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Beeler event is in 11th year

The latest in audio accessories for your early 1960s DeSoto — a record player! A number of car radio add-ons had long life spans. The cassette player lasted about 35 years, ending with the 2010 Lexus, according to the New York Times. The quirky 8-track with its odd tracking scheme, formidable hiss and its propensity to warp as the temperature rose and fell was only somewhat less successful. It appeared in Ford vehicles first in 1966 and was still popular as late as 1979.

While those two formats were considered winners at the time and sold thousands of units across the country, three other products will be placed, along with New Coke, flavored ketchup and the use of hydrogen in blimps such as the Hindenburg, in my museum of historical fails.

1. In 1956 Chrysler (including...

Ben Freedman, Ken Deutsch, Noreen Freedman and Linda Deutsch in Toronto, 1988 Ben Freedman (1949-2013) passed away recently at age 63. He had a radio ID jingle company called CPMG, which for a long time, was run out of his house in Buffalo, N.Y. From his cramped attic he managed to sell product around the world, and our singers sang most of it in our studios in Toledo,...

Fred Jacobs expands on how radio should approach a rapidly changing consumer world

Association adds radio IT course, announces 2013 engineering class schedule

Among the highlights is what organizers describe as the largest archive of audio interviews with Negro League players