So We Bid Goodbye to Another Year and Look Forward to What 2008 Has to Offer

Wow, am I glad to see 2007 pass into history. I really can’t put my finger on it but 2007 was, …..well strange. Not just from a news perspective but all the way around. I thought it was just me but I’ve talked to several people and they kinda had the same [...]

Perhaps It WAS WHBQ That An Out of Town Company Wanted to Buy Afterall

Previously I posted on the possible sale of WREG to an out of town company.  This after an employee at a TV station in another market in the region said rumors had been floating around that the company that owns his station was considering buying a station in Memphis.  Several folks DOTR indicated that it [...]

Is Andy Wise About to Be on The Competition’s Side?!!!!!!Wait Let Me Now Add Breaking News!!!!!

THIS IS A JOELARKINS BLOG UPDATE!!!!!!!(Roll the Breaking News Open)
THIS JUST IN TO THE JOELARKINS BLOG. NEWSCHANNEL 3 HAS ESCORTED ANDY WISE OUT OF THE BUILDING. THIS AFTER THE LOYAL EMPLOYEE OF ABOUT TEN YEARS AND FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION. WITNESSES SAY WISE IS INDEED HEADING TO WMC [...]

I Can Take on 23 Five Year Olds in a Fight!

We all daydream on occasion, some more than others.  Sometimes I think about what it might be like to have unlimited or at least a lot of income at my disposal, or to have some sort of  really  nice, high tech airplane waiting for me at the airport.  I can honestly say in my 51 [...]

Is Someone Making Overtures to Purchase WREG?

I will be the first to admit that I’m out of the loop on…well just about everything these days.  So imagine my surprise when I get some information asking if I’ve heard anything about WREG either about to be sold or being considered for purchase.  The person who contacted me said there were rumors floating [...]

Desperate Advertisers

Ask anyone in the TV industry and they will tell you that advertisers will do just about anything to get people to watch.  How desperate are they?  They are so desperate that tonight I received a telemarketing call asking if I would watch a DVD on December 18th if they sent it to me.   Here’s [...]

The Truth About News Choppers is Revealed and This Land is Not Necessarily Our Land

Having a news chopper is a double edged sword.  When legitimate news breaks and access is limited to the news site, you can’t beat a news chopper.  It gives a different perspective, it’s promotable and  it  provides a great billboard in the sky  as  it hovers over the  news scene.  On the other hand, news [...]

Okay, It’s Time to End the Proverbial 15 Minutes of Fame for Yahoos Who Go on Shooting Sprees

Right now I’m mad as hell and I wish I could say I’m not going to take it anymore. I have no choice. I just saw the tragic story of some people gunned down because they happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. This time it wasn’t on [...]

I Don’t Know What I Don’t Know About Television Ownership and Where is UnderDog and Sweet Polly Purebred

A friend of mine once told me that a mutual acquaintance of ours “didn’t know what he didn’t know” about a particular subject.  I find myself in that same situation about local TV ownership.  I was under the impression (and I don’t do impressions)  that a group could own more than one TV station in [...]

Maybe It’s Just Me

I will admit I don’t get out much these days, at least on a school night.  Monday night was an exception.  By way of a client, my wife and I were invited to attend a Memphis Grizzlies game courtesy of WMC-TV.  I’ve only been to the FedEx Forum a handful of times and I will [...]