A Streamer’s Paradise…

Monday, December, 29, 2008 by Mel Phillips.

If, like me, you won’t settle for less than local radio, do I have a website for you.  It’s called Radio-Locator.com and it’s guaranteed to transport you to streamer’s heaven.  With links to over 10,000 radio station web pages and over 2,500 audio streams from radio stations in the U.S., Canada and around the world, it’s streaming nirvana on earth.  You can find any radio station by city, zip or call letters.  Internet stations can be found by format or country…

Radio-Locator is MP3 and satellite radio compatible if you require an unused frequency on the FM dial.  It also has station coverage maps showing strength of signals and a widget  that provides a travel guide with 10 major cities pre-loaded and available for hand-held devices.  You can add or delete cities from there…

So what’s the draw-back?  It’s not the fee, there is none.  Ah, here we go.  The website doesn’t list shows, just radio stations and sorry, no networks or shortwave radio stations are listed.  Not a steep price to pay for spending a day listening to local stations you haven’t heard in awhile.  My thanks to the Los Angeles Times for opening my eyes and local-seeking ears… 

10 Timeline Memories:

1. 1851] “Why-Em-Cee-A“: The first YMCA is organized in Boston. The Village People kvell…
2. 1890] Massacre Monday: The U.S. Seventh Cavalry massacres over 400 men, women and children at Wounded Knee Creek (SD). This is the last major conflict between Indians and U.S. troops…
3. 1934] Double dip: The first college basketball doubleheader is played at Madison Square Garden. The Garden was rented for a measly $4 thousand as 16,000 fans watch NYU defeat Notre Dame and Westminster (PA) beat St. John’s…
4. 1957] Wedding Bells: Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme swing down the aisle. Eydie blames it on the bossa nova while Steve says go away little girl…
5. 1975] Blasting Off: Terrorists explode a bomb in the main terminal of LaGuardia Airport killing 11 and injuring 75 (this is believed to be an act by a Croatian terrorist group that was never captured)…
6. 1975] “D-I-V-O-R-C-E“: Grace Slick and Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane/Starship, who were together since 1969, are divorced.  Grace is an artist today…
7. 1978] Berserk Buckeye: Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes goes berserk during the Gator Bowl game punching Clemson’s Charlie Bauman for his interception of a Buckeye pass. Woody will not like what happens to him the following day…
8. 1980] “Happy Trails“: Singer/songwriter Tim  (If I Were A Carpenter) Hardin overdoses on heroin at 40…2007] A suicide gunman shoots former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto, killing her and then blows himself up killing at least 22 others at an election rally in Pakistan…
9. 1989] Curtains: Jane Pauley leaves the “Today Show”…
10. 2007] Record breaking: The New England Patriots are the first team in NFL history to ever finish the regular season with a record of 16-0, the first perfect regular season in the league since the 1972 Miami Dolphins. Tom Brady sets the NFL record for Most Touchdown Passes in a season with 50 and Randy Moss sets the NFL record for the Most Touchdown Receptions in a season with 23…

Music Memories:

• 1945] First commercial record in ‘Music City’: Sheb Wooley records the first commercial record cut in Nashville on the tiny Bullet label (it was no “Purple People Eater“)…
• 1965] Released on this date: “My World Is Empty Without You” - Supremes…
• 1974] Number One on this date: “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” - Elton John…

“Happy Birthday…happy birthday“:

Mikhi (”E.R.”) Phifer (34), Theo Epstein (35), Jude Law (36), Paula Poundstone (49), Evonne Elliman (57), Ted Danson (61), Marianne Faithful (62), Jon Voight (70), Mary Tyler Moore (72), Tom Jarriel (74) and Inga (”Benson”) Swenson (76)…

Timeline Countdown: Two nights until New Year’s Eve, 5 days until the NFL Wild Card Playoffs and 34 days until the Super Bowl…

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