Category Archives: Zombie Watch

Bing me!

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Bing and TuneIn have announced a partnership to make it easier to find the streaming radio stations nobody is searching for News Story Bing believes it can come up with 10,000 links for streaming radio stations. Trying to publish secret … Continue reading →

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Marimba jobs Americans just won’t do

Posted on May 28, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Shimon the Marimba bot Working to make Jazz great again NPR has 24×7 music channels called All Songs Considered heating up the annoyance with your local NPR affiliate, competing for the ear space of Public radio listeners Your New Robot … Continue reading →

Posted in NPR, Zombie Watch | 11 Comments

2:20 PM on Wednesday

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Fred Stiening

If you want to catch the United States off guard, that would be the time to do something. You may remember earlier in the Obama years, FEMA and the FCC conducted a mandatory test of the national Emergency Alert System. … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Instability, Individual Liberty, Internet Insecurity, Mobile Streaming, Police State America, Police State America, The FCC, War and not War, Zombie Watch | 9 Comments

John McAfee is sure ISIS is trying to take down the Internet!

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Parrot wanted to pass along this news story http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/john-mcafee-massive-ddos-attack-internet-was-smartphone-botnet-popular-app-1532993 Copyright laws preclude publishing an entire article. John McAfee has no actual proof and no longer is affiliated with the antivirus software company, but you can take his theory to the … Continue reading →

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Desktop streaming is dead

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Maybe the FCC has saved AM radio, but nothing will save desktop computers. The just released metrics from Nielsen’s Triton digital is that 73.8% of all streaming is now done from mobile devices, mostly iDevices and Android.

Posted in About the Guide, Mobile Streaming, Player Metrics, Radio Biz, Saving AM radio, Streaming Royalties, Zombie Watch | 2 Comments

Zombie watch in Lakeland Florida

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Fred Stiening

WWAB-AM slipped off the Internet – It’s an AM radio station in Lakeland Florida playing Gospel Music. The owner died earlier this year, but the story takes an unexpected twist. legacy of Richard Hughes Richard Hughes lived to age 87, … Continue reading →

Posted in Talk Radio, Unique Stations, Zombie Watch | 1 Comment

‘Splain this

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Fred Stiening

If you go to Google Earth View to the East of Bakersfield California out in the fields of Almond trees near this intersection. I count about 30 boxcars all owned by Amtrak. You could empty out a moderate sized city … Continue reading →

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No Mas – OXI !

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Fred Stiening

The Greeks have declared their independence from the bloodthirsty global bankers. Let the hunger games begin. Some observers note this is largely an inter generational fight. The people who are living in England milking their Greek government pension they started … Continue reading →

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WMEX-AM sells for $165,000

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Fred Stiening

The temporary Boston home of Howie Carr and the station that turned down Rush Limbaugh four times has just been sold. The station was previously owned by Microsoft’s Paul Allen and was bought for around $10 million. Out in California, … Continue reading →

Posted in Station Sales / Transfers, Zombie Watch | 2 Comments

Travis LeBlanc – a person you want to know

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Travis LeBlanc is the head of the FCC Enforcement Bureau. Tom Wheeler put him in that position. He’s clearly an Obama technocrat. http://www.marcus-spectrum.com/Blog/files/LeBlanc314.html I see big changes already, and they are positive. As I’m going through the list, it is … Continue reading →

Posted in The FCC, Zombie Watch | 7 Comments