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June 5, 1968 – “They Shot Bobby!!” – The Robert Kennedy Assassination

Robert Kennedy Assassination - KFWB/Group W - Los Angeles 7:45-8:45 am - June 5, 1968 - Gordon Skene Sound Collection - June 5, 1968 - 49 years ago today. Most people woke up on this morning to the horrifying news that Robert Kennedy had been shot shortly after delivering... #Aeroméxico #APImages

51 years ago today - a reminder - click on the link and listen to the actual newscasts from Los Angeles on this day, June 5, 1968.

[blithehumanbeing]

JANN FAYEL L. LOPEZ Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Communication Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Batch 2017 MAGNA CUM LAUDE I will never get tired of saying thanks and giving praises to God for being with me throughout my college life. Hindi Siya nagkulang, sobra sobra pa nga. Life as a Pastor's Kid isn't easy, but it's full of blessings. Hindi kami kasingyaman ng iba para mapag aral ako sa prestihiyosong schools, but I know that God us good enough to bless me and let me finish my 4-year journey in PUP. Yes, murang mura ang tuition sa PUP. Kung susumahin, ay dipa ata aabot ng 10,000. Mas mahal pa nga ata ang gastos ko sa araw araw na pamasahe. At eto pa, yung 2 hours (na minsan sobra pa) na byahe ko araw araw papasok, by God's grace ay naisurvive ko sa apat na taon. I considered na magdorm pero mamimiss ko yung pamilya ko, yes mabilis talaga akong mahomesick. For sure masmagastos din kaya hindi ko na lang itinuloy. Maliban sa pag aaral, I need to balance my time sa school and church. Hindi ako nagpadaig sa hirap ng pagbalanse ng oras. I excelled both in my ministries and my studies. Thank God, wala akong napabayaang isa sakanila. Kahit na minsan may mga practice na di naaattendan para sa productions, at activities sa church na namimiss. Hindi ko na ikukwento lahat (kasi malamang tatamarin na kayo magbasa hahaha), all I can say is that these years were tough but God is gracious enough to help me achieve this success. Mamang Febe and Papang Oscar Jhun, thank you po sa lahat ng pagtitiyaga sa pagpapaaral sa akin mula Nursery hanggang ngayon na patapos na ako sa college. Don't worry po, may nakaabang pang Master's Degree. Pagpray po natin. 😂 I may not have fulfilled yung dapat kong i-achieve noong highschool, I may have failed you once... pero natuto po ako sa lahat ng iyon at ngayon ay nagawa ko na ang pangako ko sa inyong babangon ako at magtatagumpay. Para sa inyo po ang lahat ng pagsisikap ko! Mahal na mahal ko po kayo. Jenzon Faith, Jinou Fij and Jonan Franz, salamat sa patuloy na suporta. Alam ko naman na kahit papaano'y totoo yung mga biro niyo sa akin na namimiss niyo ko pag ginagabi na ko ng uwi dahil sa productions okaya naman pag nagoovernight ako para sa thesis, etc. HAHAHA. Nanay Corazon, Lolo Ruben and Lola Lucy (in heaven), isa po kayo sa mga inspirasyon ko sa pag- aaral. Kay Tita Leah, marami pong salamat sa walang sawang tulong sa akin sa tuwing hindi ko maaasikaso ang mga scholarship ko. 💕 Sa lahat ng teachers and naging professors ko, marami pong salamat sa lahat ng karunungan! Saludo po ako sainyo sa lahat ng pagpapagal niyo sa pagtuturo. College friends... lalo na sa mga BORTA (helloPatricia Justine Aira Venz Mark Jose)! Congrats sa atin. I hope and pray that this friendship would last a lifetime. Mahal ko kayo, buffet at dagat na... tara na! 😂 And sa WANDI siyempre, salamat sa apat na taong nakasama ko kayo sa loob at labas ng classroom, mapa-production at pagkain sa labas, salamat! Churchmates and friends na malapit saakin na tinulungan akong magpray everytime na makakausap at makakakuwentuhan ko kayo, maraming salamat! <3 Shekainah and Ate Richa, thank you for praying with me especially sa tough times! Miss u. Salamat din po pala sa Iskolar ng Bataan na nagsilbing tulong sa pag aaaral ko bawat sem. Maging sa Iskolar ng Samal! At siyempre sabi ko nga, hindi ako mapapagod at magsasawang magpasalamat kay Lord. He is always full of grace, and He never fails. Thank You for Your unending love, Jesus. All the glory and praises goes to You! Iba ka talaga Lord! Makagraduate on time lang ang hiniling ko, pero binigyan mo pa po ng bonus na flying colors! Sa mga hindi nabanggit, ngunit naging parte ng buhay ko, maraming salamat. Sa Sintang Paaralan... PUP, maraming salamat sa#EdukasyongDosePesos Ipinapangako kong "Gagamitin ang karunungan, mula sa iyo para sa bayan!". Now that a new chapter of my life will unfold, I declare blessings. I know that by God's grace, His plans for me will happen in His perfect time! Maraming salamat sa lahat! To God be the glory! -Ang Unang Graduate ng Pamilya-

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Programming Your Station

New post tonight, I'm telling you how to run your radio station. Or I guess just run it better.

The first thing is that you need to know your music, or programming or whatever.

Your station doesn't have to be music based, but if it is like the majority of stations you should at least know what you should be playing to attract listeners. Start off by signing up for an account at allaccess.com and check out the charts that they have.

These music charts let you know a couple of things. These are the 50 most played songs in whatever genre you're looking at.

You might instinctually think that you should load all of these songs in and just let your music player go at them at random. Sadly though this just doesn't work like that. Notice that the chart gives you a lot of information; who's up, who's down, who's new, and who's popular. A good music programmer uses these numbers to assist, not directly determine, what to play.

Say you market your station as a new music station. Look at the number 1 song, now look it up on YouTube. Chances are that the song is 4 to 6 months old. Do you want newer? Let's suppose that you do.

Look now at the first song that rose this week, check out how old it is. Chances are now that it is much younger. See, music charts have songs that first get on the chart, rise up, stagnate, fall, and eventually leave the chart. The secret is that old songs reside in the top and newer songs are on the bottom!

So, to pick better music use the charts to select songs that are rising and are newer than stagnate and falling music.

Also, look at the charts for who rose the highest and lowest, what song has more audience listens. If you are really up for an intense exploration you can copy the data into Excel to sort and analyze your data even more. For example, I measure positions moved and what percent of the aggregate spins each song has, or even percent of aggregate audience.

In fact, one of my favorite tools is to use the percent of aggregate spins to compare multiple charts. This works really well on two charts that are really close like AAA and Alternative. You could even try it on a single chart's currents and recurrents. I like to do the percent of aggregate calculations on each chart independently and then combine the charts, taking care that my calculations do not change during transfer. Once combined, I remove duplicates and then I am left with a list of usually 85 records, in some modicum of spin measure sorted and ready to go.

So go ahead, look at the charts, find the songs that are new, rising, stagnate, falling, and keep track of songs that fall off the charts and as well as the amount of time that they were charted.

In the end I believe that to be a good music radio programmer you need to know your music, obsess over its details and movements, and ultimately be a studious librarian in your records.

Next week we go over music categories to enhance your station's sound.

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I find the idea of non-realtime content pushing to be interesting, but the big question is will users want it, especially in these days of ubiquitous, always-on Internet connections in our homes and pockets? Perhaps it could be a hit on featurephones, but other than providing a convenient, universal access to local news, I'm not entirely sure what it could offer that isn't already available. However, similar services have proven somewhat popular in Japan...