Sirius XM house organ Satwaves says net neutrality neuters Pandora with Sirius XM Radio gaining. Their reasoning is that "the idea of free unlimited mobile internet radio is dead. Usage charges will now be imposed by wireless carriers for bandwidth hogging applications such as Pandora and will guarantee Sirius XM's dominance in the audio entertainment space for years to come." Other less biased views include those voiced by Radio Survivor broadband watcher Paul Riismandel who warns that radio streaming will be effected by net neutrality. Riismandel claims that AT&T's new wireless pay-for-more-data plans and Comcast's moves on Netflix video vendor Level 3 for more cash could have dire implications for Internet Protocol (IP) radio...
Barring the NAB, there aren't many media people applauding net neutrality. As with any new change comes skepticism. One thing you can count on - net neutrality is neither good nor bad but somewhere in between. Isn't everything???
10 Timeline Memories:
1.1823] Debuted on this date: The poem “A Visit From St. Nicholas” (‘Twas the night before Christmas’) by Clement C. Moore is published in the Troy (NY) Sentinel…1942] Bob Hope does his first Christmas show to entertain U.S. airmen in Alaska. A Christmas tradition is born…
2.1834] TAXiiiiiiiii: English architect Joseph Hansom patents his “safety cab” aka the horse-drawn ‘Hansom Cab’, still clippety, cloppin’ in Central Park for the price of a king’s ransom…
3.1888] Can you ear me now?: Following a quarrel with Paul Gauguin, Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh cuts off part of his own earlobe. My question is a simple one: Why didn’t he cut off Gauguin’s ear???
4.1959] Busted: Chuck Berry is arrested for “transporting a minor across a state line for an immoral purpose”…
5.1968] Released on this date: 82 crew members of the U.S. intelligence gathering ship, Pueblo, are released by North Korea after being captured 11 months earlier…
6.1969] Wedding Bells: Elton John and Bernie Taupin begin their songwriting marriage…1997] Woody Allen, 62, marries the adopted daughter of wife Mia Farrow, 27-year old Soon-Yi Previn. This is still distasteful 13 years later…
7.1972] Immaculate reception: That’s what they called the catch made by the Steelers Franco Harris on a last-second play that won a playoff game for Pittsburgh over Oakland, 13-7...
8.1997] Guilty as charged: A jury in Denver convicts Terry Nichols for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. Nichols is serving a lifetime term without parole…2004] Former Connecticut Governor John G. Rowland pleads guilty to a corruption charge. He later serves a year and a day…
9.2003] I beg your pardon: New York Governor George Pataki pardons the late comedian Lenny Bruce for his 1964 obscenity conviction…
10.2003] Holy Cow: The U.S. government announces the first suspected case of mad cow disease in the U.S. It is later confirmed…
Music Memories:
- 1942] Number One on this date: "White Christmas" - Bing Crosby...
- 1959] Recorded on this date: "This Magic Moment" - Drifters...
- 1978] Released on this date: "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" - Rod Stewart...
R.I.P. Fred Foy...Known for his gifted voice, Fred Foy became famous as the voice that intoned "A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty Hi-Yo, Silver!." Foy also was the announcer for "The Green Hornet" and "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon" on radio. A staff announcer for ABC in New York, On television, Foy was the voice of "The Dick Cavett Show," Fred Foy died of natural causes yesterday at 89 in Woburn (MA)...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Alge Crumpler (33), Eddie Vedder (46), Les Moonves (62), Susan Lucci (64), Harry Shearer (67), Jerry Koosman (68) and Paul Hornung (75)...
Timeline Countdown: It's Festivus (for the rest of us) today, 2 days until Christmas, 8 nights until New Year's Eve & 16 days until the NFL Wild Card Playoffs...
