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NPR Stations Now Streaming on iHeartRadio

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iHeartRadio and National Public Radio Announce Streaming Partnership    HeartMedia has forged a new partnership with National Public Radio that promises a hefty new distribution platform for NPR’s members stations and provides an injection of new content for iHeartRadio’s subscribers. The new deal will allow more than 260 NPR member stations to add their live News Talk programming to iHeartRadio, which streams to 85 million registered users across 80 unique device platforms, according to the digital media company (iHeartRadio also boasts more than a billion app downloads). Behind the Ever-Changing Internet Radio Landscape and Niche Success of AccuRadio “The addition … Continue reading NPR Stations Now Streaming on iHeartRadio

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>Harrison Ridley, Jr. – Thank You

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>Thank you for being the teacher, historian and man that you were. Harrison Ridley, Jr. passed away last Thursday after battling a stroke. I would make it a point the last several months, to tune into 90.1 FM WRTI, to catch his show “The Historical Approach of the Positive Music” on Sunday evenings. Because I guess of overall busy-ness, my commitment to listening in recent years had waned. I longed to hear what on-air musical lessons Harrison had planned on this week’s show. However each week, I would tune in and I’d hear guest host, Bob Craig. He would just … Continue reading >Harrison Ridley, Jr. – Thank You