Reader Richard Koenig of Torrance sent me a real treat this week: a promotional album from a now-defunct radio station. Still sealed, it has the Licorice Pizza pricing sticker on the front; it cost $1.06, the numbers echoing the station’s frequency, and a date of May 1976. “I purchased the LP at a record store […]
A piece by Richard Wagoner in the Los Angeles Daily News looks at the question of whether all-digital AM is ultimately the best solution for AM radio’s fidelity and interference issues. He writes, “Over the years, technical improvements have helped make AM sound better, but the erosion of listeners from the band has continued. One…
iHeartMedia’s news/talk KFI, Los Angeles gets some love from the Los Angeles Daily News’ Richard Wagoner in his column. Reporting on the station’s recent #3 rank in Nielsen’s August PPM survey, Wagoner writes, “Why is KFI so successful – isn’t conservative talk dead? Yes, it is… and it’s been decades since KFI was considered ‘conservative…