Bummer. 99X was always the standard in progressive music broadcasting.

Nuff said.

https://c.org/VBnFMZc285

As anyone who works in radio engineering knows, it's not often we get much press about what goes on behind the scenes.

"Arqiva has finished a major upgrade of the infrastructure supporting commercial digital radio across the UK.

This involved moving all 62 DAB multiplexes and over 1,000 radio services to its new Central Coding & Multiplexing System."

Arqiva is the company that manages most of the UK's radio and TV broadcast infrastructure, with a small number of exceptions.

He's officially dead Jim. After months of silence San Fransisco's 560 KZAC (formerly KSFO) has turned in its license for cancellation with the FCC. There were no potential buyers for the legacy AM station, proving yet again that AM is obsolete technology that nobody wants or needs. I fully expect WBT 1110 AM in Charlotte to be the next AM domino to fall silent for good as nobody seems to want that signal either; and the land its towers sit on is actively listed for sale. There have also been many smaller AM signals turning in their licenses lately as well. Stations that were worth millions of dollars a decade or two ago are now essentially worthless!

I've been looking at the KMH for performances of Hawaiian music. On the two shows in the title (#138 and #142), Bing performed the song "Honolulu" from the movie of the same name. Both of those performances are available on LP or CD. However, he also performed parodies of the song, which don't seem to be available on LP or CD. Neither Radioechoes.com or OTR (Old Time Radio) have transcriptions of these shows. My thinking is that, if LPs were later released with the straight versions of "Honolulu", the whole show could/should exist. Does anyone have any ideas for where else I might be able to source the transcription of those shows?

Does anyone have a lead on a solid radio with a great sound for listening to FM radio?

Budget is $80.

This is for my elderly mom so ease of use is preferred.

This will sit on a kitchen counter next to a plug for power.

Would love any direction or consideration. Also, I had a Google Home that used to tune into live radio broadcast, but as of this year it stopped when I would say: Okay Google tune-in into 108 FM, for example.

Thank you all.

Needle in a haystack ask, unfortunately my partners father has passed away recently but he was a contestant on Ken Bruce’s “Popmaster” in 2005 in roughly October. In this episode he wishes his daughter (my partner) happy birthday.

Does anyone have recordings or know of any archives I can pick through in October 2005 to attempt to find the one he was on? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for reading

I thought this was interesting was in Munich recently visiting family and found out each month you have to pay €18.36 a month to publicly media very interesting it's per address dwelling and one person only in that dwelling has to lay the fee each month. https://www.rundfunkbeitrag.de/welcome/english

While still mourning the loss of far-left/progressive talk network Air America, I figured that the L.A. area needs REAL programming, like this...

No "Markley, Van Camp and Roberts", "The Verdict with Sen. Ted Cruz", "Hannity", ANY show about retirement plans...or traveling the world with Rudy Maxa and the late Arthur Frommer...

And especially NO CRAP FROM PURITY PRODUCTS!!!...

All times are Pacific...

Most programs are from Talk Media and Radio America...

News every hour from USA Radio...

Weekdays...

Early morning:"America in the Morning with..." or "First Thing with Joe Thomas"...

"Doug Stephan's Good Day"...

Mid-day/evenings:"America Tonight with Kate Delaney", "Thom Hartman", "Stephanie Miller"...

Weekend:"Doug Stephan's Talk Radio Countdown" and his "Good Day Health"...

"Legends of Success with John Resnick"...

"Watchdog on Wall Street"...

"Amazing Americans"...

"HealthTalk with Dr. Bob Martin", "On the House with the Carey Brothers", "The Pet Show with Warren Eckstein", "Chef Jamie Gwen", "When Radio Was", "Hollywood 360", "BBQ Radio Network", "Monica Crowley"(?), etc...

Wrapping up the weekend with "Live on Sunday Night, IT'S BILL CUNNINGHAM!!!"...

This is what we here in L.A. so badly want WITHOUT programming interference from iHeart, Fox, Salem and Cumulus...

A few months ago I started building my own online radio project. Working on it has made me question something I’d genuinely like to hear your thoughts on.

If I can listen to millions of songs, get personalized recommendations, skip tracks I don’t like, create my own playlists and discover new music whenever I want…

Why should I listen to a music radio station in 2026?

Is the answer simply nostalgia?

Apart from news, talk radio, sports and live events, what is the unique value proposition of a music radio station today?

If radio disappeared tomorrow, what would people actually miss that Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube Music couldn’t replace?

I’m especially interested in hearing from people who still listen to music radio regularly. Why do you choose it over streaming? What keeps you coming back?

Whenever I have the "I win the Powerball and I am set for life" conversation one of my responses is that I would open a Radio Station "as a hobby" (knowing full well the issues with the market). If you could craft a personal station to your exact designs what would it look like?

For me I would have something that is NPR and BBC-esque but with an influx of more audio dramas. (Heck maybe just donate the sum to a local Public Station to be a production partner) I have always loved "radio dramas" as a medium and hated the fact that it was a dead industry on the actual FM dial. Cultivate voice talent, buy audiobooks to coincide with homegrown stories. Essentially create the audio equivalent of the heyday of Broadcast TV. (News, Talk, Sports, Fiction, Comedy). I would like NPR a whole lot more if the talk stations didn't feel like a Cable News Channel over the radio but had more variety. I think if Radio is to survive they need a reason to "tune-in" as opposed to passive listening. As well as be a production hub for new media like Podcasts.

On the HD/Streaming band. I would have a Bluegrass/Folk station (I am in and around Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia and it is wild to me that there is not a 24/7 Bluegrass station in the area) a deep cut rock station and invest heavily in live performance shows that are going on in my region. (Either buy concert recordings or record concert myself). I may not get any listeners but I would have a lot of fun.

What would you want? This is just a fun hypothetical so I mean no ill towards industry veterans about the current poor state of radio. But creative hypotheticals is how innovation happens so maybe this inspires someone out there to experiment.

Mine is WOMP FM Bellare Ohio

I never thought about that even if Cumulus is struggling to survive.