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March 24, 2021
Andy MeadowsTexas based radio consultant and author Andy Meadows has been in radio for literally his entire life. He grew up in a small market radio station his family owned in the Texas Hill Country. Recently, Meadows spent sixteen years at LKCM Radio Group in Fort Worth, the final thirteen as the group’s OM, growing some of the highest digital stats in the country. He’s published two radio eBooks, “From Broadcast to Podcast: Applying Radio Rules to Podcasting” and “7 Habits of High Performing Radio Personalities.”
Andy’s the CEO and Founder of Playlist FM, the creator of Solo Show Prep, an on-air talent coach with Tracy Johnson Media Group and he consults a handful of his own clients on programming, digital, operations and sales. He also publishes a weekly free blog on his consulting website www.radiostationconsultant.com and hosts Radio Station Consultant the Podcast.You had the good fortune to basically grow up in a radio station. Describe what that was like and how it set the career path that you’re still following?
I grew up in a small market station my family owned, where out of necessity we had to do everything ourselves, so I was able to get hands on experience in every aspect of radio. But, my father, who ran the station had also been in radio since he was eighteen, as a programmer and on-air talent in all size markets, so I also got to see how well it worked to apply big market tips and tricks to a small market.
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