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  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Lake Worth "Enthusiast" Nathan Hall Hopes to Launch Low-Power FM Station

    Communicating the old fashioned way.​Twitter and FB may rule the Zeitgeist, but an old-fashioned communications medium may be on the mend: low-power FM radio. A bill cosponsored by U.S. Sens. John McCain and Maria Cantwell -- the Local Community Radio Act -- would repeal some of the more draconian ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    Joe Namath: Needs Fewer Dogs; More Commercials

    As we told you in Morning Juice, Joe Namath's been having to defend the beastly behavior of his two dogs, which he apparently trusts to keep "gawkers" away from his Tequesta home. But whose fault is it that people are curious about how the Super Bowl III MVP spends his days? I'd say it's the guy who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    Acting FCC Chairman: "Mini-Papers" No Way to Success

    Count acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps among those who believe the current strategy of decimating staffs at newspapers is the wrong way to deal with the economic downturn, especially since most are still making money.   "I am seriously worried about the decline of broa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    Bubba the Love Sponge Vs. Octo-Mom

    I freely admit to being a pencil-necked geek whose brain is addled by too much of the Diane Rehm show.  Still, I'm rarely shocked. Yet as I was flipping through radio stations this morning, I was taken aback by the on-air pummeling that 93.1's Bubba the Love Sponge was giving to the Octo-Mom.Bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2008

    Why the Sirius-XM Radio Merger is Good for Consumers

    I freely admit to being a pencil-necked geek whose brain is addled by too much of the Diane Rehm show.  Still, I'm rarely shocked. Yet as I was flipping through radio stations this morning, I was taken aback by the on-air pummeling that 93.1's Bubba the Love Sponge was giving to the Octo-Mom.Bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2008

    Newspaper Staff Ordered To "Question Authority"

    I freely admit to being a pencil-necked geek whose brain is addled by too much of the Diane Rehm show.  Still, I'm rarely shocked. Yet as I was flipping through radio stations this morning, I was taken aback by the on-air pummeling that 93.1's Bubba the Love Sponge was giving to the Octo-Mom.Bu ... More >>

  • News

    January 17, 2008

    Jammer Man to the Rescue

    An anonymous superhero steps in to clear the air of blah-blah-blah

  • News

    October 25, 2007

    Talking Up a Storm

    Radio host Joyce Kaufman wins fans by flaying a new enemy: undocumented immigrants

  • Music

    August 16, 2007

    Gary Enforcement Takes Dancehall Digital

    Radio host Joyce Kaufman wins fans by flaying a new enemy: undocumented immigrants

  • Music

    March 22, 2007

    A Pinch of Payback

    Another payola settlement promises us better, braver radio. Let's not get too excited just yet.

  • Calendar

    December 7, 2006
  • News

    October 19, 2006

    Bubba the Love Expunger

    A Porn Starlet's Appearance on Satellite Radio Was More Rough-up Than Tete-a-Tete

  • Music

    March 30, 2006

    You Are Now Free to Get Jiggy

    Air traffic control, meet pirate hip-hop radio.

  • News

    August 11, 2005

    Tailpipe

    Dirty Pictures

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2005
  • News

    May 19, 2005

    Doctor's Orders

    South Florida's Smut Doctors broadcast filthy radio to the world

  • Subtropical Life

    May 12, 2005
  • Music

    February 17, 2005

    Crüe You

    Q&A with Vince Neil

  • Music

    January 27, 2005

    Steve Earle

    Q&A with Vince Neil

  • Music

    December 23, 2004

    Trendspotting

    In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote

  • Music

    November 25, 2004

    Genitorturers

    In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote

  • News

    October 28, 2004

    Letters for October 28 - November 3, 2004

    In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote

  • Music

    September 9, 2004

    Steve Earle

    The Revolution Starts... Now (Artemis)

  • News

    September 2, 2004

    Jamaica Yes Problem

    Far from their homophobic homeland, expatriate Jamaican gays are haunted by the same old ghosts

  • Calendar

    August 12, 2004

    Bronco Girls

    Bucking the System

  • Arts and Entertainment

    May 13, 2004

    Best Radio Station

    WBOS-FM (104.1) Readers' Choice: WPYM-FM (93.1)

  • News

    December 11, 2003

    The Grand Slammer

    Crooks abound in the world of long distance. But it takes a really good crook to steal from the other crooks.

  • News

    September 25, 2003

    Throwback Is Comin' Back

    Pirate radio, a Holiday Inn that isn't, lots of cops, and cagey promoters

  • News

    August 14, 2003
  • Calendar

    July 10, 2003

    The Toxic Offender

    Lloyd Kaufman keeps pumping out the celluloid sludge and sleaze

  • News

    June 26, 2003
  • Music

    May 29, 2003

    Get Shorty

    The lunatic fringe lives, breathes, and flourishes on shortwave radio

  • Music

    March 27, 2003

    Maintaining Radio Silence

    104.1-FM The Boss maintains radio silence

  • News

    March 20, 2003

    Dirty George and the War Pigs

    The president's war, his brother's fib, a black man's past, and Mayor Griffin's demise

  • Music

    February 20, 2003

    In the Clear

    Thanks to Native Noise, Clear Channel doesn't totally suck

  • Music

    April 18, 2002

    No Way!

    Nothin' like Jello putting some jerkwad in his place

  • Music

    February 14, 2002

    Classical Gasbags

    Fans of the late culture bastion WTMI are still crying into their brandy snifters

  • Culture

    February 14, 2002

    Net Loss

    The government killed TV, and Hollywood's begging it to revive the corpse

  • Arts and Entertainment

    May 17, 2001
  • News

    June 29, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters for June 29, 2000

  • News

    August 26, 1999

    Pirates Scuttled

    South Florida radio gets more homogenized following raids of unlicensed radio stations

  • Music

    August 5, 1999

    Webbed Feat

    This is not your father's radio

  • News

    May 14, 1998

    Undercurrents

    This is not your father's radio

  • News

    January 15, 1998

    Captains Outrageous

    A simmering feud among Pompano Beach's dive-boat operators erupts into violence

  • News

    January 8, 1998

    Heard It Through the Pipeline

    Jerry Lyddane runs the most powerful pirate radio station in Broward. And the FCC be damned.

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