Monthly Archives: January 2010

Keith Olbermann’s head to explode

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Art Stone

Keith Olbermann’s head is going to explode…. the Clear Channel station’s news on the web site reports Sarah Palin is going to work at Fox News :) I wonder if John McCain will file an FEC complaint now against Fox … Continue reading →

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That was fast

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Art Stone

WRDU – the other new “Rush Radio” station in the Raleigh NC area – the new morning drive host quit after one day on the job. (The “D” stands for Durham, as in Duke University)

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Arbitron’s President/CEO has resigned…..

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Art Stone

Arbitron’s President/CEO has resigned…. details are a bit vague, but Arbitron has been under a lot of pressure over the PPM issue. He supposedly violated some company policy unrelated to finances… I wonder if he is quoted in Halberstam’s book… … Continue reading →

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About Harry Reid…

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Art Stone

Harry Reid’s comments about race… Three thoughts about how this is being talked about… 1) Pay attention to the news sources – do they cut off “unless he wants to have one [Negro Dialect]”? That’s a very different point – … Continue reading →

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Rush reports an organized phone campaign…

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Art Stone

Rush reports an organized phone campaign protecting Harry Reid – it would have been interesting if Rush had broken format and put some of the seminar callers at the top of the first hour – let the callers complain about … Continue reading →

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Power outages in Florida – one of the ra…

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Art Stone

Power outages in Florida – one of the radio stations I was testing mentioned that school has been called off for today – in order to try to reduce the power load on the electric grid in Florida. Since cold … Continue reading →

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Tim Conway Jr. moves to KFI – the son of…

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Art Stone

Tim Conway Jr. moves to KFI – the son of Carol Burnett’s sidekick has landed the 7-10 PM (pacific) time slot on Clear Channel’s KFI powerhouse in Los Angeles. Tim got his feet wet in radio on CBS’s FreeFM as … Continue reading →

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How long until we see this in the US? Th…

Posted on January 11, 2010 by foyle

How long until we see this in the US? The Fed is already devaluing the currency through the backdoor, now we just need the .Gov to order all businesses to freeze prices or face seizure. The Free market …an endangered … Continue reading →

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Curtis Sliwa started his new job at Sale…

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Art Stone

Curtis Sliwa started his new job at Salem’s NY station today. Bill Bennett’s show is still on New York on delay at 9-11 AM

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Venezuela devaluing its currency 50% in …

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Art Stone

Venezuela devaluing its currency 50% in one day is a likely John Batchelor topic tonight – Chavez has ordered businesses to not raise prices.

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Over 7,700 confirmed streaming stations …

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Art Stone

Over 7,700 confirmed streaming stations (FCC including LPFM but not HD2/3)… and the number continues to climb

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Jim Traficant gets weekend job at WTAM-A…

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Art Stone

Jim Traficant gets weekend job at WTAM-AM – the Cleveland radio station has signed former house member Traficant to do 3 months of shows at 1 PM on Saturdays. If you have a long memory, you’ll remember him as the … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia – epic fail! I know I’m somew…

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Art Stone

Wikipedia – epic fail! I know I’m somewhat beating a dead horse, especially people who come here… In the beginning, I tried to be helpful with the radio station entries, but the brain trust who came up with the Wikipedia … Continue reading →

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Japan’s infrastructure… while playing…

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Art Stone

Japan’s infrastructure… while playing with the map of Japan, I noticed that given the huge amounts of money Japan has spent “on stimulus infrastructure” there are amazingly few cars or trucks on their highways. I noticed the Tokyo Bay Aqua … Continue reading →

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Driving your car to Australia – I was pl…

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Art Stone

Driving your car to Australia – I was playing with an iPhone app [insert groan here] that shows when trams are going to arrive in Melbourne Australia, and it has a convenient button to show you directions of how to … Continue reading →

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