If you were to shake the ol’ Reverend’s family tree vigorously enough you’d be sure to have a few shady characters drop out of it, and at least a couple of outright con men. And some of their insights have been passed along through family lore. One of those is to be sure that you [...]
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It’s springtime in the Texas Hill Country. Bluebonnets are blooming and new-borne critters are rustling through the underbrush. Over in Austin, the South by Southwest festivities are drawing down and the students are coming back from Spring Break. But out in the little community of Dripping Springs, a battle is brewing, a battle over the [...]
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This post, “Radio’s digital dilemma: broadcasting in the 21st century,” on the University of Illinois website, pretty much says it all — Big Money (and NPR) muscled compliant FCC into a system designed to make a few people rich and thwart competition, ends up being trash: The interaction of policy and technological development in the [...]
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I’ve had the blues, The reds and the pinks One thing for sure Love stinks ! —J Geils Band It’s Valentine’s Day again, that wonderful super sweet holiday designed just for the lover in all of us .The one day of the year dedicated to that most special of all emotions, the one thing that [...]
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On Thursday, November 18, 1999, the world lost one of its most unique and wonderful characters. Whether you called him Sir Doug, The Texas Tornado, or maybe even Wayne Douglas, there was only one Douglas Wayne Sahm. A musical prodigy, he made his first radio appearance at age five and recorded his first record at [...]
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For decades DJ Larry Monroe worked the radio trenches. After starting in radio at age 13, he worked at stations in Indiana, Ann Arbor, Detroit & Austin to name a few. While always receiving high accolades, including a “Keeping the Blues Alive” award in 2002, he was the prime example of a journeyman DJ. He [...]
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One year ago today we started this site with the hope of shining a light on what we saw happening to public radio stations across the country. Whether it was the sudden canceling of popular shows, the fallacy of HD radio, or the creeping influence of national groups such as NPR, we wanted to point [...]
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The conservative mantra labels NPR as part of a vast “liberal media,” a view espoused vociferously by the right since the time of Reagan. But saying something loud and long enough does not automatically make it true. “The truth will out in a free marketplace of ideas,” journalism teaches the hapless communications student of today [...]
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An exchange of comments on the Support Larry Monroe and Paul Ray at KUT Facebook site is worth a read for those not following it. It was in regards to piece posted here by the Reverend Jim on LPFM and Larry Monroe’s new digs on KDRP in Dripping Springs, TX: Jennifer Catherine: Article posted below [...]
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Something Jim Vest (Reverend Jim) commented on yesterday bears repeating in a post. Commenting on HD radio in regards to Austin’s “public” radio station, KUT, Jim said the following: I just checked on KUT Austin’s newly revamped website and there’s nary a mention of its HD channels on their home page. To find any mention [...]
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