Okay, I’m back in the saddle and ready to roll. My lovely and talented bride and I traveled to the wilds of northern Montana to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. On our big vacations we try to travel to someplace we’ve never been. We figure there is so much of the world [...]
Archive for September, 2006
Tanned, Rested and Ready and Do We Really Need This Particular Technological Device
September 25, 2006Oh woe is me, woe is me!
September 15, 2006The world is turning upside down. I was driving on Stage Road near Raleigh-Lagrange and I did a double take as I saw a bunch of cars lined up at a gas station. The big attraction? Unleaded regular priced at $2.19 a gallon. How did it manage to drop so much? [...]
Psssst! Hey buddy, wanna buy some TV stations?
September 12, 2006Wow. I walked in the door this afternoon and my wife told me she had just heard on NPR that the New York Times was selling its broadcast group. Then I sat down at my computer and had seven posts from folks telling me the same thing. This is a big deal. [...]
What Makes a Place a Good Place to Work
September 12, 2006What makes a particular operation a good place to work? That’s a question I’ve pondered for about a quarter of a century at least when it comes to news operations which is where most of my experience omes from. Good ratings help but I’ve worked at Number 1 stations and for [...]
The 5th Year Anniversary
September 10, 2006Wow, it’s been five years. At times it seems like it was only last week and other times it seems it’s been more than five years. Somewhere around the house I have on videotape a special produced by one of the network news divisions one year after the attacks. I’ve never been [...]
What TV News Doesn’t Want You to Know & Edutainment
September 7, 2006If you don’t stop by Shoptalk on occasion, you miss some real gems about the TV news business.An article Wednesday by Brock London of Quazen.com revealed what most in the TV news business already know and regular viewers have a pretty good idea exists. I won’t list details but here are the “Ten Truths”. [...]
A Story Begging for an Investigation and So Long to the Crocodile Hunter
September 4, 2006I don’t see, hear or read too many things that make my jaw actually drop in disbelief. One of those rare events happened Saturday morning when I picked up the paper and read about the Ole Miss football recruit Jerrell Powe. In a nutshell this 340 pound defensive tackle was recruited by Ole Miss [...]
"I'm a former TV and radio newsman who decided he didn't want to keep getting up at 2:30 in the morning to anchor the news. So after a quarter of a century, I pulled the plug on myself. I'm still wondering what I will do when I grow up. So is my wife."