In the second half (more like 17 minutes due to getting a late start on the program) of the Jan. 22 edition of mediageek Bohus Blahut of RetroThing.com sticks around to talk about some of his very favorite retro items, and play “stump the guest” with some vintage vinyl.
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Tags: bohus blahut, gadget, mediageek, retro, retrothing.com, tech, technology, vintage
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January 31, 2009 11:05 am | 
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Matthew was able to stick around for a little longer than the usual half-hour show, so we were able to continue our discussion to talk about the upcoming digital television transition.
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RetroThing.com is a website and blog dedicated to interesting and fun retro and vintage gadgets, electronics, toys and technology that might have been forgotten, but still have their uses. Co-editor of the site, Bohus Blahut, joins us to talk about the appeal of vintage tech, and how useful and fun stuff may be waiting for you in the back of your closet.
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Tags: atari, bohus blahut, electronics, gadget, radioshow, retro, retrothing.com, technology, toy, vintage, wnur
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Word on the streets is that Obama’s nominee for FCC Chair is a law school classmate of his, and former counsel to FCC Chairman Reed Hundt, Julius Genachowski. However, until recently most observers hadn’t heard of him. Arstechnica‘s Matthew Lasar has been doing his research and joins us again to share what he knows, and what he forsees for a Genchowski FCC.
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Tags: ars technica, chair, communications, fcc, fcc chairman, julius genachowski, matthew lasar, media, nominee, obama, policy
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A lot happened in the media and telecomm world this first week of the new year, so Andrew and I review some of the items at the top of our list. First up is the growing list of politicos and groups calling for a delay of the Feb. 17 digital TV transition. We also touch on Sun Times Media shutting down suburban newspaper and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan looking into allegations that AT&T is shortchanging public access channels on its U-Verse service.
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Tags: analog, at&t, dtv, illinois, lisa madigan, sun-times, sun-times media, transition, tv, u-verse
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In the second half of the Jan. 1 program guest John Anderson and I talked about the FCC’s record of enforcement action against unlicensed and pirate broadcasters in 2008. Hot spots continue to be New York and Miami, though there’s reasons to doubt that FCC action is resulting in any significant decrease in piracy.
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In the second half of the Jan. 1 program guest John Anderson and I talked about the FCC’s record of enforcement action against unlicensed and pirate broadcasters in 2008. Hot spots continue to be New York and Miami, though there’s reasons to doubt that FCC action is resulting in any significant decrease in piracy.
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John Anderson of DIYmedia.net joins for our annual look back at the year that was for media policy, reform and democracy. For all the hoopla, not much actually happened for real, so we get to talking about Prof. Larry Lessig’s recent salvo to “Reboot the FCC.”
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