June 2011
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Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?
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Found out today the tip jar has hit bottom again, when our payment to our Shoutcast host bounced; the payment was $29.99 and was for 100 listener slots for a month… can you help? 6 people X $5 = fee covered! Thanks in advance, and thanks for your previous generosity. The PayPal “Donate” button is…
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Building The Perfect 80s Radio Station
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One of the challenges of programming a radio station is not just playing what sounds great to the staff, but playing what the audience wants to hear. Now working our way through our second year of all-80s programming, a few questions have come to mind about what YOU want to hear on BlackLight Radio. The…
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iPods Are Awful!!!
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While I appreciate the convenience of the iPod, I’ve been horrified at the sound “quality” of these devices. Yes, they are digital, but the audio is compressed… depending on the source, VERY compressed. Then listening is done through tiny “ear buds” (how CUUUTE!) which produce nothing lower in pitch than a baby’s cry; these headphones…
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Welcome To The New BlackLightRadio.com!
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Today marks the beginning of a new chapter in the history of BlackLight Radio. In the past, BlackLightRadio.com has been little more than a placeholder for the link to our live audio feed. If you bookmarked our LoudCity page, there was little reason to come here unless you needed to know when a show was…