Category Archives: Radio Biz

Tunein goes Social

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Tunein is pushing a major change to their product http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/07/tunein-gets-a-social-tune-up-may-change-how-you-think-of-radio/ While there is some overlap in what we do, I don’t consider StreamingRadioGuide to be competing with Tunein. Profit or accumulating wealth has never been my objective. Tunein is run … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Guide, Mobile Streaming, Radio Biz, Technology | 7 Comments

The lawsuit that could kill this web site…

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Don’t panic! I’m not being sued 🙂 A small station operator in Virginia has decided it is going to “bell the cat” over the issue of streaming royalties. First a little background is in order for those not familiar with … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Guide, IHeart Media, Mobile Streaming, Radio Biz | 4 Comments

Cumulus guts WABC

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Not a surprise – basically the entire weekend is now infomercials. Gone are Monica Crowley, Aaron Klein(moved to WNYM) and Jason Matera. Of course, Mark Simone is long gone (WOR) along with Sean Hannity and Rush. But the costs are … Continue reading →

Posted in Cumulus Media, Radio Biz | 17 Comments

Cumulus reports 1st quarter 2014 results

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Fred Stiening

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/cumulus-reports-operating-results-for-first-quarter-2014-2014-04-29?reflink=MW_news_stmp Net loss before the effect of income taxes was a loss of $16 million. The concept of “pro forms” is important to understand to get the big picture. In the last year, Cumulus acquired control of Westwood One, which … Continue reading →

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Sports as an alternative to war

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Fred Stiening

http://voices.suntimes.com/sports/watch-flag-waving-soccer-fan-set-on-fire-by-security/ It’s the guy all the way to the left

Posted in America Loves Sports!, War and not War | 3 Comments

How to not be a salesman

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Fred Stiening

More from the totally random department… This week, Rush Limbaugh returned from his surgery to install a second cochlear implant. He spent a good part of an hour talking about the mechanics of how hearing works, how cochlear implants work, … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Rush Limbaugh, Technology | 18 Comments

Clear Channel heading to Supreme Court

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Fred Stiening

This is a good example of how the FCC operates as a quasi government agency, with the NAB steering the boat. This legal document is quite detailed. http://www.fcc.gov/document/court-opinion-leyse-v-clear-channel-6th-cir The FCC was empowered By Congress to make up rules to prohibit … Continue reading →

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Storing copyrighted content in The Cloud

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Today was Aereo day at the Supreme Court. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/abc-v-aereo-will-the-supreme-court-change-the-way-we-watch-tv/ In case you’re not familiar with it, the Aereo technology places a tiny TV antenna within a local TV market. Since that tiny antenna is technically receiving the TV signal “over … Continue reading →

Posted in Mobile Streaming, Radio Biz | 8 Comments

Randi Rhodes calls it quits

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Progressive talker Randi Rhodes has been the odd person out. After several prior syndicators, she wound up at Premiere radio, the syndication arm of the evil Clear Channel. If this was Sesame Street and we were playing “which one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Premiere (IHeart) | 12 Comments

Local radio and LPFM

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Fred Stiening

The trickle of new LPFM radio stations are arriving on the air. I’m starting to go through the new arrivals to see what I can find about them. As Clear Channel and Cumulus essentially withdraw from any significant local programming … Continue reading →

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