Radio Continues To Grow in 2014
The United States added 48 more full-power broadcast radio stations in the first quarter of 2014. That’s according to the FCC’s quarterly totals, released this week. Here’s that breakdown: AM Stations 4726 FM Commercial Stations 6624 FM Non-commercial Stations 4057 TOTAL 15,406 Low-power FM stations are down slightly in the quarter. Read this week’s LPFM […]
LPFM Watch: NAB Panel Addresses LPFM Interference Concerns and more LPFM News
The FCC released its first quarter radio station totals this week. And while the overall station count is up slightly in 2014, the number of LPFMs dipped two from the end of 2013. On the surface this might not make sense given the 1,148 low-power station construction permits the FCC has issued this year. But […]
![An attempt to resolve Walkman/Boombox tension via a 'boombox/walkman' [stereo2go.com]](https://www.radiosurvivor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/boomwalk-250x125.jpg "Notes on the Boombox/Walkman war of the early 1980s")
Notes on the Boombox/Walkman war of the early 1980s
I’ve been rummaging through old articles about the emergence of the Walkman in the 1980s, and one thing stands out: some people thought it was a social cure for the Boombox. Here’s an excerpt from an old column by George Will, responding to the charge that the Walkman isolated people from each other. ‘Some sociologists […]
India maxes out on radio as election approaches
If you are a politics junkie, India is the country for you. Right now 814.5 million Indian voters are qualified to cast ballots in the impending elections for India’s 543 member lower house and the country’s president. They can choose from 50 regional parties and two national parties. Ten million polling officials and security people […]
The Week’s Podcasting News: Listen to BBC’s Doc & Carolla’s Save My Podcast Event, more
If you haven’t yet caught part 1 of the BBC’s radio documentary that I mentioned last week you only have until Thursday to listen. Veteran podcasters Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann put together an engaging half-hour that covers podcasting’s birth and early growth as a medium, talking with prominent hosts from both sides of the […]
NAB Honcho Complains about FCC Neglect, Competition from Broadband
This week the National Association of Broadcasters convention takes over Las Vegas. To kick it off, the lobbying group’s top man, Gordon Smith, took to the stage Monday to set the tone. And the tone was this: Hey, FCC what about us broadcasters? Leading off Smith’s list of complaints is the FCC’s effort asking TV […]
More Music on Chromecast with the Addition of Rhapsody
Rhapsody is the often overlooked veteran of streaming music world. While frequently overshadowed by the likes of Spotify, the service reminds us that it’s still here after more than a decade, announcing on Friday that it now supports Chromecast via its Android app. iOS support will happen later this month, the company says. So, make […]
Classical communities at plug.dj: if you can’t make one, join one
Most Radio Survivor readers have doubtless forgotten my effort to create a hybrid classical music room at plug.dj. Alas, I tried to pull it out of thin air without any of the real life connections you need to make an Internet music chat room work. Happily, someone remembered and brought a new one to my […]
Radio Caroline’s 50th & More – The Top 10 Radio Survivor Stories in March
Every week in our Radio Survivor Bulletin email newsletter we count down the top 5 stories of the week, along with alerting readers to other important radio stories. Now, here are our top 10 stories in radio news for March, as ranked by unique hits: 50th Anniversary Celebration for Radio Caroline, the UK’s 1st Pirate […]
Internet radio news site finds most of its readers listen to podcasts
The Radio and Internet News (RAIN) newsletter has been running a poll among its readers: “Do you listen to podcasts?” And the envelope please . . . 78 percent said yes. 19 percent said no. Three percent said they did not know what a podcast is (???). One interesting RAIN reader response: “We need to […]