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Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing.

John Erskine

I can’t believe its been a week or so since I last posted to the blog. This is coming from the guy that usually posts several times per day. If you’re like me, its been extremely busy the past few weeks. Each year I promise myself that I will savor the holidays and enjoy them. And this year, like all the other years has been nothing but relaxing and enjoyable.



I have been working hard on my Ebay business. Maybe between KZION and Ebay I can make a decent living. I received some CD’s into the studio. I got the new Voice Male CD called HIMS II. I haven’t listened to it but it looks awesome. I also received the new Live CD from Paul Cardall. I purchased a 1991 copy of Michael Dowdles CD From The Hip and I also purchased a 1983 copy of You’re Not Alone by Michael McLean. I’m slowly building my vintage LDS music collection.



I’ve also been dealing with some Windows 2000 problems. I installed a software product and since then my OS has been operating strange. I scanned for viruses and spyware but no resolution. I really don’t want to reformat.



That’s about all that’s been happening here. Happy Holidays!

Here are the final results of the survey that ended on December 1st. I have shared many of the comments in previous posts. Here are some selected stats.



How long have you been listening to KZION?

Three months or less – 18.18%

Between three months and a year – 30.91%

Between one and two years – 35.45%

More than two years – 13.64%

How did you first learn of KZION radio?

Referred by friend or family – 16.36%

LDS Music World website – 24.55%

Search engine – 30.91%

Another website – 18.18%

What is your gender?

Female – 43.64%

Male – 56.36%

Have you purchased an LDS CD after hearing the artist on KZION?

Yes – 46.36%

No – 53.64%

Where do you purchase most of your LDS CD’s that you hear on KZION?

Deseret Book Retail – 40.00%

Deseret Book Online – 20.00%

Click To Buy Online – 10.00%

Sounds of Zion – 1.82%

Seagull Book & Tape – 17.27%

Beehive Book – 4.55%

LDS Living – 3.64%

Tantara Records – 4.55%

Have you ever recommended KZION radio to others?

Yes – 82.73%

No – 12.73%

My stats provider has issues with their database and software and so the number of listeners is not going to be accurate. It’s so messed up. They will freeze at the same number for hours at a time and then all of a sudden update. Looks like I have to live with it until next year sometime!! Sheesh…

Wow, the extra capacity I added on Friday didn’t last long. I just checked the stats and all servers are completely full! I just called up and added another 10 listeners. I don’t know where everyone is coming from, but welcome.

Generated on December 07, 2003, 22:10 PM

Report period November 01, 2003 – November 30, 2003



Song history summary



Total tracks played: 10,713

Unique tracks played: 3,468

Total performances: 694,871

Average listeners (Per song): 65

Peak listener count: 166

ATH (Aggregated tuning hours): 46,219 hours



Data completeness summary



Artist 99.9%

Title 100.0%

Album 99.3%

Label 60.3%

Year 99.8%

Duration 100.0%

Track Number 71.1%

Buy CD link 88.4%

Website link 89.0%

The thing that impresses me the most about America is the way parents obey their children.

King Edward VIII

The server has been filling up more often than I’d like. I was hoping to wait until after the first of the year to add additional capacity to the radio server. I’d hate to see people not be able to connect during the holidays so I went ahead and added another 20 listeners.

deseretnews.com | Soldier’s family facing eviction



This is ridiculous. Tis the season of giving, love, compassion, and charity.

On the day before Thanksgiving, Linda Dexter answered a knock on her door. A Utah County constable was waiting on the porch to serve an eviction notice. The family of six now must vacate the rented home they once hoped to make a permanent residence.

Linda Dexter is a mom of 4 and her husband is serving in Iraq. Her landlord raised her rent from $1,050 to $1,500 which they cannot afford right now and so 10 daye before Christmas they will be evicted.

“We can’t buy the house because the appraisal isn’t as high as the asking price ($154,900),” Dexter said. “Financially it’s been tight, but I’ve never been late on the rent. I’ve managed properties, and you’d be hard-pressed to find a better tenant than me.”



Dexter said she’s paid the $1,050 for November but doesn’t have the other $450, the amount that is in arrears and being used to justify her eviction.



Dexter believes the landlords raised the rent to create a loophole around the $1,200 rent threshold in the relief act.

Linda is hoping the Military JAG will step in and provide relief under the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940 which provides protection from eviction if the rent is under $1,200.



Linda’s husband is a National Guardsman, and so I’m sure they’re living on a lot less then what they are used to.



Landlords, Justin and April Summers, you should be ashamed of yourselves. Not only are you knocking someone down when their husband is serving our country in Irag, but you’re doing it during the season of giving. Scrooge is alive well and living in Utah.

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. I sure did. Ate too much, but that was to be expected. I moved my retail store to another location so that took up a lot of my four day holiday vacation. I consolidated my business by moving all my retail business to a quasi third partner, leaving me more time to build the business and outside sales. Shelly wasn’t, and still isn’t, too thrilled with closing down my store and moving everything over to another partner. But I was spending too much time sitting in a retail store.



Enough of that. I also worked on KZION. I added a KZION chatroom. I have wanted to have a chat room for a couple of years but never had the time or the patience to learn how. The chatroom can be accessed from the homepage. I have installed a trivia game that runs 24/7 and even keeps score. I also gave Mike the responsibility to announce song information and accept requests in the chatroom. I hope that it will enable me to give better listener support. The chatroom is open 24 hours a day. Of course I’m not going to be in there 24 hours a day, but whenever possible.



I also scheduled all the Christmas concerts through the end of the year. Check the calendar if you’re interested. What else did I do? Did I mention I ate a lot? Oh, I ordered like a set of 200 knives on the Home Shopping Network. I have no idea why I did that but it was a great deal. Hopefully I can sell them on E-bay. I haven’t told Shelly yet.



I have no idea what’s been happening in the LDS music world. I need to get back into the groove.

Aaron Edson – Drop Of Blood from the album Wondering * 46 requests



David Edwards – Big Blue World from the album Tipping Pictures * 44 requests



Jon Schmidt – I Do from the album To The Summit * 40 requests



Ellis Hadlock – East Winds from the album Best Selections * 37 requests



Aaron Edson – A Candle’s Light from the album Wondering * 28 requests



Jeff Hinton – I Can’t Win For Losing You from the album Bottlerockets and Lemonade * 24 requests



Kenneth Cope – Treasure The Truth from the album Especially for Youth 1997: Treasure the Truth * 23 requests



Sweet Haven – Go Back from the album The R.M. * 22 requests



Katherine Nelson – Sometimes He Lets It Rain from the album Sometimes He Let’s It Rain * 21 requests



Kenneth Cope – White Dress from the album Hear My Praise * 20 requests



Nathan Bayles – The Thing You Love from the album The Thing You Love * 20 requests



Cope, Webb, and de Azevedo – Return With Honor from the album Especially for Youth 1995: Return with Honor * 17 requests



Afterglow – A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief from the album Hope – Music of Inspiration * 17 requests



Julie de Azevedo – Hello Sky from the album Hello Sky * 16 requests



Doug Walker – What Heaven Sees In You from the album Stones In The River * 16 requests



Hilary Weeks – A Perfect Love from the album I Will Not Forget * 16 requests



Aaron Edson – Here Am I, Send Me from the album Wondering * 15 requests



Kalai – One Life from the album Acoustacism * 15 requests



Nancy Hanson – Bring Them In from the album We Believe: Especially for Youth 2002 * 15 requests



Aaron Edson – Forever For Me from the album Wondering * 14 requests