Say goodbye to YouTube, at least the YouTube U knew. That’s because its new owner Google has started cleaning up the content, specifically the copyrighted stuff from places such as the Comedy Channel. You can’t blame Google. They’ve got deep pockets containing a lot of money and that has those wanting to [...]
Archive for October, 2006
YouTube, We Hardly Knew U
October 30, 2006A Political Ad That some Say Has Backfired, The Elusive Memphis Manatee, and Other Outdoor Ramblings!
October 26, 2006I generally try to stay away from politics on this blog but the RNC ad against Democratic Senatorial Candidate Harold Ford Junior of Memphis is getting a lot of national attention. The ad has been pulled in many markets across the Volunteer State although I heard Thursday morning it was still playing in Chattanooga. [...]
Shame on The Station Down on the River for Not Helping Katie Couric
October 24, 2006It’s partially your fault that Katie Couric has dropped to third place among the network anchors. At least that’s what the head of CBS News claims. He claims low-rated lead-ins from local affiliates are to blame for KC’s drop to the tail-bone patrol. I bet that sure makes [...]
Does Size Really Matter?
October 23, 2006Apparently size does matter as opposed to what you do with what you’ve got. I’m talking radar here folks. I see where WMC has broken ground on a site in West Memphis for a one million watt weather radar set-up. For those of you who missed it, there was tease after tease [...]
I Forgot It Was Illegal to Rob a Bank!
October 22, 2006I think it was Steve Martin who, during a comedy routine, uttered the phrase or something to the effect “But I forgot it was illegal to rob a bank!”I was reminded of this after reading about the 20-year old grocery store clerk who, according to investigators, amused himself by posting prank Internet warnings of [...]
Local Urban Myths in Television Part 2
October 18, 2006For the readers of this blog, I am doing something that I’ve never done. I’m using the comments of one of the folks who posted a response to one of my blog postings. As I mentioned in a previous post, for the 17-plus years I’ve been in Memphis I’ve heard various incarnations [...]
Look at Who has Come A-Courtin
October 18, 2006Word out there is that some representatives of Hearst-Argyle Television group have paid a visit to the New York Times Broadcast operations center in Norfolk, Virginia and have also stopped by the NYTimes station there. I would imagine this would be some relatively good news for those who work in the NYTimes Broadcast group [...]
Urban Myths in Local Television
October 17, 2006A recent poster on this blog shared an interesting link that basically cranked up Mr. Peabody’s Wayback Machine and allowed me (minus Sherman) to visit well known Memphis weatherman Dave Brown back when he was working for WHBQ-TV. I’m not sure of the year but I would place it about the early to [...]
Is it SET Yet?
October 10, 2006I won’t have to go out very far on this particular limb to announce what the station on Union is about to do: Unveil a new set. It’s been rumored for a while and they’ve already undergone a lot of renovation over there. They already have a really nice newsroom. I [...]
Now This Is What Television Does Best!
October 8, 2006I got an email over the weekend asking me what my take was on the coverage of the big fires in downtown Memphis. For those of you outside the viewing area, a historic church in the downtown area caught fire and the embers from it were spread by the wind to several other [...]
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