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Edge Dallas Reunion Tonight

by johnford on July 3, 2009

Heading north from today to attend the Edge Dallas 20-year reunion. Should be fun. Hard to believe it’s been 20 farking years! Most of the original air-staff is alleged to be in attendance. If you’re in the North area, stop by.

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Luckenbach, Texas

by johnford on June 23, 2009

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Radio: Miracle of the 20th Century

June 21, 2009

I got this old book as a combo Birthday/Father’s Day present. “Radio: Miracle of the 20th Century,” was published in 1922, at the advent of the “modern era” of radio. Scanned in a few of the pictures and cover so others (as in you) could check it out. A couple of my favorite picts are [...]

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My SoCo Austin Neighborhood

June 20, 2009

  

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The Republic of Texas

June 20, 2009
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New Delineator Recipes Cookbook

June 10, 2009

One of the few things I have in my actual possession that belonged to my Dad is an old cookbook from the ’20s called the New Delineator Recipes. From what I can gather, it was created by the Delineator Home Institute back in the late 1920s and includes 10 exclusive recipes from Ann Batchelder. I’ll [...]

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Vote for “Rock Bottom” in the Austin Chronicle Sound Wars

June 8, 2009

I’ve moved up to round two in the Austin Chronicle “Sound Wars” for my heart felt little love song, “I Knew I’d Hit Rock Bottom (When I Woke Up, On Top of You)” I did this without asking anyone to vote or pepper the poll in any way. However, now it’s time to [...]

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Radio: Free, Simple and 24-7

June 5, 2009

This morning, like pretty much every morning, I was noodling the web as usual looking for the latest radio news from around the Globe. Since RadioNX covers all the radio news, from across the world and around the corner (I feel like one of those old-timey news jingles should be playing in the background), I [...]

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Radio & Records Closes Shop

June 3, 2009

The radio broadcasting industry trade that set the standard for over three decades, Radio & Records, ceases operation on Friday. It is indeed the end of an era. For those in the radio broadcasting industry Radio & Records was much more than just bathroom reading material. It was the source for radio rumors, news along [...]

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Radio… Listen or We Will Shoot This Dog!

April 20, 2009
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Explain this to me… How do you ‘Rent A Tire’??!

April 6, 2009
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Pictures from WSHE Miami

February 24, 2009

A couple of Facebook friends posted a few pictures from WHSE.

Let’s see if I can remember everyone. Top row from Left:
Joe St Peter, Skip Herman, John Ford, Neil Mirsky, Nina Joy, Drew Mellow
Bottom Row:
Sonny Fox, Nancy G, Ron Hersey, Kim Alexander, Mark Roden
Hey I did it. Here’s a very scary one:

That’s David Ross (I think) [...]

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