Monthly Archives: December 2010

Cholera confirmed in Florida

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Art Stone

Lab tests released Monday have confirmed that the airline passenger on Thanksgiving Day who reported he thought he had cholera was correct. The passenger was a doctor who had been treating cholera patients in Haiti. He boarded a plane from … Continue reading →

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Mancow hooks up with Dial Global

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Art Stone

Mancow is going to get assistance from Dial Global – the folks who bring you Stephanie Miller,  Ed Schultz, Thom Hartmann, Mike Smerconish and Bill Press.   Dial Global’s talk lineup was partly inherited from [Mother] Jones Radio – that originally carried Clark … Continue reading →

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Changes to “testing”

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Art Stone

The “Wrong Program” link now directly suppresses a listing rather than going through a process to identify what the actual program is.  The only requirement is that you’re a registered user and you haven’t hit the daily limit for too … Continue reading →

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Neil Rogers to undergo risky surgery *Second Update

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Art Stone

Unless you have lived in Miami or are a talk radio devotee, you probably haven’t heard of Neil Rogers.   He is very much of the liberal persuasion, but the kind who knows why he believes what he believes – not … Continue reading →

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So you want local?

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Art Stone

In the Urbana Champaign Illinois area, a new “local” talk outlet has opened.     I’m not saying it’s gonna fail, but….   The owner is simulcasting their schedule on two stations – WJEK-FM (1900 watt Class A) and WSJK-FM (9 kW Class … Continue reading →

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Providing “Public Value”

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Art Stone

Is this the future? Should a radio station have to provide coverage of local news?   Programming that originates using local employees?   Staffing at 2 AM when a chemical train derails in Minot North Dakota? [Note:  Clear Channel did have a … Continue reading →

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The Failure of Self-Regulation

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Art Stone

Governments eagerly get involved when a business gives them an excuse.  Congress today passed a law empowering the FCC to regulate the volume of TV commercials called the CALM Act.    “Loudness” is not as simple as a speedometer on … Continue reading →

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Generalized Show names…

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Art Stone

Very few people come to StreamingRadioGuide to find their local radio station shows (other than the people who work on the show demanding to know why their show isn’t listed).   95%+ of the people arriving here (other than from a … Continue reading →

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Dr Dean Edell is retiring from radio

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Art Stone

Who will be the last one out the door? This may be related to a decision by the management of Citadel Radio to drop the Dr Edell show from his home station of KGO in San Francisco.   The man who had managed … Continue reading →

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Pay no attention to the little man behind the IMF

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Art Stone

U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has made it no secret that if it was up to him, the IMF (International Monetary Fund) would become the World’s Central Bank – the Global bank that would make all decisions affecting the economies … Continue reading →

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Congress & the Stock Market

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Art Stone

Will Congress extend the capital gains tax? For people holding very long term investments, if they believe the lower tax in capital gains is about to revert to pre Bush rates, they’ll sell their holdings and take the gains at … Continue reading →

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