November 19, 20204 yr Alt105.7 is IHeartRadio so that's something I'm sure they've at least looked into.
November 19, 20204 yr On second thought, research probably is available in some way for local music by using generalities such as tempo, key, song length, instruments used, number of singers, male/female, genre etc.
November 19, 20204 yr 15 minutes ago, GCrites80s said: Alt105.7 is IHeartRadio so that's something I'm sure they've at least looked into. 105.7 is back to alternative music? When did this happen?
November 19, 20204 yr 5 minutes ago, GCrites80s said: Monday I think. Confirmed: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2020/11/17/new-columbus-alternative-station.html
November 22, 20204 yr On 10/31/2020 at 10:29 PM, CMHOhio said: For me, this is incredibly sad news. I will certainly miss their presence on the local airwaves: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3627598413957212&id=327104050673348&sfnsn=mo ...and they're back! Now on 92.9FM as CD92.9!
November 22, 20204 yr OK, trying to piece together what's going on here. So I figured that if CD102.5 was going to come back to terrestrial radio it would be on an under-utilized frequency or something with less power due to the sheer up-front and fixed expenses of being a big power station in a market this size. At first they will be on the 92.9FM (W225CS) repeater located somewhere in Columbus but not the main 92.9 stick in Delaware. This limits them to a max of 100 watts on FM currently. I can't pick up the station using my analog tuner radios in the bathroom and kitchen here in Groveport, but I can on my digital tuner home system and the car -- with some snow. Now I can pick it up on AM at 1580 which is 3,200 watts during the day and 290 at night (currently it is night). When they get access to the "full power" 92.9 on 1/1/21, they will also be going from the main 92.9 (WDLR) transmitter in Delaware which is still only 500 watts yet drops to a mere 29 watts at night. In addition to that they will get a bit of a boost from a low-power translator also located in Delaware on 92.9 (W225CM). To give you a power comparison, the old CD102.5 frequency was 15,000 watts out of Baltimore with -- as far as I know -- no additional translators. Even after the main frequency kicks in, the best way to pull them in at home may be on AM or of course the stream. Then again, most people aren't using analog tuned radios like I am or may live closer to the four towers they will have. As it stands right now they won't be able to crank up the power on the 92.9 frequency due to the possibility of frequency bleed with a Windsor Ontario station. Blame Canada! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WDLR Also it looks like the Blue Jackets and Crew games will not be coming over to CD92.9FM. Those were probably expensive and don't want to be exclusive to a 500 watt station. Edited November 22, 20204 yr by GCrites80s
November 22, 20204 yr The CD92.9 DJs said that once they have access to the full 92.9 frequency that the signal will clean up since the main 92.9 frequency is still broadcasting out of Delaware with the My 92.9 Classic Hits format. So if someone is up there they are apparently still hearing My 92.9 instead. Edited November 22, 20204 yr by GCrites80s
November 23, 20204 yr On 11/21/2020 at 10:13 PM, GCrites80s said: The CD92.9 DJs said that once they have access to the full 92.9 frequency that the signal will clean up since the main 92.9 frequency is still broadcasting out of Delaware with the My 92.9 Classic Hits format. So if someone is up there they are apparently still hearing My 92.9 instead. That someone would be me. (chuckles) Actually in reading the comments on WWCD's facebook page, WDLR will be leaving 92.9 for 96.7 on January 1st.
November 24, 20204 yr A vague description of what has gone down at WWCD over the last 4+ weeks. Not sure what this Columbus Alive article explained. 🤔 https://www.columbusalive.com/news/20201123/inside-story-of-how-randy-malloy-brought-cd1025-back-on-air-as-cd929?template=ampart&__twitter_impression=true&s=04&fbclid=IwAR1tk8OHo6_jCGxkxfNCqfk-_sjwXJfKkhnpdgXboGytx3HaTdlFhbpS-4E
November 24, 20204 yr On 11/18/2020 at 11:30 PM, ColDayMan said: You made my head hurt. This reminds me of when 107.1FM went from The Power Pig to something cheesy like The Blitz. In an instant it went from heavy American fare like Jackyl and Helmet to Ace of Base wannabe's. The Power Pig only lasted for about 18 months because it started cutting too heavily into WEBN's listeners. They didn't have DJ's but rather these recorded bits by someone who kept calling everyone "Chester". By chance I drove to Columbus on Oct 31 and tuned in to CD101 to hear the ominous repeating message that it was the last day. Some of the songs were pretty bad but it reminded me a lot of WNKU. I remember when Matt Bevin managed to get WNKU yanked off the air and sold to a Christian outfit. The guy who had done the Mr. Rhythm Man show for 20+ years was pretty much despondent during his last broadcast. WAIF in Cincinnati is still amazing. On Friday nights a guy plays 45-minute speeches by Malcom X, Louis Farrakhan, etc. It all changes at 11pm for the Weird Al show.
November 24, 20204 yr 18 hours ago, Magyar said: A vague description of what has gone down at WWCD over the last 4+ weeks. Not sure what this Columbus Alive article explained. 🤔 https://www.columbusalive.com/news/20201123/inside-story-of-how-randy-malloy-brought-cd1025-back-on-air-as-cd929?template=ampart&__twitter_impression=true&s=04&fbclid=IwAR1tk8OHo6_jCGxkxfNCqfk-_sjwXJfKkhnpdgXboGytx3HaTdlFhbpS-4E A bit more about this from Business First: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2020/11/24/saving-cd102-radio-station.html
January 20, 20214 yr On 11/21/2020 at 9:23 PM, GCrites80s said: Also it looks like the Blue Jackets and Crew games will not be coming over to CD92.9FM. Those were probably expensive and don't want to be exclusive to a 500 watt station. Tonight's Blue Jackets game was on CD92.9. So they do have them back.
January 20, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, GCrites80s said: Tonight's Blue Jackets game was on CD92.9. So they do have them back. The CBJ are normally on the more powerful 97.1 "The Fan". But there was an OSU basketball game playing at the same time as the CBJ game. Since 97.1 is also the radio home for OSU football and basketball, the CBJ game must get shifted to CD 92.9 when there's an overlap.
February 6, 20214 yr ^ Looks like the 97.1 conflicted CBJ games will no longer be on CD92.9 (nee CD102.5). Starting last Thursday, they'll be on 105.7. The Blue Jackets signed a multiyear deal with iHeartMedia for 105.7 to be the new alternative home for games not carried by the flagship station, 97.1 FM The Fan: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2021/02/03/blue-jackets-radio-broadcasts-i-heart-media.html
May 2, 20214 yr https://www.columbusmonthly.com/story/lifestyle/features/2021/04/26/preview-columbus-monthlys-may-issue-depth-look-experiences-black-people-central-ohio/7384759002/ https://www.thisweeknews.com/story/opinion/2021/04/29/native-journalist-wil-haygood-guest-editor-special-magazine-race/4870343001/ For the first time since Columbus Monthly magazine launched in 1975 - they're devoting an entire issue to a single topic: The experiences of Black people in Columbus. Nationally acclaimed journalist, historian and Columbus native son Wil Haygood is serving as guest editor for this lineup of stories in the May issue that explores Black life in Columbus.
July 1, 20213 yr Video of Columbus Metropolitan Club's forum last week about "Future of News in a Digital World". The forum featured Alan Miller, Executive Editor of the Columbus Dispatch - Walker Evans, Co-Founder & CEO of Columbus Underground - Denise Eck, News Director of WCMH-NBC4 - and host, Ann Fisher of All Sides With Ann Fisher, WOSU:
July 1, 20213 yr The Columbus Dispatch is celebrating its 150th anniversary today: https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/07/01/columbus-dispatch-150-serving-community-since-july-1-1871/7796131002/ -- The current editor looks at the Dispatch's past, present and near future - which include some 150th year additions. https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/07/01/150-years-columbus-dispatch-downtown-columbus/7796905002/ -- Timeline of milestones over the Dispatch's 150-year history. Includes five different locations in Downtown Columbus and multiple owners - the longest serving being the Wolfe Family, who owned the Dispatch from 1905 to 2015 - to currently being part of the USA Today Network, when GateHouse Media and Gannett announced a merger in 2019. Cool historic photos of the Dispatch's five downtown locations in this article too.
July 1, 20213 yr https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2021/07/01/iconic-dispatch-sign-changed-reflect-150-years-service/7513134002/ Interesting rundown of the Dispatch's iconic downtown sign near Third & Broad through the years. Lots of historic photos showing the evolution of that sign since it was added in 1958 at 34 S. Third Street: Bonus photo of a proto-version installed on the roof of the previous Dispatch location at the corner of Gay & High. This was an 'electrograph' sign installed during World War I, which featured 'Dispatch Bulletins', or headlines using light bulbs to spell out words:
July 1, 20213 yr https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/07/01/hot-off-press-front-page-first-edition-dispatch/7812314002/ The first Dispatch front page from July 1, 1871 and today's front page:
July 8, 20213 yr WOW! cable to leave Columbus, to be replaced by Atlantic Broadband The cable provider WOW! has sold its Columbus and Cleveland markets to the Canadian company Atlantic Broadband. WOW!, based outside Denver, sold the two markets for $1.125 billion. The deals are expected to close in the second half of the year. WOW!'s customers will become Atlantic Broadband customers. WOW! serves about 196,000 internet, 61,000 video and 35,000 telephone customers in the Columbus and Cleveland markets, according to Atlantic Broadband, a Massachusetts-based subsidiary of Cogeco Communications of Montreal. ... Atlantic Broadband serves 11 states including Pennsylvania and West Virginia. With this acquisition, it becomes the eighth-largest cable operator in the U.S. WOW!'s departure adds another change to the Columbus internet and cable landscape, which has been largely shared among WOW!, Spectrum and AT&T. This summer, the provider Starry Internet entered the market, offering high-speed internet with no contract for $50 a month. MORE: https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2021/06/30/wow-internet-and-cable-leave-columbus-market/7809153002/
July 8, 20213 yr New streaming service brings 45 TV channels to Columbus residents for free Locast, a local broadcast streaming service, is now delivering 45 local channels to the 2.5 million residents that make up the Columbus TV market. Designated as a nonprofit TV digital translator, Locast has broadened its services to the Columbus area. According to a press release, this is the company's 34th market. Founded in 2018 by David Goodfriend, a Washington D.C.-based attorney, the company has stood on a mission to ensure the widespread availability of local TV channels via the Internet. ... The streaming service is accessible to viewers in 20 counties in Columbus' designated market area, a list that includes Coshocton, Crawford, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Guernsey, Hardin, Hocking, Knox, Licking, Madison, Marion, Morgan, Morrow, Perry, Pickaway, Pike, Ross and Union counties. The service's 45 TV channels include WCMH NBC 4, WSYX ABC 6, WBNS CBS 10, WTTE FOX 28, PBS, PBS Kids, as well as DABL, Telemundo, Antenna, CourtTV, Movies, MeTV, TrueCrime, CW, Circle, BOUNCE, Quest, LAFF, COMET, HSN, GRIT, Charge! and others. Locast is available for streaming at locast.org, app stores, TiVo, streaming device providers Google Play, Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon and Roku, as well as DISH Hopper/Wally receivers or select DIRECTV receivers. MORE: https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2021/07/02/locast-brings-free-local-tv-streaming-services-columbus-area/7831117002/
September 23, 20213 yr Dispatch Editor Alan Miller to retire this year, take on expanded role at Denison University After leading The Columbus Dispatch newsroom through one of its most challenging transitions, Executive Editor Alan D. Miller announced to the staff on Wednesday that he will retire at the end of this year. Miller, 61, has worked for The Dispatch for 37 years and has been in the newspaper business full-time since 1982, when he started working as a reporter, photographer and editor for The Daily Record in Wooster. In his current role, he also serves as Ohio regional editor for the USA TODAY Network of 21 daily news organizations in the state and is site leader for Dispatch operations in Columbus. While Miller will retire from The Dispatch late this year, he said he won’t be leaving journalism. He plans to continue teaching journalism at Denison University, where he has taught each semester for 22 years, and take on an expanded role as the liberal arts university in Granville grows a journalism major approved by the faculty there in May. “It might seem counter-intuitive to launch a journalism major now, at a time of great disruption in the industry,” Miller said. “But given the proliferation of bad information swirling around the internet and on social media, journalism has never been more important.” He also will work with Denison to help grow its connections to Columbus through its new Denison Edge center at 300 Marconi Boulevard. MORE: https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/09/15/dispatch-editor-announces-plan-retire/8347673002/
October 4, 20213 yr https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/2021/10/04/expanded-content-community-engagement-among-goals-wosu-public-media/5815464001/ WOSU Public Media is beginning its transition into its new home at 1800 N. Pearl St. (the corner of East 14th Avenue and North Pearl Street). The $32 million, four-story, 53,000-square foot center — about one-third larger than its previous location — is filled with state-of-the-art TV and radio equipment, lush studio spaces and editing suites, indoor and outdoor engagement areas. WOSU's new building anchors the southern edge of University Square, a four-block redevelopment of the east side of High Street between Campus Place and 16th Avenue. When completed, the development will include six buildings with a mix of offices, restaurants, a hotel, a parking garage and an outdoor plaza across the street from the traditional 15th and High campus entrance.
October 19, 20213 yr Some sad news that NBC4 news anchor Jennifer Bullock announced on social media about her pregnancy: https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/nbc4s-jennifer-bullock-shares-heartbreaking-news-about-her-son-miles/ Doctors informed her that her son's heart had stopped beating after 33 weeks of pregnancy. In addition to her unborn son's passing, other pregnancy complications required a total hysterectomy to save her life. The link has her full facebook post about this and her NBC4 colleagues talking about this. The 32-year-old Bullock had recently been promoted from traffic reporter on the morning show to co-anchor of the 4PM and 5PM newscasts. Bullock said she will be taking some time away from work to be with her husband and two sons, and to try to heal.
October 19, 20213 yr Some happier local media news: Dispatch Mobile Newsroom initiative kicks off Thursday in Northland The Dispatch Mobile Newsroom initiative kicks off Thursday evening, Oct. 21, in the Northland area with an open house from 5-6:30 p.m. at the new Columbus Metropolitan Library branch at 5590 Karl Road. We invite Northland area residents to join a number of us from the newsroom for conversation and refreshments on Thursday. The purpose of the Mobile Newsroom is to position journalists in an underserved area so that we can get to know residents, organizations, religious groups, business owners and the entire neighborhood better. This is part of our initiative to be more intentional about representing the entire community and the rich diversity of this city in our coverage. Instead of going to our Downtown office to work each day, reporters Micah Walker and Holly Zachariah will work from the Karl Road library for about a month, and then we'll move the Mobile Newsroom to another library branch in a different neighborhood. Other journalists — photographers, editors and reporters — will stop by regularly. A desk or table in the library will serve as a touchdown station for the journalists, and they will be available to meet with neighborhood residents about whatever might be on their minds — anything from questions about the news business to stories they have to share about themselves or life in the Northland area. MORE: https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/2021/10/15/mobile-newsroom-focuses-underserved-areas-diversifies-coverage/8424504002/
October 26, 20213 yr I feel like this is as good a place as any to bring this up. In June, former OSU professor of geography Kevin Cox released Boomtown Columbus: Ohio’s Sunbelt City and How Developers Got Their Way. Recently, Columbus Alive had a short article about the book. Some quotes follow: ”Cox argues that housing development tends to be a locally oriented industry, and that developers are tied to their region because they know the regulations and decision makers. Taking their business to another state, or even another part of Ohio, would be like starting over. Because of this — especially with booming growth — the city might have been able to extract concessions from developers rather than offer tax abatements. But that horse has already left the stable, and the stable is now a subdivision. For a city that wants corporate headquarters, “Columbus is stuck in the middle between all these other cities. The airport is a big, big problem," Cox said, noting that Dayton lost Mead Corp. and NCR Corp., and Cincinnati lost Chiquita, to cities with major air hubs. “Salt Lake City has half the metro size of Columbus, but its airport has three times the number of direct destinations.” Despite its growth and success, Columbus also lacks the cultural cachet of major professional sports teams. “Soccer and hockey are the jayvee of the big leagues,” Cox said.“ https://www.columbusalive.com/story/entertainment/human-interest/2021/10/25/kevin-coxs-boomtown-columbus-book-critiques-columbus-way/6176889001/ Back in August, Cox wrote an opinion piece for the Dispatch in order to promote his book and discuss his love of impact fees: ”Meanwhile, back in Columbus, developers have always resisted impact fees. As I discuss in my recent book Boomtown Columbus (OSU Press, 2021), the topic has surfaced numerous times since the 1980s, only to be shot down. Regarding housing, this is on the spurious grounds that the fee will be added to the price of the house: spurious, because historically – not necessarily currently – the Columbus area has enjoyed a surplus of housing. If, as in Southern California, the market could bear an addition to the selling price, developers would utter nary a squeak. But in Columbus, the competition for buyers has historically been too intense, and so developers resist by shedding crocodile tears for the consumer. This then means that the newer developments can compete more effectively and drive older vintages out of business: think Fashion Place (Polaris) and the cratering of Northland. It shows up in housing, too.” https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2021/08/24/kevin-cox-developers-rule-columbus-resist-needed-impact-fees/8241449002/ I’m curious if anyone has read the book and has any thoughts on it, or just simply some thoughts on the opinion piece?
October 26, 20213 yr I don't think there's much we can do about the airport in relation to Salt Lake City. SLC is hundreds of miles to the next major airport of any importance whereas we have six within a 3 hour drive. Lots of towns have dead malls but they don't necessarily have Uncool residential of town that are as new as ours. If a house is from the '60s or '70s here it is probably Uncool besides UA and nearby Olentangy neighborhood. Like you go to Dayton and an identical house to what you see in Eastmoor is 2-3 times as much and the neighborhood looks identical too. We have stuff from the mid-2000s that is already Uncool. That's the kind of buyer scarcity we faced until the mid-2010s. And it doesn't change that much simply because prices went up. Cool parts of town just get pushed up more and more since it's hard to "turn around" residential-only neighborhoods built after WWII since people aren't motivated to heavily gentrify areas without nodes (which post-WWII "nodes" consist of strip malls and corners with 4 gas stations).
October 27, 20213 yr 4 hours ago, amped91 said: I feel like this is as good a place as any to bring this up. In June, former OSU professor of geography Kevin Cox released Boomtown Columbus: Ohio’s Sunbelt City and How Developers Got Their Way. Recently, Columbus Alive had a short article about the book. Some quotes follow: ”Cox argues that housing development tends to be a locally oriented industry, and that developers are tied to their region because they know the regulations and decision makers. Taking their business to another state, or even another part of Ohio, would be like starting over. Because of this — especially with booming growth — the city might have been able to extract concessions from developers rather than offer tax abatements. But that horse has already left the stable, and the stable is now a subdivision. For a city that wants corporate headquarters, “Columbus is stuck in the middle between all these other cities. The airport is a big, big problem," Cox said, noting that Dayton lost Mead Corp. and NCR Corp., and Cincinnati lost Chiquita, to cities with major air hubs. “Salt Lake City has half the metro size of Columbus, but its airport has three times the number of direct destinations.” Despite its growth and success, Columbus also lacks the cultural cachet of major professional sports teams. “Soccer and hockey are the jayvee of the big leagues,” Cox said.“ https://www.columbusalive.com/story/entertainment/human-interest/2021/10/25/kevin-coxs-boomtown-columbus-book-critiques-columbus-way/6176889001/ Back in August, Cox wrote an opinion piece for the Dispatch in order to promote his book and discuss his love of impact fees: ”Meanwhile, back in Columbus, developers have always resisted impact fees. As I discuss in my recent book Boomtown Columbus (OSU Press, 2021), the topic has surfaced numerous times since the 1980s, only to be shot down. Regarding housing, this is on the spurious grounds that the fee will be added to the price of the house: spurious, because historically – not necessarily currently – the Columbus area has enjoyed a surplus of housing. If, as in Southern California, the market could bear an addition to the selling price, developers would utter nary a squeak. But in Columbus, the competition for buyers has historically been too intense, and so developers resist by shedding crocodile tears for the consumer. This then means that the newer developments can compete more effectively and drive older vintages out of business: think Fashion Place (Polaris) and the cratering of Northland. It shows up in housing, too.” https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2021/08/24/kevin-cox-developers-rule-columbus-resist-needed-impact-fees/8241449002/ I’m curious if anyone has read the book and has any thoughts on it, or just simply some thoughts on the opinion piece? I had Dr. Cox for several classes during my time in OSU Geography ('99-'02). This is similar to what he was writing about and teaching back then as well. Back at the turn of the millennium , another (then retired) OSU Geography professor, Dr. Henry Hunker, wrote a similar book about Columbus, entitled 'A Personal Geography.'
October 27, 20213 yr I'm reading the book now. It's interesting once I got past a few factual errors and typos (John Glenn was not from Wapakoneta). I agree with some of his thoughts on welfare for developers. I wonder if developers would be for or against changes to Columbus' zoning code? Columbus developers are a small group of families. They know the system and making it easier for smaller developers might create pesky competition. I was surprised to learn that, in the late 1970s, Columbus approved a zoning change for Glen Echo Ravine (between Clintonville and North Campus) to allow a developer to fill in the ravine to build a strip mall! In some ways this is so Columbus. Residents were outraged and got an appeal on a city wide ballot where the rezoning was overturned killing the project. I'd like to see a site plan of that - I wonder who the developer was.
October 27, 20213 yr 22 minutes ago, Pablo said: I was surprised to learn that, in the late 1970s, Columbus approved a zoning change for Glen Echo Ravine (between Clintonville and North Campus) to allow a developer to fill in the ravine to build a strip mall! In some ways this is so Columbus. Residents were outraged and got an appeal on a city wide ballot where the rezoning was overturned killing the project. I'd like to see a site plan of that - I wonder who the developer was. If you look at High St, on either side of Glen Echo, it was just about a done deal, as is. The west side had a White Castles (till 2011), and on the east side has a Tim Hortons and the remains of a small strip mall, just north of Portal Park. (This is also near where Olentangy Amusement Park was located back before WW 2)
October 27, 20213 yr 5 minutes ago, Magyar said: If you look at High St, on either side of Glen Echo, it was just about a done deal, as is. The west side had a White Castles (till 2011), and on the east side has a Tim Hortons and the remains of a small strip mall, just north of Portal Park. (This is also near where Olentangy Amusement Park was located back before WW 2) Yes, but those areas were filled in prior to the 1970s. The rejected development might have been located between the White Castle and the river or along Indianola Ave. I think that might have been when the old 7-11 was built at Cliffside and Indianola.
October 28, 20213 yr 20 hours ago, Pablo said: I'm reading the book now. It's interesting once I got past a few factual errors and typos (John Glenn was not from Wapakoneta). I agree with some of his thoughts on welfare for developers. I wonder if developers would be for or against changes to Columbus' zoning code? Columbus developers are a small group of families. They know the system and making it easier for smaller developers might create pesky competition. I was surprised to learn that, in the late 1970s, Columbus approved a zoning change for Glen Echo Ravine (between Clintonville and North Campus) to allow a developer to fill in the ravine to build a strip mall! In some ways this is so Columbus. Residents were outraged and got an appeal on a city wide ballot where the rezoning was overturned killing the project. I'd like to see a site plan of that - I wonder who the developer was. Thanks for your thoughts! I decided to go ahead and order the book. I still have quite a stack, so it might take awhile to get to, but I’m sure some of the history and background will be interesting, if nothing else.
October 28, 20213 yr I feel like I've read at least one of the books but it's probably been 10 years plus.
October 28, 20213 yr Boomtown Columbus does have a nice history of annexation, bussing and win-win and how that shaped the city. Columbus is one of the few cities with regional shopping malls within the city limits. That is certainly a positive with sales taxes.
January 12, 20223 yr The Columbus Dispatch is announcing a change in print delivery frequency beginning March 26. The Dispatch will cease home delivery on Saturdays, but instead will provide subscribers with a full digital replica of the newspaper that day. The new model means subscribers will get newspapers delivered to their home six days a week, with a digital newspaper available every day. https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2022/01/12/columbus-dispatch-changes-print-paper-delivery-frequency/9184793002/
January 26, 20223 yr On 10/18/2021 at 9:05 PM, Columbo said: Some sad news that NBC4 news anchor Jennifer Bullock announced on social media about her pregnancy: https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/nbc4s-jennifer-bullock-shares-heartbreaking-news-about-her-son-miles/ Doctors informed her that her son's heart had stopped beating after 33 weeks of pregnancy. In addition to her unborn son's passing, other pregnancy complications required a total hysterectomy to save her life. The link has her full facebook post about this and her NBC4 colleagues talking about this. The 32-year-old Bullock had recently been promoted from traffic reporter on the morning show to co-anchor of the 4PM and 5PM newscasts. Bullock said she will be taking some time away from work to be with her husband and two sons, and to try to heal. Seems like its been a rough stretch for NBC4 on-air people lately. Fortunately, Jennifer Bullock came back to start 2022. But now long-time morning weather meteorologist Bob Nunnally is off the air with another fight against cancer: https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/nbc4s-bob-nunnally-begins-fight-against-cancer/
January 30, 20223 yr Not sure where else to post this, but Columbus made it into a SNL sketch last night. The sketch didn't really have anything to do with Columbus. They just used "Good Morning Columbus" as a midwestern-type morning show in their running series of "news-show word fail" sketches. The writers have used other cities for this type of sketch before, but they probably used Columbus because they heard it in the news recently. So landing that Intel plant is paying off for C-BUS already(!) Props to SNL for getting the skyline backdrop correct and for mentioning "The I-270" 😁
April 6, 20223 yr clintonville makes today’s insta reels: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CcAgT-nA1AQ/?utm_medium=copy_link
July 14, 20222 yr at the very least les wexner is so disgusting and disgraceful: https://nypost.com/2022/07/14/victorias-secret-owner-enchanted-by-jeffrey-epstein-hulu-doc/ more: https://www.cnn.com/style/article/victorias-secret-documentary-matt-tyrnauer-culture-queue/index.html Edited July 15, 20222 yr by mrnyc
January 9, 20232 yr Screw Gannett. ThisWeek newspaper chain to be shuttered by Gannett “ThisWeek Community News, the collection of newspapers serving more than a dozen Columbus suburbs, is being shuttered later this month. Driving the news: Gannett, which also owns the Columbus Dispatch, announced their final print date will be Jan. 26. Why it matters: Many of the shuttered newspapers have long histories in their respective communities and their demise will lead to a gap in suburban news coverage. State of play: The award-winning newspapers are not just the modest stalwarts of convenience store news racks, but also some of the few remaining outlets keeping the powerful institutions in their areas, like city halls and police departments, accountable.” https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2023/01/09/thisweek-newspaper-chain-shuttered-gannett https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/communities/worthington/2023/01/05/thisweek-to-cease-publication-jan-26/69763946007/
January 9, 20232 yr While my wife was in grad school I worked at The Athens News from 2004-2007, which was then an independently-owned twice-weekly alternative paper. I think the author of the Axios article worked for our paid daily competitor (long after I left), The Athens Messenger, which was more townie-oriented than our paper which had broader appeal. Advertising easily covered costs and the only paid home delivery was via USPS, our paper was free to encourage readership since that drove ad rates. We were far enough away from Columbus that the Dispatch only covered major stories in Athens, and local readership of the Dispatch in Athens wasn't enough to make sense for Athens advertisers. I would guess the same holds true for a lot of small businesses who were previously advertising in the ThisWeek papers, their ads would be probably be too diluted in the more-expensive Dispatch. Craigslist started really catching on a little after I left, and quickly did quite a lot of damage to all newspapers. Classifieds were then a huge source of revenue for most papers (both free and paid). While the cost was not exactly trivial for those placing classified ad and the appeal of free/cheap is obvious, it had a definite gatekeeping effect which benefited anyone answering the ads. I'm sure Facebook Marketplace and such have only furthered the damage since. Display ads weren't cheap either, but in a limited market like Athens (we considered the Yellow Pages to be one of our biggest competitors) the reach was pretty good and the value was there for most local advertisers. That was also a few years before Facebook caught on, especially with relatively cheap precision-targeted ads. Unfortunately with free/cheap and extremely targeted online advertising, it's tough to see newspapers coming back using the traditional advertising revenue model. The only way I see that happening is if the scams and flakiness that go along with free/cheap ads eventually make online advertising entirely untrustworthy and ineffective most readers, or if a critical mass of people leave Facebook and ads no longer have much reach. My hope is eventually someone with some integrity, deep pockets, and an interest in providing quality content buys up local news operations from companies like Gannett. I look at the curated Apple News app, paid for by my monthly bundled subscription, which does a decent job of compiling news stories from a variety of usually-paid sources. There is local coverage in several large cities, buying Gannett's local operations would definitely fill in a lot of geographical gaps. It would be a win for Apple, who gives customers one more reason to pay for monthly bundles and buy iPads/iPhones as a way to read news. It would also be good for readers, if it works like it does now you could read multiple publications for one price (when I last subscribed to a Gannett publication each publication was an individual subscription - too expensive to keep up with hometown news), and to never deal with Gannet pricing games or customer service again.
February 1, 20241 yr WWCD shutdown news again. Today is their last day on 92.9 FM after failing to come to terms with the frequency owner. Today we learned that they are going back to free streaming again as they did during their 2020 shutdown. Their new site is WWCDRadio.com Radio is becoming a tougher, more expensive business despite competition from streaming. The loss of CD players and tape decks in cars has actually helped radio some since streaming services in cars require subscriptions, setup time (sometimes each time the car is started) data service and/or preloading while USB sticks also require setup and often tedious filling. So I am less optimistic that they will find a terrestrial home as they did last time. Something slightly interesting is coming out of what is going to be the new format for the 92.9 frequency. Today car radios were displaying 93X WXGT. We oldsters would recognize those call letters and 92X as a popular local station in the 1980s and early '90s that broadcasted Pop until around 1988 when they switched to Hair Rock and Heavy Metal on the 92.3 frequency. In 1992 they Went Country and changed to WCOL where they remain today. Will it be as good as WWCD? Probably not. Edited February 1, 20241 yr by GCrites
February 1, 20241 yr ^ Stereo Quad Suzy Waud! I listened to WWCD for most of it's 33 year run. In 1990 it was a breath of fresh air to Columbus' boring radio market.
March 19, 20241 yr So 92.9 didn't stick with their new Alternative format for long. It definitely seemed like one of those formats that sticks around for only a short time when a station flips. In this case it was almost all fairly obscure alternative songs, no ads and little to no DJ chatter. It claimed to be a long-term platform for showcasing local music as well. Other examples I recall of short term formats was the Metal (hey, Yngwie Malmsteen on the radio!) station that sandwiched between CD102.5 and 102.5's current Mexican format for a week, stations doing Christmas music between flips and my favorite -- one that only played "Crimson and Clover" over and over for a month. I can't remember where or when that last one was. Now 93X is dead and 92.9 is My 92.9 playing Oldies in a full format with DJs, news and ads. We actually haven't had an oldies station in town since WMNI which you could pretty much only get on the Hilltop in a car. Edited March 19, 20241 yr by GCrites
August 7, 2024Aug 7 There was more to the short-lived 93X format than meets the eye. A lot more effort went into it than it seemed but again, with that much obscure music there had to be more than just a computer playing "Another One Bites the Dust" and "Hotel California" over and over like some stations. There's even a lawsuit brewing -- not WWCD suing to keep its trademarks from going to the new/old 92.9 or even that few weeks where IHeartRadio "stole" the WWCD call letters and used them on Alt105.7 -- but a lawsuit saying 93X shouldn't have been flipped to the Oldies My 92.9 either. The short life and sudden death of alternative radio station 93X Ian Graham tried to chart a course for ‘a better alternative,’ only to have station execs pull the plug five weeks into the experiment amid a dust-up with WWCD that appears destined for the courts. ... This is how Graham approached the task when he said Casagrande and Litton first came to him with a work order around November, asking him to build out a playlist for a prospective alternative station that Graham described as “a contingency plan” should the pair’s negotiations with Malloy unravel. Gradually, Graham amassed a playlist of nearly 1,600 songs, envisioning 93X not as an alternative music station but rather as “an alternative to what you normally hear on the radio,” he said. The playlist drew heavily from labels and artists that rarely receive attention from terrestrial stations, including Cincinnati-based Feel It Records, home to the likes of Vacation, the Follies and Sweeping Promises, among others... ...“And that kind of leads into how [93X] ended so quickly, and Mark [Litton] will tell you the same thing, but the well was pre-poisoned, and they were not at all confident there would be anybody left to advertise on the new station,” said Graham, who was told about the oldies pivot roughly an hour before it took place, though he long suspected a format change could be looming... https://matternews.org/culture/the-short-life-and-sudden-death-of-alternative-radio-station-93x/
August 7, 2024Aug 7 1 hour ago, GCrites said: There was more to the short-lived 93X format than meets the eye. A lot more effort went into it than it seemed but again, with that much obscure music there had to be more than just a computer playing "Another One Bites the Dust" and "Hotel California" over and over like some stations. There's even a lawsuit brewing -- not WWCD suing to keep its trademarks from going to the new/old 92.9 or even that few weeks where IHeartRadio "stole" the WWCD call letters and used them on Alt105.7 -- but a lawsuit saying 93X shouldn't have been flipped to the Oldies My 92.9 either. The short life and sudden death of alternative radio station 93X https://matternews.org/culture/the-short-life-and-sudden-death-of-alternative-radio-station-93x/ This last paragraph makes me wonder how many more graveyards 'CBE will be whistling past as well. Quote “I think it’s possible to have a conversation and look at this from the perspective of the music ecosystem in Columbus,” said Smith, who lamented everything from the city’s shrinking number of concert venues to the loss of alt-weeklies such as Columbus Alive and The Other Paper. “We have such a large, rich music scene in the city … but there’s just not a lot of platforms left to really showcase these folks. … I know that some people closer to this situation made a decision to choose sides, but I’m disappointed to see either radio station go. And now that we’ve gone through all of this, all we have is an oldies station, and no platform for local artists. … Overall, for me, it speaks to this crumbling foundation, where we have all of these things falling by the wayside and there doesn’t seem to be any help coming.”
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