The radio news in Fort Smith, Arkansas will originate from Denver.
In a small item about this week's layoffs at Clear Channel Denver, the Denver Post's Joanne Ostrow mentioned that KOA/850 AM "will now provide news for four other markets: Colorado Springs/Pueblo, Ft. Collins, Minneapolis and Ft. Smith, Arkansas." But part of that sentence is a little misleading. According to Kris Olinger, head of AM programming for Clear Channel Denver, KOA's actually been providing news coverage to Minneapolis
A portable people meter.Fascinating article by Joanne Ostrow in today's Denver Post about the portable people meter, a pager-like radio-ratings device that picks up signals from stations that sound in the vicinity of a person wearing or carrying it. The results are supposed to provide more precise audience estimates than the sort of diaries that have been used in the past, but there's debate about that, particularly from representatives of stations such as KOA and The Fox, whose numbers h
John Hickenlooper and Bill Ritter let their hair down (click to enlarge).In today's Denver Post, media writer Joanne Ostrow takes on the September cover of Denver Magazine, in which Channel 31 stars Libby Weaver and Natalie Tysdal are transformed from anchors to shank-ers. After spotlighting quotes from Weaver and station exec Carolyn Kane shrugging off any scent of controversy over the couples' quasi-salacious pose, Ostrow essentially suggests that, given the difficulties the TV industry
Michael Ledwitz dresses up nicely.The Denver Post apparently has a policy against having any fun on the subject of Denver Magazine. The September edition of the glossy featured a cover shot of Channel 31 anchors Libby Weaver and Natalie Tysdale in a naughty-lesbos pose that could have doubled as a strap-on ad. But instead of looking for humor in this image, the Post's Joanne Ostrow shrugged it off as much ado about nothing in the midst of an article whose length and prominence contradicte
