“Not Necessarily the (Radio) News”

    In the fall of 1998, NPR ran a year-long series called “Lost and Found”.  Every Friday, NPR would feature a story about a certain type of recording.  It could be one of the first sounds that was recorded by a phonograph, a recording of the wilderness, or an audio clip from an old-time…

An ambassador of summer: Ernie Harwell (1918-2010)

Forgive me this day as I write this without getting misty-eyed.  For those who do not follow baseball, or sports in general, Ernie Harwell passed away Tuesday evening from a year-long battle of terminal cancer.  Harwell was the long-time voice of the Detroit Tigers. Check that.  He was the voice of Michigan, Detroit, the Tigers,…

Time to rethink the schtick

Veteran shock jock Howard Stern recently held a pageant on his show between the alleged mistresses of Tiger Woods.  Ironically the three who participated were named Jaime, Jaimee, or whoever they are.  I’ll let you read the rest here, courtesy of Travis Rodgers. Is it me or do I think that Howard Stern is no…