~laz

Sometimes a little YellowKnife will help!

Much thanks to the folks at Yellowknife Wireless who, way above & beyond their role as our Internet Service Provider (ISP), helped us figure out last Wednesday that our computers at the Madras Oregon transmitter site at Grizzly Peak were being attacked by bad actors from Norway or beyond (probably Putin’s slimebags), causing major disruptions to the entire Jiveradio network.

Currently, all things should be back to what passes for normal around here.

Much thanks to Chris and all the Yellowknifers…supplying KJIV’s connection to you and the world FOR FREE since going on the air in 2018!

 

FREE UKRAINE!

When clouds collide with turkeys…

…it’s feathers! Feathers & clouds don’t mix. The cloud-based jukebox we know as Jiveradio is still choking on the feathers from the stupid turkeys flying in Wednesday for their annual Turkey Day shenanigans. It may be days before our streams are clear again. If you, or someone you know, has turkeys, please ask them to keep the feather-brained gobblers grounded. Or at least put them in a pot pie.

Good news for some smart speaker users!

Amazon has actually done something GOOD for Jive listeners. They have supported radio stations in building their own Alexa ‘skills’ allowing Jivers to connect directly to our 3 streams, thereby avoiding Tune-In (and other aggregator sites) and their ads. For those of you with all Amazon/Echo devices, the commands are: “Alexa, play:

Jive radio, K-J-I-V, Kay jive, or,

K-D-A-N, kay dan, or,

KBVD radio, bruce van dyke radio

Please send us comments on how it works, or doesn’t. mailto: laz@jiveradio.org

CAPTION CONTEST: A 3-way Tie!

Thanks to all you Jivers who sent in captions. There were dozens of clever, funny, and witty suggestions. This sure is a creative bunch! Lots of references to flux capacitors, space ships, and duct tape. In the end though, the girls up on 3rd Floor Marketing Dept. voted for these three:

Jiveradio’s Cheaph Engineer Tom Werner resurrects another piece of our fossilized radio gear in his secret mountain laboratory.

“There! That smell’s fixed!”

“I can fix it!”, said Mr. Smith.  Mrs. Smith has given up hope for her cassette player and radar range.”

Where’s one of those pinchy things I use as a roach clip?

Winners will be notified soon by email and receive a Bag-O-Jive Swag plus 3 picks from Klappy’s CD Klub.