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List of San Diego News Media

The San Diego Union-Tribune’s site SignOn San Diego now offers (as of last week) a streaming Internet radio station, SignOn Radio. It’s available via iTunes, which makes it very simple for anyone to access. Their call in phone number is 866.818.6384.

San Diego TV Station Websites

• KUSI Channel 9/51 - News, weather, sports, community, health, entertainment, and program listings.
• KFMB Channel 8 - Local CBS affiliate. News, weather, sports, community, health, entertainment, and program listings.
• KGTV Channel 10 - Local ABC affiliate. News, weather, traffic, sports, community, health, entertainment, and program listings.
• KNSD Channel 7/39 - Local NBC affiliate. News, weather, sports, traffic, city guide, community, marketplace, features, and program listings.
• KPBS San Diego - Channel 15 and Cable 11, radio station 89.5 FM, On-Air Magazine, shopping and local events.
• KSWB Channel 5/69 - News, weather, sports, community, programs, kids, and FAQ.
• XETV Channel 6 - Local FOX affiliate. News, sports, community, program listings, and contests.

San Diego News Radio Websites

• AM 760 KFMB - San Diego Talk Radio.
• AM 600 KOGO - News Radio San Diego.
• AM 1170 KCBQ - San Diego Talk Radio.
• FM 89.5 KPBS - Public Radio for San Diego.

Other Southern California Stations
Los Angeles News Sites

Enhance Your Podcast - The Levelator

Have you ever recorded an interview in which you and your guest ended up at different volumes? How about a panel discussion where some people were close to microphones and others were not?

The Levelator is free software that runs on Windows (2000, XP or Vista) or OS X (10.4 /Tiger or 10.3/Panther) or Linux, that adjusts the audio levels within your podcast or other audio file for variations from one speaker to the next. It’s not a compressor, normalizer or limiter although it contains all three. It’s much more than those tools, and it’s much simpler to use. The UI is dirt-simple: Drag-and-drop any WAV or AIFF file onto The Leveler’s application window, and a few moments later you’ll find a new version which just sounds better.

Tags: free software, podcast

Podcasting How To Resources Part 3

If you want to add music intros to your podcast, you can find some Podsafe music at:

http://music.podshow.com
http://www.podsafeaudio.com
http://www.audiofeeds.org

The Edirol R-9 is the best way to record without carrying a trunk full of microphones and equipment. There’s no extra gear to buy or no cables to connect. A quality stereo microphone is built right into the unit, complete with a dedicated input control, mono/stereo selector, low-cut filter, and gain boost. Just point and record! R-09 also offers a 1/8″ mic input if you choose to add an external mic, like an Audio Technica 3035.

* Pristine 24-Bit Recording to Go
* 2 Built-in condenser microphones - for mono or stereo recording
* Recording storage on optional SD SecureDigital Memory Cards (a 2GB card provides up to 13.5 hours)
* 24-bit/48kHz (or 44.1kHz) uncompressed recording
* Up to 320kbps MP3 playback and recording

Tags: Podsafe music, Edirol R-9, Audio Technica 3035

Podcasting How To Resources Part 2

What is Podcasting?
Podcasting is the method of distributing multimedia files, such as audio or video programs, over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers.

What Is RSS?
RSS is a format for syndicating news and the content of news-like sites, including major news sites like Wired, news-oriented community sites like Slashdot, and personal weblogs. But it’s not just for news. Pretty much anything that can be broken down into discrete items can be syndicated via RSS: the “recent changes” page of a wiki, a changelog of CVS checkins, even the revision history of a book. Once information about each item is in RSS format, an RSS-aware program can check the feed for changes and react to the changes in an appropriate way.

What is Audio Tagging?
The process of including information other than sound into these digital audio files is commonly referred to as “tagging” in which you “tag” the audio file with additional information that describes the audio file. The original standard for tagging digital files was developed in 1996 by Eric Kemp and he coined the term ID3. At that time ID3 simply meant “IDentify an MP3″.

Where to Submit Your Podcasts?
By submitting your podcast feed to the greatest number of specialty podcast search engines and directories, you make it easier for other people to find your podcasts, while getting your audio podcast noticed.

What Now?
See Podcasting How To Resources for a list of recommended guides to podcasting. Target a niche and make yourself heard over the dull roar of the competition so that you stand out. Deliver something where there is a demand and where you can be compelling about it as well—that’s the ticket for success!

Tags: Podcasting, RSS, Audio Tagging, ID3, Submit Your Podcasts

Podcasting How To Resources

Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Podcasting A shrewd and comprehensive guide to podcasting.

Podcasting: Do It Yourself Guide will guide you through creating, editing, and syndicating your podcast, from the kinds of equipment you need to how to design a podcast that will reach the widest audience possible.

Podcast solutions: the complete guide to podcasting This book will help readers choose software, subscribe to the best podcasts, record a podcast…and more.

Podcasting Pocket Guide Podcasting Pocket Guide is a non-technical guide for the non-geek who wants in on this revolutionary new online medium.

Hands-On Guide to Video Blogging and Podcasting: Emerging Media Tools for Business Communication Quickly learn the technical aspects of video blogging and podcasting along with their business and financial ramifications.

35 Video Podcasting Careers and Businesses to Start: Step-by-Step Guide for Home-Grown Broadcasters Anyone with a digital video camcorder, microphone, computer and some technical savvy can launch an Internet video podcast show to inform, direct or enlighten.

Tags: Podcasting, Podcast

Podcasting Recorder Marantz PMD660

The pocasting recorder used at the recent workshop I attended was the Marantz PMD660.

The Marantz PMD660 is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, but it has features that make more expensive, full-sized field recorders green with envy. It can run for hours on just four AA batteries. It records on Compact Flash media cards which you can find in any discount store, and will store more than 36 hours of mono on a single card. If audio quality is your key requirement, you get over an hour of pristine, uncompressed, 16-bit .wav files. Editing can be achieved right there in the field using either of two editing modes, or you can use your favorite audio editing application by transferring files to your PC-the PMD660 even has its own USB port. XLR inputs, phantom power, built-in mics and more-it’s all there in the PMD660.

Highlights
Smallest PMD yet-fits in your hand
Records uncompressed 16-bit PCM .wav files at 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz
Records mono .mp3 files at 64 kbps
Records stereo .mp3 files at 128 kbps
Uses inexpensive, widely available Compact Flash media (CF)
1 GB CF card can hold over 1 hour of uncompressed stereo
1 GB CF card can hold over 17 hours (stereo) or 36 hours (mono) .mp3
Operates for four hours on four AA batteries
Two XLR mic connections with +48v phantom power
Two built-in condenser mics for easy, true stereo recordings
Stereo line I/O
Solid State Design
No moving parts-no maintenance.

Tags: pocasting recorder, Marantz PMD660

Podcasting Badges from Yahoo!

Today is the last day of the podcasting workshop I’m attending at San Diego City College. I’ll have a recap of the highlights at a later date.

Before heading over to class, I discovered a podcasting page that’s worth a look. It’s the Yahoo! Podcasts page. Along with cool how-to information, there is also a way to submit the link to your podcast RSS feed if you would like to be added to the Yahoo! Podcasts site.

Here are the Yahoo! Podcasts badges you can add to your site after you have submitted your feed.

Tags: podcasting