Hole in the bucket? SEC charges radio host with offering “misleading” financial advice
San Diego based radio investment guy Ray Lucia faces Security and Exchange Commission charges that his seminars left attendees with a “false sense of comfort” about his “Buckets of Money” retirement strategy. The SEC complaint Order questions whether Lucia’s schemes are properly “backtested,” which the agency defines as “the process of evaluating a strategy, theory, […]
Bad citizen Pinkett: should Notre Dame radio have suspended him?
I have to admit that the following observation, offered by Notre Dame radio analyst Allen Pinkett, got my attention. “I’ve always felt like, to have a successful team, you gotta have a few bad citizens on the team,” the former star running back told The McNeil and Spiegel Show last week: “I mean, that’s how Ohio […]
One year in, how I learned to like Spotify – a follow-up review.
I can barely believe that it’s been over a year since I wrote my first review of Spotify, which itself came a month after the service debuted in the US. At the time I was most critical of the relative rarity of free Spotify accounts, in addition to a monthly limit of 10 listening hours […]
Android versus Apple iOS: which makes better radio?
As the great patent war between Samsung and Apple continues, I’ve started wondering which mobile operating system is better for radio listening: Apple’s iOS, which runs the iPhone and iPad, or the various Android flavors featured on Samsung devices and many other mobile phones. My tentative answer is that it is a bit of a […]
Liberty Media moves towards majority stake in SiriusXM – what does it mean for subscribers?
Things are staying eventful for SiriusXM. Liberty Media this week continued its ongoing campaign to take control of the satellite radio provider by buying up 40 million additional shares of the company, bringing its total ownership to 48.8%, up from its 40% stake back in March. Liberty’s intent here is clear. In a a recent […]
Israeli women’s group sues guys-only orthodox radio station
One thing that stands out when you look at the website for Kol Barama, Jerusalem’s haredi community radio station: lots of pictures of guys—guys praying and talking, guys playing guitars, and guys listening with headphones. Even the news photos only seem to show men. This week, Kolech, an Israeli religious organization for women, decided that they’d […]
High School Radio Station WLMH Hopes to Regain License and Resume Broadcasting
On August 1, Little Miami Local Schools in Morrow, Ohio received word from the FCC that its renewal application for its nearly 42-year-old high school radio station WLMH 89.1 FM was being dismissed. In a letter from the FCC’s Media Bureau dated August 1, Little Miami Local Schools was informed that the since the station […]
Southern Oregon U., Jefferson Public Radio make peace
Southern Oregon University and the Jefferson Public Radio Foundation appear to have come to terms after a bitter feud. Southern Oregon’s Mail Tribune reports that the deal they’ve hammered out gives SOU “sole control” of 22 radio stations in the region. The University says that the agreement was reached in mediation sessions over the course […]
College Radio 50 State Tour – Virginia’s WTJU
One of these days I will conclude my Spinning Indie 50 State Tour, in which I profile college radio stations in every state in the country. The 17 college radio stations that I’ve featured thus far include stations in Arkansas, Wisconsin, Kansas, Louisiana, Alaska, North Dakota, Nevada, West Virginia, Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, California, Nebraska, Idaho, […]
NPR’s ass whooping debate
An NPR review of The Expendables 2 that described the sequel as “190 years of ass whoop on the silver screen” has got some listeners pretty riled up. “I am a long time listener and I have noticed a trend lately where NPR has allowed inappropriate language over the air,” one wrote. “I am not a Puritan, […]