Well, at least for those with televisions that can pick up digital signals. Retro Television Network has signed a deal that was announced earlier this morning with NBC 13HD to introduce its station to the Birmingham, AL market during the first quarter of 2008.

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The writer of The Hits Just Keep on Comin’ stumbled across the answer to that question when he intended to write a post about year-end countdowns. Check out this Madison, WI based blog written by a lifer in the radio business to see just what folks were listening to on WSGN on this date in [...]

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Yeah, it’s not from the stationmaster, but we knew he’d never post this story about himself on the site, so I’m going to do it for him.
If you happen to pick up today’s Birmingham News and check out the second part of the local section’s front page article about local bloggers, you’ll find a profile [...]

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WBRC neon sign. Photo credit: André Natta
In a follow-up to a story that we first posted about in June, News Corporation announced on Saturday that eight of those stations, including Birmingham’s own WBRC-TV, will be sold to Oak Hill Capital Partners, a private equity company with offices in Menlo Park, CA, New York, NY and [...]

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Thicket will be the newest magazine about Alabama to hit area newsstands and bookstores when it arrives early January. If you want to know how and why Todd and Julie Keith (formerly of Portico Magazine) settled on that name for the new publication, check out this entry (and then all of the other ones) [...]

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Screenshot of ABC 33/40′s new website.
The new, clean simple look theme of area website redesigns continues… After taking a look at WAPI-AM’s site yesterday, we’ve been made aware of ABC 33/40’s new website. We wish we had a screenshot of the before, but it is definitely an easier read.
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We wouldn’t be doing anyone justice without reminding you that A Charlie Brown Christmas was going to be on this evening at 7 p.m. on ABC 33/40 before you started on your evening commute home. It may just make that long drive worth it this evening.

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