Is WMC Planning to Launch a 4pm Newscast?

Could WMC be preparing to launch a 4pm weekday newscast?  I’ve heard that rumor but have no idea if it’s true.  So far, nobody is talking, at least to me anyway.  WREG has a 4 o’clock news started IMHO because no programming the station could buy could compare to Oprah which WMC has run for [...]

Bugs & the TV News Biz

Face it.  When things go well, there’s nothing like live TV.  It can come across as a well-oiled machine that is indeed firing on all cylinders.  It’s when bugs crop up that things can get screwed up.  And when real bugs, (insect not mechanical) show up that things can get comical at most and distracting [...]

In Case You Needed a Pam McKelvy Fix…..PMack is Baaaccckkkkkk & Does Your Choice of Computers Indicated That You Have a Superiority Complex

I seem to be far out of the loop these days but occasionally someone tosses me a bone. That was the case from a writer posting about the reappearance of Pam McKelvy on the Memphis airwaves. Here’s what the writer shared with me:
I just read on Pam McKelvy’s blog that she has began [...]

A Memphis TV Guy Heads to Nashville and Some People Weigh in On the State of Local News

So long Nick Paranjape.  The former WMCer is now hosting mornings in his home town of Nashville.  I had posted previously that someone from Memphis was headed to Nashville but didn’t have a confirmation from the man himself (or anyone else from Union Ave. ) on the move so I didn’t name names.  I must [...]

Tracking News Cruisers/Videographers, The Debate over One Man Bands/VJs and The Big Rumble

I always felt sorry for the folks working the assignment desk in a TV newsroom as they had a tough job.  Not only did they have to monitor the scanner and juggle news crews in the field to get them where they were needed, they had to play a game each day.  The game?  Where [...]

It’s ALL about WMC These Days & The City of Louisville Knows How to “Get a Party Started”.

Somebody asked me the other day if I was picking on WMC.  No, it’s just that I’m folks from over there are feeding me information and nobody else around town is these days.
Case in point:  I got an email last week with a link to the WMC website about a car giveaway.  The giveaway isn’t [...]

Odds and Ends on a Thursday Morning * (with a note added this afternoon)

I think I’m still trying to get over the loss Monday night by the Memphis Tigers. I know that eventually I will, but it may take a few more days.
Turns out WREG was a winner despite the loss by the Tigers. According to information I received Tuesday morning (but was too depressed to [...]

So Much for the Information Age

If you want to read something scary, look over the following excerpt that I found on Shoptalk.
Last fall only one in 21 students could name the U.S. secretary of defense.  Their grasp of history was little better. The question of when the Civil War was fought invited an array of responses — half a dozen were [...]

Why Memphis (The City) Needs Memphis (The University) to Win the NCAA Basketball Championship

The city of Memphis has an inferiority complex and it’s not a very good one at that. (rimshot) How can I say that. I’ve lived here for more than 19 years that’s how. From my observations of those who live here, those who’ve moved away to get away from “that place” and [...]

No Station, Same Attitude. When Penguins Fly and It’s Hard Out There for a Pimp and for Me Too!

Man, oh man. It’s hard out there for a pimp and for a working stiff like me too. Between a couple of projects that have kept me busy, the opening of wild turkey season and not a lot to write about, some folks have been complaining that I’m not cranking out the stuff [...]