Entries Tagged as 'Campaign'

Election 2012: Remember Dale Peterson? Well, meet Kathy.

January 5th, 2012 · Comments Off · Election 2012

Kathy Peterson ad screenshot

Some of us who lived here in 2010 remember the Dale Peterson ad that went viral and spoofs it inspired. Well, we’re most likely going to get another dose of spoofs as his wife Kathy’s two-minute video for her campaign to be Public Service Commission president starts its ascent up the Internet awareness chart.

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Happy International Tee Day!

June 21st, 2011 · Comments Off · Quirky, The Terminal

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It’s International T-Shirt Day today as we continue letting folks know about our t-shirt fundraising drive. If you can help us spread the word as we look to expand the offerings on Birmingham’s hub this summer, we’d appreciate it!

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United Way launches new online initiative

December 29th, 2010 · Comments Off · Online, Take a moment

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The United Way of Central Alabama has launched a new website and online initiative to help people connect and find out how they can help while leveraging Facebook accounts across metro Birmingham.

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GiveCamp comes to Birmingham

December 28th, 2010 · Comments Off · Take a moment, technology

GiveCamp Birmingham logo

GiveCamp Birmingham will be Alabama’s first foray into a project that has provided more than $1 million in services to non-profit organizations. There’s still time to register for the event this January…

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Smoot to be interviewed during live blog tonight

May 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Online, politics

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One of the candidates for Artur Davis’ soon-to-be old Congressional seat, current Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Smoot, plans to be interviewed during a live blog chat on Daily Kos starting at 8 p.m. CDT.

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11K strong and growing effort to Save Live 100.5

February 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment · music, radio

Save Live 100.5

As Birmingham, AL’s local AAA radio station Live 100.5 FM prepares for its format change to news-talk, more than 12,000 people are saying that Citadel’s decision may solve a problem financially, but it will have repercussions for the short term if another station doesn’t step in to fill the gap.

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The Radio Carousel returns, unfortunately, for Live 100.5

February 11th, 2010 · 5 Comments · music, radio

Live 100.5 FM appears to be the latest victim of Citadel Broadcasting’s ax. There are rumors that the station’s format will change on Sunday afternoon.

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Election ’09: Douglas joins the race tomorrow

November 11th, 2009 · Comments Off · Election '09

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The field in the special election for Birmingham, AL’s mayor keeps getting bigger, with Greater Birmingham Ministries executive director Scott Douglas planning to announce his candidacy Thursday morning at Kelly Ingram Park.

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