Category Archives: About the Guide

August month to date

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Here is who has been doing Web Site Verification so far this month: +——–+—————-+ | vcount | username | +——–+—————-+ | 732 | editor | | 402 | CharlotteNC | | 8 | janderson021 | | 7 | WesternMA | … Continue reading →

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Market classification

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Fred Stiening

This is probably only of interest to 2 or three people, and I’m one of the them because I have to be 🙂 There are important legal distinctions at the FCC regarding which radio stations belong to which “Market”. As … Continue reading →

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Football season approaches

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Fred Stiening

High School and college football seasons are about to gear up, and the NFL is right around the corner. For those people who think Soccer is the American sport, there is a pretty definite pattern to when football games are … Continue reading →

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How to “Safely” verify station web sites

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Hello volunteers, I’ve been busy plugging the holes where people think we still test streams or update program schedules for WJAS-AM 🙂 These testing tools were originally meant for my use and as such are not intuitive – I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Overnights – more triage

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Between midnight and 6 AM Eastern time, about 35 people visit the website during the six hour period. Keep in mind that’s 9 PM on the West Coast. During that time period, Nielsen ratings don’t count. There are only two … Continue reading →

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Restoration of streaming links for news/talk

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Greetings volunteers, Behind the scenes, I’ve been busy. I’ve now culled out almost 3,000 redundant schedule items (about 1/3 of all of them) and verified all news/talk stations as being (moderately) accurate. As a result, I’ve restored the direct listen … Continue reading →

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Shoring up the defenses

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Those of you considering helping worried about the risk have less to worry about – although in life nothing is 100% certain. As I suggested a couple days ago, the routine to evaluate the risk profile of any arbitrary URL … Continue reading →

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Understanding what “the cloud” is

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Fred Stiening

People who have been here several years know that I’ve bounced a web server around on long trips, and the server currently is hanging from a cable connection in my home. Back in the “FindAnISP.com” days, I was paying $400 … Continue reading →

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Verification List

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Fred Stiening

I threw together a list of the “nnn” most recent web sites that have been verified by volunteers. It looks like this: but by the time you read this, it probably will have more stuff on it – since I’m … Continue reading →

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Tightening up the volunteer concept

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Allowing people to modify the database directly requires trust and exposes me and visitors to potential risk. Registering with a throwaway email account in order to discard emails that I try to send you about volunteer actions is inconsistent with … Continue reading →

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