Monthly Archives: January 2011

ching chong, ching chong cha!

The Radio Biz self-immolation boards are a twitter over the latest Rush “controversy”. Rush was getting impatient over the lag in translation of President Hu’s speech and wondered why it had stopped.   Keep in mind Rush has a Cocchlear implant … Continue reading

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Nobody has ever lost a dime…

On a regular basis over at least the past decade, radio host and newsletter publisher Bob Brinker would be asked about the safety of investing in government securities (other than US Securities). One piece of advice he gave out was to be … Continue reading

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Got an extra $118,473 per month to spend?

If you do, the Don Imus mansion on Long Island Sound is for sale.  He’s already dropped the price by $5 million Inquire here for details

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Corporations are “Hoarding Cash”!!!

This is a battle cry rumbling up through the more Progressive folks – that “Big Corporations” are “hoarding cash”, rather than hiring employees and expanding their business – as if it is up to the government to tell a business … Continue reading

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Bringing new things to light

Jeff Immelt is all over the news today, hanging out with the Communist President Hu of China, and Barack Obama. Jeff Immelt is the head of General Electric, a company so big and diverse that when I was in college … Continue reading

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The Three Generation Rule

This pattern is as old as human civilization. There are few exceptions to it. Some person comes along and through being smart, ruthless, innovative, lucky, clever or some combination becomes a rich and powerful person building an empire with great … Continue reading

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Who the hell is Hubbard Broadcasting?

and why did Bonneville want to “cash out” in the radio business, possibly at the bottom of the market (or not)…. I know almost nothing about Hubbard, which by itself says a lot.  As our resident radio historian points out, … Continue reading

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Bonneville bails from Radio in the East

Wow!  Wow!… I just wrote earlier today about Bonneville’s fiasco in the D.C. market partnering with Washington Post a few years ago… Now comes word that Bonneville is totally bailing from Radio except out in Utah and the West coast … Continue reading

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Glenn Beck’s new Official Free internet steam

http://www.glennbeck.com/publish/themes/glennbeck/live_player/ The Glenn Beck show wrote to me this morning, urging me to direct people to the “official” Glenn Beck free stream. Long time readers know that I have long believed Glenn has been working on a Plan “B” to … Continue reading

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“Zsa Zsa Gabor is still kicking”

Just heard on KTPI-AM in Mojave, CA… Probably the hosts on the satellite feed, not local people.  The station is carrying Music & Memories, a cross between Oldies and Nostalgia music. So was that just a stupid slip of the … Continue reading

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How to exaggerate your presence in syndication

Neal Boortz is syndicated by Dial Global and produced by Cox Radio / WSB in Atlanta. His syndicators have an affiliate list online here National advertisers want to reach the big markets. Let’s poke our heads into what stations in … Continue reading

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Wanna buy a hot FM transmitter?

News Story The engineer for WHKO-FM in Dayton Ohio got an early morning wakeup call – that for some reason the station was off the air.  Upon driving to the transmitter site, he found the gate knocked down, the door pried … Continue reading

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Attention: Birthers

Well, isn’t this curious :) WND update The newly sworn in Democratic Governor of Hawaii Neil Abercrombie started out his job wanting to get the “silly” birther issue behind him so it isn’t dogging him for the next four years.  It would … Continue reading

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Fred Thompson’s last week

Former Senator Fred Thompson slipped in that “this is my last week on the radio” on today’s show. Westwood One is bringing a fellow named Doug Urbanski next week which will replace Mr Thompson.   His show never had a chance.    … Continue reading

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89,142,962 Americans are “disabled”

One of the Reagan observations was “If you tax something, you get less of it – if you subsidize something, you get more of it”.   You may have been wondering why it is getting harder and harder to pull the … Continue reading

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