August 20
1924: Stuffy Stewart stole five bases against the Arkansas Travelers in a game at Rickwood Field, setting a Birmingham Barons team record that still stands.
August 21
1951: Pulitzer Prize-winning Birmingham News editorial writer Ron Casey was born in Midfield
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Posted in A look back, Alabama, Birmingham, Media, Sports
We’re thinking about switching all of our “quirky” tagged stories to “interesting” and this one is a prime example of why. New_Nikon_Addict’s photostream on Flickr includes an image of a 1952 Jet magazine article talking about the “burying” of sin here in Birmingham. Sound familiar? It should since it was just used again recently in Detroit, MI by the NAACP.
Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Media, National, Quirky
Dale Jackson used to be half of the morning show on 101.1FM’s The Source before that station’s format change in early July. He now has his own show called “The Attack Machine” in Huntsville.
Brian over on Flashpoint has written his own review of Jackson’s new show and it sounds like he’s doing pretty well so far. If you’re interested in hearing what the new show’s like, visit the station’s website and click on the “listen live” button.
Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Huntsville, Media
It seems that everybody is concerned with the state of our local bridges after watching the aftermath of the bridge collapse in Minneapolis yesterday afternoon. The numbers of structurally deficient bridges in our state seems to differ depending on who you talk to.
Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Media, News, Statewide
The man that brought Birmingham Hot 107.7 and FM sports talk while overseeing the fading of The X’s signal is leaving… for ATL. The Birmingham News says that Dale Daniels will be taking a job outside of the radio market industry after resigning from his position as market manager for Citadel Broadcasting, effective Friday.
Our current poll question in the Newsstand asks if local radio is better or worse because of Daniels’ tenure. Let us know what you think; maybe even put a comment or two down here.
Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Media
With all of the attention being focused on the recent changes in the news department of NBC13, including the sudden departure of Fran Curry and the return of Andrea Linderberg to the airwaves, its easy to forget that former NBC13 reporter Rod Carter is coming back from Tampa. MyUrbanReport talked to Carter about his return to Birmingham, effective July 23.
Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Media, News
There are a few people that are wondering what’s going on at NBC 13. The station is undergoing an overhaul of its news department. The Birmingham News outlined some of the changes in an article on July 4. Continue reading
Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Media, News
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