Saturday, September 03, 2005
Radio Luxembourg's back!
| Radio Luxembourg is back! Well on the web at least only via winamp or real player but windows media player is coming soon. Click the link to choose your way of listening: http://www.radioluxembourg.co.uk/ |
Friday, September 02, 2005
The Radio informer nederland/deutsches
| De informant van Theradio voor Nederlandse en Duitse talen http://theradioinformerextra.blogspot.com Der Radioberichterstatter in den holländischen und deutschen Sprachen. http://theradioinformerextra.blogspot.com The Radio informer will also be in german and dutch languages by converting english in those languages by using babelfish translator .(trasnslation may not be acurate at times) http://theradioinformerextra.blogspot.com |
This weekend relays.
| This weekend relays. 9.290 sw September 3 Radio Six 6.00 - 7.00UTC Radio Joystick 9.00 - 10.00UTC Radio Marabu 13.00 - 19.00UTC September 4 Radio City 9.00 - 10.00UTC Radio Six 11.00 - 12.00UTC Q103 12.00 - 14.00UTC Good Listening Italian Radio Relay Service -Times and Channels Radio MiaMigo (music - 60s to the 90s) Saturday from 0800 utc onwards on 15,725 khz E-mail - radiomiamigo@amserve.com Saturday and Sunday on 13,840 kHz from 0900-1400 cet Daily on 5,775 kHz from 2100-2230 cet(sign-off at 0000 cet on Fri & Sundays)Please check our latest program and frequencyschedules online at :http://www.nexus.org/NEXUS-IBA/Schedules Reports by E-mail are very much appreciated Please E-mail reports@nexus.org Thank You. |
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Radio News In Brief
| Radio Netherlands will have extra Drm Transmissions from 2nd-7 september when the ifa in berlin starts: Click the link for schedule: http://www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/features/media/schedule050327.html?view=Standard SATERN: Ham Radio Operators Help Track Down Hurricane Victims [read the 9News article] Sep 1( www.RADIOINTEL.com ) |
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Dad There Still Playing Elvis!
| RADIO All-Elvis radio? It's now or never Sirius leaps into the extreme niche — which could be the future of satellite and digital radio — with a channel just for Presley, 24/7. Elvis (AP) Morning man (Lisa Buser / For The Times) Calendar Reruns rule but football pass connects Landmark sponsorship move By the Numbers Past unravels attempt at a new life Taking a modern view Calendar section > Most E-mailed Blunt critic on schools, integration 'V for Vendetta' still behind mask 'The Constant Gardener' > more e-mailed stories By Martin Miller, Times Staff Writer There are those who say that pop-radio stations play the same set of songs over and over again and all sound alike — a statement that is both true and not true of Sirius Satellite Radio's Elvis Radio. It's all Elvis Presley all the time, culled from a vast library of 2,700 songs but presented in a way listeners have never heard before — and one that may be a harbinger of radio's future. ADVERTISEMENT Elvis Radio, one of more than 130 channels on Sirius, may be the first station to transform what is normally a short-lived publicity stunt into a full-time dial fixture. As such, the all-Elvis station is widely viewed as an early litmus test for the ultra-niching that may lie ahead in satellite and digital radio, which offers listeners hundreds of channel choices. "When Sirius asked me if I wanted to program a channel committed solely to Elvis, it was a no-brainer," said Scott Lindy, a veteran of traditional radio and now Elvis Radio's programming director. "Everybody has an Elvis connection. I don't care who you are or where you're from, you know who Elvis is. This is no gimmick, we're not going away." Broadcast daily from Presley's former home, the pop-culture mecca of Graceland, the one-note station celebrated its first anniversary earlier this month, timed to coincide with Elvis Week, the 28th annual commemoration of Presley's death. In observance of the event, the station aired live interviews with the King's music and film collaborators, friends and con-fidants, and then finished off the week with a candlelight vigil and procession. For the satellite radio industry, Elvis Radio is part of a marketing strategy to get paying customers inside the tent. Although there's no hard data available on ratings or how many subscribers Sirius has gained through niche programming, observers see it as a smart experiment. "It's the same thing cable television faces when they've got 400 channels to program," said Dick Bartley, who has a syndicated oldies show for ABC Radio Networks. "It's a fringe idea. Everything can't be mass appeal, and you've got to fill it with something." Sirius began its commitment to resurrecting the Presley sound by negotiating its way inside the gates of Graceland, building a brand-new studio there and signing up about half a dozen DJs consumed by the Elvis mystique or who knew the pop superstar personally. So if you want to know what Presley was thinking before he went on stage in Saginaw, Mich., in 1977, these are the guys to ask. "I'm not bragging, but I'm an Elvis expert," said George Klein, one of the station's DJs. Presley was the best man at his wedding, and Klein served as a pallbearer at his friend's funeral. "I've got a world of information on Elvis." The station's DJs are more than storytellers, they're stage performers too, said Lindy. Their studio's huge window looks out on Graceland's main plaza, where hundreds of Presley fans look inside the "fishbowl" to watch the spinning of songs including "Guitar Man" and "Kentucky Rain." In fact, a few of Graceland's 600,000 annual visitors are invited inside the studio to talk about their Presley moments and memories. "We get people here from Japan, the Middle East, Europe and Africa who have made it a point in their travels to see the place that Elvis lived," said Lindy. "We recently had someone from Poland we put on the air and we had to find a translator." Extensive playlist The channel's regular playlist is between 800 and 900 songs, which by way of comparison is more than double, and maybe triple, the playlists of most top 40 stations. Many of Elvis' songs have multiple versions — live, studio, even rehearsal takes. For instance, the station has 15 different cuts of "Hound Dog." But although the station is proud of its rare treasures, it makes sure the big hits are frequently played for the average fan. "The worst thing in radio is you don't want to lose a listener," said Klein, who had a part in several Presley movies. "If they go down the dial, it's hard to get them back." Since the 1970s, a number of AM and FM stations across the country have dabbled in one-artist, all-the-time schemes by riding the playlists of such rock icons as the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. But these solo efforts, which rarely lasted more than several weeks, were typically launched to draw atten-tion to a station as it prepared to switch from format A to for-mat B. Satellite channels, of course, aren't under the same commercial constraints as a terrestrial station. They don't have to attract advertisers, just consumers willing to pay a monthly subscription fee of $10 to $13 for a variety of commercial-free music. And for that purpose, niche stations might just work. Between Sirius and its main satellite competitor, XM Radio, the companies claim some 7 million subscribers. That figure is expected to rise considerably in the coming years as satellite technology improves and its receivers become common options in automobiles. "If you put enough ultra-niche channels together, instead of just generic-sounding '70s music or '90s music, you'll attract passionate fans," said Tom Taylor, editor of the trade publication Inside Radio. "That's what satellite has got to do." Ratings numbers are hard to come by with satellite radio, but Sirius has been happy enough with the launch of Elvis Radio to inspire thoughts of rolling out other one-artist stations. The names being bounced around? The Beatles, Frank Sinatra and the Rolling Stones. In fact, Sirius unveiled an all-Rolling Stones channel earlier this week that will play five decades of the rock band's hits for about five weeks. The move is largely seen as a mutually beneficial promotional vehicle for Sirius and the Stones' new tour and album "A Bigger Bang." Sirius already has "Radio Margaritaville." Although not strictly a single-artist change, the station overflows with Jimmy Buffett songs. It also plays James Taylor, the Beach Boys and Harry Belafonte. Meanwhile, at XM Radio, "Frank's Place" showcases a wealth of Sinatra recordings, blending in the likes of Louis Armstrong, Tony Bennett and Ella Fitzgerald. But in terms of one artist, one station, Presley is first out of the gate, ahead of the Stones and others. Observers attribute the King's triumph to his extraordinary merchandising power. You don't see many Stones fans with anything like the Elvis Jailhouse Rock Cotton Ball Holder for bathrooms available for $4.99 on www.shopelvis.com. "There's just enough Elvis crazies to make it work," said Bartley, who has been doing his oldies show since the 1980s. "And I mean that in the nicest way." But just because a channel works for Elvis doesn't mean there's going to be a stampede of imitators as, say, with his music career. There's a pretty short list of performers who have what it takes to sustain such an enterprise. "You need depth and quality to support this kind of thing," said Bartley. "Who has it? Maybe the Beatles. Maybe the Stones. Maybe Elton [John]. I mean, that's about it." Full-court Presley Elvis Radio at a glance: Location: Graceland in Memphis, Tenn. Playlist: Usually between 800 or 900 songs, but there are more than 2,700 selections in the vault. Regular programs: "The Elvis Radio Vaults": Rarely heard songs, hard-to-find recordings and vintage tracks. "Elvis Soundtrack Songs": The best of Elvis' movie music. "Elvis IQ": Raise your E-quotient hourly as Elvis Radio DJs dish out interesting tidbits about the so-called King of Rock and Roll's life and times. "Celebrity Hotline With George Klein": two-minute snippets from Klein's chats with celebrities, headline makers and Elvis experts. |
DJ Mike Read said to be joining Isle of Man longwave station
 DJ Mike Read said to be joining Isle of Man longwave station Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike Read, currently working for the commercial station Big L - Radio London, has been named as one of the presenters on the new longwave station in the Isle of Man. A report on the Isle of Man Today website says that bosses of the station have confirmed that Read will be in the lineup along with former Radio Caroline presenters and 'at least one Manx Radio personality'. The report quotes Isle of Man International Broadcasting Chief Executive Paul Rusling as saying there has been a six-month delay to the planned launch date, but the station will be on the air in the New Year as the antenna and transmitter suppliers have confirmed both will be ready for transmission by January. The on-air name of the station, which will broadcast on 279 kHz, remains a closely guarded secret, but there are many other details on the station's corporate website. corporate website. # posted by Andy @ 11:29 UTC |
Monday, August 29, 2005
Katrina On The Waves
| credit: www.radiointel.com Ham Radio Ready As Residents Flee "Potentially Catastrophic" Katrina [read the ARRL article] Aug 29 Real Life: What It's Like To Be On The Radio in the Middle of a Hurricane Hurricane Watch Net, WX4NHC To Activate As Katrina Nears Florida[read the ARRL article] |
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