Random Musings...

I stayed up all last night watching the breaking news from Buffalo... My heart goes out to those affected by this tragedy. Never easy to think about 'do I know anyone on it?'

As one who enjoys following the ins and outs of local TV news coverage in areas away from ours, I found it interesting that CNN was carrying the coverage from the NBC station in Buffalo, but MSNBC could not. I'd love to see what those contracts and agreements say. NBC does own some of its affiliates, but not all of them. WGRZ (NBC in Buffalo) is owned by Gannett, the same folks who own USA Today. I wonder if CNN and Gannett have an agreement. CNN easily topped MSNBC and Fox News last night, simply on its access to coverage from WGRZ and the ABC affiliate, WKBW. I think all those MSNBC budget cuts reared their ugly heads last night.

MSNBC has good nighttime programs, if you lean that way politically. If Olbermann's not talking too much politics, I'll watch him. Everything else doesn't really interest me.

Fox News and CNN are alright. I'll watch HLN (formerly CNN Headline News) in the morning. I used to watch Glenn Beck, but now he's on FNC at 5pm, and I'm usually watching local news.

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Speaking of local news, a co-worker commented to me how many people they didn't recognize on Newswatch 16. Aside from the anchors, most of the reporters have changed over the last few years.

It's good to see Bob Reynolds when he and I run into each other when he's in town. His wife, Paula, gave me my first commercial radio job in Scranton. My first day on the job was 2/18/96, the day President Clinton visited Wilkes-Barre and I covered it... I've blogged about this before, but my first day on the job included being in the same room with Bill Clinton, Tom Ridge, Brian Williams, ABC's Ann Compton, CBS's Mark Knoller, Wendell Goler (now with Fox), and a lot of the traveling White House Press Corps.

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Did your house almost blow away last night?

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Congratulations to the 93% of baseball players who have never used performance-enhancing drugs in their lives. It's the other 7% who make the news and SportsCenter.

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Bye, Brett Favre. Again. In other news, Vinny Testaverde will come out of retirement to quarterback the Buccaneers next year. ;)

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Happy Valentines Day. I'm taking my folks out to dinner before my show tonight. Talk with you after basketball.

Buckle Up,
TS