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Radio Imaging

Wave 89.1 Hires US Voice Guy Jeff McCartney

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Wave 89.1

Philippine Urban station Wave 89.1 recently took the services of a US-based voice talent Jeff McCartney to do voice imaging for the station.

McCartney is known for his works KRZ, WKRZ, KODJ, and KZHT Salt Lake City, Utah.

Jeff is also one of the many voices featured on Benztown Voiceover Group.

DWAV, broadcasting as Wave 891, is a music FM station owned and operated by Blockbuster Broadcasting System, Inc. in the Philippines.

The station’s studio is located at the Strata 2000 Bldg., Ortigas Center, Pasig City, with its transmitter located along the Coca-Cola Plant at Roosevelt Avenue, San Francisco del Monte,Quezon City.

Listen to a sample of Jeff McCartney’s voice. Continue reading Wave 89.1 Hires US Voice Guy Jeff McCartney →

Streaming Station

5 Ways To Stream Internet Radio on Smart Phones

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iPhone Apps For Internet Radio

A recent survey revealed that among the top 10 gadgets replaced by smart phones, radio is the 8th most replaced device. The survey says 27.5 % of smart phone users no longer tune in using traditional radio units. Click here for the report.

In a separate study, a research company also reported that this year there is an increase of 48% in mobile online radio listening than in 2009. Click here for report.

This only means one thing for your radio station.

It means it’s time for your station to stream on mobile phones. Continue reading 5 Ways To Stream Internet Radio on Smart Phones →

Philippines Radio, Radio News

Another Radio Announcer of RMN Killed in Iloilo

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Gunmen shot dead the host of a political radio show in the Philippines, police said (AFP/Illustration, ROMEO GACAD)

MANILA — Gunmen shot dead the host of a political radio show in the Philippines, police said on Tuesday, the latest journalist to be killed in one of the world’s most dangerous countries for reporters.

Broadcaster Niel Jimena, 42, was riding his motorcycle in the central island of Negros on Monday when two men on another motorcycle shot him five times, said local police chief Leonardo Cobing.

“He noticed he was being followed, he tried to make a U-turn (to escape) but the two men continued to follow him until… one of them opened fire,” said Cobing.

The killing may be linked to Jimena’s twice-weekly show “Judge” on DYRI-RMN in Iloilo city on Negros where he regularly criticised the city mayor and other local officials, according to Cobing.

However Cobing said police could not rule out other motives. Continue reading Another Radio Announcer of RMN Killed in Iloilo →

Music Industry, Updates

How To Download Kelly Clarkson’s New Album Stronger

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Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Clarkson is up and ready for “Stronger“, her forth coming 5th studio album.

Clarkson is an American singer-songwriter who won as grand finalist in a popular TV talent show called American Idol. The album will be officially launched on October 25, 2011 by recording company RCA Records.

In a report, Clarkson revealed that she started writing new songs for here album last November in 2009 while she did a tour around the country. She said she finished recording of the songs on February this year.

The release of the album was rescheduled and postponed a lot of times which made fans anxious. Continue reading How To Download Kelly Clarkson’s New Album Stronger →

Radio Imaging

Top 6 Radio Production Tutorials with Dave Foxx

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Dave Foxx

A lot of radio producers are looking up to Dave Foxx as the “Zeus” of radio production.

But when it comes to prominence and experience, the Creative Services Director of Z100 New York  has achieved many awards, and it is impossible not to know him.

Prod God as he is often called, Dave Foxx offers 6 teleseminars and audio tutorials that will help you with your daily radio imaging and production tasks.

All of these made possible by Danoday.com.

Click on the link below to find out more: Continue reading Top 6 Radio Production Tutorials with Dave Foxx →

Philippines Radio

AM Radio, To Be Phased Out in 2012?

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Is AM Radio Dying?

I recently asked myself this question? Where is AM Radio heading?

Half a century ago, aside from vinyl records, people listen to music through AM Radio. I can’t imagine
the quality, but FM changed everything.

It was way better to listen to songs on FM, because of the improved quality. Suddenly AM Radio became synonymous to NewsTalk radio.

Today, listener preferences have evolved, thus radio should too. We now have HD Radio which offers clearer and crispier sound than traditional FM.

Should AM Radio remain as that low quality, “static-noised” medium?

In the US, we now hear a number of AM stations simulcasting and even broadcasting independently on the FM Band. Continue reading AM Radio, To Be Phased Out in 2012? →

Radio News

3 Radio Job Vacancies at Singapore Media Company

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938 Live Is Now Hiring

Singapore is also home to talented Filipino radio personalities, Super Mario and Harry Corro are our Kababayans, now making waves in the airwaves of the Lion City State.

Another media company, MediaCorp, which runs 98FM Singapore is now looking for creative individuals to fill in 3 vacant positions.

MediaCorp has vacancies for the following positions:

– Art Director
– Copywriter
– Senior Producer, Radio NGNBN

Please log on to: www.mediacorp.sg/en/careers for details.

Philippines Radio

History of Philippine Radio

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Nichols Field (now Villamor Airbase) – First Test Broadcast Originated Here

The First Radio Station in the Philippines

There is a debate on what exactly was the first radio station in the country. In 1924 an American established the first AM radio station KZKZ.

But an archive of radio broadcast histories revealed that in 1922, an American woman named Mrs. Redgrave made a test broadcast using a five-watt transmitter.

While little is known about Redgrave’s experiment, it is believed that the test broadcast made from Nichols field (now Villamor Airbase) could be the very first radio station in the Pearl of the Orient.

First Radio Network Continue reading History of Philippine Radio →

Philippines Radio

Evolution of Crossover 105.1 Manila Logo

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New Look, New Sound

It’s the all new Crossover 105.1 Manila, with the slogan “The Classics, The Currents, And What’s In Between”.

Crossover  Sound is defined as smooth and sophisticated. The station plays favorites from the classics to the new and everything in between.

Showcasing contemporary jazz, rhythm & blues, and sophisti-pop served on a no-talk format that centers on music, but provides relevant information with international news and traffic reports for the metro.

Crossover is in 105.1 in Manila, 99.1 in Bacolod, 90.7 in Cebu and 93.1 in Davao.

Experience Crossover. Your Comfort Zone on air. Continue reading Evolution of Crossover 105.1 Manila Logo →

Radio News

Why Can’t Radio Stations Unite To Promote HD Radio

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Time to Upgrade

Australia was successful in doing this in August 6, 2009. For the first time in the history of the radio industry in the Land Down Under, radio stations gather to promote the exodus of the radio industry here from analog to digital.

From Hype to Historical

The event created so much publicity, that the hype of having a digital radio turned into something historical.

HD Radio, without a doubt has some disadvantages: expensive receivers, costly conversion of digital equipment. But everyone knows about the benefits, and this is where policy makers, digital radio manufacturers, and radio networks should come together, to unite and tell the masses the advantages. Continue reading Why Can’t Radio Stations Unite To Promote HD Radio →