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KOMO Newsradio Reverse Engineers Podcasts, Puts Blogs on the Radio

By Michael van Baker
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Full disclosure: We're on the radio!

Tuesdays at 9:15 a.m., The SunBreak has a cameo on the "Nine2Noon" show on KOMO Newsradio (97.7 FM, 1000 AM), with Brian Calvert and Nancy Barrick. It's their new 3-minute segment, "The Nine2Noon Blogosphere."

This morning they talked with Portland's social media/start-up blog Silicon Florist, to find out how the Twitter hashtag #pdxboom helped police solve a mysterious explosion (a pipe bomb went off). Thanks to Twitter, a Google map, and instructions on how to describe how close the explosion sounded, police were able to triangulate on the general location.

"While we still present the top stories of the day," says Calvert, "the feel is more of a 'news magazine' as we have more of a conversation about the day’s news. Our show’s slogan is 'We keep your morning moving,' evidenced by our bouncing from topic to topic with fewer commercials."

Calvert and Barrick have five blogs lined up so far, and are working on adding another five.

The full Monday-Friday 9:15 a.m. lineup is after the jump:

Monday: Seattle Crime

Tuesday: The SunBreak

Wednesday: The Silicon Florist

Thursday: Seattle Transportation Watch

Friday: Seattlepi.com's nightlife blog After Dark

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Thanks for the mention!
I'm really glad (and honored) that KOMO is giving some bloggers the opportunity to talk to a different audience about the topics we're covering.

And I'll definitely tune in for your segment on Tuesdays. ;)
Comment by Rick Turoczy
7 months ago
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RE: Thanks for the mention!
Our pleasure, Rick. Thanks!
Comment by Michael van Baker
7 months ago
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Oh man! That's pretty cool. I guess I'll have to go out and buy one of these new fangled "radios." What a silly name! I would have called it iAudio or iWavs
Comment by TroyJMorris
7 months ago
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