Archive for the ‘Stockton’ Category

Asparagus Weekend

As many of the local people who read this blog already know, this weekend was the biggest weekend of the year for the City of Stockton. For those not in the know, every year for the last 25 years, Stockton has played host to the Asparagus Festival. It has grown from a tiny get together [...]

A brave new radio world

Coming next month, Stockton will have a place where they can hear local music played with live, local on-air talent jockeying the mic, with local advertisers selling their products to a local audience.
Where will that be Rod??
Good question, I am glad you asked…That will be the new, name-to-be-finalized, Internet radio station that I am making one [...]

Still MORE people that make Stockton a special place

Maybe it’s just the holidays, or the fact that 2009 is coming to a close and people are waxing nostalgic, but there seems to be a lot of love going around the Internet today.
It started with Mike Klocke, the Record editor, who posted his Many people make Stockton a special place article this morning. Then, [...]

Talk about kicking a city when it’s down!

Fist off who did we piss off in the world of business? By we I mean the City of Stockton, and by the world of business I mean those like Forbes who in their February’s, America’s most miserable cities post, handed Stockton the honored spot of first on its list, then proceeded to spend the entire [...]

Effective “Wave”ing

Today something happened that will forever cement the importance of Google Wave in my mind. Something simple, yet so profound that I believe we are finally starting to see real world purpose for Google’s latest creation.
It started much like all of my days start, wake up, hit the computer, logged on to Twitter to check [...]

Return of the Podcaster

Once upon a time, I decided to start Rod’s Planet, a podcast meant as a tool to both sharpen my broadcast skills and make me world famous. At least I accomplished one of those things.
I started out slow and began with very little knowledge of audio editing software or what a podcast even was, but I started nonetheless. [...]

Lesson from a “Rodcaster”

So as many of you know, I recently took part in the Run and Walk against hunger Thanksgiving morning in downtown Stockton. It was put on by the Emergency Food Bank of Stockton/San Joaquin and was the fifth year of the event.
Also most of you know that I was broadcasting live during my walk, a [...]

Introducing “Rodcasting”

So as many of you already know from listening to the latest episode ofPodcast Stockton, I am preparing to team up with the Emergency Food Bank of Stockton/San Joaquin to participate in this years Run/Walk against hunger.
Sounds pretty normal right? Well if you know me, you know I can’t do anything normally. So for the first time [...]

I am Ironwebman!

Or at least I will be soon…

So I have been preaching for weeks to some of you, months for others, and years to the rest, that Internet television is the wave of the future. Well, come this Tuesday, I will be ushering in a new era for me and my push to [...]

AM power put to good use

Many of you in the Twitter world are already aware that I currently produce the only Stockton relevant program on the Stockton based 1280AM KWSX. What you are not aware of are the specifics of this show or the existence of the station itself. Allow me to enlighten those not in the know…
First [...]

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