Who says working on the radio is a cushy job?
LA PAZ, Bolivia - Bolivian authorities say they have arrested three men for an arson attack that badly burned a radio journalist while he was on the air.
Fernando Vidal was in intensive care in the eastern city of Santa Cruz Tuesday, under treatment for burns suffered Monday in a midday attack on his station in Yacuiba, a city of 120,000 that borders Argentina.
Son-in-law Esteban Farfan says Vidal was interviewing two women about alleged corruption among customs police when masked men entered the studio. He said one splashed around gasoline, the other set it alight and a third fired shots in the air. He said Vidal was burned trying intervene.
Vidal is a former Yacuiba mayor who uses his daily radio program to denounce corruption in a city along a cocaine smuggling route.
Stitcher hits 8 million downloads. The on-demand mobile audio app Stitcher says
it has crossed eight million downloads. The announcement comes as it
redesigns its web-based version to make use more seamless. The web app
will sync with other mobile apps and will pull in all of a user’s
stations and allow them to pick up where they left off listening in a
particular show. Among Stitcher’s content partners are CBS Radio News,
Fox News Radio and NPR. From their website: "Stitcher is the leader in Internet Radio for the world beyond music. We
deliver the latest news, politics, sports, business and entertainment
on-demand to listeners on their mobile phones. The Stitcher app has
been downloaded over 5 million times and offers the best programming
from thousands of content providers including NPR, Fox and CNN.
Stitcher is available for iPhone, Android and iPad and is being
integrated directly into new Ford and GM vehicles." Another nail in the coffin for terrestial radio? Apple is ready to launch their version of online streaming in early 2013. "Supposedly, Apple is already in talks with major music
labels including Universal Music Group, Warner Music
Group, and Sony’s music division to start an ad-supported
streaming radio service."
From Rich Lieberman at 415 Media we learn news about Ronn Owens' future with KGO 810 AM. (KGO continues to be a popular choice among blatherers here.)
"*There's been some drips of info emanating from 55 Hawthorne that KGO vet talker, Ronn Owens,
will be staying on after all when his contract expires at the end of
the year. This, despite the fact that, A. Owens would be making less
than a third of what his expiring deal pays him, B. Owens, according to
my insiders, is in heavy duty pain due to a bad back, and C. sagging
numbers by a once-dominant industry giant who very recently told an
ex-colleague that he was probably going to retire.
Owens might be looking for some professional "in" to save face. He
understands that after Dec. 31 he has no leverage; The local
ClearChannel outlet, (Newstalk 910 AM),
has no interest in him. And given KGO's dismal ratings, the idea of
bringing him back, (under marked lower financial terms--probably some
compensation like an "avails deal," perhaps, is a nothing-to-lose
possibility.)"
KVI is now my new KGO, although with right of center content rather than the mostly left of the old KGO. Entetaining, smart hosts 24/7 with the weakest links being Ingraham when she goes into her occaisional whiny or snotty rants, and the trucker channel overnight guys when they get obnoxious, which isn't often. KGO had it's weak links as well, so the entertainment value is right up with that of the Bay Area Powerhouse in the nineties and before. I can switch over to Ronn when the day's Laura is not in my plans for the morning.
Posted by: Hedge Fund Hal | November 01, 2012 at 01:33 PM
Stitcher sounds a bit like a podcast, but with ads and DRM out the ass. When is Big Content going to figure out that their business model of selling CDs is dead and gone forever and isn't coming back?!?
Posted by: Hugh Jorgan | November 03, 2012 at 12:13 AM
Gee, a website that keeps up with KGO, a San Francisco-based radio station. Worthless.
Posted by: benseattle | November 03, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Hey Ben! Name something interesting going on in Seattle Radio. Otherwise, go whine somewhere else.
Posted by: Walt | November 03, 2012 at 12:09 PM
Right now, in my estimation there are four (4) interesting things in Seattle-area talk radio; John Curley, Dave Ross, Luke Burbank and Dori Monson. Other than that, I can't think of a thing.
On a national level, nada! Tried listening to Rush Limbaugh while driving this week and couldn't hack it. KIRO rules.
Posted by: Observer | November 03, 2012 at 01:36 PM
How dare you - a leftist invoke the name of Dori Monson on this website. That is blasphemy of the 1st degree - LMAO !!
Posted by: KS blathers | November 03, 2012 at 09:19 PM