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Radio

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    DJs We Can't Wait to See at Coachella

    Morgan Page April 13, 2012While in Miami for Winter Music Conference and Ultra Music Festival I got to catch up with Grammy nominated producer/DJ Morgan Page. Page was nominated for an International Dance Music Award in Miami for Best American DJ and Best Progressive Track for "In the Air" with Sult ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2012

    Tom Leykis Calls KFI's John and Ken "Total Fucking Pussies" For Apologizing Over Their Whitney Houston "Crack Ho" Remark

    Pussy and Pussier?​The big media story this week in Southern California, of course, is KFI-AM 640 suspending afternoon hosts John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou for calling Whitney Houston a "crack ho" on the air. Radio management forced Kobylt to issue an apology that no one believes, especially given t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    [UPDATED: City Invited Feds to Raid Clubs Last October] Bizarre Costa Mesa Pot Shenanigans Behind Tonight's City Council Protest

    ​Update, Feb. 8 11:45 a.m: According to the Orange County Register, the city of Costa Mesa invited the DEA to raid medical marijuana dispensaries operating in the city as early as last October. In a story published yesterday and updated this morning, the Register says it has obtained an Oct. 26 le ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2011

    Top 10 Most Annoying Songs Of 2011

    ​As I mentioned once before, there's a shitload of really, really bad and annoying music out there. The music released in 2011 is no exception (No hate to Kreayshawn, but "Gucci Gucci," anyone?). Whether it's overexposure, repetition, or just a terrible melody, each of the songs below are some of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    It's College Radio Day! KUCI And Titan Radio Join The Fight To Save Campus Stations

    WRPI​College radio stations have long given a microphone to local musicians and DJs looking for an audience (and people who wanna talk about stuff), but like many awesome campus institutions, they're endangered by the swinging budget ax. Over the past few years, more than a dozen student-run stati ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 8, 2011

    Jack's Sixth Show

    Verizon Wireless

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Ska Parade's Tazy Phyllipz Remembers Bradley Nowell

    Sublime frontman Bradley Nowell, who died 15 years ago this month, left behind a legacy that is intrinsically tied to Long Beach and the rest of Orange County. This week's cover story pays tribute to the man who put Garden Grove on the map, who sang about the perils of date rape and invented the s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2011

    Jim Norton

    Irvine Improv

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    'Teen Angel' Writer and Garden Grove Resident Jean Dinning Dies

    ​The New York Times reports that Jean Dinning, who wrote the hit high school tragedy song "Teen Angel," died on Feb. 22. She was 86.Ms. Dinning's younger brother Mark performed "Teen Angel." It's about a couple whose car stalls on railroad tracks; they get out but the girl goes back to get the boy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Liz Cheney and Richard Nixon's Corpse, Together at Last

    ​Right about now, Gary Sinise, Dr. Laura, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Dennis Miller, Victoria Jackson, "Coach K" Mike Krzyzewski, Liz Cheney, Laura Ingraham, Chuck DeVore and many more participate in an event hosted at the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda that's hosted by Andrew Breitbart a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    What Do Pot Dispensaries, Cannabis Cowboys and "Glee" Have in Common?

    ​Fox's high school musical-twisted comedy Glee and segments on KCET/Channel 28's SoCal Connected on medical marijuana dispensaries and pot farm-busting law enforcement officers known as "cannabis cowboys" are among the latest winners of prestigious Peabody Awards honoring the best in electronic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Rev. Wiley Drake Leads List of OC's July 4 Teabaggers

    Just call him Rev. TeabaggerThe Rev. Wiley Drake, last heard from praying for President Barack Obama's death, leads the list of Orange Countains who have stepped up to lead the "Official Tax Day TEA Party" in their communities on July 4.TEA stands for Taxed Enough Already, by the way. Besides the co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2009

    (One Day Ago) Live from Coachella: Day Two Pictures!

    Thank goodness for Beth Stirnaman. If not for her, our Coachella coverage would consist of my blah blahing and iPhone pictures of stages from the crowd, many yards away. Thankfully, she's got a bundle of great images from day two here, so you can put a face to my inspid ramblings. Remember me raving ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    Moyers Picks Brain of Last Socialist (and Weekly Pal)

    Saturday Night Live had this skit years ago where they presented a Fugitivesque TV show called The Last Liberal. With all the talk on Fox News and conservative talk radio about the rise of Socialism in Obamerica, Bill Moyers decided to go out and find The Last Socialist to get the other side of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2009

    Gay-Bashing, Jew-Trashing La Voz de Aztlan Rushes to Defend Anti-Semitic KPFK Show

    Mere moments after the Jewish Journal published an éxposé of the anti-Semitic KPFK-FM 90.7 show "La Causa," the Southern Poverty Law Center-designated hate website La Voz de Aztlán rushed to the defense of the only publicly broadcast radio show in the United States that has ever considered it any ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    A sad day for radio: The demise of 97.1 KLSX

    By now I'm sure most talk radio lovers have already got their big box of Kleenex handy. In what may be one of the most tragic losses in FM history, our beloved stable of KLSX jocks will be officially out of a job at 5 p.m. The owners of CBS radio have chosen to dissolve the hit L.A. radio station in ... More >>

  • Music

    February 5, 2009

    [CD Review] Various Artists, 'Free Yr Radio' (insound.com)

    By now I'm sure most talk radio lovers have already got their big box of Kleenex handy. In what may be one of the most tragic losses in FM history, our beloved stable of KLSX jocks will be officially out of a job at 5 p.m. The owners of CBS radio have chosen to dissolve the hit L.A. radio station in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2009

    Indie 103.1 Goes Off The Airwaves, Lives On Online

    Edit: As you can see, the shock of this news has affected more than one of us here on staff...Acclaimed LA/OC radio station Indie 103.1--which attracted nationwide attention due to their deep playlists and unconventional specialty shows in the face of increasingly uniform FM radio formats--is abando ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2009

    100.3 The Sound Responds to Indie 103.1's Departure

    People from all over are reacting to the departure of Indie 103.1 from southern California airwaves, including the folks over at Bonneville-owned, LA-based triple-A station 100.3 The Sound, who sent these words over from their general manager and program director:"We have always had respect for Indi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 4, 2008

    Hole Lotta Love

    Mel's Hole

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2008

    Eric J. Lawrence Interview: Director’s Cut

    The Fall: Lawrence's—and John Peel's—favorite band. In this week’s Sprawl of Sound, I feature KCRW DJ/librarian Eric J. Lawrence. As is often the case, there was not enough space in the print version of the paper to run the entire interview. However, I think that this one is interesting eno ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2008

    XM Merges With Sirius

    Earlier today, the Justice Department approved Sirius Satellite Radio's proposed $4.59 billion (!) aquisition of satellite old-schooler XM Satellite Radio. This decision created one single US satellite radio provider. In response to questions fearing a monopoly, the Justice Dept. said " the combin ... More >>

  • Music

    February 21, 2008

    [Aural Reports] KUCI DJ Belle Otero Warms to Freeform

    Earlier today, the Justice Department approved Sirius Satellite Radio's proposed $4.59 billion (!) aquisition of satellite old-schooler XM Satellite Radio. This decision created one single US satellite radio provider. In response to questions fearing a monopoly, the Justice Dept. said " the combin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2008

    KCRW, Now with Even More User-friendliness

    Extraordinarily popular Santa Monica-based radio station KCRW 89.9 FM is introducing a new cutting-edge media player that, its publicist claims, “will empower online listeners to make KCRW their own.” (Does that mean we have to make the coffee, too?) KCRW’s Director of New Media, Anil Dewan ... More >>

  • Music

    June 21, 2007

    Royalty Pains and Net Prophets

    As online radio faces possible financial doom, Pandora thinks outside the box

  • Culture

    March 22, 2007

    You're On With Jesus

    Neil Saavedra brings God down to Earth

  • Music

    January 18, 2007

    Hall of Records

    Kyle Olson, Music Director, KUCI-FM 88.9

  • Features

    December 28, 2006

    The Year in Pretending to Break Stories

    The OC Registers New Motto: You didnt read it here first

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    Dopey and Sleepy

    In Harry Shearers America, there are more small people

  • Music

    September 21, 2006

    Watch With Your Ears

    TV on the Radio

  • Music

    September 7, 2006

    Earth Angel

    Dick Huggy Boy Hugg, 1928-2006

  • Music

    May 4, 2006

    Garbage a Go-Go

    DJ Filthy Rotten Wes

  • Columns

    March 16, 2006

    Diary of a Mad County

    March 8 - March 14

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2006

    More On-Air Al-Qaida

    Wonder how the KTLA weather team would have handled this story: according to a civil suit filed in Vista, a woman claims she was fired on the spot after her Irvine employer saw an Air America progressive radio bumper sticker on her car. The woman who was fired is the one bringing the suit, in case ... More >>

  • Music

    February 9, 2006

    Aural Reports

    Brooklyn Compton Irvine: Ariano of LD & Ariano

  • Music

    January 12, 2006

    Aural Reports

    Beauty and Biology
    DJ Ziba Z.

  • Music

    November 3, 2005

    Wanted: The Next Interpol

    DJ Rita, KUCI-FM

  • News

    July 14, 2005

    Why Does Daystar Hate Jesus?

    The religious broadcaster fighting for KOCE is already under federal investigation for abuse of the airwaves

  • Music

    April 1, 2004

    Stuck In Dramaramaland

    John Easdale is still all about the rock

  • Music

    January 22, 2004

    Stuck in Thee Garage

    Nobody Listens to TechnoExcept Mick Collins

  • Culture

    May 22, 2003

    Sound Salvation

    Nice Guy Joe Frank Brings Radio Weird To SCR

  • Music

    February 27, 2003

    Vanishing River Songs

    Hot blondes like Lanternas NPR music

  • Features

    December 5, 2002

    A League of His Own

    Lee Hacksaw Hamilton wants to talk sports with you

  • Music

    November 28, 2002

    The Egil Has Landed

    Swedish Egil wants to put dance back on the air

  • Film

    May 16, 2002

    Radio Ga-Ga

    Ga-ga for old-time radio, that is

  • Music

    March 14, 2002

    Sound Salvation

    94.3 aims to be OCs independent rock radio

  • News

    August 30, 2001

    The Other

    David Limbaugh is his own man, as long as that man is the brother of Rush Limbaugh

  • Music

    July 5, 2001

    New Music

    David Limbaugh is his own man, as long as that man is the brother of Rush Limbaugh

  • Music

    November 16, 2000

    Microphone Maestro

    Jazz DJ Chuck Niles: Stone cold and straight-ahead

  • Music

    June 8, 2000

    What's Humming Through the Skulls of Orange County?

    Jazz DJ Chuck Niles: Stone cold and straight-ahead

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