Good Morning.Not ready for prime time. R&R reports this morning that Arbitron has suspended its eDiary, citing low return rates.
Speaking of Arbitron: the company is now collecting station info on HD multicasts. Instructions and forms on their website. Arbitron says they won't begin reporting HD multicast listening yet. McVay Media's Dave Lange writes about the E-Diary and more here.
Over the weekend in Chicago: Spent time listening to WDRV (surprised?) when in the car...both the Chicago 97.1 signal as well as the far north simulcast on 96.9. Every hour the station runs a recorded promo for HD radio..highlighting the technology, hardware and programming.
More WDRV: On Wednesday May 9th, the station celebrates its 6th birthday with a free listener concert featuring REO Speedwagon and The Ides Of March.Added: WCSX/Detroit announced the winner of its $20,000 TV Commercial Contest. See the winner here.
Another programmer blogging: Congrats to AC programmer Doug Daniels - most recently of Next Media's WZSR/WWYW - for launching his blog. I became acquainted with Doug after reading this. Like yours truly, Doug is in search of his next great opportunity.
Later This Week:
Tuesday (5/1): Patti Smith on NBC-TV's Jay Leno
Wednesday (5/2): Alice Cooper on NBC-TV's Carson Daly
Thursday (5/3): Alice Cooper on CBS-TV's Craig Ferguson
Thursday (5/3): Bob Weir on NBC-TV's Conan O'Brien
Saturday (5/5): Cinco de Mayo
