From Keenerland - 11/27/04

Rolling Stone has released their list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. Many will be the subject of debate, but it's interesting to note that the majority of great rock records still come from the Keener years.

Tom Sanders alerted us to the news that Canadian radio legend Tom Rivers, who worked briefly at Keener in 1969 as Tom Neal, passed away after a battle with cancer.

iPodder 1.14 for Windows is out with a few bug fixes. The Keener Podcast just crossed the 1,500 download mark. Not bad for our little niche. Thanks to everyone who listens.

Clear Channel's Mark Mays responded to David Letterman's comments that the company had "..essentially wiped out individuality of the radio station and played havoc with the record industry.." Mays said that the Rolling Stone article on which Dave based his comments was laden with factual errors.

Cheers to the Michigan High School Athletic Association and the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Foundation for launching a radio network to broadcast Girls and Boys Basketball Finals and other sports in 2004-05. The newtwork will also foster educational programming with a chance for aspiring high school sports broadcasters to get airtime.