Geo’s Media Blog. (Retro Radio In Dallas) 6/04/18. #4 in 2018.

Geo’s Media Blog. (Retro Radio In Dallas) 6/04/18. #4 in 2018.: Back in the day when FM wasn’t cool, Jim Hilliard the CEO of Fairbanks Broadcasting, paid almost two million dollars for KVIL-FM in Dallas which local broadcasters at the time thought was exo…

Geo’s Media Blog. (Making Movies) 1/22/18. #5 in 2018.

Geo’s Media Blog. (Making Movies) 1/22/18. #5 in 2018.: A few years ago, I got a call from old friend Ermanno Barone (pictured above with me) who wanted me to become involved in his new filmmaking project. He wanted to build some movie studios back in o…

Geo’s Media Blog. (Hell, I’ll Release That!) 4/28/18. #6 in 2018.

Geo’s Media Blog. (Hell, I’ll Release That!) 4/28/18. #6 in 2018.: Having hung around radio stations for most of my life and working with Hall Of Fame folks like Ron Chapman, Jerry Bobo, Larry Dixon, Mike Selden, Jack Schell, Ken Barnett, Bob Morrison, Steve Eberh…

Geo’s Media Blog. (CKY Reunion) 5/07/18. #7 in 2018

Geo’s Media Blog. (CKY Reunion) 5/07/18. #7 in 2018: A few years ago I found myself flying back to Winnipeg with Jim Hilliard for a long overdue reunion at CKY. (Jim pictured above with Deno Corrie, me, and Burton Cummings) When I began my radio car…

Geo’s Media Blog. (Radio Royalty) 6/25/18. #8 in 2018

Geo’s Media Blog. (Radio Royalty) 6/25/18. #8 in 2018: I’ve had the good fortune of working with some incredible talent during my radio career but not all of them became as big as they sounded. The ones who did though, share a secret, “When…

Geo’s Media Blog. (Suicide Prevention) 6/14/18 #9

Geo’s Media Blog. (Suicide Prevention) 6/14/18 #9: One of the leading causes of death in North America is suicide which is likely brought on by some form of depression. Not having any suicidal thoughts nor suffering from depression, I’m certa…

Geo’s Media Blog. (It’s All Good Mom) 11/26/18

Geo’s Media Blog. (It’s All Good Mom) 11/26/18: When I was living in San Diego, occasionally I would travel to West Bank in Canada to visit my Mother. West Bank which is located in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia is very beautiful and wh…

Geo’s Media Blog. (Kay Ville’s Obituary) 11/19/18

Geo’s Media Blog. (Kay Ville’s Obituary) 11/19/18: The recent death of one of America’s finest radio stations, KVIL in Dallas, brought back many of my memories of her storied journey and still remember the day I introduced the new Kay Ville t…

Writing Radio’s Wrongs. 11/16/18

Writing Radio’s Wrongs. 11/16/18: Visit the post for more.

Geo’s Media Blog. (Jury Reunion) 12/11/18

Geo’s Media Blog. (Jury Reunion) 12/11/18: I recently told my grandson Nathaniel what the secret of life was, “First, figure out what you love to do, then find someone to pay you to do it.” However, if you’re lucky enough …

Writing Radio’s Wrongs. 8/11/18

Writing Radio’s Wrongs. 8/11/18: This week Bob&Geo’s “Writing Radio’s Wrongs” is about the fact that most successful radio hosts are great storytellers and their listeners tell great stories about them.…

Geo’s Media Blog. (R2-D2) 11/05/18

Geo’s Media Blog. (R2-D2) 11/05/18: A few weeks ago my daughter Cami who goes to USF, invited me to visit her in Tampa to celebrate my birthday. Speaking of birthdays, her birthday is tomorrow. Happy birthday baby. Anyway her plan wa…

Writing Radio’s Wrongs 10/29/18

Writing Radio’s Wrongs 10/29/18

Geo’s Media Blog. (Non Stop Contests) 10/29/18

Geo’s Media Blog. (Non Stop Contests) 10/29/18: When I worked for Fairbanks Broadcasting, Jim Hilliard gave we corporate guys one rule, if you get dragged into Mr. F’s office, “Blame everything on me, then get the hell out. He loves …

Writing Radio’s Wrongs 10/26/18

Writing Radio’s Wrongs 10/26/18: Bob&Geo put the ear on #KISS, #MYfm, and #KOST in #LA, plus #WROR and #KISS in #Boston to hear how they handle the World Series.

Geo’s Media Blog. (The Good Ship Candi-Curt) 10/22/18

Geo’s Media Blog. (The Good Ship Candi-Curt) 10/22/18: Years ago when I left Indianapolis to start my radio consultancy out of San Diego, I bought an old home on Coronado Island. It was originally constructed in 1914 which just happened to be the same …

Geo’s Media Blog (Comments) 10/17/18

Geo’s Media Blog (Comments) 10/17/18: Hollis W. Dunkan: So you are descended from a Scottish Engineer. Well, then, Laddie, maybe ye can explain why KVIL Engineering in 1978 was such a disaster.Ye are of Clan Johnstone, I see, and fough…

Geo’s Media Blog. (Gordon Zlot HOF) 10/13/18

Geo’s Media Blog. (Gordon Zlot HOF) 10/13/18: My good friend Gordon Zlot was inducted into the Bay Area Radio Hall Of Fame last night and it is my honor to rewrite and repost a special Blog I recently wrote. My Blog will be followed by Gordon&…

Writing Radio’s Wrongs. Oct 09/18.

Writing Radio’s Wrongs. Oct 09/18.: Valentine in the Morning MYfm, Los Angeles Our thoughts on the MYfm morning show. Bob Christy: I listened like a listener this morning at 6:20. I poured my third cup of coffee, turned on the radio …

Geo’s Media Blog. An inside look at music movies radio & life. (News To Me) Oct 08/18

Geo’s Media Blog. An inside look at music movies radio & life. (News To Me) Oct 08/18: I’ve had the pleasure and good fortune to work with some incredible talent during my career in radio which most of are deservedly in a Radio Hall of Fame or two. Of course, if you’re Ro…

Geo’s Media Blog an inside look @ music movies radio & life. (happy birthday) 10/01/18

Geo’s Media Blog an inside look @ music movies radio & life. (happy birthday) 10/01/18: Not so long ago my daughters, Candis and Cami, threw me a wonderful birthday party in San Diego where they even brought in Ron Chapman to MC it. I was very honored and surprised with how many of my…

Bob&Geo Write Radio’s Wrongs. 9/23/18

Bob&Geo Write Radio’s Wrongs. 9/23/18: Hockey is still hockey, you have to put the puck in the net to score. The game has evolved, the game is better, it’s faster and nobody is smoking in the locker room. Radio is still smoking in…

Geo’s Media Blog. An inside look @ music movies radio & life (Children of America) 9/24/18

Geo’s Media Blog. An inside look @ music movies radio & life (Children of America) 9/24/18: Below is an email from an old songwriting buddy of mine Chris McCarty (pictured on top with Steve Miller) who is looking for some help in finding a country music star to record a new tune that he h…

Bob&Geo Write Radio’s Wrongs. 9/21/18

Bob&Geo Write Radio’s Wrongs. 9/21/18: Geo, as you well know, I’ve spent almost 49 years in radio and most of the time I loved it, I loved the business, the people and I loved our listeners. Me too Bob but unfortunately we were ha…

Geo’s Media Blog (Bob Christy’s Search) 9/20/18

Geo’s Media Blog (Bob Christy’s Search) 9/20/18: I think my buddy Bob Christy (pictured above with me doing what we do best whenever we’re together) has decided to see if he can find a decent radio station in America. A few days ago he hear…

RADIO? IT’S OVER – BOB CHRISTY

RADIO? IT’S OVER – BOB CHRISTY: I spent almost 49 years in radio and most of the time I loved it, I loved the business, the people and I loved our listeners.I’ve listened to the radio business slide into mediocrity, sure it…

Geo’s Media Blog. An inside look @ music movies radio & life. (Running on Empty) 9/17/18

Geo’s Media Blog. An inside look @ music movies radio & life. (Running on Empty) 9/17/18: The other day on Facebook, I noticed that Olympian Jeff Galloway was giving out some running tips which brought back a lot of memories. Years ago I used to do a lot of running which started out as …

Geo’s Media Blog. An inside look @music movies radio & life (Making Records) 9/10/18

Geo’s Media Blog. An inside look @music movies radio & life (Making Records) 9/10/18: When I was growing up in Winnipeg, I played in a few bands along with the likes of Burton Cummings of The Guess Who, Randy Bachman of BTO, and the legendary Neil Young. At first, though, I started …

Geo’s Media Blog. An inside look at music movies radio & life. (K103 Part II Craig Walker) 9/03/18

Geo’s Media Blog. An inside look at music movies radio & life. (K103 Part II Craig Walker) 9/03/18: Last week I wrote about ever since getting into radio, I wanted to own my own radio station. Hey, if they won’t give you a piece of the rock, then you get your own rock right? Eventually, my …

Geo’s Media Blog. An inside look at Music Movies Radio & Life. (The birth of K103 Part I ) 8/27/18

Geo’s Media Blog. An inside look at Music Movies Radio & Life. (The birth of K103 Part I ) 8/27/18: While writing about the owner of Fairbanks Broadcasting the other day, I couldn’t help but think about when I first became involved in radio station ownership. Our company which was called Fa…

Geo’s Media Blog. An inside look at Music Movies Radio & Life. (Ben T) 8/20/18

Geo’s Media Blog. An inside look at Music Movies Radio & Life. (Ben T) 8/20/18: One of my all-time favorite consulting gigs was in Riverside/San Bernadino at a Joe Amaturo owned radio station called KFROG. Every jock had a frog name making an already amazing station very unusu…

Geo’s Media Blog. An Inside Look at Radio Music & Life. (Fairbanks) 8/13/18

Geo’s Media Blog. An Inside Look at Radio Music & Life. (Fairbanks) 8/13/18: Everybody believes that their part is the biggest part and that it would be impossible for a company to be successful without them. Case in point, when the John Blair Company of New York purchased …

Geo’s Media Blog. An Inside Look at Radio Music & Life. (Rolex Rollers) 7/04/18

Geo’s Media Blog. An Inside Look at Radio Music & Life. (Rolex Rollers) 7/04/18: I’ll always remember when I visited the Hilliards in Aspen over the July 4th weekend. Jim and Barb had a beautiful home at about the nine thousand foot level which made the view spectacular, …

Geo’s Media Blog. An Inside Look at Radio Music & Life. Nov 13/17

Geo’s Media Blog. An Inside Look at Radio Music & Life. Nov 13/17: The other day I was thinking about for the ten or so years I was involved with WIBC /WNAP in Indy, how easy my job was. The on-air talent along with the support staff at Fairbanks Broadcasting were…

Geo’s What-If Blog 8/06/18)

Geo’s What-If Blog 8/06/18): The first time I ever played what-if, was in Toronto at dinner with Ted Rogers (3rd from the top) and Keith Dancy. (2nd from the top) I’d just told them that becoming the program Director of …

Geo’s Nashville Blog 7/30/18

Geo’s Nashville Blog 7/30/18: A few weeks ago, I wrote a Blog titled, “Livin’ Large” in which I used a quote from my good friend Mark Hubbard. Shortly after reading my Blog, Mark called me to ask, “When …

A Special Gordon Zlot Blog. 7/24/18

A Special Gordon Zlot Blog. 7/24/18: Mr. Businessman says a lot of distasteful things but the line I despise the most is when he says, “I’m going to have to let you go but it’s not personal it’s only business.&…

Jesus Christ Blog 4/02/18

Jesus Christ Blog 4/02/18: It was bad enough when I heard that Stephen Hawking had said that he’d peered far and wide out into the universe and had done the math but couldn’t find any heaven and then the Pope sai…

Jesus Christ Blog 4/02/18

Jesus Christ Blog 4/02/18: It was bad enough when I heard that Stephen Hawking had said that he’d peered far and wide out into the universe and had done the math but couldn’t find any heaven and then the Pope sai…

Those Were The Days. Retro Radio Blog 5/07/18

Those Were The Days. Retro Radio Blog 5/07/18: This week's Radio Geo Blog @ GeorgeJohns.com is titled, Those Were The Days. It's about the CKY reunion back in Winnipeg with #JimmyDarin #DenoCorrie #WarrenCosford and #BurtonCummings and loads of Life-Liners about #JohnLegend #JesusChristSuperStar #Slaves #SanDiego #JimHilliard #TheBible #Irish #Chinese #EricClapton #PopeFrancis #TheInternet #LennyBreau #Canada #GasPrices #Radio and #GreatMen.A few years ago I found myself flying back to Winnipeg with Jim Hilliard for a long overdue reunion at CKY. (Jim pictured above with Deno Corrie, me, and Burton Cummings) When I began my radio car…