James Loving - National Radio Text Service

 

 

Our Internet presence preceded Google with radio programming being our primary business. Given Google has limited knowledge and its primary focus is to sell ads and not provide accurate search results we have compiled our most popular stories since we launched in April 1997. Two of our stories had immediate radio coverage response following our Internet release. What were they... read on?

 

 

Thursday January 31, 2013 - Latest update Saturday, February 02, 2013

CROSSOVER STORIES ENHANCE RATINGS

National Radio's beginning was in 1975 doing reporting for print publications on subjects regarding the music business and acting. In 1979 we began our television productions by continuing to cover music business personalities. In 1989 we ventured into radio production while expanding our coverage with sports. Our programming aired on over 1000 stations in the United States via seven radio networks.

In 1991 our columns were covered internationally being printed in the French, Russian, Thai, Khmer and German languages as well as English. It was 1997 that we ventured into the Internet sphere when we launched our National Radio Text Service in April 1997. In 2000 we expanded our coverage by including travel.

Given our expanse and history of publishing stories prior to the Internet and Google we know what others don't know as we monitored the reaction and responses.

What stands out the most are the stories that transcended from the Internet to being covered on the radio. It is common practice in the news room, TV and radio studios reading newspapers and searching the Internet for stories to comment on is a common practice.

For that reason our story Angels With Dirty Faces jumps to the top of the list. Within four hours of the story being uploaded to the Internet as we were driving to Anaheim Stadium to cover an Angels Major League Baseball game we heard Sports talk radio host Lee Hamilton from a major station in San Diego, California repeat our headline, "ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES... I love it."

That quick turnaround time glaringly showed how powerful the Internet was in dispensing information and having a response in such a rapid manner. After an innocent beginning Google and Wall Street changed the integrity of what the Internet and Google were supposed to be and currently proves itself to be unreliable and in the sales business as opposed to providing accurate, honest information.

The other major crossover story was our report on Racist Radio that ranks sixth overall but never reached umber one status years after it was published. What is most noticeable about this story is as old as it is it continues to active and rated.

The story details the antics of an ignorant acrid sports reporter that was for some strange reason adored and catered to my others in the media and media personnel of sports teams. The problem was he proved to be dishonest in staging a hoax show in which he had a friend in Florida pretend to be a good friend of then LA Dodgers owner Rupert Murdoch.

They berated then Dodger pitcher Hideo Nomo who is of Japanese decent. I was in disbelief and this tirade against Nomo was obviously racist. It went on for quite some time as I continued to listen to the phony program as I was driving to Dodger Stadium. I was incensed and knew this so called sports talk radio host as we worked at the same radio station KFI in Los Angeles and he had a dodgey history from my point of view. I immediately wrote the story.

The following day in the Dodger Stadium press box you could cut the tension with a knife as I walked in and had to pass this hoaxer as him being then over 700 pounds he had to sit at the end of the row in the press box to the top (third row). Everyone knew the situation but they ignored what he did and I was the only one in the press box that reported the incident.

A radio sports talk friend of mine then called me and said that a radio trade magazine reported the story as well. We didn't take a count of how many people read the story on the Internet at the time given it was August 1998 and we weren't aware of any search engines. The cold vibe spoke volumes as the indicator.

Given that this is the turn of the year we took a look back to our most popular stories before the Internet became popular as well as including our most popular radio/Internet stories.

The criterion is based on impact and not on being rated number one. The last time we took such a survey in 2006 without including the radio impact the two top stories remain the top 2 on our most popular list.

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jim Murray continues to hold down the number one spot. He was number one for almost three years. As the Internet grew and our coverage went International the story of Doctor Beat Richner took over the number one spot for almost two years therefore it remains 2nd on our All Time NR Top 10 list.

Our story on Cambodia's Royal Palace has a strange history. It was originally turned down by a Khmer publication thus we place it on our site. That story never made it to number one but for years was ranked in the 2nd or 3rd position. Evidently it was so good that a young Khmer boy that worked for the Korean Embassy stole the story and placed it on his blog site. Though he failed to adhere to out notice at the bottom of every page: © Copyright: National Radio. Any use of these materials, whole or in part, is prohibited unless authorized in writing by National Radio. Contact: nationalradio@yahoo.com All rights reserved.

The Khmer was kind enough to give us credit for our photos. Google was kind enough to him a disrespectful of International Intellectual property laws to give him credit for our stolen story by crediting the Khmer and giving him a link to Google. If its integrity you're looking for YOU WON'T FIND IT AT GOOGLE.

Though Google's illegal practice drained hits to our story it maintained enough interest to rank 3rd on our all time NR Top 10 rankings.

Cambodian football was a primary interest of ours when we covered the 1998 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand. The problem was they failed to qualify. We pursued our interest and at a Tiger Cup press conference in 2000 met with then Cambodian Football Federation President Ravy Khek and Tola May then in charge of You football. They agreed to do an interview when we came to Cambodia thus Cambodian Football Rising from the Ashes came to fruition. That story was hot for over a year and held the number one position for several weeks. It also crossed over and with our permission and payment was published in Khmer.

SECTIONS MOST VISITED

Sports was the first category to be defined. It evolved following our coverage of International football/soccer. It was the first to have its own category as it was an expansion of sports. At the beginning our target was to publish one story a week emphasizing a magazine format. When the two were separated Soccer became the most popular and maintained being number one through most of the period from its creation in 2001.

Television reviews became the next most popular. From that American Idol and the Freshie Girl & Boys contest evolved due to our extensive coverage and readier interest on the subjects. BIZ WHO IS became popular when we launched it in 2007. The NBA and the Lakers sub pages were immediately popular when they were launched in 2006. Although we seldom cover the NFL that category has maintained popularity throughout without ever reaching a number one position in the ratings. We believe it is due to the feature stories that we do with much of it coming from our radio coverage of the league from 1988-98.

While our coverage on travel primarily in Thailand and Cambodia we discovered a tremendous amount of interest in Cambodia. We attribute that to Cambodia being mysterious. When we started reporting on the nation in 1999 it immediately captured our reader's attention. At that time when we researched the internet for information on Cambodia there was only a report from Yale University regarding the Khmer Rouge conflict. Basically we started from scratch and the search engines followed in posting our stories. When they lost the plot in selling advertising on HOT PAGES we were pushed off a page that our content created.

When we first visited the country in 1998 we were given unofficial numbers of there being only 20 foreigners residing in Sihanoukville, 200 in Siem Reap and 2000 in Phnom Penh. At the time we were told that there were 300 NGO's in the country and those numbers have increased to 3,000 today. With our vast content we separated the Cambodian category into four parts including Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Travel Tips and Cambodian Sports.

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This report will continue to be updated

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1.	NATIONAL RADIO TOP 10 - January 2013
	FEATURE - Jim Murray (1919-1998) - Pulitzer Prize columnist and cofounder of Sports Illustrated Magazine - My recollection of my first encounter with Murray was in the Rose Bowl press box, early on in my sports journalism career when he graciously shared his thoughts on writing. Here was an legend in his own time taking time to share his thoughts with someone who was new in the business and trying to figure out what was going on. Previous - Sports Notes - CAMBODIA'S MYSTERIOUS RISE IN THE FIFA RANKINGS - March, 2011 WHAT'S UP WITH FIFA's RATINGS? - While some of the Top 10 teams lose points but hold positions Cambodia's gain in the ratings is mysterious. Over the years that we have been covering international football most notably in the Asian region there are things that jump up like RED FLAGS
2.	FEATURE - DrBeat Richner - FREE HEALTH CARE FOR CAMBODIAN CHILDREN -- "He gave his life for this," an American from the city of Chicago said of the performer of a music concert. . He…is, Dr Beat Richner who was about to perform a solo cello concert. The this... the tourist was referring to, be Jayavarman VII Hospital in Siem Reap, Cambodia where Dr. Beat was about to perform. Previous - Sports Notes - PETER WITHE RETURNS - June, 2012 WHAT'S THE REAL ANSWER TO THE MYSTERY? - It's a go figure world when a coach wins and moves on. Former Thailand national team coach Peter Withe is the nation's winningest coach in their entire football history but moved on and reasons why remain cloudy. Five years after his time in charge of the Indonesian national side ended Withe returns to the game he loves with a club in his home country England
3.	TRAVEL TIPS: CAMBODIA'S ROYAL PALACE - A pleasant way to spend a day in Phnom Penh in a concentrated area is a visit to the Royal Palace. The National Museum, Independence Monument, restaurants and the river walk are within a few blocks of the palace grounds. Previous -Sports Notes - TENNIS' WILLIAMS ['We Are'] FAMILY - July 1, 2001 When Venus 18, defeated sister Serena 17, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, at the Lipton Championships this past weekend, it was another notch up the ladder of success. You can't lose against each other when you're on the same team and the Williams Family exemplifies that
4.	NBA TRIVIA - Did You Know The Philly Connection ??? To Philadelphia is famous for several things, the Liberty Bell, Betsy Ross' house [she made the first American flag], The Philadelphia Art Museum steps that Rocky ran up, cheese steaks and basketball. In our notes we found that our information trail led us to Philadelphia and its renowned basketball history. So…Philadelphia basketball trivia is included in this column. Previous - Phnom Penh (Ah) Part 2 - CAMBODIA'S PEDO HEAVEN - January, 2012 WHO'S AT FAULT? - The fight pedophelia craze is out of control. When we first arrived there were 300 NGO's in the country now there are over 3000. Many are claiming that they are noble and fighting to eliminate the child sex trade. The problem is that focusing on foreigners leaves 90% of the problem to continue with the child sex trade as usual given 90% of those involved are Khmers - NR Phnom Penh Top 10 stories - The child sex trade documentary RED LIGHT screens tonight Saturday January 28th @ the Meta House in Phnom Penh
5.	Sports Notes ARCHIVES - Cambodian Football.... Rising From the Ashes - October 2000 In Cambodia the Killing Fields are over. The game of football is now helping heal a nation and its people. For many years during the Vietnam War, Khmer Rouge Civil War and the Coup d'Edat of July 5-6, 1997 there was no organized soccer being played in the country. The conflicts destroyed the records of the history of Cambodian football. All that can be pieced together at this time is from the memory of those who were there or made mental notes Previous - Phnom Penh (Ah) - SOMETHING IS FISHY & Cambodia Isn't Denmark - December, 2011 It is business as usual in Cambodia when something jumps up that defies logic. Google's listings went astray but the reasons why are currently in the GO FIGURE FILE - The floods in Thailand and Cambodia have caused a stir in the Cambodian economy - Something new TWO TOP 5 PHNOM PENH STORIES LISTINGS. One focuses on our Phnom Penh columns of interest the other from various other sections on National Radio - Overseas Press Club of Cambodia for the screening of "War Photographer"
6.	FEATURE - "RACIST RADIO" Radio Talk Show Slanders Dodgers Owner Rupert Murdoch IN -- CREDIBLE: A Los Angeles sports talk radio host JOE MCDONNELL (KXTA, AM, 1150 - A Jaycor station) admitted to creating a hoax, a day after someone called in [Thursday August 6] to his sports talk show impersonating being a business associate of Fox/News Corp. founder RUPERT MURDOCH. FOX/News Corp. own the Los Angeles Dodgers. Previous - Sports Notes EXTRA - WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH (Martin) O'NEILL? - August, 2010 As the dust settles and before paralysis sets in news is leaking out that O'Neill and the teams American owner Randy Lerner had a disagreement - Freddie Ljungberg announced he that was joining MLS Franchise Chicago Fire Soccer Club - FIFA TOP 10
7.	FEATURE - THE ASIAN EQUATION - November 2001 As life goes on the learning process continues. We take a look back from the then to the now of past experiences in the music business to fast forward and traveling though Southeast Asia and being fascinated by the cultures. There are no International marquees names in the region but we did absorb experiences that are truly Asia's Previous - VIDEO BEAT SUPER MAX - PARIS HILTON meets LARRY KING - July 2007 Paris Hilton wants to help those in need - On The Lot down to final 6 - Who is On The Lot judge Garry Marshall? - Pirate Master eliminates Alexis Shubin & appoints new captain - The Apprentice down to final six of 3 gals and 3 guys - Reality show producer Mark Burnett is HOT - Cambodian TV network produces reality shows - Big Brother's Wendy Valdez has TV show - Recommended TV listings
8.	Feature - Asian Soccer Fit To Be Thai'd - December 1998 Going up against a full strength Korean team it seemed the best the Thai's could do was to hold on in hopes for a shoot out. Thai coach Peter Withe had other ideas he wanted his team to be aggressive and keep on kicking for a winning goal. Previous - Sports Notes EXTRA EXTRA: Cambodia Olympic Committee Denies National Team SEA Games - November 11, 2005 Cambodia's Olympic Committee Give Club Team Khemara SEA Games Invitation - NR Top 10 - FIFA Top 10
9.	TRAVEL TIPS: CAMBODIA by LAND & SEA - July 2000 At the small boat dock at the river, the boat driver will give you a price. It has been my experience on one trip that the price was changed it in the middle of the river. This was while the ferry was sounding it's horn alerting for it's soon to be departure. Diplomacy is in order here. When you're in the middle of a river in Cambodia and you have a problem who are you going to call? "Ghost Busters" and "Superman" won't be there to help you. Previous - Sports Notes EXTRA - RONALDINHO AVOIDS THAKSIN TO SIGN WITH AC MILAN - JULY, 2008 THE RONALDO BLATTER MATTER - What in the world is wrong with FIFA boss Sepp Blatter? After his Cristiano Ronaldo is a slave comment it raises the question if Blatter needs a health checkup - Ronaldinho to sign with AC Milan for roughly US $18 million less a reported to be US $33.5 million compared to Man City's offer of US $51 million proving that good health is worth more than money - NBA FIXED GAMES SCANDAL
10.	Sports Notes: ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES - June 1998 The Angels didn't spread their wings and fly away, NO… they tucked them in, whipped out their muscles and started to pound away at their attackers rolling around in the dirt and getting their squeaky clean red, white and blue uniforms all soiled up. Previous - SPORTS NOTES -SEA GAMES $#!T HITS THE FAN - THE AFTERMATH - January 2006 Thai vs Cambodia Celebrity Football Game - 2005 SEA Games = PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS - Singapore & Thai coach rewarded for success - Cambodia's former national team has new identity & plays in Indonesia - MLB Players Help Children - NR Mail & Top 10
SUPER PLUS STORIES	TV - VIDEO BEAT MAX - LAARNI LOSALA WINS DREAM ACADEMY TITLE AGAINST ALL ODDS - September, 2008 There is a God after all. That was proved Sunday night when the persecuted Laarni Losala walked away with the Pinoy Dream Academy title after receiving overwhelming support form the Philippine TV viewers of the program. In the process Losala went though more pain and anguish than anyone since Jesus carried the cross only to be nailed to it before dying to save sinners - It's in the charts. This column includes the final voting results, our top six finishers in order and a chart of how the scholars rated themselves to finish..... Phnom Penh (Ah) Part 1 - THE PEDO KING TROFIMOV MYSTERY RELEASE DRAWS NGO IRE - January, 2012 CAMBODIA'S PRIZE PEDOPHILE GIVEN ROYAL TREATMENT - The mystery continues as to who is responsible for issuing the release of Russian Stanislav Molodyakov better know by his alias Alexander Trofimov after serving less than one quarter of his 17 year sentence for having sex with 17 children. NGO's have petitioned the Cambodian government to acknowledge the requests from Interpol and the Russian government to extradite him to Russia for crimes of having sex with children 9 & 10 years old in their country.

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