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Author Criss Onan in 1974 with the IGM 500 system at WFLR. Radio automation pioneer Rogan Jones was remembered as an “idea man who spawned notions as fast as his aides could cope.” That was the description of him in a newsletter that later recounted the history of the company he founded: IGM. Jones got into radio with the acquisition of KXRO in his hometown of Aberdeen, Wash., in 1928, settling the back-rent that was due to him and his brother for space in a building they owned. The station had been off the air after one of its owners — a police lieutenant — was convicted for using it to coordinate a fleet of rum-running speedboats! The following year, Jones bought 100-watt KVOS in Bellingham, Wash., for $8,500, and purchased two other stations. He subsequently bought or started many West Coast FMs, including in Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and San Bernardino. Although the stations were not financially successful — most listeners were still tuned to AM — Jones said the experience contributed to the development of his automation systems. Because in 1959, Jones founded International Good Music to produce and sell taped music programs and automation equipment. Simplimation In 1961 IGM moved to a location on Home Road in Bellingham, where it would operate for the next 15 years. From that location came the “Simplimation” automation seen at the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. It was on display for the public and provided background music. Rogan Jones in 1958. Credit: Whatcom Museum Early IGM automation sequencers, such as the 200 model introduced in 1961 and the 300 model soon after, were limited to a fixed number of playback sources. They were relay operated and used an “insertion” scheduling method. Each non-music source, such as a single-play cart machine (or later an SCM Carousel) could be scheduled by an operator to play every 5 minutes, 7-1/2 minutes, 10 minutes etc. When no more non-music sources were ready to play, music was played from reel-to-reel players until a non-music source was again ready. A 300 system automation package cost $14,800, or about $155,000 in today’s dollars. The model 500, displayed at the 1965 NAB show, was IGM’s first modular system and became the company’s most popular. Each non-music source was controlled by a plug-in card, allowing for expansion. Switching was done with small, inexpensive and readily available plug-in… [TheTopNews] Read More.12 mins ago - Jake Tapper Defends CNN From Trump Spox Meltdown — Smacks Down Spox’s ‘Pro...
CNN anchor Jake Tapper defended his colleagues and his network from a meltdown by President Donald Trump’s press secretary and an attack from a State Department spokesperson accusing CNN of “propaganda.” Trump White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt melted down on Kaitlan Collins this week over reporting on war casualties, and State Department official Dylan Johnson accused CNN of “doing straight up pro-Iran regime propaganda.” On Friday’s edition of CNN’s The Lead, Tapper defended Collins, Fred Pleitgen, and photojournalist Claudio Otto and slammed Trump’s team for attacking CNN: JAKE TAPPER: Of course, part of acknowledging the seriousness of taking a country into war is recognizing the immense importance of telling the truth to the American people. But instead, we are seeing this administration lob baseless smears and accusations against anyone who dares to question them. CNN’s Fred Pleitgen along with his photojournalist Claudio Otto are bravely reporting from inside Iran. We’re going to hear from them soon and about how they’re able to report from there. CNN is the first U.S. network reporting from inside the country since the start of the war. These are two incredibly courageous, honest journalists taking a big risk to bring the world reports from inside a war zone to show the world what it looks like. They’re not advocating for the Iranian government. They’re just showing the world what Iran looks like. But the Trump administration apparently finds they’re reporting something to be attacked. Dylan Johnson, who’s, I suppose an assistant secretary for the State Department, he wrote on X, quote, CNN, appears to now be doing straight up pro-Iran regime propaganda because someone gave this guy a coffee. Let’s play the clip that the State Department is using to make this claim of pro-Iran propaganda. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Taking a quick break for a coffee. Along the way, we’ve been driving for several hours. There’s a couple of things that we’ve noticed. Number one is that first of all the shops are open. All the shops are really well stocked, even with fresh things like for instance, fruits and vegetables. Coffee obviously also available as well. And then also the gas stations. There’s no long lines as gas stations. Fuel seems readily available and you just don’t see any sort of degree of panic anywhere. (END VIDEO CLIP) TAPPER: We’ve seen this movie before, haven’t we? As long as we’re… [TheTopNews] Read More.31 mins ago - Trump VP-Turned-Critic Mike Pence Heaps Praise On Him for Iran: ‘Nearly Flawle...Former Vice President Mike Pence heaped praise on President Donald Trump for the recent strikes against Iran despite turning into a notable critic of his former boss in recent years. Pence joined Kayleigh McEnany on Fox News’ Saturday in America where he declared “Operation Epic Fury” has had a “nearly flawless execution.” Both the U.S. and Israel launched strikes against Iran that have taken out many high-ranking government officials, including the country’s supreme leader. An Iranian drone has since killed six U.S. service members in Kuwait. Pence said: It’s remarkable. It’s been one week since “Operation Epic Fury” began, but the truth is this war began 47 years ago when the new Iranian regime held Americans hostage for 400 days, a few years later took the lives of 240 service members. And all those years one administration after another has essentially been fighting the tentacles of the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, but because of the decisive leadership of President Trump as commander in chief, we’re now taking the fight directly to the heart of global terrorism. And as I said, I was not surprised by it. I was at his side when he made the decision to strike directly at Iran taking out Qasem Soleimani in early 2020. Look, I want to give the president all the credit in the world for making that decision. I just couldn’t be more proud of the men and women of our armed forces that did the planning, but most importantly, the people that are executing “Operation Epic Fury.” The former vice president called the operation nearly “flawless,” noting the death of the U.S. service members. Pence’s praise of Trump follows a falling out between the pair after the January 6 Capitol riot. Pence has been highly critical of Trump’s actions that day, and the president criticized Pence for not pausing the counting of Electoral College in the 2024 presidential election, something he and others have long maintained he did not have the authority to do. On Saturday, however, Pence had nothing but praise for the president. He said: It has been a nearly flawless execution. I mean, we grieve the loss of lives that the president will be — soldiers he’ll be welcoming home today with the first lady at his side. But it’s been an extraordinary effort and operation. I heard one Naval aviator said in the midst… [TheTopNews] Read More.40 mins ago
- Awkward! Kristi Noem Spotted at Trump Event — Gets Trump Shout-Out Hours After... Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was spotted at a Trump event — and got a shoutout from President Donald Trump just hours after he dumped her from that post. After a tenure that included the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by agents conducting DHS deportation operations, scandals and rumored alleged relationship with top adviser Corey Lewandowski, and a week of contentious hearings, Trump announced her ouster via a social media post on Thursday: I am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected United States Senator from the Great State of Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin, will become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), effective March 31, 2026. The current Secretary, Kristi Noem, who has served us well, and has had numerous and spectacular results (especially on the Border!), will be moving to be Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere we are announcing on Saturday in Doral, Florida. I thank Kristi for her service at “Homeland.” On Saturday morning, Trump spoke at an event for the aforementioned Shield of the Americas at his Doral golf club, where both Noem and Lewandowski were spotted. Noem could be seen mingling before the event, and got the briefest of shouts-out from Trump several minutes after he took the stage: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Howard Lutnick? Thank you, Howard. Chris Wright. Kristi Noem, along with U.S. Trade representative Jamieson Greer, who you all know and you deal with. You deal very successfully. I ask Jamieson all the time, can you get more? Can you get? He’s the king of tariffs, right? But he’s very gentle. We want to be very gentle with our friends, right, Jamieson? Deputy Secretary of State Chris Landau. Chris, where is Chris? I haven’t seen Chris. He’s fantastic. He was an incredible student. He went to the best schools and he was number one in his class at all times. Watch above via the U.S. Department of State.The post Awkward! Kristi Noem Spotted at Trump Event — Gets Trump Shout-Out Hours After He Dumped Her As DHS Chief first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.57 mins ago
- James Carville Proudly Declares He Has Trump Derangement Syndrome in Blistering ...Democratic strategist James Carville proudly declared that not only does he have “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” but he hopes it gets much worse. In a Saturday video for Politicon, Carville let loose on President Donald Trump and made it clear he has zero interest in being a voice in the middle during this administration. Carville said: You’re right, I got Trump Derangement Syndrome. I hate the motherf**ker. And you know what? I don’t wanna get rid of it. I don’t wanna get better. I wanna get worse. I wanna hate him more. I pray to God in heaven… Pray for me, Lord. I’m your vessel on this earth. Pray for the people that listen to this. We want more. We wanna hate the son of a bitch so much that we can’t see straight! According to Carville, hating Trump is simple math for him because he believes the president “hates” America and roots for the country to lose. Carville named some media figures he talks to and respects who he feels stay relatively “fair” and down the middle, like Stephen A. Smith, Chris Cuomo, and Mediaite founder Dan Abrams, “one of the more successful journalistic entrepreneurs that I’ve known.” Carville used the names as foils to himself, arguing he has no interest in trying to be fair in covering the president. “I like [Cuomo], I like Dan, I liked Stephen A., but he can’t help but be there. In other words, in these people’s minds, that they have just been born with a reflexive idea of fairness,” Carville said. He added at one point that he can’t give Trump “credit” for good decisions like firing Kristi Noem as the head of Homeland Security because “he hired her!” Carville encouraged those who think like him to work on hating the president even more. He said: So we’ve prayed together tonight. We will pray together more. But the one thing we’re not gonna do, we’re not gonna f**king back off. Not any time ever. We are not gonna back off. And you fat s**t, Trump, you understand that. You understand how many f**king people in this country agree with me and are praying to have the strength to even hate you more than they hate you now. And I know you think you can’t, but I’m telling you, if you work hard enough at it, you can hate him even more. Watch… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- MS NOW’s Jen Psaki Praises ‘My Old Buddy’ After Trump Lashes Out at Fox Ne...MS NOW host and former Biden White House press secretary Jen Psaki praised Fox News Senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy and slammed President Donald Trump for attacking him at a White House event over a question Trump alled “stupid.” Trump lashed out at Doocy as he took questions during a sports roundtable when Doocy asked him about reports the Russians are advising Iranians on how to target and kill Americans. On Thursday’s edition of MS NOW’s The Briefing with Jen Psaki, the host — who jousted with Doocy regularly during her tenure in the White House — defended her “old buddy” and slammed Trump’s “deranged flippancy”: PSAKI: There is breaking news that Donald Trump has privately expressed serious interest in deploying U.S. troops on the ground inside of Iran. And that’s brand new reporting from NBC News, according to two U.S. officials, a former U.S. official and another person with knowledge of the conversations. That is a lot of people providing this information to NBC. Trump has apparently discussed the idea of troops on the ground with both aides and Republican officials outside of the White House. And I just want you to think about that incredibly sobering news in the context of what we are seeing and hearing from this president publicly right now. Because today, the president who just launched the United States into a war with Iran just seven days ago, and who is now apparently expressing interest in sending U.S. ground troops into that war, which is, of course, the fear that millions of Americans, people with children, people with grandchildren have around the country. Even as that’s going on, he hosted a roundtable for college sports officials today where he seemed, well, laser focused on how to fix what he called the mess of how college athletes are paid, and even to Fox News reporter Peter Doocy, my old buddy Peter Doocy. The issue of how college athletes are paid did seem, well, kind of secondary to the all-out regional war Donald Trump started. And so, Doocy asked Trump a question about reports that Russia is helping Iran target Americans, something that was in the newspapers this morning. And here’s how that one. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) PETER DOOCY, FOX NEWS REPORTER: It sounds like the Russians are helping Iran target and attack Americans now. DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: That’s an easy problem compared to what we’re doing… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
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