Tijuana Returns to Daylight Time Sunday (Apr 3, 2010)

This Sunday, Tijuana, BCN, and the rest of Mexico except Sonora, will be moving their clocks ahead one hour to join San Diego and the U.S. in observing Daylight Saving time.

Mexico still uses the U.S. 1987 Daylight Saving Time schedule: Begin Daylight Time at 2am on the first Sunday in April, and end Daylight Time at 2am on the last Sunday in October.

In 2007, the U.S. changed its Daylight Saving Time schedule so that it begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November.

Sonora doesn't observe DST because they want to keep in sync with Arizona, which does not move their clocks forward or backward.

For the past three weeks, San Diego and Tijuana have been out of sync by one hour since San Diego as part of the USA observes DST on the second Sunday in March. Tijuana has been one hour behind of San Diego because of this gap.

When it's the last Sunday in October, Tijuana will be one hour behind San Diego again when Mexico returns to Standard Time, but San Diego is still on Daylight Time for one more week.

Radio Twitterings (Apr 3, 2010)

MikeyShowMikey: SO ON MONDAY WE WILL TELL YOU WHAT DAY WE WILL BE MEETING UP WITH ALL OF YOU AND WHERE. YOU CAN GET THE STICKER... http://bit.ly/aWArOJ

RadioSophie: Getting ready to play LADYGAGA & Metallica "ENTER TELEPHONE" crazy huh?

RogerHedgecock: Obama to Arizona Residents. Drop dead. http://ow.ly/1uco6

San Diego Jack JACK_fm: BAD DAY IN JACK HISTORY...Girl you know it's true, Rob Pilatus fake-sang for the last time.

@KPRIFM: Attn free music lovers: good things are coming. Make sure your a registered Freeq! http://bit.ly/bSkyfq

RadioSophie: http://twitpic.com/1cn4x8 - Jennifer and Mike hangin' out with MC Hammer on the backlot of Fox 5.

The Wires (Apr 3, 2010)

Jay Posner: Twice-fired Philly Billy back on air - for now

Jay Posner: XX morning show fans can stop mourning

L.A. Times: KFWB-AM faces an uncertain future - Laura Schlessinger has been a success, but the AM radio station's fate is uncertain

Modesta Bee: The Commerce Department's general counsel said in a letter Thursday that providing compensation to performers "is a matter of fundamental fairness" - Satellite radio, Internet radio and cable TV music channels already pay fees to performers and songwriters. However, AM and FM radio stations pay royalties only to the songwriters - not the performers

SDNN: Sports talkers Scott Kaplan and Billy Ray Smith have settled their nearly three-week salary dispute with XX Sports Radio (1090 AM). The return of "The Scott & BR Show" begins 5-9 a.m. on Friday morning, their long-time slot on XX Sports

Blue Banner: The idea that radio and television political commentator Glenn Beck may actually be mentally unstable is one that many Americans have wondered for years. But for those considered to be on Beck's "side" when it comes to politics, it is apparently taboo to question the almighty Beck, as one local radio host found out last week

Inside Music Media: April Fool's Day just passed and all the pranks and outrageous behavior are behind us -- right? Wrong. Lately in radio every day is Fool's Day as witnessed by these real life stories of radio CEOs being radio CEOs. You would think that the recession was over a long time ago the way radio companies are spending their money - not just the bankrupt ones. Have you noticed how people are still being fired even though many of the firing companies are hiring again? No joke

Rush Responds to Obama Comments

April Fools (Apr 2, 2010)

Radio Twitterings (Apr 2, 2010)

BobbieHill: #AprilFools - Anniversary of the best gag EVER - KGB fm The Fake Shuttle Landing courtesy Dave,Shelly & Chainsaw!

chriscantore: returns to the airwaves !!! starting tomorrow morning, "cantore in the morning" can be heard on KGB / 101.5 !!! (note: april fools)

SDRadio: Google is "Topeka" today..... http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/different-kind-of-company-name.html

The Wires (Apr 2, 2010)

Jay Posner: Scott and BR Return to XX Radio Friday.

John Maffei: Hershiser a welcome addition to ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" booth

Gary Lycan: When Kim Amidon left KOST-FM's morning show in 2007 after nearly 22 years, she had no idea she would catch the next big morning "Wave" at KTWV/94.7 FM. But she has, and starting April 5 for one week she will be co-hosting the 6-9 a.m. weekday show live with Pat Prescott + Barbara Blake and Lawrence Tanter are no longer at KTWV + Updates on KFWB sale.

Modesta Bee: The Commerce Department's general counsel said in a letter Thursday that providing compensation to performers "is a matter of fundamental fairness" - Satellite radio, Internet radio and cable TV music channels already pay fees to performers and songwriters. However, AM and FM radio stations pay royalties only to the songwriters - not the performers.

ipartyradio.com flipped to idiscoradio for a short while as an April Fool's joke.

Radio Ink: Univision Radio Now Encoding For PPM

All Access did an April Fool's joke. They reversed the portion of the page where the headlines are seen.

All Access: Obama Administration Endorses Performance Royalty (Editor: That's bad news for radio.)

All Access: Rumor-Clear Channel to Obtain Pandora? May be another April Fool's joke.

K-Frog Video: Frogman Scott Comes Out!

Gov't Agency: DTV a Mistake. Analog To Resume (April 1, 2010)

This finding comes after fielding complaints that the digital signals, especially on channels 2-13, were almost impossible to pick up in areas that used to pick up the analog versions of the channels before the mandated digital switch took effect last June.

KGTV, a station that flipped to digital in February 2009 saw its number of people who once watched its broadcast signal went from 4,000 to a miniscle 12 when it switched from analog to digital. Of the 12, all of them live in nearby Claremont Mesa.

"We would be more than happy to ditch the digital signal and switch back to analog now that we have been given permission," in a press release from the KGTV Specific Manager. "Many viewers expressed outrage that they can no longer receive KGTV after we went from 316,000 watts of analog to some 14kw of digital. Many complained that they received extraterrestrial signals instead of ours since the digital switch."

KFMB, another VHF digital outlet since February 2009, also expresses the same feelings.

"Our viewers just can't get the signal," says the KFMB Specific Manager. "They resorted to watching old tapes of Larry Himmel At Large on their Betamax machines since losing our signal when we went to digital. We serve just one friggin viewer over the digital signal in Del Mar, and it's just an elderly woman who watches the CBS soaps. It's not the demographic that we want."

KPBS, KNSD, KUSI, and KSWB are also replacing their digital signals back into analog signals.

"Analog is cheaper to run than digital," says an anonymous KPBS-TV skinflint manager. "We once got far more pledges with our analog signal than we did when we had the pledge drive with our digital signal when only five people can receive it today, compared with 10,000 for our analog, so our pledges are way down."

Says the KNSD Specific Manager, "NBC's ratings are way down because our viewers prefer our shows in analog than digital, or does it seem that way?"

Says the KUSI Specific Manager, "F--k DTV! Analog, here we come!"

Says the KSWB Specific Manager, "Well, back to low definition TV. Let's carry some old Honeymooners episodes!"

Furthermore, as of noon today, not only will the TV signals revert back to analog, but to get the analog signals, you need to buy an old black and white TV set from a neighbor since the analog signals won't be compatable with digital TV. Of course it may or may not be true, but just waste some of your money on getting a analog-to-digital converter that does no good and use it as a doorstop.

APRIL FOOLS!

20 Years Ago Today (Apr 1, 2010)

2010: 20 years later, they're still not on the air. The asshats at Clear Channel San Diego management can't do radio right.

Radio Twitterings (Apr 1, 2010)

RogerHedgecock: Read whats in store for you from the #liberals and #democrats America. #hcr is all about enslaving you what's your take http://ow.ly/1tn5U

RogerHedgecock: What are your thoughts on libs trying to link tea party and activism to the militia movement. Hillary said Dissent was patriotic! #TCOT #DNC

MAGIC_925: AT 7:40 A.M., JAGGER AND KRISTI WILL BE ON FOX CHANNEL 5 WITH A RECAP OF LAST NIGHT'S AMERICAN IDOL EPISODE!!

The Wires (Apr 1, 2010)

710 ESPN (KSPN) and AM 830 KLAA, Wednesday announced a new partnership that effective April 5, 2010, will allow listeners of KLAA the opportunity to hear some of ESPN Radio's national weekday programming, while 710 ESPN has agreed to simulcast at least 60 Angels games this season

Inside Music Media: The music industry is trying to hang on to its manufacturing and promotional model that has served it well for decades with the assistance of terrestrial radio. That explains its desire to put an end to file sharing in whatever way it can even if it means suing their customers. But don't confuse file sharing and free views for piracy. It's simply today's generational replacement of radio

Dave Kohl: For the first time ever, the baseball season's first month just might be its most nationally televised month EVER, and that works for me. The only downer about the extended national schedule is that in most instances there are still blackout regions. MLB needs to realize that fans pay for cable or satellite and are entitled to have a complete choice of programming which is offered. At any rate, ESPN follows its season opening Sunday Night Baseball telecast of Yankees vs. Red Sox with 5 games on Monday April 5th

All Access: SBS Pulls The Plug Again. (Commentary: What is the problem with this broadcaster? Can't comment further until I get back from vacation.)

Randy Dotinga: Hey everybody! It's time for yet another round of everyone's favorite question-and-answer feature: Ask the Radio Columnist. Question: There seems to be a new station at 96.1 FM. Or else Lady Gaga has taken over the country and its airwaves in some sort of coup, since they seem to play her songs almost 24/7. Which is it? Answer: Lady Gaga is not in charge of the government. How can you tell? Because there hasn't been a run on sequins or hot pants yet. (Or at least that's what they'd like you to think.) The station at 96.1 FM is Q96, and it's that most unusual of things in San Diego: a new local radio station. It broadcasts from a transmitter in East County and plays Top 40-style music geared toward teenagers, similar to Channel 933 and Z90. The station was based in Imperial County but decided to move west. Its signal isn't incredibly powerful, so you may not pick it up in some parts of North County. And if you're over the age of, say, 16, you may not want to.

Southern California Owl TV a Hit (March 31, 2010)

We also learn the the owls love to watch an old 80s TV series featuring a young Alyssa Milano.

Yup. They enjoy watching...

WHO's the Boss!

GROAN!

Twitterings: Radio News (March 31, 2010)

Mark Larson marklarsonradio: Tomorrow is the 5th anniv. of the passing of Terri Schaivo.. Bobby Schindler, her brother,w/ me at 720AM Pacific.. 1170AM and www.kcbq.com

chris cantore chriscantore: will be making an appearance on a local morning radio show to talk @sounddiegoblog / @LegitRadio / and, shop. details soon ...

RogerHedgecock: In the old days, bullies were taken care of, in such a way as bullies stopped. Its called an uppercut. #liberals #democrats #appeasement

BobbieHill: Oh My God!! Ricky Martin is gay? Who would have guessed it? Or.....Not @#%# sherlock, the dudes gay. More importantly WHO CARES !

Mark Larson marklarsonradio: Join me on a great cruise.. from Monte Carlo to Rome, Oct 2-9... check it out here www.larsonblog.com

The Wires (Mar 31, 2010)

Network World: Add 100,000 Internet Radio Stations to Windows Media Center -- Looking for sports talk from New York City? Music from Tokyo? RadioTime for Windows Media Player streams all that and more

CNet: Web radio and cloud music are hot--largely thanks to the recent success of Pandora, but that doesn't stop Michael Robertson from declaring that what online radio currently offers is "lame." Robertson, the controversy-courting founder of MP3.com and Linspire, is preparing to roll out a new online music service called BYO.fm. He said that BYO taps into Web radio's potential to enable users to act as their own program directors. "All online radio does now is transfer audio over the Web," Robertson said. "Web radio should be personalized"

Twitterings: Radio News (March 30, 2010)

SDRadio: Former San Diegan's Woody and Wilcox land at WEND/Charlotte. Woody~Rock 105.3; Wilcox~Magic 92.5.

91X: go trippin' with Green Day and see them here in SD.... ur shot to win is @ 7:25ish. ur welcome :) http://bit.ly/ahQrGg

JACK_fm: Chastity Bono has changed his name to Chaz and we've changed our name to Capt. Jacqueline Xavier Childress-FM, Esquire.

RogerHedgecock: The Next Move by ObamaCo. Banning ads for low fat foods and diet products. http://ow.ly/1sobD #hcr #obama #tcot #liberals #libtards

KPRIFM: Join us for a full day music festival just for kids on Saturday, April 10!! Families can enjoy performances both... http://bit.ly/cwh6GT

RogerHedgecock: Obama admin looks to prosecute via Sedition, but not Islamists. Every day this admin shows its true colors, and Americans are bristling

AJintheMorning: Are u ready 4 a shock? Are you sitting down? Good, cause ur not gonna believe who's gay!! http://tinyurl.com/ye9b22x

760kfmb: Why does the U.S. media hate Christians and love Muslims? Dr. Savage wants to know. Liten live on air or online.

The Wires (Mar 30, 2010)

Grub Street: Once, not long ago, radio, AM stations and FM, was special. Always entertaining, radio found new music and DJs told us about what the new. Always, radio made listeners wonder and itÆs hard to accept how far radio has fallen. Jerry Del Colliano knows the acme and the nadir of radio. He lived the height of radio success and watched its horrific descent into nothingness. When he says the end of radio is now, not tomorrow, you must believe him. Knowing Jerry Del Colliano, as I do. Reading his blog, ôInside Music Mediaö and speaking, with him, I sense IÆm sitting Shiva for an old, trusted and loyal friend û radio. Radio is not yet dead. Still, weÆd be foolish to believe radio wasn't near the end - Says Del Colliano, " -- weÆll start charging a subscription fee sometime this summer. At this point, the annual fee is $99, but that may change. We continue to work on a plan for taking ôInside Music Mediaö to subscription. (SDN Editorial: Clear Channel and the like would be glad to see that happen so that the working poor won't be able to read his propaganda that can translate into damaging results on corporate-owned radio today.)

Fast Company: Radio-and-TV personality Adam Carolla stumbled into podcasting and immediately became its No. 1 star. Now he's launching his own broadcasting network. Inside the messy birth of a new medium

L.A. Business Journal: KFWB in LA is up for sale says the LA Business Journal

Naomi Snyder: Wayne Moss was surprised when he got a call from a stranger in Washington, D.C., telling him he had a check coming because of his satellite and Internet radio play. "It's a wonderful thing," Moss said. "If they want to start playing my music in outer space, that sounds good to me" - It is estimated that there is $50 million in unclaimed royalties for artists who haven't been found, haven't registered or haven't gotten the credit due for their performances on albums

Tommy Kramer: From Tommy Kramer -- Here are the reasons why an iPod is better than most MusicRadio stations: It only plays songs I like. If I hit ôshuffle,ö I donÆt know which song will play next, so it actually has some element of surprise. It doesnÆt tease the next song, or the next three songs. (Again, that ôsurpriseö thing)

Inside Music Media: In radio, before consolidation killed the radio show, it was standard operating procedure to order a research project before, during and often after formats were changed. Somewhere along the way the radio industry defaulted on its obligation to observe the Hippocratic Oath of the entertainment industry - "first, do no harm to innovative ideas". When Buzz Bennett developed the ôQö rock format, those who knew him knew that his formatics came from his head - whatever state that was in at the time. Bill Drake drew a format clock for me on a napkin in a Philadelphia restaurant during a very memorable lunch. He did not at all feel obligated to anyone or anything. He was creating something from his mind. And, certainly the Drake format in all its simplicity, was a figment of his imagination before anyone researched it and you saw how well that worked out. You canÆt lead by following

Jacobs Media: The commercial load war yet to come will be much more vicious than the old Doubleday commercial-free tactics from the '80s. Fewer commercials (or none at all) were a big factor in originally putting satellite radio on the map. And as much as broadcasters want to ignore the "first alert" negative they have heard in focus groups and listener advisory panels for decades - too many commercials - the burgeoning digital competition changes the game

Hot AC KSCF/San Diego welcomes local radio vet, national syndicated host, actor, model and public speaker Mike O'Brian as one half of the Jennifer & Mike In The Morning show.

The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has announced a new performance royalty rate for "new subscription services," which are music services for cable or satellite TV by companies that started after 1998, when the Digital Millennium Copyright Act was adopted. The royalty was adopted after a settlement between Sirius XM and SoundExchange, according to the Broadcast Law Blog.

Twitterings: Radio News (March 29, 2010)

@SDRadio: SDRadio: On April 1, 1990, Dave, Shelly and Chainsaw started their #SanDiego #radio career together on 101.5 KGB.

@KPRIFM: Our owners Jonathan and Robert are going to be on the air tomorrow starting at 7am with... http://bit.ly/dhrtpc

SDRadio: Watching Owl Theater at http://is.gd/b23Rw. A North San Diego County happs. @marycanady is viewing too

Mark Larson marklarsonradio: anyone else notice how Obama talks very tough to our ALLIES (Afghanistan, Israel) but is always careful not to "offend" rogue states?

BobbieHill: Saluting the first pirate radio station - Radio Caroline broadcast on this day in 1964 off the English coast, rock music & a live d.j.

91X: Big News! The 91X iphone app is FINALLY HERE! Get it for FREE at 91X.com!

Jesus Christ Show JesusShow: Thank you all for hanging out! See you on Easter! Think about what took place 2000 years ago. Have a wonderful Sunday.

JesusShow: God doesn't give you a free pass from pain in life, He gives you the grace to deal with the pain in life.

SDRadio: KOGO's Roger Hedgecock part of the speakers in Searchlight, NV, yesterday. Over 7,000 showed up in the small town.

Twitterings: Radio News (March 28, 2010)

Are the radio shows misinformed about Obamacare or do they know more than newspapers would print? Is radio biased or informative when it comes to the right wing talk show hosts discussing Obamacare? DM me with your thoughts.

We know that a San Diego radio station will eventually flip formats sooner or later. When and which? It's anybody's guess. Happens all the time. Nobody expected Star 100.7 to flip to Jack-FM five years ago. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition either.

Stacy Taylor criticizes Chris Carmichael about loosing his posts http://stacytaylor.com/ Maybe Stacy Taylor should have been submitting his posts to me or Chris Carmichael outsourced backing up to another company. So Chris lost your posts, Stacy. Oh, boo-hoo-hoo.

For the record...as a radio blogger...if I don't have the information, I don't post silly teasers until I'm positive it's coming true. Just own up to the fact that if you really don't know where Jeff and Jer or DSC are going to land and when, just admit it. I don't know.

The FCC has granted 24 STAs to FM to raise digital power. KSCF, San Diego is the only local one that got the grant.

Currently living in the Fecal era of television. Most of it is just pure unwatchable crap, Thank God for sports and classic reruns.

JesusShow: "Deadly expectations" tomorrow morning on the Jesus Christ show (6-9 AM PST) No station? Listen here: http://tinyurl.com/ListenJC

chriscantore: is on @KPRIFM / 102.1 until midnight. then, i turn into a pumpkin. (from Saturday)

FM 94/9 FM949sd: Led Zeppelin Tops Bob Marley . Next Up Nirvana And The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Voting is open now @fm949sd.com

Channel933: We've got a HUUUGE announcement! Listen to @johnjayandrich Monday morning to hear what it is! @channel933 http://ping.fm/2Yrp9

SDRadio: RT @FarleySanDiego: @MikeOBrianVoice RT @SDRadio Mike O'Brian joins Jennifer White for the Sophie@103.1 FM Jennifer & Mike in the Morning

BobbieHill: Please consider adopting a greyhound Visit adopt-a-greyhound.org Thousands of dogs across the country looking for homes!

XX Sports 1090 XX1090: The Hot Stove League goes 10:00 AM - 12:00 Noon Saturday with Jack Cronin & Ted Mendenhall...Catch @PadsCast & @FollowThePadres on the show

760kfmb: Coming on Computer Talk: Web Cams--what to look for when buying. Printing Digital Pictures and New Intel Servers. Listen today, 9-10am!

Todd_Little: Dear Kellogg's, Post, General Mills and Quaker. Stale cereal sucks. Please consider resealable bags inside your boxes. http://ow.ly/1rkwC

SDRadio: Mike O'Brian joins Jennifer White for the Sophie@103.1 FM ennifer & Mike in the Morning