I've been reading the works of Robert Feder and David Hinckley for years. I'm proud to be in the same company as them. Mike Stern interviewed all three of us on the difficulties of covering local radio in this day and age of syndication and corporatization of the product. Stern notes that we are virtually the last three mainstream journalists still covering radio in any tangible way.
http://www1.billboard.biz/bbbiz/photos/pdf/2013/TFMmw0221.pdf
http://www1.billboard.biz/bbbiz/photos/pdf/2013/TFMmw0221.pdf