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Joe Madison is #10 “Heavy Hitter” in the U.S. – really?

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Art Stone

Top 100 Heavy Hitters from Talkers Magazine. This is Dejavu all over again.  Joe Madison is a local host on WOL-AM in Washington DC.  WOL-AM is a 370 watt AM station with a barely measurable audience that doesn’t even cover the entire … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio Biz | 4 Comments

Ludlow Porch has died

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Art Stone

Ludlow was an old school broadcaster in Atlanta, and had been doing a regional show on a few stations down South.   He had suffered a series of strokes and went to his final reward today. http://www.funseekers.net/

Posted in Radio Biz | 2 Comments

In other news

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Art Stone

Saudis’ Bin Ladin Group set for nuclear deal with French firm This comes a few days since Wikileaks released a 2008 cable that France intended to sell civilian nuclear technology to Libya. So has the caliphate already swallowed France?

Posted in American Politics, Energy, Global Finance, Obama Nation, State of Fear-mongering | 5 Comments

Canada and “misleading news”

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Art Stone

Article about CRTC and News If you haven’t lived in/near Canada, the NDP is the extreme left party in Canada – left by European standards, not Wimpy North American standards. The CRTC is roughly similar to the FCC, but with … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Death of Old Media, Global Finance | 6 Comments

The Final Victory

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Art Stone

The NY Times is reporting a stunning development in the last hour.    The Germany Stock exchange plans to take over the New York Stock Exchange. NY Times Story First the disclaimer – I worked for NASDAQ from 1998-2002 as a  manager … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Global Finance | 6 Comments

Stunning

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Art Stone

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110209/ap_on_re_us/us_shale_oil_3 Where has this news been hiding?   “Fracking” also works for oil in addition to natural gas.   As a result, domestic oil production has been going up the last two years while consumption has been going down (because of the … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Energy, Global Finance, Islam and war, Obama Nation, State of Fear-mongering | 4 Comments

The Real Estate Exit Strategy

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Art Stone

Rasmussen reported today that 35% of people currently say their house is worth less than what they owe on their mortgage.   The percentage of people who believe that their house is still worth more than their mortgage has dropped 6% … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Global Finance, State of Fear-mongering | 3 Comments

About treaties

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Art Stone

Seriously – some of you want to accuse Nancy Pelosi of “treason” for the ratification of the START treaty? The U.S. House has no say  in the ratification of treaties. None. Article II, Section 2 – Civilian Powers of the … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Radio Biz | 1 Comment

Buying Time

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Art Stone

Clear Channel generated $240 million in operating income last quarter. That’s about $960 million a year. Clear Channel owes about $20 billion in long term debt. That means they are throwing off less than a 5% return on what they … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Death of Old Media, Radio Biz | 1 Comment

Polls – one more time…

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Art Stone

Almost from the beginning, registered users have had the ability to create a poll, not just me – but it was pretty user-hostile.  I’ve added a lot of capabiilty now to the polls, mostly because I want to be able to create … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Streaming | 2 Comments

Remember the ‘Nam helicopter pilot “terrorist”?

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Art Stone

Sit down. A week ago, I wrote about the Vietnam Vet Army helicopter pilot from Imperial Beach California who was arrested outside the Mosque in Dearborn, Michigan for having illegal fireworks.   After the war, he spent several years in Indonesia as a bush … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Islam and war, Obama Nation | 3 Comments

“Fraternity” Shooting in Ohio

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Art Stone

So you probably heard that 1 person was killed and 11 people injured at a Fraternity in Ohio? What did the news coverage leave out this time? Jamail E. Johnson is a 25 year old “student”, the one killed. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Blackwashing, Death of Old Media | 2 Comments

Huffington Post sells itself to AOL

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Art Stone

April fools! Bwahaha Me Too!

Posted in American Politics, Death of Old Media | 1 Comment

Has Bill O’Reilly been listening to Roy Masters?

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Art Stone

Bill O’Reilly said some pretty bizarre things the other day – that the fact that the Earth is the only planet in the universe with a moon and Mars doesn’t have a moon is the proof that God exists and … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Radio Biz | 5 Comments

Narratives and Templates

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Art Stone

Who would ever expect Rush Limbaugh and Harry Shearer to be singing from the same songbook? Harry you may know from the movie Spinal Tap, his time on Saturday Night Live or his long running “Le Show” on Public Radio … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Internet Streaming, Obama Nation, Radio Biz | 1 Comment