Someone Who Knows How to Promote, My Phone is Now Officially Smarter Than I Am and a Blatant Plug for Someone Who Asked for One

I had to get my wife’s car over to the dealership this morning bright and early (or in the case it was overcast and early) to get the 50-thousand mile check-up.  So as I was driving over I was listening to Drake and Zeke on 98.1.  They had been promoting that morning (and probably during [...]

Did Mike Fleming Get the Ax and Covering the Swine/Bird Flu Outbreak

I was chatting with a friend of mine who asked me if I had heard the news about Mike Fleming of WREC radio.  I, of course said I had not and the person said MF had gotten the ax and that fellow conservative Ben Ferguson would be taking his place.  I was told it was [...]

Observations on a Monday Morning

I’ve been out of town on business for the past week in the Orlando area and just now getting caught up.  In the mornings I tried to catch up on what is going on in the world and catch the local weather as well for Central Florida.  I found plenty of weather information but not [...]

Now A Word for TV News Webmasters

The Web folks for TV news can have a tough job.  They’re trying to cope with getting stories posted to their websites and trying to make sure ad content is where it is supposed to be.  Sometimes the mojo just doesn’t work.  This was brought to my attention by my former co-worker and still very [...]

Shame on Some Local TV Coverage?

Since I started this blog a few years back I get the occasional email from someone wanting me to help solve a problem here in the Memphis area.  Sometimes they are looking for Andy Wise specifically, sometimes they’re just looking to contact the local “on-your-side/problem-solving/get-in-your face team or whatever the marketing people at a particular [...]

So Long to a Great Local Anchor

I was wrapping up some work on the old computer this Thursday night and was looking over some emails when I noticed one from a former colleague now living in Nashville asking about a Facebook connection.  I clicked on that and that’s when I noticed that she was offering condolences about a death at WSMV [...]

Odds and Ends on Monday Morning

I have to admit I’m not finding much these days in the local newspaper that really catches my attention.  Sunday morning’s Commercial Appeal Viewpoint section had an article that did.  It was called “My Thoughts” and was written by Todd Richardson.  It focused on the role the media plays in shaping the view of the [...]