Tag Archives: AL

Join Stephen’s 5K team in February

Posted on July 6, 2009 | 6 comments

Stephen Vinson started Who Ate My Blog? in February of this year. The purpose of the blog is simple – a friend challenged him to lose 300 pounds between February of this year and April of 2010. If he’s successful, his friend has promised him an all-expense paid trip to the Talladega 500 (complete with limo).

One of Stephen’s goals is to walk a 5K; he’s chosen to participate in the 2010 BE&K 5K benefiting Kid One Transport. He’s even saying that there may even be some t-shirts made up for those willing to be part of the WhoAteMyBlog.com team… Leave a comment on his post and let him know if you’re interested.

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Posted in Take a moment

Tagged AL, Alabama, B'ham, BE&K 5K, Birmingham, blog, blogging, Health, Steven Vinson, Talladega, therapy team, weight loss, Who ate my blog

Keeping an eye on foreclosures in Birmingham

Posted on July 6, 2009 | 1 comment

Gusty Gulas is doing just that – keeping track of what’s going on in the local foreclosure scene for those interested in the possibilities. There has been a great deal of talk about this in recent months as several folks continue to say that it’s the best time ever to buy a home, even though some are now starting to feel guilty about taking advantage of others misfortune.

His blog is just two months old (and he’s also got a Twitter profile), but he seems to be staying on top of things pretty well.

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Posted in real estate

Tagged AL, Alabama, B'ham, Birmingham, blog, foreclosure, Gusty Gulas, info, information, Online, real estate, sharing, Twitter

Davis hosts health care summit tonight

Posted on July 6, 2009 | Leave a comment

U.S. Representative Artur Davis

U.S. Representative (and Democratic gubernatorial candidate) Artur Davis is staying busy here in Birmingham today. At 2 p.m. he’ll be taking part in a press conference at HUD’s Birmingham Field Office in part to watch HUD Secretary Shaun present a grant award to the City of Birmingham and “…highlight the city’s innovative plans to create jobs and help low-income families with its Recovery Act funds.”

Congressman Davis will then host a health care summit at the Alys Stephens Center beginning at 5:30 p.m. tonight. The folks over at Left in Alabama do a great job of describing the format and give you a glimpse of the opinions out there here in Alabama and nationwide while The Birmingham News gives us a look at Davis’ opinions about the issue.

Photo: Congressman Davis’ congressional website.

Farewell The Vulcan, 105.5 FM goes “legacy”

Posted on July 6, 2009 | 11 comments

This morning folks expecting to hear Lex & Terry as they were getting ready for work on 105.5 The Vulcan were surprised to instead be listening to the Steve and Leah Morning Show being simulcast from WERC 960 AM.

The change is not a temporary one as the station’s owner, ClearChannel Communications, posted this press release on the new website for 105.5 FM this morning. This marks the most recent change in the history of the frequency. It had most recently been a gospel station, consistently ranking as one of the top 10 stations in the market for almost three years until its format was changed in December 2006.

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Posted in radio

Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, ClearChannel, format change, information, modern rock, radio, Radio Carousel, signal, station, talk radio, The Vulcan, WERC-AM, WERC-FM

Follow-up: Skirt’s not shelved yet

Posted on July 3, 2009 | Leave a comment

This morning The Birmingham News picked up where the Birmingham Business Journal, Media of Birmingham and ourselves left off in terms of reporting on the end of skirt! Magazine’s affiliation with Media General.

However, earlier today, skirt! Birmingham’s Twitter feed shared a link to a post made by the director of digital media for skirt.com. It seems that fans of the site should keep an eye out for any additional news as it becomes available.

Thanks for coming out!

Posted on July 3, 2009 | 2 comments

Just wanted to take a moment and thank those of you that came out last night to the Bottletree Bailout Happy Hour.

Maybe we’ll see some of you today (Friday, July 3) starting at 11 a.m. for lunch as the bailout continues.