Rat Patrol Radio

I was going back through the D-Day files to tag them so that they were compliant with Live 365 rules, and realized that the third hour of the broadcast was identical to the 5th hour!  I’ve scoured the Net for the correct file, but every source has the wrong file as the third hour.  After overcoming my supreme mortification that I’ve been playing a bad file for the third hour for the last several years, I deleted all the files and am now uploading the NBC D-Day coverage that I recently found.  I apologize in advance if the quality isn’t up to snuff, as I haven’t had time to listen to all 24 hours of programming.   I only hope there isn’t any mistakes in this one!

On the bright side, those of you that have been tuning in over the years get a new perspective on D-Day!

Please tune in this June 6th for our traditional D Day commemorative broadcast.  We will be broadcasting everything that went out over the air from CBS New York, at the same time of day it was originally heard on June 6, 1944.

When the broadcast engineer at the New York studios realized shortly after 2AM on June 6, 1944, that the rumors that were being picked up from German radio were not another false alarm, he began recording everything that was broadcast, and continued for 24 hours.  That remarkable record has been preserved, and Rat Patrol Radio is proud for the last eight years to bring our listeners the chance to relive one of the most momentous days in history.

As is tradition, we will also have an encore performance on June 7th, starting at 9AM Eastern time, so that more people can hear the early reports.

Listed on eBay right now is an original charcoal sketch of Dixieland and big band leader Bob Crosby, autographed by Crosby to the artist:

If any of you are on Twitter, you should be following WWIIToday.   Andrew Nelson does a remarkable job in bringing his followers WWII-related facts and information throughout every day, focusing on what happened each calendar day during WWII.  This is even better than the old “random WWII trivia” header I had on the old RPR site, and Andrew executes an idea I had long ago much better than I could.

Andrew also has two WWII-related blogs:

Victory Theater, and

WWII Tips , which shows how you can save money and make do, using the same tips and techniques used on the homefront in WWII.

I follow @WWIIToday on Twitter, using the Twitterfox plugin for Firefox.  For those wondering why RPR doesn’t have a Twitter account, it’s because I have a business-related Twitter account and can’t run two at once.

Things may look a little wiggy today as I try out some new theme building software.  Just a head’s up to let you know what’s going on!

-Torgen

Hey folks,

I found a free crossword puzzle generator, so I am going to revive the monthly Rat Patrol Radio crossword.

This first one is small, as I build up the “word pool” by hand.  Give it a try, and let me know what you think in the comments!

http://www.ratpatrolradio.com/crossword-jan09.html

This is a call-out to all listeners, requesting ideas for a new Wordpress theme for the Rat Patrol Radio blog.  I’d prefer something that allows widgets, so that I can put the Player Widget here on the site which will show the currently playing track and allow VIPs to start listening just by clicking the widget!

I know that somebody out there has seen a nice patriotic/retro free theme, or one that could easily have a new header made that would fit the bill. Let’s hear from you!

My lovely and talented wife and I spent Thanksgiving with old friends and had a wonderful time. The aftereffects were that I went to bed soon after arriving home, so am still uploading Christmas songs today!

Not to worry, we’ll have a quick Christmas playlist up this afternoon (one of the advantages of working at home) and will make our patented hand-crafted Christmas mega-playlist ASAP.

Also, don’t forget that the Christmas playlist will be pre-empted in December 7th so that we may bring you the Pearl Harbor tribute show.

First off, let me say how totally blown away I am by the support that I’ve received for Rat Patrol Radio.  It has been truly remarkable, and I am really touched by your response.

We have received over $200 in donations this month, so I am going to upgrade the broadcast package for December to allow FORTY simultaneous free listeners! You VIP members will still of course get in even if the station is at the listener cap, and will listen commercial-free.

In January, I’ll go back to the 20 listener cap where we used to be. I had downgraded to the P2 package that only allowed ten simultaneous free listeners when money got tight.

Again, thank you all so very much for your support!

Thank you for your support in keeping Rat Patrol Radio on the air! Thanks to donations and purchases of VIP Memberships by listeners, we have enough station credit to last through the end of the year.

Remember that we will be starting the Big Band Christmas Playlist the day after Thanksgiving, and of course will be running our Pearl Harbor Memorial broadcast on December 7.