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Review: a long way to go for Blackberry live radio apps
After reading my colleague Paul Riismandel’s review of Public Radio Player 2.0 for the iPhone, I’ve been meaning to survey the possibilities for live radio listening on my Blackberry Curve 8330—that...
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What’s in store for radio at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show
The annual Consumer Electronics Show kicks off this Thursday in Las Vegas. While all the biggest buzz around the show is in anticipation of new tablet competitors for Apple’s iPad, we can still expect...
View ArticleiHeartRadio plus Thumbplay equals . . . ?
The news that Clear Channel has bought the Thumbplay online music service (except for ringtones) is all over the blogosphere by now. The question, of course, is what does it mean? “Joining Thumbplay’s...
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In search of Doris Day on the new iHeartRadio app
The iHeartRadio Doris Day channel I’m listening to Clear Channel’s new updated version of iHeartRadio, which allows you to create Pandora-like music channels. iHeart is pretty easy to access via your...
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Clear Channel ups the ante with 3 more months of commercial-free iHeartRadio...
Clear Channel may have been too focused on scarfing up stations in the early 2000s to construct anything resembling an internet strategy, but the company has been making up for lost time with its...
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Naming contest: what to call a Clear Channel, Cumulus, Citadel merger
I am pondering the merger names as I compose this post: Clear Citadus? Cumulo Citichannel? Citaclear Channelculus? My meditation is inspired by Clear Channel’s announcement on Monday that Cumulus’ 570...
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2011: the year that Internet radio went social
Kindle Fire playing TuneIn radio 2011 was supposed to be the Pandora Takeoff Moment—the year that Pandora went public and solidified its absolute, total dominance over Internet radio and music...
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Call Sign Changes in San Francisco: KKSF to KOSF, KNEW to KKSF, and KKGN to KNEW
103.7 Oldies Changes Call Sign to KOSF As part of an overall re-branding and re-formatting effort across several Clear Channel-owned stations in San Francisco, call signs for KKSF, KNEW, and KKGN were...
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They can take the radio out of Clear Channel (but that won’t take Clear...
Friday the 900 lb. gorilla of commercial radio announced that it is changing its name to Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, striking the word “radio” from its name. Even though the company still...
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Clear Channel adds 14 College Radio Stations to iHeartRadio
iHeartRadio Joins Forces with College Stations Corporate commercial radio behemoth Clear Channel and fiercely independent college radio might not seem like the most logical of partners, but they are...
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SiriusXM turns a profit, plans to offer on-demand programs and personalized...
SiriusXM announced its 4th quarter 2011 results today, revealing that the company turned a profit and reached 8.7 million subscribers, with 1.7 net subscribers added last year. While those numbers...
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Clear Channel’s mystery comment to the FCC
On Tuesday a quartet of Clear Channel executives piled into the Federal Communications Commission building and buttonholed most of the agency’s top brass, including FCC Chair Julius Genachowski. Clear...
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Internet radio rankings show Pandora’s #1 but broadcast is #2
I’ve been enjoying Jennifer Lane’s Audio4cast blog because she cuts through the growing avalanche of stories and fluffed up press releases to highlight just a handful of important news items in the...
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Digging into the Spotify classical radio “gold mine”
My colleague Paul Riismandel has been warming up to the Spotify music service, of late, and gave it a pretty decent review in a recent post. Paul also mentioned to me that Spotify has been advertising...
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Slacker Radio adds 6 million users since February relaunch
On Thursday Slacker Radio announced that it added 6 million listeners since the service relaunched with a new design in February. That’s when Slacker upped the ante with unlimited free listening to...
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Hey Pandora: good luck with Rapid City “Hits 102.7” FM
Why, you may be wondering, did Pandora buy “Hits 102.7 FM” in Rapid City, South Dakota? Just out of curiosity, I checked the station’s website. Here’s the bio for Hits 102.7 deejay Christy Russell:...
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Slacker adds Weather Channel local forecasts
Weather reports and alerts are a mainstay of most live radio broadcasts, especially during drivetime, and there are plenty of apps that will deliver forecasts to your smartphone. However, updated...
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iHeartRadio Talk is Clear Channel’s move to become the Google of internet radio
Clear Channel has discovered the podcast, apparently, but wants to rename it the “audiosode.” Rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it? But don’t be fooled by the nincompoop neologism, this is a very serious...
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Rdio launches free service with ads from broadcast partner Cumulus
Yesterday streaming music service Rdio announced that radio station streaming would be free on Android and iOS mobile devices, effective immediately. Up to now the service has been subscription only,...
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Radio Search Engine exits beta, doubles its inventory of stations
Michael Robertson’s DAR.fm announced version 1.0 of RadioSearchEngine.com on Friday. I reviewed the beta version of the service back in November and found it both interesting and occasionally...
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Amazon’s New Fire TV Looks Like a Nice Internet Radio
Amazon Fire TV Today Amazon announced its own set-top streaming box, the Fire TV, to compete with the likes of Roku, Apple TV and Chromecast. It’s more like the two former devices and less like...
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iHeartMedia CEO Defends Radio at CES (with Unintentional Irony)
iHeartMedia (née Clear Channel) CEO Bob Pittman and radio/TV host Ryan Seacrest were both present at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, and they were stumping for radio. Pittman began an...
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Digital Watch: Broadcasters Are Losing Young Listeners Online
As if it wasn’t already obvious, online audio of all types is growing by leaps and bounds. In fact, 44% of all Americans over age 12 listen every week. It’s most popular with young people, though also...
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FCC Fines iHeart $1 Million for Airing Fake Emergency Alert Tone during Bobby...
It’s hard to believe that some radio stations still haven’t gotten the message that the Emergency Alert System (EAS) is no joking matter. Today the FCC announced that it has fined iHeartCommunications...
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Podcast #65 – Fall Radio Tours Preview
Our intrepid radio tourist Jennifer Waits will be attending two big radio conferences this fall, the 2016 Grassroots Radio Conference and CBI’s National Student Electronic Media Convention. She gives...
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Podcast #90 – FCC Chair Declares War on the Open Internet
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is serving up a big cup of you-know-what for net neutrality, declaring his intent to decimate the 2 year-old Open Internet Order and the Title II protections it bestows on the...
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Sound Stories: Toronto Hip-Hop & Radio; First All-Podcast Radio Station In...
Every week we seek out compelling stories about sound and radio and share them on Twitter. Here are some of the most intriguing from the last week: Vote looms on bringing jazz radio back to MHCC“The...
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What Happens to Internet Radio when Apple Kills iTunes?
I have to admit that I don’t quite remember the last time I browsed internet radio in iTunes. It’s been so long, in fact, that during research for this post, when I fired up the app on my MacBook I...
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Podcast #206 – Podcasts Are Radio
With mergers, acquisitions and millions of dollars changing hands, podcasts continue to be in the news. But just when it seems like well-funded networks are edging out the indies, Paul and Eric are...
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After the Death of iTunes Real Internet Radio Is Back on the macOS Music App
Back in June I openly worried about the future state of internet radio on the Mac with the arrival of macOS Catalina and the demise of iTunes. While iTunes has its faults, it still provided a simple...
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Tuning in Black Information Radio
I’ve been staying in the San Francisco Bay Area this week and stumbled upon an AM talk radio network that is new to me: the Black Information Network. The format mirrors that of conventional 24-hour...
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