My Song Hits the Soundclick Comedy Top 5 (Mar 20, 2010)

The Wires (Mar 20, 2010)

Gary Lycan: Saul Levine, owner of Mt Wilson Inc. and KKGO/105.1 FM, wants to put the "Go" back in "Go Country." He's saddled up to mount promotions to corral new listeners and those who apparently rode off into the sunset in recent Arbitron ratings

Quick Wires (Mar 19, 2010)

Jay Posner, SOSD, 3-19-10, TV/Radio Sports

John Maffei, NCTimes, 3-19-10, TV/Radio Sports

Vacation Time (Mar 19, 2010)

Wire reports will be updated most days. E-mails won't be answered until April the 5th.

If you have any breaking news, post them at the Radio-Info San Diego board here: http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?board=248.0

The Wires (Mar 19, 2010)

Inside Music Media: The music industry has had no reliable way of battening down the Internet to prevent illegal filesharing. The most recent outrage has occurred in Texas. And while 22-year old Whitney Harper of San Antonio was ordered to pay $27,750 to five labels for stealing 37 songs, the good news is that the RIAA's war on teenagers, kids, parents and dead people is actually blowing up in their faces. More excerpts: I've been saying for a long time now that the record labels through its lobby group RIAA should back off of trying to win lawsuits against consumers for stealing music. I've even said that maybe the labels should pay consumers to steal it, spread it virally for them without any further expense to the labels and make them money. After all, much of the credible research on music piracy shows that filesharing does not have the deleterious effect on selling music that the labels claim. Actually, the labels are the main reason they are losing money. Even more: The labels have a digital strategy. Sue file sharers who tend to be young people. Try to get more royalties from the radio stations that publicize their music for free at no cost to the labels whatsoever. Holding back the growth of Internet streamers by waging a senseless war to saddle this young industry with royalty rates so high streamers cannot afford to be in business. Read his website link for the full story. Copyright 2010 - Jerry Del Colliano, LLC - All rights reserved

FMQB: BIA Ranks KIIS/L.A. #1 Biller, Forecasts Local Ad Growth. The company says local ad revenues for TV and radio will reach $34.3 billion in 2014, while KIIS/Los Angeles earned $55 million in 2009.

TV Tech: TV Would Lose 120 MHz in National Broadband Plan. The FCC's National Broadband Plan (NBP) [PDF], delivered to Congress on Tuesday makes the case for an additional 500 MHz of spectrum needed for wireless broadband, and an additional 300 MHz of new spectrum for broadband within five years. As expected, much of this is expected to come from the UHF TV band.

Faster Internet Access? (Mar 18, 2010)

Now AM/FM/TV broadcasters know where they stand with the FCC - they're second-class citizens. "Broadband" is the most popular word at the Julius Genachowski FCC, and we knew that going into the Obama presidency. What we didn't know until last week was how much the previous Democratic administration, whose FCC was run by Reed Hundt, also favored broadband over traditional broadcasting. TVNewscheck's Harry Jessell has been writing about Hundt's recent coming-out, about his 1990s-era feeling that the government should favor Internet access over broadcasting, as a matter of policy. So as the Genachowski FCC reveals its $20 billion broadband-access plans, it's possible to see many years of history here. And there's fodder for the conspiracy theories - you know, the ones about how the FCC's making things harder on broadcasters, because it feels broadband is a more efficient use of the spectrum, and it wouldn't mind discouraging over-the-air radio and TV. Certainly, the Commission's now openly talking about a spectrum fee for TV stations. Those are the same TV stations that just paid billions in infrastructure costs to go digital. Now the FCC might want as much as one-third of the current TV spectrum back, to be reallocated to wireless broadband (with compensation). The NAB calls it a "spectrum grab." And that's what it is.

The Wires (Mar 18, 2010)

Radio World: FCC Sends National Broadband Plan to Congress. Saying the U.S. should have the world's largest market of high-speed broadband users, Chairman Genachowski lays out a plan to spur economic growth and investment and create jobs. TV broadcasters in particular are wary.

Randy Dotinga: On the Dial, a mad man takes swings. Bruce Springsteen? Anti-American. Do-gooding Christians? Communists and Nazis. President Barack Obama? Racist. Democrats and Republicans? Stupid.

The Wires (Mar 17, 2010)

USA Today: The FCC has unveiled an ambitious plan to bring high-speed Internet service to millions of Americans who can't get it today, while boosting delivery speeds and lowering prices for 200 million current subscribers

Radiodailynews: Radio reaches more than 239 million Persons aged 12 and older over the course of a typical week, according to the RADAR 104 National Radio Listening Report, which releases Monday, March 22 - Despite the adoption of MP3 players and the growth of mobile and Internet-only stations, radio reaches 93.1 percent of Persons aged 12+ each week. Even 91 percent of the youngest radio audience, teens aged 12-17, who are most accustomed to using new technologies and forms of media, continue to tune in each week. Network radio reaches 87 percent of Adults aged 18-34 who are ad elusive and media multi-taskers, up from 84 percent from one year ago

Cox Ups Monthly Charges (March 16, 2010)

Their limited basic service, which hasn't added any channels in a long time, has gone up from $15 to $18 a month.

Their Expanded Basic service, which lost two analog channels a few months ago, remains at $34.00 a month with no reduction. Their Expanded service does not include the HD versions of the channels in the Expanded service that are not part of the Limited Basic group.

To get those "free" HD versions of the cable channels that are in the Expanded service, you need to rent a converter box for some $6.25 a month extra and a digital gateway for $7.00 instead of $6.00 a month, making those free channels over $13 more a month.

Cox calls this an outstanding value? I don't think so!

Even worse, their Economy high speed internet service goes from $20 to $22 a month, and their Value high speed internet service goes from $30 to $32 a month. With high speed internet service becoming more commonplace, should it become cheaper for high speed internet service as the service matures out? By now, we should be getting Premium high speed internet service for $20 a month instead of something like $50 a month or whatever.

Might as well drop the Expanded Basic service and just go with the limited cable, digital telephone and Economy high speed internet service. Still costs me $58 a month. Still too expensive.

Cox just likes to gouge the consumer. So do the channels in the Expanded Basic service. Prices keep going up and up and up and up and nobody's doing anything about it.

Scott and BR in a Contract Dispute (March 16, 2010)

Great Friends!

We hate the idea of not being on the air with you. The Aztecs and the NCAA tourney, LT to the Jets, the New Look Padres - Good stuff to talk about.

But there's a problem, and it never should have been a problem.

In January, Mr. Lynch, the CEO of XX, decided he wasn't going to pay us according to our contracts. He asked us if that was going to be OK - we said no - and he shorted our checks anyway.

Our feeling is this:

You sign a contract, you work according to the contract, and you are paid what the contract says you should be paid.

Without boring you with contract law, Mr. Lynch breached our agreement.

John Lynch gave us clear choices, in writing! We were free to leave, or we could work for less than we are entitled to contractually. We chose the former.

The Wires (Mar 16, 2010)

Triple A KPIG/Monterey, which was the first station in the country to offer online streaming of its broadcast signal, is converting its online stream to a commercial-free subscription that will cost listeners approximately 17 cents per day.

Scott and BR in a Contract Dispute (March 14, 2010)

Don't Forget To 'Spring Ahead' This Sunday (2am March 14, 2010)

This means that the four month Standard Time is giving way to Daylight Saving time.

Except if you're in Arizona or Mexico, Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday morning.

Unless you enjoy being teased -- or late for your airshift -- mark this Sunday, March 14th on your calendar so you don't forget to change your clocks the night before.

March 14th marks the beginning of Daylight Saving Time.

The SPRING/FALL time change began during World War I, put into effect to save energy for war production by taking advantage of the later hours of daylight between April And October. It was reinstituted during World War II for the same reason. It's now begun four weeks earlier.

Time officially changes at 2am., the hour chosen because it seemed least interruptive to schedules.

Older VCRs will have to be manually adjusted to Daylight time by switching them from AUTO to MANUAL time modes.

Saturday, the 1pm Mountain Time Cactus League games air at 12pm in San Diego and Mexico on the radio stations that carry the Padres. Sunday, when DST takes effect, the games will start at 2pm Mountain Time, but 1pm in Arizona since they don't do DST.

Tijuana will stay on Standard time so the games will be at 12pm. San Diego and the rest of the West Coast will have the games start at 1pm. Sonora, south of Arizona, doesn't do DST so that it can keep in sync with Arizona year round.

Tijuana and Baja California Norte joins California for Pacific Daylight Time on April 4th, 2010.

With the beginning and end of Daylight Saving Time spanning eight months, everybody has been telling you to check your smoke alarms and change the batteries twice a year. You should add a third time, right between March and November, say July the 4th, to check your smoke alarms and change the batteries. This will ensure that you don't end up running out of battery power before the first Sunday in November when the USA returns to Standard Time.

The Wires (Mar 13, 2010)

Jay Posner TV/Radio Sports: Enberg eager to call baseball. It didn't take Dick Enberg long to realize what he'd been missing all these years. Two visits to Peoria, Ariz., and it all came back to him. "I'm no less excited than I was three months ago," the new TV voice of the Padres said this week

John Maffei TV/Radio Sports: San Diego State men's team is the boys on the bubble

NJ Star: Glenn Beck calls Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" 'anti-American' on radio show.

OC Register: Starting Monday KSPA 1510 will offer Mancow, 3 am; Laura Ingraham, 6 am; a cooking show, 9 am; Chuck Wilder, 11 am; Dr Laura Schlessinger, noon; Michael Savage, 3 pm; Rusty Humphries, 6 pm; Mike Horn's own PM Show, 9 pm; Lee Klein or John and Jeff, 10 pm; and Barry Farber, 2 am - Details are expected to appear on www.am1510kspa.com

American Media Investments Oldies KCAR-F (COOL 104.3)/Galena, KS-Joplin, MO has flipped to all-Comedy as Laugh Out Loud Radio 104.3. "It's non-stop jokes and that's what we want," Jennifer Isom, a co-director at AMI, told CBS affiliate KOAM-TV. "(We) don't want any negativity -- anything on that station. (We) want you to really enjoy that station. Hopefully it will brighten your day up a little bit."

Multichannel: FCC: Retrans Framework Under Review.

Insiders Question of the Week: Royalty could threaten music. How big of a potential risk is a performance royalty? Big enough that a majority (52%) of respondents to this week's Inside Radio survey say they'd consider flipping their music station to talk, sports or news simply to avoid paying the fee.

RW Online: Whatever Happened to Shortwave Radio? James Careless writes that "as recently as 25 years ago, shortwave radio was a preferred source of breaking international news in North America" but shortwave supporters, he finds, think much has changed since then.

The Wires (Mar 12, 2010)

Gary Lycan: tarting Monday KSPA 1510 will offer Mancow, 3 am; Laura Ingraham, 6 am; a cooking show, 9 am; Chuck Wilder, 11 am; Dr Laura Schlessinger, noon; Michael Savage, 3 pm; Rusty Humphries, 6 pm; Mike Horn's own PM Show, 9 pm; Lee Klein or John and Jeff, 10 pm; and Barry Farber, 2 am - Details are expected to appear on www.am1510kspa.com

Jacobs Media: As more and more markets become part of the PPM measured world, we continue to grapple with the impact of the methodology on radio formats. Clearly, there are many morning personalities getting less sleep, not to mention radio pros who have labored away in Smooth Jazz formats over the past many years only to find their stations becoming casualties

Radio Survivor: The migration to digital will deconsolidate broadcast radio -- Next Tuesday the Federal Communications Commission will reveal the entirety of its National Broadband Plan, over a year in the making. Required by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which authorized $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus spending, The Plan will weigh in on about a thousand broadband related subjects - how to help more people get it, how to help industries provide it, ways to encourage innovations that the FCC hopes will stimulate more broadband adoption, like IP video. The chances are, though, that it won't have much to say about radio

Dave Kohl: The NFL has announced a 4-year deal with a wireless provider that will result in Sunday and Thursday night games being streamed on certain mobile devices from the NBC-TV or NFL Network feeds. Incredible as it may seem, this deal is estimated to be valued at more than $100,000,000

TV Tech: Broadband Expansion May Threaten Satellite Radio. Satellite radio broadcasters are also concerned about interference from adjacent spectrum.

TV Tech: CBS to offer Final Four in 3D Theaters. CBS Sports will be working with NEP on the 3D productions, along with Vince Pace.

Grupo Prisa sets U.S. expansion. A 22-nation footprint makes Madrid-based Grupo Prisa the world's largest Spanish-language media company. The broadcaster reaches 620 million people around the globe and operates 1,240 radio stations. And it's set to make a bigger move into the American market.

Radio World: CBS Radio's WJFK Launches an HD4 Channel. This is believed to be the first HD4 channel anywhere. The announcement continues a trend of populating digital multicast channels with out-of-market station feeds, and plays up the prominence of sports formats in 2010.

Tom Taylor of radio-info: CBS Radio's talk-based stations will be geo-blocked starting tomorrow - no foreign access. This ends the unexpected reprieve from the new CBS policy T-R-I told you about last month, where CBS joined the ranks of those streamers which cut off access to their online product for computer users outside the U.S. The cutoff affected just the music stations and surprisingly left the sports, talk and all-news stations available. Now I hear that on Thursday, "CBS Radio will complete all phases of the GEO-IP project.this includes all music, talk, news and sports stations streaming [their] broadcasts." The CBS internal memo makes it very clear that "this project effectively disables all non-U.S.-based consumers from accessing content via the AOL, Yahoo! and CBS streaming networks." This is going to disappoint a lot of Americans abroad who've monitored WCBS-AM, New York or KCBS, San Francisco to maintain ties with their home cities. Foreign users will still be able to download podcasts and "episodes-on-demand." But if they're trying to click on a live stream, they'll get a message "directing them to our sister property Last.fm, where the consumer can enjoy endless personalized radio stations and discover more music."

"Southern California Talk" replaces adult standards "Spa" on Art Astor's two AMs. It's happening Monday, says Don Barrett's LARadio.com site and the schedule is a hybrid of Talk Radio Network-syndicated shows and programs from CRN (Cable Radio Networks). CRN's Michael Horn will function as both program director and sales consultant for KSPA, Ontario (1510) in the Riverside market and San Diego North KFSD, Escondido (1450). Horn says "individually, the AM stations have been very difficult to sell." So the plan is to "package Art's two AM stations along with the lineups also being offered on one of our CRN Satellite channels. The three outlets should provide a strong sales story for local and national advertisers." What's the lineup? At least for the 1510 signal, it begins at 3am on Monday with TRN's Mancow. Then Laura Ingraham live at 6am. Followed by a CRN lifestyle show that includes Horn titled "What's Cooking Today." Then there's the 11am-noon "Talk Back" with Chuck Wilder. Then Dr. Laura from noon-3pm (same three hours she's on CBS Radio's KFWB/980 in L.A.). Then TRN's Michael Savage, Rusty Humphries, the "PM Show" with actor Robert Conrad and (again) Michael Horn. Then Doug McIntyre's Red Eye Radio, and Barry Farber, 2-3am. Weekends feature some original programming from KSPA ops director Jeff Gehringer. The schedule above is for KSPA and it will be simulcast on KFSD from 6pm-3am. But there will need to be some replacements on KFSD to prevent conflicts with local affiliates. Such as - Doug Stephan, 3-7am, Dennis Miller, 7-10am. Lou Dobbs will start at noon and Laura Ingraham runs in PM drive until the simulcast kicks in at 3pm. Both stations will use CNN Radio news.

Rick Dees is recruited to join TKO Radio Network's Classic Top 40 format, taking the place of Charlie Tuna in the weekend lineup. That puts Rick's "Weekly Top 40" shows from the 1980s on TKO, and positions Dees alongside talents like John Landecker, Jim Zippo, Eric Chase and Marty Thompson.

Italian TV News Fight 2010

The Wires (March 11, 2010)

Raw Story: Rush Limbaugh has told his audience he will leave the US and go to Costa Rica for health care if health care reform becomes law - or did he say that he would leave the US -- period -- and then backed down and clarified his remarks?

Modern Rock KROQ/Los Angeles moves the Loveline show to 12-2 a.m. on Monday through Thursday, but will remain in its orginal 10 p.m. to midnight slot on Sunday evenings.

Randy Dotinga: And now, something completely different. If you tuned in to the last moments of "The Mikey Show" on FM 94/9 last Friday morning, you would have heard host Mikey Esparza and his sidekicks engage in some usual morning-show chatter.

Astor To Flip 1450 To Talk (Mar 10, 2010)

The stations will be billed as "Southern California Talk." CRN Digital Talk Radio will be programming the stations and package them for sales with one of CRN's satellite channel lineups.

The lineup on KSPA will be like this: Mancow Muller, Laura Ingraham, What's Cooking Today, Talk Back, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Michael Savage, Rusty Humphries, The P.M. Show, Red Eye Radio, and Barry Farber. Days and times not published.

The lineup on KFSD will be like this: Doug Stephan, Dennis Miller What's Cooking Today, Talk Back, Lou Dobbs, Laura Ingraham on tape, Rusty Humphries, The P.M. Show, Red Eye Radio, and Barry Farber. Days and times not published.

The Wires (Mar 10, 2010)

CBS creates HD sports "quadcast." CBS Radio creates "The Fan Sports Network" on "106.7 The Fan" WJFK-FM, Washington making sister sports stations from Baltimore (HD2), New York (HD3) and Philadelphia (HD4) available as HD Radio multicasts. CBS VP or programming Chris Oliviero says Washington is the "ideal home" for the quadcast since the market attracts people from throughout the Northeast.

The era of HD4 begins. HD Radio signals can technically be sliced into eight separate channels, even though most engineers have stopped at three. A software upgrade by iBiquity has now made it possible to carve out a fourth station, and the first station to upgrade is in D.C.

Raw Story: Rush Limbaugh has told his audience he will move to Costa Rica if health care reform becomes law. And now the only question that remains is whether Limbaugh will make good on his word, or join the ranks of the empty-promisers

NY Times: One of the labels' biggest concerns remains: If people can listen to whatever they want online, why would they buy music? Meanwhile, Internet radio services like Pandora, which cannot play music on demand, are attracting millions of listeners and cautious support from record labels

Inside Music Media: Technology is enabling consumers to get their news when they want or when they need to have it while radio stations seem to be conceding the battle for the digital frontier. If you factor in the 40 million Pandora users, whatever listening radio stations can manage (typically one to three percent of their audiences online), increasingly available WiFi Internet streams and personal iPod-type devices, it begs the question - is radio ready for the digital future?

Q96 Now Testing Full Power (Mar 9, 2010)

Q96, KSIQ 96.1, relocated from Brawley to Campo and has recently begun broadcasting its signal in full power. The question is...is my reception of KSIQ coming from the new booster station on Mount San Miguel, or is it coming from the transmitter near Campo broadcasting at its full 25kw of power? I presume that it's coming from its booster since it's unlikely that I can get the Campo transmitter if its even broadcasting at full power.

The station boasts that it plays all the hits. This is the first competetor for Channel 933 in over a decade. And yes, they even played one of Miley Cyrus's songs, an artist that I never heard on any other station in San Diego.

I listened to the station all day while driving all over Claremont and the 52 and I-8 freeways. The signal faded when I was on 52 going east and a mile to the west of the summit entering Santee.

The station now has 25,000 watts ERP from its Campo transmitter, and the booster station licensed to Santee is licensed for 700 watts ERP. The station primarily will serve the market south of the I-8 and Northern Baja California.

The Wires (Mar 9, 2010)

NY Times: For more than 70 years, royalty payments for air time have flowed to the songwriters and music publishers but not to the musicians or record companies. Now there is a renewed drive to revisit that arrangement, and in recent weeks the volume of the discussion has increased several decibels. For the radio industry, that has meant taking the battle to a place it knows: the airwaves

Gary Lycan: Stryker, who joined AMP Radio 97.1 FM in afternoon drive one year ago, has returned to his previous home, KROQ 106.7 FM, 4-7 p.m. weekdays + KFWB 980 AM is making what could be a really smart move, trading rants for money news, starting March 15

Hear 2.0: Jeff and Jer's Garage-gram: This is where top-ranked morning shows go when they go off the air - to the garage. At least, that's the destination (so far) for San Diego's legendary Jeff & Jer

Weird Dream (Mar 9, 2010)

Facebook Stuff (Mar 8, 2010)

Dave Rickards on Facebook

Bring back Dave, Shelly, and Chainsaw now boasts 6,789 fans.

Didja Hear? (Mar 8, 2010)

Stumbled on 91X at about 4:45pm yesterday. They were playing "True" by Spandau Ballet. Looks like they're going into an hourly time warp back to the 80s with one song an hour.

Reception of KSIQ 96.1 finally reaches my house, though, very weak and muddly.

In a time where San Diego is reeling from the grisly deaths of two teenage girls, Chelsea King and Amber DuBois, it may be relieving to go to the Jesus Christ Show and listen to a couple of shows there http://www.thejesuschristshow.com/. Follow him on twitter http://twitter.com/jesusshow.

Busy Web Week (Mar 8, 2010)

My website eightisenough.com logged a whopping 14,400 plus hits on Monday, the day seven of the cast members of Eight is Enough reunited. No e-mails about the website crashing with that many people visiting the site peaking at some 2600 visitors in a single hour! This is the most hits of any website that I run in a single day since over 3,000 stormed over to sandiegoradionews.com the day that Dave, Shelly, and Chainsaw left KGB-FM two months ago.

Update...WABC Back on Cablevision (5:45pm PST Mar 7, 2010)

Just In...WABC Pulled From Cablevision (9pm PST Mar 6, 2010)

Read more at Variety

Could this corporate vs. cable TV feud spill over into San Diego? Stay tuned.

Fish Sandwich Testing (Mar 6, 2010)

These are my findings. This report is not an implied endorsement. Your taste may vary.

1. Carl's Jr. Catch Fish Sandwich. Reg price: $3.69. Special price: N.A. Too much tartar sauce, ok amount of lettuce, tomato, fish is average size, moist, soft, and a bit greasy, no onion, no pickle, and no cheese (note: no cheese is a plus). 50 out of 75 points for quality. Price it should be for what you get: $1.99. Grade for quality and regular price: C minus.

2. Burger King BK Fish. Reg price: not listed, but around $3.69. Special price: $1.49. Too much tartar sauce, ok amount of lettuce, no tomato, fish patty is large, moist crisp, but way too greasy, no onion, no pickle, and no cheese. 40 out of 75 points for quality. Price it should be for what you get: $1.49. Grade for quality and regular price: F.

3. McDonald's Filet O'Fish. Reg price: $3.49. Special price: $1.29. Moderate tartar sauce, no lettuce, no tomato, fish patty is average size, moist, soft, and not greasy, no onion, no pickle, but prescence of cheese (a minus). 40 out of 75 points for quality. Price it should be for what you get: 99 cents. Grade for quality and regular price: F.

4. Jack in the Box Fish Filet. Price: $1.49. No indication if it's a special or regular price. Moderate tartar sauce, lettuce, no tomato, fish filet is moist, crisp, and not greasy, no onion, no pickle, and no cheese. 60 out of 75 points for quality. Price it could be for what you get: $1.99. Grade for quality and $1.49 price: A+.

5. Wendy's North Pacific Cod. Price: not listed, but might be around $3.69. Moderate tartar sauce, lettuce, no tomato, fish fillet is moist, crisp, and not greasy, no onion, no pickle, and no cheese. 60 out of 75 points for quality. Price it should be for what you get: $1.99. Grade for quality and rumored to be $3.69 price: C.

Findings:

Wendy's and Jack's fish sandwiches were a match in terms of quality, but Jack's $1.49 price made it a far better bargain than Wendy's overpriced almost identical fish sandwich.

Wendy's beats Carl's fish sandwiches because Wendy's fish is less greasy and doesn't overdo it on the tartar sauce, but Wendy's could use a tomato to match what Carl's offers, then Wendy's would get a C plus.

Carl's Jr. needs to get a Six Dollar Fish Sandwich with all the trimmings of a regular burger to make it earn the $3.69 its priced at.

Burger King needs to grill the fish sandwiches instead of deep frying them. Their fish patties are the greasiest of the five: only Long John Silvers' fish is worse.

McDonalds' fish sandwich overall is the skimpiest of the five. It should be 99 cents, the price of a cheeseburger.

These tests were paid for by me and none of the sandwiches were paid for by anybody. These fish sandwiches named above are what you will get when you buy them at the restaurants. Your taste may vary. If this survey was informative and unbiased to you, then please Donate a Buck here

David Tanny Podcast For Morning Commnute

You can listen to some of the funny songs that I found on the Internet, followed by a feature called the Demented Datebook, which is a feature full of celebrity birthdays and today in history events.

I also play some features such as Berger and Prescott from the old days of KGB and 91X, plus Police on the Scene with a Crime Prevention Lean, A Minute More, and other stuff.

I produce this show twice a week, but sometimes like this week, I have four produced for the week.

Download, burn to a CD-R, copy to an iPod or mp3 player, and listen while you commute.

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Welcome to The 2010's Dave's Radio Blog

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Lastly, this column you are reading now will have the latest happenings on radio and TV for San Diego, California, and beyond.

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"I Still Get Demented" Show Returns!

The long dormat dementia and comedy showcase of songs, sketches, and parodies is making a comeback in time for the Halloween weekend with a marathon airing exclusivelt on ifunnyradio.com.

The original run of ISGD began as a regular series in January of 2003 and ended in July of 2007, though a web-only download version was produced in August of 2007.

Now that live 365 has caved in and decided to give all of their streaming package subscribers more space, the time felt right to make the move to put the premier dementia radio show back into production.

iFunnyRadio can be heard by clicking on the link http://www.live365.com/stations/davidtanny?play

"ISGD" will not be available on a podcast, another radio station, or as a streaming download on another website. It will exclusively on the iFunnyRadio stream and won't be made available for sale.

Listen to the ISGD Show

Saturdays: 10am ET, 9am CT, 7am PT
Mondays: 9pm ET, 8pm CT, 6pm PT
Mondays: MID ET, 11pm CT, 9pm PT

Comedy artists who perform music, skeches, stand-up, and parodies are welcome to submit their works to host David Tanny by e-mailing him, or sending a package (mp3 rips encouraged for faster response) to David Tanny, iFunnyRadio, PO Box 19569, San Diego, CA 92159.

Donations of $1 or more are accepted to help pay for the stream. For information about donating, just visit the home page of ifunnyradio.com for details.

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Also listen to my other stations, DFS Modern X LD4, D F S X Classic Rock, D F S X Dementia LD2, Electronica, Funk, House of D F S X LD3, and for some reason, Taylor Swift Radio. I don't know where that came from.