College Radio News Round-up: Moves, Upgrades, and Launches amid College Radio “Crisis”
In the past few weeks a number of college radio participants have written pieces for their local papers reflecting not only on the current challenges facing college radio, but also on the ongoing relevance of their stations. I’d agree that 2011 has been a rough year for college radio, with a number of stations disappearing […]
Holiday gifts for the Radio Survivor: Paul’s recommended gear
Following up on Jennifer’s well-rounded radio gift guide and Matthew’s essential recommendations for radio books, I’ve assembled a list of gear I recommend to enhance the radio listening experience, from broadcast to internet. I have tried everything on this list, and many of these items are in my personal stash of audio equipment. Amazon.com Widgets […]
Talk radio lovers Facebook and Tweet pain over KGO host bloodbath
I was expecting a Facebook page to pop up following the dismissal of a small battalion of popular hosts over at San Francisco’s KGO Newstalk 810. But two Facebook pages? Now that’s impressive. The first (or at least the first to come to our attention) is Former Listeners of KGO Radio Newstalk 810. Its info […]
Family Radio to Sell WKDN to Merlin Media for $22.5 Million
Christian radio conglomerate Family Radio is in the process of selling off radio stations in 2 major markets. On the heels of its November sale of WFSI 107.9 FM in Annapolis, Maryland to CBS for $8.5 million (Family Radio programming left the station’s airwaves last Thursday, December 1), paperwork was accepted for filing by the […]
Party Bus! More tt.fm music festivals on the way
Guess I’m going to be in charge of announcing Turntable.fm music festivals from now on. Don’t forget that tomorrow night (Wednesday), the mashupfm folks are launching the world’s first online “Mashtival“. Now here’s more news. On Thursday December 8, Party Bus and Fratmusic Radio are having a big shindig from 8:00pm until 1:00 am at The […]
KGO Cuts Talk Shows, Angers Many San Francisco Listeners
A big programming shake-up took place at San Francisco radio station KGO this week. The commercial AM radio station launched an all news format yesterday, much to the chagrin of fans of its talk shows. Word initially came out last Thursday that new station owner Cumulus would be eliminating KGO’s talk shows. According to a […]
The bumpy road traveled by digital audio
In last week’s post about iHeartRadio I focused much of my criticism on the sound quality of the service, or lack thereof. Since the debut of the compact disc in the 1980s digital has become nearly synonymous with good sound in the world of audio, but this is not always necessarily the case. When listeners […]
Naming contest: what to call a Clear Channel, Cumulus, Citadel merger
I am pondering the merger names as I compose this post: Clear Citadus? Cumulo Citichannel? Citaclear Channelculus? My meditation is inspired by Clear Channel’s announcement on Monday that Cumulus’ 570 radio stations will be featured on the former company’s iHeartRadio application “wherever it is offered.” In exchange: Clear Channel Radio will also advertise daily deals from Cumulus […]
Turntable.fm mashup fans launch first online “Mashtival”
My favorite mashup mavens over at Turntable.fm say that they are hosting “what could be TT’s, and possibly the internet’s, first online Music ‘festival’.” A “Mashtival”—they’re calling it. December 7, 8 pm EST is the time. It will take place in various affiliated Mashup rooms: Mashupfm1, Mashupfm2, and the Mashupfm VIP room. “DONT MISS THIS […]
Clear Channel ups the ante with 3 more months of commercial-free iHeartRadio custom stations
Clear Channel may have been too focused on scarfing up stations in the early 2000s to construct anything resembling an internet strategy, but the company has been making up for lost time with its iHeartRadio service. When it went live in 2008 it was primarily a site and mobile app to provide access to the […]