DoghouseCharlie

This report via Jeff White of Radio Miami International (WRMI)
NASB Elects New Board Member at 20th Annual Meeting
May 14, 2008 (Cary, North Carolina, USA) - Bill Damick of Trans World Radio was elected to the board of directors of the National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters (NASB) at its 2008 annual meeting in Cary, North Carolina […]

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Reading many comments recently I was struck by how many people believe that the old songs don’t connect anymore with the “youngins”.
So this is my little effort to correct that problem and make these songs more relevant to our modern world.
I’m always standing by to help, so here are some suggestions :
Standing on […]

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Auto Pilot of the Airwaves
Auto Pilot of the airwaves
Here is my request
You probably wouldn’t play it
You’re recorded like the rest
I used to listen to your shows
On the radio
When you seemed like a friend to me
Or a record of your choice
I wouldn’ t mind , I’d be happy just to hear a voice
Saying this is for […]

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After Hu Jintao was acclaimed at the 17th Congress of the Communist Party of China, the following conversation was overheard between a reporter from China Radio International and the Voice of America…

CRI Reporter: Well, let’s see, we have on the Presidium, Hu is President, Wat’s Prime Minister, Ai-Dun No is finance minister…

VOA Reporter: That’s […]

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The Three Stooges meet Radio in Micro-Phonies (1945)
“Quiet, numbskulls, I’m broadcasting” - Moe Howard
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Check out his comments about radio, they were years ahead of their time.
Hat tip to Russ Horton for putting me on to this one.

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My Russia
How does someone, an anglophone from central Canada become a Russophile?
Why am I so fascinated with all things Russian?
Perhaps its genetic.
All my life I’ve been interested in Russia, its culture, politics, language…everything. It kept intruding into my consciousness…the Cold War (one of my earliest memories is trying to understand why my baby sitter seemed […]

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At 72, he’s still the Polka King
`If it’s lively music they want, I’m the guy,’ says world-renowned Grammy winner Walter Ostanek
Aug 09, 2007 04:30 AM
Greg Quill
ENTERTAINMENT COLUMNIST
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE–Walter Ostanek is never late.
In 24 years, the 72-year-old triple Grammy winner, Canada’s beloved Polka King and the pride of St. Catharines, has only missed two shows at his […]

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Two of the funniest men on radio, and television in a classic routine from his radio show.
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