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October 31, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul, a libertarian, is running his first TV ads of the race - in New Hampshire. "Underdog Ron Paul is airing the first TV ads of his presidential campaign, hoping to capitalize on a fundraising surge and promote his blend of anti-war, anti-spending libertarianism in New Hampshire. The two 30-second spots are part of a $1.1 million series of five ads that the Republican congressman intends to air in the state in November and December. One ad, called Catching On, features New Hampshire residents voicing their support, including a self-described undeclared voter who says he will vote in the Republican primary simply to cast a ballot for Paul. The ad says nothing about Paul's stands on the issues and simply attempts to capture the interest he has been generating, particularly on the Internet. The second commercial, Troops an...Read More

October 31, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee has taken action to allow far more Low Power FM stations to be shoehorned in on the FM dial. "An LPFM bill has passed the Senate Commerce Committee and is headed to the full Senate for a vote. The Local Community Radio Act of 2007, sponsored by Sens. Maria Cantell (D-WA) and John McCain (R-AZ), eliminates third channel protection for full-power FMs, thus enabling more LPFMs to be dropped in. A companion bill is making its way through the House, sponsored by Reps. Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Lee Terry (R-NE) with 55 co-sponsors." (All Access)  Canada now allows full power stations to be just three channels apart on the FM band. For example, in Vancouver there are now full power stations on 93.1 and 93.7 mHz. In the U.S. the restriction has been four channels apart for stations in the same c...Read More

October 30, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

"They were once partners in the gala evenings that helped set the tone for Hartford area fundraising - tony wine auctions with names like Wine on Ice or Wine on Air, at which participants bid on the best bottles and raised money for Connecticut public broadcasting. But relations between a man who helped run those events and Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc. (CPBI) have soured like a bad Bordeaux.  Jim Donahue, of Farmington, Connecticut-based Donahue Event Marketing, expects to face former public broadcasting friends and colleagues in Superior Court in Hartford today. In a civil suit filed against CPBI, Donahue says he is owed more than $100,000 for work as a consultant, and $31,000 in expenses and commissions related to fundraising for CPBI from 2003 to 2005. The suits also seeks documentation from CPBI that recognizes donations he made so that he...Read More

October 30, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

"TV viewers hooked on cliffhanger episodes of hit shows such as Heroes and Grey's Anatomy could be left dangling if writers walk off the job. With Hollywood writers poised to log off their laptops as soon as Thursday, TV networks were bracing for the need to fill the airwaves with reality shows, game shows and even reruns if a threatened strike devours their script inventory. Viewers could start seeing an onslaught of unscripted entertainment by early next year." (Associated Press)

"If 'Tonight Show' host Jay Leno is having second thoughts about surrendering his job as planned, NBC doesn't share them - at least not publicly. 'Conan O'Brien will take over The Tonight Show in 2009,' NBC Universal P...Read More

October 29, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

"If you harbor a sneaking suspicion that the 2008 campaign is all about Hillary, you're right. Hillary Clinton has drawn nearly twice as much media coverage as any Republican presidential candidate, making her the dominant figure in the race. But that coverage is more negative than positive, a new study says, in part because the former first lady is such an object of revulsion on conservative talk radio. For the first five months of the year, says the Project for Excellence in Journalism, 17 percent of the stories were about Clinton, followed by Barack Obama 14 percent), Rudolph Giuliani (9 percent), John McCain (7 percent) and Mitt Romney (5 percent). Everyone else was a relative blip. The two front-runners, Clinton and Giuliani, achieved a rough parity: 37 percent of the stories about them were negative and 27 percent positive, with the rest neutral. Overall, though, the ...Read More