Category Archives: Radio Biz

Sirius/XM says “No Thanks”

Not a big surprise. I noticed the other day that Sirius/XM has an affiliate program through a company that I used to use in the early days of FindAnISP.com (about 1999ish)….  I still had an account there and applied to … Continue reading →

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The FCC has backlog of 1.4+ million “indecency” complaints

That’s the backlog of how many complaints the FCC hasn’t gotten to yet. Background Story As the article explains, “indecency” in the eyes of the FCC is sexual or excretory, patently offensive and done during hours children are likely to … Continue reading →

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Rush to join Facebook

Now that Facebook has 500,000,000 members, it is finally up to the EIB standards of excellence – but only due to recent changes. Rush will have a Facebook page starting next week. No word yet on if he plans to … Continue reading →

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NAB’s opening offer

So here are the details leaked so far….  as the NAB creates its fantasy of what it thinks a perfomance royalty deal would look like. 1)  Requirement that all Mobile phones be required to have an FM receiver   (Copyright … Continue reading →

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It’s P.R. day today at the NAB

P.R. as in Performance Royalty.   All of the major radio executives in the United States are meeting today at the NAB to discuss whether to cut a deal with the record labels on the so-called “Performance Tax”.   Today, “over the air” radio … Continue reading →

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Divine providence vs Manifest Destiny

So would anyone support the idea of moving Glenn Beck from Political Opinion to Religious Teaching? Glenn is going multiple hours without taking a call, playing to the cameras (“take a look at this”, “is that camera 4 behind me?”) … Continue reading →

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What color are dead people?

Okay, that’s an odd question – but we’re talking government here. The current FCC Commission is obsessed with race and gender and a couple weeks ago rolled out more detailed forms requiring station owners to declare what their Race is … Continue reading →

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Gun Control in Connecticut

By now, you probably have heard about the 9 dead people in a beer distribution warehouse near Hartford Connecticut. Here are the facts. 34 year old Omar Thomas had worked there for about 2 years and just was promoted to be … Continue reading →

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That was fast!

Yesterday, Glenn Beck looked into his crystal ball – and predicted that Lebanon and Israel would have a military confrontation that would grow into a wider conflict. Stu and Pat tried to pin him into putting a time boundary around … Continue reading →

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How profitable is radio?

Cumulus Media just reported their quarterly earnings – this year is a little less chaotic than a few recent years – advertising by the Census and BP have made things better than they might have been, and political spending is … Continue reading →

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Freedom of “Worship”

Glenn Beck’s second hour today focused on President Obama redefining “Freedom of Religion” as “Freedom of Worship”, which curiously was the term used in the Soviet Union’s Constitution. The difference was that in the Soviet Union, you were allowed to … Continue reading →

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CBS rolls out new radio.com

CBS has moved all their streaming to a new platform located at radio.com.

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2010 – the year of admitting defeat

Recently, Oaktree Capital took Regent Commuincations through Chapter 11 to clear the books of debt that will never be repaid. Oaktree also controls GAP, which acquired many of the former Clear Channel radio stations when CC decided they went overboard. … Continue reading →

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How big is a “Lion’s share”?

Ron Insana has a new early morning radio show called the “Insana Quotient”. This morning, I tuned in to hear what the show is like and he was talking to a Gulf Oil Spill “Scare Monger” worried about the toxic … Continue reading →

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google.uk horses

Radio Derb is rapidly becoming the highlight of my week. The carefully crafted podcast culminates with asking the profound question: “I wonder what google.uk plans to do when an employee marries his horse?” Much of this week’s podcast goes to … Continue reading →

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