the radio industry forward with innovative ideas on music programming, on-air content development, talent coaching, digital strategies, sales approaches, management philosophies and how to get young people to engage more with radio. New episodes come out audio/video on Tuesdays at 10am EST. But, we’ll also keep a video archive of all episodes on this post and here’s a link to listen anywhere you get your podcasts. This podcast is recorded using Riverside.

Season 3 Episode 27: Radio Studios in 2030

 

Season 3 Episode 26: iHeart Bloodbath (Recorded Saturday June 27, 2026)

 

Season 3 Episode 25: Why I Do Market Visits

 

Season 3 Episode 24: What Radio is Getting 20% Wrong

 

Season 3 Episode 23: Engage Like The Daily Show

 

Season 3 Episode 22: Specialty Programming

 

Season 3 Episode 21: Station Branding 101

 

Season 3 Episode 20: Running in the Cloud

 

Season 3 Episode 19: Badmouthing the Music

 

Season 3 Episode 18: Shorten or Kill the Show Intro?

 

Season 3 Episode 17: AI Economy

 

Season 3 Episode 16: Best Podcast Mic

 

Season 3 Episode 15: The Digital Disconnect

 

Season 3 Episode 14: No Magic Bullets in Radio

 

Season 3 Episode 13: AI Music Pt 2

 

Season 3 Episode 12: Empowering Employees

 

Season 3 Episode 11: Gary Vee’s Promo Advice

 

Season 3 Episode 10: Too Unique to Work

 

Season 3 Episode 9: Baseline for Airplay

 

Season 3 Episode 8: What is a Studio?

 

Season 3 Episode 7: Less Employees Better Employees

 

Season 3 Episode 6: The No Request Hour

 

Season 3 Episode 5: Clips Inform Content

 

Season 3 Episode 4: More Thoughts on Radio’s Severe Weather Advantage

 

Season 3 Episode 3: DIY Digital Content

 

Season 3 Episode 2: Montage Moment

 

Season 3 Episode 1: AI Music

 

Season 2 Episode 50: Christmas Music Dominance

 

Season 2 Episode 49: Guaranteed Live & Local

 

 

Season 2 Episode 48: Digital Person or All Digital

 

Season 2 Episode 47: Radio’s Release Date Issue

 

Season 2 Episode 46: Marathon Breaks

 

Season 2 Episode 45: The Next Chapter or The End

 

Season 2 Episode 44: Investing in Digital

 

Season 2 Episode 43: When to Start Playing Christmas Music

 

Season 2 Episode 42: What’s Your Gamechanger?

 

Season 2 Episode 41: One Bad Apple

 

Season 2 Episode 40: Radio Jobs A.I. Will Replace First

 

Season 2 Episode 39: Stop Using Fake On-Air Names

 

Season 2 Episode 38: Bigger than Jimmy Kimmel

 

Season 2 Episode 37: Studios That Maximize Content Creation Pt 1

 

Season 2 Episode 36: Developing Good On-Air Habits

 

Season 2 Episode 35: Stop Making Excuses & Start Making Content

 

Season 2 Episode 34: Streaming Data VS Mediabase

 

Season 2 Episode 33: TAB Panel Big Time Content Small Time Budget with Erin Wilde (92.1 Hank FM), John Butler (Butler7Media) and Daniel Hyatt (DNav Inc)

 

Season 2 Episode 32: TAB Panel Extending Your Brand Online with RJ Ochoa (SB Nation’s Blogging the Boys), Brent Hoodenpyle (Persuading for Profits), Jim Sherwood (Skyrocket Radio) and John Reynolds (Middlin’ Creative)

 

Season 2 Episode 31: Never a Bad Day on the Radio

 

Season 2 Episode 30: Workshopping Publicly

 

Season 2 Episode 29: The Value of IP

 

Season 2 Episode 28: Respect the Platform

 

Season 2 Episode 27: The Role of Radio in Severe Weather (Link to donate to Central Texas Flooding victims)

 

Season 2 Episode 26: Better & Faster Version of Ourselves

 

Season 2 Episode 25: Syndicated VS Local

 

Season 2 Episode 24: Jumpstarting UGC with AI & Captions

 

Season 2 Episode 23: Self Sufficient Employees

 

Season 2 Episode 22: Scary AI Quotes & Google VEO 3

 

Season 2 Episode 21: Outdated Artist Separation Rules (Morgan Wallen Example)

 

Season 2 Episode 20: Radio Should Be Fun

 

Season 2 Episode 19: The End of Gigantic Radio Groups

 

Season 2 Episode 18: Airchecking & Deep Dives

 

Season 2 Episode 17: AI Tools I Use Daily Pt 1

 

Season 2 Episode 16: The Future of Radio Studios

 

Season 2 Episode 15: Exclusive Content Model From TBNA

 

Season 2 Episode 14: Proactive VS Reactive From NAB

 

Season 2 Episode 13: The Power of Icebreakers

 

Season 2 Epsidoe 12: Mark Cuban’s AI Recommendations

 

Season 2 Episode 11: The Cost of Starting a Podcast

 

Season 2 Episode 10: More With Less

 

Season 2 Episode 9: Jim Sherwood Founder & Lead Developer of Skyrocket Radio & host of the Better Radio Websites Podcast

 

Season 2 Episode 8: Fear of Change

 

Season 2 Episode 7: Matt Sunshine CEO of The Center for Sales Strategy, LeadG2 & Up Your Culture

 

Season 2 Episode 6: Finding the Hole in the Market

 

Season 2 Episode 5: Radio Mentors

 

Season 2 Episode 4: RJ Curtis (Executive Director of Country Radio Broadcasters Inc and CRS)

 

Season 2 Episode 3: Radio & Vacations

 

Season 2 Episode 2: Conventions to Attend in 2025

 

Season 2 Episode 1: Terms We’ll Hear a Lot in 2025

 

Episode 41: Radio’s Tough Year: What Lies Ahead?

 

Episode 40: Grading Radio Current Categories Pt 1

 

Episode 39: Jay Nachlis (VP & Consultant at Coleman Insights)

 

Episode 38: Programming Christmas Music

 

Episode 37: Dan Bobkoff (Rhyme Media CEO)

 

Episode 36: Best of Ep 15-35

 

Episode 35: Home Studios

 

Episode 34: Riverside VS Streamyard

 

Episode 33: Marc Greenspan (Research Director Inc CEO)

 

Episode 32: Hot Topic Audience Estimates

 

Episode 31: Hot Topic Music Scandals

 

Episode 30: Top Comments

 

Episode 29: Lessons From Top Podcasters Pt 2

 

Episode 28: Christina Olivarez (Founder & CEO The Social Butterfly Gal & Hustle + Socialize)

 

Episode 27: Lessons From Top Podcasters Pt 1

 

Episode 26: Digital Content Tips & Tricks

 

Episode 25: Radio Origin Stories Pt 1

 

Episode 24: Tirzah Thornburg (Senior Talent Analyst at The Center For Sales Strategy)

 

Episode 23: Kelly George (Certified Talent Analyst at The Center For Sales Strategy and Engagement Specialist at Up Your Culture)

 

Episode 22: Hot Topic Radio & AI

 

Episode 21: Devon Shuman (SVP of Sales at Gen Media Partners)

 

Episode 20: Danny Hill (Hill Broadcasting & Rewind 98.1)

 

Episode 19: Stephanie Blue (Radio Update Staff Writer)

 

Episode 18: Jill Meadows (Radio Update Design Director)

 

Episode 17: TJ From The TJ Show

 

Episode 16: Best of The First 15

 

Episode 15: Greg Tacher (Executive VP of GMP Radio Reps)

 

Episode 14: Tim McCarthy (President of The Broadcasters Foundation of America)

 

Episode 13: Brent Hoodenpyle (Digital and Sales Expert and Radio Update Contributor)

 

Episode 12: Roger Rafson (SVP Political & Issue Advocacy at Gen Media Partners)

 

Episode 11: Mike Castellucci (Consultant at Longboard Insights)

 

Episode 10: John Reynolds (Producer/Director at Middlin Creative)

 

Episode 9: Trey Morris (VP/Senior Consultant at The Center For Sales Strategy)

 

Episode 8: Maryanne McWhirter (VP/Senior Director at LeadG2, Sales & Marketing Expert)

 

Episode 7: Chris Meadows (Engineer for FBX Radio with 20+ Years of Radio Engineering Experience)

 

Episode 6: Jeremy Robinson (CEO/President of JPR Multimedia & Syndicated On-Air Personality)

 

Episode 5: Tracy Johnson (CEO of Tracy Johnson Media Group & Co-Creator of Radio Content Pro)

 

Episode 4: Reagan Ingstad (Partner/VP of Programming i3G Media)

 

 

Episode 3: Howard Kroeger (CEO of Kroeger Media Inc and creator of Bob FM & Hank FM)

 

 

Episode 2: Julie Bortnick (President SocialCast)

 

 

Episode 1: Mike Moore (PD New Country 101.5 WKHX-FM Atlanta, GA)