MONDAY MORNING DON IS BACK!


Catch him on RFD (see the link
for more on the tv stuff) and lets
all see if he is the same or tamed?

The staff at the MR hopes he comes
out with his hair on fire and his
butt catching..firing both guns
and taking no prisoners. Bless his
old mad heart the Nut Jobs along
with the far left have worked like
FIELD HANDS to pillory this old man and
he needs to let everyone know it, go
get um DON!!!







The radio history blog has
some good stuff about the DATE WITH DOC show!
The blogmeister is doing a great job digging up
facts and lies. With time both blend together!



Who do you trust? In the beginning it was obvious FOX was right
CNN was left and NBC was nuts! Now it kind of looks like
MSNBC ( the nearly dead cable news station that Al
talked into
firing Imus) has turned on CNN over their
use of another Hillary plant in the debate.


OH and this morning


BABS
has announced that she blesses
Hillary and will make her the
next leader of the free world.




As has been reported in the past
Babs is a shade left of center and
a (FOB) friend of Bill.
Just how big a FOB is she?



Well lets just say they are
CLOSE!

It is so much fun to watch libs eat
their young!



Here be the notes and
comments from this week.
As always Ms Farkwad
will select a few of the
more violent ones and
expound on them @





Anonymous said...
walker, lay off the moonshine.
if its a slow news day,
just admit it.
dont waste our time with
that bs you just posted.
after all, this is the media report,
not the crapola news.
and when r u gonna give
up the info on wfiv?
maybe u r washed up after all.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007 5:49:00 AM EST


Anonymous said...
Walker..
this is the BEST post your staff has ever produced!

Please tell Butttterfly to keep up the good work..
See what happens when
you come down out of the trees and find a great job!

As for the Metro Pulse,
they are now nothing
more than a shadow of the sentinel
and an outlet for the left
coast thinkers that run that rag!

Who is the person asking about WFIV?
Better yet what is WFIV?
Sorry but radio died for
me the day XM showed up in my new car.

We still talk about CP and Walker and
the coach. That was radio worth turning on.

Again, keep it up and
add more like this
it was both fun and refreshing to
read after seeing what the
sentinel had to offer this morning.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007 8:40:00 AM EST


Anonymous said...
I had no idea someone
tried to shoot out a camera?
Good for them.
I am going to get him a gift certificate to
Cold Creek so he can work on his aim!

You should start a
new blog just like this one.
At times talk of radio and
local television gets old.

This was a fun read!

Tuesday, November 27, 2007 8:42:00 AM EST


Anonymous said...
The station the guy keeps
asking about is owned by
doug horn and the few people
still working there are saying
he is firing everyone at Christmas.

All of his stations are
on the block but the price is to
high.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007 1:50:00 PM EST


Anonymous said...
media report...media report...
where ole where is my media report...
I kissed the toad all over and a all I got was warts!!...
please continue the media report..I'll start it off....

running your mouth off about the
number 1 station in the market..
and slamming their talent..

having your rant heard by
a your boss as he's driving thru town that
fateful morning...

getting suspended..and
damn near losing your job....PRICELESS!!!

And since Kojack is back
on the air,not one word
about the other station...
not one word..think his butt
is still sore from the
shoes of his bosses
going far up the outer regions!!!

All right kids...
lets kick it up a notch...carry on!!!!!!!

Tuesday, November 27, 2007 4:20:00 PM EST


Anonymous said...
doug horn =
the grinch that stole Christmas

what a total asshole to
fire peeps at Christmastime.
here's hoping he gets a big lump of coal
in his sack--oh wait, he doesn't have
a sack! firing folks this time
of year oughta get his butt thrown in jail

maybe he can make an
annual pilgrimage to
wherever they print the money

Wednesday, November 28, 2007 11:06:00 AM EST


Anonymous said...
Kelli parker leaves the
WVLT anchor desk at 6 and 11p.

Barbie-doll girl Abby
(big ole)Hams leaves and
every damn body goes crazy.
Kelli Parker was much more
talented, had more credibility
as a journalist, and
not one peep about her out of any of you.
Believe it or not, I am a WBIR fan,
not so much a Channel 8 fan, but gee,
can't we give Ms. Kelli a shout out?

By the way -
what the hell is Horne Radio?
What a waste of air space!!!!!
That liberal ass needs to
sell all those radio assets back
to the communities in which they are from.
At least the station in Oak Ridge
could probably survive on its own and
make money.
And anybody allowing that
car guy Harry Douglas (Lane)
on more than five days a week
needs to be taken out and shot.
105.3 is a train wreck and
has not been worth a lick damn
since Horne bought it. Bring back the OLD West 105-3 days.

By the way- "WFIV"
call letters meaning-
Farragut's Independent Voice"
(blatant rip-off of WIVK's legendary calls-
Independent Voice of Knoxville)

Wednesday, November 28, 2007 10:30:00 PM EST




Anonymous said...
First of all, from the Channel 8 newsdesk,
more of Stacey and Allison!
Walker, I have read on here in
the past the ratings for Knoxville,
but they always only have the commercial stations.
Is there any way to find out how the
non-coms are doing compared to the for-profit stations?
There are at least four non-comms
that I think are doing well,
but I'd like to have a more definite idea. Can you help?


Thursday, November 29, 2007 11:05:00 AM EST
Anonymous said...

BORED? Not at all, this stuff is funny.

My family watches 10 so
we don't know who anyone is on the other stations.
If you want to report on someone
then talk about Beth or the ladies onthe show just before
hers.
People know who these people are.

GOOD LORD ARE YOU REALLY STILL HUNGRY?


The staff is still napping after their
Thanksgiving Feast of boiled Spotted Owl,
Snail Darter Tar Tar and large slices of Baboon
(Endangered of course) pie.


The good news is
cub reporter Julia Butterfly Hill



came up with a brilliant idea of raising
the “print” rock and checking
out what those wild and crazy kids
were doing over this
long Thanksgiving/Shopping
Holiday!

Julia reports the good ole far left wanta be
called the Metro Pulse
ran a letter to the editor
that caused even her green heart to jump up and cry,
“Uh..say WHAT?”

The red meat of the letter
was all about how Turkey Creek Shopping Haven
has ruined the largest
wet land this side of Coonassville, Louisiana!


The point the letter writer was
trying to make was instantly harpooned
by said writer when he admitted
he really didn’t care about
much of anything other than downtown Knoxville.
Excuse me? The last time I checked
Map Quest the creek of the turkeys is so far west
you can dang near smell Bowater on a clear day.
Mr. Greenie then made sure his
argument was deader than
a Harp Seal pup’s cracked cranium when
he signed off with
a Sevier County Address!


Still Julia or as we call her Butterfly,
felt the issue of Shopping Center verses Wet Land
was something that needed to be explored further.

Simply put a Wetland is a SWAMP!

Bad things live in SWAMPS.



A Shopping Center is dry and turns bad things



into good things!







Case closed.

All Saints Be Praised Turkey Creek is a good thing!


The greatest story of the week featured
one Clifford E. Clark III
who allegedly told the local
law when pulled over
with a thirty aught six


in the
floor of his van…
"He stated he didn't want
to say what he was
doing because he didn't
want to get into trouble,"

Reportedly Clifford was the star suspect
in the murder of one of those
insidious traffic camera things
that Knoxville has hung all over town
to bolster the “widows and orphans fund”
and nail color blind drivers!


Reports were someone had touched off
a boat load of rounds from a nice size gun..



three of which
drew blood thus
wounding the defenseless camera.
Because our legal team of Dewy Cheatum and Howl
believes the case will be tied up
in court for years we thought
we would just drop the question of
Mr. Clark’s guilt or innocence
and talk about how to shoot out
one of those cameras and NOT be caught!

First if you just have to use a large caliber deer rifle
leave the aught six in the wife’s truck
and borrow this from your step kid’s Uncle Snake!





With this bad boy
you can sit across the county line
and knock those things off
their polls all night long.

Truth is if you want to avoid
riding in the back of the car with the chicken wire
you really need to go old school.

Ask your Grand Pappy about the nights
he used to take out those street lights
before they were housed in that thick glass.
He will turn you on to an arms supplier
that has killed millions of cats, squirrels, birds,
pond gold fish, rats, mice, and snakes
while being made famous by selling
the weapon that almost shot Ralphie Parker’s eye out!





Quiet, accurate and made for those one eyed revenue generators these puppies will get the job done and have you home in the rumpus room long before Barney and the boys arrive at the scene!

Be careful out there and happy hunting!

At last Don Imus has paid his
debt (not the money part a few
of those BB women are going to law
the guy) to a certain segment of society and
is headed back to both RADIO


and TELEVISION!




Here be the facts as we know them
and for Ms Farkwads thoughts on the
return of the I Man dash over to her blog
right now!

GOOD MONDAY MORNING!
The leaves are gone up in the
hills but they still are hanging
around down here.
The above pictures were taken last
year when we had RAIN and color!




Find more photos like this on GoSmokies





In less than a week we “may” know what happened at 105 (WFIV), the AAA FM Flag Ship station of the Horn Radio Network. Less than a decade ago the group consisted of some rather strong local AM stations and an under powered FM. Sadly a questionable Knoxville radio character took over the operation and robbed several surrounding communities of their local stations by firing staff and cutting local programming. The result was something called the Horn Radio Network. The Network not only stripped the stations of their community service and identity but the programming that replaced it has never been much to get excited about. The FM survived the initial gutting but last week the person behind the AAA format hit the bricks. Much more to come on this one..so stay tuned!


CHECK IT OUT!
MS FARKWAD NOW HAS HER
OWN BLOG! She is
E MAILING HER POSTS
TO MANAGEMENT AND WE ARE
PUBLISHING THEM!
CHECK OUT BOTH HER SITE AND
HER CALENDAR PICTURE FROM
A FEW YEARS AGO!

POOR OLE CNN is working like
a yeller dawg to get SOMEONE
to watch them.
WELL they figured out a way
that finally WORKED by RIGGING
the Democrat debate.
Wolf and the crew are now
pulling out all the stops and
tossing ethics right out the window.
Problem is FOX is still beating them.
You have to love it!


Ms. Farkwad’s staff and the woman herself have added their thoughts to some of the more edgy comments from last week.
Everyone who chimed in gets a big gold star and a giant attaboy from both the staff and their queen. As always if any of the comments OR, in this case their responses stir your visceral fluids touch off a comment. All are welcome and as always NEVER edited!

Anonymous said...
A)When is Fox 43 getting their own news at 10PM?



MS FARKWAD
SOON WE HOPE!







Tuesday, November 13, 2007 7:55:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...

WBIR News sucks. Rusty Pabst from the News-Sentinel? Howdy, folks, welcome to Yokumville! I'm Rusty Pabst with da hedlines. Come meet my brudders, Shiney Bud and Chillur Miller. I talk just as dumb as I look. For real news without puppy dogs and daisies, watch WATE News. Local news should be facts, not kittycat fluff. The real pros are at 6, where they know how to run a control board. 10 is ripe for a killing.

MS FARKWAD
HEY, ONE REASON THAT 6 AND THEIR PROS CAN’T KILL 10 IS THEY DON’T GET IT! KNOXVILLE LIKES PUPPY DAWGS, DAISIES, SCHWALL, HEART DANG LAND. THEY DON’T LIKE NEWS THAT ISN’T NEWS AND THEY HATE BREAKING NEWS THAT NEVER BREAKS!


Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:24:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...

Good WATE lapdog, Anon 11:24!
Woof, woof!

WATE wouldn't know a fact if it walked out of Greystone's basement and onto the set.

Hype? Meaningless lives and walk-and-talks? Bo Williams wasting his time and ours with pothole exposé’s?


MS FARKWAD
HOLD ON, IF WATE HAD BEEN ON THE BALL WITH THEIR POTHOLE EXPOSE I WOULDN’T HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE AND THE BALL JOINT ON MY 63 RAMBLER!



A reporting staff touted as experienced enough to "focus on Knox County", when that experience consists of desk assistant (intern)
duty in major markets coupled with MONTHS of street work in Mayberry BFE?

Yep.
That's WATE, all right.

The NEWS station.


Wednesday, November 14, 2007 12:15:00 AM EST
Anonymous said...
QUOTE- "E) Put Dan Farkas back on the street weekday as reporter. Not as an insult, but he had MORE TALENT with packaging reports for news. And why can't WBIR attract/hire sports people?"

Farkas is a pussy on the air. He acts like an ESPN wannabe, but doesn't have the stones to pull it off. He sounds like he's reading "Cinderella" to kindergarteners.


MS FARKWAD
WORDS LIKE THAT ON THIS BLOG MAKE ME WANT TO WASH YOUR MOUTH OUT WITH IVORY! ALSO CINDERELLA WOULD DO A BANG UP JOB READING TO PRE-SCHOOLERS IF SHE HAD NOT BEEN KILLED ON THE DRAGON WHEN HER SCOOTER RAN UNDER THAT MILK TRUCK!

Channel 10 is too cheap to hire good sports people. Pay for the talent or put out the same crap as before. Might want to look at channels 6 or 8, who actually keep their sports people for a long time. 10 is going down!

MS FARKWAD
WANTS TO THANK THE MANAGEMENT OF 6 AND 8 FOR THEIR POST!


Wednesday, November 14, 2007 4:26:00 AM EST
Anonymous said...
I'd like to see one of the local stations hire Dolly Parton to come in and do the weather, but if they did, my tv would tip over and get all busted up. Just the thought of it makes me want to twist those knobs.


MS FARKWAD
WHAT IS WITH BUST? KNOBS? SORRY BUT TIRED METAPHORS FOR MS PARTON DO NOT GET IT ON THIS BLOG.
NEXT TIME YOU WANT TO CRACK WISE ABOUT MS PARTON’S ATTRIBUTES DROP THE OVER WORKED SLANG AND GO WITH :
Breasticles
Kazongas
Juggernauts
The Twins
Yayas
Bazookas
Majumbas
Nugs
Sweater Meat
U-Boats
Wongas
Love bubbles
Love cushions
Love melons
Love muffins
Cannon Balls

OR THE OLD STAND-BY

BIGGUNS!


Wednesday, November 14, 2007 4:30:00 AM EST
Anonymous said...

I watched 10's report last night on the deputy who was shot...when did journalism 101 include the dictum that thou shalt refer to the alleged perp by his last name, and the victim by his first name? The reporter referred to "Carson" (the alleged triggerman) and "John John" (the victim).

John John????

Bloody hell...

MR FARKWAD
ARE YOU FROM ACROSS THE POND?


Wednesday, November 14, 2007 6:01:00 AM EST
Anonymous said...

HAM IS GONE! Lets drop it ok? She was just another blond and never really did much reporting or quality anchor work.

She did have a nice going away party and everyone was invited but again who cares she is gone!

MS FARKWAD
THE PARTY WAS A C LIST OF WANTABEES AND NOT WORTH THE RISK OF LEAVING YOUR CAR UNATTENDED IN THE OLD CITY!


Farkus or Farkass as some call this guy is good at what he does but those teeth do scare my cat.

MS FARKWAD
HE HAS TEETH LIKE JIMMY CARTER! NO, MORE LIKE BILLY CARTER..YOU KNOW THE SMART ONE!

Beth on Live At Five is the hottest of the field at BIR and she also looks to be the best.

Robin can't dress and until she gets some bondo for that hole in her chin she will never move to a big market.

All the women on 8 are very hot. Liz Tedone is back and if she would take a few laps around the dinner table she could be beautiful again! She still does very good work and it is good to see her on TV once
again.

MS FARKWAD
WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM WITH WOMEN ANCHORS?
YOU WANT UGLY LOOK AT THE MEN!



It is fun to bitch and I am glad this bog lets us!


Wednesday, November 14, 2007 12:07:00 PM EST

Anonymous said...
When I look at those pictures in Knox Radio 101, it takes me back to the good ole days when I first started in radio. I wish someone back then had kicked me in the nuts and sent me to a different career. Then I could eat and pay rent at the same time.

MS FARKWAD
WE HAVE AN ORGANIZED NUT KICKING EVERY FRIDAY AFTERNOON
JUST BEFORE HAPPY HOUR AT
THE MARY KNOX TAVERN;
DROP BY! THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE SET!


Wednesday, November 14, 2007 3:50:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...
Channel 6's trustworthiness sucks compared to 10-12 years ago. And Lori Tucker has always been a bitch. From what I hear, mean to her coworkers that are "beneath" her. You go to Channel 10 or Channel 8 and you won't find any of that shit.

MS FARKWAD
WOULD LIKE TO WASH YOUR MOUTH OUT
WITH TWENTY MULE TEAM BORAX!
NEXT TIME USE FEMALE DOG AND DOO DOO..REMEMBER GROWN PEOPLE
WITH THE MINDS OF SMALL CHILDREN ARE READING YOUR COMMENTS!

Channel 6 should bring back Sam Brown and Margie; hell at least it'd be better than what they have now.

MS FARKWAD
REPORTS ARE SAM AND MARGIE RAN AWAY TO MEXICO
AND ARE RAISING DOGS SO SMALL THEIR PUPPIES FIT IN A TEA CUP!

Channel 10 should continue to use Bill Williams as frequently as possible.

MS FARKWAD
NO ONE SHOULD USE ANYONE BUT THEIR PARENTS!



Wednesday, November 14, 2007 4:29:00 PM EST

Anonymous said...
Should Abby Ham haver her number retired?

No, but a spread in Playboy would be nice.

MS FARKWAD
ONLY READS THE ARTICLES IN PLAYBOY.

With all the eating establishments Ken Schwall visits, his ass should be as wide as the interstate. But I still like to watch his reports. Schwall and The Heartland Series are about the only two redeeming things on channel ten.

MS FARKWAD
MR SCHWALL’S ASS WAS KILLED BY A PACK OF WILD DOGS TWO WEEKS
AGO BUT HIS LAMA AND DONKEY
WERE SAVED BECAUSE THEY WERE
OUT FOR A RIDE WITH HIM IN THE BACK SEAT OF HIS GEO.

If Abby is unavailable, how about a Stacey McClung spread ?

MS FARKWAD
MY FAVORITE SPREAD IS KENTUCKY BY 24 OVER THE VOLS.

Anyone notice all the singing spots on tv lately, like the furniture ad with the fat hippie? The Shoneys ad with Phil Williams is so good it should be shown nationally. Gooder job, big boy!

MS FARKWAD
WANTS TO THANK PHIL WILLIAMS FOR SENDING IN HIS THOUGHTS.

How about Abby Ham in a bikini on a motorcycle?

MS FARKWAD
HOW ABOUT PHIL WILLIAMS IN A THONG ON A MOPED?



Wednesday, November 14, 2007 6:31:00 PM EST

Anonymous said...
And Lori Tucker has always been a bitch. From what I hear, mean to her coworkers that are "beneath" her. You go to Channel 10 or Channel 8 and you won't find any of that shit."



I worked with her for a few years and you are SO right! She is shallow and will say anything about anyone that crosses her. 6 has a few nice looking women (very few) but I guess Tucker has the big contract so they can't put one in her chair? I use to wonder how Gene could stand to be around her then I found out he couldn't and felt much better! Also someone needs to tell her to get her hair cut! She is not a 48 year old kid anymore!


MS FARKWAD
WOULD LIKE TO THANK GENE PATTERSON FOR SHARING HIS THOUGHTS.



Wednesday, November 14, 2007 6:58:00 PM EST

Anonymous said...
There ain't nothing in the world as a good catfight. Well, almost nothing.

MS FARKWAD
MIKE VICK HAS SOMETHING BETTER THAN A CAT FIGHT.



Wednesday, November 14, 2007 10:24:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...
Hillary Clinton gets elected President and is spending her first night in the White House.
She has waited so long..........

The ghost of George Washington appears, and Hillary says, "How can I best serve my country?"
Washington says, "Never tell a lie."
"Ouch!" Says Hillary, "I don't know about that."

The next night, the ghost of Thomas Jefferson appears...
Hillary says, "How can I best serve my country?"
Jefferson says, "Listen to the people."
"Ohhh! I really don't want to do that."

On the third night, the ghost of Abe Lincoln appears...
Hillary says, "How can I best serve my country?"
Lincoln says, "Go to the theater."

MS FARKWAD IS A REPUBLICAN BUT STILL CAN’T LAUGH AT THAT JOKE BECAUSE IT IS SO OLD!!!!!!


Friday, November 16, 2007 1:43:00 AM EST

Anonymous said...
Bad decision making on the part of WVLT on Thursday at noon. They tried to do a live report from Nashville and screwed it up. But the press conference was not of an eartb-shattering nature (it did matter to east Tennesseans, though) and should have been taped and edited for the 4pm news. Instead, it made channel 8 appear to be small town tv news. Bad choice.

Getting to look at Stacey made up for it, though. Yummy.

MS FARKWAD
WANTS TO REMIND YOU THEY PUT STALKERS IN JAIL CELLS WITH LARGE MEN NAMED SNAKE.

IT IS A DAWG EAT DAWG WORLD
IF YOU ARE IN THE LOCAL TV
NEWS WORLD!






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More health issues at the head office so
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let the locals know how you feel!



Anonymous said...

Channel 6's trustworthiness sucks compared to 10-12 years ago. And Lori Tucker has always been a bitch. From what I hear, mean to her coworkers that are "beneath" her. You go to Channel 10 or Channel 8 and you won't find any of that shit.

Channel 6 should bring back Sam Brown and Margie; hell at least it'd be better than what they have now.

Channel 10 should continue to use Bill Williams as frequently as possible.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 4:29:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...

Should Abby Ham haver her number retired?

No, but a spread in Playboy would be nice.

With all the eating establishments Ken Schwall visits, his ass should be as wide as the interstate. But I still like to watch his reports. Schwall and The Heartland Series are about the only two redeeming things on channel ten.

If Abby is unavailable, how about a Stacey McClung spread ?

Anyone notice all the singing spots on tv lately, like the furniture ad with the fat hippie? The Shoneys ad with Phil Williams is so good it should be shown nationally. Gooder job, big boy!

How about Abby Ham in a bikini on a motorcycle?

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 6:31:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...

And Lori Tucker has always been a bitch. From what I hear, mean to her coworkers that are "beneath" her. You go to Channel 10 or Channel 8 and you won't find any of that shit."

I worked with her for a few years and you are SO right! She is shallow and will say anything about anyone that crosses her. 6 has a few nice looking women (very few) but I guess Tucker has the big contract so they can't put one in her chair? I use to wonder how Gene could stand to be around her then I found out he couldn't and felt much better!

Also someone needs to tell her to get her hair cut! She is not a 48 year old kid anymore!

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 6:58:00 PM EST




nonymous said...

A) When is Fox 43 getting their own news at 10PM?

B) I laughed my ass off and changed the channel after watching an ABC program last Thursday night, when at 10:59 PM WATE did a promo with a guy doing a live shot from Claiborne County on the scene of a drug bust. He teased that the drug bust was about to happen, and WATE was the only crew LIVE on the scene. WTF, who cares? I flipped it over to 10.

C) Put Michelle Silva back on mornings permanently at Channel 10 since Abby "Hams" is gone.

D)If Channel 8 wants to compete with the big boys in the morning, they will start their local news at 5AM. I turn off the TV at 6AM anyway and turn on the radio.

E) Put Dan Farkas back on the street weekday as reporter. Not as an insult, but he had MORE TALENT with packaging reports for news. And why can't WBIR attract/hire sports people?

Tuesday, November 13, 2007 7:55:00 PM EST
Delete
Anonymous said...

WBIR News sucks. Rusty Pabst from the News-Sentinel? Howdy, folks, welcome to Yokumville! I'm Rusty Pabst with da hedlines. Come meet my brudders, Shiney Bud and Chillur Miller. I talk just as dumb as I look. For real news without puppy dogs and daisies, watch WATE News. Local news should be facts, not kittycat fluff. The real pros are at 6, where they know how to run a control board. 10 is ripe for a killing.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:24:00 PM EST
Delete
Anonymous said...

Good WATE lapdog, Anon 11:24!
Woof, woof!

WATE wouldn't know a fact if it walked out of Greystone's basement and onto the set.

Hype? Meaningless lives and walk-and-talks? Bo Williams wasting his time and ours with pothole expose's?

A reporting staff touted as experienced enough to "focus on Knox County" , when that experience consists of desk assistant (intern)
duty in major markets coupled with MONTHS of street work in Mayberry BFE?

Yep.
That's WATE, all right.

The NEWS station.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 12:15:00 AM EST
Delete
Anonymous said...

QUOTE- "E) Put Dan Farkas back on the street weekday as reporter. Not as an insult, but he had MORE TALENT with packaging reports for news. And why can't WBIR attract/hire sports people?"

Farkas is a pussy on the air. He acts like an ESPN wannabe, but doesn't have the stones to pull it off. He sounds like he's reading "Cinderella" to kindergarteners.

Channel 10 is too cheap to hire good sports people. Pay for the talent or put out the same crap as before. Might want to look at channels 6 or 8, who actually keep their sports people for a long time. 10 is going down!

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 4:26:00 AM EST
Delete
Anonymous said...

I'd like to see one of the local stations hire Dolly Parton to come in and do the weather, but if they did, my tv would tip over and get all busted up. Just the thought of it makes me want to twist those knobs.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 4:30:00 AM EST
Delete
Anonymous said...

I watched 10's report last night on the deputy who was shot...when did journalism 101 include the dictum that thou shalt refer to the alleged perp by his last name, and the victim by his first name? The reporter referred to "Carson" (the alleged triggerman) and "John John" (the victim).

John John????

Bloody hell...

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 6:01:00 AM EST
Delete




nonymous said...

Random media thoughts:

[1] I already miss Abby Ham.

[2] Why can't the people running master control for Channel 10 get the 11pm news right? And what is this continuing problem with the latenight Tennessee Lottery spot? (It ends and then the image stays unchanged on the screen for 30 or 40 seconds.)

[3] Dan Farkas has returned to his sing-song little girl voice.

[4] Channel 8 should lose the country bumpkins reporters and hire someone who can talk sensibly. (This refers to reporters, not anchors.)

[5] Channel 6 needs to buy a bucket of personality and then give everyone a saucerfull before going on the air.

[6] Knoxville radio remains lame. And why does a station change its format to oldies and then signs on with a network? No local involvement = death to the latest format flavor.

[7] Mexican radio in Knoxville is a waste of time and space. Si.

[8] The Froggy station wins by default because everyone else is so bad. Bad as in no good.

[9] Has WIMZ begun the long slide downward? Perenially number three in the market, they now have fallen to fourth.

[10] The News-Sentinel is great because they provide all the news and commentary that we need. Yeah, and my dog's farts smell like roses, too.

Monday, November 5, 2007 3:18:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...

Yeah, and my dog's farts smell like roses, too."

So does mine!

Monday, November 5, 2007 10:39:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...

[6] Knoxville radio remains lame. And why does a station change its format to oldies and then signs on with a network? No local involvement = death to the latest format flavor."

Last week it was jump on Star or whatever they are calling that station now? So after being on IVK for the last few years I went over and gave it a try.

The morning show spent over 15 minutes talking about a little boy who peed in church. No really at least 15 and there was no punch line? One of them said they wore depends on the air to see if they would leak but outside of that it just went on and no.

I gave up, went back to IVK and then for some reason tried them again. This time they were talking about a dog that peed in the house.

Freddy was doing Chicken Hawk on WDVX and it was just nice to leave the pee station and hear anything that at least tried to be funny!


The morning show on Star was so boring..don't take my word for it go over and listen yourself.

Tuesday, November 6, 2007 9:23:00 AM EST
Anonymous said...

Walker, who is this dumbass who keeps talking about correcting your spelling on the knoxviews.com blog, when he cannot even spell words in his own post correctly. He writes "racists" instead of "racist."

Tuesday, November 6, 2007 8:36:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...

"[9] Has WIMZ begun the long slide downward? Perenially number three in the market, they now have fallen to fourth. "

Now 5th 12+ behind WNOX The Big Talker (aka WIVK's stepchild/bitch). But they still kick ass in 2nd place in many demos afternoon drive.

Wednesday, November 7, 2007 12:17:00 AM EST
Anonymous said...

"[7] Mexican radio in Knoxville is a waste of time and space. Si."

AMEN!!!! I enjoyed the country on 93.5 two years ago, and WKGN's adult urban format on 1340 did well. Both signals are now screwed, hardly showing up in a diary. Thank a Jose the next time you see one.

----

"[1] I already miss Abby Ham."

Watch Channel 8 in the morning for some great talent, and looks. Those guys may be number 3 but they have FUN on the air. Stacey is better looking than Abby anyway.

Wednesday, November 7, 2007 12:22:00 AM EST
Anonymous said...

Regarding random media thoughts:

You think WATE people should get more personality--have more fun on the air? Consider this quote on mixing news and entertainment from Jim Lehrer (know who he is?)
"You want to be entertained? Go to the circus, please."

Wednesday, November 7, 2007 8:30:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...

"[6] Knoxville radio remains lame. And why does a station change its format to oldies and then signs on with a network? No local involvement = death to the latest format flavor."

Agreed. 103.5 maybe does worse in the mornings because it is satellite instead of local. Stupid, LONG, boring chit chat on music stations in the mornings (or anytime) is a recipe for disaster. And the oldies station using a satellite network--just what we need--more narrow-minded programming using a small core of music instead of the huge variety that's available. Yep. Smart stuff there. And now someone's started Christmas music this week--I'll be puking on Santa by the week before Christmas if I listen to six weeks of this stuff. Anyone who plays Christmas music the first week of November should be horsewhipped. WIVK didn't win Station of the Year this year. The cash cow's udders must be dry right now. But the News-Sentinel is still great--8 out of 10 birds like it but hope they start using a round format so it fits in the cage better.

Wednesday, November 7, 2007 11:39:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...

"WIVK didn't win Station of the Year this year. The cash cow's udders must be dry right now."

Hey guy, if you are referring to CMA Station of the Year, the Counrty Music Association has a rule that if you win one year, you can't win the next. Which is why we typically win every other year.

Our share might be down slightly, but our cume is up in key demos.

Thursday, November 8, 2007 4:39:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...

Channel 10 used to be real good in airing local news in a technical sort of way. They never made mistakes. What happened? They must be using the Arby's monkeys to run their control board, especially at 6pm and 11pm. No, wait, nevermind. The Arby's monkeys have coordination.

Friday, November 9, 2007 6:14:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...

Our share might be down slightly, but our cume is up in key demos."

WHich says folks come over and get the time and then they go back to the station they really like.

cume is a joke from hell and is often used by stations that can t get folks to stay with them.

IVK is down...so is the rest of the market!

Friday, November 9, 2007 10:37:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...

WATE doesn't need "personality."

It needs a news philosophy beyond "let's scare the shit out of everybody" with pointless stories covered by newbie reporters whose idea of compelling television is how many consultant cliche's they can pack into a 1:30.

Out of four hires, three are blonde women with barely a smattering of experience.

Can you tell them apart?

The NEWS Station?
Please.

Saturday, November 10, 2007 12:29:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...

Dan Farkas makes me tingly all over, but afterwards I usually get the runs.

Monday, November 12, 2007 6:21:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...

Dan Farkas makes me tingly all over, but afterwards I usually get the runs."

OK I don't care if you are from WATE and getting your ass kicked...what you just wrote is..is..is...DAMN FUNNY!

Monday, November 12, 2007 6:23:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...

Hey WBIR...we don't care if you are taking up for the illegal aliens that are sucking up our benefits here in east Tennessee. They are not welcome here. Your attempts to change public opinion on this will be futile except for some liberal pussies. In the end, it shows how much channel 10 has gone to hell. Legal aliens? Fine. Illegals? Ship 'em out. Bunch of culo chingaderas. Channel 10 u suck.

With all the dust being kicked up about radio
the staff and management would like to offer
you a nice quiet harbor that consists of
music you will NEVER find on main
stream radio and few if any folks
talking!

WHOLE WHEAT RADIO


is found only on the web and does a
great job playing non
focus group approved music. If
you are sick of the same
thing over and over then this
Alaskan adventure just might be
your new favorite way to pretend to
be working!




SAY IT AIN'T SO POPPA!



Rosie O’Donnell in Talks to Join MSNBC




MONDAY and the knives were OUT!


Wow kids you sure do have mixed feelings about
the return of Don Imus.





As always the edit staff
never locks the gate on comment writers
and as always the good and the ugly
are allowed to post!

Management did say the comments
from proponents of the small
Knoxville/Maryville blog (knoxviews.com)
were just a touch off base.
First unlike the Alcoa dude who
runs the thing we never ban
anyone and we welcome all points of
view. Second unlike the far left
folks who post there we lean between the
middle and the far right and third
when posters from their far left
bunker drop by to take shots we
only call them out when they
are spewing unsubstantiated
DNC generated talking points.

That said there is truth
to the post that some of our
staff has been banned for
posting on their blog. Naturally
they just changed certain wireless
doo dads on their computer and started
posting again under new names. So
far 3 of them are flying well under
the "we hate republican" radar at
knoxviews.com and giggling wildly
when they see their posts come up!

In the shell of a nut...all
are welcome here..keep um coming cause
as has been said in the past..your
POSTS beat the living doo doo out of
most of the stuff Staff writes!

Here be the stuff from last week!


Anonymous said...
Sorry but DON is nothing more than a racists.
He went after the basketball
team because they were both BLACK and WOMEN!
He should never be on the radio again.
As for those who got him fired they
are outstanding men who fight for their people!
Yes WE are very proud of them and only the nut
wing right side of the page thinks
they are out for their own gain.

Your far right blog is
typical of the haters in this country!
Friday, November 2, 2007 10:57:00 AM EST


Anonymous said...
Sharpton and the Rev will now focus all their
attention on "Dog" the bounty hunter,
since he used the dreaded "N" word several times,
and made some remarks to his son during a "PRIVATE"
phone conversation...his beloved son recorded
daddy and sold the audio to the Enquirer..
so I-MAN can come out with both barrels
blazing and catch the dynamic duo off
guard while they fight another racist in
Hawaii!!!....
Friday, November 2, 2007 1:28:00 PM EST


Anonymous said...
Can't you understand in
this country when you go
after a race of people like
Don Imus did you have to
suffer for your actions?

Black journalists should meet
with this new boss and they
should let the world know they
are going to be watching him
every step of the way.
When he starts his hate
speak again they should
jump on him and this time keep him down!

Slaves are free now and
Don better watch his back.

This is the most racists blog in
Knoxville and should be
watched as we are doing!

Go away!
Friday, November 2, 2007 1:44:00 PM EST


TheTruth said...
"Anonymous said...
Can't you understand in
this country when you
go after a race of people
like Don Imus did you have to
suffer for your actions?"


Hey you anonymous pussy,
YOU and the rest of the
bigoted Sharptons of the world
are the REAL racists!
You go away!
I'd like to meet you in an
alley and knock some sense into your head.

Again, Don Imus is a great broadcaster.




Sharpton is the racist.
I'm glad I got to shut a
door in his face when he
gave a speech on the UT campus two years ago.
Friday, November 2, 2007 3:36:00 PM EST

The Patriot said...
Citadel Broadcasting should tell the black journalists
to kiss their ass.
This group won't let
it go when the rest of the country,
including the Rutgers women's team,
has moved on. Instead of trying to
keep Imus off the air,
they should put their efforts
into motivating the black community
into taking care of their families
with honest jobs instead of selling
drugs and stealing. Jes tellin da truth.
People like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson
don't really care about the issues;
they just want to keep getting money
from organizations instead of earning
an honest living. Oh yeah,
liberalism will be the biggest danger
to the Western World since communism.
The left sucks. Eat some of dat, you a-holes.
Sunday, November 4, 2007 11:18:00 PM EST

Anonymous said...
Imus frequently is a blow-hard ass.
He's the original shock-jock.

But racist, he is not.

He made a dumb remark
about a women's basketball team. He apologized.

That should end it.

Citadel owes NOBODY,
least of all that "Klansman with a Tan"


ANY kind of an explanation whatsoever.

Hiring Imus is a business decision.
Listeners, or lack thereof,
will determine whether it's the CORRECT
business decision.

I'm a liberal. But
I've taken about as much of these moral hypocrites,
spewing their verbal dysentery, as I can stand.

Before anybody calls anybody else
a bigot, best he/she look in the mirror.
Monday, November 5, 2007 1:41:00 AM EST

Anonymous said...
I think it is wonderful
that certain black writers and
TV producers are keeping Imus under wraps.
There is no doubt the WHITE power brokers will
eventually cut his from their stations
and when it happens it will because of us!



You can't say things like
he said and have us allow you to come
back to work. We were freed many years ago!
Monday, November 5, 2007 11:33:00 AM EST

Anonymous said...
This is the most radical WHITE blog
I have ever read. There are OTHER
people in this country who think
Don Imus should not only not come
back to work but should also put
his money where is mouth is and
support things like the work Rev.
Jackson





and Rev. Sharpton are doing!

I so agree with knoxviews.com
and their banning of YOU and
your insanity from their blog it
is also wonderful that you are
no longer writing for the
Halls News they don't need or
WANT your type of racists comments in their paper!
Monday, November 5, 2007 11:39:00 AM EST

Anonymous said...
Funny you bring up knoxviews.com!
They are a great voice for the
left in Knoxville but they also
hate Don Imus and understand
his views are just the old "white
man" point of view.

They also are a member
of the party with the big umbrella
and it includes even right wing nuts
like you and those who read this garbage!

The man behind knoxviews.com
is not a racists like the writer of this blog and he has the well
being of both knoxville and now maryville
at heart when he keeps posters OFF his blog!

Before you chastise knoxviews
why don't you read it and
if you have the nerve sign up and post.
Be careful though there are great writers
on there and they will correct
your spelling and at times
they will correct your far right thoughts!
Monday, November 5, 2007 12:15:00 PM EST

BACK TO WORK!

On a personal note I am just beyond excited (hard to get beyond anything at my advanced age) about the return of Don Imus.

NEW THIS AFTERNOON...


Al Sharpton Says Citadel
Should Meet With Journalists
Don Imus' apparent new employer,
Citadel Broadcasting, has been keeping
the National Association of Black Journalists
waiting since early last
week on the association's
request for "dialogue" over Citadel's reported
plans to put Imus back on the air in seven weeks."

HANG ON JUST A SECOND AL!!!
I think it is way out of
line that Citadel would
even CONSIDER meeting with
your shills AND now that the
meeting never happened CITADEL
gets a big GOLD STAR!!!

Al...DON IS GOING BACK TO WORK
AND HE IS GOING TO MAKE A PILE OF
MONEY! Citadel does NOT HAVE TO
TALK TO OR EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE YOU
AND YOUR BACKERS EVEN EXIST!
Yep, Al this is America where
people can hire people without
the BLESSING of anyone and certainly
without the licking of your BOOTS!

GO GET UM DON!

ANY radio dude or dudetta who has ever had outsiders
pound on a GM’s door demanding your
head will understand the empowerment
Imus has given us!
He took it from
the left, took it from the right, and really took it in the back
and guess what he not only
lived to write the book
he got a multi million dollar deal out of the mess!

Even with less than credible critics
still snapping at his heals
Don is headed right back to the airwaves
and we are all hoping he brings
the same sardonic humor with him.
Reports are most if not all of his crew will be on the show and the best news is Don has sharpened his ax! I hope he spends the first MONTH
nailing the race baiters and phony socialists
who worked so hard to
both get him both fired and ruined!

Take their heads off at the neck I man!






In yet another left sided debate held while most
were last minute pumpkin shopping...NBC's MR MEET THE
PRESS got on the wrong side of the networks
endorsed presidential candidate.

Granted more folks are watching the RFD Channel (hey
give it a shot..tant half bad) than these
softball exchanges between the democratic hopefuls
and their media lap dawgs BUT what made this one
special was how Hillary is now after one of
those who kiss her ring! Great fun to watch
as they (the far left media and the far left
dem candidates) start to eat their young.


Left over SPOOK!

Lots of talk about ORBS this time
of the year. Some think they are
balls of energy others think they
are ghosts or at the least related
to things that go bump in the night.

Here is Ms Molly having dinner
with one of those visitors..look
above her.




BOO