Screenshot of CBS 42 Twitter profile page.
CBS 42 has become the latest media outlet to add Twitter to their arsenal of news dissemination. They follow ABC 33/40, NBC 13 and The Birmingham News into the Twitterverse, leaving one major media outlet out of the tweeting - Fox 6. No word yet on when they’ll finally [...]
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CBS 42 decides to join the Twitterverse
April 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
NBC 13’s on Twitter
April 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments
The Birmingham Twitterati is all abuzz with word that NBC 13 has joined the world of Twitter.
Screenshot of NBC13’s Twitter profile.
It looks like it’s part of a larger plan to have all NBC affiliates on the service.
They are not the first service online - that honor goes to The Birmingham News, who we believe has [...]
Tags: Media · Online · technology
Facebook watch: Let’s get This American Lifed
April 4th, 2008 · No Comments
We’ve been noticing the increasing number of groups being created in Facebook (and frankly a lot more traffic there too). We thought it would be a good idea to start taking a look at some of the local groups that are popping up on Facebook.
This first one is tied to a national phenomenon, or at [...]
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Sweet music for some local NPR fans
March 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments
That may be the sound of local public radio fans enjoying the sound of NPR programming becoming more noticeable on Birmingham’s Alabama Public Radio station WBHM 90.3 FM. The station has announced that due to the Classical Public Radio Network’s planned closure before the end of the year, they will be introducing three new shows [...]
Frank’s back on the mic Monday
March 27th, 2008 · No Comments
The Mayor of the Airwave’s returning to the AM dial beginning Monday. Frank Matthews “retired” from talk radio shortly after the election of Larry Langford as mayor of Birmingham to become the co-director of the Mayor’s Office of Citizen’s Assistance. Now he’ll be pulling double duty as he takes to the airwaves weekdays from 6 [...]
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So, we can score a KEXP remote
February 29th, 2008 · No Comments
I was listening to KEXP this morning online in Seattle - they’ve been a big supporter of many of our local acts in recent years. Well, they’re actually on the last day of their pledge drive over there. If I did my math correctly, it’ll be history at around 4 p.m. today Central time.
While I [...]
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Fallout from last night’s 60 Minutes
February 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments
The Alabama Republican Party wasted no time in sharing their response to last night’s report on CBS’ 60 Minutes about allegations that former governor Don Siegelman’s prosecution was politically motivated (even though we weren’t necessarily that fast in posting these links ourselves - we’re still upgrading the site). Check out Wade on Birmingham’s recent post [...]
