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radio, media and the music biz

Edge Dallas Reunion Tonight

by johnford on July 3, 2009

Heading north from Austin 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 Texas area, stop by.

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Radio: Free, Simple and 24-7

by johnford on June 5, 2009

This morning, like pretty much every morning, I was noodling the web as usual looking for the latest from around the Globe. Since RadioNX covers all the , 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 never, ever know what news I’m gonna’ whack into.

radio dialToday I landed on an op-ed piece from CityBeat. From what I can gather from my limited time I could give to the site, it’s an alternative paper from Cincinnati. The article, The Day the Music Died … Again?!, is a lamentation over the format change of a local Cinci station that recently flipped from Alternative to Country. The 20ish reporter gives us the usual angst of a 20-something, loosing her fave radio destination, along with the usual FUD-ish diatribe about this is why youngish people use an iPod instead of listening to the damn radio. All perfect and I guess valid points…But one thing she said really caught my eye:

“That’s why radio is so (potentially) great. It’s free. It’s simple. It’s there, 24/7″

Well whack me up side the head with the obvious stick! What was that really bad NAB “consumer focus” slogan? [click to continue…]

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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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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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Yesterday’s Bloodbath at Clear Channel

January 21, 2009

My sympathies to all who lost their gigs yesterday following the great inaugural day bloodletting at Clear Channel. Here’s the audio short version of the Clear Channel memo:

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An Aircheck from KTSA San Antonio

September 23, 2008

Here’s a quick aircheck of some fill-in work I did with Karen Kay on KTSA San Antonio a couple of weeks ago. Edited out the breaks, no editing of the show. It was fun. KTSA is a great station!
5-6 pm 8/12/08

4-5 pm 8/12/08

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The Return of RadioSurfer

August 25, 2008

If you’ve been visiting johnford.net for a while, you may remember I used to run RadioSurfer, the all in one, quick loading radio news portal. I let the site go a couple of years ago, despite much protest. I just didn’t have the time to hard-code the site every day. Well, times have changed and [...]

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A Jackass of a Radio Promotion from the Wolf in Denver.

August 19, 2008

The Wolf has undoubtedly spent countless thousands of dollars advertising its brand, endless hours training its jocks to say “The Wolf” as the first thing out of their mouths, hired an Imaging Director to create an aural brand built around the station name, a Promotions Director to build visibility of The Wolf brand, driving home “The Wolf” over and over again. … Just a little piece of advice for all the amateur Program and Promotions Directors out there thinking of trying something like this; you only change the name of your radio station if you’re going to actually change the format of the radio station.

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KTSA San Antonio

August 15, 2008

I just spent the last couple of days in San Antonio doing fill-in for afternoon drive. Had a good time working with my old compatriat Karen Kay. No airchecks to post, but here’s a couple of camera-phone picts of the studio and a very bad photo of a roadside taco stand. Why? Hey, it’s Texas. [...]

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Rush and Hannity Want Obama to Win.

August 7, 2008

If I were Rush or Hannity, I would be up nights praying to whichever deity is currently providing the most PAC money to the vast right wing conspiracy to smite the Republican electorate and usher in the brave new world of “change” promised by the HypnoBama . … Better material and an opponent in the White House in diametric opposition to their core values (i.e. something they can rally against on the air to whip the ditto heads into a frenzy) will mean better ratings and of course, more revenue.

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Justin Timberlake Rumored to Host the Oscars.

August 4, 2008

And recently there have been a few semi-scandalous rumors swirling around Timberlake, involving everything from lip-syncing, comments about Kate Moss’ alleged cocaine use, defending Britney Spears often puzzling behaviour and even even mumblings over a gay scandal when Timberlake was with his boy band N Sync. … Timberlake and the Oscars, a Match Made in Tinseltown The question remains, does Timberlake have what it takes to fill the rather large shoes of past Oscar hosts like Douglas Fairbanks, Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, Billy Crystal, Steve Martin or Whoopi Goldberg?

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Newport Folkies Go Live on the Net This Weekend. “The Answer My Friend is Backboned on the Zend”

August 2, 2008

Ahhh, it’s a cryin’ shame it’s not 1965 so we could hear Dylan get booed by the uptight folk-nazi’s frothing at the mouth over Bobby playing rock and roll on holy acoustic folkie ground. Or better yet, ‘64 with Skip James pickn’ and moanin’ to “I’d Rather be the Devil.” Well, like they say, “Nostalgia [...]

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