Monthly Archives: February 2010

Where’s my money? The 9.7% unemployment rate was partly due to a drop in the size of the labor pool – Rush sensed manipulation, but overlooked the obvious – the Baby Boomers are now solidly hitting 62 years old and … Continue reading →

SuperBowl ads – that’s it? Betty Young looked younger than Chevy Chase… Either I’m getting old or TV is deteriorating more than I knew… (or both)

Being overweight increases your life span.. the “unexpected” conclusion of a 10 year study of about 5000 men and 5000 women in Australia – published in The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society – looking at the relationship between body … Continue reading →

Another radio station bites the dust– right in my backyard… Hornell, NY based WHHO 1320, a Fox Sports Radio affiliate owned by a local radio owner, had its license renewal blocked by the FCC last week. According to the FCC, … Continue reading →

Ray “chocolate city” Nagin is done as Mayor of New Orleans. He was term limited and Mitch “vanilla city” Lamdrieu got 67% of the vote in a 10 way race. If the name sounds familiar, he is the brother of … Continue reading →

The U.S. is drowning in debt – that’s the message today on most Clear Channel News/Talk web sites – this is a subject that Clear Channel knows well.

Move over Letterman – Philip DeFranco is here. Who??? He is a nerdy guy with bad teeth who makes a 3-4 minute video a day of him looking into a webcam, talking about stuff and posting it on Youtube. His … Continue reading →

Rush’s station changes… the thought occured to me today – I wonder if Rush’s compensation formula is affected when his program gets moved from a 3rd party radio station (like WSJS) to a Clear Channel owned station, where money changing … Continue reading →

Lunch during Black History Month needs Watermelon – so says Rush Limbaugh…. The MSNBC Cafeteria celebrated Black History Month by serving Fried Chicken, collard greens and cornbread…. Rush is playing “play the media” today by adding in that they forgot … Continue reading →

Business Week & Bloombama go after Limbaugh – specifically Margaret Carlson (who is The guardian for her retarded brother) is upset at Rush repeatedly using The term “retard”… She makes reference to his “failed” TV show… Interesting perspective, since the … Continue reading →

It’s that time of the month – during the first week of the month, typically is when I pull the FCC data and find new stations,call sign changes, frequency swaps, update ownership info, etc… One new station on this cycle … Continue reading →

ABC/Citadel is now “owned” by JP Morgan Chase – the bankruptcy filing indicates that JP Morgan leads the groups of banks that threw in the towel and finally dragged Citadel into court. Their proposed plan is to convert old debt … Continue reading →

Doug McIntyre is starting syndication next week – Citadel (ABC) is putting him on WABC and KABC back on the overnight shift to go against Coast to Coast

The stock market is “falling” today – because the US Dollar continues to get stronger vs other currencies….

2001 shootdown of missionary plane in Peru – this was apparently on ABC News last night (the US one, not the one in Australia)…. The main thing I see in the video is how unaware the CIA people are about … Continue reading →