It’s that time of year, where baseball fans of all ages gear up for the upcoming season. Although it’s soggy and wet (and even snowing in some parts) here in Northern California, there are places like Arizona and Florida where the sun is shining. We will just have to live vicariously through those fortunate fans […]
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It’s Snowbird Season!
For those that may not be familiar with the term, a “snowbird” is an individual from the Northern United States or Canada that spends the colder months in the warmer climates of Florida, Arizona, California, Hawaii, or well, you get the idea. After spending a balmy winter among the palm trees or cactus, they pack […]
What is Shortwave?
Shortwave radio is a radio transmission using shortwave frequencies, generally 1.6–30 MHz (187.4–10.0 m), just above the medium wave AM broadcast band. Many of SW’s properties are similar to AM like the ability for the signal to travel long distances. Since the early 1900’s, there have been significant advances in radio. One of the biggest advances that has […]
KGO Radio Announces Major Changes
Update 4/4 – It looks like management has been listening. KGO has announced live and local programming and reversed their decision and are now keeping Ron Owens. The comments we’ve read about what people are hearing so far, are very positive. 4/1 – So many people this morning were upset and outraged at KGO’s announcement and the […]
Tailgate Time
It’s a time when fans, friends and alumni get together to celebrate (whether that celebration is for the tailgating, the food or the football doesn’t really matter). They wear their team’s colors, often paint their faces and bring signs and cheer as loudly as possible to root on their team. In some areas this is […]
Something That Never Has Been Seen Before
It isn’t often where people in the radio business see something they’ve never seen before, but just recently Michael Harrison (a veteran of radio and the publisher of Talkers ) released “An international group of extremely loyal fans of legendary radio talk show host Art Bell (left) have pooled their financial resources and invested in a major […]
Poem to the Pocket Radio
This poem to the Pocket Radio came about when Bob was explaining how he didn’t quite understand exactly why pocket radios are so popular. This was news to us – we just assumed our radio expert loved radio regardless of its form. We scoured past emails and reviews and pulled out several of the mentions […]
The Reviews Are In
We thought you might like to see what others are saying about the CC Skywave. It’s one thing when we tell you what we think, but it’s a whole different story when customers and media give you their feedback. Below are a few highlights. Customer Reviews: The Ultimate Travel Radio After putting this radio through […]
Insider Insights on the CC Skywave
When traveling I find radio infinitely more satisfying than watching hotel room TV. Hotel radios rarely work at all on AM and figuring out how to run them could be entertaining but I am usually much too tired to find humor in it. Placing the Skywave near or on a window sill always produces acceptable results. […]