by Kent Sterling At New Albany High School in extreme southern Indiana, they were very proud to be the home of America’s first high school radio station, and I couldn’t wait until my junior year so I could be a part of it. Sophomores weren’t eligible for radio, so I waited my turn. Opening a […]
by Kent Sterling Life can be complicated. The bad things that happen to us wind up turning out for the best, and what seems good at the time can sometimes take you to a place you would rather have avoided. For me this Thanksgiving, I’m thankful that my wife told me to come home. It […]
by Kent Sterling Life is good. It took some time to get here, but the view from the other side of having your professional identity defined by those you don’t really know is really good. There is a confidence that can only exist when you get to steer the ship for yourself. Being able to […]
by Kent Sterling An interesting thing happens when you focus your attention on moving in a direction. The first is that you move farther away from being the person you were before you started moving. The second is that you get somewhere else more quickly than when you stood in one place. That sounds elementary […]
by Kent Sterling The number of times people Google “Kent Sterling Fired” leads me to believe that my timely demise as program director from Emmis Indianapolis reflects a level of interest that mirrors my own – none. The quality of my life is so much better that it’s hard to describe. My energy is much better. My health […]
by Kent Sterling There is a great scene at the end of the film “Charlie Wilson’s War” where Phillip Seymour Hoffman explains to Tom Hanks how good and bad fortune isn’t always good and bad. There aren’t many of us who want to be fired. I sure as hell didn’t. Both of the radio stations for which […]