Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Another show done ready for bed

Another good show now in the box and now just letting the water in the boiler to heat to get a bath then bed. 
I must say that working with Spreaker.com is much nicer than working with Livestream.com . Don't get me wrong Livestream got us here so I'm not abandoning the platform, but Livestream is not for cyber radio, its more aimed at IPTV streaming, not just audio. Although Livestream.com gives me a 50 listener limit for my free account, that Livestream.com want $4.00 for program storage, thing is, I've gave them my credit card number at least a dozen times. With Spreaker.com all I had to do was use my card once, set up my Pro account and it was off to the races. With Spreaker.com, there are not constant adjustments needed, my cpu never overloads, and only once did I have to contact their tech support. Livestream? Have called many times. Bottom line, Spreaker.com is for radio , Livestream.com is for big market IPTV. 
Well, I'm headed to bed.
TTYLY

Awe but for the love of Peterbilt

This may not be the place for this, but here goes anyway. Our grand heckler just can't leave well enough alone, but to dispell all I will try to remind him and many who are not tuned in here at least mentally. The Knytes-of-Dixie in fact the Knytes-of-Anarchy was never envisioned to being that of a biker club. When we reformed the organization it was a path going back to our over the road long haul and short haul trucker days. The biker thing just sort of fell into the mix. 
In our view truckers and bikers have a few things in common, we love open unencombered highways, full tanks of fuel, good food that sticks to your innards and the love of chrome and steel. Our organization is split in 60% over the road truckers 20% Towing professionals and 20% bikers. 
The Knytes-of-Anarchy was a path from the Rode Knytes Association/Hazzard County Knytes into something a bit more Urban/Rural rather than just rural as it was with the Hazzard County Knytes.
For BD to claim that we are or even I am a poser or wannabe just doesn't know the club. So for the Love of Peterbilt, BD do I need to hold your hand and walk you through the damn garden? 
TTYLY

Sunday, October 9, 2016

Another tech mismatch

HazzardAyre and our network is experiencing a technical snafu at this hour. However we look to being back on the air following the Presidential debate at 22:00 Hours to midnight on Spreaker.com and on www.livestream.com/hazzardayresamcromcradioksoa from midnight to 06:00 .
TTYLY

You don't change a name just because its not PC popular

B4 I get into the focus of my rant here, understand that its not to demean or trash talk my friend and compatriot Rick. With that said. Shall we begin?
Last year about this time with LexiBelle in the stables and all Rick suggested that calling my tow service Highway Hooker Toewing(mis-spelled on purpose) was a bit over the top. That in the days of good old CB and all Hooker was the slang used to say or describe a tow truck. But today the name might conjure up notions of a different sort. So against my better judgement I renamed the outfit to SpeedWrench Toewing, and rapidly saw a serious decline in calls. I have a listing on Google My Business, on Yelp, amongst others. Once I switched back the calls came back. If you consider this, like; the punk pop band Bare Naked Ladies. First none of them are bare naked, and none of them are ladies. But the name made you go to their website and by their music. Highway Hooker Toewing is a name that reaches out and grabs attention. Even if its spelling is a bit askewed the longer someone stares at it, the longer it gets nested in the sub conscience and they will think more of calling me than some outfits just named H&H, or some such. Same went with Hazzard County Choppers. When I finally was able to open HCC in the old Perkins shop off of Bear River Drive here in Evanston, one guy and his old lady pushed me to rename the shop Dixie Garage, Not bad, but the minute he was not wanting to do that anymore gone was the work. Except for the contracted building of custom bikes, which is what Hazzard County Choppers is all about.  With that said, having someone say it'd be good to retitle everything into a new name on radio, that would completely misdirect the idea of what HazzardAyre is all about. HazzardAyre as its description says is bring all things southern including Dukes-of-Hazzard together with things of an aviation nature, from warbirds to the history of military flight. In essence AirWolf, or in our case due to copyright laws, AyreWolf. Hence HazzardAyre. HazzardAyre from its very beginning in 2010 to now has been by divine inspiration, and much perspiration . What began as a very simple syndicated pre recorded radio show has grown into a mammoth of a success that has NO equal. It'd be like me getting hired by say Walmart or McDonald's. Showing up to work, and telling the owners or managers that the name was old, had no more worth and should be changed. When you work for someone else, you do and accept what it is, or go elsewhere. 
Last but not least and I feel pretty proud of myself for not giving into serious temptation. The other night, I took CL up to where KEVA used to be housed before we bought its license. Upon arriving noticed the little shed that most if not all the discarded radio gear was open. Now in my earlier days, I might have been tempted to pilpher that gear. Nobody would notice and that might be okay. But Hazzard County folks, don't steal. So a few ago, I informed our county sheriffs office of the open shed. Two reasons I did that, with me and the club being known for doing up a radio station, if stuff got stolen, we'd be the first people that would get blamed. I have got a good reputation here with the local law, and as such because of that and my southern breeding, I called the fuzz. 
Will be on air at 13:00 today.
TTYLY
 
 



How to get jacked up to do a radio show?

The courtship of me and our new hire is not yet all over and there's many bugs to work out. 
Several things that crept into the mix was the idea of completely changing things, including the web page's title. She wants to do it with the frequency and the Wolf, while my instincts say retain what it is, and maintain HazzardAyre. HazzardAyre has much to its credit, and even though many of the idiotic public may have trouble in spelling the thing in essence pronouncing Ayre as air, still if the tune in long enough they'll figure it out. Then came the understanding of our new hire not being hip on the toew smooch. Saying that when it gets to that its personal, rather than just a bit for air time. Yet that mere toew smooch has been one of our trademarks since 1979. You don't change things or ask a boss to change both company name nor promotional enhancements just because its not PC(politically Correct) . My thoughts are that and it may be that she finds greener pastures elsewhere, that I'm willing to work things out so we can retain her, since CL, is good at least I think so, although, she has not been on air yet. SouthernSteele Media, the Knytes's media finger, pays for only ON AIR billable hours. Not much in the way of prep time. But time will see if this was the blessing I thought it'd be.
Here lately getting jacked up for a night of air time, has been a big challenge. With all the stress's I've been going though here lately, first the go around with every loan company, here in town, just to square the debts of AllWest, CenturyLink, plus shop rent. Then there are utilities, sure I can do that this month, but how long is a big question. Then there's the shop. Between myself and my Shelly, using the majority of our monthly checks the shop is maintaining, but again for how long? Then there's the General JaXson, which I think may need some serious attention very shortly, both on the brakes, power steering hoses and pump, and a mediocur transmission leak. Money ain't growing on the trees here, and there's not a bunch of that green stash to spare on experimental new hires. 
At the end of August when I found that expenses were exceeding income, I had all my sails pointed towards moving into Idaho, somewhere from here. Then our pal Rick called , needed a place for his rides and such, so I informed him he was welcome to put it out at my shop. So I paid the rent, thinking we'd once again team up to go again. Then it came down to him not. Then came the idea from the brother of the guy who rents us our shop, that he'd rent us an office for our cyber/OTA station. When it finally came down to it after making plans, and with CL coming thought lets remain on station here. Then came this month. I was so damn backed up money wise on a personal way, that if it'd been a toilet , I'd have exploded. The very reason that I don't push more to move this station into a more professional environment is that outside of myself and CL, there's just not enough reason to right now. When I have at least 3 trained and on air honeys doing radio shifts, when I have an experienced engineer, on staff, and all the rest, and serious cash coming in Then and only then will I get froggy over a full court press on studio and all that goes with that.
Over the past 15 years, I have had only two sweet cheeks walk in off the street and with little in the way of training, was able to go on air, do the toew smooch without a reason, and do radio the Hazzard County fight the system, rebel way. Miss Dixie Diesel Robin Whittaker in 1993 and in 2009 Nurse GoodBody Erin in 2009, 
 When Erin first inquired of our career opening, and the toew smooch was mentioned, her only question on it was pantyhose or stockings? The rest was easier than sliding across Hazzard Creek in the winter on ice skates. Every night at midnight, I'd drive up to Gooding Idaho, get comfortable with things and look forward to radio unmatched anywhere. Both Warbird Radio and two others mimicked us, so bad it was like we both could recite the copy word for word. Can I find someone in this modern just got to be feminazi politically correct society again? Who knows. 
Now onto the focus topic. The way to get jacked up to do a radio show, is to have a producer who understands what I'm about to do, has everything prepped, some good coffee, a few eats, and maybe some hannibus or a few pints of Jack Daniels. Somebody who I have immediate chemistry with, like Erin and even our human relationship therapist host Emme. Who has no problem being a Ginny Pig to experience things that will be of on topic for that night's or days show. That's how you get jacked up to do a radio show.
TTYLY
 


Saturday, October 1, 2016

If Walmart isn't going broke its pretty close to it and Assholes are everywhere not just Evanston Wyoming

This evening getting stocked up for our radio show later in the twilight, I ventured to our local Smith's Food Center rather than the local Walmart. As I was checking out, being able to really kindly chat with the clerks and bag boys, I mentioned that I loved coming to Smith's rather than our local Walmart. The lady clerk, at Smith's said I was the 15th person to say as much. I think our local Walmart is in real trouble. In trouble with poor moral, poor intelligent except for a very small pool of employees, poor store stocking, and getting products that people want, not just what corporate thinks we as consumers might want. Let's face it, next to the Walmart in Burley Idaho, this one here in Evanston, Wyoming is really the pits. As it stands I go to Smith's for food, Walmart for dry goods and clothes and occassionally consumer electronics and related parts. But Walmart is not the only one here. Our local Mcdonalds is nearly the same way. I go in for a new treat of a Big Mac, (no lettuce) fries and soda. Went to sit in front of the TV, except, NO TV. So mentioned wuzz up with the TV? Fat gal floor manager(no wonder Donald Trump don't like fat women) turned it off due to the fact that the volume was too high. Of which she had no way or knowledge of how to turn it down. Her excuse, door to volume controls were glued shut. I might have bought that excuse, except somebody knew how to turn it up in the first place. Somebody opened the plastic door to the volumetric controls. No care for the consumers there. Except that it's the consumers that pay that fat broads paycheck. Many people think and this ought to be a course or subject matter taught in every school in the nation. It's me and consumers buying and patronizing those places that enable someone to cut that check to pay these mama sauns, and teens that fat check. 
Now then lets move on. Watched conference which was good, many things spoken, and its my belief that few of those words will make it back to the individual Wards of the church. Few ever do, of those that do, they remain, only quotes for another lesson. Nothing that's said in conference is ever or hardly applied.
One of those goes to two that I have shown kindness in our community when most others including Church wards here have shunned them.
The Lord Jesus Christ taught that compassion and assistance to others in need when you can and even if it causes YOU to go with out should always be shown. One needed to be rescued from a bad living situation. I opened my home, helped her to get on her own feet and she now attends BYU, as a newly confirmed member of the Church. I showed that lessons learned are applied. Second last week, a younger girl I know who needed a place so that her son could take a bath and clean up. Being homeless, I opened my home. There is no immediate outcome, but I received a confirmation from on high that my compassion was in fact appreciated. As Thursday I received in the mail two settlement checks from the Montgomery Foundation. A bit over $475.00 between the two. No not a big windfall, but still God showed that you do good and show charity instead of greed, good things happen in deed. More on the show starting in 4 hours, and Sunday night, the return of Highway Hooker Radio, the only show on radio on any station in the nation dedicated to those of us who tow. 
TTYLY