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- Mark said I had fixed wireless for over 2 years in my rural MN small town. I started at 10Mb and then upgraded to 25 when that became available. It was not as consistent as DSL, but worked quite well for the m...
- Fred Stiening said https://www.tapinto.net/towns/belmar-slash-lake-como/articles/lake-comos-denial-of-proposed-533-foot-wrat-radi From afar, it seems like pressure to get approval of the other proposed tower site And Gr...
- CC1s121LrBGT said TheChairman, you may also wish to explore http://view.yahoo.com It is free (advertiser sponsored) and is what had been the free content of hulu.com. I just checked and it Verizon (new owner of Yahoo...
- TheChairman said “The Prisoner” was one of my favorite series. Of course, I didn’t see it until the 1980’s (being too young in 1968). Downton Abbey seems to produce a love/hate reaction from p...
- Fred Stiening said CVS is introducing a paradigm shifting innovation in the retail pharmacy business – same day delivery service!
- CC1s121LrBGT said Sounds like an idea for a mult-million dollar tax payer funded grant to study this issue. As a little kid, I would often come home from school and put on the local UHF stations for afternoon cartoons...
- Fred Stiening said We need to find a way so American children won’t listen to British music or watch British TV
- CC1s121LrBGT said One of the most innovative shows in the 1960s was Dr Who. The famous theme song was a brilliant use of technology. Delia Derbyshire made the most futuristic sounds with the most simple tools –...
- TheJerseyDevil said Abridged version of a local news item about today’s incarnation of the station where I got my broadcast start in a long-gone era: A Superior Court judge knocked down plans by WRAT to build a 533...
- Fred Stiening said The first number is the voltage of the heater / filament. The 6SJ7 was ubiquitous in radios. It was used as an amplifier and had an upper limit beyond which it would not increase the amplified sign...
- Fred Stiening said That is exactly what I had in mine. I was introduced to Season One, Episode One by my nephew and niece gleeful about the story about how they were conniving how to acquire their dead relative’s...
- briand75 said Fred – I get the feeling you didn’t care for Downton Abbey or any of its spin-offs 🙂 BBC is (of course) government television and must be funded from the tax larder. They used to have ITV...
- CC1s121LrBGT said No gloating from my toward those Brits forced to pay their TV tax for content they don’t want… at least not until I can stop paying my cable company $4.99 per month for ESPN and its libera...
- CC1s121LrBGT said I have an old friend from college that lives a few hundred miles from me. Last time I visited him, he had to park in his driveway because his garage was filled with old analog oscilloscopes that were...
- Parrott said AAArgh , I still have the B & K tube tester, its the size of a large brief case . I have the Tube substitution handbook here somewhere. I would have to look it up but I can test it Fred. If yo...
- Fred Stiening said Amtrak just spent a ton of money rehabbing tracks between Springfield and New Haven. I think this may be on another competing rail line on the opposite side of the river. I didn’t drive much in...
- Fred Stiening said So you know the tube tester settings for a 6SJ7?
- TheChairman said Good time, bad times… we all have some stories. Seems like a lot of repair shops were put out of business by transistors and solid state electronics in the mid 70’s thru mid 80’s. A...
- CC1s121LrBGT said Attention train buffs: extremely high tax state Connecticut, while bleeding jobs and business such as GE which recently moved its HQ to Massachusetts, has bet the taxpayer’s farm on the rail. A...
- Parrott said Happy Fathers day everyone. Tom Greshem is having people calling in, telling good time stories. Mine would be short. I remember my old man showing me how to test vacuum tubes in the TV & Radio r...
- CC1s121LrBGT said I can half understand hearing their weather forecast for the weekend on Sunday night when it just hours from being over, and their calendar of events for events that happened days ago, but I still hav...
- Fred Stiening said After dumping around a $billion in debt and all the old stockholders, the “new” Cumulus resumed trading with an implied market value of around $160 million. Fresh out of bankruptcy, Cumulus is hit wit...
- Fred Stiening said In between debating outlawing dolls of children used for sex, Congress is also voting to impose $2 million fines for illegal operation of a radio station.
- CC1s121LrBGT said Just what we need to grow government. Has anyone else thought that the problem in Washington was that we need 4 new Senators to water down the votes of existing states? The irony is that proponents of...
- briand75 said I know it’s simplistic and – yes – impossible, but can’t we just saw along the border and push CA into the Pacific? I think it would make a fine island nation 🙂
- briand75 said Ah yes! Amiga computers. The first (that I remember) computer with flat memory addressing. Such an improvement over the PC (Piece of c___) running DOS (Don’t Own this System). Fond memories and,...
- CC1s121LrBGT said How about an apology to the donors and voters he swindled in return for his vote to repeal Obamacare?
- Fred Stiening said Has McCain apologized yet to Sarah Palin?
- Fred Stiening said If anyone happens to be near Traverse City, Michigan – see if WLDR-FM (101.9) and/or WARD-AM (750) are still broadcasting…
- CC1s121LrBGT said https://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=&to=en&a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrk.no%2Fnorge%2Ffrp-ere-nominerer-donald-trump-til-nobels-fredspris-1.14082439 “The progress party-ERS nomi...
- TheChairman said Before we left Arizona last week, a Tucson radio station announced the results of a recent statewide poll (ignored by most media outlets). The question was: “Should the Trump Administration apol...
- CC1s121LrBGT said Big court decision today on whether ATT can buy CNN and the rest of Time Warner. Of course Comcast already owns MSNBC and other channels. …and Verizon owns Huffington Post and Yahoo News. glad...
- CC1s121LrBGT said Trump has to earn it like Obama did…. maybe he should channel Al Jolson and perform the press conferences in blackface.
- Fred Stiening said The media silence over President Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize is deafening.
- Fred Stiening said Progressive Talk radio in Asheville NC is moving to an HD sub channel. This might be a sign of things to come as iHeart’s creditors are more directly involved in management decisions. Out in Sa...
- Parrott said Why don’t McCain just go away? he has no dignity He still has to keep showing his ass. I stand with President Trump. mcclown can stand with his Isis boys and globalist parrott
- TheChairman said Yes, we crossed their tracks last week upon our return. Apparently, they have been awarded ‘short line’ railway of the year for 2018. https://www.lsrc.com/news/ There’s an interesti...
- Fred Stiening said Sarnoff was the 600 pound gorilla. He essentially wrote the industry rulebook for Radio defining acceptable ethics. Keeping your membership at the NAB meant not crossing swords with Sarnoff. NBC/RCA...
- CC1s121LrBGT said Just saying that most wireless companies have “data only” plans so you can connect your home computers. May be faster and cheaper than your 1.5 Mbps. They have a wireless router that creat...
- Parrott said That’s true Fred, I had friends that would only sign a lease with certain apartments complexes in Blacksburg Virginia, because they would offer free T1 service. this was back around 96 -98 . Ve...
- Parrott said Hi CC, yeah I have 4G here. Verizon’s tower is about half mile away by way the crow flys. Its a great signal and works well on the companies Apple phone I use for work. I have it always set f...
- CC1s121LrBGT said What was behind the greatest generation owners not liking Sarnoff and his RCA/NBC? I would have expected the opposite as RCA had long been a defense contractor. Ts and Cs that were tough against the...
- Fred Stiening said Amiga computers were good for those cable TV channels. They could produce inexpensive video and show graphics.
- Fred Stiening said Many of them probably carry the CBS top of the hour news and features. There was strong hatred of Sarnoff and NBC in the Midwest, although it is fading as the Greatest Generation owners die off. AB...
- Fred Stiening said That is quite plausible. Verizon is telling you the truth about DSL. The speed limit of the DSL is limited by the length of the copper wire. In the old days, if you had a budget, you could order...
- Parrott said Hey Chairman: Is the shortline Lake States railway still serving the quarries and cement plant there in Alpena ? I saw some 2015 footage on youtube . Parrott
- CC1s121LrBGT said How is your home with regard to phone connectivity? 4G LTE speeds are around 5 and 12 Mbps and 5G is probably months away. The new gear that T-Mobile is installing at the towers for their new 600 and...
- Parrott said I guess thats why Pidgin quit supporting that Yahoo messenger, me and a couple people at work used Pidgin as the messenger interface, before Verizon took over. Back then Yahoo was messing with their...
- CC1s121LrBGT said I agree with your assessment that internet access is basically a public utility. I have possible access via fewer providers than I have as possible suppliers for my home’s electricity. Seems...
- Fred Stiening said 0.19 blood alcohol in the system of the woman who fell out of the bus. https://www.wcnc.com/mobile/article/news/crime/uncc-student-killed-in-party-bus-crash-was-drinking-toxicology-report-says/275-559...
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1,000 new FM “stations” to save AM
The FCC gave AM stations an opportunity to request an FM translator without requiring them to buy an existing license. Around 1,000 licenses have been applied for. Here is The List When this process is complete, most AM stations will … Continue reading
Posted in FM Translators, Saving AM radio, The FCC
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Chris Christie’s Radio debut
WFAN decided to give New Jersey governor Chris Christie a sports radio DJ tryout. Well, it certainly got a reaction. http://nypost.com/2017/07/10/chris-christie-wfan-show-would-be-damning-of-what-radio-is/
Posted in Talk Radio
1 Comment
Cumulus launches rights plan
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2017/06/05/cumulus-media-adopts-anti-takeover-defense.html The market capitalization of Cumulus Media (NASDAQ: CMLS) is down to a mere $14 million, carrying debt of around $2.4 billion. The board just executed a preferred rights agreement intended to block a takeover attempt if any owner or … Continue reading
Posted in Cumulus Media, Radio Owners
6 Comments
Rhabdomyolysis
Clark Howard hospitalized Clark Howard needed to have a chat with Don Imus. Imus has made warning the public about the overtreatment of benign prostate cancer his mission in life. Rhabdomyolysis is the situation in which your kidneys are overwhelmed … Continue reading
Posted in Clark Howard, Talk Radio
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The end of AM radio
It is painfully obvious now that the way the FCC is going to “save” AM radio is to destroy it. Part of the dowry that arrived with the Countess is a Bose wave radio. Other than infrequent use inside the … Continue reading
Posted in Saving AM radio, The FCC
12 Comments
The Urge to Merge
A media merger that has been speculated about since the NAB convention has happened. TV companies that got cash windfall from the spectrum auction are in a buying mood. One such company is Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair owns around … Continue reading
Posted in The FCC, Trump 2017
4 Comments
FCC formally proposes ending Main Studio rule
With some exceptions, all radio stations are required to have a “main studio”, which is open and staffed during business hours within close proximity to the community of service where the radio station is located. FCC proposal The new Republican … Continue reading
Posted in The FCC
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Hugh Hewitt in talks with MSNBC
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/04/sources-hugh-hewitt-in-talks-for-msnbc-show.html When Hewitt took over for Bill Bennett to do the 6-9 AM shift, I wondered if he was going to last as a morning guy. The purported MSNBC show would be an evening show, so it seems unlikely Hewitt … Continue reading
Posted in Conservative Talk, Salem, Salem Radio, Talk Radio
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“Going concern” warning expected for IheartMedia
Marketwatch Story In the accounting business, one of the obligations of auditors is to evaluate whether the business has the resources and income to sustain itself as a business in the future. When the auditor feels the obligation to issue … Continue reading
Posted in IHeart Media
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O’Reilly out at Fox?
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/04/sources-fox-news-has-decided-bill-oreilly-has-to-go.html That would be pretty foolish. O’Reilly could do enormous damage to the News Corp empire with his knowledge from the inside. Bill O’Reilly has a face for radio, if he ever decides to return.
Posted in Talk Radio
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