It was one year ago tomorrow when sections of Central and Western Massachusetts were displaced by a major ice storm. As soon as the staff at then WEIM Radio (now WPKZ) in Fitchburg realized that this was going to be not-your-average-storm, they did what local radio is supposed to do. (Read my post from last [...]
Say it ain't so…
I bet you think I’m going to talk about the passing of Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson. Sad as it is, they will all be remembered historically for their parts in entertainment history. No, what has me shaking my head today was how major media second guessed, dropped the ball and looked foolish [...]
Behind The Mic with Bruce Arnold (Part 3)
Part 3 of our conversation with the legendary Bruce Arnold from WCCM.
Port Broadcasting, Falconi takes hold of WNBP
buy Ghost Rider I received a really nice reply email from Pete Falconi today regarding him being a future guest on Behind the Mic: I would love to be on your podcast! I check out your website at least a couple times a week. We just closed on the purchase of the station this past [...]
Sirius XM – We hardly knew ye. (Also known as, you don't get nothing for free…)
Word out this morning is that the recently merged Sirius XM is possibly set to file for bankruptcy has sent shockwaves throughout the listening nation. To say this doesn’t affect over-the-air broadcasters is an understatement: Does this mean that the likes of Howard Stern and Martha Stewart are going to be out of their lucrative [...]
Radio Station Honored as Hometown Hero
Recieves award for coverage and longtime committment Fitchburg, MA (February 2, 2009) – AM 1280 The Blend, (WEIM-Fitchburg, MA) has been recognized with a “Hometown Heroes” award from the city of Fitchburg after providing extensive coverage of the December 11th, 2008 ice storm and subsequent cleanup in North Central Massachusetts. Residents of Fitchburg, Leominster, Gardner, [...]
Hometown Station of the Week: WRCR AM 1300 Spring Valley/Rockland, New York
Rockland County’s Hometown Radio Station If I closed my eyes and listened to WRCR, I would think that I was back in my childhood, listening to the local AM radio stations in my old hometown. I took the chance on a recent snow day here in New England to listen to WRCR which coincidentally was [...]
Allexperts.com question regarding getting into radio
Question: Mr. Lemay, I have a very rare, deep voice that was destined for broadcasting (maybe late night radio because the ladies like it) lol. I work as a bill collector & people tell me all the time that I should be on the radio instead. I’m only 19 years old & am thinking about [...]
Local news on the web, WEIM defines local radio in crisis.
The Ambushers film Take a look at your local radio station website. I’m not talking about those owned by any of the big guys, I’m talking the “mom and pop” operations – true local radio. How difficult would it be for someone, anyone, from a radio station staff to put up emergency information (at the [...]
Happy New Year everyone, and Scott Fybush is a wise man
I would be remiss if I didn’t start out by saying Happy New Year to everyone, especially those folks that are toiling away in a studio somewhere on New Years Day, hoping that this could be their big break into broadcasting. Just because it’s some 1,000 watt AM rimshotter in some town that’s a mere [...]
