Category Archives: About the Guide

My secret is out!

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Fred Stiening

I work for the Russians! Then again, who isn’t?

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FM translators

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Fred Stiening

FM translators used to be a very minor part of the radio business. Following several FCC decisions, they have become really huge, and the directory has to deal with them. There are five normal uses for an FM translator – … Continue reading →

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The new pecking order

Posted on November 12, 2016 by Fred Stiening

With the normal disclaimer that this web site only measures the people who visit here Streaming Stats There are a lot fewer people now in syndicated talk. Hugh Hewitt has taken over for Bill Bennett in the mornings on Salem … Continue reading →

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Dealing with dead web sites

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Radio station web sites come and go, that’s just a fact of life. In a perfect world, the old site redirects to the new web site, but even so, the format of the station probably changed. How do you fix … Continue reading →

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Pepe the Frog, Masonic version

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Fred Stiening

I’m a little surprised nobody mentioned it yet up in the header.

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Helper hints

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Now that we can attach comments to posts, the people helping can post examples on questions to talk about. Just add a new comment to this thread, which will become the sticky thread after Trump is elected. CharlotteNC (my powerless … Continue reading →

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“International” Streams

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Fred Stiening

A while back, I started adding a few selected streams for International broadcasters – some are “real” radio stations, some are Internet only. Most of them are using listenlive.co Xaxis Vietnam, for example http://www.wpp.com/wpp/companies/xaxis/office/xaxis-ho-chi-minh-city/ Unlike some other streaming methods, the … Continue reading →

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Database damage

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Fred Stiening

It’s one of those days… While investigating a database error, I reran the nightly FCC update and it deleted every single radio station. Ouch. Making things worse is there is no database backup, as I broke that a couple months … Continue reading →

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Should I start a mailing list?

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Fred Stiening

One of the things that baffles me is why people keep signing up for accounts when there is very little reason to have an account. A substantial number never login to their account, but I rarely get a complaint that … Continue reading →

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New station format – Non-Christian religious

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Streaming radio guide is a living document, so it must adapt with the times. Given the impending immigration of large numbers of Muslims and assorted others, the number of religious radio stations that are not Christian is likely to grow. … Continue reading →

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