"Always be consistent"
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“Always be consistent” sounds like the kind of clean, laminated advice you’d find taped to a studio console: short enough to remember, strict enough to enforce. Coming from Casey Kasem, it lands less like a corporate slogan and more like a broadcaster’s survival rule. Radio isn’t just voice; it’s ritual. You tune in expecting a familiar cadence, a steady vibe, the sense that the person on the other side of the speaker is the same person you trusted last week. Consistency is how a disembodied personality becomes a relationship.
The intent is practical: show up, hit your marks, keep the tone. But the subtext is quietly transactional. Consistency isn’t only about integrity; it’s about reliability as a product. In mass media, your “self” is a format. Kasem’s genius was making that feel human - warm, polished, reassuring - while operating inside a machine that punishes unpredictability. The word “always” gives it that radio-program discipline: no off-days, no experimental detours, no mood swings allowed on-air.
There’s an irony tucked inside the moral clarity. “Be consistent” can mean “be authentic,” yet it can also mean “stay legible.” In a culture that rewards novelty and reinvention, Kasem’s line argues for the opposite: branding as comfort, professionalism as promise. It’s a reminder that charisma is often less about intensity than repeatability - the steady signal that cuts through the static.
The intent is practical: show up, hit your marks, keep the tone. But the subtext is quietly transactional. Consistency isn’t only about integrity; it’s about reliability as a product. In mass media, your “self” is a format. Kasem’s genius was making that feel human - warm, polished, reassuring - while operating inside a machine that punishes unpredictability. The word “always” gives it that radio-program discipline: no off-days, no experimental detours, no mood swings allowed on-air.
There’s an irony tucked inside the moral clarity. “Be consistent” can mean “be authentic,” yet it can also mean “stay legible.” In a culture that rewards novelty and reinvention, Kasem’s line argues for the opposite: branding as comfort, professionalism as promise. It’s a reminder that charisma is often less about intensity than repeatability - the steady signal that cuts through the static.
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