I’ve just uploaded an 18-hour Christmas playlist, set to choose songs randomly. I am still working on a “hand-crafted” playlist, but have been under the weather the last few days, so it isn’t quite ready yet. Remember to rate the songs you like (and don’t!), as I will be watching the ratings and swapping songs in and out.
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Site customization is almost done. I’ve added some links on the right hand side under the title “Support RPR”, which you may not see if you have ad blocking software activated for this site.
The first is a link to buying a VIP Membership to Live 365, our hosting service for the station. A VIP Membership will not only let you listen to RPR commercial-free, but also allows access even if the station is at the listener limit. Not only does it work for RPR, but also for every one of the thousands of stations on the Live 365 network!
The second link is for PayPal donations. If you don’t care for PayPal, you can always purchase a Live 365 Gift Certificate for whatever amount you wish, which will go directly towards the bill for the broadcast service. Under “recipient’s email” use the hotmail address “ratpatrolradio.”
The third link is to the Rat Patrol Radio Post Exchange, aka our Cafepress store. Any item purchased gives RPR $2.00. I have personally ordered the coffee mug, tshirt, notebook, and large poster, and have been extremely pleased with them all.
The only things left to do are to get the RPR Pinup Girl logo on the masthead of the site, and decide whether to actually have an image gallery or not. Speaking of our “mascot”, she is on all the Cafepress items. Here is a close-up of the logo:
- Rat Patrol Radio ©2000-2009
I’m still working on customizing the new theme, though a lot of work is done. Still remaining is finding where the code is for the images along the right side and replacing them, and getting the RPR Pinup Girl logo on the masthead.
Also on the docket is getting the Christmas music ripped and uploaded. This means that some of the music presently in rotation will have to be deleted to make room. Also, a houseguest seems to have made off with some of my CDs, so I will have to build a new holiday playlist from scratch instead of using last year’s.
Yes, another theme. The last one was so ugly I couldn’t bring myself to log in to post! Hopefully, I can hammer this one into something I like. It’s a good foundation, though a bit dark at the moment. The theme name is “Daily Minefield”- I’d love that name for a blog! 
Please bear with me as I customize this. In the meantime, I’ll try to post WWII-related stuff more often!
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.
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!
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.
