K. Todd Storch

Portable Media and Podcast Expo

I'm out in Ontario, California for the Podcast Expo.  I'm moderating a panel on "How Podcasting is Changing Traditional Radio".

Check out my business blog for some highlights:

• The Radio Panel
• Podcast Expo "unofficial launch" party! (pics)

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tag:  portable media expo

Hurricane Rita Updates via SMS

Radio station, 99.5 the Wolf/KPLX has been using text messaging to keep their listeners updated and informed on all types of things.

The latest is hurricane Rita.

Text in "RITA" to 94525 if you would like the SMS updates.

Disclaimer:  KPLX is owned by SRC, the company I work for

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tags:  sms | 99.5 the wolf | kplx | hurricane rita

What a Busy Weekend!

Wow...this weekend was a blur!  Seemed like we had ever hour planned.

Tara and some girlfriends put together a couple shower for our friends the Scott's on Friday night.  Typically, Tara and I are crashed on the couch watching some TV for a bit on Friday night!

Saturday at 6a, I started the morning with a 44 mile training ride through Flower Mound with Matt and a few others from Dallas Athletes.  Tara's parents were in town and stayed with us for the weekend.  They were in town to celebrate Tara's brothers birthday on Saturday evening.

Tara had a Arbonne meeting in the morning and met me and the kids at Ryan's soccer game.  It was his first game of the season and you could tell.  The kids were really tired and hot (it was nearly 100).  It was obvious that they weren't used to playing a whole game yet.  This is his teams first year with goalies, so that adds a new dimension to the game for the kids.

I headed to Ft. Worth in the early afternoon for my station's major event of the year, Bone Bash.  I was pretty excited to see April Wine in concert.  I used to love this band back in the early 80's when living up in St. Louis.  I was able to get back to Coppell before 1030p to stop by Kary's house to see the family and wish him happy birthday.

Met Matt at 6a Sunday morning for a hour long training run.  After getting home, the family headed to church.  St. Ann's was having their major fundraiser for the year, the St. Ann's Carnival.  I volunteered and helped with parking for 3 hours while Tara worked the basketball game and the face painting booth.  I got to ride a bunch of rides with the kids and Taylor and I ended the evening around 6p with a ride on the "Octopus"!

She loved it except the last 2 minutes when she got dizzy and was ready to get off.  I think the heat and day got to her, so we all headed home and got the kids ready for bed.

Sorry for the laundry list of events, but it really was a great weekend filled with some great family time!

• Pic 1:  Ryan and Peyton on the Elephant ride.  Ryan rode with Peyton because she really wanted to ride this ride
• Pic 2:  Getting ready to go
• Pic 3:  Good action shot of Ryan and Taylor on the swing
• Pic 4:  Another action swing shot
• Pic 5:  Ryan and Taylor are ready to get started
• Pic 6:  April Wine on stage at Bone Bash

 

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tags:  st. ann's coppell | 93.3 the bone | april wine | triathlon training | arbonne

Hurricane Relief Efforts: How You Can Help

Information changes by the second with the disaster in the Gulf region.  The main question many of us are asking is "how can I help and make a difference?".

KRBE, a Top 40 station in Houston (Susquehanna Radio Corp.) has just launched a blog to help get this type of information out to their listening audience as well as anyone that needs this info.

[link] to 104 KRBE Hurricane Relief Blog

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tag: hurricane relief | hurricane katrina | flood aid | krbe

Bone Bash 2004 - Eddie Van Who?

My station's biggest concert event of the year is called Bone Bash. 3 bands played before the headliner, Cheap Trick.

In front of a crowd of approximately 30,000 in Downtown Ft. Worth, I was able to debut the 5150 beauty Mike Wolverton and Jeremey put together for me. Big thank you to Paul (Van Halen Guy!) and his band, XES Whiskey (check out their site for a bunch of Bone Bash concert photos) for the opportunity and of course Musicyo.com!

Check out these pictures!
Look at that crowd!
On stage with XES Whiskey!
Good full stage shot!
Good riff pose!

Its the End of the World as We Know It - HardCore Sports

Have to give some pub to my bud Jason Thompson in San Antonio. If you know him, this will make all the sense in the world, if you don't know him and his brother Rob, then get to San Antonio as fast as you can to hear their new radio show on Ticket 760 (KTKR-AM).

HardCore Sports can be heard from 5pm to 8pm starting August 23rd!

[read] Press Release

Congrats! Shoot 'em up Big Dog!

Alter Bridge - Mark Tremonti rules

Picked up the new CD today with much anticipation and after 2 quick listens, I am not disappointed in the least. Here's the album in nut shell:

1) If you liked Creed, then you'll think this is their new album
2) The songs sound like a mixture from all of the previous Creed albums
3) There are songs that are made for radio and songs that are made to rock out arenas
4) Mark Tremonti (guitarist) is the obvious force behind this band and all of Creeds' past musical success
5) Look for heavy rotation in Active Rock formats, followed by Pop A/C as they catch on (just like Creed did)

Another D/FW Radio Format Change

Wild 100 (100.3, KRBV, Dallas) is dead. Well, it has been on life support for some time. Chasing the elusive 12-24 year old is a tough business, not to mention appealing to the Hispanic audience without alienating everyone else. Infinity's answer? "Jack" fm, with new call letters KJKK.

A very wide format that has had success in Canada. Music varies from U2 to Marvin Gaye to Smashmouth to Cyndi Lauper....you get it. Bottomline, Infinity needs more revenue from their 100.3 signal and this station is designed to go right after Clear Channel's Mix-102.9 (KDMX) and maybe even edge up against their Classic Hit station, 92.5 KZPS.

What makes the change even more interesting (and obvious), was the format change CC made by blowing up the Active Rocker, 97.1 the Eagle, on May 18th and replacing it with "Sunny" 97.1. Sunny was designed to target Women 35-54, which just so happens to be the same target as Infinity's KVIL (103.7) and close to their oldies station, KLUV (98.7). So, for you not in radio, its one big company competing against another big company in Dallas, the #5 Market.

Makes this business very fun.

Read about it at
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/entertainment/9064247.htm

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