A story on the Austin American-Statesman website about KDRP in Dripping Springs, the low-power FM station that picked up longtime DJ stalwart (and national award-winner) Larry Monroe — unceremoniously dumped from shows on “public” station KUT — drew some kudos from his fan base. The story, “Nonprofit KDRP radio in Dripping Springs gains following,” by [...]
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The Radio-Inf0.com discussion board is alive with talk that public radio station KCSN in LA has joined the AAA family, competing against The Sound (100.3-FM), having dumped classical music. Not everybody on the site is thrilled: justpassingthrough: Yes! Another station to play Kings Of Leon “Use Somebody”….I haven’t heard that song on the radio in….minutes… [...]
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The Facebook site for the Pittsburgh Jazz Society, Action United for Jazz, featured the following open letter addressing the lack of transparency on the part of the new ownership “group” at WDUQ — which includes, of course, a new wing of Public Radio Capital (founded for the express purpose of acquisition): From the desk of [...]
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On July 2nd, 2009, the faithful fans of KUT-FM’s long-time DJ Larry Monroe tuned in to hear his world-renowned free-form music program The Phil Music Show (Phil Music being a fictitious DJ who never showed up, leaving Larry to “stand in”). But instead of Larry there was a new DJ and a new program, filled [...]
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The goal at KBCS in Seattle back when we started this blog a year ago read, “The stated intent of these changes is to create a more consistent sound so that listeners will stay tuned longer throughout the day.” So is it working out well for them? Not so much. The latest Arbitron ratings for [...]
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Jack Hannold sent along some links with some linkage to boot — signs that HD radio teeters on extinction, despite fervid attempts through the use of translators to monetize. Somehow. Based on Google Analytics, the folks at Harker Research, a radio consulting company, think that “HD” radio’s best days – such as they were! — [...]
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VSC mouthpieces say students have lost interest in WRVU, the school radio station, so they want to sell it. This post (courtesy of Sharon Vegas Selby), an opinion piece on InsideVandy.com by freshman Matt Scarano called “WRVU: Searching for a dialogue,” would seem to indicate otherwise. And Matt has a word or two to say [...]
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Toady up, ‘GBH workers, it’s a new day in your workers’ paradise. Negotiations between the union and management ended without a word exchanged, the suits imposing their will as they saw fit. This post on the Facebook site for the Supporters of Folk and Blues on WGBH came courtesy of Jeff Boudreau in Boston, written [...]
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Another interesting take on the kerfuffle surrounding the defunding of NPR and the CPB comes from an entirely different direction, and from two separate sources. The first, from industry consultant Jim Haigh, challenges the assertion that public media shouldn’t be given a grubstake — when taxpayers at the same time are unknowingly subsidizing much more [...]
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Jack Hannold sent along this, a further explication on the effect the defunding of public radio would have on HD radio, as reported on yesterday: Republican attacks on public radio could solve the “HD” radio problem—but at a cost While direct attacks on National Public Radio are getting most of the attention, the GOP has [...]
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