once again the tech gods are frowning—no wait! they’re smiling now…

11:30am-from France to Florida in only minutes. What a world. 96.5 is back on with new software and now we wait to see if it’s holds up and actually does it’s job. Please let me know if anything goes awry on your side. Thanks, ~laz  e: laz@jiveradio.org

10:45am-I’m less than thrilled to report that our Madras transmitter has a software failure acting as I write and the factory is hopefully scurrying around in their fumbly French way looking for the updated version.

So, 96.5 is silent for at least a few hours while we wait to fix. Par le voux? Oui?

High Desert of Oregon Rocks Again

We are happy to report that we believe most of the ghosts have been drummed out of our machines on 96.5 Madras facility. Thanks to all the helpers who joined the fight.

KJIV is now at full power and should be soundin’ better ‘n ever.

Let us know what you’re hearing: laz@jiveradio.org

Big Fail not Fake News

UPDATE May 19:

A horrible run of failing hardware and software, coinciding with the replacement of our THIRD main antenna (for 96.5 Madras) conspired this week to mess up many aspects of our operations for over 3 days. Things are back on track…so far…and we’re hoping for smooth sailing ahead, with some more debugging to be sure.

Madras remains at very low power while the tower crew troubleshoots installation issues.

The stream should be good.

So, thanks for checking in and stay tuned (up)! ~laz

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A major equipment failure at our Madras, Oregon transmitter site knocked out not only KJIV 96.5 for Central Oregon, it killed our stream. Our crack technical crew is working on it and hopes to have it all back by the end of today (17may).

Thanks for caring—-stay tuned (up)! ~laz

natty tunes for may day

some halfway decent songs showed up may day in the Morning Bucket of BVD……

edie brickell & the new bohemians–she

the allman brothers–in memory of elizabeth reed

bob dylan with johnny cash–girl from the north country

pete townshend–misunderstood

hank william senior–i’ll be a bachelor till i die

lots of other stuff, too!  sounded ok……

 

Don’t let your deal go down!

This non-commercial radio deal is not all it’s cracked up to be. We’ve been swirling around this vortex for years now and NOT SUNK YET! Thanks almost entirely to listeners like you. THANK YOU!

Please pass the word lest our friend “Toxic Ricky” shows up in your hot tub~

wireless speaker jive talk

so just a note here about the world of bluetooth wireless speakers.  there are a bunch out there, and many of them are pretty doggone good.  they sound fine and are convenient as hell.  when used in combination with the extremely slick new JiveRadio app (and when you look in google/apple app stores, remember that Jiveradio is one word), you can set up some nice music anywhere with just your phone/device, app, and speaker.  bingo, you’re an instant party.

the purpose of this post is to point you in the right direction for the wireless speaker.  you may only need one, so start with that.  if you want two, it’ll be even better, but one just may suffice.  any decent Big Electronics Store should have a nice display that will allow you to comparatively shop for just the right speaker.  The Best Buy in Reno down by Meadowood is a good example.  there, you can sample the speakers from UE Boom, Sony, JBL, and Bose. name brand stuff and all quite decent.  some even more than decent.  figure on a budget of 100 to 200 bucks.

It’s the digital age of wirelessness…..total portability, accessibility, and tunability.  and with apps like JR, Pandora, and Spotify……..you’ve got a serious library at your disposal for the picnic, park, beach, or wherever.