Once the Province of Ontario softened up their liquor laws in 1946, Toronto came alive. This is when Toronto’s jazz scene really started to flourish. The city grew a large base where it
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Kurt Hanson, publisher of the RAIN newsletter, holds a series of summits dealing with the radio (terrestrial and Internet) and streaming industry. Every year, he has his annual state of the industry address.
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Back in the day there was something known as DXing. Radio nerds (like me) would sit with their radios–some of which were designed with super-sensitive tuners and antennae–trying to pull in distant radio
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This is the latest we can possibly have the change back to standard time. Damn, it’s dark in the morning. Now, some music news. Bono clucks like a chicken. Here’s what I mean
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I consider TuneIn Radio to be one of my most treasured music apps. Not only does it allow me to access thousands upon thousands of radio stations and music feeds around the world
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Ronald Reagan’s “We begin bombing in five minutes” radio flub happened on this day in 1984. And now, in music news… Apple’s Jimmy Iovine was interviewed by Wired. He has some interesting observations.
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I spend a fair amount of time listening to radio over the Internet, be it a local terrestrial broadcast (like The Edge) or one of my favourite talk stations in the world (KFI/Los
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Jeff points us to a post at New Slang Media that talks about how Internet radio is raiding traditional over-the-air broadcast radio for ideas. So Zane Lowe has announced he’s leaving BBC Radio
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I’ll admit it: I’m jealous of the BBC’s Zane Lowe who just landed a prime, prime gig with Apple. There isn’t a radio dude (or dudette, of course) that wouldn’t kill for a
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FYI Music News points us to this article from the people who are staging the second annual DASH Conference in Detroit, which is a gathering of broadcasters, electronics manufacturers and automakers: Did you
Read MoreThe era of being able to make a living selling music to fans is drawing to a close. And while there will always be people to make music and fans who will want
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