Random music news for Friday, October 17, 2025
A sad day. Founding member of KISS Ace Frehley has died. You can read more here. Moving to music for October 17, 2025. BONUS: Are aliens bored with us? Maybe that explain their
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Random music news for Monday, October 6, 2025
When I was in Singapore, I saw a mobile phone company offering a 750 GB/month data plan for about $20. Canadians getting hosed when it comes to data. On that happy note, here’s
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There’s a new payola crisis emerging with American radio and it’s all Donald Trump’s fault.
Payola, the practice of paying money for radio airplay has been around since at least the 1950s. After things blew up after a notorious DJ conference in Miami in 1959, payola was exposed
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Ongoing History Daily: How to name a radio station
The official designation for a radio station is a three- or four-letter combination of letters. This is known as a station’s “call letters.” There are rules for this sort of thing that date
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There’s now a radio station called “Trump Country.” It’s in Florida, of course.
MAGA is not a cult. Nope nope nope. This is completely normal and natural and not sycophantic at all. If you find yourself in the vicinity of Fort Myers, Florida, you may have
Read MoreRandom music news for Saturday, September 6, 2025
Great. Fake AI slop history is crowding out REAL history online. No slop here, though. His is music news for September 6, 2025. BONUS: OK Go is at it again. Check out this
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The CRTC has released its latest state of broadcasting in Canada report
The CRTC loves gathering statistics on how broadcasting in Canada–as they should, since it is the governing and regulatory body. This new report on the state of Canadian broadcasting, which covers the 2023-24
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This could be the weirdest radio station ever. It broadcasts just one thing, and that thing is…
Earlier this year, the east of England suddenly got a new radio station. Its appearance was announced, and there’s no website for it. All it does is broadcast the sound of a moaning
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The world’s most famous radio station receptionist has died
Anyone who works in radio knows that the most powerful person in the building is the receptionist. She (and it’s almost always a woman) is the first person anyone sees upon entering the
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What is the future of radio in cars? It’s now being written.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Listening to the radio in the car is almost as old as the automobile itself. The very first time anyone demonstrated the operation of
Read MoreRandom music news for Thursday, May 29, 2025
What’s Labubus? Oh, GAWD! NO! Best stick to music news for May, 29, 2025 More music news? Go here. BONUS: The beatboxing nun of Brazil.
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