Category Archives: Internet Streaming

What’s near me?

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Art Stone

SRGuide has a new function that shows all of the radio and TV stations near your current location (if you’re using a GPS aware device like a cell phone) Radio Stations Near Me If you’re using a PC or some … Continue reading →

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Inga Barks / KERN

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Art Stone

Inga recently filled in for a national host over the Labor Day holidays. I had noticed her last night when updating KMJ-FM (by mistake – the AM and FM are both talk but not a simulcast) Inga is in the … Continue reading →

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The Heartland of America

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Art Stone

Ed Schultz has an opening to his show….  “Now from the Heartland of America, it’s the Ed Shultz show!”, which was immediately followed by…  “and here from Rockefeller Center in New York, here’s Ed Schultz”. Ummm….  I don’t think so.   … Continue reading →

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The Washington Times damage spreads

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Art Stone

The benefactors of the Washington Times in Asia have pulled the financial plug. One of the things this surfaced is the practice of a syndicated radio show paying to have their show distributed. The Times is reported to have been … Continue reading →

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Heading for the exits

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Art Stone

Long time readers know I’ve pointed to the metric of “Look at music stations switching to talk or sports” as a metric of whether the NAB is going to lose the “Performance tax” battle.   If the thing passes, then those … Continue reading →

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Mike Castle voted to impeach George Bush?

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Art Stone

So when someone says something that is patently not true – you basically have two options.  They didn’t know it was not true, or they know it is not true and they don’t care they are misleading people. Rush just … Continue reading →

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Savage out in San Francisco – again

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Art Stone

Tom Taylor’s newsletter reports that Comerica Bank has seized KTRB-AM and put the station into receivership. The station had been in Modesto and Pappas Broadcasting moved the station closer to the bay about 3 years ago. The station had switched … Continue reading →

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Scott Hennen out

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Art Stone

Tom Taylor is reporting that the owners of “The Flag” have pushed part owner Scott Hennen off the air and out of the operations. “The Flag” is a really curious station that I’ve written about before. It was created a … Continue reading →

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Trouble in Chicago

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Art Stone

I’ve never worked in radio, but as a long time listener have suspected it is a common practice for employees at the station (especially the producer) to pretend to be a real caller. Busted big time Feder’s account (Robert Feder … Continue reading →

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Michael Savage’s new program format

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Art Stone

Dr Savage is tired of talking about politics – he has a new programming format according to what he said tonight. Each night will have a theme – Tuesday is Books, Movies and Literature – Wednesday will be finances – … Continue reading →

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Over 10 million served

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Art Stone

Woohoo!   since detailed logging was added in 2006, over 10,000,000 unique streaming attempts have now happened.   Time for a party!

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“Like”ing Rush Limbaugh

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Art Stone

I don’t use Facebook much any more – except as I’m reviewing station web sites, I’ll “Like” them if I spot a Facebook link. A few days ago, I noticed a sudden change in the advertisements that Facebook was focusing … Continue reading →

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Football season approaches…

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Art Stone

For those of you who help with testing, it’s that time of year again.  Starting about this weekend, – Friday nights are high school football games* – Saturday afternoons are college football games* – Sundays are Pro football games* * … Continue reading →

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Where did Glenn Beck “go”?

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Art Stone

Today [August 12,  2010] Glenn told us we have to choose.  Either you believe that the U.S. is based on Deuteronomy and the Law of Moses or you are an enemy of God and the United States. When any group … Continue reading →

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Another Critical Flash security patch

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Art Stone

CERT has just sent out another Critical warning about a new flaw that allows malicious Flash content to take control of any computer running Flash… http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-16.html There is also an iPhone/iPad update that is security related.   Busy day today

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