Category Archives: Radio Biz

Savageism of the day

“Mexico has one of the biggest oil preserves [sic] in the World” As I wrote a few months ago, Mexico is approaching the point at which its oil production is going to be less than the amount of oil it … Continue reading →

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Savageism of the day…

“Why doesn’t Saudi send the troops, Barry?  Why didn’t the Saudis send in their Military?  They have one hell of an F16 fleet!” The Saudis don’t own a single F16.   They do have a large number  (around 100) of F15s, but … Continue reading →

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What Public Radio can be

…if it wasn’t spending all its money buying NPR programs and paying its “executives” $300k a year… http://www.wfwm.org/video/depot2009/Hanna_Livingston/video_large.html If you’re on a slow internet connection, you may want to use their main page: http://www.wfwm.org/

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Drudge Report – Show prep

Rush’s show today has been little more than Rush going down the stories on the Drudge Report and reading them.   It’s :20 after the hour in the second hour, and Rush has yet to take a call during “Open line Friday”. … Continue reading →

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Mission Creep

Around 9:30 PM on Sunday, during the first hour of the John Batchelor show, he had on a guest – former CIA analyst Pat Lang, who was involved in the targeting of Qadaffi in 1986.   A few of the comments give … Continue reading →

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NPR funding ban, part #2

Tom Taylor’s newsletter points out that the “NPR” ban will also hit PRI and American Public Media.    If you had read my first post on the subject, I described who the main sources of programming content are to Public Radio. … Continue reading →

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It’s Conspiracy Day on MoneyTalk

Bob is being tortured by callers inquiring about the “Comspiracy” by Russia, Japan, China and others getting together to create a new global reserve currency.   Bob says you should be Cynical about anybody who says that (not just skeptical). Forbes … Continue reading →

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USS Ronald Reagan and Japan

Michael “Savage” Weiner is getting more and more dangerous with his tyrades based on emotion, not facts.   I would not feel any sense of loss if he vanished from the radio airwaves. This week he called “for the head of … Continue reading →

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Bill Handel undergoing Heart Surgery today

Tom Taylor’s newsletter at radio-info.com report’s that KFI’s Bill Handel, host of the syndicated Handel on the Law is having open heart surgery today to replace his aortic heart valve. Bill suggests that instead of wishing him well, that you wish … Continue reading →

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What NPR isn’t

The House voted to defund NPR – Woohoo! Which means absolutely nothing in the real world.  To understand why this will have zero effect on anything, it’s important to know what NPR is and what it isn’t – and why … Continue reading →

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Portland Oregon is in shock

If you put together a list of the top 5 most liberal cities in America, Portland, Oregon would have to be on that list.  NPR’s station is the #2 in the market.   Portland was one of the first cities to … Continue reading →

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John Batchelor “gets it”

I just listened to last night’s show (9 pm-1am ET).  He was basically covering the same news events I was blogging, live on the air.   John had relevant reporters and exports on the line, and was watching Twitter from reputable … Continue reading →

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The Blaze breaks into the big time

James O’Keefe is about to end his 15 minutes of fame. The Blaze questioned the video of the expose done on NPR….[question everything] what they found was that James O’Keefe had edited together things that weren’t related and removed things … Continue reading →

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Derry Brownfield has died at age 79

If you recognize the name, you’re probably a farmer, or live in a place with a lot of farmers. Derry Brownfield has been on the radio for over 40 years, speaking “common sense” to middle America. Much of his “Common … Continue reading →

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Danny Stiles dead at age 87

Danny Stiles was one of a kind.   He owns an extensive collection of records from the early era of recording.    He was a fixture on public radio in New York City, and also bought time on a radio station in … Continue reading →

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