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THE DUMBEST THING I’VE EVER HEARD A RADIO PERSON SAY

Last week I shared with you the Second Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Heard In Radio.

Here’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard — even though I heard it second-hand, via Ron Stevens.

When Ron was a disc jockey, one of his program directors took him aside and said, “You know, Ron, radio isn’t a popularity contest.”

Um….

Y’know, if ratings are important to your radio station, that’s EXACTLY what radio is: a popularity contest.

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  • scott snailham June 30, 2011, 3:18 am

    It’s not dumb however, if the PD who said the it initially, has always worked in a one horse town where he thinks arbitron is a foreign language.

  • Zack June 30, 2011, 4:36 am

    Heh. They don’t call it “mass media” for nothing …