While the number of HD ready television sets currently in use is unknown, those that do enjoy this luxury are now without a national public television feed. Those that have the sets may have already noticed (particularly if you have cable) that the signal coming in is not the national PBSHD feed but a stretched version of the analog feed, a phenomenon that is taking place across the country due to cost. Continue reading
Category Archives: Alabama
Still no 2007 budget for city
The Birmingham City Council failed to approve a budget for the new fiscal year that began on July 1. The News reports that Councilor William Bell abstained from the unanimous consent vote required for passage of the budget since it was not on the agenda for today’s meeting.
The city will have to operate under its current budget until it is approved, possibly as early as next week.
Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Citywide, News
AAFL one step closer to reality in Birmingham
The All American Football League (AAFL) is the latest attempt to create a 2nd professional football league here in the United States. Ironically their first tryouts, being held in Orlando through today, are taking place shortly after the dissolving of the NFL’s European league, providing an additional pool of athletes as they prepare for a spring 2008 opening. They are hoping that collegiate ties, including have a former NCAA President as it’s commissioner, will allow it to succeed where others have failed.
Legion Field is said to be one of the locations that has been secured for games, meaning that Birmingham is in line to get a team. The Capstone Report (music loop) is taking the wait and see approach about the success of the new venture, a position that seems to be shared by potential host universities, including Purdue as IndyStar.com reports.
Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, National, News, Sports
From the Stationmaster: More Terminal upgrades
I hope you’re enjoying Birmingham’s hub for information so far. I figured it was time to let you know about a couple of recent changes at The Terminal to make getting info easier, including the latest on mobile access, email subscriptions and a one-stop shop for contact info: (Yes, you still have to click "read more" for the links to work, sorry) Continue reading
Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, The Terminal, update
One more 101.1 FM update
This link leads to an article on NBC 13 that was just posted less than one hour ago. It reports that the FM signal will be going to an adult comtemporary format.
All those that are fans of the talk shows can stop wondering if the talk show hosts will have jobs. You will only have to go over to 850 AM beginning next week to find them.
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UPDATE: The “fun” starts at 12:01 a.m. Thursday
Where is The Source? FM station changes format
Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Media, music, Regionwide, update
Barnes & Noble now running UAB bookstore
There was little fanfare yesterday when Barnes & Noble officially took over the Hill University Bookstore on UAB’s Southside campus. The move brings some of the resources of one of the nation’s largest booksellers to Birmingham’s city center area.
In a press release Richard Margison, UAB vice president for financial affairs and administration said, “This relationship will allow us to enhance the bookstore services we provide to our faculty, staff and students.” Continue reading
Where is The Source? FM station changes format
UPDATE: 7.5.2007 – Online link from image not working properly; has been disabled.
That’s the question fans of 101.1 WYDE-FM are asking this morning as noise or Christmas music fills the air as they tuned in this morning. A quick check of their website shows that the domain is being changed to Fun101radio.com.
UPDATE: The "fun" starts on Thursday morning
It appears that many did not expect this change today, although several people were upset about the last broadcast of the Home Show on Saturday, who actually announced the change in a news posting on their site. Continue reading
Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Media, News, Regionwide
