Not very many things I’m told actually stun me but news this morning from several folks hit me like a punch to the stomach. My friend and former colleague Brian Teigland has died. One of the callers contacting me indicated that Brian had been in and out of the hospital recently but gave [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Longtime Memphis TV Weatherman Brian Teigland Has Died
July 25, 2008Any Word Yet on Whether WREG Will Keep a Presence at Peabody Place and I’ve Got a New Favorite Network
July 21, 2008Still no word on whether WREG will maintain its presence at Peabody Place. Not too long ago I posted on the big changes planned for PP which for those not familiar with it started out as an upscale shopping destination attached to the Peabody Hotel in downtown Memphis. WREG opened a small studio [...]
How NOT to Do a Morning Live Shot and the Man with the Controversial Fainting Goats has Died
July 16, 2008The life of a morning TV news reporter is tough. IMHO these folks have the most thankless position ANYWHERE in the TV news organization. They are often abused, so to speak, by managers who want them to come in, be ready to hit the ground running with a live shot for the early [...]
Turns Out It’s “Someone Else”
July 14, 2008Roll the Breaking News Open, none of the stations in Memphis will have a sister station in Nashville afterall.
According to a news release from Landmark Communications which owns WTVF and KLAS, the new owner is Bonten Media Group: Here is the release:
Landmark Communications announced today that it has agreed to sell NewsChannel 5 (WTVF), located [...]
Raycom, Local TV or Someone Else AND There Appears to be a Ghost in Our Radio
July 14, 2008One of the two stations in Memphis could learn today if they will have a sister station in the Music City. Staff at WTVF are scheduled for a meeting at 8:55 this morning where the managers are expected to announce who won in the bidding for WTVF and KLAS. Both Raycom and Local [...]
A Reader of This Blog Poses a Question About Local TV News In Memphis
July 10, 2008I’ve been fortunate to make contact with a number of folks thanks to my blog and one of those who checks in on occasion resides in Brazil. Yes, that Brazil, as in South America. He actually has a Memphis connection and attended the University of Memphis State University and if memory serves me, he interned [...]
A Former Memphis TV Reporter Finds that Sometimes the Scoop Can Lead to a Lawsuit and I Am Not a Consumer Reporter Nor Do I Play One on TV
July 8, 2008There’s nothing like a good news scoop to get the attention of the viewing public and more importantly, your bosses. After all, impress your bosses enough and you’ll get that raise. But sometimes that scoop will come back to bite you. That’s not a problem as long as you’ve done nothing wrong [...]
Apprently I Struck a Nerve with Someone DOTR and A Former ND with WREG Resigns
July 6, 2008Wow, I hit a nerve with someone who professes to work at WREG on my recent post about how times were tight. In that post I mentioned how I was told by a reliable source that a planned out of town excursion was made possible because the reporter and the videographer ended up staying [...]
WMC Goes HD to Earn Bragging Rights, Let’s Do The Fireworks Safety Story and A Commercial to Rival the Head-On Product
July 2, 2008Well take that WREG, WHBQ and WPTY/WLMT. WMC is now broadcasting its local news in High Definition. I tuned in for the inaugural broadcast and let me tell you, the folks at WMC are pumped about it. After opening with a hamburger recall story involving Kroger, Joe and Donna proceeded to tell [...]
"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."