Dive into the archives.
- WHAT iPODs STILL WON’T DO…
Pick up FM radio. The new iPod Touch is radio-connected — wi-fi, that is. Link: Apple
- THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RADIO
Yes, we need a new radio. I’m full of energy this morning. RF, probably, because I’m in Seattle. A lot more hum in the air here — lotsa signals, lots of brains just waking up. Ahem. The new radio in America must wake up and smell the cyberspace. Radio’s still acting as if it’s the [...]
- REQUIRED READING FOR RADIO FANS. AND OTHERS.
The New York Times Magazine’s lead story yesterday was a profile of Rick Rubin, the pop music guru who’s been handed the keys of Sony’s Columbia Records label. It’s a fascinating read for anyone who’s trying to figure out what do do with his/her life in light of the Internet. Rubin’s a very intuitive fellow [...]
- AGING NPR
It’s been three years since National Public Radio attempted to drop-kick Bob Edwards, Morning Edition’s original voice, up to their atticus emeritus. Not as retiring as he always sounded, Bob launched a new career on XM Satellite Radio. Two years later, reruns of his XM show started appearing on local PRI affiliates, too, which are [...]
- LOW POWER, HIGH HOPES
For years, the FCC and others have been trying to grow more low power non-commercial local FM stations in the U.S. Friday night (8/24/07) on PBS television, Bill Moyers Journal covered the low power FM issue. I strongly recommend you watch the show online, or look to your local PBS TV station for a replay. [...]
- Recommended: Pogue on Internet radio sets.
David Pogue, the New York Times’s reader-friendly techie, stays right out on the bleeding edge of technology, and makes it fun, without a whiff of cyber-snobbery. Radio fans ought to read his new group review of the latest in Internet radio sets, in which we learn that the experience is moving toward acceptability. Link: Pogue’s [...]
- Review: Pure Jazz, Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius channel 72 is a good jazz station. It may be a great one. Radio and jazz haven’t made it together in the U.S., mostly. Jazz is an acquired taste, like avocados, or brussel sprouts, oysters. It asks more of its listener, more than classical music does, though its premise is simple: take a song, [...]
- Review: Sirius Satellite Radio
This is my first review of Sirius. I’ve had an account for about five months. Though I spent a good part of my life in radio, and all of it thinking about and/or listening to radio, I didn’t acquire a satellite radio until my daughter bought me one for Christmas 2006. We were busy moving [...]
