We Survived the Weather Yet Again, Ursula Proves She’s Ready for Prime Time, and We’re Back on for The BIG Digital Switchover

I for one was glad to see the bulk of the winter nastiness pass to the north of us.  Oh, don’t get me wrong, I love to see some snow but ice is always bad news and it proved to be yet again.  As some of the faithful readers of this blog know, most of [...]

Observations About Media on a Monday

“There’s no such thing as bad publicity about a TV station as long as they get the call letters right.“  Those words are from a former news director from WREG during my tenure there.  I’ve thought about what he said on a number of occasions since I first heard the phrase  and I will have [...]

A New (and Historic) Day Dawns in the U.S.

I generally try to keep politics out of my blog but today I am making an exception.  More on that in a moment.  When it comes to politics, I consider myself a centrist.  Depending on the issues and where the person judging me might be standing, I might lean toward being a moderate conservative or [...]

Odds and Ends on a Cold Thursday Afternoon

Yes it is a cold day in Memphis but things are heating up a bit regarding the city’s mayor.  It’s been the popular topic just about everywhere I’ve been.  I was even asked my opinion Wednesday morning in a man-on-the-street interview. Actually it wasn’t on the street that I ran into Earl Ferrell , now [...]

Let’s Do That Digital Conversion Thing Already, Do I Get a Credit for This Particular Idea? Plus, I Have a Question about a Show that Used to Air in Memphis.

I read that there is a suggestion/proposal to delay the switchover by TV stations from an analog to digital signal.  It seems there is a big concern that eight million households (I think that was the number I saw) won’t be ready for the conversion and will be left in the dark.  A spokesman for [...]

To Blog or Not to Blog

To blog or not to blog.  That is the question and as of this writing I’m still formulating an answer.
I started this blog in late December 2005 about one year after I left employment at WREG.  At the time my wife asked me why I was bothering to write on a blog and more importantly, [...]