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Sunday, June 3, 2012

Radio Free Sarawak anchorman admits he is in hiding - The Borneo Post


Malaysia Chronicle

Radio Free Sarawak anchorman admits he is in hiding
The Borneo Post
KUCHING: Peter John Jaban has admitted to his employer Radio Free Sarawak (RFS) and colleagues that he is "running away" as he fears the police after being questioned at Kota Kinabalu airport before flying to Miri on Gawai eve with the aim of meeting ...
Radio Free Sarawak gains wide publicity after disappearance of its presenter Malaysia Star
Police now searching for missing Radio Free Sarawak presenter Malaysia Chronicle
Activist radio host reported missing in Sarawak Channel News Asia
The Malaysian Insider  - Radio Australia  - Free Malaysia Today
all 30 news articles 

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Organizers of Tiananmen protest accuse radio station of bowing to Beijing - Globe and Mail


Globe and Mail

Organizers of Tiananmen protest accuse radio station of bowing to Beijing
Globe and Mail
A local Chinese-language radio station has rejected a paid ad for the annual June 4 march and candlelight vigil outside the Chinese consulate to remember the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, claiming demonstrations can turn violent.

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Actress Ashleigh Brewer tells radio host Chrissie Swan: It's your fault your ... - Herald Sun


Actress Ashleigh Brewer tells radio host Chrissie Swan: It's your fault your ...
Herald Sun
THIN starlet Ashleigh Brewer has weighed into the row about Chrissie Swan's parenting, saying it is the radio host's fault her sons are overweight. But a leading health expert said people such as Brewer, who were blaming mums, were doing more harm than ...
Neighbours actress Ashleigh Brewer condemns radio host Chrissie Swan for her ... Courier Mail

all 9 news articles 

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NASCAR At Dover 2012: Start Time, Starting Lineup, TV/Radio Schedule And More - SB Nation


ESPN

NASCAR At Dover 2012: Start Time, Starting Lineup, TV/Radio Schedule And More
SB Nation
TV and radio: Today's race can be seen on FOX. This is FOX's final broadcast of the year before handing the reins to TNT for six races. Unfortunately, there is no live streaming of the race – but you can listen on the Motor Racing Network's Web site ...
Age not slowing Martin down at Dover FOXSports.com
2012 Dover: NASCAR Nationwide LIVE Streaming, Timing, Weather, TV Coverage ... PaddockTalk

all 580 news articles

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Neighbours actress Ashleigh Brewer condemns radio host Chrissie Swan for her ... - Herald Sun


Neighbours actress Ashleigh Brewer condemns radio host Chrissie Swan for her ...
Herald Sun
(Darren Cartwright & Megan Hayne/AAP) SKINNY "Neighbours" starlet Ashleigh Brewer has weighed into the row about Chrissie Swan's parenting, saying it is the radio host's fault her sons are overweight. But a leading health expert said people such as ...

and more 

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Sherlock star Scott in BBC's Ulysses - RTE.ie


The Guardian

Sherlock star Scott in BBC's Ulysses
RTE.ie
Irish actors Andrew Scott, Niamh Cusack and Stephen Rea are among the cast of BBC Radio 4's new dramatisation of James Joyce's Ulysses, which will be aired during the station's day-long Bloomsday celebrations on June 16. The seven-part, five-and-a-half ...
A whole day of James Joyce on Radio 4? Blooming brilliant The Guardian
Next on Radio 4, Ulysses: Station overhauls schedule for full five-and-a-half ... Daily Mail
Radio 4 to shed its cosy image with a 'sexy' Ulysses drama The Independent
Irish Examiner  - BBC News (blog)  - Telegraph.co.uk
all 13 news articles 

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R.I.P., Minneapolis' "Dark Star," George Chapple

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Radio Free Sarawak gains wide publicity after disappearance of its presenter - Malaysia Star


Malaysia Chronicle

Radio Free Sarawak gains wide publicity after disappearance of its presenter
Malaysia Star
By YU JI KUCHING: The mysterious disappearance of Radio Free Sarawak (RFS) presenter has brought much mainstream media coverage to the pirate radio station. In Sarawak, Peter John Jaban's disappearance on Thursday made the front pages of four Chinese ...
Police now searching for missing Radio Free Sarawak presenter Malaysia Chronicle
Activist radio host reported missing in Sarawak Channel News Asia
Anti-Taib radio anchor 'abducted' by unknown men The Malaysian Insider
The Borneo Post  - Free Malaysia Today  - Radio Australia
all 29 news articles 

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NASCAR At Dover 2012: Start Time, Starting Lineup, TV/Radio Schedule And More - SB Nation


USA TODAY

NASCAR At Dover 2012: Start Time, Starting Lineup, TV/Radio Schedule And More
SB Nation
TV and radio: Today's race can be seen on FOX. This is FOX's final broadcast of the year before handing the reins to TNT for six races. Unfortunately, there is no live streaming of the race – but you can listen on the Motor Racing Network's Web site ...
Age not slowing Martin down at Dover FOXSports.com
2012 Dover: NASCAR Nationwide LIVE Streaming, Timing, Weather, TV Coverage ... PaddockTalk

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Indian imprint on world's largest radio telescope - Zee News


Zee News

Indian imprint on world's largest radio telescope
Zee News
New Delhi: The world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope, being built in South Africa and Australia, will have a distinct Indian imprint. Every movement of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) telescope will be guided by a system being developed ...
Beam me up SKA Independent Online
Eye into space on final frontier The West Australian
R120m for African SKA development ITWeb
The Economist  - The New Age Online  - ABC Online
all 14 news articles 

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Gov. Christie Surprised at Rejection of Gay, Black, and Republican, N.J. Supreme Court Nominee

AFRO Clean Green Block D.C. Community D.C. Events Baltimore Community Baltimore Events Character Education Living for the Weekend Rambling Rose Social Scene BGE Announcements Maryland Government Obituaries - Baltimore Obituaries - Washington D.C. Check out related stories, research genealogies, or peruse all that our archives have to offer.

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Tiny trains roll in Manassas

Katie Byers, 10, of South Riding and mother Tatyana look at some of the details of the LEGO city display by the D.C. Metropolitan Area LEGO Train Club during the Manassas Heritage Railway Festival at Harris Pavilion in Manassas, Va.

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Radio Free Sarawak gains wide publicity after disappearance of its presenter - Malaysia Star


Malaysia Chronicle

Radio Free Sarawak gains wide publicity after disappearance of its presenter
Malaysia Star
By YU JI KUCHING: The mysterious disappearance of Radio Free Sarawak (RFS) presenter has brought much mainstream media coverage to the pirate radio station. In Sarawak, Peter John Jaban's disappearance on Thursday made the front pages of four Chinese ...
Police now searching for missing Radio Free Sarawak presenter Malaysia Chronicle
Activist radio host reported missing in Sarawak Channel News Asia
Alarm grows over missing anti-Taib Sarawak activist The Malaysian Insider
The Borneo Post  - Free Malaysia Today  - Radio Australia
all 29 news articles 

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WFNX plans send-off party at Paradise

After news broke two weeks ago that local alternative radio station WFNX is being sold to conglomerate Clear Channel Communications Inc., causing massive layoffs , a funeral is in the works.

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Previously dismissed radio signals from Amelia Earhart's plane: Study - Toronto Sun


Toronto Star

Previously dismissed radio signals from Amelia Earhart's plane: Study
Toronto Sun
Three-quarters of a century after Amelia Earhart disappeared, a new study has found that more than 50 previously dismissed radio signals were actually credible transmissions from her plane. The transmissions first started moving across the airwaves ...
Previously dismissed radio signals were credible transmissions from Earhart Fox News
Amelia Earhart Distress Call Details Emerge Discovery News
Study promises new hope to solve aviation mystery ABC Online
Christian Science Monitor  - Washington Examiner
all 54 news articles 

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End of preferred dividends heads Emmis back to court

As part of its restructuring plan, Emmis Communications is looking to save millions of dollars by not paying out dividends to preferred shareholders. The shareholders object and are going to court to block a special meeting where a vote on the matter is to be held. According to the Indianapolis Business Journal, the shareholders feel [...]

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Naomi Judd To Host Sirius XM Talk Show

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College of the Atlantic commencement closes Bar Harbor school's 40th year

College of the Atlantic graduate Julia De Santis chooses a flower for a classmate during the school's 40th commencement in Bar Harbor on Saturday.

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No. 4 Hits Saluted In July 4 Country Special

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KASE/KVET Austin PD Joel Burke Gets Contract Extension

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KWKH Shreveport, LA, Drops Classic Country For Sports

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Ron Onions - Telegraph.co.uk


Telegraph.co.uk

Ron Onions
Telegraph.co.uk
Ron Onions, who has died aged 82, created a new style of news and current affairs for British commercial radio in the 1970s and 1980s and led what was effectively a revolution against the broadcasting establishment, in particular the BBC.

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Advertising industry hits at Microsoft plan

Complaints follow announcement that next version of browser will automatically send 'Do not track' request to all advertisers unless users turn the feature off

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Dow erases 2012 gains

Wall Street suffered its worst day of the year Friday as U.S. stocks sank more than 2% following an ugly jobs report. The Dow erased all its gains for the year, plunging 277 points, or 2.2%, to 12,118. Of course, broadcast stocks took a hit as well.

The RBR Radio Index was down 4.904, or 1.3%, to 372.520.

The TVBR Television Index was down 9.328, or 4.3%, to 206.311.

Winners
SBS, up 2.3%
Beasley, up .7%
n/a

Losers
ACME, down 11.0%
Entravision, down 9.7%
CBS, down 4.9%

RBR-TVBR Stock Index

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Console makers adapt to gamers' new habits

Other forms of entertainment will be at forefront of the annual E3 video game show as a means of reigniting consumer interest

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'Family Feud' host Richard Dawson dead

Richard Dawson, the cheery TV personality behind iconic game show "Family Feud," has died of complications from cancer, his son confirmed on Facebook Sunday. He was 79.

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Fever during pregnancy doubles autism risk, study finds

A new study from UC Davis researchers found that women who ran a fever during pregnancy had twice the risk of having a baby with autism. The study offered an easy fix, too: Women who controlled the fever with Tylenol or a similar fever-reducing medication eliminated the risk.

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Indian imprint on world's largest radio telescope - Business Standard


Deccan Chronicle

Indian imprint on world's largest radio telescope
Business Standard
PTI / New Delhi June 03, 2012, 12:05 The world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope, being built in South Africa and Australia, will have a distinct Indian imprint. Every movement of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) telescope will be guided by ...
Beam me up SKA Independent Online
Eye into space on final frontier The West Australian
SKA's not the limit for SA BusinessLIVE
ITWeb  - The New Age Online  - ABC Online
all 12 news articles 

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Calif. firm's profits soar with demand for security screening devices

Global demand for security screening technology continues to grow at a steady pace, as evidenced by a California manufacturer whose catalog of high-tech products includes controversial airport body scanners that travelers have come to know well.

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Indian imprint on world's largest radio telescope - IBNLive.com


Independent Online

Indian imprint on world's largest radio telescope
IBNLive.com
PTI | 12:06 PM,Jun 03,2012 New Delhi, Jun 3 (PTI) The world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope, being built in South Africa and Australia, will have a distinct Indian imprint. Every movement of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) telescope will ...
Beam me up SKA Independent Online
Eye into space on final frontier The West Australian
SKA's not the limit for SA BusinessLIVE
ITWeb  - The New Age Online  - ABC Online
all 11 news articles 

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Despite his tax liens, water official flays 'deadbeat' customers

In the world of glass houses, Albert Robles could be accused of throwing stones.

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David Hinckley's Top Ten in TV for Sunday, June 3

1. "Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Pageant" (Sunday, 9 a.m., BBCA) This is a parade of sorts, only it goes down the Thames and the participants are all boats.

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Health care district reforms are on hold

An effort to impose spending restrictions on California's taxpayer-funded health care districts is on hold until next year.

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Radio Free Sarawak gains wide publicity after disappearance of its presenter - Malaysia Star


Malaysia Chronicle

Radio Free Sarawak gains wide publicity after disappearance of its presenter
Malaysia Star
By YU JI KUCHING: The mysterious disappearance of Radio Free Sarawak (RFS) presenter has brought much mainstream media coverage to the pirate radio station. In Sarawak, Peter John Jaban's disappearance on Thursday made the front pages of four Chinese ...
Activist radio host reported missing in Sarawak Channel News Asia
On the run from M'sian police? No news yet of missing pro-democracy radio show ... Malaysia Chronicle
Alarm grows over missing anti-Taib Sarawak activist The Malaysian Insider
The Borneo Post  - Free Malaysia Today  - Radio Australia
all 28 news articles 

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Facebook Bans RO Editor from Friending for 2nd Time

Commentary: If you want to be friends on Facebook with RADIO ONLINE co-founder Ron Chase, don't be upset if he doesn't ask you. For the second time in as many months, Facebook has banned him from sending Friend requests. He's been in the radio business for 42 years and knows a lot of industry people. But … more

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That was Amazing… the loss of a pioneering digital radio station - The Guardian


That was Amazing… the loss of a pioneering digital radio station
The Guardian
Three years and two days ago, on 1 June 2009, Gateshead-based Amazing Radio launched itself on the nation. It popped up on DAB, replacing a lovely tweety birdsong channel with the just as lovely, surprising, inspiring, occasionally tweety sounds of ...
Amazing Media: Poised to lead the next British music invasion CNET

all 2 news articles

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That was Amazing… the loss of a pioneering digital radio station - The Guardian


That was Amazing… the loss of a pioneering digital radio station
The Guardian
Three years and two days ago, on 1 June 2009, Gateshead-based Amazing Radio launched itself on the nation. It popped up on DAB, replacing a lovely tweety birdsong channel with the just as lovely, surprising, inspiring, occasionally tweety sounds of ...

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That was Amazing… the loss of a pioneering digital radio station - from Media Guardian

The innovative Amazing Radio – home of new music – has quit the DAB airwaves. Can we have it back please?

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A whole day of James Joyce on Radio 4? Blooming brilliant - The Guardian


The Guardian

A whole day of James Joyce on Radio 4? Blooming brilliant
The Guardian
This coming 16 June, Radio 4 will be a wall-to-wall Joycefest, kicking off at 9am and running until midnight: a new, five-and-a-half hour dramatisation of Ulysses, narrated by Stephen Rea and starring Henry Goodman, Niamh Cusack and Andrew Scott, ...
Next on Radio 4, Ulysses: Station overhauls schedule for full five-and-a-half ... Daily Mail
Radio 4 to shed its cosy image with a 'sexy' Ulysses drama The Independent
Bloomsday and cultural programming on BBC Radio 4 BBC News (blog)
Irish Examiner  - Telegraph.co.uk  - Herald.ie
all 12 news articles 

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A whole day of James Joyce on Radio 4? Blooming brilliant - from Media Guardian

To give over the whole of a radio station to a single novel – and one as complex as Ulysses – is quite a statement

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Previously dismissed radio signals from Amelia Earhart's plane: Study - Toronto Sun


Toronto Star

Previously dismissed radio signals from Amelia Earhart's plane: Study
Toronto Sun
Three-quarters of a century after Amelia Earhart disappeared, a new study has found that more than 50 previously dismissed radio signals were actually credible transmissions from her plane. The transmissions first started moving across the airwaves ...
Previously dismissed radio signals were credible transmissions from Earhart Fox News
Amelia Earhart Distress Call Details Emerge Discovery News
Amelia Earhart: New evidence tells of her last days on a Pacific atoll (+video) Christian Science Monitor
Washington Examiner  - Daily Beast
all 47 news articles 

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SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. June 3rd

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Twin Cities Lose 'Dark Star' from Radio

George Hutton Chapple, known on the air as "Dark Star," was found dead at his home Friday afternoon (06/01) after not showing up for his regular air shift at KFAN. ...

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Neighbours actress Ashleigh Brewer condemns radio host Chrissie Swan for her ... - Herald Sun


Neighbours actress Ashleigh Brewer condemns radio host Chrissie Swan for her ...
Herald Sun
(Darren Cartwright & Megan Hayne/AAP) SKINNY "Neighbours" starlet Ashleigh Brewer has weighed into the row about Chrissie Swan's parenting, saying it is the radio host's fault her sons are overweight. But a leading health expert said people such as ...

and more 

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The New Girls: Meet New York's Latest 'Real Housewives' 

Being the new kid is never easy. Especially when you're new to "The Real Housewives of New York City." Last season's "Housewives" ended in a bloodbath, with fan favorites like Jill Zarin, Alex McCord, Kelly Bensimon, and Cindy Barshop geting the ax.

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NASCAR At Dover 2012: Start Time, Starting Lineup, TV/Radio Schedule And More - SB Nation


Auto Racing Daily

NASCAR At Dover 2012: Start Time, Starting Lineup, TV/Radio Schedule And More
SB Nation
TV and radio: Today's race can be seen on FOX. This is FOX's final broadcast of the year before handing the reins to TNT for six races. Unfortunately, there is no live streaming of the race – but you can listen on the Motor Racing Network's Web site ...
Age not slowing Martin down at Dover FOXSports.com

all 209 news articles

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NPR Foreign Desk Adds Leila Fadel, Correspondents

NPR News has announced several new correspondent hires and appointments for its Foreign Desk. The moves deepen NPR's international news reporting, under the new leadership of Senior Foreign Editor Edith Chapin (pictured). She'll oversee correspondents based in 17 bureaus around the world, and a team of editors and reporters … more

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Summer now means dozens of new TV shows, not reruns 

Once upon a time, summer television meant an occasional four-week variety series hosted by a comedian, plus all the shows you already saw from September to May. Today, however, with the cable universe adding approximately 10,000 new channels to the equation, summer has dozens of its own new shows.

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NPR Spreads False ClaimAbout Black Voters 'Targeted'by Voter ID Laws

National Public Radio, a reliable mirror of left-wing prejudice, has outdone itself with its latest report on voter ID laws, repeating the outright lie that such laws are aimed at discouraging or preventing black people from voting.

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Indian imprint on world's largest radio telescope - Zee News


Deccan Chronicle

Indian imprint on world's largest radio telescope
Zee News
New Delhi: The world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope, being built in South Africa and Australia, will have a distinct Indian imprint. Every movement of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) telescope will be guided by a system being developed ...
Beam me up SKA Independent Online
Eye into space on final frontier The West Australian
SKA's not the limit for SA BusinessLIVE
ITWeb  - The New Age Online  - ABC Online
all 12 news articles 

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