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Showing posts with label Media Radio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Media Radio. Show all posts

Monday, December 02, 2013

Early radio in Carroll County [Eagle Archives] By Kevin Dayhoff

Early radio in Carroll County [Eagle Archives]


Early radio in Carroll County [Eagle Archives] By Kevin Dayhoff, 6:15 a.m. EST, December 2, 2013


Having grown up in Carroll County, I can tell you that, as late as the 1950s, radio was always a big deal in Carroll County. I remember our first television. It was a nice novelty. We still listened to the radio.

On Nov. 18, 1932, according to the Baltimore Evening Sun, "An unlicensed radio station was shut down in Westminster by the Federal Radio Commission… The station broadcast music on Sunday afternoons. The signal was picked up in Pennsylvania, where residents complained that the music was interrupting the reception of other programs.

"Investigators traced the signal to a farmhouse in Westminster. Homemade equipment was found at the home. Investigators made no arrest but reminded the unidentified youthful equipment owner that unlicensed broadcasts carried a penalty of five years in prison and a $5,000 fine."



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Saturday, January 07, 2012

Saturday's 930 WFMD Frederick's Forum will feature Cliff Cumber from the Frederick News Post

Saturday's 930 WFMD Frederick's Forum will feature Cliff Cumber from the Frederick News Post for a review of 2011 and look ahead to 2012 http://tinyurl.com/7dson3m

http://www.wfmd.com/pages/PBFF.html

Update for the readers who asked about Pattee Brown...http://www.wfmd.com/pages/PBFF.html


Learn about Pattee
Wednesday 09-01-2010 3:03pm ET
An entrepreneurial marketing and communications professional, Pattee is the Publisher & COO of 270inc Business magazine headquartered in Frederick. She has an eclectic record of achievement including hosting a radio talk show, marketing, publishing, non-profit management,  restaurant ownership, and running an advertising agency.  Pattee moved to Frederick as a young adult in the 90's, and lives in Downtown Frederick.  She calls Frederick home and is totally engrossed in everything that is Frederick.  She dares anyone to pigeon hole her political views and embraces the opportunity to bring opposing sides of any debate together for spirited and intelligent discussions.

Email Pattee - Pattee@WFMD.com
Podcasts
Monday 03-08-2010 2:14pm ET
You can listen to the Frederick's Forum podcast - here

Read more: 
http://www.wfmd.com/pages/PBFF.html
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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Olesker North Baltimore Patch: WBAL News Director's Departure Another Blow to Local News

    Olesker: WBAL News Director's Departure Another Blow to Local News

    Priorities have changed for radio newsman Mark Miller. "I want to have dinner with my wife and child,” he says.
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    In the springtime of his 52nd year, with an Air Force wife home from the war and a daughter desiring his attention, Mark Miller says he’s leaving WBAL. It’s a body blow to local radio, which needs all the good news people it can find.
    Frankly, it needs any news people at all.
    Miller, who grew up in Woodlawn, has spent three decades at WBAL. The last 21 years, he’s been news director there, keeping the coverage straight no matter how conservative the station’s surrounding talk shows have gotten. And he’s kept the coverage as comprehensive as possible despite any newsroom depth.
    As everybody knows, the practice of news-gathering is going through some remarkable changes, much involving downsizing.
    "The business,” Miller acknowledges, “has changed.”
    http://northbaltimore.patch.com/articles/olesker-wbal-news-directors-departure-another-blow-to-local-news
    He means not just radio, but...  

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    Friday, March 07, 2008

    20080307 NPR CEO Ken Stern Forced Out

    NPR CEO Ken Stern Forced Out

    March 7, 2008

    This is certainly not a step in the correct direction for NPR.

    Media: NPR CEO Ken Stern Forced Out

    NPR's board of directors announced Thursday that CEO Ken Stern is leaving. He has been the CEO since Oct. 1, 2006.

    NPR.org, March 7, 2008 by David Folkenflik: NPR's corporate board has forced out the organization's chief executive after less than a year and a half in the top job.

    Ken Stern joined NPR back in 1999, becoming its chief operating officer. He is a numbers cruncher and lawyer who helped stabilize NPR after years of rocky finances.

    […]

    In addition, Stern led a major push in digital ventures. It stemmed from his often-repeated conviction that the old way of doing business wouldn't work. Other diversions — such as cable television, online news sources, iPods, books on tape, video games and social networks — are siphoning audiences away from traditional broadcasters, including public radio stations. Stern argued that NPR shows and news and cultural segments increasingly had to be available on whatever platforms people wanted to hear them.

    NPR is considered a leader in news and music podcasts. And under Stern it has also struck deals to deliver its content new ways, such as through cell phones.

    But that push has aggravated anxiety among local stations about their relationship to the network. NPR member stations rely heavily on popular shows, particularly Morning Edition, to generate donations. But if people can listen to them through NPR's Web site or even their own cell phones, why would they stay loyal to stations still reliant on pledge drives?

    Read the entire article here: NPR CEO Ken Stern Forced Out

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    Wednesday, June 06, 2007

    20070605 WTTR the “Voice of Carroll County” wins five awards

    June 5th, 2007

    (Paraphrased from information on the WTTR web site on June 5th, 2007)

    WTTR wins five awards for news and sports from Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association:

    The awards were presented by the Associated Press last weekend in Ocean City Maryland.

    Mark Woodworth, Dwight Dingle, and Tom Burnett were cited for OUTSTANDING COVERAGE OF A CONTINUING STORY for November's "ELECTION NIGHT 2006."

    Pat Sajak's "I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT..." took top honors for being the OUTSTANDING EDITORIAL OR COMMENTARY.

    The best PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM OR SERIES went to the "CARROLL COMMUNITY FORUM - MENTAL ILLNESS" show.

    The WTTR news staff (delivers) 27 locally produced newscasts every weekday from a crew that has won hundreds of professional journalism awards and community honors over the past several decades.

    In several phone conversations with Dwight over the last several days, he said more information will be forthcoming. I had been in contact with Dwight several times recently as he is included in my Wednesday, June 6th, 2007 Westminster Eagle column… (As I post this it is not online yet.)

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    Thursday, February 01, 2007

    20070201 Thoughtful discussion on WAMU’s programming changes

    Thoughtful discussion on WAMU’s programming changes

    February 1, 2007

    In case you missed it - - A commenter has left a well written and thoughtful comment for our consideration in response to WAMU’s programming changes.

    In particular he laments WAMU’s decision to drop “American Routes.”

    Please continue your support of WAMU – and give some thoughtful consideration to the thoughts shared below.

    I have copied and pasted the comment below for your convenience – and because I really appreciate and encourage civil and thoughtful discussion. I have reformatted and re-paragraphed it for readability.

    As always, your thoughtful consideration is appreciated regardless of the outcome on any particular issue. Whether we agree or disagree, always find this blog open for friendly civil and constructive dialogue.

    Kevin

    mikelicht has left a new comment on your post "20070130 Changes coming to WAMU":

    WAMU-FM has removed Nick Spitzer's unique American Routes show from their broadcast schedule. WAMU-FM radio made some great programming changes recently, but this is not one of them.

    The New Orleans-produced show has many loyal listeners here, who appreciate it even more since it's post-Katrina return to the Crescent City.

    Their opinion is widely-shared: "In the history of American radio, no series has come close to Nick Spitzer's American Routes in exploring the many streams of this nation's music." -- Nat Hentoff, Wall Street Journal

    "It's tough to make such different music into an entertaining, coherent show, but Spitzer and his staff do with style, wit, and an unpretentious appreciation of what the music of this great country is all about." -- David Kunian.

    Offbeat Magazine Spitzer's combination of scholarship and populist appeal has taken off like prairie fire. -- Paul de Barros Seattle Times

    Here's how to help: WAMU fundraising week is Feb 3 - 10, but you don't have to wait to join or donate.

    The on-line "Membership" and "Donate Any Amount" forms (at wamu.org under the "Support WAMU" tab) have a "Send us your comments!".

    My advice as a former public radio employee: limit comments to "Bring back American Routes!" etc. Don't add statements about other issues; it will just confuse them. Don't add how much you like other shows -- this promotes complacency, not action. Don't tell them what other program to cut or when to air American Routes -- these are hard decisions, and someone gets paid to make them.

    If you see something in the Washington Post or Washington CityPaper on the topic, go on-line and add a comment. Post to any blogs you can about WAMU and American Routes -- this intensifies the "echo effect." Someday this reflex may extinguish itself, but it hasn't happened yet. Get WAMU back on track with American Routes.

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    Tuesday, January 30, 2007

    20070130 Changes coming to WAMU

    Changes coming to WAMU

    http://www.wamu.org/programs/message.php

    January 30th, 2007

    Recently WETA announced that it was returning to an all classical music format. (
    Click here for more information…) This created some concern and interest as to whether or not there would be any changes in the programming at the radio station at American University – WAMU.

    Yes, dear reader, be gentle - but I am addicted to “public radio.” Yes, it is quite liberal (make that profoundly liberal) – to a fault; but for a rabid news and information junkie like me, its, well - news and information.

    To be certain, one must balance the information by switching the dial to WCBM and WBAL – and for me, to really mix it up; I like to listen to WYPR in Baltimore.

    Grazing through WAMU’s website, I came across the following note:

    A Message to Our Listeners

    As you might imagine, we're receiving lots of questions right now from folks like you -- public radio listeners who are wondering what WAMU 88.5 will be changing, if anything, in light of current changes in the Washington, D.C., area radio landscape. I have some updates I'd like to share with you.

    Downloadable Schedule


    A
    downloadable (PDF, 62KB) version of our schedule is available.

    Starting Saturday, Jan. 27, we'll begin airing A Prairie Home Companion from 6-8 p.m. Hot Jazz Saturday Night will follow from 8-11 p.m.

    We're also making several changes to the Saturday schedule:

    Weekend Edition Saturday moves to 8 a.m., and Car Talk will follow at 10 a.m.

    Studio 360 moves to 1 p.m., followed by The Splendid Table at 2 p.m., Marketplace Money at 3 p.m., On the Media at 4 p.m., and Weekend All Things Considered at 5 p.m.

    Weekdays beginning Monday, Jan. 29, we'll start the morning with The BBC World News Update at 5 a.m. Morning Edition now will run from 6-10 a.m. In the afternoons, the BBC Newshour will air at 4 p.m., followed by All Things Considered from 5-6:30 p.m., Marketplace at 6:30 p.m., and All Things Considered from 7-8 p.m.

    Weekday evenings, Mondays-Thursdays, we'll air The World at 8 p.m., and On Point at 9 p.m. Friday evenings, you can still hear The DC Politics Hour with Kojo and Jonetta at 8 p.m., followed by the entire "Friday News Roundup" from The Diane Rehm Show, 9-11 p.m.

    Moving into the wee hours, we're bringing Fair Game with Faith Salie to WAMU 88.5 at 1 a.m., followed by News and Notes at 2 a.m., and re-broadcasts from The Kojo Nnamdi Show and The Diane Rehm Show at 3 and 4 a.m.

    Some of you may still have questions about different shows that you would like us to carry. We'll continue to evaluate our programming over the next few months, and as always, we'll release any information about additional changes as soon as we have them available.

    I wish our colleagues at WETA-FM great success with their return to classical music. WAMU 88.5's focus will not change -- to be the public radio listener's source for news and information in the Washington, D.C., metro area, and to showcase the best of traditional American music.

    Sincerely,

    Caryn G. Mathes, WAMU 88.5 General Manager