Comments for Radio Survivor

Comment on This Land is Glenn Beck’s Land? by Joy

Joy — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:14:56 +0000

I agree with this author – absolutely. The song has to be put in the context of the Depression. And during that time Communism had a very different connontation then it does today.

It’s too bad that Mr. Beck cannot recognize greed and hypocracy. This song is still current because we all need to do more – Christians and churches. Does he think it’s better to allow millions of people to starve? At least he gave Woody some attention. We should all be talking about his ideals of equality and fair treatment for everyone, (Woody’s, I mean.)

Comment on This Land is Glenn Beck’s Land? by multicultural R US

multicultural R US — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:05:05 +0000

Beck hates Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” too, because for some inexplicable reason he loves DDT. Perhaps he thinks that bald eagles are un-american.
and no doubt he thinks that Joni is un-canadian.

Comment on This Land is Glenn Beck’s Land? by Admiral Naismith

Admiral Naismith — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:51:37 +0000

Of course, Beck actively WANTS the churches to do nothing in the face of hungry people (see the way he famously urged his viewers to leave any church that claims to promote “social justice” or “economic justice”), and his vision of America encompasses actively blaming the poor for their poverty and promoting policies that punish the poor and reward the rich, presumably to teach the poor what a mistake they are making by choosing to be poor.

So it’s hard to see why he would be bothered by a song that envisioned the church as not caring about the poor.

Comment on NPR makes big promises for the iPad by jfwhite

jfwhite — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:57:33 +0000

Funny, I use my ipod touch for internet radio constantly, but hadn’t considered the ipad form factor. But it’s potentially a *super* wifi radio/tv – on a stand in portrait mode, touch controls would be visible and easily accessible. Bluetooth, wireless-n, portable etc. Hope someone makes a remote (hey maybe I can use some app on my itouch!) Way to go NPR!

Comment on NPR makes big promises for the iPad by Internet Radio

Internet Radio — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:39:38 +0000

This will definitely be definitely a great business for NPR.

Comment on Songs about radio: Part Trois by Mary Payne

Mary Payne — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:16:45 +0000

Rex Bob Lowenstein – Mark Germino

The Last DJ – Tom Petty

Comment on BBC Pruning Back Digital Radio Service by paul vincent zecchino

paul vincent zecchino — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:14:54 +0000

Whether by design or unintended consequences, Digital Radio is a continuous, relentless, ongoing chronic nuisance which jams citizens’ airwaves with buzzsaw noise, which results in loss of adjacent stations in exchange for irregular inferior ‘HD’ channels.

Digital’s promoters claim it’s the greatest thing to waltz down the pike since fitted sheets. But listeners – whom promoters callously dismiss – aren’t for one second fooled by leftover 90s-grift-speak.

The sooner digital is gone from radio, the better.

Advances in receiver technology have long rendered spectrum-pig digital to be completely unnecessary.

When they thought they had their ends tied up, before listeners caught on, digital promoters not merely admitted but outright boasted that digital jamming would ‘thin the herd of unnecessary broadcasters’.

Unnecessary? You mean like them? Who are they to decide? They claim to support the free market yet they speak of ‘thinning the herd’ by subversive means?

Digital is all about its promoters, who hope to reap a monopolistic fortune at our expense, rather than about the citizens they’re sworn to serve.

How very ‘progressive’ of them.

Paul Vincent Zecchino
Manasota Key, Florida
15 March, 2010

Comment on Rough notes: What does the FCC’s National Broadband Plan mean for radio? by Radar

Radar — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:55:24 +0000

Amazing that the guy from the FCC on You Tube video can only figure out how to get audio out of the left speaker. Just amazing.

Comment on BBC Pruning Back Digital Radio Service by John Anderson

John Anderson — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:55:03 +0000

It's more than just the BBC.

Comment on BBC Pruning Back Digital Radio Service by Greg

Greg — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:28:10 +0000

In my blog, I have a section devoted to worldwide DAB – it is apparent that digital radio (DAB and IBOC) is failing everywhere, either stalled or completely shutdown. It is a wonder that in the US the major broadcasters keep chasing HD Radio. The only reason I can figure out is either through embarrassment and/or the continued jamming of the smaller, adjacent-channel stations.