Broadcasting & Cable articles from December 2008

Broadcasting & Cable archives from December 2008

Claire Atkinson Joins B&C.(Broadcasting and Cable Inc.)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Staff Veteran business journalist will be based in New York office Broadcasting & Cable has named Claire Atkinson to the position of Business Editor. Based in B&C 's New York office, she will report directly to B&C Editor-in-Chief Ben...

BC Beat.(current economic crisis)
December 1, 2008... Edited by Joel Topcik Peter Schiff Told Us So-Many, Many Times Joel Topcik When it comes to predicting the current economic crisis, Peter Schiff has a pretty solid claim on the last laugh-that is, if there were anything to laugh...

Shortfall Season at CNBC.(Consumer News and Business Channel Partnership)
December 1, 2008... By Marisa Guthrie With budget cuts looming, the successful business network is out to prove it's still money Erin Burnett is obsessed with Art Hogan's bottom. Hogan, the market analyst at investment advisor Jefferies & Co., often...

Deals.(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... By BIA Financial Networks TV KLMH-LP/Abilene, KEAM-LP/Amarillo, KQHO-LP/Beaumont, K49KP/Lubbock, K42IP/Refugio, KSAD-LP/San Angelo and K52JO/Wichita Falls, Texas PRICE : $2.7 million BUYER : Christian Vision Church (Othmar...

'Rocky' Road.(WBIR)
December 1, 2008... By Michael Malone Losing Vols team dampens Knoxville spirits Tennessean Al Gore was victimized by the phrase 'fuzzy math' in the 2000 presidential debates, and similarly, there are some quirky things going on with the numbers in...

CBS Keeps 'Open Dialogue' With Oprah.(CBS Corp. CBS Television)
December 1, 2008... By Melissa Grego Nogawski stands heat of economic crisis with preparation, perspective and flip-flops The Dish: CBS TV Distribution President John Nogawski sits back in a chair at One Pico in Santa Monica, with the Pacific Ocean...

'Dr. Oz' Takes Step on Road to '09.(Sony Pictures Television International has appointed Mindy Moore Borman as executive producer)
December 1, 2008... By Ben Grossman New Harpo/Sony talker puts veteran Mindy Moore Borman in charge Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions and Sony Pictures Television have finalized several details of the fall 2009 syndicated show featuring Dr. Mehmet Oz,...

Networks Get Their Game On.(MTV Networks Inc.)
December 1, 2008... By Alex Weprin TV increasingly turning to gaming sector The Championship Gaming Series-which lets people watch others play video games on TV-may have shut down recently, but that is hardly the end of the marriage between television and...

Verklin Navigating Tough Waters.(Interview)
December 1, 2008... Claire Atkinson As CEO of Canoe Ventures, longtime ad exec David Verklin is on a crusade to reinvigorate the television platform and stop the drain of ad dollars to the major Internet players. Verklin, still in his first 100 days on the...

FCC Chairman's Seat Up for Grabs.(United States. Federal Communications Commission)
December 1, 2008... By John Eggerton Several Obama insiders among strong possibilities for prime commission post Major departmental shifts are coming left and right in Washington, but one change is of primary interest to broadcasters: the new...

UFC Packs a Punch.(Ultimate Fighting Championship)
December 1, 2008... By Ben Grossman The wife took the 6-month-old and headed out of town the other weekend, so I did what every responsible father left home with his 2-year-old son would do in that situation: I got a big pizza, a gallon of chocolate milk and...

Where to be & what to watch-.
December 1, 2008... By Stephanie Robbins Monday, Dec. 1 If you only had one night to live-who would you spend it with? Well, Gossip Girl , of course. That's the tagline for tonight's hotly anticipated episode at 8 p.m. on The CW -'It's a Wonderful...

Open Hopes.
December 1, 2008... Staff It is our hope that as President-elect Barack Obama assembles his team to deal with communications issues-his FCC chair, new tech policy czar and Commerce Secretary principally among them-he remains true to the ideals of fairnesss...

Earth to Obama: The Biggest Challenge Yet.
December 1, 2008... By Dr. Michael Tobias An Open Letter to President-elect Obama: Congratulations! You now have a remarkable opportunity to enrich America's environmental stewardship at home, and her influence abroad. Here are three suggested arenas for...

B&C Talkback.(Broadcasting & Cable)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Staff A sample of reader comments online. Join the conversation atwww.broadcastingcable.com . Re: 'NFL Network Blasts Cablers Yet Again' [Story about the NFL Network's complaints that some cable systems don't offer the...

Juenger: Watching What Viewers Actually Watch.(Todd Juenger)
December 1, 2008... By David Goetzl TiVo audience research VP knows it's the measurement that counts Surveying the career of Todd Juenger, a delicious irony emerges. The 41-year-old began by managing massive budgets for the country's largest advertiser....

Mort Marcus: More Syndie Cancellations Loom.(Interview)
December 1, 2008... By Paige Albiniak Debmar-Mercury exec foresees rough times The first-run syndication business looks broken to many, and Mort Marcus, co-president of Debmar-Mercury, has some ideas on how to fix it. And Marcus has some weight: He...

MediaFlo Primes for Growth.
December 1, 2008... By Glen Dickson Better coverage, new platforms may boost mobile TV service Fans of the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show , which will be broadcast by CBS Dec. 3, won't need to sit in front of a TV to catch their favorite sexy...

Sony Wants It Both Ways.
December 1, 2008... By Glen Dickson It's pushing Blu-ray and Internet HD movie delivery As it enters a holiday selling season that could prove crucial to the long-term viability of its Blu-ray high-definition optical disc format, consumer electronics...

Koppel, Discovery Parting Ways.(Discovery Communications Inc. Discovery Channel)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... By Alex Weprin Ted Koppel and Discovery Communications will end their partnership six months early. Discovery says the decision to dissolve the agreement was mutual and amicable. Former Nightline host Koppel joined Discovery in January...

Fox Lefty Colmes To Cut and Run.(Fox News Network L.L.C. Fox News Radio)(Alan Colmes)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... By Alex Weprin Alan Colmes, the longtime liberal foil to Sean Hannity on Fox News' Hannity & Colmes , is leaving the program but not the network. Colmes says he wants to "develop new and challenging ways to contribute to the growth of...

Warner Bros. Renews TMZ on Fox Stations.(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... By Paige Albiniak Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution has renewed its access magazine, TMZ , on the Fox-owned stations for two more years, but only on those stations that air Fox programming. (The company also owns MyNetworkTV...

Former KYW Anchor Mendte Gets House Arrest.(KYW-TV (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania))(Larry Mendte)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... By Michael Malone Former KYW Philadelphia anchor Larry Mendte was sentenced to six months of house arrest after he had pleaded guilty to accessing the e-mail account of former co-anchor Alycia Lane. Mendte also got three years' probation,...

Headlines from Multichannel News.(Nexstar Broadcasting Group Inc.)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Staff Hispanic Ads Hit Brick Wall Spanish-language television advertising won't jump by double digits this year. The growth is a mere 0.3% in the first eight months of 2008. Next year isn't likely to be much better. Get Ready For...

BC Beat.(broadcasting industry)(Editorial)
December 8, 2008... Edited by Joel Topcik Wanted: FCC Chairman Not Named 'Martin' Joel Topcik As the incoming Obama administration mulls its pick for FCC chairman, Free Press is conducting its own search. Last week, the media reform group took...

Univision's Real Drama Starts Now.(Univision Communications Inc.)
December 8, 2008... By Laura Martínez The Spanish-language broadcaster may be wildly popular, but its debt and legal troubles are making it the reluctant star of its own telenovela Univision CEO Joe Uva (left) might still have to brush up on his...

Watching Wachovia.(banking business )
December 8, 2008... By Michael Malone Charlotte still growing, but banking woes mount This increasingly cosmopolitan city has been going through a lot of changes, and that's not even considering what's happening to the banking business in Charlotte. ...

Kelley 'Frustrated' With Broadcast.
December 8, 2008... By David Bianculli As Boston Legal wraps, decorated writer-producer looks ahead David E. Kelley has made his name in broadcast television, and is hoping for yet another hit with a new project in development at NBC. But as ABC's Boston...

WNDY 'Faces' Tough Decision.(Television broadcasting industry)
December 8, 2008... By Michael Malone LIN station poised to name an on-air station "host" The newest employee at WNDY Indianapolis gets introduced to the market this week. This individual--undoubtedly young, well-scrubbed and exceedingly peppy--is the...

Rachael Ray Serves Up New Food Network Program.
December 8, 2008... By Alex Weprin Viva Daisy! to feature PBS personality Daisy Martinez Rachael Ray is rolling out yet another Food Network show, but for a change she'll be behind the cameras only. Ray and husband John Cusimano are expanding their...

Cable's New VOD Politics Channel.(Video-on-demand)
December 8, 2008... By Claire Atkinson Service aims to tap into Obama euphoria A group of cable operators will launch an on-demand politics channel in a bid to tap the euphoria surrounding the inauguration of the first African-American president--and they...

Ad Clients 'Smelling Blood'.(Initiative Media Worldwide president Tim Spengler)(Interview)
December 8, 2008... Claire Atkinson A spiraling economy mixed with sluggish ratings was not the cocktail that network television needed this holiday season. The networks hope the new year is better. Even if ratings pick up as shows like American Idol and Lost...

Blueprint for 'Progressive' Media.(Obama telecommunication policy)
December 8, 2008... By John Eggerton Opening spectrum and closing de-reg doors in store, says new policy briefing If you want to get a read on the telecom policy agenda in store for the media industry, it has been spelled out in a new 300,000-word policy...

B&C Moves in Los Angeles.(Broadcasting and Cable Inc.)(Brief article)
December 8, 2008... Staff Broadcasting & Cable 's Los Angeles offices have moved. The L.A. staff is now located at 5900 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 3100, Los Angeles, CA 90036. Individual contact information is: Editorial Editor-in-Chief Ben...

Mum in Mumbai.(Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, 2008)(Brief article)
December 8, 2008... By Marisa Guthrie ANALYSIS: Lack of foreign resources plagued U.S. TV coverage of attacks As terrorists descended on Mumbai, the financial and entertainment capital of India, the staffs at American TV news organizations scrambled to...

Where to be & what to watch.(award ceremony by The Help Group)(Muse Awards)(Los Angeles Gala)(Calendar)
December 8, 2008... By Michael Malone Monday, Dec. 8 The Help Group , which assists children with special needs, holds its Teddy Bear Ball at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. The group salutes Sony Pictures Television President Steve Mosko with its...

Strike Out.(Screen Actors Guild)(Writers Guild of America)
December 8, 2008... Staff They say timing is everything, and if that's the case, the Screen Actors Guild has nothing. That is no commentary on the issues in its long negotiations with Hollywood studios, as SAG actually has several legs to stand on in its...

Business Need Not Fear Obama.(Barack Obama)
December 8, 2008... By Adonis Hoffman Emergency plans for a doomsday scenario are being rehearsed up and down Washington's K Street, even as we speak. Anxiety is high among corporate lobbyists and organized business trade groups, who have been meeting since...

Fates & Fortunes.(KBCW appoints Kerry Inserra, Sean Torbett and Chris Guerrero)
December 8, 2008... Staff BROADCAST Staff KERRY INSERRA , senior VP and director of account development, Heinrich Marketing, has joined KBCW San Francisco as an account executive. SEAN TORBETT , regional director of engineering, Ion Media...

7 Robot's Szalavitz: Beyond Campfire Tales.(Sarah Szalavitz)
December 8, 2008... By Richard Bellamy Profitable online video startup is kindergarten storytelling champ's latest chapter Very few people have found success in the world of online video. Sarah Szalavitz is one of them. Passionate about the stories...

The Big Thinkers.(cable television broadcasting industry)(Discussion)
December 8, 2008... Staff Merrill Lynch media analyst Jessica Reif Cohen, Canoe Ventures CEO David Verklin, YouTube's Head of Content Partnerships Jordan Hoffner and other leading media thought-leaders gathered at the inaugural Broadcasting &...

The 'Payne' Facts.(Television programs )
December 8, 2008... By Paige Albiniak Among black viewers, nothing comes close Debmar-Mercury's rookie sitcom, Tyler Perry's House of Payne , is running in the middle of the pack when it comes to off-net sitcoms, but among the African-American audiences...

ATSC Eyes Digital TV's Future.(Advanced T.V. Systems Committee)
December 8, 2008... By Glen Dickson Mobile and non-real-time delivery are new opportunities for stations Most broadcasters are fixated on the digital transition deadline of Feb. 17, 2009. But the head of the U.S. digital television standards body isn't...

Consumers Won't Cut Media Spending.(Report)
December 8, 2008... By Marisa Guthrie Buyers even willing to pay more for good service amid recession, survey says Despite the darkening economic forecast--and the official word last week that the United States is indeed in a recession--U.S. consumers...

Viacom Cuts 850 Jobs, NBC Squeezes 500.(Viacom Inc.)(NBC Universal Inc.)(Brief article)
December 8, 2008... By John Eggerton Viacom announced plans Dec. 4 to cut 850 jobs, amounting to 7% of its workforce, and says there will be no senior-level raises in 2009. NBC Universal also made reductions. The Viacom cuts, much larger than analysts...

Fox Moves to All-HD Program Distribution.(Fox Broadcasting Co. using high-definition technology)(Brief article)
December 8, 2008... By Glen Dickson In an industry first, Fox is going to shift program distribution of all its broadcast and cable networks to an entirely high-definition system using encoders, encryption and receiver technology from Motorola. The new...

CW, NBC Set Midseason Plans.(National Broadcasting Company Inc.)(Brief article)
December 8, 2008... By Alex Weprin The CW has pulled back the curtain on its midseason schedule, with one new show and the return of cult hit Reaper . NBC also announced a midseason schedule of specials, a new series and the return of some favorites. The...

So Far, Flat TV Sales Falling Flat.(Consumer Electronics Association)(Brief article)
December 8, 2008... By John Eggerton The Consumer Electronics Association has revised its fourth-quarter wholesale consumer electronics shipment revenues, estimating last week that they will only be up 0.1% in the fourth quarter over the same period in 2007....

MyNetwork Moves Up In TV Rankings.(television)(Brief article)
December 8, 2008... By John Eggerton MyNetwork TV says it moved up six spots in overall TV network rankings in this November's sweeps compared to last year, in total audience. However, the list includes broadcast and cable nets, moving it from 16th to...

Showtime Looks Good In Twilight Deal.(Showtime-The Movie Channel Inc.)(Brief article)
December 8, 2008... By Alex Weprin Showtime is continuing to rebuild its movie library following the announcement earlier this year that Paramount, MGM and Lionsgate would be taking their libraries to a new cable channel in 2009. Showtime inked a deal...

Cable Giant Rogers Dead At 75.(Edward Samuel Rogers)(Obituary)(Brief article)
December 8, 2008... By Todd Spangler Edward Samuel "Ted" Rogers, founder and CEO of Rogers Communications, the cable, wireless and media company, died Dec 2 at the age of 75. Rogers died of congestive heart failure at his home in Toronto. Rogers built...

Headlines from Multichannel News.(Cable Television Laboratories Inc.)(High definition television)(Television broadcasting industry)(Brief article)
December 8, 2008... Staff Cable Thriving on Fear Factor Viewers are sinking their teeth into horror shows. In real life, the economy may be scary but on TV, terror sells. HD Special: Mixed Bag For The Holidays The slump may have a chilling effect...

Syndies Get Charitable.(Brief article)
December 8, 2008... Paige Albiniak Just in time for the holidays, syndicated shows and their hosts are doing a little extra to help those in need. Talk-show hosts Tyra Banks and Rachael Ray teamed up to gather food for New York City's City Harvest, which...

Avid bows new high-end storage product.(Brief article)
December 8, 2008... Staff Nonlinear editing and storage supplier Avid has introduced the next generation of its enterprise-class storage system, Unity ISIS 2.0, which is aimed at large shared production environments in broadcast or post-production facilities....

WNYW goes HD with Chyron graphics.(WNYW-TV (New York, New York) intoduce high-definition newscasts with Chyron Corp. )(Brief article)
December 8, 2008... Staff Fox owned-and-operated station WNYW New York launched high-definition newscasts last month, supported by new graphics systems from Chyron Corp. WNYW has installed three of Chyron's HD/SD-switchable HyperX2 graphics systems, as well...

Jeff Zucker: Prime Mover.
December 15, 2008... By Ben Grossman A candid talk with the NBC Universal CEO about keeping Leno and remaking the television model It would hard for anyone at NBC Universal's broadcast network to wrap their head around the dizzying events of the past...

Media Execs Share Hard Truths at UBS Confab.
December 15, 2008... By Claire Atkinson If the recession cast a heavy pall over last week's UBS Global Media and Communications Conference in New York, it also cleared out some of the usual hot air that tends to fill the ballrooms of the Grand Hyatt during the...

Brilliant...or Desperate?
December 15, 2008... By Ben Grossman Is Jeff Zucker the smartest man in television after all? While that sentence probably just made some people spit out their coffee, it crossed my mind while we were all busy questioning our entrenched beliefs about the...

Where to be & what to watch….(Calendar)
December 15, 2008... By Michael Malone Monday, Dec. 15 Broadcasters in Buffalo, N.Y., are turning off analog signals for two minutes to test their readiness for the digital switchover. If Bills-country denizens see fuzz on the screen at 6:28 p.m., they...

Trust but Verify.
December 15, 2008... Staff President Nixon had a special hatred for the press, which he called his enemy. Those foes included The Washington Post and CBS, and he had the power to break them by pulling the broadcast licenses the companies owned. In 1972, when...

B&C Talkback.
December 15, 2008... Staff A sample of reader feedback online. Join the conversation at www. broadcastingcable.com . Re: "Jay Leno Taking Over 10 p.m. on NBC" [Visitors to www.broadcastingcable.com last week were buzzing about NBC's decision to...

Deals.(Liberman Broadcasting Inc. buys Venture Technologies Inc.)(Block Communications Inc. buys Metro-Video Production Services Inc.)(Radio Training Network Inc. buys Aloha Station Trust)
December 15, 2008... By BIA Financial Networks TV WASA-LP/Port Jervis, N.Y. PRICE : $6 million BUYER : Liberman Broadcasting (Lenard Liberman, exec VP) SELLER : Venture Technologies Group (Lawrence Rogow, chairman) FACILITIES : Ch. 64,...

Stripped Down.(Las Vegas)(City overview)
December 15, 2008... By Michael Malone Sin City scrambles to regain luster Right now, Las Vegas is like a high-roller making a reluctant trip to the cash machine. His luck might be down, but it'd be unwise to count him out. Sin City has been the happy...

CNN Gets a New Graphic Look.(Cable News Network)(Brief article)
December 15, 2008... By Glen Dickson Ticker replaced by "flipper" CNN has revamped its graphic look to make news updates easier to read and understand. The biggest change is replacing the narrow scrolling news ticker that runs along the bottom of the...

Headlines from Multichannel News.(Brief article)
December 15, 2008... Staff BET, TV One Have Big Obama Plans For the first time, Black Entertainment Television and TV One plan extensive around-the-clock coverage of the presidential inauguration. De La Hoya Delivers For Pay-Per-View HBO's Dec. 6...

NTIA Wants to Up The Ante For DTV Transition.(National Telecommunications & Information Administration)(Brief article)
December 15, 2008... By John Eggerton The National Telecommunications & Information Administration wants Congress to raise the $1.34 billion cap on funds for the DTV-to-analog converter-box coupon program. The NTIA's concern is that coupon distribution could...

Conchords Flies To Funny or Die.(Brief article)
December 15, 2008... By Alex Weprin HBO's Flight of the Conchords will be getting an early marketing push from the comedy Website Funny or Die.com. The first episode of season two will be available on the Website from Dec. 17-21, in advance of the series' Jan....

HBO, Cable Still Have Golden Touch.(Home Box Office Inc.)(Brief article)
December 15, 2008... By Joe Topcik HBO received a leading 22 Golden Globe nominations last week for projects including John Adams, Recount, Bernard and Doris , In Treatment and True Blood. Rival Showtime got eight, for Dexter, Weeds, Californication, The...

Through September, Most TV Did Fine.(television broadcasting industry)(Financial report)(Brief article)
December 15, 2008... By John Eggerton TV ad spending for the first nine months of 2008 was up 2.1%, due to Olympic and political spending. That is compared to a 1.7% drop in ad spending for other media in that period and a 2% drop in the third quarter,...

Affiliates Weigh Jay.(Jay Leno)
December 15, 2008... By Michael Malone Some fear if Leno sinks in primetime, they'll drown with him Affiliates seem split down the middle as to what NBC's move of Jay Leno to the nightly 10 p.m. slot means for their crucial late news ratings. While station...

Tribune: After the Fall; Company's Troubles May Cost Studios.(Tribune Broadcasting Co. Tribune Television)
December 15, 2008... By Paige Albiniak Could seek to reset deals with syndicators Warner Bros., Twentieth Television, Disney-ABC and NBC Universal face multimillion-dollar ramifications after Tribune's announcement last week that it was declaring Chapter...

PBS' 'Chávez' Web Debut Proves Profitable.(Public Broadcasting Service)
December 15, 2008... By Marisa Guthrie Frontline documentary a bilingual hit WGBH decided recently to ake a chance that Hugo Chávez, the bombastic, controversial Venezuelan president known for his provocative statements, would incite a different...

Lessons Learned: Now Who's Next?(Interview)
December 15, 2008... By Claire Atkinson S&P analyst eyes Young, Sirius XM in hard times Standard & Poor's credit analyst Heather Goodchild has the job of watching the amount of debt media companies are carrying on their books. On the heels of Tribune's...

House Dems Pound Martin.(investigations of Kevin Martin for abuse of power)
December 15, 2008... By John Eggerton Parting shot is all hat, no cattle, Republicans suggest House Democrats delivered a parting shot at FCC Chairman Kevin Martin last week, giving him Oliver Stone-like treatment in a report provocatively titled...

Fates & Fortunes.(KTBC promoted Scott Moore and Mark Rodman)(Internet Broadcasting Systems Inc. promoted Erik Greenberger)
December 15, 2008... Staff BROADCAST SCOTT MOORE , local sales manager, KTBC Austin, Texas, has been named general sales manager. Also at KTBC, MARK RODMAN , general sales manager, has been promoted to VP and general manager. ERIK GREENBERGER , senior...

Having Fun and Success With Numbers.(GroupM)(Market overview)
December 15, 2008... By Wayne Friedman GroupM's Rino Scanzoni is changing television with his insistence on better analytics Two years ago, Rino Scanzoni, chief investment officer of media holding company GroupM, became--somewhat reluctantly--the public...

MLB Steps Up to the Plate.(Major League Baseball)
December 15, 2008... By Glen Dickson Cable network launches Jan. 1 at huge New Jersey studios There's new grass on the field at MLB Network--literally. Opening Day for the 2009 Major League Baseball season is still more than three months away, but opening...

Cox's Fisher Closes a Chapter.(Andy Fisher is retiring from Cox Television)
December 15, 2008... By Paige Albiniak Retiring broadcast president left impact on stations and the industry Andy Fisher is retiring as the president of Cox Television, but as TV stations face perhaps the toughest period in their 80-year history, Fisher...

NATPE Soldiers On.(National Association of Television Program Executives)
December 15, 2008... By Paige Albiniak Feldman prepares for drop in attendance Rick Feldman expects that attendance and exhibitions will be down at the National Association of Television Program Executives confab, to be held Jan. 26-29 in Las Vegas. But...

Crooner McKnight goes to Syndication.(Brian McKnight for Litton Entertainment music show)(Brief article)
December 15, 2008... Staff Litton Entertainment is offering The Brian McKnight Show , a one-hour weekly variety series, to TV stations for fall 2009. "Brian McKnight's vision for this show fits the tone of a nation that wants to be entertained and...

Plenty to Celebrate About 2008.
December 22, 2008... By David Bianculli From Michael Phelps' heroics to Vic Mackey's grittiness, there was a lot to love on television this year At the end of any year, compiling a list of TV's worsts is easy--this year, too easy. What sport is there is in...

We Want Some Answers.
December 22, 2008... Staff How well do you remember 2008? This is only a test As the year 2008 winds to a close, let's see how much you remember and how much you have just blocked out after the last three miserable months. From a strike to an Olympics to...

The Gift Box.
December 22, 2008... Staff Back in the days when VCRs were high-tech, Jay Leno used to joke that when he visited his parents' home every Christmas he turned on their unit, then every Easter when he'd come over, he'd shut it off. But this year, when you...

B&C Online Readers Fire Back.(Broadcasting & Cable )
December 22, 2008... Staff A sample of reader feedback online. Join the conversation at www.broadcastingcable.com . Re: "Sean Hannity Talks Life Without Colmes" [Alan Colmes, the liberal half of Fox News Channel's Hannity & Colmes, announced he...