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  • 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.
    Feb 25 2026

    IF SAGA COMM. IS IN PLAY…WHO’S IN THE POOL?

    OLYMPICS? THE TENT POLE THAT IS DELIVERING FOR NBC.

    WE ARE ACCUSED OF GIVING RADIO A HARD TIME. AND THAT IS CORRECT….

    ENTRAVISION OUSTS A 25YEAR LEADER…



    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.

    Comments are always welcome at jackson@intownmedia.com

    Thanks for listening!

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    25 minutos
  • 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?
    Feb 18 2026

    RADIO GOT 25% DIGITAL….BUT WE THINK, MAYBE NOT.

    RADIO.COM URL SOLD…BUT WHAT FOLLOWS IS JUST WEIRD.

    TEGNA/NEXSTAR BACK UP TO THE PLATE BUT ARE THE NETWORKS BEING ACED OUT?



    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.

    Comments are always welcome at jackson@intownmedia.com

    Thanks for listening!

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    27 minutos
  • 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.
    Feb 11 2026

    WE ALL WATCHED THE SUPER BOWL BUT HOW DID RADIO ROW PERFORM…?

    CUMULUS LEAKED AND NIELSEN IS PISSED ABOUT IT…

    GRAMMYS RATINGS - OLYMPIC RATINGS FOR BETTER OR WORSE



    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.

    Comments are always welcome at jackson@intownmedia.com

    Thanks for listening!

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    26 minutos
  • 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.
    Feb 4 2026

    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 relevent or beneficial to media sales and management. Videos are under the Media Insultant Showcase on Vimeo.

    Comments are always welcome at jackson@intownmedia.com

    Thanks for listening!

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    25 minutos
  • Media Insultant 1.28.26 How good is Bobby Rich's new book...? Cumulus to consolodate. What is GEO?
    Jan 28 2026

    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. Videos are under the Media Insultant Showcase on Vimeo.

    Comments are always welcome at jackson@intownmedia.com

    Thanks for listening!

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    23 minutos
  • Media Insultant - 1.21.26 - Earthquake story, Cumulus winning in court, Sinclair doubles down and MediaCo is still MIA on HD channels in LA.
    Jan 21 2026

    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 sales and management. Videos are under the Media Insultant Showcase on Vimeo.

    Comments are always welcome at jackson@intownmedia.com

    Thanks for listening!

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    24 minutos
  • 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.
    Jan 14 2026

    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 are under the Media Insultant Showcase on Vimeo.

    Comments are always welcome at jackson@intownmedia.com

    Thanks for listening!

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    23 minutos
  • 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?
    Jan 7 2026

    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 sales and management. Videos are under the Media Insultant Showcase on Vimeo.

    Comments are always welcome at jackson@intownmedia.com

    Thanks for listening!

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    24 minutos