Category Archives: About the Guide

Game over

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Live by Google, die by Google Listen counts by day Google announced it was going to penalize web sites that are not mobile friendly. Despite the fact I use mobile devices all day long, a Google has decided the criteria … Continue reading →

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My Radio Kingdom

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Fred Stiening

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The changing face of Conservative talk

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Fred Stiening

First the routine disclaimer – interest here is not necessarily the same as for radio in general. People searching for a show not available on their local radio will show higher interest. With Dennis Miller and Roger Hedgecock gone, the … Continue reading →

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New Network Feed – Salem TCM

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Fred Stiening

WDAR-FM in Darlington, SC was acquired recently by iHeart Media. It is peculiar because it is carrying Salem Radio’s Today’s Christian Music, a syndicated Contemporary Christian Music programming format. In keeping with my practice, if a syndicator offers a free … Continue reading →

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Radio that doesn’t like Facebook

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Religious radio perhaps views Facebook as a threat when the Secular Humanists start sending Christians to extermination camps. On a similar track, Spanish language stations probably fear ICE tracking down illegal Mexican visitors. Nostalgia is no surprise. If Frank Sinatra … Continue reading →

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The war between Google and Facebook

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Facebook’s Open Graph is something I only investigated in the past few days. It has the potential to undermine Google Search’s dominance or if they combine forces allow the web to de facto become Facebook. This is how it works … Continue reading →

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New Look

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Some of the blog readers never visit the guide, but to keep you in the loop… I’ve incorporated the concept of format categories This allows subdivision of huge station formats like “country” into smaller, more manageable (and hopefully more useful) … Continue reading →

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The Facebook Tsunami

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Fred Stiening

People who ignore Facebook do so at great harm. A month ago, I was asking the question, now I state it as a fact. I don’t like Facebook, I don’t like what it represents, but it is changing the world. … Continue reading →

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Temporary Redirects

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Some websites choose to add on a name to their “home page” in order to not confuse search engines, or sometimes they temporarily direct visitors to a special splash page like “It’s share-a-thon time again”, or “win tickets to this … Continue reading →

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Czar wish list

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Greetings potential czars! Ultimately, if you take on the challenge to be in charge of a genre or state, you are in charge of how you want to balance the time you have between quantity and quality. If you are … Continue reading →

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