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Another Reason To Appreciate
Another Reason To Appreciate
Another Reason To Appreciate
A few weeks ago, I wrote about my 25th anniversary in broadcasting. In that piece, there was a part about the special people you meet, and how they aren't the ones with their name on the marquee. Allow me to expand on that. Friday, we had a remote over at Tobey's Grocery...
Andy Looks Back On The 25th Anniversary Of His First Air Shift
Andy Looks Back On The 25th Anniversary Of His First Air Shift
Andy Looks Back On The 25th Anniversary Of His First Air Shift
It's 10:42pm on a Saturday in August of 1992. I'm laying on the couch, and practicing the same words over and over. Endlessly rehearsing with different inflections, I still couldn't get it right. Being a nervous and introverted seventeen year old, you might think I was working up the nerve to talk to a girl on the one rotary phone in the house. See, that would make sense, right?
What Have You Learned By Watching YouTube
What Have You Learned By Watching YouTube
What Have You Learned By Watching YouTube
It's 2017. We don't have time to sit through giant step-by-step guides. Sometimes we have to learn on the fly, or need a refresher on something we're revisiting. I get it, and have used YouTube for a number of "how to" moments, and I know I'm not alone. Yesterday, the question was posed of what B 98.5 listeners have learned on YouTube.
NASA Testing Lasers to Replace Radio Communications in Space
NASA Testing Lasers to Replace Radio Communications in Space
NASA Testing Lasers to Replace Radio Communications in Space
NASA has had a space probe called the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer circling the moon getting ready to receive the first laser data transmission in space. The LADEE probe successfully received a ‘world wide web’ type of transmission between Earth and the moon probe more than 239,000 miles away. There is a reason NASA is testing this.