Monthly Archives: July 2014

Does anyone on radio want to be on radio?

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Fred Stiening

John Batchelor is on the list of people with a video camera creating a videos for the Internet http://johnbatchelorshow.com/blog/2014/07/video-whats-putin-waiting Dressing for the camera, watching the camera, gesticulating for the camera, referring to things that are shown on the camera… Where … Continue reading →

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George Soros on Ukraine (March 2014)

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Fred Stiening

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/soros-says-ukraine-crisis-wake-up-call-for-europe-vR3mFOjYS3m3pQpCHjy7kA.html In about the last 10 seconds, he slips in the phrase “Open Society”, which should make you tingle if you listen to Glenn Beck http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/

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Web site reimaging

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Don’t expect to see “Babe of the day”, flash animations or Google Ads, but I’m going through trying to incorporate CSS a bit more and creating a more consistent look and feel, including a “Login” link on every page. The … Continue reading →

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“PPM rating compression”

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Fred Stiening

This is the latest evidence that denial is not just a river in Egypt. First a little background if you’re Not a regular reader or need a refresher. Up until a few years ago, the standard way of measuring the … Continue reading →

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The Trap

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Fred Stiening

I’m shocked that nobody in the news media has mentioned this yet – the trap is just sitting there waiting for the formal accusation against Russia. Based on what we know, everything points to the idea that Russia provide a … Continue reading →

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Social Media

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Fred Stiening

24 year old country music singer Taylor Swift has 47 million followers on Twitter. Rush Limbaugh has 421,000 and stopped using Twitter in May 2013 Who do you think will have more influence on young people when the time comes … Continue reading →

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Today’s big Radio rumor

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Fred Stiening

This rumor is getting enough momentum that people are talking about it in open discussions. You probably are aware by now that Australian born Rupert Murdoch (Fox News, WSJ, etc) is making a bid to take over Time Warner. Time … Continue reading →

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Wasted effort

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Fred Stiening

A few years ago, I got fed up with the large amount of useless information in the database – schedule items that needed constant testing and maintenance that no visitor to the web site had tried to use in over … Continue reading →

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Hugh Hewitt says Let the Children Come to me

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Fred Stiening

It isn’t just the Catholic church hoping to repopulate its pews with immigrant children. Hugh Hewitt went public with his very strong support for the churches of America (he specifically mentioned Rick Warren on his show) to aggressively provide refuge … Continue reading →

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Then you have the messy station swaps

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Continuing to work the News/Talk station list, there were problems with Qantum Radio in South Carolina. Poking around brought up a recent news story of a complex 3 way station swap. Qantum is giving its stations to Clear Channel (14? … Continue reading →

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