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Right on, Goldminers!

KOOL Listener Lauren

KOOL Listener Lauren

It was brought to my attention about a month ago that KAZG had a website in the works. Just thinking about it today, I visited again and why, lookie what's on the front page: http://kazg1440.com/

;D

Sincerely, your official 1440 KAZG reporter/photographer,
KLL

I wonder if they are hiring any college students for part-time...
 
Wow, thanks KLL! This will make many people on this board very happy, including Oldiesfan, Catfish with a “C” and our esteemed doctor from Buckeye. I am very impressed with the detail on the website. I also like how we finally have a logo for the station. Looks a lot like the Peak logo! :eek:

This new website is very interesting and makes me wonder what's in the works for our beloved Lumberyard. On the home page, it proudly proclaims that 1440 is the "little daytimer that could!" Boy is that the truth! :D On the other hand, when you click on "station details", it tells that KAZG broadcasts with 52 watts at night. Also, the program schedule proudly lists Rock n' Roll oldies playing all night long. Just an example, I guess, of what the Lumberyard is capable of doing!

The most interesting aspect of the site is the history section. There are definitely plenty of nods to the fans here on Radio-Info with references to the "lamp timer" and "Lumberyard." What's interesting is that the site doesn't really give a straight answer as to why they don't broadcast at night. The site says, "Although KAZG is now licensed to transmit at 52 watts of power at night, KAZG owner Sandusky Radio opts to turn off the transmitter, apparently to avoid the electricity expense of transmitting at such an unusable power level." Apparently? Wouldn't the people running the website know the true answer to this mind-boggling question? Also, why does the site proudly proclaim that they are blatantly violating FCC regulations by not giving a legal ID at sign-off? The site says, “KAZG reconnects to or disconnects from its satellite feed of music without any transitions to alert the listener, and usually fails to offer a legal station identification upon sign-on/sign-off, as required by FCC regulations.” Why would the official site advertise this fact? Is the site not being run by Sandusky, but by an outside party? Curious to say the least! ???

I also like how it explains that "sometimes" the Lumberyard broadcasts at night. The examples the site gives is ASU baseball and Nebraska football games. Now I’ve been listening to KAZG for a while and I haven’t heard a Nebraska football game on there in ages. What's closer to the truth is ASU women's basketball games with Mister Suns himself, Jeff Munn. In addition, there are no references to those two mysterious nights every other April when KAZG broadcasts those commercial-free oldies all-night long. That still remains a Goldmine secret! :-X

All in all, I'm very impressed with the site and am glad to see someone finally put together an official site. After all, on April 1st, the Lumberyard will be celebrating 10 years of Goldmine oldies music! Maybe this will lead to on-line streaming somewhere down the road or a more interactive approach to the station. Better yet, maybe they will start broadcasting at night! ;D Only time will tell!
 
Some people are emailing me asking if I made the site. No, it's registered to Sandusky, so it is official.

It is definitely NOT my work, other than the stuff of mine they copied.
 
KOOL Listener Lauren said:
Some people are emailing me asking if I made the site. No, it's registered to Sandusky, so it is official.

It is definitely NOT my work, other than the stuff of mine they copied.
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Wow, it's kind of shocking that Sandusky would do that. Copyright infringement anybody? :eek:

I still wonder why Sandusky would create physical evidence of the fact that they don't follow proper FCC guidelines. Is the FCC really that much of a joke these days? ::)
 
Looks like everything on there was copied verbatim from Wikipedia, down to the superscript citation marks.
 
Sandusky is violating the copyright by failing to attribute the author, KLL. :eek:

KLL, Make screen prints of the web site and go see a liar (pronounced law-yer). This could really turn out to be a gold mine for you. ;D
 
KOHS said:
Sandusky is violating the copyright by failing to attribute the author, KLL. :eek:

KLL, Make screen prints of the web site and go see a liar (pronounced law-yer). This could really turn out to be a gold mine for you. ;D
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I contributed to that page (mentioning KPOK and KSGR) as well. I guess I'm gonna have to call Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe at 1-800-SHYSTER. ;D

Seriously, anything that's on a Wikipedia page is considered public, licensed under the Creative Commons License or the GNU Free Documentation License. If someone claims copyright and doesn't want it on Wikipedia, it's supposed to be removed.
 
KeithE4 said:
KOHS said:
Sandusky is violating the copyright by failing to attribute the author, KLL. :eek:

KLL, Make screen prints of the web site and go see a liar (pronounced law-yer). This could really turn out to be a gold mine for you. ;D
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I contributed to that page (mentioning KPOK and KSGR) as well. I guess I'm gonna have to call Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe at 1-800-SHYSTER. ;D

Seriously, anything that's on a Wikipedia page is considered public, licensed under the Creative Commons License or the GNU Free Documentation License. If someone claims copyright and doesn't want it on Wikipedia, it's supposed to be removed.
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Very true, but that does not excuse the lack of attribution. Sandusky is in violation of the Creative Commons License by failing to attribute the materials to its author(s). Hence, there is a valid and actionable tort.
 
KOHS said:
KeithE4 said:
KOHS said:
Sandusky is violating the copyright by failing to attribute the author, KLL. :eek:

KLL, Make screen prints of the web site and go see a liar (pronounced law-yer). This could really turn out to be a gold mine for you. ;D
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I contributed to that page (mentioning KPOK and KSGR) as well. I guess I'm gonna have to call Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe at 1-800-SHYSTER. ;D

Seriously, anything that's on a Wikipedia page is considered public, licensed under the Creative Commons License or the GNU Free Documentation License. If someone claims copyright and doesn't want it on Wikipedia, it's supposed to be removed.
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Very true, but that does not excuse the lack of attribution. Sandusky is in violation of the Creative Commons License by failing to attribute the materials to its author(s). Hence, there is a valid and actionable tort.
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Another in a long list of things that put the "Gump" in Gumpdusky. ;D
 
Did Gumpdusky finally proofread all the copy used on the site? I think the references
about usually failing to do a legal ID at sign-on and sign-off have been edited out. At
least I can't find them now, and they were there on Thursday.

You'd think they'd also want to remove the piece about the drifting lamptimer, too. :D
 
"Hence, there is a valid and actionable tort."

"Hence"? lol

A tort, by definition, is always actionable. "Validity" is surplusage, as they say.

As for the tort:

Can CC give me permission to use a CC-licensed work that I found?

No. Creative Commons licenses are offered free of charge to the public. There is no registration required to use a CC license, nor do we attempt to maintain any type of registry. We generally have no direct knowledge of who is using the licenses or even for what (though we do have some indirect knowledge of usage via various search engines). We have no way of contacting the authors of CC-licensed works, nor do we offer any rights clearing services.

http://wiki.creativecommons.org/FFAQ

So, the Sandusky website owner can fend off a lawsuit by saying, "I have a Creative Commons license, I just don't know where the documentation is," right?
 
Maybe Gumpdusky is using a hit counter on the website as a more cost effective means of determining if anyone is actually listening?
 
Basnya said:
Maybe Gumpdusky is using a hit counter on the website as a more cost effective means of determining if anyone is actually listening?
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I check the bottom of the PPMs each month and have yet to see KAZG show up.
Kind of like "Mr. Blutarsky...zero-point-zero." ;D

Paging the Old Gringo: has the Lumberyard ever registered in either 25-54 or 35-64?
 
I can't believe it is an official website, but it sure seems to be...right down to the Sandusky EEO postings and the registration.

KAZG wouldn't be the first station to copy information from its Wikipedia entry. We had one station around here that did that, including the use of a section I wrote before they got a website!

I'm shocked the "lamptimer" and "Lumberyard 1440" references were kept, let alone the reason for them.

Streaming audio has to be next. Of course, being the Lumberyard, it'll be an 8 kbps RealAudio stream that shuts off abruptly at sunset...give or take a few seconds/minutes.
 
OhioMediaWatch said:
Streaming audio has to be next. Of course, being the Lumberyard, it'll be an 8 kbps RealAudio stream that shuts off abruptly at sunset...give or take a few seconds/minutes.
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For those of us outside the listening ar]ea, we'd be eternally grateful! ;D ;D
 
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