TheBlast.FM Alexa Skills Are Live (Again)

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We have had Alexa Skills for years…

We used to have 1 set of Alexa Skills forour 4 radio stations, bundled into one.

And that worked just fine until Alexa changed the parameters that were required and that messed up our Skills.

So, we have had our main app developer re-develop our Alexa Skills, and each of our stations now has its own Skill.

They are as follows:

The Blast 
“Alexa, play blast f. m.”
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DRVFKB65/

The Blast Blender
“Alexa, play blast blender”
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DRYG1HM3/

The Implosion
“Alexa, play blast implosion”
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DS26JS61/

The Blastozoic Era
“Alexa, play blast classic”
https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0DRYGY47Y/

The Blast Listenership Distribution Mid March To Mid April 2025

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We told We Blast Everywhere!  Here is a 30,000 foot view of our listenership distribution across planet Earth over the last 30 days.

Streams Are Back Up After An *Actual* (Blast)

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Some kind of an explosion happened at or near the data center where our live streams were hosted tonight.  That wreaked havoc on our streams over the last 75 minutes. Police and firemen are on the scene.    But we are back up, and this motivates us to set up an ancillary stream for each station at a different geographic site.  Stay tuned for details on that.

TheBlast.FM Bringing Disciple In Concert To Sioux Falls Wed July 31, 2024 (Updated To Include Concert Promo Video Link)

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TheBlast.FM is bringing Christian Rock band Disciple in concert to Sioux Falls, South Dakota on Wednesday July 31, 2024, 7:00 pm at LifeChange Church (formerly known as Sioux Falls First), 6300 W. 41st Street.

The band will also play several songs of their power worship altar ego band Honor & Glory.

It’s gonna be hard rockin’, it’s gonna be all out worship At Full Blast, and Kevin’s preaching.

Bring your rocker friends that need to get saved.  It could happen on 7/31/24!

Tickets are $15 in advance ( $35 for VIP tickets) and are on sale here:  http://www.itickets.com/events/479874.html

Tickets are $20 at the door.

Link to the concert promotional video:

https://fb.watch/tqDHZFcC7K/

TheBlast.FM Outage: Southwest Fiber Cut: Use Backup Streams

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If you wondering why we have dead air tonight, our San Diego hosting provider has let us know that they see there was a fiber cut in the southwest tonight and that is somehow affecting our stream hosting.

Use our Backup Streams (last option in the app) as we look for other solutions.

 

New On Air Server Blasting In San Diego Data Center

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Our streaming/ website hosting/ data center co-location provider sent us this picture from the data center rack where this 1RU newly donated on air server is now encoding all of our streams (most of the time, except when Windows updates reboots are needed or in the rare event of other problems) and in those cases, we will encode from the backup on air computer.

$175 a month is the price we are now paying  to co-locate this server in this San Diego data center

You can help support that here:  https://www.theblast.fm/home/donations/

 

TheBlast.FM Is Now A Patriot Mobile Affiliate: Switching To Patriot Mobile $upports TheBlast.FM

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TheBlast.FM has become an affiliate of Patriot Mobile, a company which supports Christian values, such as freedom of religion.  While some wireless carriers use their profits to support anti-Biblical causes such as abortion, Patriot Mobile is a Christian wireless carrier that gives a monthly kickback to TheBlast.FM for every customer we sign up to their service.

To sign up and support TheBlast.FM, go to https://www.patriotmobile.com/blast/

AND enter the promo code BLAST when prompted.

TheBlast.FM has used Patriot Mobile as its carrier since mid 2023, and it has worked great for us.   Great coverage, even when driving in rural “flyover country”.

Spoken, Amongst The Giants, Chaotic Resemblance: Sioux Falls Mon Oct 2

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Spoken.  Amongst The Giants.  Chaotic Resemblance.  All 3 are in concert in Sioux Falls at The Point Is To Serve Church on Monday October 2nd at 6:00 pm.  The church is located at 506 N. Kiwanis Avenue.  TheBlast.FM is a mouthpiece sponsor of the concert and we will be present with Blast gear and Blast Cards, including our new shiny car window stickers.

2nd Update: (Working Out Bugs) The New TheBlast.FM Android And IOS Apps Are Live (Apple Car Play + Android Auto)

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Update:  we are working out some bugs in both new apps, so please be patient and hold off on any bad reviews.  It will be cleaned up!

The new TheBlast.FM iOS app is live!

The upgraded TheBlast.FM app is now live on Android and iOS!  The app is compatible with Android Auto and Apple Car Play, which means that in modern infotainment dashboards you will see what band and song are playing in the dash.

Screen shots of the new TheBlast.FM app