NAB2009, Las Vegas.

I attended/spoke-at/covered the National Association of Broadcasters convention. Read my notes in the next Talkers magazine, and in my May newsletter. Radio-and-the-Internet: As usual, the best ideas seem to sprout in the smaller markets. Hear a couple, from “The Small Market Idea Swap,” in my interview in NAB’s podcast from the convention floor:

If you’re a first-timer Vegas funster there now, you’re probably just giddy.
But to-the-trained-eye, it’s quiet…at times sadly so.
Last time I was there was for the Consumer Electronics Show in January.
Since then, several major construction projects seem to remain halted.
Cranes over half-built palaces sit idle.

Debt-fueled zeal collides with rececession.
‘Sound familiar?