Meta-Data is commonly defined as data about data as in "the game within the game." While radio is just now applying meta-data techniques, there are those ahead of the curve, one being NPR. "NPR's Public Radio Satellite System is currently upgrading the infrastructure introduced as ContentDepot in 2005 to accommodate emerging meta-data applications", according to Mike Starling, NPR VP and chief technology officer and executive director of NPR Labs. Starling told RadioWorld that "Several broadcast organizations are working to advance these emerging meta-data applications." So what can radio stations do with meta-data???
Those radio stations tagging music are using a meta-data application enabling you to see title and artist with each song played. Starling explains that bonded or attached meta-data is content associated with and carried in digital transmissions, making it easier to identify information for sorting, searching, acting as triggers for events and other uses. "Because the data is bonded, it remains available over time during the reuse, such as recording or play-out, of the primary content." If you're able to tape and replay on your mobile device - thank meta-data. Examples of bonded meta-data have existed in a basic form since digital audio and digital television launched, Sterling explains...
Starling says "Radio broadcasters are developing new uses for digital transmission; that is, they're developing new services that can be carried through radio transmission. These new services, in turn, can provide new services to consumers in both the business-to-business and business-to-consumer markets." If you're operating a radio station heed Starling's advice. Call your chief engineer or consultant now and get on the meta-data bandwagon. Don't wait...
1.1926] Cue the peacock: The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) creates NBC...
2.1960] AFL kickoff: The Boston Patriots lose the 1st AFL game ever played, 13-10 to Denver (a great trivia question for you). Here's a classic home movie clip of the Pat's first training field in 1960..
3.1965] Perfecto: Future Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax of the Dodgers pitches his 4th no-hitter, a perfecto ! He shuts out the Cubs 1-0. It's the 8th perfect game in major league history. Here's a classic aircheck of Vin Scully at the end of that game...
4.1971] ATT-I-CA...ATT-I-CA: Prisoners seize control of maximum security Attica prison in upstate New York. Tragically, 43 perish. This is an amazing clip showing the riot...
5.1974] Another opening, another show: 22-year old Jimmy Connors wins his 1st U.S. Open Mens title...1979] At age 16, Tracy Austin becomes the youngest player to win the U.S. Open Womens title...
6.1976] 'Happy Trails': Communist Chinese leader Mao-Tse-tung dies of natural causes at 82...2003] Nuclear scientist Edward Teller passes away from natural causes at 95...
7.1984] Record breaking: The Bears' Walter Payton breaks Jim Brown's combined yardage record when he reaches 15,517...
8.1997] No more violence: Sinn Fein, the Irish Republican Army's political ally, formally renounces violence as it took its place in talks on Northern Ireland's future...
9.1998] Rotten justice: Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols appears on "Judge Judy" as the defendant in a case involving a drummer who sued Rotten for allegedly head-butting. The credibility factor of the show is questioned...
10.2003] Financial justice: The Boston Roman Catholic Archdiocese agrees to pay $85 million to 552 people to settle clergy sex abuse cases...
Music Memories:
- 1967] Released on this date: "Soul Man" - Sam and Dave...1971] "Imagine" LP - John Lennon...1972] "Witchy Woman" - Eagles...1978] "Beast of Burden" - Rolling Stones...
Commentary: John Kluge became a billionaire by buying radio and TV properties and realizing a fortune with his investments. Kluge's ownership included Metromedia Inc. stations that would form the basis for News Corp.'s Fox Network. His investment strategy was simple: Buy cheap properties and include only those that might increase in value under his management - then sell. In addition to Metromedia, he achieved his greatest success in television by buying the syndication rights to "M*A*S*H". Kluge died on September 7 at the age of 95...
The Tampa Bay Radio Reunion is set for Saturday, November 6, 2010.
Please RSVP to Sandy Hall at swoodworth@embargmail.com or call 813-
205-5247. Sandy needs a headcount for the reunion. Tedd Webb adds
that "if you missed it last year, you missed a good one, so pass along the
info and come swap lies and have a few brews." Note: The reunion will
start at 2 pm...
Michael Buble (35), Goran ("E.R.") Visnjic (38), Adam Sandler (44), Hugh Grant (50), Tom Wopat (59), Joe Theismann (61), Dee Dee Sharp (65), Inez Foxx (68), Chaim Topol (75), Sylvia Miles (78) and Cliff Robertson (87)...
Timeline Countdown: It's Rosh Hashanah L'Shanah Tovah, the NFL season opener (Minn. @ New Orleans) is tonight, 9 nights until Yom Kippur, 14 days until autumn, 27 days until the MLB playoffs, 49 days until the World Series & 52 nights until Halloween...
