wivk hell

Sad as can be the crap that is going on at the old
Dick Broadcasting local group of stations. New owners
are pulling tricks from hell on the staff that have
never been done in the history of
radio take overs.

In the past the new folks would fire just about
every Swinging Richard on staff, keep most of the
sales folks and the GM. Then when they
got in the door they would bounce the GM.

The snakes that are about to run the
stations of Dick Broadcasting are
offering certain folks the chance
to keep their jobs..for much LESS pay..
CANNING most if not all of the
good sales folks and replacing them
with anyone who comes in the door
and on top of that, they are doing
all of this with zero class.

For decades local radio kids
admired WIVK because they
were number one in every
book and their staff was
always secure. Well they are
still number one but the staff
is being treated like they are
trash and the numbers are not
a factor.

Sad as hell to watch from the
bleachers.

Knoxville Media Hard Times

Word got out earlier this week
that the only major newspaper
left in Knoxville is again
cutting their staff.
Just a few weeks ago
the Knoxville News Sentinel
closed their Maryville paper (Blount Today)
and now the ax has swung again.
Reports say over thirty
staffers at the "KNS are gone.


Personally, I have so known
what it is like to be fired from several
"media" jobs and although
it hurt there was always
something else to do. Today, the
complexion of the job market
is totally changed.
Since 2008 the country
has been in a nose dive
and unless things in
D.C. change in the next election
finding work will be out of the question.

That said, the constant slashing of
veteran staff at the KNS has impacted
their news product greatly and
this last round of cuts will continue the slide.
But again, what about those
who were told to get out?
Yep it is Christmas and yep
there apparently was little
to no regard given to their
family situations or even
the season we are in.

When Profits are not where they should be,
the first to go under the bus are PEOPLE,
nothing new there, been going on for years.
KNS will suffer from this move as they suffered
from the others and the readers
will continue to drift away until
our area is left with nothing
but hack bloggers (I KNOW ONE OF THOSE) and
local TV as our only news source.

If you are asking your self could it be worse..
the answer is HELL YES!

WIVK is on the cusp of a major feces storm brought on by
a new set of owners hell
bent to squeeze every dime of profit
to the extent it turns into a dollar.
With zero regard to
what has made WIVK
what it is (number one for more years than
most can count)
these carpet bagging rectum pits
are about to
first cut the legs
out from under said
Frog and then slice just enough
of the heart to where
it will still beat and not go toes up.

Friends this is not going to be a good Christmas for
many people who
you have read or listened to over the years.
If you really want to make
the hairs on the
back of your neck dance,
look at it this way..
what is going on here
at home is being repeated
across the country daily.

Jim Dykes Passes

East Tennessee lost a print media icon this week. Jim Dykes wrote for the long dead Knoxville Journal, published a series of books, was an unofficial ambassador to the 1982 World’s Fair and the secret ruler of Rockford, Tennessee. Because he was mostly a print guy and because he worked for a newspaper that was much better than its competition he wasn’t front page news, but those who knew Dykes would say he would have been just fine with that.

Personally I only had three contacts with him; the first was in 82 at the World’s Fair where I found him lounging around early one morning in the pressroom. I was working for a radio station that had a remote studio down the hall from the press area and on a news break I walked out to see if any of the foreign press had come in. Dykes was on a couch, draped out like a dead man with his dirty boots resting on one of the pillows. It was my first physical encounter with the guy and I was taken by how long he was, had to be well over six feet, and how big a foot he had. Looking at him and hearing him snore with such conviction reminded me of the old adage about letting sleeping dogs rest and I did. Two hours later when my show was over Dykes was awake, enjoying a free beer, a Little Debbie snack and working the door to the press room like a Wal-Mart Greeter. As I walked by him, headed to the hall I complimented him on his derby.

Encounter number two was in Gatlinburg. We (CP and I) were working a big Christmas party for a very large oil company. After we told our jokes, helped give out gifts and turned the evening over to the DJ we moved to the bar for a few bracers to get us back to Knoxville. The room quickly filled with inebriated dancers trying to do “The Bump” and various free form interpretations when a side door opened. Due to the fact that one full wall of the hall was glass, allowing those walking by to see the festivities, Jim Dykes and his bride Peg spotted the private gathering as they strolled past. Without hesitation Dykes and said bride entered the far end of the hall, embraced and executed a very good waltz right through the gyrating throng. Without missing a beat, Dykes managed to open another door and continue waltzing right out of the room and into the hall toward the lobby. CP and I both gave the couple 10s for style, grace and balls.

The third and final encounter with Dykes came in the mail, as in the real mail that you walk across the yard to retrieve. I had been fired from something, can’t remember if it was a newspaper job or radio, but whatever it was he had found out about it. On the side flap of a Pall Mall carton in real ink (not the ballpoint pin crap but the real deal) he said he saw I now have some free time and suggested I come visit him at his estate (Condorhurst) in Rockford. I had moved to Rockford in 1978 and to the founders like Dykes I was more or less an outsider. Getting such an invite from a guy I had admired, read and in a left handed way stalked over the years made the dark situation I was in fade away. Unfortunately I did not get to visit him, meant to do it, and thought about it but a combination of shyness and a touch of inferiority kept me from making the drive over. I so wish I had now that he is gone.

UPDATE??

I know where da heck has the staff been? Most are in rehab and the rest are still in prison.
Just thought something should be on here so here is something.

Old pictures:

I gave this mat to the word famous BOOMSDAY MARY, the Promotion Director at the old WMYU who did BOOMSDAY every year. She was one of the good ones at that strange station and tipped me off weeks in advance of my pending firing! Gave me time to get my lawyer in the loop, clean out all my joke files and have several new keys made to the front door. No I never went back in the building but I did give them out to folks living under a bridge with directions on where they could sleep inside and find free coffee. BoomsDay Mary reportedly is living in Floria now and BooMSDay has been taken over by the city of Knoxville.



A TV spot pushing a show in Murvel. Sammy is the best Barny living and
David (director) has been in more movies than I can count. Lots of fun doing
it.
This had to be at least 8 years ago or more. CP and Walker guesting on
a show that Eddy Beacon was doing. The station was 1180 AM and although it was 10K
I never could hear it outside of their parking lot. Again, can't remember the exact show but I do remember both of us being so so SLIM and FIT back then!

RUMORS...
none.

OWNERSHIP CHANGES IN KNOXVILLE
none.

OPENINGS IN KNOXVILLE
none.

Personally? Glad you asked!
Playing in a band...all acoustic and all
REALLY OLD tunes.
Drop by our blog and check us out.
http://themfrband.blogspot.com/

HAPPY B DAY to 63 years of excitment

In total celebration of "Self" (its a radio thing) I
realize that 40+ out of my 63 years
have been spent in radio either on the air or bitching
about it!

The "Book" and trust me most older radio folks
are always going to write one, will cover
not just my career (stilted as it was) but
the total fun that was had by those of us who
never took the industry seriously but rather
used it to party, make a little money,
five finger discount countless records, CDs,
T shirts, dinner coupons, gas trades (I remember
drawing partial pay in total trade because
the stations let their sales managers do it and
they told me none of the suits were even remotely
concerned with that pesky income tax question) and
countless bar and hotel room tabs.

It was so much fun, even getting canned! No really,
getting fired followed a pattern of being the first out
when the engines were in flames and the pilot had already
hit the silk. Looking back, I can't remember a station
that told me to pack up my office, that is
even remotely successful today. Naturally I would LOVE
to believe rolling my head on a Thursday (to let staff know
you really hate someone be sure to fire them midweek)
was the reason those who canned me either ended up selling
advertisements for the Yellow Pages or leaning against a used
GM product on a hot Saturday doing the math on how many
sleds they had to sell to make the payment on the boat.
Truth was often the small
cadre of suites that asked
to see me when I got off the air, were
always gone within the year. Again, NOT because they
ran me off but simply because their current radio adventure
was collapsing around them months before they were forced to
pay off my contract and demand my key.


I know it sounds bitter, but trust me I
never was and never will be. I really had fun
and what they didn't know
was I would have paid them to have played in
their sand boxes. As for little things like
being able to afford food and brown whiskey
after being told I was no longer needed,
I was raised by a man who taught me never to
live above my means. That, coupled with a
great wife who was on tenure, made it easy to
either find another job or not. In fact it was
so easy to pick where and even if I wanted
to work that I was privileged to always stay
within 30 miles of where I was born! In those days
that was unheard of, most radio types kept
their box of jokes in the trunk of their
used car and the trailer hitch polished.
Best shut up or I will give away the "Book"
and the tens of (unfortunately my family has
passed or there would have been twenties) buyers
will have no reason to fork over the three bucks
and download it to their Kendle. Best just end by saying
happy birthday to my favorite person and
send out great karma to all those still
out their "chirping" away. Hang in there
and if things get tight remember you
can always bore folks with a blog!

Hamilton is still loved?

Yesterday local sports radio talk show hosts, along with the ink kids were introduced to Gonzo.Gonzo's real name is Cuonzo Martin but because
some of us who only speak East Tennessee have trouble with learning the
proper pronunciation of new names we often just go with what is close
and familure as in Cuonzo sounds like Gonzo. That said, today
Martin is becoming the read deal, the next big thing, and
the BB Moses that shall lead us to the promised land of at
least the Elite Eight and maybe through the golden gates of the
Final Four.

As for the man who did the actually hiring
of Martin, the jury is SO still out. Get this, the time chosen to
shine the Big Orange spotlight on Martin was less than 4 hours
before the Lady Vols played their last game of the season in
the NCAA! Naturally, Hammertime (the current AD at UT)
was questioned on his timing and naturally he skated beautifully,
although this is the same guy that said Pearl was
toast the day BEFORE the men's first and last appearance in
this years NCAA.

That said, some think Hammy is still walking on a solid
foundation of quicksand and his job security is right
up there with Kadafi.

This morning the realization that Bruce is really gone and
the cold gray truth of Hammertime giving Gonzo 5 years of contractual
security and a pay raise of a tad over a million over what
he was pocketing at his now former job is starting to set in.
That hard core pocket of "IF THEY ARE PLAYING I AM GOING" UT fans is
starting to find sparks of genius in Hammy's (I so wish the East Tennessee
sports writers would pick ONE derogatory nick name for Hamilton and
stick to it) hire.



As for Hammy/Hammertime..only one local sports radio talk
show is left sucking up to him. Could be their deep fear
of offending the Large Orange AD department, their honest to
Budda feeling that fans love anything Orange including the AD
or they just might be a tad too lazy to see the big picture.
No matter what their motive, at least in a world of
dot connectors and fans who pay hard cash to UT for
the right to BUY a ticket they are about the only
dog left in the ring that thinks the AD is a positive
force for both the fan base and the University. Their
blind love for the AD reminds me of the old adage
concerning the difference in democrats and republicans.
All dogs are born democrat, then when they open their eyes
they become republican. Love dem old adages!

Tomorrow I get my car back, the one with satellite radio,
and I can leave the local terrestrial world. If there was
ever a time to revisit "local" sports talk radio these last few days
have been it.

NEW BB COACH AT TN

Not sure but I think this is the guy? Well after
listening to local sport talk kids trying to say his name
this is about as close as they got.

Could be a two and done?

James A stories

When I found out James A. Dick
passed last night I instantly remembered
the first time I met the man.

It was in the 70s and I was afternoon
news anchor at WKGN. In those days both
WKGN and radio news in-general were highly
respected. The adage was if something made an
earth shaking boom, the radio instantly told you
where, that night the TV news had a picture of the
hole and the next day the newspaper had the name of the owner of the
still (today it would most likely be a meth lab)that
got everyones attention the day before.

In a nutshell, radio news was a big deal.


Norman Majors was Mr. Dick's News Director at
WIVK and we had gotten to know each other
by covering some of the same stories. Norman was and
still is a great guy who could get facts out of
anyone by just talking to them over the phone for a few
minutes, a trait vital to radio news folks in those days.
More importantly he had my trust. So when he called to
tell me he was leaving IVK and suggested I would make
a good News Director for James A. Dick I believed him.

Norman set up the interview at the station on the hill
on Kingston Pike, told me I would like Mr. Dick and
added that those who worked for the man just about never
left him.

The meeting was easy and I thought I did fine. One point
Mr. Dick kept asking my opinion on was the idea of putting
someone in a helicopter to report on traffic. I told him
that traffic was a big part of what we did at WKGN and
there was no need at all for a "flying" reporter because
our news department was required to monitor all the police scanners
and the instant a wreck came over in drive time we had the
power to break into programming and report it. When we were
finished talking I asked him if he needed a tape of me
and he said he had been listening for a very long time and
enjoyed my delivery and voice. Yep, walked out of WIVK
with the job in hand..or so I thought.

Turned out Mr. Dick had
already bought into the idea of
a flying reporter
and although the man dearly loved the idea
of saving money,
my idea was not going to fly.
Up side was a
few months later a part time guy
at WKGN told me he was going
to send a tape over to WETE
because their afternoon DJ (Mike Beach)
was leaving to come to WKGN.

Because I so wanted to get back into
jocking and also because I flat learned
the art of throat cutting
at the first station I worked for,
I hand delivered my tape to the Program Director
at WETE.
Don Patrick was both the PD and a very talented news guy,
He liked my sound and hired me
without listening to the tape. Less
than two years later, WETE was sold to
Basic Media out of Asheville and Curtis Parham (the WETE morning DJ)
suggested they keep both himself and me and do a team show in the morning.

That worked out rather well!


As for Mr. James A. Dick, his station did
better than great and the only ratings problem
they had was with those two new guys on WRJZ
(CP and Walker) in the morning.

The next time I met with James A. was when WRJZ was sold and everyone
was trying to find a new job.
Word was WRJZ was going country and the worst manager any of us had ever
experienced was going to remain at the station to run it.

My thought was CP and Walker could still work on AM if we could find
a place to land.
Mr. Dick thought that putting us on his AM along with
a format similar to the one we did at RJZ just might be the answer to
reviving the AM station.
I will never forget being in his office after the deal was cut
and someone knocking at his door
with a big bottle of champaign.
The card said it was from Rick Kirk a friend and a Jock at the now sinking
WRJZ. Mr. Dick read the card and
broke out in a giant laugh as he passed it around.
Rick's card said..
"I would so much rather work for a Dick than a Prick,
can we
talk about it?" Rick Kirk.

James A. dies

Dick Broadcasting founder James A. Dick has died
The group he founded with WIVK, Knoxville in 1953 had grown by 2000 to include clusters in Nashville (WGFX, WKDF), Birmingham (WAPI, WJOX, WRAX, WYSF, WZRR) and Greensboro/Winston-Salem. WIVK's Knoxville sisters at the time were WNOX-AM/FM, WOKI-FM and WXVO. The family sold all their stations except the two FMs in the North Carolina Triad: classic rock "Rock 92" WKRR (92.3) and CHR WKZL (107.5). James A. Dick died today (Sunday, Feb. 6) following what WIVK's Dave Foulk calls a lengthy illness. Foulk says, "James Dick not only helped launch the careers of several broadcasting legends, he was a community leader, founder of charities and a tireless supporter of several community endeavors in Knoxville." His former station WIVK, now at 107.7 and owned by Citadel, remains #1 in the age 12+ rankings for the market.


In December, 1952, the FCC granted James A. Dick a license to build a daytime only, 1000-watt AM radio station, and Dick Broadcasting was born. On March 20, 1953 WIVK-AM-860 signed on the air with a mixture of country (with the legendary “Cas Walker Live Country Music Show”), jazz, and gospel music, and such future stars as the Everly Brothers and Dolly Parton.

As the 50’s neared an end, radio was undergoing a massive change. Programming became more “formatted.” WIVK continued to air a broad range of music until 1961, when a strictly “Top 40” format was adopted. It was during these days that a young DJ named Bobby Denton started his career at WIVK.

In 1964, it was decided that Top 40 would be dropped in favor of country music, which seemed to have a much broader appeal throughout East Tennessee. The next year, Dick Broadcasting was granted a license to build an FM radio station. In December 1965, WIVK-FM signed on the air at 107.7 and an application was made to upgrade the signal of WIVK-AM. In November, 1966, WIVK-AM boosted its power from 1000 to 50,000 watts and moved to 850 on the dial. WIVK-AM became known as the “Jolly Green Giant.” The on-air lineup on WIVK at this time included Kenny Dearstone, Norman Majors, Claude Tomlinson, Bobby Denton (now our VP of Community Relations), Ed Brantley, Mike Hanes, and Terry Womack.

bout time!

Last post was in May of 10? OK
reason is simple we have been trying to find
a sponsor for the Media report that was both
Conservative, loved the Lord and believed in
the power of their product!

So let us welcome our new BUICK dealership
sponsor, be sure to ask for the man in the
polyester coat and the blond hair for your
next BUICK!




In the news....

Steve Crabtree VP News & Operations at WVLT,
better known as (Crabs) announced his exit
from the station last week.

On his face book page
Steve clarified some of the
facts about his departure.


While head of the news at 8 the station
left the lowly number three (last in the local TV news)
ranking slot by kicking the blue heck out of former number two rival, WATE.

Oh speaking of 6, after the coldest and
wettest (snow) December on record in
East TN WATE felt it time to fire
three quarters of their Weather
Department last week. Smooth move ex-lax!

MSNBC reportedly had to say CYAMOFO to the
only hate monger with ratings on their
small but failing cable news outlet.
Keith (Bathtub Boy)Olbermann didn't even tell his staff
he was leaving...and you are shocked?..until
he waved good-by last Friday on the air. If you
really WANT to know more about him cleaning
out his desk and packing his box check out The National Ledger.


Local radio is about the same.

Local TV is about the same (except for 8 and 6)

Local social media (don't you just love that stuff)
is about the same.

We shall try to report in
a more timely manor
in the near to distant future.

Thank you for your support..

Staff

Ed gone and it so sucks

This is the official release from Citadel.

Subject: Citadel Knoxville GM position eliminated

"It is will great sadness that we were informed today that Ed Brantley is no longer with Citadel Knoxville, effective immediately.
These are trying economic times and Citadel Corporate made the difficult decision to eliminate the General Manager's position in the Knoxville market. This has been done in several other Citadel markets for cost cutting reasons. The position will not be refilled.
Ed Brantley has been a major influence in East Tennessee radio and in community in so many capacities and he will be greatly missed by staff, clients and friends of the station. We thank him for his many years of service to this company.
Ben McWhorter will be over all sales
Mike Hammond will be over all programming
Robin Lane will be over all business
Paul O’Malley, President of the South East Division of Citadel, will be available for any assistance required."


WIVK, 107.7 FM
#1 Radio Station in the Knoxville market since 1972!
7 Time CMA Country Station of the Year
5 Time ACM Country Station of the Year

IF this can happen at the number one station in the market it can happen anywhere.
Since we (CP and Walker) left radio I have had dipped back into the fringe of the industry two POINT 1 times and I can tell you each experience caused me to miss the
"old" days. My personal (and this is only substantiated on personal experiences) opinion is only crooks, fools and those who just don't have a clue are either running the industry or trying to get into it. Granted today radio sales are kinda like a battlefield where both sides lost and only the wreckage and dead remain. Still anyway you cut it Corporate American is running most big stations now and when sales start to take that final swirl down the bowl people are always the next to go. We all know it, if you are in the industry you live with it daily but Brothers and Sisters that still does not make it easier when a guy who just captained the biggest and most successful radio ship in the nation gets tossed overboard.

So next time a radio rep. calls or drops in to see you, give them a listen and see if tossing a log on their fire can rekindle yours.

Ed you will be missed!

GORDO BLOWS IT

Hey kids! I don't update this sucker as much as I should
because of two new adventures. One is a band, OK three old dudes
playing acoustic who start and stop at the same time.
THAT blog is updated more than this one so please
dash over and check it out.

http://themfrband.blogspot.com/





FLASH the local paper in Knoxville FINALLY found
out about the GORDOBLOWUP! They are so under
staffed so they do get a pass in missing this
thing. New count of those viewing is over half a mill
and climbing! Yep more than watch MSNBC in a month.


After a few months in Walland the
MEDIA REPORT was urged to come out of
hibernation and comment on the latest
WVLT Channel 8 All VOL Television on air faux pas.

First if you have yet to see
it a big congrats goes out to
both WVLT Channel 8 All VOL television for
sending the feed into u tube and a bigger thank you
goes to all of those 420,750 people
who have seen it.

LAND O GOSHEN 420,750 VIEWS? Heavens to Hanna that is
like...well..a doo doo load of interested folks taking
time to watch GORDO!! Considering the GORDOBLOWUP
covered one minute and 12 seconds...according to our
accounting department that comes to ... can this be right??
7012 HOURS (we dropped the 12 seconds cause we flunked fractions
back at Sam Houston Elementary) dang!

Taking the side of said reporter/anchor/All VOL WVLT Channel 8 Television
guy we have to ask everyone out their in cyber land..have you not also
dropped the cell phone in the porta-pottie, let fly a few air burners in church or
at the very least made a raving fool out of yourself at least ONE time in your life?

Bless your hearts we know we all have!
So lets cut the GORDMAN a little slack here.
Although certain other TV stations
did send The Media Report blatant bribes
that included a half a ham and
four front row tickets to the Mountain Folk Reunion Concert
(get your tickets now by calling the Lyric Theater in Loudon..@ 865 458 9020)
we turned them all away and took the HIGH ROAD in this report.

That said...here is the GORDOBLOWOP followed by more than a few
pervayors of truth who have come before him on the path that is often
called....WE WERE STILL ON? OMG!

Remember judge not least ye be sitting between Randy Jackson and
Ellen.

As always your thoughts and comments are welcome
and as always they will never be edited unless you
are a big poster to knoxviews.com then they will
be laughed at and ignored!




You think GORDO was pissed...check out
THIS LADY!!!!!!!!



Here is virtual COVEY of those who have stepped in and on it
on the air.




One of our all time favorites, Dan the Man
has a beautiful moment filled with controlled
rage and calculated verbiage that
today will cost a broadcast outlet
close to half a million!






SO are you for forgiving and
giggling over GORDO or
are you the guy with the rail and
the tar bucket in the back yard who is
cutting open the feather pillows in the basement?

CLICK the COMMENT DOOBER AND LET US KNOW!!!

WATE OWNERS IN DUMPER

Young is broke as in WAY broke and in bankruptcy as of last winter. Today it has been announced one of their
better stations is about to hit the auction Block.

Locally WATE use to be THE number TWO station
for local news until WVLT pushed them into the
third and lowest position.
The leading local news TV station, WBIR also
has also been feeling the economical
crunch. Old favorite shows have been
told to grab their stuff and
report to the unemployment line.

Times for all media included the "NEW" media are
sucking like a Dyson and there really is little to
no relief in sight. Some radio stations are reporting
a small up tick in sales but nothing that would
signify a turn around.

As our D.C. reporter, Walter Ridings Cronkite points out,
the odd ball group of thieves and tree hugging
socialists running the nation have little incentive
or desire to get out of the way and let the ship of state
cruise into calm waters.


The small skeleton staff at the MR wishes all
those at WATE and Young the best and hates to see
anyone on the street in these horrid times. Good luck
and remember your vote is so needed if we are going to
get these "people" in D.C. out of our lives and our pocket
books!

The above was a paid political advertisement from the
new publishing house BUY,READ,FORGET,BUY AGAIN...who is
proud to announce their first book "MIKE JACKSON DEAD JOKES" has made the New York Chimes best seller list for
six hours in a row!


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Back...sort of

After sitting by the SEE ROCK CITY
Mail Box for weeks now, the staff
and management of the Media Report
is about resigned to the fact that
Hussein Obama's check to us is not coming.
With a heavy heart and a sad
hand we opened our cyber mail and
found some nasty words, obviously
sent by readers of knoxviews.com or
those who enjoy the company of
those types.


Before we reply,
here are just a few things in the
news.


North Korea convicted two American journalists and sentenced them Monday to 12 years of hard labor for crossing into its territory, intensifying the reclusive nation's confrontation with the United States.

The Obama administration said it would pursue "all possible channels" to win the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee, reporters for former Vice President Al Gore's San Francisco-based Current TV media venture, a subsidiarity of the former VP Al Gore
Enterprises.

The good news is Al Gore announced late last week he
would personally fly to North Korea and try to secure the
release of the women. The bad news is he said he would
return to the USA with or without them.



Speaking of Al Gore, his global warming MYTH has taken yet another hit in the shorts! If it seemed cold to you in Green Bay on Saturday, it was. The high temperature for the day, reached at 9:50 a.m., was 52. That set a record for the lowest high temperature for June 6, according to the National Weather Service office in Ashwaubenon.

The old mark was 53, set in 1943.

In Bismarck, N.D. snow has fallen in Dickinson in June, the FIRST TIME in nearly 60 years the city has seen snow past May.
It was so cold in Dickinson, their oldest resident, Lamar Overcoat was arrested for just trying to warm his hand!

Al Gore responded saying the new watch word is
CLIMATE CHANGE...you know now that it is
getting COOLER rather than hotter and all!


Cyber Mail Bag


Ah, like Al Capone's syphillis, the bigoted sheet-head returns to blog and blather.

Is it any wonder you're not on the radio anymore?

Any wonder that even the Halls Shopper banned you (though you were right about WATE)?



Is everything ALWAYS about race with you?

ED....Uh, for someone who obviously is in the latter
stages of the disease don't you think you should at least
learn the correct spelling? It is Syphilis NOT syphillis.

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Race!!...did you even read what the hell he wrote?..put the race flag back in the closet,and just read man..is this fair? to help bail out certain media/broadcast companies based on the color of their skin..sounds like somebody else is using the "race" card..no this blog!!..Get off your high horse and look around!!..then you'll understand where this country is headed..and I don't think you will like it very much!!

ED...We have done some checking among those who
are members of this tribe and have found
they have no word in their language that
means "fair" bless their hearts.

Saturday, June 6, 2009 12:39:00 PM EST
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Leave Walker alone! I grew up listening to him and CP and I turned out a productive if not politically incorrect citizen. I support my wife and daughter, I don't ask for any freakin bailouts. I'm tired of all the whiny assholes in DC trying to run our lives. If you don't like this country, get the hell out of here.

C. Foxx
Hilton Head Island, SC

ED...Now THAT was a fine note! It
defined the problem.."if you don't like this country..."
and it gave a very sound and outstanding solution,
"get the HELL out of here."


Mondday, June 9, 2009 10:28:00 PM EST

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Look this guy is old, a joke to all
who used to hear him on the radio and more
than that a pathetic Republican. The party
that only knows hate and hating. We
banned him from knoxviews and so did
the administrators of the WATE site.
As for his firing at the paper, it
was justified not only for his right
leanings but for his lack of talent and
inability to even spell correctly.
He was a nightmare to edit and
not one story he ever turned in was
published as he wrote it, to avoid
embarrassment of the paper. Also
when he was fired not one single e mail
or call came in asking where he was.
Today he is broke, has no friends and
is laughed at when he goes out in
public. His party is nonexistent and
his thoughts on this blog are both
that of a bigot and a racists. As for
why we even respond the answer is simple,
blogs like this are monitored by us and
if they go further over the line
we can and will get them pulled.

ED...We here at the Media Report have
to refute the idea that said person is
"friendless" but do confirm the
vial "shunnings" by both WATE and
knoxviews.com.
As for the rest of your note,
when read to said recipient through
a closed bathroom door the muffled
reply sounded something like EAT ME!
Upon exiting said Water Closet the
request for a reply was again submitted
but the only remark given over the
sound of the flushing toilet was..."I feel great..
THAT would do honor to a QUARTER HORSE!"


WHAT YOU LOOKEN AT WHITE GIRL? I DONE CLEANED ALL DEM WINDOWS, DON'T GO TELLING ME THAT ONE WAY UP ON THE LEFT IS DIRTY!

POA signs off

Dr. Paul Brown - AKA Paul "Oscar" Anderson has passed away. The noted local
radio personality was at Hillcrest West, Highland West will be handling the arrangements and the receiving of friends is Monday (June 8th) from 6-8.

POA was WNOX mornings and actually turned the station around. The morning ratings fight between WKGN and WNOX was legendary until POA came to the Big 99.
The man only did news, but the way he did it and what he wrapped the facts of the story in made
the top of the hour a destination for listeners.

Dash over to http://www.ktownradio.blogspot.com/ for a taste of POA and if you knew the guy either personally or as a fan, send them a story or two.

STOP THE PRESSSSSSSSSSSSSES!

HEAVEN HELP US ALL, LOOK AT WHAT THEY ARE DOING NOW!


High-ranking House Democrats (DON'T MISS THEIR NAMES..LORD ONE IS A GUY NAMED...Edolphus) are urging the Treasury Department to prop up minority-owned broadcasters suffering from a lack of capital and lost advertising revenue amid the economic slump.

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) is leading an effort to convince Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (A TOTAL DORKASSFOOL WHO HAS PROVEN TO THE NATION HE IS COMING UP WAY SHORT IN THE BRAINS DEPARTMENT) to take “decisive action” by extending credit to this sector of the broadcasting industry.

Clyburn and other senior members, including House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) (KILL ME NOW..THE BARNEY FRANK WHO NEVER MET A FANNY HE DIDN'T LOVE) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (HEY CHUCK PAY YOUR DANG TAXES OK?) (D-N.Y.), argue that minority-owned broadcasters are sound businesses, but that the recession could undermine the government’s efforts to diversify the airwaves. (DID THEY SAY THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS? I THOUGHT WE WERE THE GOVERNMENT AND IF WE ARE WE COULD GIVE A RAT'S SOUTHBOUND IF THESE STATIONS GO BELLY UP TOMORROW!)

A number of members from the Congressional Black Caucus signed the letter, too. (WOW I AM SO SHOCKED!..NOT!)

“While many jobs are at stake, a more important principle — the government’s fundamental interest in promoting a diversity of voices, including service to underserved communities — is severely threatened,” (HECK, I THOUGHT THE GOVERNMENT WAS HERE FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE..NEVER KNEW IT WAS TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY? LIVE AND LEARN!) the members write in a draft of a letter that was scheduled to be sent Tuesday.

The letter comes as some of the biggest recipients of government bailout money, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, jockey to repay government bailout money. As banks seek a way out from the government’s restrictions, other industries struggle and seek government support. Some firms seeking to repay the government argue that the government’s restrictions have burdened their businesses.

The congressmen suggest the Treasury Department could provide access to capital to minority-owned broadcasters, which they say represent less than 7 percent of full-power radio stations and a “negligible” ownership of television stations. (LORD YES THEY REPRESENT LESS THAN 7 BECAUSE FULL POWER RADIO STATIONS ARE ALL BUILT AROUND THE IDEA OF MAKING MONEY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SEVEN TALKED ABOUT ABOVE!)

“They are looking for continued access to capital to continue their otherwise fundamentally sound operations,” the members write. (HEY MEMBERS IF THEY ARE FUNDAMENTALLY SOUND THEN THEY DO NOT NEED O U R TAX DANG DOLLARS!)

The letter suggests Treasury could set up a credit facility specific to the industry, similar to the government’s efforts to support auto suppliers, or possibly set up a program for bridge financing and government-backed loans until the economy improves. (OR HERE IS A BETTER IDEA OUR TREASURY SHOULD RUN FROM THIS FASTER THAN A MAN TRYING TO CARRY A FLAT SCREEN OUT OF SEARS IN A RIOT!)

“In addition to the credit crisis, also weighing heavily on minority broadcasters is a significant decline in advertising revenues, particularly the loss of automobile advertising,” the congressmen write. (HEY CONGRESSMEN, CAR ADVERTISING IS DOWN AT ALL STATIONS, IF YOU ARE REALLY GOING TO DO THIS SACK OF BULL FECES IDEA THEN LETS SEND SOME CHECKS TO ALL OF THEM!)

The members are asking for a meeting with the Treasury Department and minority-owned broadcast entities and representatives from the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters. (GOD TO TO HAVE THE FRIED CHICKEN CONCESSION AT THAT MEETING!)

Other members signing the letter are Democratic Reps. Bobby Rush (Ill.), Edolphus (WHERE IN THE HECK DID YOUR MOMMA GET THAT NAME EDOLPHUS?) Towns (N.Y.), Maurice (PLEASE TELL ME YOU ARE NOT THE SAME MAURICE THAT IS THE GANGSTER OF LOVE?) Hinchey (N.Y.), Carolyn Maloney (N.Y.), Maxine Waters (OH NO...SHE IS CRAZIER THAN TWO OUT HOUSE RATS!) (Calif.), Gregory Meeks (N.Y.), G.K. Butterfield (N.C.), Barbara Lee (Calif.), Lynn Woolsey (Calif.) and Bennie Thompson (Miss.)


WE ARE IN SUCH TROUBLE IF THIS KIND OF COW DOO DOO (words Whoopie used on TV to describe a FOX NEWS show host) EVEN GETS A LEG UP LET ALONE PASSES!


FRIENDS and FELLOW AMERICANS PASS THIS ON AND USE IT AS ONE MORE NEEDLE TO REMIND EVERYONE THE ELECTIONS OF 2010 ARE A BIG STEP IN GETTING OUR NATION BACK!

THE MEDIA REPORT CRASH

After almost two weeks of no activity the
most read blog in Greenback, Old Tazwell,
and Hornwald has announced a total reorganization.

Due to the complexion of the financial
market and an unmanageable debt,
The Media Report has sold controlling
interest to the noted Mexican financier,
Uno Richsumbitch.

On the editorial side of the
page the cost of reporters, writers
and editors has been slashed by
following the money savings model of
the E.W. Scripps Co. outlined below.

1. The 401K plan has now been
scrapped, all those eligible or
contributing to the old 401K plan
will now be on board with the new
plan. All questions about where
your money is now should be sent in
writing to GOWHISTLEUPYOURASSFORIT
@ Manhattan, New York, United States
and please put to the attention of..
Bernard Madoff.

2. All "remaining" staff
will be cut back to a two day
work week, with a minimum of
24 required work hours per day.

4. All staff working hours over 40 will
be given the world famous Chinese
Over Time,

5. All reporters will stop reporting
and begin making up a minimum of
three stories an hour.

6. All stories must be sponsored by
either the writer or a rich relative of
said writer.



With the new influx of cash
The Media Report will be
able to continue to
sponsor their racing team,,
featuring the fastest gal
driver in the sport Mona Mamothmounds

The new publisher of The Media
Report is excited to continue
the tradition of reporting all
the news fit to make up concerning
both the local tribes and now
the cable, over the air, and
new digital media minions.

All contributions (posts) will
still be unedited, welcome and
revered by the new management
team and the very small but
well paid staff of writers
left in the bunker.


On a sad note, Management
at The Media Report
regrets to inform
all employees who went to
lunch yesterday and upon returning
found their desk contents
on the street and the locks changed
that "IF" you felt some of your personal items
were not returned to you, we will not
be taking your calls or meeting with you
to discuss the situation.

If you persist in calling and
dropping by to continue the discussion
we suggest you take it up with
our new SECURITY GUARD,
Lamar...

One bright one darkspot

Moments ago...according to Zeek's new fake
Rolex

The Knoxville News Sentinel
cut their folks PAY!
Zeek is worried about
the last big newspaper
in Knoxville. Their
owners announced that even
with all the political ads
they ran..the company...has
posted a big fat LOSS!

As Zeek says it don't
take much to figure if
you get a gift such as
a presidential campaign
advertising budget and still
lose dollars, things
are going to get
worse before they get better!

As he was telling our fashion
and society editor, Modine Gunch,
Knoxvull still needs a big paper
and if it were to pass away
it would be a shame.

Put away your hankie,
here be some GREAT NEWS!!!

The Dude that road in the front
seat when Air America went down in
flames and then opened another lib talk
radio network has just seen it ALSO
burp and die!

Randi Rodes (famed GW hater and
lib) could be one of those who
will be kept off the air if this boys
network can't get a jump start from
Al-Kida or one of their other
under the table sponsors!

Now if MSNBC will follow their lead
and turn off the lights we will be able
to truly say we have made two giant
steps toward solving the problem of
AIR POLLUTION!

WATE BANKRUPTCY

First...these are Y O U R
posted comments on the financial
problems of Young Broadcasting and
their Knoxville station..Channel 6






Anonymous Anonymous said...

NEW YORK -- Young Broadcasting Inc., owner of 10 TV stations affiliated with the CBS and ABC networks, including two in Tennessee, said Friday it has filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. bankruptcy court in the Southern District of New York.

The New York-based company said it will continue to operate the stations without interruption.

"Our decision to restructure through a Chapter 11 filing will allow the company to bring its debt in line with current economic realities so that we can emerge a stronger and more financially secure company. It is important to note that we are restructuring our debt, not our operations," says Chairman Vincent Young in a written statement.

TV broadcasters in the U.S. are under pressure as the economic downturn sends advertising revenue spiraling downward. Credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service warned last week that broadcasters entered the recession with high levels of debt and already were struggling to retain audiences as more customers turn to portable gadgets and the Web for entertainment.

At the same time, broadcasters -- and some of their cable counterparts -- are facing tough times absent must-see television such as major political campaigns or the Olympics.

On Thursday, the country's fourth-largest cable operator Charter Communications Inc., said it expects to file for bankruptcy by April 1 and get relief from creditors.

The St. Louis-based company has never made a profit since it began trading publicly in 1999.

And last December, Chicago-based Tribune Co., which owns flagship newspapers such as the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The (Baltimore) Sun, The Hartford Courant and other dailies, as well as 23 television stations and the Chicago Cubs baseball team, sought bankruptcy protection amid a $13 billion debt load and sinking ad revenues.

Young Broadcasting owns a national television representation firm, Adam Young Inc., and the following stations:

WATE-TV in Knoxville, Tenn. (ABC)

WKRN-TV in Nashville, Tenn. (ABC)

WTEN-TV in Albany, N.Y. (ABC)

WRIC-TV in Richmond, Va. (ABC)

WBAY-TV in Green Bay, Wis. (ABC)

WLNS-TV in Lansing, Mich. (CBS)

KLFY-TV in Lafayette, La. (CBS)

KELO-TV in Sioux Falls, S.D. (CBS)

KWQC-TV in Davenport, Iowa (NBC)

KRON-TV in San Francisco



Sunday, February 15, 2009 2:35:00 PM EST
Anonymous Anonymous said...

WTF-old news...don't wast our time on copy & paste stuff..When Walker just posted about the same stuff..give us something new or nothing at all.

Sunday, February 15, 2009 9:54:00 PM EST
Anonymous Anonymous said...



Anonymous #2--You have permission to kiss my rosy red ass. I'll contribute anything I damn well please. Get off your own lazy ass and find something to contribute instead of bitching about what someone else has added. The story above is confirmation of what Walker wrote earlier. If you can't handle copy & paste, stick your head back in your ass where it belongs.



Sunday, February 15, 2009 10:23:00 PM EST
Anonymous Anonymous said...

how can anyone believe what is posted on this thing? Everyone knows the bog hates channel 6 and makes up things about the station.



Sunday, February 15, 2009 10:54:00 PM EST
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Are we a little aggravated Mr. WATE
copy and paste poster?..What will you copy and paste next?..Sure it'll be something already covered
in Walker's blog!!...and I'll just stay on my lazy ass and post about idiots like you!!..and I don't need permission to kick your ass do I?...that's what I thought..How about you posting something new and relevant?..go on if you can


STOP THE SHOW! HOLD YOUR HORSES!
GET A GRIP!

WE (the management and staff of THE MEDIA REPORT)
must comment on this exchange between
the two obviously irritated posters.

WHEN someone suggests a CRANIAL ANAL INSERT
we must put our foot down our raise our hands to
the heavens and do our best to ENCOURAGE more of
such exchanges! ZEEK ESPECIALLY LOVES
THE PASSION AND FIRE!


As for the situation at WATE...
The MR Legal Eagle, Shifty J. Grisham
tells us that Bankruptcy tant always
a bad thing, for the OWNERS of the joint.
Shifty also said there are more chapters of
Bankruptcy than there are of his new book,
"The Mutilated Client Who Skipped On His Lawyers Bill"
Shifty would have explained the ins and outs of
the one WATE and their owners are in (Chapter 11) but
he said he would have to kick in the meter and
suggested we let you the interested click right here for
the inside skinny. Just before he left to
have lunch with a soon to be HOT Divorcee he is representing
he mentioned something about talent contracts
and pay just MIGHT be reset or at the least renegotiated
not unlike those of the Unions at GM. When asked
to elaborate he yelled he had no time
due the fact he had to make a pre-lunch
run by the Whiskey Store for a quart
of Wild Turkey.

Naturally Young Broadcasting (WATE's mother ship) announced late on a Friday to keep the flack to a minimum. STILL, when Zeek was on the heated porcelain throne Saturday morning
he found several mentions of it in the Wall Street Journal.

Unlike the fine release from WATE (see POSTER ONE ABOVE) the
big story talks about a station in Calf being Young Broadcasting's "Bridge Too Far" and kinda blames the
soon to be court appearance on it.

Finally we turned this over
to our Media Psychic the renowned
Hindu from Huntington ISEEFORABUCK and
he says he will do his best to
have an OBE (out of body experience)
and transport his OBE body to
any and all discussions
between staff and suits at
Graystone. He does caution
that often times the results of
his OBEs are determined by the
amount of bribe money he carries
along in is OBE pants.

WEEEKND AGAIN

GOOD LORD THE DR HAS DONE IT AGAIN!
LOS ANGELES - The doctor who helped Nadya Suleman get pregnant with octuplets has reportedly transferred at least seven embryos to another patient.

BREAKING NEWS!!!!
WATE PARENT COMPANY THROWS THE
"WE BE BROKE" TOWEL!

BOY DID AMERICA
GET SCREWED!




As you look at the above CLICK HERE!



Zeek was in line to audition
for the role of a pioneer, redneck,
moon shining, whistle pig eating, sister
dating, cousin marrying, single wide
living, white after labor day wearing,
home grown smoking, poorly dressed white
trash hillbilly down at WBIR when the word
came down that the Heart Land TV show was
being axed come this fall! After being a
background player for years Zeek took it personal
and did an "end around" run at the front desk to get
to the Grand Fromage for the scoop.

Back in olden times when the station was taken over
and the new suits reviewed the budget they
kinda thought stories about a toothless octogenarian
on a porch pushing a plunger and singing COME BUTTER COME..
were a bit over priced. Still, with the talent of Steve of the Deans behind the adventure they did a bit of financial
slicing around the edges and let the wonderment
of the good old days continue on BIR.

Zeek said the reason for the
dropping of the ax was money.
He also said he could see it, cause
when he first started as an "extra"
on the show his pay was a 5X7 photo
of him standing in front of the old
Cas Walker wall flanked by
a cut out of Cas, and John Rice Irwin.
Over the years the fame and glory were
bundled in a monetary contribution that
made Zeek always be first in line
when there was a cattle call!

So is the show really going to pick up
the mussel loader, a quart of two hundred
proof and take that one way walk out into the
woods? According to the power brokers the word
is no. The only change is those who make
the show will now be in the soon to be forming
Obama bread lines, while the shows that are
in the can continue to run.

Zeek is heart broken that the Heart Land
has lost its Heart on this the day before
VALENTINES.


Radio host Mario Solis Marich asked former President Bill Clinton if it was time for "some type of enforced media accountability.

The former President said....

"Well, you either ought to have the Fairness Doctrine or we ought to have more balance on the other side," Clinton said, "because essentially there's always been a lot of big money to support the right wing talk shows and let face it, you know, Rush Limbaugh is fairly entertaining even when he is saying things that I think are ridiculous...."

Staff and management at THE MEDIA REPORT
stand as a body of one against any
and all FAIRNESS! Never will
this almost award winning
publication be scared into
presenting TWO sides of ANY
issue! As with Rush, and
the other successful
seekers of truth we
believe our opinion is
the only opinion. To
allow a new administration
that so far can't find
enough boys who have actually paid
their taxes, to work for them tell
us what to say, express or think
goes over about as well as
the often referenced "offering"
in the punch bowl.

As always if you disagree with
this publication you are
encouraged to vent on the
comment page.


Last week it looked like
satellite radio just might be
going breasts up. Last minute
offers and deals are in the works
to save the industry so don't panic
yet. IF you are a subscriber and
the two networks do shut down, Zeek is
working with Tha Swang and a few other
old timers to set up a
local FREE radio station featuring
the local Heart Land Series band members
who were just throw under the buggy by
WBIR. Preliminarily plans are for the station
to broadcast on CB channel 69, provided
our engineer Sparky can get two new Chicken
Chokers and a couple of Foot Warmers at
Green Acres on Sunday.

NEWS BREAKING LIKE THE WIND!
THE PRESIDENT HAS FINALLY FOUND
A DOG THAT FITS BOTH HIMSELF AND
HIS FAMILY!