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Allen Hunt calls it quits

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Art Stone

I don’t get it. Radio owners all over the country are shutting down music FM stations to move their news/talk AM stations to FM (WBEN is today’s story).   But the “talent” keeps leaving…. Bill O’Reilly, Bruce Williams, Monica Crowley (weekdays), … Continue reading →

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WMFE (Orlando, Florida) sells PBS TV station to save radio station

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Art Stone

Story WMFE is selling its PBS TV station to DayStar for $5 million.    Contributions to the TV station are down 40% since 2007, and corporate giving (from those greedy immoral capitalist pigs) is off even more. Their NPR station is facing the … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Death of Old Media, Internet Streaming, Obama Nation, Radio Biz | 3 Comments

Wall Street Journal comes to evenings

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Art Stone

The Wall Street Journal has launched an evening program called “The Daily Wrap”.  The first show was Monday April 4th, 2011.    So far, KLIF is the only affiliate I’ve found. I think this is a really good concept.   Based on … Continue reading →

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Management changes at Clear Channel

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Art Stone

http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n22098 As was known for some time, the last of the Mays family has left the building.  [He is still Chairman of the Board, but not involved in operations now]. The Mays family got into the radio business in San Antonia, TX, … Continue reading →

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Westwood One warns of potential default

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Art Stone

http://www.radio-info.com/news/westwood-one-missed-filing-its-yearly-10-k-report-with-the-sec You know that any company that has to pay 15% to borrow money must be in a risky business.  Westwood One syndicates Jim Bohannon, Dennis Miller and Doug Urbanski, but its main involvement has been with NCAA athletetics. According … Continue reading →

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Glenn Beck has at least 413 affiliates

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Art Stone

That’s my conclusion after processing the entire list and researching every one – something I’m in a unique position to do.   You can play along here As of now, this is the totals which you see on the page: Current … Continue reading →

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Buckley & Glenn Beck

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Art Stone

Media Matters was a-twitter a week ago with the news that Glenn Beck has been dumped by Buckley (the small Connecticut owner who lucked into buying WOR for a fire sale)… http://www.talkofct.com/ Buckley is one of the last holdouts in … Continue reading →

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Glenn Beck Counts – Part 1

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Art Stone

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201103310020#1269181 Since Glenn Beck has deleted the evidence, this is what I have to start with.  I’m probably the single most qualified person in America to do this analysis, other than the people Media Matters got raw data from.   Just … Continue reading →

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Counting affiliates – lies and bigger lies

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Art Stone

Glenn Beck seems to be inviting a credibility battle with Media Matters over how many affiliates he has.  Glenn says 430, Media Matters says “less than 400”. http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/04/01/april-fools-media-matters-caught-in-a-web-of-lies-in-their-war-on-glenn-beck/ Syndicators lie about affiliate counts.   Constantly.   I don’t even waste my time looking … Continue reading →

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Oh my, now this is a problem.

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Art Stone

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/ivory-coast/8423651/Ivory-Coast-aid-workers-find-1000-bodies-in-Duekoue.html Over in Ivory Coast, the UN backed forces fighting to remove the dictator – apparently got carried away and murdered 1,000 unarmed loyalist civilians – even though the UN Peace Keepers were in the area to protect them. Rebels can … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Islam and war, Libya | 2 Comments

Building a Radio Station

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Art Stone

http://godsfinalcallandwarning.wordpress.com/2011/03/18/gfcw-presents-wgfw-fm-radio-station/ Some interesting pictures of building a radio station from scratch – admittedly it is very bar bones – just pulling in satellite signals and putting them out on the FM dial to save souls.   At least it has a … Continue reading →

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Buying worthless AM stations to get an FM signal

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Art Stone

This seems to be trend http://radioinsight.com/blog/netgnomes/32625/amp-radio-coming-to-danville-va/ The FCC changed the rules and explicitly is encouraging AM stations to acquire an FM translator for their stations.   Up until the rules clarification, translators had to be on the same band – now … Continue reading →

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All the news fit to Yahoo!

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Art Stone

These days, the comment sections of the traditional media outlets seem to struggle to get a few useful comments…..    But I think I see a new record now on Yahoo!  (at least for newsy news)….  Drudge linked to the story … Continue reading →

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This just in – Plane over AZ suffers decompression

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Art Stone

http://www.komonews.com/news/boeing/119099134.html and a big hole in the plane following a loud bang. The hole in the plane is right above a carryon bin in the passenger compartment

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Beware Fake Antivirus sites

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Art Stone

There is currently active an “exploit” of web servers labeled “LizaMoon”. The attack perhaps is originating from Romania. It has the ability to add an extra line at the end of a web pages you might visit that causes anyone … Continue reading →

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