Jackson Weaver

Media Insultant

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Keith Samuels and Jackson Weaver, two media executives opine on all things media - radio, TV, cable, print, and digital. Both have long careers in radio, TV, digital and print and are not short on opinions in this tumultuous time. All opinions are theirs but happy to hear yours too! Video version available on Vimeo. New episodes each Wednesday. jackson@intownmedia.com and www.intownmedia.com

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Jackson Weaver

Episodes

Media Insultant 7.8.26 More political $$ for TV stations. Surprise! Audacy sells in St. Louis. New revenue idea we like alot...! 08.07.2026 27:02

SCOTUS SEEMS TO BE HANDING TV EVEN MORE POLITICAL REVENUE AUDACY SELLS IN ST. LOUIS - SO? TV MOURNING SHOW - AS IN OBITUARY OR DEATH NOTICES…A NICE NEW REVENUE SOURCE… 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...

Media Insultant 7.1.26 Hobby radio at a legendary radio station. Eastlan fills the vacuum! We're used to layoffs. Why are these different? 01.07.2026 24:45

KRML - GOTTA LOVE THE STORIES OF THIS CLASSIC MOVIE RADIO STATION. EASTLAN MOVES UPTOWN IHEART LAYOFFS - SO WHAT ELSE IS NEW OR MAYBE SOMETHING IS NEW? 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...

Media Insultant - 6.17.26 We update some better info on OPS. A radio station that literally is covering almost NO one. And stations going dark may be good news for the business. 17.06.2026 24:30

A MYSTERIOUS RADIO STATION SALE WARSHAW WALKS FROM MORE RADIO STATIONS WE CLARIFY OUR RADIO STATION OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE SETTING. 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...

Media Insultant - 6.10.26 We ask for a redo on Byron. FCC continues to make investment in radio/TV tougher. Hubbard rebrands...kinda. 10.06.2026 21:49

WE MAY HAVE UNDERESTIMATED BYRON ALLEN’S EFFORTS TO TAKE ON YOU TUBE…BUT IT WON’T BE EASY… FCC ADDS EXPENSIVE BURDENS TO RADIO AND TV HUBBARD REBRANDS…OR BRANDS…OR IS JUST STATING THE OBVIOUS…WE AREN’T SURE… 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...

Media Insultant 6.3.26 - BuzzFeed to challenge You Tube? A compelling sales tip ! And turns out radio might be the problem! 03.06.2026 21:54

WHAT’S THE DIGITAL SALES TIP HIDDEN IN BORRELL’S RECENT REPORT…? BYRON ALLEN SAYS, WHAT THE HELL. LET’S TAKE ON YOU TUBE. THE IHEART SIRUIS TALKS HIT A SNAG…AND THE ENEMY MAY BE 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 - b...

Media Insultant 5.27.26 Turners garbage. More radio restructuring. Tonight Show earworm and What was Cox thinking?? 27.05.2026 25:21

JOHNNY CARSON HAS AN ANNIVERSARY. COX MEDIA GROUP APPARENTLY IS ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL TED TURNER TAKES OUT THE TRASH SBS/SALEM RESTRUCETURE WTOP’S EXTRAORDINARY LEADER RETIRES… 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 Insultant 5.13.26 Should a GM carry a list? How much did Ted do? Urban One doubles down on radio. 13.05.2026 24:13

LOTS OF JUSTIFIED TRIBUTES TO TED TURNER… WHAT IS URBAN ONE DOING BUYING MORE RADIO STATIONS THIS CLOSE TO BK. IS A SELLING GM A GOOD IDEA? 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 benefici...

Media Insultant 5.6.26 Will the NFL over play their hand? Objection to radio Part 2. Audacy expands sports in LA and Cumulus in a death spriral. 06.05.2026 27:39

NEVER ONE TO BE BASHFUL - THE NFL PUTS THE SQUEEZE ON! CUMULUS IS SADLY ABOUT OVER… AUDACY BOOSTS IT’S SPORTS PRESENCE…AT THE EXPENSE OF LEGENDARY RADIO. WHAT TO SAY WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, NO ONE LISTENS TO THE 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...

Media Insultant 4.29.26 - General Motors ditches HD radio. Handling that objection. And is iHeart merger with Sirius a real deal? 28.04.2026 25:33

YIKES…GM HAS PULLED HD RADIO FROM THEIR CARS. OUR AUDIENCE CHIMES IN ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THE #1 OBJECTION FOR RADIO SALES PEOPLE… IHEART AND SIRIUS HAS US SCRATCHING OUR HEADS… 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 a...

Media Insultant 4.22.26 - A great FCC story. The NAB Convention is back. AI is killing Google's golden goose. 22.04.2026 24:39

NAB SPRING SHOW -LOOKING FOR BUYERS! ANOTHER SAD RIP FOR A GREAT BROADCASTER AND GUY AI PANIC IN THE STREETS AT GOOGLE. FCC STORY YOU WON’T BELIEVE 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 b...

Media Insultant - 4.15.26 Streaming will save local TV. Really? SBS hits the BK route. And we think MediaCo missed the point. 14.04.2026 23:42

CAN STREAMING SAVE LOCAL TV STATIONS…? MEDIACO EGO GETS IN THE WAY OF A CLIENT FOCUSED MESSAGE. SBS FILES AND MARY GETS ANOTHER YEAR AT THE HELM OF A SINKING SHIP! 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...

Media Insultant - 4.8.26 - iHearts new Radio Head is trying to catch a falling knife. Old CBS radio stories. Audacy takes a serious management change. Warshaw turns to a a buyer. 08.04.2026 25:44

iHEART GETS A NEW RADIO HEAD—-finally! WE SHARE A COUPLE OF CBS RADIO STORIES ARE WE BEING JUST ANALOG GUYS OR IS AUDACY’S NEW STRUCTURE VIABLE? JEFF WARSHAW IS REALLY SHAKING UP THE RADIO BIZ FROM SFO TO NEBRASKA. 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...

Special Edition - Media Insultant. 4.1.26 - Is programmatic selling killing the local sales staffs? 01.04.2026 25:07

A couple of weeks ago…we talked about Amazon and Yahoo offering programmatic inventory for iHearts audio products. We see this as further breakdown in the traditional sales role that radio stations have with their clients… But maybe we are wrong. Maybe this is the very best way for clients to buy radio and the best way for radio to sell inventory. Ah…but to find out we called up our intrepid a...

Media Insultant 3.18.26 Is in-car radio listening hot? Will CBS TV stations benefit from the Paramount purchase? New folks in Management. Radio finishes last year in the dumps. And why is Salem moving 860 AM to 1640? 18.03.2026 26:10

I N CAR RADIO LISTENING IS UP….IS THAT GOOD NEWS? WHY DO WE HAVE TO SIT THOUGH ‘WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK' BREAKS IS THE PARAMOUNT DEAL WITH SKYDANCE GOOD FOR CBS TV STATIONS LOTUS ADDS A NEW GM SALEM MOVES TALK STATION FROM 860AM TO 1640AM. WHY? Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the curr...

Media Insultant 3.11.26 - New earworm! iHeart dives into progammatic. Cumulus bankruptcy and the sad demise of a couple of legendary AMs. 11.03.2026 26:15

CUMULUS ENTERS THEIR 3RD BANKRUPTCY...this is A SAD ENDING? A TRIBUTE TO TWO LEGENDARY RADIO STATIONS THAT ARE NO MORE DOES IHEART HOLD THE FORMULA FOR THE NEXT LEVEL SALES EFFORT FOR RADIO? eVEN LOCAL RADIO? KTLA APPOINTS A NEW SALES MANAGER AND KEITH AND I DISAGREE BIG TIME ON THE WISDOM OF THE HIRE…… Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer...

Media Insultant - Special Edition - 3.4.26 - Lucy Rice on how radio sales can better compete. 04.03.2026 27:32

We’ve got a special edition of Media Insultant for you today. And much of what we will talk about today is Evergreen…worth listening to a couple of times… My old friend Keith Shipman - he’s the retiring head of WSAB and is a broadcaster himself with a cluster in Bend, OR. In a phone call the other day he took us to task. “You guys really give radio a hard time! How about a little love?” And...

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. 25.02.2026 24:53

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 pr...

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? 18.02.2026 26:49

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 med...

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. 11.02.2026 25:41

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 i...

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. 04.02.2026 25:08

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 curr...

Media Insultant 1.28.26 How good is Bobby Rich's new book...? Cumulus to consolodate. What is GEO? 28.01.2026 23:22

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...

Media Insultant - 1.21.26 - Earthquake story, Cumulus winning in court, Sinclair doubles down and MediaCo is still MIA on HD channels in LA. 21.01.2026 23:54

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 fo...

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. 14.01.2026 22:42

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 th...

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? 07.01.2026 24:27

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...

Media Insultant - Holiday Edition 12.17.25 17.12.2025 13:20

This week we deviate from our normal format and resurrect our annual Ode to the Holidays with our poet lauret, Tony Bollen. If you're a regular, you've heard Tony's tributes to both radio and the holidays in the past. Well this year is a new treat as he brings up an old poem for our Christmas pleasure. Enjoy! Have a great holiday - and we'll see you back next year! Media...