DoghouseCharlie

The Selection
Barry Cryer’s Christmas Selection Box - Part 1
Radio 7 favourite Barry Cryer unpacks the first of two Christmas comedy hampers. Geoffrey Perkins and Angus Deayton lead the festive broadcast of Radio Active’s Christmas Turkey (20/12/1983 ); the audience puts a rocking-horse at the centre of the celebrations for The Masterson Inheritance Christmas Special (25/12/1993); […]

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Frankly, the blogging function on this site has been largely ignored. While I may post something interesting from time to time, it’s more likely that I will post breaking news and such to one of my other sites, such as the Untimely Thoughts yahoo group, or breaking radio related news to one of my blogs […]

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via Brian Smith
On January 18th, from 7:00 PM until midnight (EST), CFZM AM740 will broadcast the entire Benny Goodman Concert that was played in New York’s Carnegie Hall on January 16, 1938.
Except for commercial breaks and commentary by Benny Goodman, there will be no other interruptions.
For more on the concert, check:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Goodman#Carnegie_Hall_concert
You can listen directly on […]

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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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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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