Dr. John Turner's Blog http://johnroy.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:55:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/61d5ba2ef2a5e3e7715cda18a4f7fe53?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Dr. John Turner's Blog http://johnroy.wordpress.com DVRs helping ratings and commercials http://johnroy.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/dvrs-helping-ratings-and-commercials/ http://johnroy.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/dvrs-helping-ratings-and-commercials/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:54:48 +0000 johnroy http://johnroy.wordpress.com/?p=215 ]]>

From the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/business/media/02ratings.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=dvr&st=cse

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Read about Jason Winer’s rise to directing ABC’s new comedy Modern Family. From the Baltimore Sun:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/bal-modern-family-1009,0,4936149.story

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By David Zurawik in the Baltimore Sun:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/bal-zontv-leno-1002,0,6818228.story

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Hoppy Kercheval comments about how radio has served its listeners in West Virginia through the years.

http://www.wvmetronews.com/index.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=32591

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WMAR-TV in Baltimore will revive “Square Off” public affairs show. From the Baltimore Sun:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/bal-ae.zontv13sep13,0,4215249.story

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TV news airs erroneous terrorist report on September 11th. From the Baltimore Sun:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.coastguard12sep12,0,255532.story

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Long-time Baltimore sportcaster and writer Ted Patterson retires. From the Baltimore Sun:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bal-sp.cowherd07sep07,0,5831533.column

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Sally Thorner plans to retire at the end of the year. From the Baltimore Sun:

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/zontv/2009/09/sally_thornet_wjz_retiring.html

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From the Opinion page of the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/opinion/08tue2.html?ref=opinion

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A good story about a low-power FM station in Montana. Read the story by Kirk Johnson in the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/us/08radio.html?_r=1&ref=us

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