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Tower Site Calendar 2010 Ready To Sell (Dec 3, 2009)

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Fybush Medias 2010 Tower Site Calendar is hot off the presses, the ninth year the unique 12-month wall calendar has been on sale.

The calendar, which features a monthly photo of a well-known broadcast transmitter site, is photographed and written by Scott Fybush, the creator of Tower Site of the Week http://www.fybush.com/featuredsite.html and NorthEast Radio Watch http://www.fybush.com/nerw.html

The full-color monthly calendar has become a tradition for many radio engineers and a curiosity for those who think all radio towers look alike.

The calendar has become a tradition over the years, says Fybush. For many people, they are a very popular holiday gift.

Once again, each month of the calendar features an 8x11 color photograph of a broadcast transmitter site taken by Fybush during his travels around the U.S., Canada, Mexico and beyond. The sites pictured on the 2010 calendar include many stunning mountain photos:

Vermonts tallest peak, Mount Mansfield
One of the tallest self-supporting towers in the country, the former home to WTBS, in Atlanta
The historic Art Deco transmitter site of Washington, DCs WTOP
WBT in North Carolina, one of the oldest transmitter sites still in use
A unique horizontal antenna perched on the Odd Fellows Hall south of downtown Los Angeles
KSTP, overlooking Highway 61 in St. Paul, Minnesota
New York Citys newest AM site, located in Secaucus, New Jersey
WCLO, the hometown radio station of Janesville, Wisconsin
XEWW, south of Rosarito Beach in Mexico
Deer Point, a major transmitter site rising 4,200 feet above Boise, Idaho
The broadcast site of Pittsburghs legendary KDKA
A nearly 70-year-old site in Phoenix, now surrounded by a shopping center parking lot
A sunset photo showcasing WGHP-TV in High Point, North Carolina

In addition to tower photos, the calendars monthly pages include significant dates in radio and television history, as well as civil and religious holidays and the start of each season.

The 2010 calendars cost $18 each, postpaid ($19.44 including sales tax for New York State residents), and can be purchased by check (payable to Scott Fybush) or money order to 92 Bonnie Brae Avenue, Rochester NY 14618. Orders can also be placed with major credit cards at http://www.fybush.com/

Ive traveled all over the country to see radio stations, often after an engineer invited me, says Fybush, who also edits The Radio Journal and the radio directory site 100000watts.com and anchors newscasts for NPR member station WXXI in Rochester, NY.

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U.S. Radio Book (Paperback)

* The United States Radio Directory: A Traveler's Favorite Companion 2008-2009
Norah Fritz / Paperback (October 14, 2008)

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Product Description:

The United States Radio Directory is a unique reference tool that lists over 15,000 U.S. radio stations, their genre, frequency, call letters, websites and live streaming information. With listings in alphabetical order by City and State, this is an incredibly user friendly guide.Travelers, truckers, RV enthusiasts and anyone with a computer will find this directory beneficial and entertaining. No need to press the SEEK button searching for music, news or talk stations. Find a station anywhere in the United States, whether you're on the road or at your PC.This wonderful tool is easy to use and compact enough to fit in your map box or on your desktop.The United States Radio Directory is also available as an E-Book.For more information, visit us at: www.unitedstatesradiodirectory.com

About the Author

Ken and Norah Fritz decided to write The United States Radio Directory after endlessly pressing the SEEK button on a 3500 mile/ 6 state road trip. They realized this directory would provide entertainment along with useful information for fellow travelers, truckers, RV enthusiasts, and that it would make a nice companion for any vehicle or PC.

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Censorship: The Threat to Silence Talk Radio (Hardcover)

* Censorship: The Threat to Silence Talk Radio
Brian Jennings / Hardcover (May 5, 2009)

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"Talk radio is the American voter." -- Rush Limbaugh

Freedom of speech. It is our most cherished privilege as Americans, guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution since 1791. But at the dawn of a new presidential administration, an epic battle is looming -- a battle for our airwaves that could sharply curtail or silence altogether the freedom of expression that distinguishes America from the average dictatorship. The target of this battle is conservative talk radio.

If key Democrats have their way, the principles of the Federal Communications Commission's Fairness Doctrine will once again be enforced and allow government to control the content heard on free radio, a mandate that will have far-reaching implications for all media.

During the Reagan administration the FCC voted to stop enforcing the Fairness Doctrine, which required all licensed broadcasters to present "balanced" viewpoints on controversial issues.

Conservative talk radio burgeoned, giving rise to the father of conservative talk, Rush Limbaugh, and such hosts as Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Michael Medved, Neal Boortz, Laura Ingraham, and others. The format was a smash hit -- resonating with listeners from coast to coast and giving a powerful voice to the conservative movement. Soon such programming, attracting an estimated 50 million listeners weekly, dominated the airwaves where liberal talk radio failed. Popular, profitable, outspoken, powerful, influential -- it's what the American people wanted, and its success was the Democrats' worst nightmare.

Now, the principles of the Fairness Doctrine threaten to be reinstated -- if not directly, then through back-door tactics involving ownership of stations. Under cover of being "fair," they will prove to be anything but: They will be used as a means of censorship by those with contempt for conservative talk radio. With our current Congress firmly under Democratic control, the future of talk radio -- indeed, freedom of speech for all Americans -- is under direct attack.

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Making Waves: Radio on the Verge (Paperback)

* Making Waves: Radio on the Verge
Mark Ramsey / Paperback

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Radio is on the verge all right, but on the verge of what? Are we on the cusp of a new renaissance, a time of unprecedented excitement and opportunity? Or are we headed, as some naysayers argue, towards an industry-wide twilight? Making Waves argues that it's the former, not the latter. This book can help any broadcaster navigate a digital wonderland of infinite choice and endless competition. Dive in. The water's fine. Let's make some waves.

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Clear Channel Book

* Right of the Dial: The Rise of Clear Channel and the Fall of Commercial Radio
Alec Foege / Hardcopy

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Product Description: (source: http://us.macmillan.com/rightofthedial)

In Right of the Dial, Alec Foege explores how the mammoth media conglomerate evolved from a local radio broadcasting operation, founded in 1972, into one of the biggest, most profitable, and most polarizing corporations in the country. During its heyday, critics accused Clear Channel, the fourth-largest media company in the United States and the nationÆs largest owner of radio stations, of ruining American pop culture and cited it as a symbol of the evils of media monopolization, while fans hailed it as a business dynamo, a beacon of unfettered capitalism. WhatÆs undeniable is that as the owner at one point of more than 1,200 radio stations, 130 major concert venues and promoters, 770,000 billboards, 41 television stations, and the largest sports management business in the country, Clear Channel dominated the entertainment world in ways that MTV and Disney could only dream of. But in the fall of 2006, after years of public criticism and flattening stock prices, Goliath finally tumbledùClear Channel Inc. sold off one-third of its radio holdings and all of its television concerns while transferring ownership to a consortium of private equity firms. The move signaled the end of an era in media consolidation, and in Right of the Dial, Foege takes an insightful look at the companyÆs successes and abuses, showing the ways in which Clear Channel reshaped AmericaÆs cultural and corporate landscapes along the way.

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Clear Channel Book

* Clear Vision: The Story of Clear Channel Communications
Reed Bunzel / Hardcopy

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From its founding in 1972 by Red McCombs and Lowry Mays, Clear Channel has grown to become the largest radio- and outdoor-advertising company in the world: although their growth has been surrounded by a fair amount of controversy over business practices, leadership decisions, acquisition strategies, and buyouts. The Clear Channel story is one about chance and circumstance, opportunity and diligence, and this is the only corporate history of Clear Channel that is authorized by the company and includes exclusive interviews with top-level executives. It's a story of vision and foresight, the willingness to take a calculated risk on the unknown, of fiscal prudence, vibrant leadership, and at times, an almost breathtaking capacity to influence the dynamics of the media marketplace. Most importantly it is the story of the entrepreneurial spirit and business acumen of the people who have helped make Clear Channel the media giant that it is today.

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Aircheck: The Story of Top 40 Radio in San Diego

* Aircheck: The Story of Top 40 Radio in San Diego
David Leonard / Paperback

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Editorial Reviews:

"...the whole story; beginning, middle, and end of Top 40's radio heyday in America's finest city..." --Rich Brother Robbin, 2004

I don't believe the history of San Diego radio has been chronicled before like this...it's absolutely fascinating." --Gene Knight, 2004

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Other Radio

* Los Angeles Radio People
Don A. Barrett / Paperback / Published 1997

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* Same Time... Same Station : An A-Z Guide to Radio from Jack Benny to Howard Stern
Ronald W. Lackmann, et al / Hardcover / Published 1995

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* Radio Waves : Life and Revolution on the FM Dial
Jim Ladd / Paperback Reprint edition (June 1992)

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