...Chuck Taggart's essential "Down Home" music show is 86'd from KCSN along with just about everything else. They'll play "Adult Acoustic Alternative" and have their Music Biz Department seek out other music, or something.

They've been trying to dump a perfectly good radio station for a couple of years now.

Mitchell Harding was one of the radio voices I would listen to at night in my bed through the earphones, late at night, after my parents were in bed. He was a voice on the legendary Hour 25 science fiction program at KPFK and later a constant voice on KCRW, where he did news programming ( Read more... )

The radio monitoring world is nerdy rather than political, and when ideology shows up it's almost always right-wing: crew-cutted middle-aged white guy thinking. But in general, it's off the table.

This week, however, Monitoring Times' "Utility World" blog asks the interesting question: What happened on June 26?The short version, for those who TL; ( Read more... )

Someone backhoed a natural gas main around here today and there was the usual excitement. Quote from OC Fire Authority on scene:

"Appears that a backhoe severed a gas main here. Area is cleared, and we're just going to stand by until the Gas Company pinches this one off."

Pan pan, pan pan, pan pan. This is United States Coast Guard station Long Beach with an urgent marine bulletin. The United States Coast Guard has received a report of a 28 foot pleasure craft named "What, Me Worry?" overdue on arrival from Catalina Island to San Pedro. All vessels are requested to keep lookout and render assistance as needed. This ( Read more... )

Today is August 11, 2006 ( Read more... )

LA radio host arrested on suspicion of kidnappingSANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) -- A radio host and Hollywood music consultant was released on $1 million bail after being arrested at a nightclub for investigation of drugging and attempting to kidnap a 14-year-old girl, police said Sunday ( Read more... )

Area Man Jams Cop Radios, Goes To Slammer.

Best quote: Mitra testified the Nov. 11 episodes were accidental transmissions that occurred when two wires rubbed against themselves and the transmitter. He said the sex sounds were broadcast because he was listening to them on a loop in his bedroom, and when he heard them on a police scanner and ( Read more... )

Thanks, Gene, for all the help you gave to the hobby ( Read more... )

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Don't You Just Love Bananas?