Monthly Archives: October 2011

The End of Westwood One

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Fred Stiening

It’s a “done deal”.   All the Ts are dotted and the I’s crossed. http://images.westwood-backup.com/images/pdf/pressreleases/102111x_DialGlobalTransactionCloseAnnouncementFINAL.pdf Oaktree Capital is continuing to own more and more of what we used to call Radio.   Dial Global, which is a syndicator of satellite music feeds … Continue reading →

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New York City gets the Dickey Axe

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Tom Taylor reports that the Cumulus cost cutting machine hit New York this weekend.   Mancow had been hosting a weekend show.   He’s history for that local show. Scott Shannon is an obvious problem for Cumulus.   He was the VP of … Continue reading →

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Wheezy Waiter: What’s a radio?

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Fred Stiening

In the likely case you don’t know who this is, he lives in Chicago, used to be a waiter, has asthma and plays in a band.

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CFR on Libya: Don’t worry about that election thingy – it’s not like this was about Democracy

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Here is the globalist “analysis” from the Council on Foreign Relations – which was probably written a year ago: “Elections held too soon after a civil war often end in violence, write Dawn Brancati and Jack L. Snyder in Foreign … Continue reading →

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Qadafi reported captured

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Fred Stiening

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/24617/World/Region/Interim-PM-warns-of-political-chaos-in-new-Libya.aspx Now let the real civil war begin…

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Buy a house, get a green card!

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Well, my idea is taking root. Congress is looking at the idea of allowing people who spend at least $500,000 on real estate to get a green card. Let’s see – China owns about $1 trillion in US debt. $1 … Continue reading →

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2 new streetcars arrive in Kenosha, WI

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Paul Weyrich was an enigma. He co-founded the Heritage Foundation and its message of limited government and getting rid of wasteful spending. Before his death, he shepherded getting federal money to build this pointless streetcar “system” in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Kenosha … Continue reading →

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We get letters – lots and lots of letters

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Fred Stiening

From today’s crackpot of the day, Vicki via yahoo.com: Shame on you for stating Iran has nuclear weapons! Do you have proof? They use uranium for power and have to refine it for that. Your using misinformation to scare the … Continue reading →

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Buying up “infrastructure”

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Fred Stiening

There is a news story today that China might step in to temporarily postpone the debt problem in Europe by giving them a few billion euros in exchange for being able to start buying up the “infrastructure” of Europe. In … Continue reading →

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457 radio stations carry Monday Night Football

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Fred Stiening

America Loves Sports! ™ I adapted some of my old FindAnISP techniques to “scarf” up lists – Premiere and WestWood One have this technique of only showing you one state of affiliates at a time, which means it takes a … Continue reading →

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