iFM Turns iPod into FM Radio, Recorder and Remote Control
Sunday July 31, 2005
Griffin Technology's new iFM integrates FM radio tuning, recording and remote control functionality to the iPod, all in a tiny aluminum enclosure. Full Details.
Related: More iPod accessories from Griffin Technology
Walkouts at Radio New Zealand Shut Down Programs
Sunday July 31, 2005
Radio New Zealand continues to have sporadic walkouts over a pay raise issue. Read more.
Driver Fiddling With Radio Loses Control, Kills Other Motorist
Saturday July 30, 2005
MLive.com reports: Jerome Ratajczak was killed earlier this week when "...a sport utility vehicle driven by a 17-year-old crossed the center line of Honey Creek Avenue and slammed into Ratajczak's ... Read More
D.C's WMAL Pulls Talker Michael Graham Off The Air
Friday July 29, 2005
BillboardRadioMonitor.com reports: Personality Michael Graham is off the air and on vacation next week, pending an “internal investigation” about statements he made during his July 25 show on ABC Radio’s ... Read More
XM Satellite Radio and Napster to Offer Integrated Online Music Service
Thursday July 28, 2005
Napster and XM Satellite Radio have announced a partnership to integrate their satellite radio and online music services for listening online and on a variety of MP3 players. Full Details.
Songs by Subject: Songs About Space - Discovery Shuttle Back In Orbit
Wednesday July 27, 2005
Radio stations, programmers, and deejays have used The Green Book of Songs By Subject for years. Each week, The Green Book of Songs By Subject provides a new list of ... Read More
Harley Davidson Electra Glide Will Roll With XM Satellite Radio Standard Feature
Wednesday July 27, 2005
XM Satellite Radio has entered the motorcycle market with Harley-Davidson's 2006 FLHTCUSE Screamin' Eagle Ultra Classic Electra Glide, the first ever motorcycle model equipped with a standard XM Satellite ... Read More
Samsung To Introduce MP3 Players With Integrated XM Satellite Radio Capability
Tuesday July 26, 2005
Samsung Electronics expects to debut 2 different players with different storage capacites by year's end. Both will be able to playback MP3 files and XM Satellite Radio content. Read more.
Payola Admission: Gifts and Bribes Made to Radio Stations and Staff by Sony BMG Music
Monday July 25, 2005
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today announced an agreement to halt pervasive "pay-for-play" in the music industry. Under the agreement, SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT has agreed to stop making ... Read More
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Radio or Could Do With Radio
Sunday July 24, 2005
Think you know everything about Radio? I'll bet not. Here are 10 things most people do not know about Radio or do not know they can do with Radio. Go ... Read More
"XM2go Live Antenna Headphones" Combine Antenna and Audio
Sunday July 24, 2005
XM Satellite Radio has come up with a pair of headphones that combines an external antenna and audio feed for the XM2go portable receiver. Read more.
Talk Radio Host Lars Larson Target For Threats
Friday July 22, 2005
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports: "Police have arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly harassing conservative radio talk show personality Lars Larson." Full Story.
News Archive: Florida Man Jailed For Stalking Long Island ... Read More
Radio Helps Haul in Another Dumb Criminal
Thursday July 21, 2005
An $81,000 bank heist and no clues - until one of the bank robbers took time out to call a Chicago radio station to brag about it. BUSTED and now ... Read More
Star Trek's James Doohan Has Died - Contributed to Many Radio Shows
Wednesday July 20, 2005
James Doohan, whose role of "Scotty" on the original "Star Trek" TV show and subsequent movies, made him a household name, has died. Besides a cinema and television career, Doohan ... Read More
Songs by Subject: Spies and Secrets: Songs About Leaks In Washington
Wednesday July 20, 2005
Radio stations, programmers, and deejays have used The Green Book of Songs By Subject for years. Each week, The Green Book of Songs By Subject provides a new list of ... Read More
Perth, Australia's 96fm Debuts 25 Year Tribute Site
Wednesday July 20, 2005
96fm in Perth, Western Australia has developed a tribute site and has just been launched. 96fm - "Perth's Best Music" is a Classic Rock/Adult Rock-based radio station playing a ... Read More
Howard Stern Announces His New York and L.A. Replacements
Tuesday July 19, 2005
NewsDay.com reports: "Howard Stern, who is literally counting the days before he leaves terrestrial radio for satellite, pumped up the volume on widely circulating replacement rumors by revealing on the ... Read More
The Future of Traditional Radio and Its Competitors: No Pain, Know Gain
Monday July 18, 2005
In reference to podcasts, Mark Mays, CEO of Clear Channel Communications, recently said, "Have you listened to any of these podcasts? It is painful." He also said, "Satellite radio is ... Read More
Very Funny: Farkers Photoshop A Couple of DJs
Sunday July 17, 2005
Have a look at some of these great "enhancements" of an unidentified duo of DJs in their studio. Priceless stuff...
DogCatRadio.com - An Online Radio Station For Pets and Their Owners
Sunday July 17, 2005
When I saw a news release for DogCatRadio.com I just had to take note. What kind of programming might this be? I wasn't expecting much. Oddly, it's not a bad ... Read More
Calling All Listeners and Staff of Q105/Tampa During Its Top 40 Glory Days
Friday July 15, 2005
A tribute site to Tampa Bay's legendary Q105 and QZOO morning show which turned Radio on it's head during the 1980s and early 1990s is now being built. Former listeners ... Read More
St. Louis Radio DJs Suspended Over Cop Remarks
Friday July 15, 2005
BillboardRadioMonitor.com reports: "DJ Kaos and DJ Sylli Asz have been suspended from hip-hop KATZ (The Beat) St. Louis for discussing ways to disarm police officers. The on-air topic comes just ... Read More
Listener Sues Radio Station Over Gag Hummer Giveaway
Thursday July 14, 2005
KFMB.com reports: "A listener is suing a radio station she said promised her a new Hummer H2 and instead gave her a remote-controlled model as an April Fools' Day prank..." ... Read More
Songs by Subject: Sex Scenes in Grand Theft Auto Sparks Controversy
Wednesday July 13, 2005
Radio stations, programmers, and deejays have used The Green Book of Songs By Subject for years. Each week it provides a new list of songs for a particular topic exclusively ... Read More
Do They Make a Portable Satellite Radio Receiver That Gets Both XM and SIRIUS?
Tuesday July 12, 2005
A visitor to the Radio site at About.com wants to know if there's a portable receiver that can get both XM and SIRIUS Satellite Radio. Well, at the moment there's ... Read More
New Report: Canadian Radio Listenership Down
Tuesday July 12, 2005
The sixth edition of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's "Broadcasting Policy Monitoring Report" has been released. Overall weekly Radio listening levels have decreased by roughly one hour from 1999 ... Read More
Wife of Don Geronimo ("Don & Mike") Killed in Crash
Monday July 11, 2005
Inside Radio is reporting the wife of Don Geronimo from the syndicated Radio team of Don & Mike was killed in a 10-car pileup near Ocean City, Maryland. The ... Read More
Australian Radio Station to Do Continuous On-Air Harry Potter Reading
Monday July 11, 2005
Later this week the worldwide sales embargo on the latest Harry Potter book will be lifted. As soon as "Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince" goes on sale, Australian radio ... Read More
Radio Rumor: David Lee Roth to Replace Howard Stern?
Sunday July 10, 2005
RedNova.com reports: "Infinity Broadcasting isn't commenting on an online report penned by a former Howard Stern Show regular that suggests David Lee Roth will be one of the personalities that ... Read More
XM Satellite Radio to Encore Live 8 Programming
Friday July 8, 2005
XM Satellite Radio will encore the best performances and interviews from XM's LIVE 8 coverage with "LIVE 8 Replay Weekends" beginning tomorrrow. Full Details.
Audio Mixers For Creating Podcasts or Internet Radio
Friday July 8, 2005
If you're planning to create your own Podcast or Internet Radio stream, a home studio that you're comfortable with is essential. Besides recording software and a microphone, a mixer can ... Read More
Blasts Rip Through London - Listen to Latest News From BBC Radio
Thursday July 7, 2005
A series of blasts ripped through London this morning shutting down that city's transportation network in what appears to be a coordinated terror attack. Hear live and breaking news on ... Read More
Satellite Radio to Provide Coverage of MLB All-Star Week and NFL Pre-season Play
Thursday July 7, 2005
XM Satellite Radio is touting its coverage of the 2005 MLB All-Star Week in Detroit and SIRIUS has announced a listening schedule for 2005 NFL pre-season live. Read more details.
Chris Evans Returns to BBC Radio 2
Wednesday July 6, 2005
Reuters reports: "British radio star Chris Evans signed a deal on Wednesday to present a weekly show on BBC Radio 2, a surprise return to a regular gig on the ... Read More
A Short History of Hospital Radio in the UK and Ireland
Wednesday July 6, 2005
In the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and other places, there is a tradition of broadcasting that has its roots in 1926 when Englishman Thomas Hanstock came up with the idea ... Read More
Songs by Subject: Fight Looms Over Supreme Court Vacancy
Tuesday July 5, 2005
Radio stations, programmers, and deejays have used The Green Book of Songs By Subject for years. Each week, The Green Book of Songs By Subject provides a new list of ... Read More
Philllipine Talk Show Host Gunned Down by Men on Motorcycles
Monday July 4, 2005
Radio talk show host Rolando "Dodong" Morales, from station DXMD, was killed by eight gunmen on motorcycles shortly after he finished presenting his program "The Voice of Barangay". Full Story
What If We Had Radio Deejays in 1776?
Sunday July 3, 2005
Being July 4th weekend, it's always good to reflect back on those early days of our country and the American Revolution. Did you ever wonder what it might have been ... Read More
SIRIUS Satellite Radio Celebrates 1 Year Anniversary of Elvis Radio
Sunday July 3, 2005
The first anniversary of Elvis Radio, the world's first all-Elvis music radio channel,was celebrated at its Graceland studio in Memphis, Tennessee yesterday. Read more.
Are Virtual Radio Stations in Video Games the Next Marketing Frontier?
Friday July 1, 2005
Kevin Glennon says marketers can reach audiences by complementing, rather than competing against media, such as video games and internet surfing. For instance: In-Game radio, where live radio is broadcast ... Read More