The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 777: Radio Stories
The first thing I’d like to do with this week’s show is to thank you for listening to the radio. This is my job and it’s people like you who allow me to
Read MoreThe first thing I’d like to do with this week’s show is to thank you for listening to the radio. This is my job and it’s people like you who allow me to
Read MoreAn actual dog hosted a radio show for Kerrang Radio four years ago. Please don’t tell any radio executives. A lot of people in the industry already work for the equivalent of kibble.
Read MoreBack in the day, overnights were the training ground of many an announcer. After a tour of duty of small-town radio, I broke into my first major market when I started doing the
Read MoreSomeone was able to hack into the broadcast signal of WCHQ-FM in Louisville, Kentucky, and play “Fuck Donald Trump” by YG & Nipsey Hussle over and over again for 15 minutes on WCHQ, a
Read MoreAround the end of the 90s, a van stuffed with broadcast equipment started touring the country, offering people a chance to experience what we were told would be the successor to FM radio.
Read More‘Tis the season for format changes and the stunts that go along with them. Kudos to a Tampa, Florida, station which is getting fresh attention for flipping to 98.7 Donald-FM, a station that
Read MoreEarlier this year, I came across Radio Dead, an online radio station with a playlist that only consists of music from musicians who have passed on (Slogan: “They may be gone, but their
Read MoreThis post from Gillianradio on “12 Thing To Stop Saying to People Who Work in Radio” imade the rounds of the industry earlier this year. I’d like to add the following: 1. “Must be
Read MoreBack in 1906, radio was still a very new medium. Transmitters were wonky and unreliable; broadcasts were all in Morse code; and receiving radio signals was difficult. A few days before Christmas Eve
Read MoreIf you were ever a fan of Frasier with Kelsey Grammar, you’ll know that his live-in father was a retired cop. Using this factoid as a springboard, a group of Chicago comedians created
Read MoreJust about every single manufacturer offers a satellite radio option these days. Once hooked, some people never go back to terrestrial radio. And SiriusXM isn’t slowing down when it comes to be the
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