September 11, 2001

The Wires (Sep 11, 2010)

Inside Radio: KABC splits with Frosti, Heidi & Frank. Citadel news/talk KABC, Los Angeles has come to a "mutual decision" with the cast of the late-morning "Frosty, Heidi & Frank" show to not renew their contract for another year. KABC will continue to be involved in a webcast and podcast produced by Heidi Hamilton and Frank Kramer.

TV Technology: Mobile DTV Viewer Update. Now allows reception of ATSC mobile DTV signals on a conventional USB ATSC tuner

Multichannel News: AT&T U-verse: We're Ready To Resume Talks With Hallmark. AT&T is ready to restart negotiations with Hallmark Channels, according to a spokesperson for the telco's multichannel video service, though a Hallmark exec said the last official word they received indicated that was not the case

C-Net News: HD Radio is the best way to listen to broadcast radio. AM and FM HD Radio stations simultaneously broadcast analog and digital signals, and these stations can display the song title, artist, and other data. The first HD Radio stations went on the air in 2003. Too bad HD Radio is a secret.

Mel Phillips: As far back as the fifties, radio would involve it's audience by acknowleging their music requests, greeting towns, boroughs, cities and neighborhoods on-air, mentioning local events and by getting out for station promotions. Today serving your audience means sharing time with them socially.

The Wires (Sep 10, 2010)

John Maffei: TV/Radio Sports: NFL television blackouts are a growing trend.

Gary Lycan: Mike Sakellarides has joined the 94.7 FM air staff. He's on 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday and 3-11 p.m. Sunday -- KTWV-FM's Keri Tombazian is the announcer on the new Nancy Grace syndicated TV series "Swift Justice" -- Al Rantel is back on KABC 790 AM. He hosts "Real Estate Radio" at noon Saturdays.

eMarketer: As timeshifting and web viewing have both increased in importance in recent years, live TV has generally lost out to what viewers consider more convenient media. According to a report from market researcher Morpace, nearly three in five US consumers watch at least some video on a device other than a television.

NY Daily News: Howard Stern may leave Sirius and go the way of the iPhone app.

The Wires (Sep 9, 2010)

Randy Dotinga: A radio history lesson in Santee

Gavin Kitchens: The Future of Radio Programming -- I consider myself something of a radio aficionado. I like listening to talk radio and documentaries on radio. I listen while I drive, run, work, ride the train or plane, while I go to sleep, and when I'm walking somewhere. That's part of the fun of it - you can listen while doing all kinds of other things. My choices in listening have changed over the years. Howard Stern and Rush Limbaugh are two of the most entertaining hosts in the history of radio, but they haven't always held my interest. Different places I've lived had their own favorites. I listened to Bob & Tom in the Midwest, Elliot in the Morning in D.C., and Ron Smith in Baltimore. I tuned in to Larry Elder online from his show in L.A. and Neal Boortz from Atlanta. I've wished I could hear one or the other at different places or times than I was able to listen. Times have changed.

The Wires (Sep 8, 2010)

Radio-info: Riverside move-in KQIE signs on as rhythmic "Q104.7." It's been moved up from Palm Springs (as a Class B) to Redlands, California (as an A), and listener reports came in last night that it's on the air in the Inland Empire. Licensee is the Roy Laughlin-run LC Media.

Some Updates (Sep 7, 2010)

KRTM 88.9 in Temecula has changed their call letters to KSDW last month.

KZTC-LP low power channel 7 signed on just the other day broadcasting some programming from AMG-TV. http://www.amgtv.tv/

The Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon raised $58,919,838.

The Wires (Sep 7, 2010)

Who Da Guy Hawaii: 93 KHJ: Inside Boss Radio - Excerpt # 20: Bill Wade: "At the first KHJ jock meeting I attended, Ron Jacobs brought in a cardboard box full of tapes. It was full of air checks from deejays all over America wanting to work at Boss Radio. Jacobs dumped the contents of the box on the table. Tapes of all sizes and in a variety of colors with all kinds of logos rolled all over the place. Then Jacobs proceeded to describe them as coming from "Gunslingers out to get your job." At that point it dawned on me that I was at the best damn radio station in the country. As I had no special talent I was going to have to work my ass off to stay there".

Legal Times: If the proposed Performance Rights Act were to pass, most artists wouldn't make more than a few hundred extra dollars in royalties a year. But the most-played song during the time of the study, "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga, would have garnered over $446,000 in royalties.