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Scott Fybush has been covering the media for three decades, and now he brings you inside his world every week with "Top of the Tower: The Fybush Media Podcast." We look at the week's news in broadcast media technology, business, regulation and some history, too, and talk to people from across the ra…

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    • May 6, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Top of the Tower Podcast #061: Rob Bertrand at NAB/PREC 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 18:45


    Top of the Tower talks with Inrush Broadcast's Rob Bertrand about the future of broadcast engineering as a service

    Top of the Tower Podcast #060: Marie from The Radio Fam, Live at the NAB Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 16:11


    Top of the Tower talks with "Marie from the Radio Fam" as part of our MaxxRadio interview series from the NAB Show

    Top of the Tower Podcast #059: Talking Programming at RadioDays

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 13:51


    Top of the Tower Podcast continues our coverage of RadioDays North America with interviews with Virgin Radio's Shannon Burns and Corus' Rick Lee

    Top of the Tower Podcast #058: RadioDays North America

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 12:36


    Top of the Tower is at RadioDays North America, with BBC Radio 1's Aled Haydn Jones and Warren Kurtzman of Coleman Insightsd

    Top of the Tower Podcast #057: Dr. Donna Halper, Hall of Famer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2023 31:14


    A conversation with the newest inductee into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame, Dr. Donna Halper

    Top of the Tower Podcast #056 – Previewing RadioDays North America

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2023 6:59


    A conversation about the upcoming RadioDays North America convention in Toronto

    Top of the Tower Podcast #055: NAB Show Preview with Valerie Geller

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2023 21:32


    Top of the Tower returns with a conversation with Valerie Geller of Geller Media International, offering plenty of inspiration as the NAB Show gets underway in Las Vegas

    Top of the Tower Podcast #054: “Tales From the Trenches”

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 18:29


    A preview of Scott Fybush's virtual session at this year's virtual AES Show, as engineers share tales of some of their wildest adventures in the world of broadcast engineering

    Top of the Tower Podcast #053: Steve Cichon’s Passion for Buffalo History

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020 30:09


    A conversation with Buffalo's Steve Cichon about his new book, chronicling the first half-century of Buffalo broadcasting

    Top of the Tower Podcast #052: Talking Radio with Dr. Donna Halper

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 33:00


    The new Rush "Spirit of Radio" video! Radio's centennial (which is much bigger than just KDKA)! Arnie "Woo-Woo" Ginsburg! What do they all have in common this Canada Day? Historian Donna Halper, of course!

    Top of the Tower Podcast #051: Sean Ross on Radio Programming Right Now

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2020 41:52


    In this week’s edition:  The coronavirus epidemic is continuing to turn all of our lives upside down. How can broadcasters ensure we can stay on the air, continue providing information to our communities and keep our staff and families safe, while vacating crowded studios and following new guidelines for social distancing? And how do we […]

    Top of the Tower Podcast #050: Nautel’s Jeff Welton

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 32:41


    A conversation with one of radio engineering's most visible educators, Nautel's Jeff Welton, winner of this year's NAB Radio Engineering Achievement Award

    Top of the Tower Podcast #049: FCC Regulations in Pandemic Time, with Melodie Virtue

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 24:02


    Communications lawyer Melodie Virtue joins us on Top of the Tower to go over all the regulatory questions broadcasters face while they're locked out of their usual studio and office operations.

    Top of the Tower Podcast #048 – Yellowtec’s “Studio in Your Hand”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 22:59


    How can you get great-sounding audio without a tangle of wires and separate recorders? Yellowtec's Jeff Williams joins us with one answer - the iXm recording microphone.

    Top of the Tower Podcast #047: Don’t Spray Lysol Into Your Microphone!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2020 21:19


    Top of the Tower Podcast takes on the question of mic safety in the age of coronavirus, with Sennheiser's Brian Walker answering your questions.

    Top of the Tower Podcast #046: Brad Savage and Akron’s Summit

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020 22:41


    Top of the Tower visits Akron, Ohio and the new studios of "The Summit" as fears of the coronavirus sweep the industry.

    Top of the Tower Podcast #045: Steve Hausmann’s Life on the Air

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2019 39:19


    Top of the Tower talks with Steve Hausmann, recently retired from WBEE-FM in Rochester, about his career here and in New England

    Top of the Tower Podcast #044: Galaxy’s Ed Levine

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2019 40:54


    A conversation with Galaxy Media president/CEO Ed Levine about what his company's doing in radio - and in events and digital, plus his work with the New York State Broadcasters Hall of Fame, college sports rights, and more!

    Top of the Tower Podcast #043: Small-Market Success with Ben Downs

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2019 37:01


    We dig deep into the mess that is WBAI, then turn to a success story down South - Ben Downs at Bryan Broadcasting in College Station, Texas.

    Top of the Tower Podcast #042: Radio Show and Josh Bohn

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2019 24:24


    In this week’s edition:  We’re back from the Radio Show in Dallas with lots to talk about (and even more that we wrote about in NorthEast Radio Watch this week!) – and you’ll be hearing more from Texas coming up in the next few weeks on the podcast. In the meantime, though, we had an […]

    Top of the Tower Podcast #041: The Voice of the Navajo Nation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2019 19:25


    In this week’s edition:  Our Western trip included one more important radio stop – at the new studios of the Navajo Nation’s KTNN/KTNN-FM and Capital Country (KWRK/KCAZ) in St. Michaels, Arizona. After the all-important green chile cheeseburgers and fry bread, we sat down for a conversation with KTNN/Capital Country GM Troy Little about his stations’ […]

    Top of the Tower Podcast #040: More Saul Levine, plus Shotgun Tom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2019 25:52


    In this week’s edition:  Part two of our interview with legendary Los Angeles station owner Saul Levine. Now 92, Levine has owned what’s now KKGO (105.1) in LA from the day he put it on the air as KBCA way back in 1959. In this episode, we talk about station values in 2019, his oldies […]

    Top of the Tower Podcast #39: LA’s Legendary Saul Levine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2019 23:43


    Part one of our exclusive interview with legendary Los Angeles station owner Saul Levine

    Top of the Tower Podcast #038: WGBH Radio’s Phil Redo

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2019 53:13


    A conversation with Phil Redo, the outgoing radio leader at Boston's WGBH

    Top of the Tower Podcast #037: At the NAB Show with Tom Taylor and Jeff Welton

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2019 40:04


    We're back home from the NAB Show (and everything that surrounds it in Las Vegas), where we talked with legendary trade journalist Tom Taylor and Nautel's Jeff Welton

    Top of the Tower Podcast #036: Talking to Radio’s Next Generation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2019 41:07


    A conversation with students about the future of radio at Cornell University student-run WVBR in Ithaca, N.Y.

    Top of the Tower Podcast #035: An Update on All-Digital AM

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2019 29:43


    Talking with Dave Kolesar of Hubbard Radio and Mike Raide of Xperi about all-digital AM - and what's coming next!

    Top of the Tower Podcast #034: Remembering Gary LaPierre with Peter Casey

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2019 32:35


    Remembering WBZ's Gary LaPierre with his former program director, Peter Casey

    Top of the Tower Podcast #033: The FCC Shutdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2019 11:17


    A conversation with Melodie Virtue of Garvey Schubert Barer about how broadcasters are handling the FCC's ongoing shutdown

    Top of the Tower Podcast #032: After Hurricane Michael

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2018 53:13


    Nexstar gets Tribune, with some conflicts to resolve - Two months after Hurricane Michael, a conversation with iHeart's Charlie Wooten about how his Panama City, Florida cluster weathered the storm, and how other stations can learn from the experience - Anniversary reunion for New Jersey's WPSC 

    Top of the Tower Podcast #031: Tower Down in PA

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2018 15:43


    In this week's edition:  The call no station owner wants to get: WHGL's Mike Powers talks about the snowplow accident that took down his FM tower right after Thanksgiving - Sports talk grows on FM, even as NBC Sports Radio exits fulltime programming - And more!

    Top of the Tower Podcast #030: Local Radio with Ron Galley, Tom Langmyer

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2018 62:42


    In Boston, iHeart swaps airshifts for its WRKO talk hosts - Retirement for a local radio stalwart, Ron Galley, after 47 years at WDLA in Walton, New York; we drop in for a chat - A conversation with Buffalo Broadcasting Hall of Famer Tom Langmyer. After managing big stations such as KMOX, WGN and WTMJ, he's starting his own small-market ownership group, and we've got all the details!

    Top of the Tower Podcast #029: Philly Format Flip, Jeff Williams, Don Backus

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2018 17:35


    Entercom changes brands on its new acquisition, WBEB Philadelphia (and is there more to come in that busy market?) - Conversations from the Radio Show with Jeff Williams of Yellowtec and Don Backus of Rohde & Schwarz

    Top of the Tower Podcast #028: WLNG Sold, Halloween Fun, and John Harper

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2018 39:13


    WLNG is sold...what's in store for its new owners (see our 2017 visit here) - "War of the Worlds" remembered in NYC, Buffalo (see the AES presentation from New York here) - Remembering Barry Lunderville - Red Sox win! - A conversation with Relevant Radio "Morning Air" host John Harper - More on the 2019 Tower Site Calendar

    Top of the Tower Podcast #027: Disaster Recovery at the AES Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2018 29:17


    We're on the floor at the joint Audio Engineering Society and NAB New York shows in New York City - Vox buys two more in Burlington - More on Powell Broadcasting's exit from storm-ravaged Panama City, Florida - A conversation with disaster recovery expert Howard Price of MediaDisasterPrep.com

    Top of the Tower Podcast #026: Whither Class A AMs?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2018 40:16


    Broadcasters brace for Hurricane Michael - The FCC requests comments on a proposal to reduce skywave coverage protection for class A AM stations - A conversation with Nautel's Gary Liebisch (right) as he gets ready to retire - Getting ready for the AES Show and NAB New York next week

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