Radio Waves: 2022

December 30 — Poorman’s New Year; predictions for 2023

December 23 — Holiday treats; comparison of KOST and Go Country

December 16 — Norm Pattiz passes; fraudulent ads on the radio

December 9 — Go Country becomes your Christmas destination; another successful Pasta-thon; streaming increases among radio listeners; Senator also hoping to help AM

December 2 — There’s a new (tech) guy on town; at least one Commissioner pretends to support AM radio; Fred Travalena’s Christmas album

November 25 — Wally Clark passes at 84; Classical Christmas

November 18 — It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas

November 11 — Remembering Steven Clean; air checks; SoCal Sound web page update; reader mail

November 4 — Changes at the SoCal Sound

October 28 — KNX Newsradio anchor Dick Helton retires after a long career; betting on radio’s demise

October 21 — Remembering Art Laboe

October 14 — KBLA has specials in store; new programs on K-Mozart; September Nielsens

October 7 — Readers write back; streaming the oldies

September 30 – Podcasts, news, Ducks, surrendering, and interference

September 23 — Audacity supports mental health through a special concert; Rand Paul is wrong; guilty pleasures

September 16 — Killing corporate radio; what would you do?

September 9 — Seacrest honored by NAB; classical battle; Ladd Mondays

September 2 — New tuner, old KNX-FM …

August 26 — 88.5 FM gets new branding; wake-up call for radio

August 19 — The Mellow Sound Tribute; Laboe birthday celebration

August 12 — The great tuner shootout

August 5 — Hall of Fame class of 2022; pointless contest

July 29 — June Nielsens

July 22 — Why doesn’t radio know how to market itself? Bad Roses

July 15 — Dr. Demento is still entertaining fans

July 8 — Will electric cars kill off radio as we know it?

July 1 — Small markets helping to improve radio

June 24 — HOF Class of ’22 announced

June 17 — Crummey’s evil side; Golden Mike awards

June 10 — A few new channels on SiriusXM; Mailbag

June 3 — How to make KROQ relevant again

May 27 — More favorite “IM” stations

May 20 — Kevin Weatherly returns to KROQ

May 13 — The great radio-restaurant mystery man; more on KHJ and KFI

May 6 — KHJ and KFI turn 100; Boss Debut

April 29 — March Nielsens; Shana tribute

April 22 — Gunslingers on the air; Hi-Fi AM

April 15 — Bryan Suits back on the radio; April fools; Schooling KCRW; quick takes

April 8 — Your favorite “app stations”

April 1 — Gregory’s cold cases; new APD at My FM; KIIS sounding great; April 1st radio changes

March 25 — Changes coming to KROQ?; Cart Narcs videos; your favorite app stations

March 18 — Can old tech help radio thrive?; 1110 back on the air; new voices on 88-5; Kasem auction

March 11 — The great 91 X-periment; Boss request

March 4 — Ratings oddity involving KNX simulcast; the new X

February 25 — Poorman’s bigger Rush; restaurant dreams; book review

February 18 — The station that took over Mazda radios; Rethinking HD Radio

February 11 — WKRP’s Dr. Johnny Fever passes; Stryker to Alt afternoons; KPRI Rez Radio birthday

February 4 — Holiday ratings; HD switch

January 28 — Longtime KABC talker Michael Jackson passes

January 21 — CSULB looking for students to take over Mornings; more Pearl; audio radio history

January 14 — Billy Pearl passes away at 71; recreating an old station in glorious transistor radio fidelity

January 7 — (Slightly) new direction for The Mellow Sound “KNX-FM” tribute; WION streaming; local Christmas drive