Category Archives: About the Guide

New Radio Format – Gay Pride

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Fred Stiening

The new format is listed under the category “Oppressed Voices”, although there is little evidence LGBT people face discrimination in the culture of the United States. LGBT folks have substantially higher incomes than the US average, as they are mostly … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Guide, American Politics, IHeart Media, Music Radio | 7 Comments

Make Radio Your Hobby – Gold Version

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Fred Stiening

MakeRadioYourHobby The complete version in .pdf format, which will live forever! It has both the original images and the text should be searchable. If you always wondered how a tube based regenerative radio receiver works, this is the book for … Continue reading →

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Desktop streaming is dead

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Maybe the FCC has saved AM radio, but nothing will save desktop computers. The just released metrics from Nielsen’s Triton digital is that 73.8% of all streaming is now done from mobile devices, mostly iDevices and Android.

Posted in About the Guide, Mobile Streaming, Player Metrics, Radio Biz, Saving AM radio, Streaming Royalties, Zombie Watch | 2 Comments

Need an idea

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Mentioned maybe a month ago was that I put my “naked” email address in the footer of the web site, enabling “one click” to initiate email contact. Give it a try 🙂 When the mailto: link is clicked it pretypes … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Guide, Complaints | 2 Comments

Art Stone’s Obituary

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Fred Stiening

It is with some regret but more celebration that I must report to you the passing of Art Stone to another plane of existence. Art Stone and I have been friends for as long as I can remember. Art sprang … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Guide, Art's Big Adventure | 2 Comments

Welcome to Windows 10!

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Not you, me. After letting others take the arrows (is that racist? Of course it is) – I decided it’s safer now to migrate to windows 10. As a moderately interested web host, I really should make sure visitors using … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Guide | 6 Comments

The death of the MP3 patents

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Fred Stiening

If you ever wondered why MP3 streams are largely only used on non-profit stations, there is a reason. The most onorous patent was owned by a German company. They were not a “patent troll” – they actually did the research … Continue reading →

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“Make Radio Your Hobby”

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Fred Stiening

My father survived the Great Depression by working with his father, selling and repairing radios. By 1940, he had lost most of his vision to Retinitis Pigmentosa and spent a lot of time at the sheltered workshop for the blind, … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Guide, Radio Biz | 7 Comments

“Poll” improvements

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Back before the 2008 election, I used PollDaddy briefly to add polls to the web site. After a couple weeks, I added an answer to a poll question that was mildly caustic – something like “because Obama is stupid” – … Continue reading →

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Third party ad network security risk

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Fred Stiening

When I picked up my iPad after a few hours, I was greeted with an unclosable pop up announcing I may be a winner! Since the iPad had been sitting idle for maybe six hours, that is ominous. Searching around, … Continue reading →

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