Richard Wagoner

1 week ago | ocregister.com | Richard Wagoner

The radio industry is getting some good news regarding listenership trends. This has been brought on in part by changes in attitudes as well as ratings methodology, capturing listeners who were always there but missed (though some say the change artificially inflates the true numbers). Newer technology may be helping as well, and there just may be one more little factor behind it … the programming. More on that later.

2 weeks ago | dailynews.com | Richard Wagoner

Some radio station contests these days don’t have the same appeal for listeners as the giveaways on stations like KHJ during the heyday of AM radio. (Photo by Getty Images) PUBLISHED: May 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM PDTFrom a purely entertainment standpoint, radio station contests are similar in nature to television game shows. People generally like to play along, and see or hear other people win, even if it’s a relatively minor prize.

3 weeks ago | dailynews.com | Richard Wagoner

PUBLISHED: May 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM PDTI’m a few weeks late, but it’s still worth a mention: May 2025 is the “official” 60th anniversary of the launch of  “Boss Radio” KHJ (930 AM), the station credited with revolutionizing top-40 radio throughout the country. In reality, it wasn’t truly the station that began it all … one could easily point to others, including KGB (now KLSD, 1360 AM) in San Diego, which beat KHJ to the format by about a year.

1 month ago | dailynews.com | Richard Wagoner

Radio studio. (Getty Images) PUBLISHED: May 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM PDTWe get email …“Hello and thank you for you excellent column on all things radio. I really enjoy it! Question: I am big fan of sports talk in LA and love KLAC (570 AM). I see them on the list you shared, but do not see competing station KSPN (710 AM). I checked online and did not see them in the full Nielsen list either.

1 month ago | dailynews.com | Richard Wagoner

Radio. (Getty Images) UPDATED: April 28, 2025 at 7:03 AM PDTThe seemingly unstoppable light rock powerhouse KOST (103.5 FM) continued its dominance in the March Los Angeles Nielsen ratings released last week.