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Not sure what this means yet.  Anyone have a clue? Financing: To pay for the non-payroll provisions, lawmakers agreed to sell radio spectrum licenses, as well as forcing new federal workers to pay more into their government pensions. Dems gave up on the millionaire/billionaire surtax fairly early in the process. The clip is from Steve Benen at The Maddow Blog, explaining how Congress is planning to pay for extending unemployment benefits and the Doc Fix.   UPDATE:  Ok, I get it now.  This is not just radio spectrum.  It’s spectrum held by the TV broadcasters but no … Continue Reading

The Canadian Broadcasting Company has finalized a new licensing deal that will allow them to stream some 40 radio stations online, as well as concerts and a lot of music on-demand and even for download.  I don’t really grasp what they have in mind yet.  I was able to listen to CBC 2 online, but when I clicked on their 10 different classical genre streams I wasn’t able to get them to play.  All the metadata were there, but no audio. You can read more about the deal here.  I’ve read various comments … Continue Reading

Back in the good old days when I was on the air I used to run a lot of contests.  They were fun, they opened up communication, and they let the listeners have a voice for a change. The recent brouhaha over Catholic bishops reminded me of an entry I received from a music teacher who had taught music history at a small school in the south.  One term during a class in Western European Music Up To 1500, a number of students went to the dean to protest about her prejudices.  … Continue Reading

Here’s a wonderful article from the Associated Press about the BBC’s program Desert Island Discs.  The program just turned 70 and has had some 3000 guests from royalty to politicians.  In those 70 years, there have only been 4 hosts! Almost 3 million listeners tune in each week to the show, which has stranded royalty, prime ministers and movie stars, as well as scientists, poets and philosophers. Its success is a mark of radio’s enduring popularity in the age of the Internet and high definition TV. Host Kirsty Young: “…  it displays the … Continue Reading