Monthly Archives: August 2009

Jay Marvin update: http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2009/08/jay_marvin_battles_setbacks_af.php There is a lot to be said for having a strong will and having a woman beside you to help you fight off the demons.

Larry Elder may be showing up soon, according to a rumor in the Tom Taylor newsletter. KFWB, the CBS all-news station is switching to news/talk, and Larry’s web site hints at a career development. What would be really interesting is … Continue reading →

God I hate when everyone in Radio takes the same wekk off

Manufacturing Policy Czar…. so now the US Government is in charge of telling companies what to manufacture? Is there any doubt left in anyone’s mine now who is the Puppet Master behind President Obama. Be looking shortly for the Krelim … Continue reading →

Cox Media reorganizes – now that Cox bought back its publicly traded subsidiary, it has realigned the company so its radio operations are not a separate operation. Story here. http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2009/08/17/daily49.html

Robert Novak is dead. I didn’t even know he was sick. He’s the Conservative guy on TV who get himself in the middle of the Valarie Plame affair

So Sorry. Iraq is exploding…. so do we stick with the Obama plan to get out ASAP and let Iraq go back to anarchy or do we stop the troop withdrawal to keep some stability. The unfortunate part of this … Continue reading →

“I’m goin in” by Drake – LANGUAGE WARNING John Gibson (whose radio show has few affiliates) has a regular feature called “This week in HipHop”. John actually knows a lot about the subject than you would expect from a pastey … Continue reading →

Odd… middle aged overweight white guy rings my doorbell, says he is with Comcast, starts asking questions about how the cable is routed through the building, and when challenged can’t produce a Comcast photo ID. (The cable TV junction box … Continue reading →

“6 million streams heard” is wrong… back when I did that calculation, almost all listening was to talk radio shows, so that’s all it counts up. The actual number of streams heard when you add in music stations is now … Continue reading →

Glenn Beck Boycott – let’s see if I get this right…. It’s against the law to say “I don’t want my car ads to run on a show that runs rap music talking about slappin my bitch around”, but it’s … Continue reading →

“Quality” rating – to nudge people toward following the guidelines governing quality rating, I’ve added a new edit that limits the ability of an editor to “force” the quality above 5 if the station uses prestream advertising. If you are … Continue reading →

Editors: Adding Shows – now, if you try to Find a show 3 times when editing a schedule, and can’t find the show after 3 searches, it should then give you an Add Button to create a New Show

Sports talk WBZ-FM hits the air, replacing WBCN “the Rock of Boston”, which is now available on streaming and HD2. So far, I haven’t heard a single call from a listener. The lineup is all local hosts (very expensive), not … Continue reading →

Les Paul dead at 94 – for the dozen or so people around the country who listen to Joey Reynolds on the radio from 1-5 am (Eastern), expect this to be covered extensively this morning. Les and Joey are lifelong … Continue reading →