Security for News People, A Reunion is a Reunion and Gum Chewers as a Backdrop.

The recent attack and death of a news anchor/reporter in Little Rock prompted me to think about security and the lack thereof in some cases for news people.  For those not up to speed on the death of 26 year old Anne Pressly , here’s a link to a news report.  While it appears that [...]

To Blog or Not To Blog. That WAS The Question.

I’ve wrestled over something all day Monday after a couple of phone calls and emails about the death of the chief engineer at WREG.  I finally decided that I would post something.  First, I’m keeping the family of Charles Riales in my thoughts and prayers and would hope that those who read this would do [...]

The Sale of a Powerhouse Station in Tennessee Augers In, and A Tip of the Hat to a Memphis TV Guy!

It appears the credit/banking crisis put the brakes on a planned TV sale in Nashville bringing everything to a screeching halt.  And I would venture a guess that the good folks at WTVF are actually breathing a sign of relief.  Here is the first line of the release: Landmark Media Enterprises, LLC has terminated the [...]

Rumors of Pending Layoffs in the Memphis Media, Why TV People Need to be Nice in Public, And An Encounter with a Former Member of Memphis Area Broadcasting

A couple of weeks ago I had a person with what I consider the appropriate connections tell me that a big layoff announcement was forthcoming in the Memphis news business.  The business?  The Commercial Appeal.  This person told me that the announcement was slated for October 23rd.  I’m not sure of why that particular date [...]

A Note of a Birth, A Note About Survival and A Note About an Annoyance.

I’m starting at the end and working my way back to the top on this post.
As someone who has worked on a lengthy newscast (more than an hour long) I know there are just so many ways to say things and to transition to the next story without being  repetitively redundant.  I know it can [...]

Closed Captioning on Local TV News

The presidential and vice presidential debates are big around our humble abode aka Larksmith Manor.  As I’ve explained in previous posts my wife is a political junkie.  While I think the political process got started way too early this cycle, she’s in there every day in front of the TV or radio getting her political [...]

Odds and Ends on a Wednesday Afternoon

Some good news on the Sarah Palin name conversion site.  It’s back. The site went down not long after I had linked to it and I had surmised that someone had gotten to the publisher of said site to pull it.  Well, I checked it out again and found it was indeed up and running [...]