http://www.pmsimon.com/ Commentary on talk radio, sports, television, pop culture, and cultural ephemera by some radio guy. en-us perry@pmsimon.com Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:47:13 -0800 http://www.pmsimon.com/archives/2010_03.html#002869 October 8, 1973, and an ad appears in the Fredericksburg, VA Free Lance-Star: 69? What? No, it wasn't anything rude or suggestive. (Well, maybe suggestive) The ad heralded the launch of Fredericksburg's very own TV station, WHFV-TV, channel 69, cable... http://www.pmsimon.com/archives/2010_03.html#002868 I'm a fan of comic strips, and I've read a lot of them over the years, including some really, really obscure ones. But even I didn't remember "Biddie and Bert": This appeared in the January 1, 1963 St. Petersburg Times,... http://www.pmsimon.com/archives/2010_03.html#002867 How much do I love these ads from 1953? It's May 2nd, 1953. The Pioneer League. Your Salt Lake Bees are taking on the Magic Valley Cowboys from Twin Falls, Idaho at Derks Field, and KDYL-TV has its cameras there... http://www.pmsimon.com/archives/2010_03.html#002866 So... I had to migrate this thing from a server overseas to one in the U.S., and it... didn't work. Oh, the site remained up, but I couldn't get in to post anything. That wasn't optimal. After some detective work,... http://www.pmsimon.com/archives/2010_03.html#002865 This week's All Access newsletter advises hosts not to forget that the really interesting stuff is happening right under their noses: Are you a local talk show host? Cool. That's a good thing. See, the NAB is busy telling the... http://www.pmsimon.com/archives/2010_03.html#002864 Sigh...... http://www.pmsimon.com/archives/2010_03.html#002863 Time has gotten uncomfortably tight this week with the launch of the Talk Topics Twitter feed. That's not because it specifically requires a lot more work; really, it adds only the need for a second, more descriptive headline in a... http://www.pmsimon.com/archives/2010_03.html#002862 A little business: Talk Topics, which is the column of news items for radio hosts' show prep that I do for All Access, is now on Twitter for your convenience: Go here and follow for updates whenever there's new material.... http://www.pmsimon.com/archives/2010_03.html#002861 In honor of the Oscars, I... I... Oh, right, I don't much care about the Oscars. So forget it. Someone took a movie clip and synced it with the Sonics' classic "Psycho," so here it is, far preferable to "Avatar":... http://www.pmsimon.com/archives/2010_03.html#002860 Noted without comment.... http://www.pmsimon.com/archives/2010_03.html#002859 Hey, how cool is this ad from the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, circa 1963?: Those were the days of the horror movie hosts and KCPX-TV, the ABC affiliate in Salt Lake City, had "FIreman Frank," a kiddie show... http://www.pmsimon.com/archives/2010_03.html#002858 This week's All Access newsletter plays off the day's news regarding Internet audio streaming to the car, and reissues an advisory for those in the line of fire: Pandora's pushing into cars and building a sales staff. The Mini will... http://www.pmsimon.com/archives/2010_03.html#002857 Fran walked into the bedroom and found this: That bed is HERS. You do not mess with Ella, the World's Most Famous Cat. Go ahead, say awwwww. You know you want to.... http://www.pmsimon.com/archives/2010_03.html#002856 How about this one, from April 19, 1953?: The St. Petersburg Times had a whole section welcoming TV to the Tampa Bay area for the first time. Wait... 1953? Wasn't that a little late? Well, yes, it was. There WERE... http://www.pmsimon.com/archives/2010_03.html#002855 I ran out of time and energy to write anything here today. Here, look at a piece of cake:...