Bits and Pieces (Jan 26, 2008)

Pride Radio has moved to another HD2 channel. Catch the Pride on KMYI 94.1 HD2. A new channel is playing on KHTS 93.3 HD2. It's called "The Hot Spot." Amy, which was on 94.1 HD2, is gone.

Friday marked the 25th anniversary of the opening of Rubio's Fish Tacos. Thanks to this restaurant, San Diego will be forever linked to the dish of a fish taco.

Friday also marked the 10th anniversary that San Diego hosted the Uper-S, Owl-B game between the Denver Broncos and the Green Bay Packers. It was John Elway's horse team that beat the Brett Favre team.

Top 5 News of the Week (Jan 21-27, 2008)

4. The worst Mariah Carey impression ever was heard on Wednesday night's American Idol tryouts special featuring San Diego as the locale from July 2007. Simon Cowell comments, "What the hell was that?!?" Those bad singers are really funny.

3. The sports radio stations can't find anything else to talk about outside of the Chargers not advancing to that big game in Phoenix one week from Sunday. Enough already. This is why ratings continue to remain low for sports talk. They stick with one subject far too long.

2. Pride Radio moves from 93.3 HD2 to 94.1 HD2. My reception of 94.1 HD2 is more spotty than 93.3 due to the fact that 93.3's transmitter is closer to my house.

1. The lineup for the Coachella Music Festival from April 25-27 is announced. My birthday falls right in the middle date!

Just missed: The Academy Awards nominated a free e-mail account and Internet access company for reasons beyond me. Juno. Or is Juno some kind of movie? Who cares.

Podcast and Internet Radio (Jan 25, 2008)

Electrical Language Podcast: The electrical language podcast is a weekly music podcast of 4 or 5 podsafe songs by independent artists from around the world. The music ranges from acoustic to electronica to catchy pop to good old indie rock. It is hosted by Gabor Kovacs out of Hampshire UK. Check out their feature on Blood Red Sun.

Out Q in the Morning: “Out Q in the Morning with Larry Flick," which airs live on Sirius OutQ 109 Monday through Friday from 7a – 11a ET. Led by host Larry Flick, and featuring Keith Price and Cynthia Frawley, “Out Q in the Morning” covers everything about LGBT life and more. And while the primary listener focus of “Out Q in the Morning with Larry Flick” is the LGBT community, our show has a very solid fans base in the “straight” world as well. In the coming weeks, several CyberPR musicians will be appearing on OutQT so stay tuned.

Voodoo Radio: Join Voodoostevie as he spews out his views about life, music from independent artists and provides you with some mayhem! VoodooRadio has featured several CyberPR artists, including Jupiter One on episode 76.

Radio Gets Wild: Radio Gets Wild is an on-line interactive community radio station with DJ broadcasters from all around the world. It’s a station by the people for the people from all ages and walks of life. A caring sharing community of which everyone helps each other both in work and play, and a community that everyone is very proud to be a part of.

The Wires (Jan 26, 2008)

TV Technology: Study Shows Most OTA TV Households Will Stick with Antennas After Analog Ends. "This data indicates that free, over-the-air television may be set for a big comeback," said John Lawson, APTS president and CEO.

TV Technology: Geek Squad to Help With Converter Boxes. Once grandma gets her $40 coupon for a converter box and buys the box from her local big-box retailer, how on Earth is she going to rig it to the old Zenith?

The Wires (Jan 25, 2008)

Inside Radio: FCC approves Clear Channel buyout. The FCC has approved Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners' proposed $19.5 billion buyout of Clear Channel. The unanimous ruling came with the approval of Democrats Jonathan Adelstein and Michael Copps, who while voting in favor of allowing the transaction, expressed concerns about the role of private equity firms and allegations of "anticompetitive sales practices" in some markets. To win approval, Clear Channel has agreed to sell 42 stations in the top 100 markets.

Leslie Report: Will Small Markets Convert to HD Radio? Survey Suggests Not Soon. Much has been written about large-market adoption of IBOC. A college instructor has been tracking conversions in smaller markets in Pennsylvania and identifies several factors as so-called “gating” items for its success.

Leslie Report: What’s With FM Digital Power Increase? I’ve been hearing scuttlebutt for awhile about getting the FCC to approve a 10 dB increase in the FM IBOC power level; currently digital is set to –20dB below the analog.

The Wires (Jan 24, 2008)

Inside Music Media: From Jerry Del Colliano -- The radio industry actually started its "recession" early. After spending record amounts of their investors' money to put together groups of radio stations -- allowed for the first time by their friends in Congress -- it wasn't too long ago that stock prices of radio issues began their eventual steep decline. A friend put together this list of key radio companies before yesterday's roller coaster ride on the Dow. Look how well they have built shareholder value for their investors

From FMQB: Former XTRA (91X)/San Diego MD/PM Drive host Marco Collins has joined the Fuzed Music management team and will be relocating to Seattle on March 1. His first endeavor will be launching new client the Presidents Of The United States of America’s new Tooth & Nail album titled, These Are Good Times People, slated for retail on March 11. Their first single, “Mixed Up SOB” hits radio Feb 1. Look for the band to tour in March. You can reach Marco at marcocollins@hotmail.com, www.myspace.com/marcocollins or (530) 210-9050

NC Times: Randy Dotinga. Radio column attracts noise. The mailbag has been pretty full lately here at the Static radio column. As always, hundreds of readers shower me with love and affection, lauding me for my trenchant and wise observations about the state of ---- oh, sorry. I seem to have drifted off for a moment into dreamland (darn that Ambien!). Actually, the mail usually comes with a less-than-heart-warming message along the lines of this: "You, sir (and I use that term loosely), are a moron. And your mother dresses you funny." Nice to hear from you, too.

The Wires (Jan 23, 2008)

Inside Music Media: From Jerry Del Colliano -- Broadcasters do what they have always done -- broadcast. When radio programming got more specific in the 70's we used the term narrowcasting to reflect how the broadcasting service had adapted. But one thing never changed -- broadcasters made all the content decisions. Radio may have flirted with research and focus groups but in the end a PD made the cal

Ch-ch-changes on AM 1700 (Jan 22, 2008)

For all those with green thumbs, Garden Compass will be joining our weekend lineup from 8-10am Saturdays and Sundays starting January 26th. All you need to know to keep you garden growing, from your friends at San Diego 1700 AM.

San Diego 1700 salutes the military! Listen for our special weekly shows "The Yellow Ribbon Team" (Sat. at 1PM) and "Chandler's Watch" (Sat. at 5PM). Click on the "Military Support" button for more information.

Keep checking back as we grow San Diego 1700 and be sure to join Club 1700 only at SanDiego1700.com.

At SanDiego1700.com we'll bring you 24/7 live streaming, all the latest news and sports headlines and information for San Diegans about San Diego.

Lineup:

5am - 9am

The Mark Larson Show. Headlines and riveting interviews delivered by San Diego's favorite personality.

9am – Noon

The Ray Lucia Show

12pm – 1pm

"New York" Myke Shelby

1pm – 3pm M-Th, 2pm - 3pm F

Dennis Miller Show

1pm – 2pm F

Biz Fit Radio Show with Kory Kavanewsky

3pm – 6pm

Stacy Taylor

6pm – 7pm

Market Wrap w/Moe Ansari

7pm – 10pm

Michael Reagan Show

10pm - 1am

Dennis Miller Show

1am – 4am

The Lionel Show

4am – 5am

The Neal Boortz Show

The Wires (Jan 22, 2008)

Happy Hare: Mark Ramsey, the Oracle du jour in matters high tech, appeared on my SignOnRadio.com Internet radio show last week and proclaimed that everyone’s beginning to register impatience with what they are beginning to condemn as the “glacial speed” of information retrieval. In his own words, “When we train people not to have to wait, they end up not wanting to wait”

Top 5 Stories of Last Week (for Jan 14-20, 2008)

4. The Mad Music Archive website goes down for almost 36 hours over the weekend.

3. No number 3. Editor is busy watching a rerun of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on tape after the games ended.

2. Green Bay Packers lose to New York Giants 23-20 in overtime.

1. Chargers lose to New England 21-12. New England goes 18-0.

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Top 5 Stories of Two Weeks Ago (For Jan 7-13, 2008)

4. The BCS Bowl Game proved to be a big nonevent to many folks.

3. New England beats Jacksonville to go 17-0.

2. Alyssa Milano guests again on My Name is Earl

1. Chargers beat Indianapolis to advance to the AFC Championship.

Coachella 2008 Concert Lineup (Jan 22, 2008)

Friday

Jack Johnson, The Verve, The Raconteurs, The Breeders, Fatboy Slim, Tegan and Sara, Madness, The Swell Season, The National, Animal Collective, Slightly Stoopid, Mum, Pendulum, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Stars, Battles, Aesop Rock, Midnight Juggernauts, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Minus the Bear, Spank Rock, Dan Le Sac Vs. Scoobius Pip, Diplo, Adam Freeland, Santo Gold, Jens Lekman, John butler Trio, Vampire Weekend, Dan Deacon, Architecture in Helsinki, Sandra Collins, Busy P,Cut Copy, Black Lips, Datarock, Professor Murder, Reverend and the Makers, The Bees, Porter, Rogue Wave, Modeselektor, American Bang, Lucky I Am

Saturday

Portishead, Kraftwerk, Death Cab for Cutie, Cafe Tacuba, Sasha & Digweed, Rilo Kiley, Dwight Yoakam, M.I.A., Hot Chip, Cold War Kids, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, DeVotchka, Flogging Molly, Mark Ronson, Turbonegro, Scars on Broadwa, Islands, Enter Shikari, Calvin Harris, Boyz Noise, Junkie XL, Cinematic Orchestra, Jamie T, The Teenagers, VHS or Beta, Carbon/Silicon, Erol Alkan, Yo Majesty!, Little Brother, Bonde Do Role, St. Vincent, Akron Family, MGMT, Institubes, DJs Surkin, Para One and Orgasmic, James Wabiela, Sebastian, Kavinsky, Dredg, The Bird and the Bee, Grand Ole Party, New Young Pony Club, 120 Days, Yoav, Electric Touch, Uffie

Sunday

Roger Waters ("Dark Side of the Moon"), Love and Rockets, My Morning Jacket, Spiritualized, Justice, Gogol Bordello, Chromeo, The Streets, Metric, Danny Tenaglia, Simian Mobile Disco, Booka Shade, Murs, Dmitri From Paris, Autolux, The Field, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Les Savy Fav, The Cool Kids, Sons & Daughters, Sia, Holy F**k, Black Kids, Black Mountain, The Annuals, Kid Sister with A-Trak, Man Man, Duffy, I'm From Barcelona, Manchester Orchestra, Deadmau5, The Horrors, Austin TV, Shout Out Louds, Platiscenes, Brett Dennen