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Nuclear war isn’t all bad

National Geographic reports that “A Small Nuclear war could Reverse Global Warming for years” Wasn’t their magazine more fun when it was just legal porn?

Posted in American Politics, Death of Old Media, Energy, Global Finance, Obama Nation, State of Fear-mongering | 7 Comments

AP suddenly interested in the truth

Story Search google news or your favorite news site for huckabee and WOR. They didn’t mention which show, but the logical one is Steve Malzberg. Huckabee (according to the AP) said that Barack Obama hates the US because he grew … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Obama Nation, Radio Biz | 4 Comments

“Liberal talk doesn’t work, period”

That’s the quote from the General Manager of KHRO in El Paso, Texas. (reported in Tom Taylor’s Newsletter) That’s even though most of the daily lineup was local people who were working for free (The station is owned by Entravision, … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Internet Streaming, Obama Nation, Radio Biz | 2 Comments

The Chevy Volt is this generation’s Edsel

For those too young to remember, the Edsel was a misguided product of Henry Ford’s Company, launched in 1958 and dead by 1960.  It was named after Edsel Ford, the only son of Henry Ford.  At the time Ford was run … Continue reading →

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Joy Browne’s 15 minutes of fame

Graph Dr Laura left radio at the end of the year, and people wondered if Joy Browne would pick up the audience of Dr Laura, since they both are women doing personal advice shows. The answer is a resounding “NO”. … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio Biz | 1 Comment

I found it!

With some trepidation, you can make your own at: http://streamingradioguide.com/qrplay.php

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Sports Improvements

Due to overwhelming demand, I’ve been tweaking the way sports affiliations are done. The point is not that people are going to stream sports on radio, since most stations aren’t allowed to stream sports – the purpose is to alert … Continue reading →

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WTDY drops Glenn Beck

Why is that significant? WTDY-AM is located in Madison, Wisconsin. Glenn was not exaggerating when he said “I’m surprised we lasted this long”. The show wasn’t even carried live, giving the station the opportunity to have “technical problems” to quietly … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Internet Streaming, Obama Nation, Radio Biz, State of Fear-mongering | 1 Comment

Is Ham Radio doomed?

The AARL is the “special interest” group that defends the “rights” of amateur radio operators to have dedicated spectrum for a variety of non-commercial uses. The AARL’s rationale for defending the areas of spectrum available for amateur radio is based … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Radio Biz, State of Fear-mongering | 3 Comments

Kiss that baby goodbye!

As you all know, America measures time by the passage of the sports seasons. Baseball spring training (and college baseball) is about to start. The period of the year when talk stations actually have talk shows is about to end. … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Streaming, Radio Biz | 4 Comments

How Google could improve Search

Google is about to (may have?) roll out another new way to “improve” the search results that it returns.   This has nothing to do with whether or not my site places well. I have a really really big wish list … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Streaming | 3 Comments

It’s one of those Sekrit Codez!

  Well, actually two. Someone stop me before it’s too late!

Posted in Internet Streaming, Radio Biz | 11 Comments

The Poster Child for ending Government funding of public radio

Radio Bilingual (KBBF) hits hard times “…Despite limited financial support, poor facilities, internal power struggle, and increasing competition from commercial Spanish language radio stations” “KBBF’s downward spiral began about three years ago when it was revealed that station manager Jesus Lozano … Continue reading →

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“Latin America”

Overnight, Phil Hendie snagged an interesting caller.  His premise was something along the lines that we should stop calling things using foreign names, like tacos and tortillas and teriyaki sauce. The caller identified herself as being born in America, and … Continue reading →

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Libya’s Civil War

A portion of the country’s population is in insurrection due to the tyranny of the leadership.   The government has decided to use weapons to kill its own citizens.   Other countries have frozen  the assets of the country’s central bank.  World leaders are meeting to try impose … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Islam and war | 2 Comments