Category Archives: Volunteer

College radio stations are crap. I’ve written about this in the blog, and am not going to discuss their merits any further. Most college stations are active about 2 days a year, if that. Only a handful (usually where there … Continue reading →

The average # of days since stations have been tested is now down to 297, so I’m starting to turn a few old abilities back on. However, the verification of station web sites is still important and 297 is a … Continue reading →

Up until about a year ago, Arbitron was the 900 pound gorilla in radio ratings – literally. Compiling ratings for radio is extremely expensive and radio owners tend to be “cheap” and try to use Arbitron’s data without paying for … Continue reading →

People are starting to the idea, and that makes me happy 🙂 I added the link for Wyoming Public Radio’s affiliate/translator list, which was most of what got dumped into the “Ignored” pile and I confirmed. As a general rule … Continue reading →

http://www.wodiradio.com WODI-AM is located at 1230 kHz in Brookneal, Virginia. (Population 1,112) The licensee is JKC Media Ventures, based in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Last we knew, the station was broadcasting sports. In November, 2013′ the owners asked for the … Continue reading →

There are still 6,400 radio stations that nobody has visited in the last 180 days, and 5,800 that haven’t been visited in almost a year (320 days) The handful of volunteers trying to do this can see quickly just what … Continue reading →

This project is about 5 years overdue – but since all my time was being burned keeping track of 240 Rush Limbaugh affiliates, it never got done. The first step is to accurately detect if you’re using a “mobile” device … Continue reading →

This “looking at web sites and tell me what the format it is” can be much harder than you think. There are no “Trophies” for wrong answers. See if you can identify the format of this web site only by … Continue reading →

I really really asked nicely that people not change closely related music formats without really strong evidence. Radio DJs live to have these arguments, and I want no part of it.. I guess the point here is I can’t rely … Continue reading →