Category Archives: Volunteer

Between midnight and 6 AM Eastern time, about 35 people visit the website during the six hour period. Keep in mind that’s 9 PM on the West Coast. During that time period, Nielsen ratings don’t count. There are only two … Continue reading →

Greetings volunteers, Behind the scenes, I’ve been busy. I’ve now culled out almost 3,000 redundant schedule items (about 1/3 of all of them) and verified all news/talk stations as being (moderately) accurate. As a result, I’ve restored the direct listen … Continue reading →

Those of you considering helping worried about the risk have less to worry about – although in life nothing is 100% certain. As I suggested a couple days ago, the routine to evaluate the risk profile of any arbitrary URL … Continue reading →

I threw together a list of the “nnn” most recent web sites that have been verified by volunteers. It looks like this: but by the time you read this, it probably will have more stuff on it – since I’m … Continue reading →

Allowing people to modify the database directly requires trust and exposes me and visitors to potential risk. Registering with a throwaway email account in order to discard emails that I try to send you about volunteer actions is inconsistent with … Continue reading →

If you have signed up as a volunteer, on the “What’s on now page”, you should now see a link like this one: Clicking on that link will bring you to the complete list of stations presented in the way … Continue reading →

I’ve decided to go forward with the big data purge mentioned by me a number of times over the years, although I’m still refining the rules. The basic concept is that most visitors realize after a while that when listening … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking about doing this for a while – it isn’t all that complex, but would require lots of changes to make it work. Currently (going back to almost the beginning 10 years ago), you can ignore a show … Continue reading →

Until there is peace in the Middle East, don’t expect to be reading much politics on this blog. I’m actively not listening to “right wing” talk radio. If you’re interested in volunteering to help the web site, read on – … Continue reading →

On the path to making using this web site more secure, the Security Filter has been integrated into the “URL Caution Notice”. It provides the URL, a link to ARIN to see who owns the IP, and who we think … Continue reading →