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Media Insultant - 6.17.26 We update some better info on OPS. A radio station that literally is covering almost NO one. And stations going dark may be good news for the business.
Jun 17, 2026
24m 30s
Media Insultant - 6.10.26 We ask for a redo on Byron. FCC continues to make investment in radio/TV tougher. Hubbard rebrands...kinda.
Jun 10, 2026
21m 49s
Media Insultant 6.3.26 - BuzzFeed to challenge You Tube? A compelling sales tip ! And turns out radio might be the problem!
Jun 3, 2026
21m 54s
Media Insultant 5.27.26 Turners garbage. More radio restructuring. Tonight Show earworm and What was Cox thinking??
May 27, 2026
25m 21s
Media Insultant 5.13.26 Should a GM carry a list? How much did Ted do? Urban One doubles down on radio.
May 13, 2026
24m 13s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/17/26 | Media Insultant - 6.17.26 We update some better info on OPS. A radio station that literally is covering almost NO one. And stations going dark may be good news for the business. | A MYSTERIOUS RADIO STATION SALE WARSHAW WALKS FROM MORE RADIO STATIONS WE CLARIFY OUR RADIO STATION OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE SETTING. 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. Co... | 24m 30s | ||||||
| 6/10/26 | Media Insultant - 6.10.26 We ask for a redo on Byron. FCC continues to make investment in radio/TV tougher. Hubbard rebrands...kinda.✨ | media landscaperadio+5 | — | FCCHubbard+1 | — | Byron AllenFCC+7 | — | 21m 49s | |
| 6/3/26 | Media Insultant 6.3.26 - BuzzFeed to challenge You Tube? A compelling sales tip ! And turns out radio might be the problem!✨ | digital salesmedia landscape+3 | — | BuzzFeedYou Tube+3 | — | digital salesBuzzFeed+6 | — | 21m 54s | |
| 5/27/26 | Media Insultant 5.27.26 Turners garbage. More radio restructuring. Tonight Show earworm and What was Cox thinking??✨ | media landscaperadio restructuring+4 | — | Cox Media GroupSBS/Salem+1 | — | mediaradio+6 | — | 25m 21s | |
| 5/13/26 | Media Insultant 5.13.26 Should a GM carry a list? How much did Ted do? Urban One doubles down on radio.✨ | Ted TurnerUrban One+5 | — | Urban One | — | Ted TurnerUrban One+5 | — | 24m 13s | |
| 5/6/26 | Media Insultant 5.6.26 Will the NFL over play their hand? Objection to radio Part 2. Audacy expands sports in LA and Cumulus in a death spriral.✨ | NFLradio industry+4 | — | NFLCumulus+1 | LA | NFLCumulus+5 | — | 27m 39s | |
| 4/28/26 | Media Insultant 4.29.26 - General Motors ditches HD radio. Handling that objection. And is iHeart merger with Sirius a real deal?✨ | HD radioradio sales+4 | — | General MotorsiHeart+1 | — | General MotorsHD radio+5 | — | 25m 33s | |
| 4/22/26 | Media Insultant 4.22.26 - A great FCC story. The NAB Convention is back. AI is killing Google's golden goose.✨ | FCCNAB Convention+4 | — | FCCGoogle+2 | — | FCCNAB Convention+5 | — | 24m 39s | |
| 4/14/26 | Media Insultant - 4.15.26 Streaming will save local TV. Really? SBS hits the BK route. And we think MediaCo missed the point.✨ | local TVstreaming+3 | — | SBSMediaCo | — | streaminglocal TV+6 | — | 23m 42s | |
| 4/8/26 | Media Insultant - 4.8.26 - iHearts new Radio Head is trying to catch a falling knife. Old CBS radio stories. Audacy takes a serious management change. Warshaw turns to a a buyer.✨ | radio industrymedia management+4 | — | iHEARTCBS+1 | SFONebraska | iHeartCBS+5 | — | 25m 44s | |
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| 4/1/26 | Special Edition - Media Insultant. 4.1.26 - Is programmatic selling killing the local sales staffs?✨ | programmatic sellinglocal sales staff+3 | Mr. Ed Steenman | Steenman and AssociatesAmazon+2 | radio stations | programmatic inventoryradio sales+3 | — | 25m 07s | |
| 3/18/26 | 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?✨ | in-car radio listeningCBS TV stations+4 | — | CBSParamount+3 | 860 AM1640 AM | in-car radioCBS+6 | — | 26m 10s | |
| 3/11/26 | Media Insultant 3.11.26 - New earworm! iHeart dives into progammatic. Cumulus bankruptcy and the sad demise of a couple of legendary AMs.✨ | Cumulus bankruptcyradio stations+3 | — | CumulusiHeart+1 | — | CumulusiHeart+5 | — | 26m 15s | |
| 3/4/26 | Media Insultant - Special Edition - 3.4.26 - Lucy Rice on how radio sales can better compete.✨ | radio salescompetition+3 | Lucy Rice | WSAB | Bend, OR | radiosales+3 | — | 27m 32s | |
| 2/25/26 | 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.✨ | radioNBC Olympics+3 | — | NBCSaga Comm.+1 | — | radioNBC+5 | — | 24m 53s | |
| 2/18/26 | 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?✨ | digital mediaradio industry+3 | — | NexstarTEGNA+1 | — | digital radioNexstar+5 | — | 26m 49s | |
| 2/11/26 | 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.✨ | Radio Row performanceCumulus and Nielsen controversy+4 | — | CumulusNielsen | — | Radio RowCumulus+6 | — | 25m 41s | |
| 2/4/26 | 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. | 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 re... | 25m 08s | ||||||
| 1/28/26 | Media Insultant 1.28.26 How good is Bobby Rich's new book...? Cumulus to consolodate. What is GEO? | 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.&n... | 23m 22s | ||||||
| 1/21/26 | Media Insultant - 1.21.26 - Earthquake story, Cumulus winning in court, Sinclair doubles down and MediaCo is still MIA on HD channels in LA. | WHAT WOULD EPHRAM ZIMBALIST JUNIOR SAY ABOUT DAN BONGINO - OUT AT THE FBI BACK TO PODCASTING MEDIACO TRYING TO SPREAD THE BUZZ… STILL QUIET SINCLAIR RAMPS UP THE PRESSURE ON SCRIPPS… AND CUMULUS WINS A BIG ONE IN COURT… 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 sal... | 23m 54s | ||||||
| 1/14/26 | Media Insultant - 1.14.26 - We share an earworm! Audacy consolodates newscasts in two markets. Your next fortune is at YouTube? Not! The Oscars are the next tent pole that goes to streaming. | BROADCASTING SHARING RESOURCES - EVEN WITH THE EVIL COMPETION. THE OSCARS SAY BUY-BYE TO ABC TV. CAN ANYONE MAKE MONEY ON YOU TUBE? WE SHARE AN EARWORM. WARNING! 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 a... | 22m 42s | ||||||
| 1/7/26 | Media Insultant - 1.7.26 - Don't forget QR codes. How does Cumulus negotiate with Nielsen? SFO gets a new manager from Bean Town. And is MTV really gone? | SCRIPPS KINDA EMBARRASES SINCLAIR... HERE COMES THE JUDGE...AND HE SLAPS NIELSEN. MTV. RUMORS OF YOUR DEMISE ARE GREATLY EXAGERATED… IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE HOLIDAYS...BUT NO GRASS GROWING UNDER JEFF WARSHAW’S FEET… 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 sa... | 24m 27s | ||||||
| 12/17/25 | Media Insultant - Holiday Edition 12.17.25 | This week we deviate from our normal format and resurrect our annual Ode to the Holidays with our poet lauret, Tony Bollen. If you're a regular, you've heard Tony's tributes to both radio and the holidays in the past. Well this year is a new treat as he brings up an old poem for our Christmas pleasure. Enjoy! Have a great holiday - and we'll see you back next year! Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer c... | 13m 20s | ||||||
| 12/10/25 | Media Insultant - 12.10.25 - More on getting radio out of the data ditch. Even we have a comment on the Netflix acauistion. And Mediaco seems confused. Or clueless. | MEDIACO IS TRIPPING UP AGAIN…OR JUST DON’T KNOW HOW THIS WORKS? VALIDATION OF MY UPPER FUNNEL SALE MODEL FOR RADIO - I PROMISE i WON’T SAY I TOLD YOU SO… CONNOISSEURS RECENT SUCKING UP ALPHA MEDIA GOT US THINKING ABOUT HOW ALPHA EVEN GOT THERE… 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 o... | 24m 58s | ||||||
| 12/3/25 | Media Insultant - 12.3.25 - Is the TV M&A activity in jeoprardy? Trump makes useless threats. And iHeart is guaranteeing us a human experience. | TRUMP IS CONFUSED ABOUT LICENSES FOR TV NETWORKS… TWO BIG TELEVISION M&A DEALS ARE IN SOME JEOPARDY… IHEART ISSUES A WEIRD AI GUARANTEE. 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... | 19m 22s | ||||||
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