Entries by colincruz

TheBlast.FM Alexa Skills Are Live (Again)

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 […]

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

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 […]

The Protest Unleashes New Single Take It Back And It Blasts Here!

The Protest unleashed defiant new single of reclamation, “Take It Back” by Mary Nikkel The Protest surprised fans on June 14 by releasing a furious new rock single, “Take It Back.” You can stream it now at https://bio.to/theprotestrocks. Accompanied by a powerful music video created by Joel Burris, “Take It Back” rallies the outcasts, the loners […]

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

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.