Steve Corn - The Man Behind the Radio Program Recorder

SEATTLE/ Conservative Monitor -- When Steve Corn drives home from work in the late afternoon, he turns on his car radio and listens to his favorite morning radio program (don't tell anyone, but it's Rush Limbaugh). How does he do it? He uses his RPR. When he goes for his after work jog, he plugs in his earphones and listens to another hour of EIB on his RPR. He listens to the last hour of the program on his way back to work in the morning.

In Tucson, Arizona, home of Steve Corn and the Radio Program Recorder, this is not an unusual feat. Many people have bought Steve Corn's product and now enjoy the freedom of the RPR. Steve first developed the RPR because he couldn't listen to talk radio in the day while at work. It was too distracting. In a recent interview he said, "If I listened at work, I'm not sure I'd get much work done, or I wouldn't be able to listen very intently."

Yet he wanted to keep up on politics and he wanted to stay tuned to the best talk radio has to offer. "As a result I sought and found a way to automatically record my favorite talk shows," Steve said. He began with a cumbersome outfit he put together from components at Radio Shack. But tape recording units needed constant maintenance, and the power usage was high.

Then digital technology exploded. Steve noted, "Once pocket voice recorders became available with sufficient record capability, I knew the time was right for me to create a product that integrated a pocket radio and a pocket recorder." This he did. For added usability, he also integrated an FM transmitter to provide easy playback through the car radio (or any nearby FM radio). It was a neat, convenient, low-cost, low-maintenance system.

He completed the integrated system with a custom case design and a custom interconnect cable design. The case minimizes interference from the recorder to the radio during recording. The cable includes a matching circuit between the radio and the recorder for trouble-free recording. The cable also provides for both recording and playback without having to connect and disconnect between operating modes. The result was the first truly portable radio program recorder.

Steve began by advertising his product on talk radio in Tucson in September of 2001. It has had great popularity, and now he is expanding his reach across the nation. The RPR is available at his website at www.radioprogramrecorder.com