I’d like to get some discussion going about a topic I’m interested in, in part due to my new volunteer gig as a host of a music show.
I’d like the music choosers of radio to talk about how they wield that responsibility. You work at a radio station. You have some control over what music goes out on your air. How do you decide what to play?
This is the best, happiest, most smile-inducing story I have heard in a long time. The Deseret News of Southern Utah reports that Dixie State College is launching a new classical music station — KXDS — to be run by students.
I don’t know if you’re following the brouhaha over the Boston Globe. The paper’s owner, the New York Times, is threatening to close down the paper unless the Globe’s unions agree to $20 million in concessions. There’s plenty of upset in Boston over the news. Another venerable Boston media company is feeling the budget squeeze, too. Dual format station WGBH is owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation. In an all-staff memo dated April 2nd, WGBH’s CEO Jon Abbott cited some grim figures: • A decline in viewer and listener support of 15% … Continue Reading
Nashville, Apr. 1, 2009 —
Engineers at the Nissan plant in Nashville TN have made a unique discovery: they found that radio waves can increase the fuel efficiency of their new Altima hybrids. The radio waves work by setting up an oscillation of a razor-thin panel that was developed to keep the intake manifold from overheating, reports the April edition of Living Green.