Blog – Page 2 – Tom Anthony

Jay Kuppers

Posted on August 5, 2019February 19, 2021 by Tom Anthony

As I mentioned in my Post about Roscoe P. Goodtyme, WQPD-AM in Lakeland Florida was the most influential station to my broadcast career. And no one was more of a partner and mentor to me than Jay Kuppers. While I learned a lot about comedy from Roscoe, I discovered the business of...

Roscoe P. Goodtyme

Posted on August 5, 2019February 19, 2021 by Tom Anthony

I worked for a few different radio stations in Lakeland, Florida in the late 70’s and early 80’s but none was as much an influence on me as WQPD. Back then I was mainly doing the “Morning Show” and producing radio commercials. As part of the two-person Morning Show, my job was to deliver...

Big Brother

Posted on October 3, 2011March 3, 2021 by Tom Anthony

I have an Attorney client who was rightfully disturbed by the news of a case before the Virginia State Bar regarding Richmond Lawyer Horace Hunter. Basically the Bar is arguing a complaint that Hunters writing on the firm website blog constitutes advertising and should be accompanied by some sort...

Google Still Gaining Market Share

Posted on October 2, 2011March 2, 2021 by Tom Anthony

Unlike most other technologies introduced in the past 20 years it seems that Google wants to defy the Diffusion of Innovations adoption curve. The What? It’s the theorem by Everett Rogers that says any idea or technology is accepted slowly at first, then takes off for a while, and finally is...

Americans and Their Cell Phones

Posted on August 2, 2011March 2, 2021 by Tom Anthony

Mobile phones have become a near-ubiquitous tool for information seeking and communicating–83% of American adults own some kind of cell phone–and these devices have an impact on many aspects of their owners’ daily lives. In a nationally representative telephone survey, the Pew Research...

Talking to Millions

Posted on March 8, 2011March 3, 2021 by Tom Anthony

I had the chance to talk to 3.75 million people last night. Really. My long time client and friend Joe Cipriano is the announcer on Wheel of Fortune this week as part of a working audition to get the permanent position. He was a guest on the Jim Bohannon Show on the Westwood One Radio Network, and...

A New Digg

Posted on September 2, 2010March 2, 2021 by Tom Anthony

The social news website Digg has released a major re-working called Version 4. The site was first launched as an experiment in November 2004, then re-launched the following July with Version 2.0. In that version the creators featured a “friends list” which made the site one of the pioneers in...

Electronic Pearl Harbor

Posted on August 2, 2010March 2, 2021 by Tom Anthony

I don’t have much use for most of our politicians from Virginia – with one notable exception: Congressman Randy Forbes. He seems to share my core values, and he appears to be a “real” person. I mean anyone who rides a big bike at the head of the Rolling Thunder Ride for Freedom in...

Beam me up, Scotty!

Posted on July 3, 2009March 3, 2021 by Tom Anthony

In October 1994, the Star Trek Association of Towson, a fan club in Towson, Maryland, sponsored “The Big E Con,” a convention held aboard the carrier Enterprise while the ship was at its home port of Norfolk, Virginia. The events featured tours of the ship and appearances by Star Trek notables...