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- TheChairman said Likewise for the actual links to stories; many of the sites have a paywall or subscriber login before they'll show you the article. Drudge is being 'gamed' as much as he gamed his ...
- Fred Stiening said Now that I am aware of this, I notice the quality of the ads on Drudge has fallen off a cliff. I just got an advertisement for grooming products for male pubic hair. Sheesh.
- CC1s121LrBGT said Agreed. I go back to the days when everyone had not only a right to their own thoughts but a right to express them (short of making threats or fraud). As I kid, we freely talked about things we love...
- TheJerseyDevil said True CC, but in Canada and most of the U.S. media, "hate speech" can only come from one direction.
- Fred Stiening said In response to a question about whether Vladimir Putin believes he’s being helped by the useful idiots in the Democratic Party, Sheila Jackson Lee popped up to declare that it was improper to call her...
- Fred Stiening said Matt Drudge's father ran refdesk.com, which I remember from the pre-google days. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/drudge-report-ad-revenue For a day or so, I advertised FindAnIS...
- Fred Stiening said Speaking is an overweight person, I noticed Cindy McCain has put on a lot of weight. This is usually a marker for somebody who is unhappy. Former radio host Laura ingraham apparently "fat-shamed&...
- Fred Stiening said https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/09/google_and_their_pals_are_worse_than_anyone_thought.html The magical reality was that even Donald J Trump thought he was going to lose, so nobody took...
- Fred Stiening said Cokie Roberts has died from complications of breast cancer https://abcnews.go.com/US/legendary-journalist-political-commentator-cokie-roberts-dies-75/story?id=65633507 People used to make fun of Bill...
- CC1s121LrBGT said I want to put in a plug for Kodi, especially for Parrott. Like Firefox, Kodi is a free open community app available for Windows, Linux, smartphones. Kodi takes things that are harder to do in Firefox...
- CC1s121LrBGT said Interesting reads. Talk radio was the social media of the 90s and the Dems tried to use it to influence public opinion. They were more effective taking over the education system where virtually all te...
- Fred Stiening said YouTube/Google has decided to pull the plug on Right Side Broadcasting Network. Denations to RSBN are not tax deductible as 501(c)(3) entities cannot engage in political activities. RSBN live stream...
- briand75 said Dems hate Trump so much – they overlook the fact that it was the American people who elected Trump. Which points out one interesting aspect – both parties have ignored the American people...
- Fred Stiening said Mr. Rosenwald of course is full of crap. He asserts that it is talk radio that got Donald Trump elected. Just off the top of my head, Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, and Hugh Hewitt were firmly anti Trump and...
- Fred Stiening said Dualng astroturfing Daily caller on Hillary's campaign to destroy talk radio with seminar callers https://www.dailywire.com/news/51641/report-democrats-supported-clinton-white-house-hank-berrien P...
- CC1s121LrBGT said New Jersey does something similar – school budgets and boards are not elected in November when everyone votes, but sometime in the spring when only people with children will vote and vote for pe...
- Fred Stiening said The city of Charlotte was holding is primary as well, which I did not know until I saw the election results. The primary election for everything else is in October. The good news for people who still...
- CC1s121LrBGT said Either way, its "hate speech" and I thought "hate speech" was a "hate crime" (previously called a "thought crime").
- TheJerseyDevil said She was actually the leader of the now-defunct Progressive Conservative Party. Kim Campbell took over for Reagan's buddy Brian Mulroney and served six months in office before leading the former p...
- CC1s121LrBGT said "Correct orientation"? What is the difference between "orientation" and "gender" in 2019? Isn't that a one to many relationships? 😉 Remember people used to ask...
- CC1s121LrBGT said Hell no. This is Keto Nation… in fact, that would be a great name for traffic.
- Fred Stiening said Dan Bishop won. Two Mecklenburg County precincts held out until 11:00 pm but stealing 4,000 votes was beyond reach so McCreavy conceded So get your gender identity cards in order…
- Fred Stiening said The City Fathers and Mothers of former tobacco capital Winston-Salem North Carolina want to dump the name of the annual Dixie classic Fair. Wow, live music being performed on WTOB-AM
- Fred Stiening said I realize that there are things going on outside the radio cave, and I may be the last one to find out. I had to go to FedEx today to drop off a letter for my lawyer, and they have a big sign announci...
- Fred Stiening said Correct orientation Speaking of which, the author of the famous HB2 transgender bathroom bill is running in a special election tomorrow. Countess gets to vote, but I am now in the Alma Adams 12th dis...
- Fred Stiening said If I change the name of the blog to America loves Chick-fil-A macaroni and cheese, do you think it would increase traffic?
- CC1s121LrBGT said I always think of Elwood when I think of the Blues. Jake and Elwood, in fact. 😉
- Fred Stiening said If you peruse Elwood, IL on Google Earth, there are a significant number of huge facilities there. Walmart's is 3 million square feet. Other players are IKEA, Georgia Pacific, Samsung, ExxonMobi...
- CC1s121LrBGT said Need a federal program to build train tracks to the back of every Walmart.
- Fred Stiening said Some of my time recently is been learning about intermodal transportation. I have to admit I overestimated is possibilities for pulling trucks off the road. CSX built a huge facility in North Baltimor...
- Fred Stiening said Thinkprogress is shutting down
- Fred Stiening said What what is the question?
- CC1s121LrBGT said Did did everyone go? Is Setma cooking dinner for Setpa?
- CC1s121LrBGT said "Their version of Unix, the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), was picked up by developers at NeXT, the company Steve Jobs founded after leaving Apple in 1985. When Apple purchased NeXT in 199...
- CC1s121LrBGT said This was on WCSP 90.1 Washington, DC today (C-SPAN Radio) and is very interesting. It is four very smart articulate college students debating Libertarianism and Conservatism (the two main factions of...
- Fred Stiening said Howard Sprague had a deviated septum
- CC1s121LrBGT said South East Transporation Authority of Pennsylvania… flush that down to your septum tank. 😉 BTW- Ever wonder why the market tends to tank in septum?
- CC1s121LrBGT said That was the ex-Prime Minister of Canada… from the Liberal Pary, I believe.
- Fred Stiening said Looks like Dorian may completely miss Florida. The deranged cable TV commentor who wanted the hurricane to destroy President Trump's private club in Palm Beach apparently doesn't realize most...
- TheChairman said It's worse. Many people have been desensitized by all the blatant sensationalism and have become apathetic. This is why elderly people were left sitting in wheel chairs at a nursing home (with s...
- CC1s121LrBGT said I still like Matt Drudge, but there are many copy cats with different editorial tastes. Consider these, for example: https://www.drudge.com/ and https://thelibertydaily.com/ and https://liberty.news...
- Fred Stiening said Matt Drudge is becoming what I dislike about many newspapers. Right now, his front page has an image of an angry hurricane Dorian with a well formed eye just hours from devestating Florida. The probl...
- CC1s121LrBGT said Doesn't sound like a referral program from SuperCuts to get new customers. On a serious note, where is the anonymous tip line where people can call in to report illegal aliens and collect a perc...
- Fred Stiening said If Republicans cared about defeating Democrats, they would look for wedge issues like this: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34865263/reward_offered_for_apache_scalps/ Mexico offering a reward for kill...
- Fred Stiening said What kind of campaign has the candidate refusing to talk to his campaign manager? https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/27/joe-walsh-trump-election/
- Fred Stiening said Burning man live streaming https://burningman.org/event/live-webcast/
- Fred Stiening said For reasons I don't understand, WordPress is stripping out links like the one in this post. My guess is it has something to do with the European anti-linking law. https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/2...
- Fred Stiening said No need to intervene. Traffic from Google has slowed to a trickle.
- CC1s121LrBGT said I say I get scared whenever I visit SRG – it is a dangerous site. Once I started a stream and the programming I heard was different because the SRG had incorrect programming data. It can cause c...
- Fred Stiening said Nonprofit, non-commercial air1 is currently running a contest giving away a Disney vacation. They are also selling tickets to some concert. This is been a point of dispute at the SCC as to whether a n...
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Category Archives: Player Metrics
2% of streaming is done using Internet Exploder
December’s results are in. The trend to stream using mobile devices rolls on. Triton Digital Report Triton Digital is the biggest platform for radio streaming and has “instrumentation” for other streaming services. It isn’t measuring everything, but most of the … Continue reading
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Desktop streaming is dead
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.
73%
Streaming is changing extremely fast http://www.tritondigital.com/press-releases/triton-digital-releases-march-2015-top-20-ranker In March, 73% of audio streaming is happening on mobile devices, and Pandora, Spotify and Slacker are crushing Terrestrial radio. SiriusXM doesn’t use the Internet (although streaming is available) so their 25 million paying … Continue reading
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The future of Mobile Streaming
Up until recently, if you wanted to listen to a radio station on your cell phone or iPad, you need an app like ooTunes, iHeartRadio or tuneIn. With the introduction of Internet connected entertainment systems in new cars, over the … Continue reading
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Triton Digital snares Salem Radio streaming
Triton Media is the folks owned by Oaktree Capital – the Private Equity folks with their hands in a lot radio. Triton Digital is the part that runs StreamTheWorld and Ando Media – providing a complete end-to-end solution for … Continue reading
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Introducing “Hide All Players of this Type”
Bow before the new mighty icon So you don’t ever want to see a Clear Channel Player? uStream? Flash? Wherever you see that icon, you can make every station using that player vanish with one click (if you have an account … Continue reading
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SecureNet w/no video ad – ~200 kb
List of examples: http://streamingradioguide.com/adm/player-type.php?playerid=9&action=listall What it does: Loads up about 40k of Javascript and 40k of graphics (a Flash app would download all of that in one file) If you don’t have a cookie for the station, it pesters you … Continue reading
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StreamTheWorld LivePlayer – 1.6 MB
http://streamingradioguide.com/adm/player-type.php?playerid=24&action=listall Liveplayer is the Targetspot version of the basic STW player. What it does: Downloads a 219k “General Ad Server” Flash App Says “Hi” to Google Analytics Gets configuration info via XML loads the player Flash App (144k) downloads a … Continue reading
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Player Bloat – Cox Radio – 6 MB
http://streaming.y100fm.com/_players/coxradio/index.php?callsign=KCYYFM&referringsite=johngalt.streamingradioguide.com Cox Radio is doing their own thing. They used to use StreamAudio, now they are using StreamTheWorld for the actual stream – but not using the lean mean STW player, but instead the TargetSpot streaming ad insertion with extra … Continue reading
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The first anti-bloat victory!
I claim no credit for this, but I certainly am cheering. Clear Channel is going to stop running those damn prestreaming ads on a large part of the day. According to the story at Tom Taylor’s newsletter, CC’s new policy … Continue reading
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