Category Archives: Radio Biz

Magnetic North

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Art Stone

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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Radio Genres

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Art Stone

I’m a contemporary music illiterate.  There I said it. And I’m not unhappy about that –   I don’t have the skills or interest to properly classify music stations, but then again I’m not sure that is possible.  There are as … Continue reading →

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Too many damn lawyers

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Art Stone

Radio-Info.com just sent out a news flash that Cumulus is buying Cumulus Media Partners (CMP).     CMP was formerly known as Susquehanna Radio – it owned a large number of major market stations – Cumulus is a small market operator.   The … Continue reading →

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The Government is your shepherd…

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Art Stone

Glenn Beck is getting perilously close to the Truth.  He’s had the “Aha!” moment realizing that “Progressives” [ed. and leaders of religions] view themselves as the farmer and the rest of humankind who aren’t enlightened or smart as “the sheep”.   … Continue reading →

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Canadian / Mexican radio stations

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Art Stone

I just added data from the FCC about Canadian (stations begin with “C”) and Mexican (stations begin with “X”) into the database.  Many of these stations can be heard in border cities – in San Diego, the Mexican stations are … Continue reading →

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“blockbuster deal” in context

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Art Stone

It took a little digging to find the price that Bonneville paid to acquire WTOP-AM in Washington DC, one of the 17 stations Bonneville just agreed to sell for $505 million. According to Billboard Magazine from pg 97 on August 23, … Continue reading →

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January 24, 2011 – a day of change

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Art Stone

Doug Urbanski debuts on Westwood One, replacing Fred Thompson – 18 Cumulus stations should be carrying the show – only two stations are promoting it – if you assume Cumulus is  just replacing with Thompson with Urbanski, that’s 16 streaming stations.   Cumulus … Continue reading →

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ARNN update

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Art Stone

Talk Radio Network’s serious competitor to NPR’s news broadcasts goes live on Monday after an exhaustive week of planning, as I passed along a few days ago.    The 3 hour news show will be “non-partisan” so as to not scare away national … Continue reading →

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ching chong, ching chong cha!

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Art Stone

The Radio Biz self-immolation boards are a twitter over the latest Rush “controversy”. Rush was getting impatient over the lag in translation of President Hu’s speech and wondered why it had stopped.   Keep in mind Rush has a Cocchlear implant … Continue reading →

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Nobody has ever lost a dime…

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Art Stone

On a regular basis over at least the past decade, radio host and newsletter publisher Bob Brinker would be asked about the safety of investing in government securities (other than US Securities). One piece of advice he gave out was to be … Continue reading →

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Got an extra $118,473 per month to spend?

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Art Stone

If you do, the Don Imus mansion on Long Island Sound is for sale.  He’s already dropped the price by $5 million Inquire here for details

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The Three Generation Rule

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Art Stone

This pattern is as old as human civilization. There are few exceptions to it. Some person comes along and through being smart, ruthless, innovative, lucky, clever or some combination becomes a rich and powerful person building an empire with great … Continue reading →

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Who the hell is Hubbard Broadcasting?

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Art Stone

and why did Bonneville want to “cash out” in the radio business, possibly at the bottom of the market (or not)…. I know almost nothing about Hubbard, which by itself says a lot.  As our resident radio historian points out, … Continue reading →

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Bonneville bails from Radio in the East

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Art Stone

Wow!  Wow!… I just wrote earlier today about Bonneville’s fiasco in the D.C. market partnering with Washington Post a few years ago… Now comes word that Bonneville is totally bailing from Radio except out in Utah and the West coast … Continue reading →

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Glenn Beck’s new Official Free internet steam

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Art Stone

http://www.glennbeck.com/publish/themes/glennbeck/live_player/ The Glenn Beck show wrote to me this morning, urging me to direct people to the “official” Glenn Beck free stream. Long time readers know that I have long believed Glenn has been working on a Plan “B” to … Continue reading →

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