March 2025 Archives
Good advice from Matthew Hurtt, Director of Professional Services at the Leadership Institute, for Washington newcomers: "What's a goober? It's that person who usually (not always) means well but just doesn't get it -- socially unaware, professionally clumsy, and often unintentionally burning bridges before they're even built.... Here are several things to remember to avoid being a goober in pursuit of building a reputation as someone to be taken seriously in Washington."
Watch Global & Local Live TV Online for Free - tv.garden
Parallel to the radio.garden website and app, this website provides easy access to open livestreams of TV stations around the world. Unfortunately, it doesn't provide radio.garden's interactive map browsing capability.
"Welcome to tv.garden, your gateway to free live TV streaming from anywhere. Our goal is to make discovering and watching global channels as easy and enjoyable as possible.... Fast, user-friendly, and completely free--no account needed, no hidden steps--just click and enjoy."
If you're going to have a shot at understanding the newly released JFK assassination files, you will need a glossary of the code names (cryptonyms) used in the memos.
Clear-channel station - Wikipedia
One of the pleasures of night-time driving is scanning the AM dial to pick up local broadcasts from across the nation. This article lists all 103 Class A (formerly Class 1-A, Class 1-B, and Class 1-N) medium-wave stations in North America: 57 in the lower 48, 16 in Alaska, 16 in Canada, 13 in Mexico, 1 in the Bahamas. Only 28 states and Washington DC have a clear-channel station. Oklahoma has two: KOTV (formerly KVOO) 1170, Tulsa, and KOKC (formerly KOMA) 1520, Oklahoma City.
The 21 states without a clear-channel station: Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming. Five former clear-channel stations in Canada and Mexico have gone dark entirely; two in the US (WOWO 1190, Fort Wayne, Indiana; KGA 1510 Spokane, Washington) reduced power to allow stations on the same frequency to broadcast at night.
Blame It on Mr. Rogers: Why Young Adults Feel So Entitled - WSJ
Jeffrey Zaslow, writing in 2007: "Fred Rogers, the late TV icon, told several generations of children that they were "special" just for being whoever they were. He meant well, and he was a sterling role model in many ways. But what often got lost in his self-esteem-building patter was the idea that being special comes from working hard and having high expectations for yourself.
"Now Mr. Rogers, like Dr. Spock before him, has been targeted for re-evaluation. And he's not the only one. As educators and researchers struggle to define the new parameters of parenting, circa 2007, some are revisiting the language of child ego-boosting. What are the downsides of telling kids they're special? Is it a mistake to have children call us by our first names? When we focus all conversations on our children's lives, are we denying them the insights found when adults talk about adult things?"
