The Nathan Ivey Show

The Nathan Ivey Show

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  • (Live) Opening Day, AB on Cornflakes & Mayweather, Transgender Dad punks out & "Jessie" calls out Black Lives Matter
    Nathan Ivey is the last MF with nerve left in the city. His show is a daily catharsis, a superlative flow on people, politics and pleasure.

    www.nathanivey.com

    Please use #teamNI if you share on social media (It helps me track momentum)

    Journey Notes: (Nathan is documenting his journey on each episode, giving you behind-the-scenes access into the evolution of his start-up)

    I do my research. I consider December 3rd, 2015 as my rebirth. It was on that day that I was informed that my former employer no longer needed my services. After 11 years of cutting through the BS, naming the names, exposing the games and outpacing the lames, I was talk radio ronin, a talk warrior with no "master". Imagine Afro-Samurai with a microphone, possessor of the #1 Flow and I slowly walked away from the place that had been my talk radio home. I spent the weekend weighing my options. Dozens of people reached out to me. I took some more serious than others.

    Truth is, I knew what I wanted to do the moment that my former employers told me what they were going to do. I spent the next 3 months researching. I spent countless hours learning the online radio game. I fell asleep with my phone in my hand, glasses on my face, slumped over the desk in my office more times than I can count. I taught myself everything that I need to plant my own flag on the internet. Podcasting, internet radio, SEO, RSS, equipment, software, you name it. I studied it. Combined with my nearly 20 years in public and commercial radio, I feel confident that I can compete online. #teamNI is supporting me. With them behind me, I feel like I can carve out a niche, a space, a network for myself, from ronin to king!

    People keep asking me, "what station are you working for now?" My response is always the same, "the best one-my own!". Could I get another job in talk radio? There is no doubt about it. Most of the folks in commercial talk radio have no style, no flair, no flow. But, I refuse to be governed by other peoples expectations. I don't want to be what other people expect me to be. Some people think that I have to work for someone else, in order to be successful-those people are sorely mistaken. I think they mean well, but they lack imagination, perhaps guts. Good thing for my audience, I have an ample supply of both. I have started my own company, an LLC. This company will provide the legal framework for everything that I do moving forward. Not only will it produce the Nathan Ivey Show, but soon I am going to produce a series of podcasts dedicated to helping others bring their own visions to fruition. I do my research and it's helped me to circumvent what would have been major problems. This past Friday, I spent 10 minutes talking with a man who just started podcasting. I was able to help him increase the quality of his sound by the end of our conversation. I have been given good counsel from folks that believe in me and I intend on paying it forward. Most Cincinnati dudes hit a bump in the road toward their dreams and give up-I'm not most Cincinnati dudes. I'm the last MF left with nerve in the city. Check back for more...

    Special shout out to #teamNI & all the new folks in the chat room. Shout out to my listeners on Soul Public Radio. Shout out to my listeners from all over the United States. Shout out to my listeners in Europe, China and beyond!!
    1 hr 31 min
  • (Live) Adrien Broner has problems, The GOP is hypocritcal on Trump, Tina Campbell lost her faith and Gilligan of the week
    The Nathan Ivey Show is your morning destination for interesting conversation on people, politics and pleasure

    www.nathanivey.com

    Please use #teamNI if you share on social media. It helps me track the momentum of the show

    Journey Notes: (Updates added throughout the day)

    The show has a very good following. I am humbled by the support that I continue to have. The day I left Radio One, I remember thinking to myself, "Now I'm going to do what I have always wanted to do". I'm grew tired of allowing others to maximize my talents. Radio One was good to me and for me. I was given wide latitude to develop. I met a lot of talented people, who I am still cool with to this day. My first regular gig in commercial radio was hosting "Straight Talk on 101.1 The Wiz. Edna Howell made Straight Talk an institution. I was nervous and excited when I got the job. I was born to do this, so I quickly settled in and made it my own. Listeners responded with love. After many years of the show being broadcast live, the decision was made for Straight Talk to be moved to an earlier time frame and to be prerecorded (remind me to tell you the story behind that move). Management still wanted me the host the show, and after some thought I decided to stick with the project. I did so for many reasons. I knew that no one else in the city would bring to the project what I have and since I didn't have much experience in production to that point-I took it has a challenge and an opportunity to expand my skills. Looking back, I developed skills that I am directly using today with my new project 'Nathan Ivey Online". I'm "OCD" about sound quality. I want my sound to be perfect. I'm not saying that I'm there yet, but I don't mind spending the time to get it right. Lucky for me., I spent many years prerecording Straight Talk, so I know exactly what I need to do. Big things are in the works. I am working on several partnerships that will, hopefully, expose the show to different audiences. Being the King of Straight Talk is hard work. Heavy is the crown-but I'm ready.

    (Update) We took a BIG step today in starting a new business in Ohio. I have been given some great counsel and I'm excited about this new part of my professional career. Soon Ohio will have another minority owned business. This is due, in a super large part, because of #teamNI . Thank you again
    1 hr 20 min

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The Nathan Ivey Show is a daily talk show, it is your morning destination for interesting conversation. Nathan talks about Black people, politics, and pleasure from a Cincinnati perspective. With an…