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- Fred Stiening said Countess has a C Crane WiFi radio. It uses the Reciva database
- Fred Stiening said Heading to Belize?
- countess robini said dear parrott: missed you (fred mentioned just a day or two ago you’d been real quiet.) glad you’re back. looks like you’ve been travelling much lately. i remember back in the spring...
- Parrott said yeah, Plante is funny. especially when he gets rolling on Chelsea manning, Holy Cow ! I don’t know about you guys, but how are you finding new radio stations to listen to? ‘tunein̵...
- briand75 said Watching “live” is a bit slow, but watching trains? Well, I can do that all day. Preferable to work.
- countess robini said for a philly girl, it was neat to listen to all those old commercials. thanks.
- countess robini said you can be old-fashioned here. it’s fine.
- TheChairman said Welcome back Parrot. I’ve been drifting in and out, busy selling our MI house. September is okay, but we’re getting a ‘last blast’ of summer this weekend: high 80’s low...
- Parrott said Hey parrott is back How are you all ? I have been away at work , hate the work. I hope all is well , and no hurricane is knocking on your dooor. I watched San Andreas movie again. Good lu...
- CC1s121LrBGT said Two updates. Bloomberg article today on Nestlé making billions selling water it pays almost nothing for, “often going into economically depressed municipalities with the promise of jobs and new...
- CC1s121LrBGT said Black conservative Salem talk show host from Tampa named Kevin Jackson was on the Tucker Carlson show earlier in the week talking about how the Congressional Black Caucus was undermining the careers o...
- Fred Stiening said If it makes her feel any better, everyone is treated like crap. Back in July, I wrote about my experience at another store owned by the same franchisee http://streamingradioguide.com/startingover/?p=1...
- Fred Stiening said Heidi Harris has been dumped from KXNT-AM in Las Vegas for posting her opinion on Facebook that children put up for adoption should be placed with married couples, not two gay guys http://www.ktnv.com...
- Fred Stiening said Except for the credit default swaps
- Fred Stiening said Already bankrupt Puerto Rico is being clobbered by Hurricane Maria… “Maria – I just met a wind named Maria, and suddenly that name will never be the same to me”
- Fred Stiening said It is only the US part of the company. I wonder if the proceeds of the debt was sent outside the country. Goldman Sachs fingerprints are all over this deal… http://nypost.com/2017/09/19/toys...
- CC1s121LrBGT said Toys’R’Us was a great place to take kids to see the toys advertised during their cartoons – like the Sears catalog was for us in the 1960s. When I first went there, they did have st...
- briand75 said I see they actually did file Bankruptcy today. My late wife used to work there many years ago and it was as you describe back then. There have been buyouts/mergers since which seem to have made the co...
- Fred Stiening said Over the years, I went in their stores a couple times. I expected a welcoming environment with a talking giraffe. Perhaps some model trains or toys set up to experience. What I found was open ra...
- Fred Stiening said Now that the mayor has been voted out, she decided without notice to remove the opening prayer from the start of city council meetings http://m.wbtv.com/wbtv/db_330726/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=1z...
- briand75 said Amazing how much of retail is distressed. Yes – Amazon and other online merchants cut deep into brick and mortar sales, but Toys R Us has the presence where kids can see and touch – isn...
- Fred Stiening said Toys ‘R Us expected to file bankruptcy http://fortune.com/2017/09/18/toys-r-us-bankruptcy-declaration/
- Fred Stiening said You and I were both fooled 😉 It is Ontario California, not Ontario Canada, eh The Youtube sensation Indiana Jack hates driving loads carrying bottled water. He particularly despises Nestle, who is tr...
- CC1s121LrBGT said It’s a trick. Using the name Niagara (as in Niagara Falls) Bottling and the location of Ontario (also as in Niagara Falls) creates an image of plentiful free flowing fresh water. Look a little...
- briand75 said Looks to me that you could treat sewer water that way and come up with potable water. Advanced filtration is carbon filter and resin. Reverse Osmosis removes all but the smallest of molecules and Ozon...
- CC1s121LrBGT said Frank Rizzo had several controversial careers. Local people knew him for his police work and then elected him as mayor… and that is how most people outside the area know him. After he was mayor,...
- Fred Stiening said That could be useful for cutting cheese
- Fred Stiening said Rolling Stone is for sale https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/17/business/rolling-stone-magazine-sale.html?_r=0
- countess robini said there’s been a flap recently in philly over a statue of former mayor frank rizzo that’s been on public display for years. i talked to my sister in jersey a few days ago and she informed m...
- countess robini said dearest parrott: the ap stylebook is the bible of punctuation in the newsroom. ap says the period belongs inside the parens.
- CC1s121LrBGT said I think most people, liberal, conservative and libertarian are against stereotyping based on appearance. The idea is that we can’t control our appearance. Most also wanted to hold people accoun...
- TheChairman said The irony of the facial recognition (AI) software is that it essentially does what liberals say nobody should do… stereotyping based on appearance or behavior. Moreover, it implies the people c...
- Fred Stiening said I learned today that Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah), leader of the #nevertrump movement, is related to the Udalls. His dad was a first cousin of Senator Mo Udall. Mormons are smart enough to not throw...
- briand75 said Gall – lots of it. Today’s bunch of bedwetters is just about to make my head explode (homage to the old Glenn Beck). Could someone stop these morons from rewriting history? Last I checked,...
- CC1s121LrBGT said > “The swiss added milk to chocolate so lactose intolerant people of color woukd not steal the treat intended for royalty.” Maybe next year we will see a hurrucane Irma story of how dec...
- CC1s121LrBGT said In the news about a week ago was an item about someone from the UK that trained a computer by studying facial pictures. The first story said that if you present it with a facial picture, it will tell...
- Fred Stiening said The original was written in 2008 or earlier. Here is the update in 2017 http://www.worldcocoafoundation.org/about-cocoa/history-of-cocoa/ Today’s website is full of buzzwords like sustainabilit...
- Fred Stiening said The eighth grade non-fiction item is about the history of chocolate. It is heavily loaded with white European hegemony over the natives of the Western Hemisphere, and too many microaggressions to co...
- Fred Stiening said Through the magic of virtualization and super fast communications lines, SRGuide was moved from one data center in Dallas to another. The transfer was completed in about 7 minutes with nothing more...
- TheChairman said Fred, you’ve touched upon something that struck me when reading this piece… a focus on the words ‘race’ and ‘superior’. My answer for question #3 was A, based on p...
- briand75 said Agreed – disinformation for the sake of obfuscation. Tests that test: SAT, AP, etc. Tests that test your ability to take tests: GMAT and possibly this little gem 🙂
- Fred Stiening said The answers are at the end. I struggle with these types of tests as I get distracted (which is the purpose) by obviously untrue information. Cranes and hummingbirds do not have different habitats be...
- briand75 said I find the selection is amazing. Third graders are what – 8 yrs old? The subject matter as well as the questions seem more like 6th grade level. Maybe it’s just me. I have been out of scho...
- briand75 said Charlotte is a big city. Hopefully, Ms. Roberts won’t let the door hit her in the derriere on the way out.
- briand75 said I wonder if there is a medical condition in the brain that leads to liberalism/progressivism?
- Fred Stiening said According to FP&L, of the 4.4 million who lost power, 2.7 million are back online http://www.fplmaps.com/
- CC1s121LrBGT said I was streaming BBC Radio 5 this morning and they had a split broadcast between the UK and South Korea, interviewing Korean students at both locations, mainly regarding their feelings about the tensio...
- TheChairman said Oddly enough, today I saw a news clip from a WINK TV crew in Lehigh, FL… lo and behold, my brother-in-law (county employee) was on camera, working hard to clear the roadways. I lived in that are...
- CC1s121LrBGT said Thanks, JerseyDevil. I believe KCMO in Kansas City also has him from 10-1 ET, for the full three hours (with a one hour delay. ) Reliable live streams seem to be WGOW AM Chattanooga, WXML in CT and t...
- CC1s121LrBGT said I hope they are alright down there, Chairman. Lee County does not have the Caribbean and South American immigration that Dade and Broward have, and it not associated with the same level of looting as...
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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
2 Comments
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
7 Comments
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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