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Random music news for Monday, May 29, 2023

May 29, 2023May 28, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Apple, CarPlay, Censorship, Ford, Motorhead, Music Streaming, Nazis, Radio, Shoegaze, Sound of Music, Tina Turner, Van Accident, Weird Al

It’s a stat in both the US and the UK today, but if you look hard enough, there’s still music

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: When it comes to music vs. tech, tech almost always wins (part 3)

May 25, 2023May 24, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alan Cross, James Petrillo, Music, Ongoing History, Radio, Strike, Tech

In 1942, music in America stopped. It had nothing to do with World War II, either. It was a strike.

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Ongoing History Daily: When it comes to music vs. tech, tech almost always wins (part 2)

May 24, 2023May 24, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music, Radio, Tech

Musical purists have always been wary of how new technologies might affect what they do. In the 1920s, musicians and

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Music Industry Radio 

My friend Dave asked ChatGPT if AI will replace human radio announcers. Here’s what it said.

May 12, 2023May 13, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment AI, Announcers, ChatGPT, Dave Charles, DJs, Futuri, Presenters, Radio, RadioGPT

Dave Charles, a longtime radio consultant, is a good mate, someone who has been in the business for a very

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, May 6, 2023

May 6, 2023May 6, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Aerosmith, David Draiman, Dee Snider, Ed Sheeran, iPhone, John Fogerty, K-Pop, Radio, Streaming, Taylor Swift, TikTok, Tom Petty

According to right-wing Christians, it was Satan who fired Tucker Carlson. Good to know. Also good to know is what’s

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Music News 

Random music news for Friday, May 5, 2023

May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Nick Cave, Radio

We’re receiving a lot of fast repeating radio bursts from out there. We’re listening closely. Until such time our new

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, April 29, 2023

April 29, 2023April 29, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, aliens, AM Radio, Carl Palmer, Classic Albums LIve, Drake, Fast Radio Bursts, Fugees, Little Richard, Noel Gallagher, Oasis, Pocket Gods, Pras, Radio, Radiodays

If you don’t have enough to worry about this weekend, read this. Believe what you will. All of music news

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, April 26, 2023

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Bruce Dickinson, Carpool Karaoke, Grimes, Metallica, Pearl Jam, Radio, Smart Speakers, Smashing Pumpkins, Wine

A saxophone house is for sale. Any takers? How about music news for April 26, 2023? More music news? Check

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Will AM/FM radios soon be extinct in vehicles? Maybe. Here’s why.

April 10, 2023April 9, 2023 Alan Cross 2 Comments AM/FM, Electric, EVs, Radio, Subscriptions, Vehicles

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] Ever since the Galvin brothers introduced the first car radio —

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Radio 

Radio, broadcasting’s cockroach, continues to do well

April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 Alan Cross 2 Comments Audio, Listening, Radio, Streaming, Vividata

I really get tired when people spout off about radio being dead. “Who listens to the radio anymore?” Plenty of

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RIP Red Robinson, Canada’s first rock’n’roll DJ

April 2, 2023April 3, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment DJs, Radio, Red Robinson

All the American histories of rock’n’roll talk about the role of Cleveland (and later New York) radio DJ, Alan Freed.

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