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The first two stations to broadcast iTunes Tagging

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Summer 2007, KFOG simulcast/sister station KFFG, Steve Cordova holding up his iPod Nano, do you suppose he knew Apple’s plans?

The first two stations to broadcast iTunes Tagging

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Summer 2007 “The Wolf” in San Francisco, Shingo Kamada Chief Engineer

The KFFG transmitter site (Cupertino)

Friday, September 18th, 2009

We thought it might be a good idea to broadcast Itunes Tagging data (via RDS) into Cupertino just in case anyone at Apple might find it useful. Yes, those are indeed shipping containers that you walk into to work on the transmitters. The whole facility is built on the edge of a quarry, so I [...]