Episódios

  • Media Insultant - 7.9.25 - Radio geeks - REEL RADIO is back! Fox likes multiple market managers. Paul Harvey's estate sues Paramount Pictures and regardless of what the NAB says, AM stations are shutting down.

    Media Insultant - 7.9.25 - Radio geeks - REEL RADIO is back! Fox likes multiple market managers. Paul Harvey's estate sues Paramount Pictures and regardless of what the NAB says, AM stations are shutting down.
    Jul 9 2025

    TOWNSQUARE WALKS AWAY…AGAIN…(10:44)

    FOX TELEVISION DUPLICATES WHAT RADIO HAS BEEN DOING…(4:50)

    PAUL HARVEY - FROM HIS GRAVE - THE REST OF THE STORY.(10:33)

    REEL RADIO FOR GEEKS IS BACK! (17:34)


    WELCOME TO our podcast focused on radio TV and OCCASIONALLY digital. We welcome you to the Wednesday July 9th Episode of Media Insultant…



    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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    22 minutos
  • Media Insultant - 6.25.25 A tribute to Dennis Holt. TEGNA moves local news to OTT and Apple Plus may soon take advertising. Just what we need!

    Media Insultant - 6.25.25 A tribute to Dennis Holt. TEGNA moves local news to OTT and Apple Plus may soon take advertising. Just what we need!
    Jun 25 2025

    IS ADVERTISING GOING TO FOLLOW THE BOUNCING APPLE PLUS…(18:20)

    WE TAKE OUT HATS OFF IN DEEP RESPECT FOR WESTERN MEDIA iNTERNATIONALS DENNIS HOLT . (9:35)

    TEGNA MAKES A BOLD MOVE WHICH IS BOUND TO PISS OFF THEIR NETWORKS (5:30)


    WELCOME TO the podcast focused on radio TV and OCCASIONALLY digital We welcome you to the Wednesday June 25th Episode of Media Insultant….



    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 - 6.18.25 The radio story about Fun, Fun, Fun. Public broadcast at crossroads. The pending death of Blue Links. iHeart in the south of France? And BFofA fund raiser!

    Media Insultant - 6.18.25 The radio story about Fun, Fun, Fun. Public broadcast at crossroads. The pending death of Blue Links. iHeart in the south of France? And BFofA fund raiser!
    Jun 18 2025

    NPR AND PBS - IS THEIR HAIR REALLY ON FIRE…. ARE THEY ON THE ROPES OR IS THIS ALL SMOKE AND MIRRORS…? (10:50)

    SOME THINK THAT SEARCH IS HAVING AN EXISTENTIAL MOMENT….AND MAYBE SO! BLUE LINKS (16:24)

    IHEART SHOWS UP THE REST OF THE RADIO BUSINESS…(5:24)

    WE SHARE A BRIAN WILSON BEACH BOYS STORY…(1:07)

    AND A TRUE STORY ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF BROADCASTERS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA…(22:02)

    WELCOME TO the podcast focused on radio TV and OCCASIONALLY digital We welcome you to the Wednesday June 18th Episode of Media Insultant….



    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 - 6.11.25 - Emmis in New York. Cox leaving their roots. Meta is all in on AI for your next commercial campaign. CBS TV problems continue.

    Media Insultant - 6.11.25 - Emmis in New York. Cox leaving their roots. Meta is all in on AI for your next commercial campaign. CBS TV problems continue.
    Jun 11 2025

    BOYS WILL BE BOYS…THAT MAY BE TRUE BUT IT COSTS CBS MILLIONS. (2:55)

    META SAYS, WE DON’T NEED NO STINKING CREATIVES! (13:07)

    COX FURTHER RETREATS FROM IT’S ROOTS AS A MEDIA POWERHOUSE (17:50)

    OW IS THE SINGLE EMMIS STATION DOING IN THE BIG APPLE? (7:05)

    WELCOME TO the podcast focused on radio TV and OCCASIONALLY digital. We welcome you to the Wednesday June 11th Episode of Media Insultant….



    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 - 6.4.25 - Cox takes a late train out of Tulsa. Byron Allen puts stations on the block. And Jeff Warshaw is pissed!

    Media Insultant - 6.4.25 - Cox takes a late train out of Tulsa. Byron Allen puts stations on the block. And Jeff Warshaw is pissed!
    Jun 4 2025

    TULSA IS AN OIL TOWN THAT MORE THAN 200 SONGS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT…BUT THAT’S NOT ENOUGH FOR COX TO STAY IN TOWN…(12:31)

    THE DEBT BOOGIE MAN HAS COME CALLING ON BYRON ALLEN…HE’S NOT BUYING PARAMOUNT OR ABC…HE’S BECOME A SELLER…(18:54)

    THE CEO OF CONNEISOUR MEDIA IS FEELING JILTED AND UNAPPRECIATED. SO HE’S SUING…(7:39)

    Good morning…WELCOME TO the podcast focused on radio TV and OCCASIONALLY digital. We welcome you to the Wednesday June 4th Episode of Media Insultant….



    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 - 5.28.25 - Delilah gives her heart, but it's not enough. We look at the new Alpha merger deal. AI Ashley goes to weekends and Wendy McMahan jumps ship at CBS.

    Media Insultant - 5.28.25 - Delilah gives her heart, but it's not enough. We look at the new Alpha merger deal. AI Ashley goes to weekends and Wendy McMahan jumps ship at CBS.
    May 28 2025

    KDUN IS HANDED BACK TO THE FCC (3:07)

    WHOOPS. OUR MEMORIES ARE OVERLOADED AND WE HAVE A MISTAKE TO CORRECT… (5:27)

    THE DEAL BEHIND THE DEAL OF THE YEAR. (6:57).

    AI ASHLEY HAS BEEN RIFFED! (11:50)

    AND WITH POLITICAL TURMOIL AT CBS WENDY MCMAHAN HAS HAD AGUT FULL….(15:32)


    Good morning…WELCOME TO the podcast focused on radio TV and OCCASIONALLY digital. We welcome you to the Wednesday May 28th Episode of Media Insultant….



    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 - 5.14.24 - We bring in Ed Steenman to discuss how media sales people can thrive in the choas that is the car business today.

    Media Insultant - 5.14.24 - We bring in Ed Steenman to discuss how media sales people can thrive in the choas that is the car business today.
    May 15 2025

    We break format today...bringing in our Auto Insultant, Mr. Ed Steenman. Ed owns an ad agency, Steenman & Associates, in Seattle handling Tier 2 and Tier 3 auto clients. With the chaos around tariffs impacting the automobile business, we asked Ed how to navigate the current market as a sales rep.

    And...to our surprise, a big endorsement for 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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    19 minutos
  • Media Insultant - 5.7.25 Alpha/Connisseur make a deal! And what's the deal at Westwood One?

    Media Insultant - 5.7.25 Alpha/Connisseur make a deal! And what's the deal at Westwood One?
    May 7 2025

    THE WIZARD OF WESTPORT STRIKES AGAIN…(1:10)

    WESTWOOOD ONE - HOW MUCH LONGER WILL THEY HANG ON? (21:50)

    WELCOME TO the podcast focused on radio TV and OCCASIONALLY digital… - ……in the Coachella Valley from the city of LaQuinta in the California desert - I'm Jackson Dell Weaver…and from the hills above Los Angeles LA my co-host and insultant guru….Keith Samuels.



    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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    29 minutos