Rant from Riverton: Why didn't REC change to a rainbow logo for Pride Month?
This is a difficult personal blog for me to write, but I do feel that it is worth an explanation. Today’s REC is about diversity. We even have the root word “diverse” in our current slogan “a leading...
View ArticleRant from Riverton: My thoughts on the LPFM NPRM
The FCC has finally made public, the draft of the "technical NPRM" that I had been hearing about. The NPRM (notice of proposed rulemaking) will be considered at the FCC's August 1, 2019 open meeting....
View ArticleRant from Riverton: Why can't LPFM have nice things?
No. It’s not because of the NAB or NPR. It’s because of the LCRA.Greetings from a very hot weekend. The heat index right now is 109. It’s Saturday. The Yankees are up 9-nil over the Rockies at the...
View ArticleRant from Riverton: My take on the Saga saga
One piece of advice that I have been giving LPFM stations for quite awhile is to remind them that as renewals are coming up, they need to make sure they are complying with the rules because their...
View ArticleRant from Riverton: All-digital AM - This generation's radio experiment
When you review through the old history cards of various radio and television stations, you come across many of the experiments in the broadcast radio and television art that have taken place over the...
View ArticleRant from Riverton: Does ARRL have what it takes to "Dare to Imagine"?
Background: In the January, 2020 issue of QST, outgoing CEO Howard E. Michael, WB2ITX wrote a editorial, titled "Dare to Imagine". In response to his soliciation for comments, here's what I had to...
View ArticleRant from Riverton: 15 years of HD Radio.. the train has left the station.....
Fifteen years ago, an amazing radio technology was first introduced. Why do so few people know about it and why isn’t its use very widespread? Yes, I am referring to HD Radio, which just recently...
View ArticleRant from Riverton: I can relate to Musk's mindset ~ but I don't approve of...
For the past 72 hours, I have been following the whole Elon Musk Twitter issue with the banning of accounts related to the @ElonJet account that was retransmitting ACARS and other data regarding the...
View ArticleRant from Riverton: "AM for Every Vehicle Act" is flawed - we need a "Future...
AM Radio. It has been around since dirt was new. For decades, people's lives were made whole through radio in the same way that television did and now these days, the internet. AM radio brought us...
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