Do “Tell”

My favorite radio station, KUSC (91.5FM) has an annual program called “Love at First Listen” in which they solicited listeners to share the classical music that had a profound impact on them whether it was something they heard as a child or something heard last week and then air them throughout an upcoming week. A …

The Story Of The Traffic Reporter And The Pedant

ped·ant – noun: a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules. Here in the greater Los Angeles area we’re blessed with not one, but two excellent public radio stations, KCRW at 89.9 FM and KPCC at 89.3 FM. The former operates out of Santa Monica College and the latter out of Pasadena …

A Tale Of Two Stickerz

There are two stickers on the rear window of my truck that need to come off. Both are homebrew and have been there awhile. One demonstrates my support for a local radio station that until this week did its best to buck the system. The other showcases, somewhat cheekily, my ceaseless disappointment in the man …

Siriusly

The satellite radio scene got bumped to a bigger blip on the radar in large part because of the announcement this week that the Justice Department’s anti-trust busters have given the proposed $4.6-billion merger of Sirius and XM corporations a hearty thumbs-up. Chances are this doesn’t mean much to most people who receive their radiowaves …

Southern Comfort

It’s a little thing really. But I’ve had Sirius satellite radio for about a year. Susan got it for me last Christmas. Had it installed in my truck and even sprung for the boombox that the car unit can plug into so we have it in the house or just about anywhere. Without going into …