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 join the rest of us on this one…
Don’t forget we’re on Twitter too @bhamterminal. Still haven’t heard from the alt weeklies on Twitter yet either, have we?
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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 been using the service since last November.
Don’t forget you can follow us too – @bhamterminal.
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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 least to one that will be. Chicago Public Radio’s This American Life is preparing to produce a stage show and broadcast it live, via satellite, to theaters across the country. There’s more information about the event available from the show’s website. So why not create a group on Facebook that encourages folks to take the survey and make sure that people know we want to have a local theater involved?
Well, the votes have been counted and it looks like we were able to get some since the Regal Cinemas 16 in Trussville will one of the more than 300 theaters nationwide participating on May 1 at 7 p.m. CDT. Tickets go on sale TODAY online.
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Tagged Alabama, Birmingham, Chicago Public Radio, live performance, location, performance, radio, screening, This American Life, ticket information, viewing
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 from NPR to our local programming schedule.
The three new shows, The Diane Rehm Show, Here and Now, and Talk of the Nation.will begin broadcasting locally on Monday, March 31.
The radio station’s website has additional information about the changes being made, coincidentally during their spring pledge drive.
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 – 7:30 p.m. on WATV (900 AM).
Matthews did recently appear on the radio, though only for a few seconds, during a heated exchange with Matt Murphy on Murphy’s program.
As the Birmingham News article relays, he’s not the only local civil servant with a spot on the dial. The question remains how he’ll balance those two hats that he’s going to have to wear…
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Tagged Alabama, AM radio, Birmingham, Frank Matthews, Media, radio, return to radio, WATV
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 highly doubt that we’ll catch San Fransisco or Chicago, it would be interesting to see just how many of us actually listen (though those of us that listen that can also pledge is another story). Check their City to City Challenge page for more information. The winning city gets a live remote…
and while you’re at it, how about submitting an answer for our new Magic City Question – What’s your favorite radio station?
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Tagged Alabama, Birmingham, City to City Challenge, favorite, KEXP, Magic City Question, radio station, spring pledge drive
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 on this to catch up on the background. And it looks like it’s far from over.
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