A Former Employee from Down On The River is Back on the Air and a Viewer Speaks Out About These News Choppers

It’s deja vu all over again in Memphis with a guy who used to work at WREG getting back on the airwaves. Joey Hadley signed on this morning with WPTY to do traffic updates. I chatted with the former deputy Joe Wednesday night and he was excited to be back in the traffic [...]

ROLL THE BREAKING NEWS OPEN!!! The Pegster Pulls the Plug on Herself at WMC

Peggy Phillip is officially leaving as News Director at WMC. PP told me by phone she is stepping down at the end of the year. For those who have been around the market, Peggy was one of the first of the female NDs in the market and at one time during her [...]

Could One of the Marquee Reporters from Down on the River be Planning to Leave and The Issue of VJs Really Gets Things Stirred Up.

I got a post during the long Thanksgiving weekend suggesting that maybe Andy Wise was unhappy at the station Down On The River and was thinking about leaving. That was the first I had heard of it and perhaps its true, I don’t know. I do know this about Andy: You pretty much [...]

Something to Be Thankful for this Thanksgiving!

I used to think there was no such thing as truly bad publicity. As a former ND down on the river once said, “I don’t care what someone says or writes as long as they get the call letters right.” Well I’m not so sure the initial decision by News Corp (Fox) to air [...]

The MidSouth Emmy Nominations are IN

Congratualtions to the folks here in the Memphis area who are up for Regional Emmy awards. WHBQ’s Fox 13 News is up for eleven awards including News Excellence, and Newscast/Daytime category. Fox 13 also has nominations in the General Assignment Reporting category, Promo/Spot News, Promo Campaign/News, Promo Campaign Program, Audio, Director/Short Form, Editor [...]

A Return To the Golden Age of Television…I Don’t Think So.

Wow, Nothing worse than getting your blog knocked off for a couple of days and then some big news erupts in the broadcasting business.First things first, the news from Clear Channel. CC announced plans to sell 448 radio stations (those outside the top 100 markets: it has 1150 radio stations) and all 42 of [...]

Joe, Where Did You Go With That Blog in Your Hand!

Great Jumping Jehosaphat!Boy, did I ever learn a lesson. I was preparing to post Tuesday night and was all set to go when I decided to go ahead and upgrade to the Beta version of Blogger. My blog disappeared along with no way to sign on or retrieve anything. It’s taken me [...]

Here They Come, Walking Down the Street, Get the Funniest Look From, Everyone They Meet !

With apologies to the Monkees, it appears the folks at the Station DOTR will be on display starting this week. The chief honcho for the NYTimes alerted the troops that potential buyers of the Broadcast Group will be visiting the station, kicking the tires and looking under the hood. While the honcho [...]

The Polls Closed and the Winners Are!

I had a couple of projects on my computer that I worked on during the early part of election night so I thought I would be clever and keep abreast of the returns on the internet. I first pulled up WMC and WREG figuring they had the larger staffs and things might get loaded [...]

The Glamorous and Not-So-High Paying World of TV News

If you want to see a look of disbelief on a number of faces at one time, try telling a group of fresh faced juniors and seniors in a college broadcast communication class that the TV news business really doesn’t pay a lot of money. That’s the response I’ve had when speaking to college [...]