GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD FRIDAY MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




PRAYERS PLEASE.
One of WBIR's most popular former anchor/reporters
is fighting cancer for the second time.
When I wrote for the real paper (no not the one in HALLS!)
I never did a story on this woman that didn't generate
letters and e mails complimenting her work and style on the air.
Please remember her in your prayers as she
again fights this insidious disease.



The July 2007 sweep is complete and WBIR-TV delivers 18 of the top 20 shows:

WBIR also delivered in the July 2007 sweep:

· Winning 9 of 9 weekday day parts (early morning, day, early fringe, early news 1, early news 2, prime access, prime, late news, & late fringe)

· Receiving 38% in market share of the primary 5 stations (nearest competitor had only 22%)

· WBIR/NBC’s over-all prime had a 34% advantage over its nearest competitor’s prime




"We're not condemning bad behavior, but Michael Vick is innocent until proven guilty," SAY WHAT???????????? READ IT ALL and get back to me OK?

GOOOOOOOOOD FRIDAY MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


DO you think Broadcast TV news (network and local casts) is
starting to smell like a week old Quarter Pounder your
kid left in the backseat of the SAAB? If
you said YES you might be right, but I bet you can't
guess why! Does this study speak the truth or is it
just another try to get more folks jobs in an
evolving news industry?


Hey are you a NEWS ANCHOR? "Uh NO but I play one
on the web!" This is kinda cool and it could
be a glance into the twisted future, check it out.



Thursday’s top 10 programs in the Knoxville DMA:
1. WBIR/NBC 10 News (6p) 14.2

2. WBIR/NBC Nightly News (630p) 12.6

3. WBIR/NBC Wheel of Fortune (7p) 11.4

4. WBIR/NBC 10 News Nightbeat (11p) 10.5

5. WBIR/NBC Jeopardy (730p) 10.1

6. WBIR/NBC Live at Five (5p) 9.6 (19.6 share)

7. WVLT/CBS CSI (9p) 9.6 (14.9 share)

8. WBIR/NBC Today Show (7a) 8.0

9. WATE/ABC 6 News (6p) 6.9

10. WBIR/NBC My Name is Earl (8p) 6.7






The head of the Environmental Protection Agency says he will investigate a threatening letter sent by the leader of an EPA-member group, vowing to "destroy" the career of a climate skeptic.



The Federal Communications Commission has no intention of reinstating the
FAIRNESS DOCTRINE!




Journal stock is down.
This is one of the three OUT OF TOWN
groups that owns a chunk of
radio stations in Knoxville.
I sure wish this industry would
come back to life to the
point where some LOCAL
heavy hitters would be
interested in bringing radio
ownership back to KNOXVILLE!









We have just added a feature to your right where you can VOTE
on certain pressing issues. As they say
in Chicago, vote early and vote OFTEN!





Did you see today where they BANNED smoking at UT
football games?

WAY BACK IN DA GOOD OLD DAYS of 1968
not only did we ALL smoke
but lord help if we didn't DRINK
at dem games also!

Back then we wore a coat and TIE to the homecoming
game..bought our HONEY (a name that was cool
at that time meaning date)
a giant white or orange flower and she wore a suit!
Schriver's used to make a blue blazer for students
that would hold a full PINT of Jack
in the inside pocket and few if
any of us walked into a gate without
a well dressed lady on our arm
and a clanking purse on her arm!

Later smoking at the game became a contact sport.
Yep, someone behind you would touch
the back of your neck with a glowing Winston
and the next thing you knew
your "date" was swinging her clanking bag
into the side of his or her head.
Naturally when it RAINED everyone smoked
under the umbrellas as the water ran
off them and into the crotch
of those seated behind you.

All that said, it is a good thing they have cut it out.
Today it can make you sick
(has to be in the paper) and also BROKE!
When they were 26 cents a pack
and you only dated gals that smoked your brand
(for bumming purposes) smoking was
a special part of "student" life.
Today it is just a nasty habit
that takes way too much beer money to fund.

WBIR has a good story about
the BANNING of smoking at UT games.



The Security Staff at the Rockford bunker has given
full clearance to two new members of the family circle.
Both are refugees from the Maryville Animal Center and
one is in dire need of a name.

YOUR assistance would be greatly appreciated.

The yet to be named family member
is said to be around
nine years old, a female
and has in just a few short days
endeared herself to all
members of the family unit.

The second new addition has been
named Taz by her western
cousin and although her
DNA does contain a high concentrate of
beagle there is also a trace
of Tasmanian Devil in her
make up.

We will be checking the
content box daily for names
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

WKGN STAFF
AROUND 1972 or 1973

Thursday’s top 10 programs in the Knoxville DMA:
1. WBIR/NBC 10 News (6p) 15.0

2. WBIR/NBC Nightly News (630p) 12.6

3. WBIR/NBC Wheel of Fortune (7p) 12.2

4. WBIR/NBC Jeopardy (730p) 10.6

5. WBIR/NBC Live at Five (5p) 8.4 (16 share)

6. WBIR/NBC 10 News Nightbeat (11p) 8.4 (16 share)

7. WBIR/NBC Today Show (7a) 8.3

8. WATE/ABC 6 News (5p) 7.3

9. WVLT/CBS Shark (10p) 7.2

10. WVLT/CBS CSI (9p) 7.0


NEW KIDS IN THE BUNKER!! CHECK THEM OUT!!


BREAKING NEWS JUST IN FLASH BREAKING NEWS THIS IS BIG REALLY BIG ANDY!
LEAKED BEFORE DAWN..THE LINE UP FOR THE DEMOCRAT CONVENTION!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
JUST RELEASED:

2008 Democratic National Convention Agenda:

7:00 pm Opening flag burning

7:15 pm Pledge of Allegiance to the U.N.

7:20 pm Ted Kennedy proposes a toast

7:25 pm Nonreligious prayer and worship with Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton

7:45 pm Ceremonial tree hugging

7:55 pm Ted Kennedy proposes a toast

8:00 pm How I Invented the Internet - Al Gore

8:15 pm Gay Wedding - Barney Frank presiding

8:35 pm Ted Kennedy proposes a toast

8:40 pm Our Troops are War Criminals - John Kerry

9.00 pm Memorial service for Saddam and his sons - Cindy Sheehan and Susan Sarandon

10:00 pm "Answering Machine Etiquette" - Alec Baldwin

11:00 pm Ted Kennedy proposes a toast

11:05 pm Collection for the Osama Bin Laden kidney transplant fund - Barbra Streisand

11:15 pm Free the Freedom Fighters from Guantanamo Bay - Sean Penn

11:30 pm Oval Office Affairs - William Jefferson Clinton

11:45 pm Ted Kennedy proposes a toast

11:50 pm How George Bush Brought Down the World Trade Towers - Howard Dean

12:15 am "Truth in Broadcasting Award" - Presented to Dan Rather by Michael Moore

12:25 am Ted Kennedy proposes a toast

12:30 am Satellite address by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

12:45 am Nomination of Hillary Rodham Clinton by Nancy Pelosi

1:00 am Ted Kennedy proposes a toast

1:05 am Coronation of Hillary Rodham Clinton

1:30 am Ted Kennedy proposes a toast

1:35 am Bill Clinton asks Ted to drive Hillary home


FLASH...AL SHARPTON HAS SAID HE WILL NOT OPPOSE IMUS's COME BACK!
Thank goodness Don has the blessing of such a fine man of the cloth!

MY NEW CAR!

I bought a new 2007 Cadillac and returned to the dealer the next day complaining that
I couldn't figure out how the radio worked. The salesman explained that the radio was
Voice activated.
"Watch this!" He said, "Nelson"! The Radio replied, "Ricky or Willie?"
"Willie!", he continued and "On The Road Again" came from the speakers.
Then he said, "Ray Charles!", and in an instant "Georgia O n My Mind" replaced Willie
Nelson.

I drove away happy, and for the next few days, every time I'd say, "Beethoven," I'd
Get beautiful classical music, and if I said, "Beatles," I'd get one of their awesome songs.

Yesterday, a couple ran a red light and nearly creamed my new car, but I swerved in
Time to avoid them. I yelled, "Assholes!"

Immediately the French National Anthem began to play, sung by Jane Fonda and Barbara
Streisand, backed up by Michael Moore and the Dixie Chicks, with John Kerry on guitar,
Al Gore on drums, Dan Rather on harmonica, Nancy Pelosi on tamborine, Bill Clinton on
Sax and Ted Kennedy on scotch.

Damn, I LOVE this car!







THE DEATH OF RADIO!
OK, there is life in the body but how healthy is it?
Shelly Palmer| has really put together a great
column called "When Will Radio Die?" and if you
are an old radio dude or dudette you really should
read it. If your car listening has moved from
the AM dial to the FM dial to XM and now to
a docked MP3 (I hate IPODS!) you also might
want to check out Palmer's thoughts. Radio
ain't what it was when Dr. AL had us by the
ears or we were being BOOGIE CHECKED on
I 100. Bless it's heart it is sad to see
it go...or is it really going? Again check it out
and post, it would be great to see your thoughts on
the subject!


FIRST SHE AMBUSHES ANN AND NOW SHE IS AFTER MS HILLARY!
YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHEN SHE WILL LET HER OLD MAN GET INTO THE
FIGHT!



HEY AL..WHAT YA DISHING UP TO EAT AT YOUR KID'S WEDDING?"



PISSED OFF PAGANS!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!
A 180 foot image of Homer Simpson has been painted into the hillside, next to the famous fertility symbol - the Cerne Abbas giant - in Dorset. Pagans are not happy with the new addition to the hillside, and plan some 'rain magic' to get it washed away.




A GIANT ATTABOY
GOES TO WVLT FOR BECOMING THE OFFICIAL
TELEVISIION FLAGSHIP STATION OF THE
UT VOLS!

A few years back WIVK (the radio flagship
station of the VOLS) dropped their
good buddy partnership with WBIR and
moved over to WVLT. NOW that Channel 8 has
become the TV Flagship station they will
be getting all the UT sports shows that
were on WBIR last year!

For years Channel 8 has been airing
the majority of the UT football and basketball
games and now with the move into
"Flagship" status fans won't have to
click over to Channel 10 to get the
rest of the VOL programming.


This week the big local question is
IF ABC news is so good
why can't WATE get some
viewers for THEIR news
off of those getting
ready to catch Charlie
at 6:30?






Do you still slog out in the rain to get the newspaper?
Do you still yell at the editorial pages when
YOUR opinion is not theirs?
Do you still feel bad when you get that
note from your carrier about their
CHRISTMAS GIFT, knowing full well
you are just going to toss it?
Well GUESS WHAT..your KIDS are
not going to have ANY OF THE ABOVE
PROBLEMS, CAUSE THEY DON' READ
THE THING!

Ex-CBS Producer: Katie Looks Like She's Been Drugged, Kidnapped, Making Hostage Tape

I am slow but at times I
find something that is fun
and worth the risk of having someone
say...I ALREADY KNEW ABOUT THAT!
Good Old WBIR lets you comment on
their stories and unlike some
blogs they don't run you off if
you have an opinion.
It is very simple, just click here then
follow the instructions on
signing up. If you don't want to
comment, don't MISS
reading what others have posted.
Again, I am sure WBIR has been
doing this for a long time, but
I am elderly and don't get out
much..so I missed it.

Unlike their local affiliate (WATE) ABC News is now on
an 11 week run as the most viewed
network news program. Katie is still
riding the bumper as NBC moves further
into the second place slot.


SO how bad does the NEW agenda
driven NBC Nightly News
STINK? Lets just say
the kicker in the report
is something about
"the LOWEST SINCE
NEILSEN STARTED THEIR RATING
SERVICE"






Just to get your juices rising here is
a very fun exchange between
CNN and Big Mike on his
new movie SICKO. Guess
what, MIKE is MAD AT
WOLF! I know hard to believe
but it is true.
Oh, the numbers for SICKO
kinda faded after the first week.


OH and did you watch the GORE show over
the weekend..Earth Something??
If you did you were one of the
FEW who did! Hey Al, next time
get Tipper to stop rating the
CDs and join in on drums, might
help?





PS
GIANT THANKS for the
big turnout at CATINO'S
on the 6th of JULY!
If you were there click here
to see if you are in
one of the pictures!