Blog Archives

David Stockman speaks out

David Stockman was the Budget Director for the first half of the Reagan administration. This is an edited version of an interview he did with Reason.TV, which is a libertarian group. An hour-long unedited version is also available on YouTube. … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Obama Nation | 2 Comments

The FCC’s AM Radio failure

The AM band in the continental United States has 117 possible frequencies between 540 kHz and 1710 kHz. I live in an urban area in the Northeast, yet at night there is only one local AM station that has a … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio Biz | 2 Comments

What if the debt ceiling isn’t lifted?

The only effective weapon the Tea Party folks have so far is the power of the purse. Tim Geithner is being a good soldier and shouting that if the U.S. House doesn’t allow him to sell more debt to the … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Obama Nation | Comments Off on What if the debt ceiling isn’t lifted?

Read the last paragaph first

One of Rush Limbaugh’s frequent pieces of advice is read the entire article when reading something from the AP or the NY Times.   What they’ll do is bury the most important facts or the thing that undermines the entire story … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Obama Nation | Comments Off on Read the last paragaph first

Michael Savage <3 Governor Jerry Brown

Pay close attention to anything Michael Savage says about the new Governor of California, Jerry Brown (or if he refuses to talk about it). The reason I’m bringing this to your attention is that in 2006, Michael Weiner (Savage’s real name) gave … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Streaming, Radio Biz | 8 Comments

The Kiss of Death

Chris Stigall has arrived at WPHT-AM in Philadelphia, which is owned by CBS Radio. He is replacing the morning show that had been done by Michael Smerconish as a syndicated show (Smerconish is moving to the afternoons on January 17th) Chris … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Streaming, Radio Biz | 6 Comments

Halo Burger says Goodbye

This means nothing to almost everybody, but since I just happened to stumble on it by accident… News Story Another story History of Halo Burger Halo Burger is a local hamburger chain around the Flint, Michigan area since 1923. Bill … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Radio Biz | 4 Comments

How to lose a lot of money in the radio business

By all accounts, K Earl Durden was a Very Good Person. He dabbled in a lot of business ventures, like all good Rich Republicans. One of his more successful ventures was Rail Management Corporation, which owned and operated a number … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Obama Nation, Radio Biz | Comments Off on How to lose a lot of money in the radio business

Diversity at Sirius/XM

I expect this will be a topic of discussion at the “Social Justice” conference next month with the FCC. As a condition of approving the merger of Sirius and XM, the U.S. Government extorted a promise that Sirius/XM would set … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Radio Biz | Comments Off on Diversity at Sirius/XM

“Social Justice” comes to the FCC

If you listen to Glenn Beck at all, you know how he hammers on the idea that “Social Justice” is just “code” for Marxism. Read this In about 3 weeks, the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council is having a meeting … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Radio Biz | 3 Comments

Tom Tancredo coming to radio Monday

First the good news – Conservative activist Tom Trancredo has a radio show starting next week on KVOR-AM in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He just recently lost his attempt to run for Governor of Colorado on a third party ticket drawing … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Streaming, Radio Biz | 1 Comment

Where did my favorite show go?

So this is a great site, but suddenly you can’t find your favorite show where you expect it. What’s up? Starting for 2011, testing of stations and programs is mandatory. You won’t be able to listen to a station or … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Streaming | 6 Comments

Manicuring your garden

So you want a piece of turf to call your own? You’re the expert on Public Radio stations in Minnesota? Gospel radio in Mississippi? You know every radio station in Michigan? The Streaming radio station list now has the ID … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Streaming | 2 Comments

The outlook for talk – 2011

Dr Laura is gone to satellite, Dr Edell is gone, Michael Savage’s contract with TRN is in dispute, Bob Brinker is down to 3 hrs/week, Howard Stern is staying on Sirius/XM for 5 more years, Mike Smerconish is dropping his … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Streaming, Radio Biz | Comments Off on The outlook for talk – 2011

New “ID Show” feature

A couple people have stumbled onto what the coding elf has been working on for Christmas – but now it is offcially active (although probably still fragile). “ID Show” is a middle of the road approach in between “Art/Fred micromanages everything” and … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Streaming | 2 Comments