Today I had a brief reminiscing with some fellow engineers about having to deal with the local news crews at[…]
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Treating analog TV transmitters like sickly inmates on death row. Keep ‘em alive… For now…
All across the nation there are TV stations headed toward the analog shutdown mandated by congress on February 17th, 2009.[…]
Read moreWhy media ownership caps are important. Censorship in action.
I’m a dedicated Capitalist. I work for money. Money pays my mortgages and rent, keeps my fridge full, and house[…]
Read moreWhat broadcasters need to know about the core demo.
They don’t watch TV. Mostly. Get it? OK, I’ll repeat myself. Broadcaster’s (and many cable networks) are not relevant to[…]
Read moreTV Engineering. This ain’t your dad’s Heathkit transmitter, baby!
For those of you that recognize the ‘Heathkit’ reference you get a cookie. Well done. Unlike the Heathkits of yore[…]
Read moreTV News. My apathy is becoming loathing.
I remember the day I lost any faith in local or national news. It wasn’t when the Colombia Space Shuttle[…]
Read moreAh, the smell of something free…
It’s a new year and as of the first of the year every Sally-Shopper and Johnny-Bag-O-Donuts is eligible for their[…]
Read moreMy new PS3 – Go! Go! Blu-Ray!
Today I made the plunge and finally got off the HD-DVD/Blu-Ray format fence and bought a PS3 system. There were[…]
Read moreA new network identity. Thank the stars!
Today PaxTV (Paxson Communications – my current employer) begins to dig itself out of the ratings hole it has worked[…]
Read moreRebuilt Master Control
Here is a project that we desperately need to do for some time! Programming and monitoring for two stations was[…]
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