Paul Adams (via Seth) wonders “why radio stations can’t ping you by sms or even phone when they play a song you request.

The Western Union telegram (the singing one, too) is dead. And in case you thought sending telegrams was a means of communication that died with The Three Stooges, or was trapped in Technicolor with Bugs Bunny, you were mistaken. Until last week, Western Union was sending 55 telegrams a day on average.

Google made headlines last week when it agreed to pay $1.1 billion for dMarc, a Newport Beach-based company that makes a suite of radio station automation tools.

BBC News: Almost two million BBC radio podcasts were downloaded during December, with the corporation’s breakfast programmes the most popular with listeners.

So Google decided it’s time to see just how far they can take their “pay-per-action” ad model and acquired a radio advertising network.

Hang onto your hats.

From Google Blogoscoped, comes news that Google is acquiring Newport Beach-based dMarc Broadcasting, which runs an automated advertising platform for radio.

The search advertising company purchased dMarc Broadcasting, a digital solutions provider for the radio industry, for $102 million cash and potentially as much as $1.136 billion over the next three years.

Hot off the press! Google has acquired dMarc technology for $102 million in cash and plans to integrate into the Google AdWords platform, creating a new radio ad distribution channel for Google advertisers.

Who knew there was a Radio Firefox?

Bridge Ratings, which conducts research focused on radio, sees a bright future for podcasting.

I was searching Google and Technorati looking for podcasts that were live or recorded at the Portable Media Expo in Ontario, California.

Yahoo has launched a podcasting site, a place that’s not only a directory of podcasts but also a great resource of rich information on podcasting generally, and a one-stop-shop for your podcasts and music purchasing.

AMD’s inexpensive computer was meant for developing countries, but will now be offered in the US as well.

A tremendous success – that’s my judgment of PodcastCon UK which took place in London on Saturday.

The afternoon session at PodcastCon UK has just got underway, with a live recording of the Richard Vobes Radio Show.

AOL has announced Podcasting 101 and placed a list of popular ones within its AOL Music site.

Who’s listening to web and satellite radio? According to BIGresearch, the vast majority of Web radio fans are young professional men with active spending habits.

First it was Frank Barnako from CBS Marketwatch. Then it was Anjali Athavaley from the Washington Post.

The global number 2 handset maker will preinstall Yahoo services on its Linux and Java platform mobile phones.

Napster and XM Satellite Radio have joined forces under a strategic partnership to integrate Napster’s online music services and XM’s satellite radio service.