Monthly Archives: August 2009

Clear Channel streams – are other people having problems in the past few days? Even in the middle of the night, the ads won’t load, streams fail to start, get “no streams available for this station”…. is this only me, … Continue reading →

Mileage based road taxes – heard an ad on a radio station in Iowa – it’s coming fast http://roaduserstudy.org/howitworks.aspx Want to bet when they start charging you via your onboard computer recording everywhere you go that the gasoline tax doesn’t … Continue reading →

Want a job in Radio? Pay $1,600. That’s the new “initiation” fee from AFTRA if you plan to work in a “union shop” in radio. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118007077.html?categoryid=18&cs=1

Cash for Clunkers Ad Blitz – I’m hearing radio ads all over the radio this morning… for Hyundai dealers, Toyota dealers, etc… This is working out well. [Congress wanted to make it for “American” cars only [whatever that means], but … Continue reading →

636 Fifth Ave: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/451338199/ If you are listening to Glenn Beck, that’s a picture of the art in Rockefeller Center advocating fascism

Pray for Jay Marvin http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2009/08/jay_marvin_readies_for_epic_su.php When I was working in Chicago, Jay Marvin was on WLS-AM. While Jay’s politics and mine couldn’t be more different, at least Jay was thoughtful and not a liberal of the Huffington Post reflex type. … Continue reading →

Clear Channel announced quarterly loss of $3.7 billion today, $4 billion of it was writing down the value of the costs of buying radio stations about 10 years ago

WesternMA’s head is about to explode. You could help prevent this tragedy by reading up on pural vs possessive grammar: http://www.meredith.edu/grammar/plural.htm ‘s is possessive, not plural. . doctors = “more than one doctor”, doctor’s = “belonging to a doctor”, doctors’ … Continue reading →

Citadel Q2 earnings report really bad… another huge license impairment charge. Maybe Don Imus cozying up to Fox Business is more than just about his RFD TV show

KFWB switches from All-News to News/Talk, picking up Doctor Laura now that Premiere isn’t the syndicator of her show. I doubt this will be the last All News station to do this (most of which are CBS stations)

Very heavy day today – I guess all you “insurance company funded mobs” are listening today :) Glenn Beck has already had more listeners than any day since the 2008 elections… and the day is far from over. I’m working … Continue reading →

“Rush Hour” is back :) The server was overwhelmed at noon…. I may have to do some things to keep the server from bogging down for the first 15 minutes of Rush. I gather Rush is having a big day … Continue reading →

Check when your domain expires – if you’re a radio station operator or streaming company, check to when your domain will expire. KSFA’s domain expired this morning – boy is that embarrassing.

WMAL drops Batchelor’s early 3 hours…. WABC maybe still has him starting at 9PM (Eastern)…. Citadel is just trying to confuse everyone :)

Quoted in the Baltimore Examiner: http://www.examiner.com/x-722-Conservative-Politics-Examiner~y2009m8d7-Right-Wing-Radio-Week-in-Review-August-3–7-2009