On Feb. 2, Brett Elmore was informed that his radio station’s 190-foot-tall tower had vanished. Now he wants answers, and hopes his station can hang on.
Tag: Radio
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Beyoncé Fan’s Radio Request Reignites Country Music Debate
A fan asked his Oklahoma radio station to play a new Beyoncé song. The request was rejected, spurring hundreds of calls and emails about the exclusion of Black musicians from the genre.
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Jim Ladd, Free-Form Radio Trailblazer, Is Dead at 75
An institution of the airwaves in Los Angeles and beyond, he capitalized on the freedom the FM band offered in the 1970s to blaze his own path.
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The Wildly Popular Police Scanner Goes Silent for Many
American cities are encrypting their emergency radio communications over concerns about safety and privacy.
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NYPD Upgrades Radios and Adds Encryption, Blocking Public Access
The New York Police Department is spending $500 million on a new radio system it calls more reliable and secure. But the public will no longer be able to monitor what officers are doing minute to minute.