Tag Archives: broadcast

Station Manager of 91.7 KALW San Francisco reaches out to listeners.

Posted on May 29, 2008 by kfarr

During my Tuesday shift I was pleasantly surprised to hear a radio station manager speaking directly to listeners for an extended period of time about the state of the station. In the past, I’ve heard station managers speak during pledge … Continue reading →

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Driving

Posted on May 9, 2008 by kfarr

Sunday was a busy day in the City, Monday was busy enough as usual, but Tuesday early morning was dead. It was very difficult to get orders and I was afraid I would go home with less than $100 take-home … Continue reading →

Posted in happiness, taxi, tech, work | Tagged 2-way, 2-way radio, bathroom, break, broadcast, cab, cabbie, central, channel, channels, dispatch, dispatching, driving, duplex, emotions, experience, feelings, full-duplex, graveyard, half-duplex, handheld, happiness, kma, living, living wage, mcdonald's, mic, motorola, night, order, pee, psychology, psychotherapy, radio, san francisco, sf, shift, starbucks, stories, story, tales, taxi, tips, transmission, uhf, urine, vhf, wage | 1 Comment

Satellite TV: How did it start?

Posted on January 26, 2008 by kfarr

And now for something from the archives. Here’s a paper I wrote in March 2004 for Herb Terry‘s excellent history of telecommunications course about the initial failed implementation of direct broadcast satellite — the precursor to the miniature dishes many … Continue reading →

Posted in media, tech | Tagged abc, allocation, broadcast, broadcaster, broadcasting, c-band, cbs, commission, communications, comsat, comsat/stc, consumer, dbs, delivery, direct, direct broadcast, dish, fcc, federal, frequency, home, ku-band, media, nab, nbc, network, rca, regulation, satellite, stc, tci, television, tv, usci | 3 Comments

Local media that shines: 92.7 KNGY

Posted on January 25, 2008 by kfarr

I drive a taxi. I drive 11 hour shifts. That’s a lot of time in a car. I need something for my brain to do. Passengers only talk so much, and this time of year is quite slow. Often I … Continue reading →

Posted in media | Tagged 92.7, airways, analog, broadcast, dance, electronic, energy, fm, frequency, hd, hd radio, KNGY, lgbt, modulation, old school, pure dance, radio, remix, remixes, san francisco, sf | 6 Comments

DTV Transition ads are confusing, ineffective.

Posted on January 10, 2008 by kfarr

The National Association of Broadcasters has commissioned 30 second advertisements meant to warn consumers about the impending shift from analog to digital only television transmissions. This DTV transition will render analog TV over-the-air broadcasts — those received by TVs connected … Continue reading →

Posted in marketing, media, politics, tech | Tagged ads, advertisements, air, broadcast, broadcasters, definition, digital, dtv, hdtv, high, high definition, nab, national, national association of broadcasters, ota, over, over-the-air, television, transition, tv, wireless | 5 Comments