Author Archives: Fred Stiening

Blow back

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Fred Stiening

The job of President of the United States is arguably the most powerful job in the world. The world changed today. The Republican controlled US Senate utterly failed in its promise to repeal Obamacare, with John McCain casting the final … Continue reading →

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Tom Taylor tells the radio world

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Fred Stiening

Tom Taylor is the leading voice of the radio business, primarily through his daily newsletter targeted at people within the radio business. Today, he reported my decision and why. Tom and I have had a behind the scenes email friendship … Continue reading →

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The Pullitzer for Daily Caller

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Fred Stiening

The FBI and Capitol Police are hot on the trail of the 4 Pakistani IT contractots who have been working for various House Members since 2004. The FBI has evidence they had broken into the US House Computer system and … Continue reading →

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Retooling

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Fred Stiening

Several years ago,  I declared that “having a life” was more important than the web site – and if I was unable to keep the “average days since last review” of each radio below 180 days, I would need to … Continue reading →

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Joe Rago is dead

Posted on July 22, 2017 by Fred Stiening

NY Times Joe Rago was a very smart editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal. He was a fierce critic of Obamacare and a frequent guest on the John Batchelor show. He was found dead in his apartment when he … Continue reading →

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It is Made in America day

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Fred Stiening

Cheerwine Cola was invited to the White House https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/07/17/remarks-president-trump-made-america-product-showcase

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Amazon Fire

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Fred Stiening

The 32 GB Amazon fire has arrived from the Matrix. If you ask Alexa for a specific radio station, it will use iHeartradio or Tunein to find a radio station stream. Trying to play streams from here does not work … Continue reading →

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Picking your grapes

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Fred Stiening

https://www.facebook.com/unitedfarmworkers/videos/10154772109366547/

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Chris Christie’s Radio debut

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Fred Stiening

WFAN decided to give New Jersey governor Chris Christie a sports radio DJ tryout. Well, it certainly got a reaction. http://nypost.com/2017/07/10/chris-christie-wfan-show-would-be-damning-of-what-radio-is/

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Global Competition

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Fred Stiening
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