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Love, Peace, Soul
They just don’t make them like Don Cornelius anymore. A native of Chicago’s South Side, he served in the Marines during the Korean War. He came home and worked several odd jobs with the Chicago Police Department, and even sold insurance and tires. But he dreamed of being on the radio. He quit all his [...]
8Feb2012 | Michael Bird | 0 comments | Continued
WIYC HD Now Live On Dish Network
Today, Dish Network launched WIYC (Weather Nation) in HD on local channel 67. Dish now has 6 local channels in HD. We’re hearing a seventh, The CW, may be in HD for all local providers this summer. Also, an old favorite may be returning to Dish. Smithsonian HD was uplinked but not made available today. [...]
8Feb2012 | Jason Trippe | 25 comments | Continued
WIYC (Weather Nation) In HD? (With Update)
It appears that Montgomery has a new HD local station. WIYC (fomerly The Country Network, now Weather Nation) is in HD 1080i 16×9 with dolby digital. I was first tipped off by Dish Network’s uplink report today. See it here. WIYC HD was uplinked but not available. (We’ll update you as soon as it goes [...]
25Jan2012 | Jason Trippe | 6 comments | Continued
Dish Network Launches WAIQ(APT/PBS) HD and Uplinks Another Local HD
As predicted last week, today Dish Network launched WAIQ HD in glorious HD on channel 26-00 HD. Also, of curious note, Dish uplinked WIYC HD. I did not know WIYC was even in HD. We will contact them for more details. Dish now has all of the HD locals for Montgomery. Many of you won’t [...]
25Jan2012 | Jason Trippe | 0 comments | Continued
Charter Doubles HD Offerings in 2011
Over the past few years I’ve made several snarky comments about the lack of HD channels from our local cable companies. The satellite companies were killing the competition. Well, to quote ESPN analyst Lee Corso, “Not so fast my friend.” Over the last year Charter Communications has doubled its HD offerings. Heading into 2011 [...]
23Jan2012 | Jason Trippe | 14 comments | Continued
Dish Network To Add WAIQ APT/PBS HD
Today, Dish Network uplinked WAIQ(APT/PBS) in HD. However, it is not yet available. Dish is adding PBS HD stations all across America. We expect them to light up WAIQ HD in the next couple of weeks. MTR will update you once this happens. No news on Charter’s plans on WAIQ or DirecTV’s plans for WCOV for [...]
18Jan2012 | Jason Trippe | 7 comments | Continued
Gump Night
104.9 The Gump is debuting on Thursday, January 12th the new program “Gump Night”. Regional and local bands who play original material will be featured. The first week has Jack of Hearts out of Atlanta playing live from the It’ll Do Tavern. http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/100815/wacv-debuts-gump-night
9Jan2012 | Brian Harris | 3 comments | Continued
A Golden Year In Popular Music
In the winter and early spring, the Beach Boys made a record; the Rolling Stones regrouped with a new member; Bob Dylan performed a concert that was later released on vinyl; Ray Charles broke new artistic ground; and the Beatles recorded a demo. That paragraph could have been written about any year between 1962, and [...]
9Jan2012 | Michael Bird | 0 comments | Continued
WSFA Remains #1
It’s not much surprise to most that WSFA (per Nielsen Media Research November 2011 Ratings Period) has maintained their lead as the #1 station in the Montgomery market. “Whether it’s serving our community with 12’s Day of Giving or breaking into programming when the weather is threatening, we want our viewers to come to us [...]
1Jan2012 | Brian Harris | 27 comments | Continued
Top Posts for 2011
In case you were wondering…here are the top 10 post from MontgomeryTVandRadio.com in 2011. 10. Dish Drops WCOV 9. May 2011 TV Ratings 8. Layoffs at Bluewater 7. Adam Bagni Leaving WNCF 6. Dish Network and DirecTV Increase Prices in 2011 5. Viewpoint Ratings – The Truth 4. DirecTV/Dish vs. WCOV 3. Viewpoint to Continue; [...]
1Jan2012 | Brian Harris | 0 comments | Continued
How Will 2011 Be Remembered?
As we approach the end of the Mayan calendar in 2012 (don’t get me started on the end of the world thing), let us look back on an eventful 2011. ROYAL WEDDING: Prince William and Kate Middleton captured the attention, and the hearts, of the world with their fairytale wedding in April. For a moment, [...]
26Dec2011 | Michael Bird | 3 comments | Continued
Finally! After almost a year and a half since Montgomery locals were turned up on Direct. Picture quality is great. ...