God May Speak to Hizzonner but the News Gods are Dissing Him Big Time

In real estate it’s all about location, location, location.  In the news business it’s all about…..timing.  When Hurricane Elvis hit and crippled the city of Memphis in the summer of 2003, most of the outside world didn’t know about the storm damage because there was a HUGE power outage that crippled the northeast that same [...]

A Veteran of Real TV News in Memphis Passes, Some Morning Show Competition, A smart Move by some Local Radio Stations and When Is a Radio Remote NOT a Radio Remote

Longtime viewers of Memphis TV will know the name of Paul Dorman, formerly of WREC/WREG TV.  Mr. Dorman died earlier this week.  I was alerted to this by Todd Demers, the weather guru on WREG’s Morning show and former co-worker of mine.  Here’s a link for those wanting to check out more information on Mr. [...]

Goodbye Uncle Walter, Hello Anniversary of the First Man on the Moon and How Long Before a Musical Based on the Life of Michael Jackson

And that’s the way it is.  I can still hear Walter Cronkite utter those words as he signed off the evening news.  In Western Kentucky, we only really had two stations that came in clear enough to watch.  One was the CBS affiliate out of Cape Girardeau, MO and the other was the NBC affiliate [...]

Odds and Ends on a Tuesday afternoon.

“It is an ill wind that blows no good. “  I must say that John Heywood  hit the proverbial nail on the head when he came up with that particular phrase.  I say that because I recently traveled to Bowling Green, KY for the visitation services of the engineer at the first radio station I [...]

Why You Shouldn’t Wait to Renew Old Acquaintances

I received an email this morning that made my heart sink.  The email shared with me that Dean Maggard, the former engineer for the first radio station I worked at (WLBJ-AM/FM in Bowling Green, KY)  had died.  The person who contacted me, Jay Swafford (aka Jay Preston, James Preston Swafford) used to be the Assistant [...]

If I Promise to Clean my Plate, Make My Bed and Take Out the Garbage Without Complaining, Will You Please Stop the Michael Jackson Coverage/Specials and Why Does Memphis Have an Inferiority Complex (and not a very good one at that!)

I know that I’ve already visited this particular rant but when I opened the morning paper this Monday morning and saw that all of the networks plan to offer live coverage/specials for Michael Jackson this week, I almost spit out my coffee.  I guess I just need to turn off the old tube for about [...]