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2nd Annual Best of Montgomery Media Candidates
This kicks off on Thursday, Sept. 1. If you think someone is missing from the list, let us know. Best Female TV Anchor: Tonya Terry Valorie Lawson Sally Pitts Jennifer Oravet Stefanie Hicks Jamie Langley Katy Sulhoff Michelle Arnold Best Male TV Anchor Nathan O’Leary Phil Doherty Glenn Halbrooks Jeff Sanders Tim Lennox Judd Davis [...]
30Aug2011 | Brian Harris | 5 comments | Continued
Dan Morris is Back
Dan Morris is back on News Talk 107.9 as “The Dan Morris Show”. Per Dan, “Liftoff will be Wednesday at 12:00noon. The show will air Monday-Friday 12:00-3:00 on (News Talk) 107.9.” So there you go guys…three hours at that. It’s unclear what will become of the Viewpoint name though at this time.
28Aug2011 | Brian Harris | 12 comments | Continued
WACQ Changes
On Saturday, August 27, 2011, Jason and I were invited to be the guest on Michael Bird’s Saturday Morning Show on WACQ. After the program I was able to meet with Mr.Fred Randall Hughey…owner of WACQ. I personally was very excited because I had questions concerning what was going on with AM 580 and AM [...]
27Aug2011 | Brian Harris | 0 comments | Continued
MTR Podcast for 08.27.11
Myself and Jason had the opportunity to join Michael Bird’s Saturday Morning Show at WACQ 1130 AM/101.1 FM in Tallassee on Saturday morning, August 27. There were a lot of interesting topics discussed including Finebaum and Dan Morris…listen in. MTR Podcast for 08.27.2011
27Aug2011 | Brian Harris | 0 comments | Continued
Paul Finebaum On The Move?
Every once in awhile I allow my self to post some pure speculation, so here I go. Paul Finebaum is suing Citadel (soon to be Cumulus, who owns Sports Radio 740 Montgomery). His claim is that he was forced to sign a new contract when Citadel entered bankruptcy. He was allegedly told he had to [...]
26Aug2011 | Brian Harris | 3 comments | Continued
Tallassee AM Changing Frequencies
Tallassee’s WACQ is wrapping up a transition from AM 1130 to AM 580. I’ve looked up all the stuff online about the frequencies and their wattages and have received a lot of conflicting information. With that in mind along with all the other changes and goings on here in Montgomery in TV and Radio, Jason [...]
23Aug2011 | Brian Harris | 0 comments | Continued
The Rise of the DJ
Radio was in peril during the 1950s. Listeners of serialized dramas, comedy shows, and news programming had migrated to television, leaving radio to begin anew. No one could have predicted that radio’s true golden age was about to begin. There are many fathers of rock and roll, but perhaps none more prominent than the disc [...]
22Aug2011 | Michael Bird | 0 comments | Continued
Don Day Back at WLWI
The subject line is slightly misleading but all in all is truthful. Don Day is back and at WLWI, albeit as host of the Sunday Evening Oldies show. He’s actually been there at WLWI for a little more than two weeks. You can hear him from 6 to 10pm, Sundays on WLWI 92.3. Welcome back [...]
18Aug2011 | Brian Harris | 2 comments | Continued
Viewpoint Ratings – The Truth
There’s been a lot of buzz, especially on Facebook, with everyone talking about the reason Viewpoint with Dan Morris was taken off the morning time slot at News Talk 107.9…here are the official numbers provided by Bluewater Broadcasting and re-printed with their permission. As I have mentioned before – the core demographic for News Talk [...]
18Aug2011 | Brian Harris | 14 comments | Continued
Viewpoint To Continue, Morris Made Offer
In a statement issued today from Bluewater Broadcasting Owner Rick Peters – it was announced that the Viewpoint program will continue but in a new time slot. “Viewpoint, the longest running talk show in Alabama will continue to air on News Talk (107.9) at Noon, Monday-Friday, with a replay on the weekends. This will begin [...]
18Aug2011 | Brian Harris | 20 comments | Continued
2nd Annual Best of Montgomery Media
Jason and I have talked about when or if we have a 2nd Annual Best of Montgomery Media for probably 3 months. We had even set a tentative date of August 1, 2011 to start it off. Here’s the conclusions that we came to: 1) It’s a lot of work for us. 2) It’s a [...]
17Aug2011 | Brian Harris | 6 comments | Continued
Finally! After almost a year and a half since Montgomery locals were turned up on Direct. Picture quality is great. ...