Monthly Archives: March 2010

LA Times pooh-poohs Rush Limbaugh mentioning President Obama’s unilaterally ending the comment period for feedback on changes to fishing laws. WIthout quoting any actual facts, the author urges Rush to “hire a fact checker”. Rush mentioned on the show (which … Continue reading →

It’s NCAA college basketball playoff season…. Other than Title 9, why would a radio station put women’s college basketball on the air? Or high school hockey tournaments?

Local news…. 68 year old fireman dies of heart attack responding to fire, unemployment is still going up (11.4%), radio amateur / emergency management volunteer dies trying to save his dog in a fire at his house caused by smoking … Continue reading →

Radio and Health Care are broken for the same reason. The provider looks at who is writing the checks, not who is consuming the service. The poll here clearly shows that people in the Radio Biz consider the advertisers their … Continue reading →

Repos (repurchase agreements) and the failure of Lehman… The Wall Street Journal starts to explain how Lehman used Repos to “lend” its troubled assets off of their balance sheets and raise cash on Balance Sheet reporting days (and agreeing to … Continue reading →

President Obama’s next project is to reform elementary school education. Federal control of education is one of the keys to advancing socialism. Get them singing “this land is your land”, dancing around the May Pole, celebrating Earth Day and rationalizing … Continue reading →

NYC cabs overcharged 1.8 million times last year – it’s the fault of the small buttons! claims the taxi driver association. The New York Times reports that 80% of the drivers had charged the suburban rate to people in the … Continue reading →

Michael Savage: “We – the middle class – don’t want health care” + “I just spent $40,000 on plantation blinds at my new house” = ?

Citadel launches “Reagan Radio 96.7” in Dallas / Fort Worth TX at KPMZ-FM. KPMZ was a music station until noon. This is more than likely a “Stunt” – but the suspicion is the station will land on being a Conservative … Continue reading →

Carlos Slim – the man who bailed out the New York Times a year or so ago – is now officially the richest man on the planet, ahead of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett

Darrin Klayman has left Katz (the Clear Channel owned firm that handles national advertisers for radio) and has left to join the currently bankrupt Citadel Broadcasting. Mr Klayman has worked for Katz since graduating from Buffalo State University in 1987. … Continue reading →

Clear Channel results for 2009 – this is earnings report week for most radio companies. For the year, CC lost $4 billion on $5.1 billion in net revenues – yet the headlines tout that CC “made” $140 million in the … Continue reading →

Wow

3 PM on a weekday afternoon at the Connecticut Post Mall Recovery is well underway.

Rush: “IF is for children” + “IF obamacare passes, I’ll get my health care in Costa Rica” = ?