Radio & Broadcasting
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New data: more people listen to podcasts than radio! Iowa podcaster joins us.
According to new data from Edison Research, more people are listening to podcasts in the USA than radio. It’s the very first time this has happened. Ryan Snaadt of Snaadt media, and the Rhymes with Odd Podcast comes in the studio to explain why podcasts aren’t just limited to news companies or publishers. Any brand…
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NW Iowa newspaper bucks national trend, growing with new podcast!
Over the 20 years, print newspaper circulation has dropped 70% from 2005 and a small town in Northwestern Iowa is bucking the trend. Erin Sommers, editor of The Record Democrat in Pocahontas, Iowa explains how their new podcast, On The Record, is bringing in advertisers and new revenue growth before they’ve even launched their first…
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DM Register’s Editor in Chief: Media Trust, Trump Lawsuit & Left-Bias
Audio version: The Des Moines Register has built a massive amount of national respect for decades. The new Editor in Chief Rachel Stassen-Berger discusses restoring media trust, the Selzer Poll debacle, and answers a common Republican complaint: do they have a left-bias? Political operatives have long-recognized the Register as a political powerhouse and Stassen-Berger is…
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Channel 13 Anchor Elias Johnson Opens Up About Leaving WHO-TV
Audio version: Where did WHO TV anchor Elias Johnson go? The lifelong newsman has been a fixture in Des Moines news. Before filling the evening news position vacated by Dan Winters September of 2022, Johnson was on WOI, Channel 5. But in August of 2024 just short of two years at Channel 13 he left…
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Van Harden: Where is he now?
Where is Van Harden now? Van Harden of WHO Radio’s Van and Bonnie Show has been retired from radio since September of 2020, but he’s not slowing down. He sat down to discuss what he’s been up to and he reacts to local radio’s struggle to maintain focus on their community.