Category Archives: Radio Biz

You Are…. In 2016

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Fred Stiening

This ain’t your daddy’s church https://youtu.be/XxLRaDAfT5k Matt Bentley is in the news today for an unrelated reason Mega-church pastor stabbed in southwest Charlotte home invasion

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America Loves Sports, but Charlotte loves Golf

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Fred Stiening

This is the week of the Wells Fargo PGA event, which I was so rudely reminded of on my trip to the grocery store. They shut down the road that runs past the golf course at the country club. Somebody … Continue reading →

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FCC TV Spectrum Case Study – New York City *updated

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Fred Stiening

So the FCC is clearing everything above Channel 29 30,31,33,36,38,40,42,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51 (15 licenses) Available channels without channel sharing 2,4,5,6 9,10,12 14,15,16,17,19,20,25,26 (15 licenses) If every VHF channel is filled, nobody has to go off the air, except it isn’t that simple. … Continue reading →

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Spectrum auction update

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Fred Stiening

For a month, the FCC has been conducting the first phase of the TV buyback auction. Now that digital TV is everywhere and multiple streams of programming can be packed on a single signal, the FCC wants to compress the … Continue reading →

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Gregg Knapp gets the Cumulus handshake

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Gregg Knapp used to do a syndicated show distributed by the venerable Radio America. Recently, he has been doing a local talk show on KCMO in Kansas City Missouri. He just got the word that the new Greg Knapp experience … Continue reading →

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“What you read on Zero Hedge is nonsense”

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Admittedly, Bloomberg is not a neutral source http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-29/unmasking-the-men-behind-zero-hedge-wall-street-s-renegade-blog For about the past month, Bloomberg’s acrimony to anything Trump has vanished. I’m not sure why. Westwood One is PRing today about Trump talking to Michael Savage at the conference of fake … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse of America, Donald Trump, Michael "Savage" Weiner | 2 Comments

Yolanda Adams vanishes

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Fred Stiening

With no warning or explanation to listeners or affiliates, gospel singer Yolanda Adams has ended her syndicated show. Most of the affiliates were stations owned by Radio One, the black radio network The web page for the show redirects you … Continue reading →

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Losing the Loveline

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Dr Drew Pinsky is putting down the penis pump, at least the syndicated one. According to Tom Taylor, he has been doing the show for Westwood One for free for several years. A few months ago, he started up a … Continue reading →

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Potty Mouth Laura

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Laura Ingraham losing it A syndicated host must trust their engineer and / or not screw with them, and under all circumstances you have to assume your microphone is on. Friday, Laura Ingraham’s headphones stopped working on the air. As … Continue reading →

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NATO chief – Russia is behind the anti-fracking movement

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Fred Stiening

[Written June 29, 2014] This is one of the longest standing beliefs of Rush Limbaugh – that Greenpeace and other environmental groups are motivated by forces wanting to destroy the US economic influence, not really protect the environment http://fortune.com/2014/06/27/russias-secret-energy-war/?xid=tab_top30

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