Category Archives: Radio Biz

Washington DC about to get new AM station

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Art Stone

The new station is called WCRW-AM (Conservative Radio Washington?). The station is an upgrade to the former WAGE-AM on Leesburg, Virginia. The revamp has been tied up in legal knots by local land use bullies, who are trying to make … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Internet Streaming, Obama Nation, Radio Biz | 1 Comment

Libya / Talk radio scorecard

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Art Stone

The opinions of the major talk show hosts on the Libyan situation are all over the place.   Since this may be going on for a while, I feel a need to keep track of who has what opinion.  Since I … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Islam and war, Libya, Obama Nation, Radio Biz | 2 Comments

The Glenn Beck situation

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Art Stone

Glenn is dropping the strong hint that the reason for breaking things off with Fox is so he can move out of New York, possibly to Texas.  Told ya. :) and here and here and here

Posted in Internet Streaming, Radio Biz | 1 Comment

Savage and Government Employees

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Art Stone

Savage wants Federal employees to start contributing to their own retirements. Like so many things, Savage is living in the 1950s.    The Federal Civil Service retirement plan was terminated in 1986 under Ronald Reagan.   The current Federal Retirement plan is … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Obama Nation, Radio Biz | 5 Comments

Allen Hunt calls it quits

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Art Stone

I don’t get it. Radio owners all over the country are shutting down music FM stations to move their news/talk AM stations to FM (WBEN is today’s story).   But the “talent” keeps leaving…. Bill O’Reilly, Bruce Williams, Monica Crowley (weekdays), … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Radio Biz | 3 Comments

WMFE (Orlando, Florida) sells PBS TV station to save radio station

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Art Stone

Story WMFE is selling its PBS TV station to DayStar for $5 million.    Contributions to the TV station are down 40% since 2007, and corporate giving (from those greedy immoral capitalist pigs) is off even more. Their NPR station is facing the … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Death of Old Media, Internet Streaming, Obama Nation, Radio Biz | 3 Comments

Wall Street Journal comes to evenings

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Art Stone

The Wall Street Journal has launched an evening program called “The Daily Wrap”.  The first show was Monday April 4th, 2011.    So far, KLIF is the only affiliate I’ve found. I think this is a really good concept.   Based on … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Internet Streaming, Radio Biz | 1 Comment

Management changes at Clear Channel

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Art Stone

http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n22098 As was known for some time, the last of the Mays family has left the building.  [He is still Chairman of the Board, but not involved in operations now]. The Mays family got into the radio business in San Antonia, TX, … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Global Finance, Radio Biz | Comments Off on Management changes at Clear Channel

Westwood One warns of potential default

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Art Stone

http://www.radio-info.com/news/westwood-one-missed-filing-its-yearly-10-k-report-with-the-sec You know that any company that has to pay 15% to borrow money must be in a risky business.  Westwood One syndicates Jim Bohannon, Dennis Miller and Doug Urbanski, but its main involvement has been with NCAA athletetics. According … Continue reading →

Posted in Death of Old Media, Internet Streaming, Radio Biz | 3 Comments

Glenn Beck has at least 413 affiliates

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Art Stone

That’s my conclusion after processing the entire list and researching every one – something I’m in a unique position to do.   You can play along here As of now, this is the totals which you see on the page: Current … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Internet Streaming, Radio Biz | 2 Comments

Buckley & Glenn Beck

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Art Stone

Media Matters was a-twitter a week ago with the news that Glenn Beck has been dumped by Buckley (the small Connecticut owner who lucked into buying WOR for a fire sale)… http://www.talkofct.com/ Buckley is one of the last holdouts in … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Streaming, Radio Biz | Comments Off on Buckley & Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck Counts – Part 1

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Art Stone

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201103310020#1269181 Since Glenn Beck has deleted the evidence, this is what I have to start with.  I’m probably the single most qualified person in America to do this analysis, other than the people Media Matters got raw data from.   Just … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Streaming, Radio Biz | 5 Comments

Counting affiliates – lies and bigger lies

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Art Stone

Glenn Beck seems to be inviting a credibility battle with Media Matters over how many affiliates he has.  Glenn says 430, Media Matters says “less than 400”. http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/04/01/april-fools-media-matters-caught-in-a-web-of-lies-in-their-war-on-glenn-beck/ Syndicators lie about affiliate counts.   Constantly.   I don’t even waste my time looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Streaming, Radio Biz | Comments Off on Counting affiliates – lies and bigger lies

Building a Radio Station

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Art Stone

http://godsfinalcallandwarning.wordpress.com/2011/03/18/gfcw-presents-wgfw-fm-radio-station/ Some interesting pictures of building a radio station from scratch – admittedly it is very bar bones – just pulling in satellite signals and putting them out on the FM dial to save souls.   At least it has a … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio Biz | Comments Off on Building a Radio Station

Buying worthless AM stations to get an FM signal

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Art Stone

This seems to be trend http://radioinsight.com/blog/netgnomes/32625/amp-radio-coming-to-danville-va/ The FCC changed the rules and explicitly is encouraging AM stations to acquire an FM translator for their stations.   Up until the rules clarification, translators had to be on the same band – now … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio Biz | Comments Off on Buying worthless AM stations to get an FM signal