Posts Tagged: Radio and TV
What Is That Baseball Electronic Thing?
Posted by on Sunday, January 13, 2008 in - 2 comments
There is a good story in The New York Times this morning about classic baseball announcers and it includes this photo of Red Barber broadcasting at Ebbets Field: • “"They’re tearing up the pea patch," Barber would inform his audience in Brooklyn, where there were precious few pea patches, but we …
Blogging The ABC US Presidential Debates From NH
Posted by on Saturday, January 5, 2008 in - 2 comments
Remember when blogging the debate meant you sat and typed out word for word (except you missed every second sentence) what people said like a bad dictaphonist? Here are my thoughts on the first Republican half of <a this evening's debates on ABC...without the crap transcript: • Format - very …
Your Neanderthal Update
Posted by on Wednesday, January 2, 2008 in - leave a comment
Was they we? • “Modern humans may well have evolved from hardy Neanderthals who suffered through a dramatic cold spell that descended on Europe about 40,000 years ago, according to a new study that throws another coal into the already heated scientific debate about our origins. The report …
Don Chevrier, RIP
Posted by on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 in - leave a comment
My favorite Canadian sports announcer passed away yesterday. Last winter Olympics he gave the curling coverage on US TV and people got it. I actually heard callers to Boston night talk radio asking for more curling coverage. If that isn't success, what is?
Two Boxing Solitudes
Posted by on Saturday, December 8, 2007 in - 3 comments
Channel surfing as I sipped Buckley's, I came across boxing on the CBC's French service last night - an entire night of championship boxing from the Molson Centre, home of the Montreal Canadians. It was like stepping back 30 years watching properly produced boxing on broadcast TV. Not a hint of …
Why Save The CBC? For The Judges Of Course!
Posted by on Friday, November 23, 2007 in - 3 comments
Could there be any more embarrassing reason to maintain what used to be a worthy national institution until it got so boringly self important? • “"We do have some concerns about [the decision], notwithstanding fact that it happened on the French-language side," Ian Morrison, spokesman for …
The Babbler On Blatchford
Posted by on Saturday, November 17, 2007 in - leave a comment
The other day Brooksie posted a review of Christie Blatchford's book Fifteen Days over at The Torch and it included this passage: • “The other notable chapter was the polar opposite to me: the one story that really sums up what this book is about, that distills the essence of this fine …
Why NCPR Is So Great - Reason #3497
Posted by on Thursday, November 8, 2007 in - 2 comments
As I slip into radio silence here letting the Romanian manual spammers have their way for a few days, it is comforting to know that there is much more than me keeping you entertained. I would encourage you all to spend a few days with North Country Public Radio, the voice of my region. I am …
Is There Any Thing Left In There?
Posted by on Thursday, November 8, 2007 in - 6 comments
You know like integrity, credibility? Is it possible that this is the last gasp of a now dead institution that not too long ago was touted as a pillar of the national community? • “A CBC spokesman said the network is simply doing its "due diligence" in holding Beyond The Red Wall: The Story of …
Monday Bullet Points Celebrating Standard Time
Posted by on Monday, November 5, 2007 in - 14 comments
Ah, standard time. Time to sleep. Time to get up not in a rush. Time for bullet points. What were we saving all that daylight for anyway? • Update: note the subtle underlying concept - no one is as smart as me and my friends: • “"I think he's a sincere and honest man," Mr. Manning said …
