Who Cares? – Mastering Content Creation in 2024: A Guide to Captivating Audiences
Regardless of the platform you are involved in, the creation of content is an ever-changing process. For consumers, there is a plethora of choices for obtaining what they want. The competition for audience attention has never been more intense. In the current environment, focus and discipline need to be core strategies in producing content. Ask […]
Urgency & Anticipation – Setting the Stage for Great Content
There’s the diary, then came PPM, and now we have streaming, where you get results instantaneously. Radios, computers, mobile devices, podcasts, and more devices are delivered to consumers every day. If you are a Program Director or a Content Manager, your job is to develop content that will appeal to the broadest set of the […]
CRM Interview Series – Katie Miller Interviewed by Scott Masteller
Above is an interview with Katie Miller conducted by Scott Masteller in June of 2023. This is the first video in the CRM Interview Series which will be conducted by Scott Masteller with all of the team members of Crowd React Media, a division of Harker Bos Group. This interview covers the importance of media […]
Succession Planning and the Coaching Tree
Having been both an on-air talent and a Program Director, I have a unique perspective on talent development. As much as I enjoyed my on-air role in sports radio, the real excitement for me has been in two areas of focus, coaching and programming. In previous blogs, we have talked about the importance of talent […]
Be A Coach Not a Critic
This is a continuation of a two-part blog series. Read Part 1, Lessons from a Career Behind the Mic, here. Successfully hosting a popular program is one of the most challenging yet rewarding experiences on-air talent can have. Every person who steps into a studio does so dreaming of success and popularity, yet fearing failure. […]
Lessons from a Career Behind the Mic
I started my broadcast career as a disc-jockey at a 1000-watt AM radio station in Williamsport, PA. I worked at WWPA for a long time and in a small north central Pennsylvania market for 14 years. I was not making much in the way of money, but I was happy chasing my dream. Like most […]
Diminishing Attention Spans: Implications for Media Content
The phrase that I have heard over and over is “It’s all about the content.” For those of us in spoken-word presentations this has never been truer. Many of us started in music formats where we were told the importance of “playing the hits!” Whether a news talk format, a sports show, or for that […]
Scott Masteller Joins Crowd React Media as Sports Consultant
Durham, NC, January 11, 2023 – Crowd React Media, a division of Harker Bos Group, is happy to welcome Scott Masteller as a Sports Consultant. Crowd React Media, which specializes in Sports Media and Sports Betting research, is pleased to bring Scott’s 40+ years of sports media experience and expand our portfolio. Masteller has […]
Recent NC Elections by TV Station Viewership
In last week’s blog, Crowd React Media correctly predicted the victor of the North Carolina U.S. Senate contest between Democrat Cheri Beasley and Republican Ted Budd. Our prediction turned out to be well within the margin of error, seeing we envisioned a roughly three point difference between the two in the final tally. Budd won […]
News Consumption and Voter Registration
In a recent study conducted by Crowd React Media, we took an in-depth look at the media habits of news consumers and sports fans. Of those surveyed, 94% of respondents stated that they either watch the news or consume any type of news media. In this week’s entry we will examine news consumers’ voter registration. […]