SDRadio starts ninth year today

Since August 20, 2000 ……

Looking into the rear view mirror eight years ago, no one would have guessed how fractured the delivery system has become: AM, FM, HDRadio, iPod, iPhone, smart phone, Zune, podcast, cell phone audio and delivery, and on-line streaming. San Diego’s listening audience is constantly at a cross-roads.

Coupled with hints of true wi-fi delivery, the future remains bright, you might have to wear shades.

Stations and personalities have come and went; here’s some of the items that come to mind over the last eight years:

Dave Mason taking Kool 99.3 off air
Ken Copper and Cynthia Heath-Kerrigan kicking afternoon’s in style at KPOP.
Shotgun Tom Kelly, while in la LA, not forgetting his San Diego roots.
Dave, Shelly and the Dean of American Sportsmen, Cookie Chainsaw Randolph as they continue to be on the edge of radio and look for ways around the tip of the sword.
Chris McKay taking Fox 1450 on air, only to have it shuttered mere weeks later. He remains the pro.
Voice tracking. Hate it; live and local is always better.
Rick Roberts fills the KFMB airwaves as he pontificates on local issues.
Art Bell hanging up the headphones; but joins the Coast To Coast AM broadcast for fun a couple times a year.
Understanding the pure comic genius of Chip Franklin at KOGO.
Never doubting Robert and co-owner Jonathon Schwartz at KPRI-FM.
Bob Hudson may be crusty, but he knows radio.
KyXy’s Charlie Quinn. Thanks Charlie.
Cliff Albert at KOGO. Even in tough spots, fair and balanced.
Sonny West, Susan DeVincent and traffic ace Kevin Dean at 96.5 FM.
Sam Bass and the “Greener”, Gene Knight.
Jim McInnes. He didn’t play music. He tracked wax and talked about it. San Diego needs JM on the air, and that’s the fact Jack.
Chris Cantore’s great touch in the morning at 91X, along with Jennifer White.
Cindy Pace who promises cookies for everyone on her return to air.
A.J.’s Playhouse at Channel 933. Going strong with A.J., Hula and company.
760 KFMB reinvented itself to the right side of the political dial as the FM side of the house dropped hot AC for Jack FM.
Talk show host Stacy Taylor for staying true to his beliefs at San Diego AM 1700.
Chuck Buell for his words of wisdom.
Mark Larson for giving this web site exclusives through out the years and also being a mentor on all things San Diego radio.
The advertisers of SDRadio: MyServer.org, RickBroRadio.com and the AnimalCenter.org.

(This is not an exclusive list, please no brow-beating the writer!)

Mainly SDRadio is readers like you, who are listening from the outside and want to take a peek behind the the radio curtain. Only Randy Dotinga at the North County Times continues a weekly radio column in print. I’m told via email that the paper and this web site gives the radio fan the info they need or a venue to ask questions.

(Meet Elvis Bo Jangles, a Yorkshire-terrier mix. He is a rescue dog I retrieved last year from Lancaster. After living in a crate for eight months waiting for adoption, he had free reign of the house after he selected me. At 12-years old, no one wanted to adopt him because of his age and somewhat frail condition. He has given nothing but un-conditional love back. Just like his master, he has a bit of gray hair, limps; but enjoys the simple things in life.

Elvis is starting down the path to the Rainbow Bridge. The last 11 months with him has been nothing short of special.

When considering your next pet, please look at abandoned dogs, especially those who are seasoned. A good place to start in San Diego is at AnimalCenter.org.)

Thank you for being here, and See YOU on the radio!. Updates as they happen with regular reports on Monday and Thursday.

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