Monthly Archives: March 2010

HFCS backlash – the news at the top of the hour reports that companies are starting to switch back to sugar from High Fructose Corn Sweetener because of consumer demand [and probably fear of future litigation over causing obesity and … Continue reading →

“Good” Citadel and “Bad” Citadel – over the weekend, I noticed that the 100 or so small market pre-merger Citadel stations (the ones collected by Larry Wilson and then bought by Forstmann Little) have not had a “Change of Control” … Continue reading →

Under Water reverse mortgages – just heard on the Breakfast Flakes morning show in Lincoln Nebraska the answer to one of my lingering questions. The guest says that if a reverse mortgage gets “under water” – meaning the balance owed … Continue reading →

WXKS-AM is mocking their new lineup – the new Clear Channel home for Conservative Talk in Boston is looping a promo announcing the arrival of Conservative Radio at noon – comparing Rush to your crazy uncle, and Glenn Beck to … Continue reading →

Did CBS flip WBCN to bury programming? WBCN-AM is a station in Charlotte NC that switched from a simulcast of ESPN sports to carry Glenn Beck and others. They’re taking on the venerable WBT, heritage 50 kw station that used … Continue reading →

Taliban Boy from Marin County is apparently in U.S. Custody in Pakistan. He just released a video praising the shooter at Fort Hood as being an inspiration for killing all the unbelievers in the Name of Religion of Peace(tm). I’m … Continue reading →

Barbara Walters says she thinks Glenn Beck is an intelligent man, and he reads a lot. I guess this means the Whoppi Goldberg / Amtrak thing has been straightened out. I wonder if “The View” ran a retraction…

Help please. Don’t know where else to go. WMP isn’t working on one of my laptops. (I hate it when stuff happens). When I go to options under tools in WMP and click the network tab, the section for “streaming … Continue reading →

We opened the last week of May 2009, until this week 90% of out job applicants (respondents to ads) have been women. That is completely reversed…. we are north of the Charlotte area. Now guys 20 – 35. Hows the … Continue reading →

Julianna Smoot is the new Obama White House Social Secretary – the NY Times profiles Ms Smoot in a curious profile. They go out their way to point out that she once worked as a waitress in a truck stop … Continue reading →

“Change is in the Air” – Michael Copps, FCC commissioner. his comments here. He bemoans the media for becoming a “wasteland” due to 30 years (translation: since Ronald Reagan defanged the FCC) of inaction within the FCC to force licensees … Continue reading →

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Mandy Connell has a new job. She works at WINK-AM (and the FM simulcast WFSX) in Naples/Fort Myers in Florida. She has been showing up a lot in the stats here and is probably the most popular non-syndicated morning drive … Continue reading →

“truther” from California decides to shoot up the Pentagon – he didn’t get far. He pulled a gun out at the security checkpoint and fired at the guards. He was a marijuana grower and wrote on the Internet about the … Continue reading →

When did unemployment payments morph into perpetual welfare payments for people able to work?