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02/02/03 - Last Radio Transmission of Space Shuttle Columbia - The space shuttle "Columbia" was destroyed on re-entry early yesterday, killing all 7 astronauts aboard. Here is a transcript of the last radio transmission between Mission Control and the Columbia.

02/01/03 - Space Shuttle Columbia Was Friend To Amateur Radio - The space shuttle "Columbia" was destroyed on re-entry today, killing all 7 astronauts aboard. Among the many activities shuttle missions have been involved in is a program called SAREX, Space Amateur Radio Experiment. It has given students and amateur radio operators a chance to communicate with astronauts to ask questions about space and shuttle missions.

01/31/03 - Yahoo Debuts "LAUNCHcast Plus" Internet Radio - Yahoo's free LAUNCH music service has spawned a new, enhanced version called "LAUNCHcast Plus" which offers subscribers more station choices, customization, moods and options.

01/30/03 - How To Create Your Own Internet Radio Station - Want to create your own web-based Radio station? Here's what you need to know from simple, personal broadcasting from your PC to reaching the world. Whether your goal is profit or fun, this information will get you started on your way to online webcasting.

01/28/03 - Audio Record Wizard Conjures Up Easy Recording - Want to create your own web-based Radio station? Here's what you need to know from simple, personal broadcasting from your PC to reaching the world. Whether your goal is profit or fun, this information will get you started on your way to online webcasting.

01/27/03 - FM Radio On Your Handheld PDA - iBIZ Technology Corporation has introduced the first FM Radio SD card for PDA handheld computers. Now, for under $50 dollars you can turn your personal handheld digital assistant into a miniature boom box.>

01/24/03 - Want To Work On The Radio? - If you've ever thought of working in Radio, here's what you need to know about how to break-in. Covered are broadcast schools, traditional colleges and universities, interns, apprentices, what you can expect to make and more.

01/21/03 - Total Recorder Pro Records Your Webcasts - Total Recorder Professional Edition is a smart software application designed to record streaming audio from online Radio webcasts, other Internet sources and everything signal that can pass through your soundcard. This piece of shareware has some very nice features including scheduling, appending, file format choices, and much more.

01/19/03 - Viddiplayer Makes Streaming Radio Easy - At a time when most player applications for streaming Internet Radio and audio are becoming bigger, bulker and more complicated, the Viddiplayer offers a lean player that makes it easy and quick to stream over 750 Internet Radio stations and webcasts.

01/17/03 - First Portable Internet Radio Tuner On Sale Soon - PDT, a British company, has unveiled the first truly portable Internet Radio tuner. It's called the "InTune200" and besides receiving Net stations and the AM/FM bands, it can also play CDs, MP3s and even be moved up to 300 feet away from a computer.

01/16/03 - New Software For Recording Streaming Audio - Four new software programs and/or version updates were recently introduced for Internet users who are looking for inexpensive and easy ways to record streaming audio from their favorite online webcasted radio station or other audio source. Here are quick looks at 1st Sound Recorder, All Recorder, Ace-High MP3 Recorder and #1 Sound Recorder.

01/12/03 - Radio Mourns Death of Bee Gee Maurice Gibb - Maurice Gibb, one of the founding memebers of the Australian Pop band, the "Bee Gees", has died. He leaves behind 41 charted Radio hits, a host of albums and a worldwide fanbase."

01/11/03 - New Zealand Radio Hoax: Date With Tom Cruise Crashes - On the heels of the recent Radio hoax where two Miami DJs placed a phone call to the President of Venezuela and used sound bites to impersonate Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro, comes a new one from New Zealand. This time the DJ promised listeners a dream date with Tom Cruise. It was a lie."

01/08/03 - Miami DJs Create Latest Radio Hoax - Two Miami, Florida Disc-Jockeys staged a prank phone call and masqueraded as the Dictator of Cuba, Fidel Castro. The man they were calling, Venezuela President, Hugo Chavez, fell for it. Yet, another entry into the Radio Hoax Hall of Fame.

01/05/03 - Radio Rules in "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" - You expect great soundtracks from movies and in recent years, even video games have raised the bar. But, "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" comes with 8 well-thought out Radio stations the player can groove to while playing that sound as good or better than some commercial stations.

01/01/03 - Radio DJs vs. Mobile DJs and Club DJs - Disc-jockeys on the Radio used to have real responsibilies for picking music and creating an entertaining program. But, today, it's the Mobile DJs and Club DJs who seem to have taken over that job. So, who's the REAL DJ?

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