Posts Tagged ‘tech’

Aug. 08 2012

How can I listen on my…

By Diana Ross | Posted in Staff Blogs | 2 Comments

Over the past few weeks, I’ve answered a few emails from listeners who are trying out various non-traditional means of listening to WBJC.  I thought some of you might find it helpful to know how they are doing it, and possibly share your own creative ways of listening! At home, I listen on my TV via […]

Jul. 06 2012

Trying to outsmart my new smartphone

By Dyana Neal | Posted in Host Blogs | 4 Comments

Jim & I only lost power for about 24 hours during last weekend’s derecho,  & no trees fell on our house or cars, so we consider ourselves pretty fortunate. We spent Saturday running errands, one of which was to check out smartphones. My previous phone wasn’t bad – among other things, it had just enough […]

Jul. 01 2012

Back to full power!

By Diana Ross | Posted in WBJC News | 2 Comments

Today the transmitter is operating back at full power!  BGE managed to clear a path through felled trees and do the needed repairs to restore power to the site  (I hear that Pikesville pumping station is back up and running too). As of 3pm, we still are running on generator here at the studios.  Many […]

Jun. 30 2012

POWER OUTAGE – Station on low power~

By Diana Ross | Posted in Staff Blogs, WBJC News | 3 Comments

Hi listeners!  Last night’s storms knocked out power at both our transmitter and studio sites. Engineer Bob and Jonathan Palevsky have managed to scale downed trees and get the transmitter back on low-power.  The studios remain on generator back-up (and we have no internet, so we are unable to update the playlist until I get […]

Mar. 09 2012

Spam spam spam eggs and spam!

By Diana Ross | Posted in Staff Blogs | 5 Comments

If you build it, they will come… and they WILL SPAM! I’m sure that more than a few of you have noticed the weird comments that have nothing to do with anything popping up on every blog post here.  We’ve seen a high-volume of comment spammers in the last couple of weeks, and while they […]

Mar. 02 2012

New website feature!

By Diana Ross | Posted in WBJC News | Comments Off on New website feature!

You can now share your favorite blog posts and shows like Word on Wine on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest with the neat little sharing buttons appearing at the bottom of each post. Enjoy!

Mar. 01 2012

Take our survey about streaming

By Diana Ross | Posted in Membership, WBJC News | 16 Comments

We want to know how important the WBJC live streaming is to you!  If you use the service, we’d like to know some quick (and anonymous) things.  We are looking to establish a baseline of how the streaming is used, and gauge its growth down the road. Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey, the […]

Feb. 11 2012

How cool is this old gem!

By Diana Ross | Posted in Staff Blogs | 1 Comment

I found this on YouTube: Anyone remember hearing this?

Feb. 10 2012

Cool ways to listen!

By Diana Ross | Posted in Staff Blogs | 1 Comment

I just read a comment from a listener who uses a Roku device to listen to WBJC online, and I wondered how many of you out there have found creative new ways of listening to WBJC. I have this very same set-top device for watching Netflix or Amazon on demand via internet on my TV […]

Jan. 19 2012

I can’t find the Listen Buttons!!

By Diana Ross | Posted in Staff Blogs, WBJC News | Comments Off on I can’t find the Listen Buttons!!

I’m hearing from many people who aren’t able to see the Listen Now part of the front page, or are having various graphic errors. 1st, here are the direct streaming links to hold you over: http://vista.streamguys.com/wbjc for Windows Media player and http://wbjc-sc.streamguys.org/listen.pls for iTunes 2nd, could you email me details about what browser/version you’re using […]

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