It’s not easy for women in talk radio. While many do the news or traffic, very few of them are successful as hosts of their own show. My friend Francene Cucinello was one of the rare ones. For six and a half years, she hosted one of the most popular radio shows in Louisville, Kentucky, […]
Mark McGwire spent two days this week revealing he had used steroids, to the shock of exactly no one, then apologizing and explaining to anyone with a camera or microphone that he was really very sorry. Only he never explained who he was apologizing to or what he was sorry for. He didn’t have to […]
CBS announced today that they’re finally retiring Walter Cronkite, six months after his death. His voice has remained in the intro to the “CBS Evening News with Katie Couric,” but tonight they debuted a new voice in that spot. It’s clear they’re targeting a much younger demographic with their choice of…drumroll, please…Morgan Freeman. Freeman must […]
It was five degrees in St. Louis this morning. I had to run out to get a haircut at a place that’s about 15 minutes away. I froze all the way there because it wasn’t until I reached my destination that the car was warmed up enough for the heater to work. In my house, […]
It may be time to say goodbye to POTS. That’s not an outdated reference to Anson Williams’ “Happy Days” character.” It’s a huge story regarding a paradigm shift in American communications. POTS is Plain Old Telephone Service. AT&T has filed a petition with the FCC, asking that it be allowed to get out of the […]
Rick Newman has a post at US News called “Why Tiger Woods Will Come Roaring Back,” where he says anyone who believes Woods will quit golf is forgetting that America is Comeback Nation. He cites Britney Spears, Newt Gingrich, Winona Ryder, Hugh Grant, and Mel Gibson as examples of people who “all violated a so-called […]