WWFM’s Classical Problem
The offices of WWFM radio, October, 2008: General manager Peter Fretwell reads the latest report on his station’s financial health and responds by commencing...
Exploring & Celebrating the Uncommon Music
‘I always do a lot of homework,” says Bill McGlaughlin, the folksy/erudite radio commentator and host of the syndicated classical music programs “Exploring Music”...
Commercial Radio Faces the ‘New Normal’
Commercial radio’s health is tied to Main Street. The better a station’s host community is doing financially, the better revenues the station will enjoy....
Town vs. Gown: Tough Times & Tough Talk
Raucous comparisons being drawn between Princeton University’s ample pocketbook and the dwindling ones of town residents are perhaps inevitable in the midst of a...
Paella, Phyllo, and Pierogies, Oh My
A recent poll of frequent restaurant patrons by the Zagat Survey shows that we New Jerseyans enjoy dining out as much as ever. But,...
Y2K to Rock N’ Roll: The Retirement and Un-Retirement of Neil Bhaskar
After building a technology company from zero to 800 people and selling it to a multi-national for multiple millions, Neil Bhaskar had achieved his...