Archive for November, 2008

So, Anybody Out There in TV News Ready to Take a Salary Cut, Is There Such a Thing as a Real Life Portrayal of Life in the TV News World and I Think I Have Some Numbers for Memphis from the November Book.

November 30, 2008

Times are tough out there for everybody.  Heck I’d propose downsizing in my household to just one dog but I’m afraid my wife would keep both of them and boot me.  I see where TV stations are REALLY looking at the bottom line as even the mainstay advertisers (car dealers)  are said to be cutting [...]

Has a Tooth Been Pulled In The Non-Compete Clause Issue In Memphis Media, I Get a Solid Explanation as to Why My Picture from WMC Runs Off the Sides of My TV Screen and Memphis Loses Another Radio Personality

November 10, 2008

Back when the announcement was first made that Andy Wise was leaving WREG for WMC I really didn’t think that it would be a FULL year before AW was back on the air.  As I posted previously I figured that WMC might roll out AW during the May sweeps or even during the July book [...]

Darn You, Liberal Media, Some Local Ratings Numbers from Election Night, and A Member of the Bush Household Gets a Taste of that Liberal Media.

November 6, 2008

I’ve really tried hard NOT to blog about the recent presidential election and so many things surrounding it but I figure just this once. First, I will admit that for the first time since living in Memphis, a political sign was planted in our front yard.  As a person employed in the local news [...]

InDecision 2008

November 4, 2008

I may get my wife back now that the election is over.  She has been beside herself over the last few months as she worried whether her presidential candidate would persevere in this race.  From the other room where she is/has been  flipping through the channels, it sounds like she is watching a college football [...]