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And Now, a Long-Distance Dedication
The relevancy of the Billboard Top 40 singles chart seems to have faded over time in concert with the splintering of genres and audiences, and so the final broadcast of Casey Kasem on American Top 20 this past weekend seemed … finish reading And Now, a Long-Distance Dedication
Posted in fun and games, history, localism, music
Tagged American Top 20, American Top 40, AT40, Billboard, Casey Kasem, Negativland, radio, These guys are from England, Top 40, U2, WJLK
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Home-Brew Radio in a WWII POW Camp Shows Radio’s Survivability
This interview with Lieutenant Colonel R G Wells who constructed a radio receiver and transmitter in a Japanese POW camp during World War II has been making the blog rounds recently (via free103point via BoingBoing via MAKE). Though somewhat technical, … finish reading Home-Brew Radio in a WWII POW Camp Shows Radio’s Survivability
AM on FM
Back in the early days of FM, when AM radio ruled the roost and an FM radio was still a rare commodity, many station owners simply simulcast their AM station’s programming on their FM stations. In the 1960s the Federal … finish reading AM on FM
Posted in college radio, FCC, Information, LPFM, music
Tagged AM, FCC, fm, LPFM, NAB, radio, repeater, translator
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Ideas and Lamentations for Channel 6
Following up on last week’s post about LPTV stations on channel 6 effectively turning into radio broadcasters I’ve been researching the topic a bit more. Turns out that full-power TV stations had the option to stay on channel 6 in … finish reading Ideas and Lamentations for Channel 6
Hot Tip: Small Market Radio – Buy!
Sometimes you have to hand it to the financial press, there’s nothing like a little money to make them believe in old fashioned values, like localism, again. Any keen observer of the commercial radio landscape knows that right now the … finish reading Hot Tip: Small Market Radio – Buy!
Posted in consolidation, localism
Tagged Champaign, Clear Channel, commercial radio, consolidation, Danville, Gerson Lehrman Group, localism, radio, Saga Communications, Wall Street Journal, WCFF, WKIO, WXTT
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Is Twitter the New College Radio?
When I was a kid in the 1970s my parents would try to pry me away from the television, warning me that it was going to “rot my brain.” Yet, my dad also admitted to me that his parents made … finish reading Is Twitter the New College Radio?
Posted in college radio
Tagged 1980s, Bob Bogle, Challenger disaster, college radio, Cracker, David Lowery, Facebook, Kurt Cobain, radio, social networking, tv, twitter, Ventures, WHRC
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Analog TV Is Alive. It’s Radio.
A couple of weeks ago I was scanning the FM band as I made my short commute from my far-north Chicago neighborhood to WNUR in Evanston for a station meeting. At the bottom end of the dial I encountered a … finish reading Analog TV Is Alive. It’s Radio.
Radio, Apparently, Is Not Part of Chicago’s Media Future. But It Should Be.
This past Saturday I attended the Chicago Media Future Conference, which was an unofficial follow-up to the Chicago Journalism Town Hall held in February. Both events intended to address the current perceived crisis in journalism as evidenced with the closure … finish reading Radio, Apparently, Is Not Part of Chicago’s Media Future. But It Should Be.
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Tagged #cmfc, Chicago Journalism Town Hall, Chicago Media Future Conference, internet, journalism, news, newspapers, radio, twitter
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