Friday, August 09, 2019

A very special Minutia Men

The Museum of Broadcast Communications was kind enough to allow us to record this week's Minutia Men podcast in their radio studio. We invited our old college friends; Emmy award winning journalists Dane Placko and Jay Shatz to join in. What a blast. Thanks to everyone who participated, including our producer Tony Lossano who was there to help us work the controls.

HERE IS THE AUDIO

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Thursday, August 08, 2019

Field of Dreams

This would be very cool to see...

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Drunk Shakespeare

My cousin Barb called us up recently and asked if we would be willing to check out something in Chicago called "Drunk Shakespeare." I'm always up for a night on the town, and so I said yes. It was a lot of fun. Hard to explain exactly what we saw, but there were scenes from MacBeth interspersed with drinking and wacky bits. Enjoyed it very much. Check it out if you're looking for an unusual night out.
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Free Kicks

The Premier League is back beginning tomorrow night! That means its time to fire up the soccer podcast once again. The new episode of Free Kicks is up at the Radio Misfits podcast network.

Listen to it here.
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Least satisfying job?

Thanks so much to Burt Constable for including me in his article this morning. It was fun to talk to him. I tried to defend the producer job, fellow producers...

Read it here.
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Wednesday, August 07, 2019

Love This

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Tuesday, August 06, 2019

EveryCubEver branches out



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Hacked!

If you received an e-mail from me, my apologies. My yahoo account was hacked and it was cloned into a new g-mail account that isn't mine at all.

I would never send an e-mail asking for money.

Sorry about that. What a pain in the ass this has been this morning.
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Chicago Radio Ratings

These are the lastest radio ratings in Chicago, Courtesy of Robert Feder...

1. WDRV 97.1-FM classic rock, 5.4 (5.1)
2. WTMX 101.9-FM hot adult contemporary, 5.2 (5.6)
3. WVAZ 102.7-FM urban adult contemporary, 4.9 (4.3)
4. WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM all news, 4.8 (4.8)
5. WLIT 93.9-FM adult contemporary, 4.3 (4.2)
6. WLS 94.7-FM classic hits, 4.0 (4.8)
7. (tie) WXRT 93.1-FM adult album alternative, 3.8 (3.4); WSCR 670-AM sports talk, 3.8 (3.9)
9. (tie) WBMX 104.3-FM classic hip hop, 3.3 (3.7); WKSC 103.5-FM Top 40, 3.3 (3.5)
11. (tie) WOJO 105.1-FM Mexican regional, 3.1 (3.2); WRME 87.7-FM soft rock oldies, 3.1 (3.0)
13. (tie) WBBM 96.3-FM Top 40, 3.0 (2.8); WGN 720-AM news talk, 3.0 (3.0); WKQX 101.1-FM alternative rock, 3.0 (3.0)
16. (tie) WUSN 99.5-FM country, 2.8 (2.7); WGCI 107.5-FM urban contemporary,2.8 (2.8); WSHE 100.3-FM adult contemporary, 2.8 (2.9)
19. WBEZ 91.5-FM public radio news talk, 2.7 (2.5)
20. WLS 890-AM news talk, 2.2 (2.1)
21. (tie) WLEY 107.9-FM Mexican regional, 1.9 (2.0); WPPN 106.7-FM Spanish adult contemporary, 1.9 (2.2); WPWX 92.3-FM urban contemporary, 1.9 (1.9)
24. WEBG 95.5-FM country, 1.6 (1.6)
25. (tie) WCKL 97.9-FM contemporary Christian, 1.5 (1.2); WMVP 1000-AM sports talk, 1.5 (1.2)
27. WVIV 93.5-FM Spanish contemporary, 1.4 (1.7)
28. WERV 95.9-FM classic hits, 1.3 (1.3)
29. (tie) WFMT 98.7-FM classical, 0.8 (1.0); WMBI 90.1-FM Christian ministry, 0.8 (0.8)
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My Kind of Town

Beautiful photo by Barry Butler...

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Monday, August 05, 2019

Minutia Men, Episode 144

EP144: Rick and Dave discuss litigious dodgeball, cathedral putt-putt, Nazi amusement parks, Warren G. Harding, Rick’s brush with Marilu Henner, and interview rock and roll photographer Mick Rock.

Listen to it here.
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Janet's Mom's Final Wish

When Janet Sutherland-Madden's mother passed away recently, one of her final wishes was to donate a hundred of Janet's books ("Nose Over Toes") to the UIC Department of Neurosurgery. That wish was fulfilled over the weekend. Here is a photo of Janet with Dr. Konstantin Slavin.

Dr. Konstantin Slavin's clinical interests are diverse applications of surgical neuromodulation and functional neurosurgery. This includes treatment of pain, movement disorders, epilepsy, and psychiatric diseases with a particular interest in the treatment of facial pain, cancer-related pain, Chiari malformation, stereotactic radiosurgery, brain tumors, and spinal problems. He has received many clinical and professional awards, including "Most Compassionate Doctor," and for many years has been included in the prestigious "Top Surgeons" and "Best Doctors" lists in the USA. Dr. Slavin is a professor of neurosurgery and head of the Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery section at UIC.

The book will be given out to patients who are afflicted with brain aneurysms. Janet is an inspiration to those patients because of her determined and successful recovery. She shows them that anything is possible.
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New Radio Hall of Famers

From this morning's RAMP newsletter...

1. Sean "Hollywood" Hamilton -- WKTU/New York and the Weekly Top 30 Countdown, syndicated by Premiere Networks.
2. Harry Harrison -- morning personality, WMCA-AM, WABC-AM and WCBS-FM/New York (Longstanding Local/Regional, 20+ years).
3. The Kevin & Bean Show (Kevin Ryder & Gene "Bean" Baxter), KROQ/Los Angeles (Active Local/Regional, 10+ years).
4. Joe Madison -- Joe Madison, The Black Eagle, SiriusXM's Urban View.
5. Jim Rome -- The Jim Rome Show, CBS Sports Radio (Longstanding Network/Syndication, 20+ years)
6. Ryan Seacrest -- KIIS-FM/Los Angeles, On Air with Ryan Seacrest and American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest, syndicated by Premiere Networks.
7. John Tesh -- Intelligence for your Life, syndicated by Compass Media Networks (Active Network/Syndication, 10+ years).
8. Dr. Ruth Westheimer -- The Dr. Ruth Show on NBC Radio and host of Sexually Speaking on WYNY/New York.
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