AM on the Right…FM on the Left

I read an interesting tidbit in the Tacoma News Tribune that I thought I would share. Seems that 50 years ago in April of 1958, Radio KTNT AM and FM invited listeners to experience a “revolutionary type of broadcast”. On Sundays, from 9 to 10 PM they would broadcast in binaural or “stereophonic” sound. The [...]

NAB 2008

With an estimated 105,000 registrants, NAB 2008 had a somewhat lightly attended feel this year. That said, most manufacturers commented that, while traffic on the show floor was down, the people that did attend were there to do business. And business we did – lots of it
But what would NAB be without a party with [...]

Little Consoles for Real Radio.

Not too many years ago, if a school or a church wanted to start a small radio station, and their budget wouldn’t allow them to buy a brand new on-air console, they would take whatever was available on the “used” market… usually an ancient broadcast board with some of the parts missing or not working. Or [...]

NAB? What NAB? Oh…THAT NAB…

For the first time in 25 years…I stayed home. Not because of the “recession”…for me, I simply needed a break from tradeshows. Las Vegas in April has been my mainstay since I was a young pup in the broadcast industry. I thought the industry needed a break from me..and I from it.