Yes, there is another podcast reviewer out there
When I started my podcast review project last week I stated that one of my reasons for the undertaking is that podcast reviews are relatively rare. The Onion’s A/V club does a weekly podcast review roundup that tends to be dominated by comedy podcasts. I’ve found plenty of other podcast review sites on the ‘net […]
Podcast Survivor: Seth Godin’s Startup School #3
Podcast Review: Seth Godin’s Startup School #3 – Creating Scarcity Rating: 4 / 5 I don’t know how many episodes will be in Seth Godin’s Startup School series, but here we find him at episode #3, which is just as good as the first two. For more background on the series see my review of […]
Tavis Smiley responds to Chicago Public Media CEO Torey Malatia
In a firey open letter released Monday, public television and radio host Tavis Smiley issued a series of firm rebukes to Chicago Public Radio CEO Torey Malatia, whose flagship station, WBEZ, cancelled Smiley and West at the end of September. In that letter Smiley says that he was willing to “simply move beyond” the cancellation […]
College Radio News Round-Up: Radio K turns 100, KALX turns 50, WBNY turns 30
It’s always great to see college radio stations celebrating their lengthy histories and in recent weeks we’ve seen events commemorating college stations turning 30, 50, and 100! Additionally, I’m happy to share some other good news on the college radio front, culled from a number of recent articles. College Radio is Alive and Innovating In […]
Where are you Kill Radio? Almost 80 radio themed bands may still be owed royalties
Back in August, SoundExchange, the non-profit that distributes performance royalties to artists who have received digital airplay, issued a remarkable announcement. Over 50,000 artists and bands had yet to claim their royalty checks, the outfit noted. To clear the books, SoundExchange created a searchable database of groups that it thinks still haven’t registered to get […]
Chicago’s WBEZ is the 4th station to drop Smiley and West
Chicago’s public radio station WBEZ quietly dropped the syndicated Smiley and West program from its Sunday line-up at the end of September. This stands in contrast to the station’s decision to drop Car Talk reruns from its Saturday line-up, which management communicated in an email to donor members explaining the decision and soliciting feedback (full […]
Two weekends of radio, podcast and sound arts conferences
I’m a little bummed and surprised that I only found out these two radio and sound art conferences this afternoon. free103point9 is hosting the Transmission Arts Colloquium this weekend at its Wave Farm Study Center in New York State’s Hudson Valley. The Center is home to community radio station WGXC which dedicates much of its […]
Church of Pandora? Tim Westergren’s leap of faith
It’s getting just a little personal out in the blogosphere over Pandora founder Tim Westergren’s advocacy of the Internet Radio Fairness Act, which would lower performance royalties for pure play streamers by putting them on a par with satellite and cable audio services. “Tim Westergren is not running a music service, but a religion,” charges […]
Live DJs return at revamped KUSF.org
Just in time for College Radio Day, KUSF.org has resumed operations as an online-only radio station at University of San Francisco (USF). Although KUSF.org has been providing a stream of music ever since KUSF’s terrestrial signal 90.3 FM was first turned over to Classical Public Radio Network (CPRN) in January 2011, live DJs have not […]
Podcast Survivor: Seth Godin’s Startup School #1
Podcast Review: Seth Godin’s Startup School #1 – Freelancer or Entrepreneur? Rating: 3.5 / 5 I found this podcast by reviewing the iTunes Store’s “new and noteworthy” section in the Podcast app on my iPhone. I just downloaded and started using the app this week, and was hoping to find something fresh to get me […]