Category Archives: About the Guide

Coming soon – Google Earth Integration

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Fred Stiening

For years, there have been little tower icons that would launch Google Maps to show you the antenna for a radio station. This morning’s project is to create a wat to launch the 3D and street view of Google Earth … Continue reading →

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New Station Format – Classic Hip-Hop

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Fred Stiening

It started over the “holiday” season – perhaps a safe way to test a new format. As affluent educated white people abandon radio, Classic Hip Hop is not that illogical to fill the void. Baby Boomer Whites cling to their … Continue reading →

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Is there a radio engineer in the house?

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Fred Stiening

I would like guidance on whether I have the math right. This is a gross oversimplification ignoring antenna gain, non free space signal loss, directional antennas, etc – just distance, transmitter ERP and frequency to derive theoretical receiver dBm Do … Continue reading →

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Zombie Watch – WTOW-AM

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Located in bucolic Washington NC, WTOW is a class D (small) AM station (500 watts) that was (is?) a black gospel radio station.   This is the one and only driveway to the transmitter   The station used to have … Continue reading →

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Annual Charlotte NC Snow Day

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Fred Stiening

It’s Mid February and no snow yet – that might change tomorrow The server is in Texas, so it won’t be affected, but if ice pulls down power, I’ll have fewer options for Internet access. At least this isn’t Boston. … Continue reading →

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New Feature – Facebook likes for Shows

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Fred Stiening

For several years, there have been Facebook like counts collected for Radio Stations. Since things are evolving quickly that Shows matter, radio stations don’t – it was appropriate to start tracking shows. Very likely you will find this list surprising … Continue reading →

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Hard Times

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Fred Stiening

What I’ve mostly been doing since Thanksgiving is researching radio stations I’ve never been able to find. One of the tools that is helpful is Google Earth Street View. It’s my belief there are 1000 radio stations that have ceased … Continue reading →

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The return of Untrusted

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Fred Stiening

This: means this:

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Vewy Quiet

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Fred Stiening

The new “format name” for radio station licenses with no evidence of any business activity is now “Vewy Quiet”. It’s getting close to Wabbit season. The count of likely unreported silent stations is approaching 400. Some may just be Speedy … Continue reading →

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Changing your email address

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Fred Stiening

This is not about the blog, but the web site. Unless you’re a volunteer, creating an account doesn’t have a lot of purpose. It’s main use is to save favorite stations and programs and ignoring the same. It isn’t exactly … Continue reading →

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