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Magnetic North

So Noory is shoveling out more of his crap… One of my “poll” questions a while back asked whether airport runways are lined up with “rotational north” (aka True North) or “magnetic north”. Another question asked what North on your … Continue reading

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This looks like a trend…

Mark Levin is also offering a free live stream of his show (6-9PM ET): http://www.marklevinshow.com/sectional.asp?id=32930# and archived shows, without registration or paying a subscription fee. Levin is syndicated by Citadel Media, not Premiere. I don’t understand the business model behind … Continue reading

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Local Talk “split”

I may regret doing this, but as I’m poking around more in the music stations, the description of “local news/talk” doesn’t really cover things very well. Many music stations run a “Morning Show” from 5 or 6AM to 9 or … Continue reading

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The Michelle Effect

The other day, I bought some popcorn – a brand made by Conagra… I just popped the first bag and it was a WTF? moment. The popcorn had almost no salt. Looking at the box, it says 250 mg per … Continue reading

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Can a society survive now without the Internet?

http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/?r=EG&l=WEBSEARCH&csd=1293747346628&ced=1296425746628 So how do we feel about the President of the United States having an “Internet Kill switch”?

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The Oddest thing on Radio

If you want a hint at just how unimportant an AM radio station can be…. WERE-AM is the “black talk” radio station in Cleveland, Oho, a city that is about 50% “black”, and has shed half of its population since … Continue reading

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One more try with P2

Back to the old “twitter like” blog format. It’s been a while and they put out an update – perhaps they fixed some of the really annoying bugs like it closing windows and forgetting your updates for no apparent reason…. … Continue reading

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Scott Hennen out

Tom Taylor is reporting that the owners of “The Flag” have pushed part owner Scott Hennen off the air and out of the operations. “The Flag” is a really curious station that I’ve written about before. It was created a … Continue reading

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John Kluge dead, liberals angry

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postmortem/2010/09/john-w-kluge-telecom-billionia.html John Kluge was a wheeler dealer in Radio, TV and the telephone business. He had the nerve! to die on September 7th. He was a billionaire and left much of his wealth to the University of Virginia. So why … Continue reading

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Looking for Glenn Beck?

Since the Christmas Tsunami in 2008, it’s been my policy to move shows that are “best of” or where the host is on vacation to the end of the list to draw attention to those shows that are live with … Continue reading

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Hawaii election

Republicans never win in Hawaii – until today. In a special election done by mail in ballot, the district where Barack Obama grew up elected the Republican. Pigs were seen flying around the volcano. Look for interesting spin on Monday’s … Continue reading

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Ready for a video phone?

Ready for a video phone? Dick Tracy’s phone is now reality. The Sprint 4G cell phone comes with a camera facing the caller as well as facing out. WiMax has the bandwidth to support realtime wireless video.

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Semi-interesting situation

Last night i logged into WGKA at 9pm and found that Liquid Compass from their radio station was down. I logged onto the radio show through “Blog TV” and through “Chat” alerted the host and “manager” of the situation. They … Continue reading

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Save the Chimpanzees

Savage’s guest from the Humane Society told an interesting story if you were listening closely. The Chimps that need saving are actually not being used for anything. Chimpanzees have a long lifespan similar to humans – it’s not like goldfish … Continue reading

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Keith Olbermann’s head to explode

Keith Olbermann’s head is going to explode…. the Clear Channel station’s news on the web site reports Sarah Palin is going to work at Fox News :) I wonder if John McCain will file an FEC complaint now against Fox … Continue reading

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