Midnight: Universal Alley Jazz Jam
1 a.m.: Community News & Information
7 a.m.: Democracy Now!
8 a.m.: Black Panther Party
10 a.m.: 31st Annual Black Nurses Day
Noon: Full Circle TV Show
Posted on May 28, 2019
Sinclair’s Cubs Network Names Complicit GM
By Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Marquee Sports Network announced Michael McCarthy as general manager Tuesday. As a key member of the network’s senior leadership team, McCarthy will be responsible for driving the success of the Marquee Sports Network, set to launch in February 2020 in partnership with Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
McCarthy served as president of MSG Network, where he was responsible for revenue and content across all platforms, winning over 75 Emmy Awards and helping launch the careers of nationally known broadcasters such as Mike Breen, Gus Johnson and Doris Burke.
McCarthy also served as vice chairman and CEO of the St. Louis Blues and was the COO of the Milwaukee Bucks. Since last August, McCarthy has served as a consultant to the Chicago Cubs in the evaluation and formation of the Marquee Sports Network launch strategy.
Posted on May 22, 2019
BLKNWS
The Fox “News” Lie
By Eoin Higgins/Common Dreams
A new report released Monday by Media Matters For America found that not a single day went by in the first four months of 2019 when the “hard news” arm of Fox News didn’t lie to its audience.
Fox has long assured viewers and advertisers that the network’s news and opinion wings are fundamentally different. But, as Media Matters president Angelo Carusone explained in a statement, that isn’t really based in fact.
“Fox News likes to tout the ‘hard news’ side of its operation, setting up a false distinction between its right-wing prime-time hosts and its news anchors,” said Carusone. “The network pushes this fictional division as a defense against those who flag the propaganda, lies, conspiracy theories, and bigotry pervading the network.”
Posted on May 13, 2019
WGN-TV Rediscovers Backyard Chickens Again
By Steve Rhodes
First let’s go to the Beachwood vault, Item 3, May 19, 2014:
“Oops, WGN re-broadcast a show from 2005. Or at least that’s what it seemed like when they aired “Chickens in the City: Urban coops growing in popularity” last Thursday.
“Gawker has been making fun of the trend since 2007, which means the “trend” is at least seven years old, and the truth is it was barely even a trend then.
“In 2009, Jack Shafer named urban chicken-raising as one of his bogus trends of the week in Slate.
“Shafer even named the WGN’s sister Tribune as a chief culprit in conveying nonexistent nonsense:
Posted on May 9, 2019
Sinclair Broadcast Group To Acquire 21 Regional Sports Networks From Disney At A Valuation Of $10.6 Billion
By Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) (“Sinclair” or the “Company”) and The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (“Disney”) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Sinclair will acquire the equity interests in 21 Regional Sports Networks (the “RSNs”) and Fox College Sports, which were acquired by Disney in its acquisition of Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (“21st Century Fox”).
The transaction ascribes a total enterprise value to the RSNs equal to $10.6 billion, reflecting a purchase price of $9.6 billion, after adjusting for minority equity interests. Completion of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the approval of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Posted on May 6, 2019
Trump’s FCC Turns Its Back On Broadcast Diversity
By Free Press
Free Press condemned the Federal Communications Commission on Monday for failing to prioritize broadcast diversity in the agency’s quadrennial-review proceeding on media ownership.
The Trump FCC is considering changes to – or the elimination of – three primary rules: the local radio-ownership rule; the local television-ownership rule, and; the dual-network rule. Each was put in place to help fulfill the agency’s central mandate: promoting localism, diversity and competition over the public airwaves.
Posted on May 1, 2019