Who are Some Regular Readers of Bruce's Journal?

I use a tool called Google Analytics to analyze hits to Bruce's Journal.  I know some friends who regular access it, but from what I have observed most people search Google and land on one page.  Some of my popular sites are one's that discuss:

• TGIF
• The Beach Boys
• Bob Shannon's absence from WCBS-FM
• My story of the two dollar bill
• Jason Keller - Jeopardy Superstar

I have observed some regular visitors from the following cities.  I don't know who these people are:

• Middletown, NY - I traded radio tapes with someone form there years ago, but he since moved to Queens
• Wilke-Barre, PA - I have never known anyone from there
• Cranford, NJ - it is possible that an NJIT colleague who lives there follows this journal, but I don't know his/her identity

Any regular readers are certainly welcome to post a comment.

Congratulation to WFAN on its 25th Anniversary

On July 1, 1987 WHN became WFAN at 1050 on the AM dial.  Back then it was the only all-sports station in the USA.  Now there are over 700 stations as the format has gravitated to the FM dial.  This weekend the station is celebrating its heritage by featuring many of its former hosts and New York sports stars over the past 25 years.  Back in the early days of the station, people felt that the format could not be sustained.  The move from 1050 to 660 AM really helped since it went to a clear channel frequency.

We I listened about 9:30 this morning former station executive Joel Hollander phoned in.  I immediately turned off the radio since I didn't want to hear that low life speak.  Even though it was over 7 years ago, I can not forgive him for the insensitive hijacking of WCBS-FM and his laughing it up when he was interviewed on CNBC.

Over the years I have been an irregular listener of the station.  When I do listen it is rarely for more than 30 minutes.  I have never attempted to phone the station since I have heard that callers are often put on hold for a long time.  There is a regular called "Bruce from Flushing", who is not me.

There is a detailed history of WFAN written by radio historian Vince Santerelli

More Random Thoughts

My Three Sons was one of my favorite TV shows while growing up.  It actually ran on network TV from 1960-172 and was rerun on Nick at Nite's TVLand in the 1980s.  Don Grady who played Robbie just passed away at age 68.

Here is a Beatle's trivia question.  Besides the Fab Four who starred in A Hard Day's Night, Help, and Magical Mystery Tour?  The answer is Victor Spinetti who recently died at age 82.

I m glad that the U.S. Supreme Court approved of the Obama healthcare plan.  Lee is able to be on my medical plan until he is 26.

In Boston radio station WODS at 103.3 FM changed format from classic hits to Top 40.  I listened to Barry Scott's Lost 45s on that station. It looks like the big radio executives just want their stations to appeal to a younger audience.

I Bought an Amazon Kindle Fire

I guess I needed a new toy or a backup for my laptop, but I bought a Kindle Fire.  I was tempted to get an iPad, but the cost was $500 vs $200 for the Kindle Fire.  Certainly the iPad has more capabilities, but many of the apps exist for both products.  It will take me some time to learn the capabilities of my new toy.

Random Thoughts of the Day

Instead of several tweeting several times, I will post one journal entry of more than 140 characters.  By the way you can follow me on Twitter at @bruces8852.

The Subway Series is over as the Yankees won two out of three.  The Mets were terrible last night against the Chicago Cubs as they committed three errors in one inning and lost 6-1.

Yesterday was my 33rd anniversary as an information perofessional.  You can read the details at http://njitbruce.blogspot.com

Have a nice day.

Disappointing Night at Citifield

It was a good start for the Mets last night as they took a 3-0 lead in the top of the 7th inning.  Then starting pitcher Chris Young gave up a 3 run homer to Raul Ibanez.  Later in that inning pinch hitter Eric Chavez homered off jon Rauch to give the Yankees a 4-3 lead which the bullpen held.

I was surprised to see so many Yankee fans at Citifield.  I had to buy these tickets through a package, but I would estimate that about a third of the fans were wearing Yankee shirts.  The people in my section were civil.  I remember a few years ago there were fist fights between Met and Yankee fans.  Tonight is the rubber game of the series.

Game summary from ESPN

Subway Series Part 2 - Good Start for the Mets

I was not at last night's game, but watched it on TV.  The Mets scored 5 runs in the first inning and held on to a 6-4 victory led by a three run homer by Ike Davis and a fine pitching performance by Jon Niese.  The Mets strength this season has been their ability to score with 2 outs.  The Yankees strength has been the home run.  They got back into the game by home runs by Alex Rodriguez, Andruw Jones, and Robinson Cano.  There are no cheap home runs at Citifield.  The Yankees have scored more than half of their runs on homers this season so far.  We will be at the game tonight.