Category Archives: Radio Biz

Alternatives to StreamingRadioGuide

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Art Stone

Don’t be afraid to let other people know what you’ve found out there…   I won’t be offended :)

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The Breitbart / Glenn Beck rift

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Art Stone

Daily Beast Interview If you listened to Beck yesterday, he droned on and on about the phrase “The Truth has no agenda”, and how he was accused of stealing it (and other stuff) from bloggers. Glenn introduced the audience to … Continue reading →

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“C” is for China

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Art Stone

About a week ago, I wrote that WAGE-AM in the Washington DC market was about to return to the air as WCRW-AM. I was hoping that stood for Conservative Radio Washington. I couldn’t have been more wrong. WCRW will be … Continue reading →

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Reverend Beck?

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Art Stone

Several independent sources are floating the idea that Glenn Beck’s sudden change of direction is because he intends to change his focus from politics to religion (more than he was doing already). Do you think that’s true? If so, how … Continue reading →

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John Batchelor’s perspective

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Art Stone

During the 9:00 hour on Friday, John was discussing the situation in Ivory Coast, and brought up the odd alliance of Christians supporting the ousted President – specifically Pat Robertson, Glenn Beck and Jim Inhofe. That is the same list … Continue reading →

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Dr Paul Craig Roberts on Libya

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Art Stone

Press TV (caution: this is an Iranian web site) Dr Roberts is an Economist and was an Undersecretary of the Treasury under Ronald Reagan. Press TV interviews him about the conflict in Libya. Since it is Iranian propaganda, be skeptical … Continue reading →

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Serving the Public Interest

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Art Stone

So spectrum is a finite thing that has to be shared.   The general framework for licensing of broadcast media following the 1934 law that established the FCC was that you get a license to use the spectrum in return for … Continue reading →

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Name this format

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Art Stone

Without going to another reference site – based solely looking at their web site, can you identify what format / genre this station is? http://www.okradiostation.com/kesa.html KESA-FM is located in Eureka Springs, Arkansas in the Ozark Mountains

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Richard Hoagland’s Terminal Stupdity

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Art Stone

Last night, I heard a few minutes of Richard Hoagland on Coast to Coast – the guy who thinks there is an ancient civilization on Mars and the “Face on Mars” is the proof, had a real gem last night. … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Life

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Art Stone

David Stein is back! In February, I wrote a blurb about what an odd show David Stein has for being on a sporting network.   He’s back!   He showed up this week on WTKK-FM in Boston, replacing Phil Hendrie.  He’s being syndicated … Continue reading →

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You’re going digital, damn it!

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Art Stone

That’s the word from the FCC for the future of AM and FM radio.  The NAB is holding its convention out in Las Vegas this week, and that’s the clear message from the FCC.   It’s time to get serious about … Continue reading →

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Having friends in high places

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Art Stone

So let’s say you live out in the desert and you want to run your own FM radio station – there is nobody else on the FM dial.   So you put up an antenna without an FCC license to help … Continue reading →

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What an FM Translator looks like

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Art Stone
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Who are the streaming holdouts?

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Art Stone

Busy, busy, busy… a lot of stations added streaming in the last 6 or so months – the total is now over 8,700 – closing in on 60% of all licensed stations. So who are the holdouts why haven’t yet … Continue reading →

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April Fools!

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Art Stone

“Hi, I’m here to tear down your radio station – can I start now?” Actually, it wasn’t a joke :) One of the interesting things is that in small town America, it is tempting to build radio towers in the … Continue reading →

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