tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66852849418473580902009-03-31T18:06:10.306-04:00The media, pop culture and everything else from the mind of Scott Selva.Snoreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685284941847358090.post-3430964839858379512009-03-25T14:24:00.003-04:002009-03-25T14:56:07.359-04:00

So, yeah. This is my last post on this blog. My original purpose of this blog was to write about the radio business. While I still have opinions on this industry, I simply don't have the time to sit down and write posts about it anymore. Most of my spare time these days is taken up by my beautiful wife and kids.The rest of my energy is devoted to my fledgling voice over business. In fact, I

Snoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685284941847358090.post-10739923272029664712008-12-09T11:58:00.001-05:002008-12-09T12:01:04.926-05:00

I know the country's at a historical moment with the incoming Obama administration and all, but never mind that. Did you hear about this Jay Leno thing?!Let me admit up front that I really dislike Leno. When I hear that someone prefers Leno over Letterman, that's like hearing that someone prefers getting punched in the balls to eating a delicious slice of pizza.So, to hear that Leno is going to

Snoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685284941847358090.post-71485625892318847492008-12-01T13:24:00.003-05:002008-12-01T13:38:51.512-05:00

Random thought...Bloomberg is mostly known for reporting financial news. But they also sell their content to the struggling newspaper industry. In other words, Bloomberg is selling their reporting expertise to companies who need it in order to appeal to their customers.Radio already has audio expertise and infrastructure already in place. So, besides listeners and advertisers, I wonder who

Snoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685284941847358090.post-49620858856326913632008-10-04T17:29:00.003-04:002008-10-04T17:59:25.731-04:00

I just saw this video thanks to the CNET TiVoCast:Did you watch it?  Good. So, it's basically a radio.  My first thought was that this was more competiton for broadcast radio.  But it's really not.  At least, it's not new competition.  Sirius XM should be the ones who worry about a product like this.The Slacker G2 is more about niche programming on-the-go, which satellite radio delivers.  In fact

Snoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685284941847358090.post-39858778684920797112008-09-10T12:04:00.002-04:002008-09-10T12:19:10.837-04:00

Both the Attorney General for the state of New York and the New York city council are attacking Arbitron's PPM system.Hey, nobody's all that thrilled with Arbitron. But, government investigation?New York must be a really nice place to live. Apparently they've solved all the more important problems like crime, hungry children, and Donald Trump's hair. That's great news.I can only imagine a

Snoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685284941847358090.post-43600740284549243262008-09-09T11:32:00.004-04:002008-09-09T13:24:52.066-04:00

It takes a big company like Microsoft to bring together some of the heaviest hitters in the radio biz. And it's all for a little device called a Zune. In case you've never heard of it, it's a media player like an iPod, with WiFi and an FM tuner. The really cool thing is that the FM tuner has RDS support. RDS is the technology that allows listeners to view text information about what they're

Snoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685284941847358090.post-33358771515932837822008-09-07T20:39:00.003-04:002008-09-09T11:39:12.781-04:00

Wow. I've been seeing some amazing deals on HD Radios lately. The key is to apply a $50 rebate. Fry's brick & mortar locations supposedly have the VRHDUA100 HD for $2.49 after rebate. There's a discussion about the deal here: http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=916516In other news, apparently there's an HDRadioReview.com?! Yeah. They review the radio here: http://

Snoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685284941847358090.post-71108018800313261402008-08-28T17:12:00.003-04:002008-08-28T17:33:14.601-04:00

Something that just occurred to me is that the challenge of composing a thought in 140 characters or less might be good practice for on-air types. Thanks to PPM data showing that listeners are tuning out of long breaks, the drive to be succinct is more pervasive than ever. It's amazing how much I can edit out of a Tweet, and still get the same point across.

Snoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685284941847358090.post-29526918469461043202008-08-20T11:39:00.001-04:002008-08-20T11:41:06.956-04:00

Yay: I picked up two followers today!Boo: They were both the same spammer.I like the Twitter block button...

Snoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685284941847358090.post-89720234016327097312008-08-15T17:57:00.002-04:002008-08-15T18:12:24.991-04:00

I decided to dive right in and open a Twitter account under my air name. I figured it might be a good way to connect with some listeners considering the almost total lack of interaction on my station's website.So far? Meh.I have one follower, and it's a former co-worker. I'm thinking about putting my Twitter address in my station's email signature, since I do exchange email with listeners from

Snoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685284941847358090.post-11269691405933591892008-06-26T18:05:00.003-04:002008-12-10T14:03:39.386-05:00

Interesting post over here about using Twitter in the radio biz. I first heard about Twitter a little over a year ago, but I've never opened an account.The problem as an on-air guy is that I've got two versions of "me." The radio personality and the real-world me. The two aren't mutually exclusive, but nevertheless, I have two identities.So, which do I use to Twitter or even blog?I guess I

Snoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685284941847358090.post-64567962514090302632008-04-18T11:42:00.002-04:002008-04-18T11:48:56.314-04:00

A rare earthquake hit my neck of the woods this morning at around 5:30. It was a 5.2 magnitude, followed by a 4.5 aftershock at around 11:15am. Exciting stuff for us midwesterners.Here's a list of earthquake rock songs that I intend to play today:"You Shook Me All Night Long" - AC/DC"You Shook Me" - Led Zeppelin"Shake Me" - Cinderella"Shake it Up" - The Cars"Shake My Tree" - Coverdale/

Snoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685284941847358090.post-15046555179015518542008-04-15T17:54:00.004-04:002008-12-10T14:03:39.615-05:00

The radio biz has a new marketing campaign called "Radio Heard Here." Here's a print ad from the campaign.I'm not sure what that's supposed to be telling people about radio. I think that's actually a picture of every night jock's fantasy.I found that pic on the campaign's website. There are a few other pics and a couple of "viral" videos. I don't think you can simply create a video and call

Snoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685284941847358090.post-9318407524237145242008-04-15T17:49:00.003-04:002008-04-15T17:54:19.186-04:00

I gotta hand it to the bloggers who do this day in and day out, several times a day. I haven't posted in three months. Three months! I just approved a comment on my People's Choice Awards post from three months ago. Thanks whoever you are. Or is it whomever? I actually thought I'd be blogging every day about something. So...here...I blogged about not blogging.

Snoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685284941847358090.post-73105963003609142582008-01-09T01:10:00.000-05:002008-01-09T01:19:53.259-05:00

Did you sit through all 2 hours of the 2008 People's Choice Awards show on CBS? I did. If I hadn't been getting paid to do so, I would have thrown my TV into the street after the first 5 minutes.I thought I had seen some bad award shows before. I was wrong. This year's PCAs elevated bad to a whole new plane of existence.Granted, I've never understood the appeal of Queen Latifah. But, man,

Snoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685284941847358090.post-76449166234380408922007-11-29T11:59:00.000-05:002007-11-29T12:17:25.268-05:00

I have to say that I'm not now, nor have I ever been, a member of a union. So, I'm not sure why I've been so interested in the WGA strike. Maybe it's because I'm tired of seeing Letterman reruns already. On the bright side, I'm able to get a little Late Show freshness on a new blog. The striking Late Show with David Letterman writers are blogging the strike at LateShowWritersOnStrike.com.

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Looks like CBS is trying to put the kibosh on any extra strike publicity. The Democratic Presidential debate scheduled for December 10 has been canceled. CBS News was to host the debate, but with a strike by CBS News employees a real possibility, the candidates had vowed not to cross the picket line. Now, that's not really an issue, is it?

Snoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685284941847358090.post-10014084963800693542007-11-28T18:01:00.000-05:002007-11-28T18:07:10.481-05:00

I'm not right very often, so it feels good when I actually am right about something. WKTU-FM in New York canceled the Whoopi Goldberg Show. Losing New York is going to be the death blow for this show.If only someone had predicted this way back when the show was first announced.

Snoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685284941847358090.post-40619497604673067222007-11-28T17:35:00.000-05:002007-11-28T18:01:43.085-05:00

As I previewed here, and evidently didn't catch the typo in the title, the CBS News employees who are represented by the Writers Guild of America have voted to authorize a strike. Authorizing a strike doesn't mean that a strike has been called, and there's no indication that the workers will walk out.CBS News is hosting a Democratic Presidential debate scheduled for December 10. Most, if not

Snoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685284941847358090.post-27360241863245150482007-11-14T12:46:00.000-05:002008-12-10T14:03:40.315-05:00

The Writers Guild strike might get a wee nastier if Fox goes through with its plans to air a new episode of Family Guy this Sunday. The show's creator/producer/writer/voice artist Seth MacFarlane is on strike with the rest of the WGA. Ordinarily, an episode doesn't air unless he has given it his final approval. But, Fox is ready to skip that step for Sunday. The network has the right to do

Snoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685284941847358090.post-85355699399849488932007-11-14T12:29:00.000-05:002008-12-10T14:03:41.076-05:00

Headline News host Nancy Grace has been hospitalized due to some blood clots in her lungs. She just gave birth to twins on November 4 after doctors induced labor. According to Headline News PR folks, Grace had developed pulmonary edema and recommended delivering her babies two months early. This past Sunday she was taken to the hospital when she started feeling bad. That's when doctors

Snoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685284941847358090.post-15085618668587779612007-11-14T12:24:00.000-05:002007-11-14T12:29:00.358-05:00

With the recent news that Don Imus was coming back to radio on New York's WABC-AM, fans were left wondering if he'd get a new TV deal. RFD-TV announced today that they signed a 5-year deal to carry Imus in the Morning. That's right. Imus and the Big Joe Polka Show on the same channel!RFD-TV doesn't exactly have the reach of Imus's former TV home of MSNBC. But it is on Dish Network and DirecTV

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The Writers Guild of America strike is in its third day today. Production on several TV shows has been shut down. Fans of late night TV are putting up with repeats this week. So far, that's the only effect that Americans are seeing. Word is that this may be a pretty long strike, though.While the current strike is all about entertainment TV and movie writers, the WGA also represents some TV

Snoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685284941847358090.post-70692097159184115682007-10-14T11:53:00.000-04:002007-11-06T13:22:47.858-05:00

And now the thrilling third part of my Refuting Liebowitz trilogy!In Part 2, I wrote about some points that Liebowitz made that I at least found to be thought provoking. As I move ahead in his paper, though, I find that Liebowitz is really going off the deep end.Liebowitz attempts to use British record sales to bolster his argument that listening to U.S. radio stations hurts U.S. record sales.

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Right now, this is probably the best way to get HD Radios into listeners' homes. Public radio station WAMU-FM in Washington, D.C. is offering the Radiosophy HD100 radio, which retails for $100, as a premium for listeners who pledge $100 to the station. (That's a lot of 100s. Too bad the station is at 88.5 instead of 100.1!)If you were going to make a donation anyway, this is a pretty good deal

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