I Am Saddened To Hear Of The Retirement Of Robert “Bob” Schlosser-Lacey Of Jefferson-Pilot Communications, WBT-AM-FM, And WBTV-TV:
Category: Television
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Following up from my earlier post about how The Concept Of Commensality Ranks Among My Foremost Irritations; the Hosts of the Bob & Sheri Syndicated Radio Show, Robert “Bob” Lacey, and Cheryl “Sheri Lynch” Wardlynch; should not tolerate or enjoy the concept of commensality.
News Anchor and Reporter at WJBK-TV, Sherry Margolis also should not tolerate or enjoy the concept of commensality.
Bob Lacey and Sheri Lynch both need to comprehend how important their own legacies at WBT-AM, WBT-FM/WBCY-FM/WWSN-FM/WLNK-FM, WBTV-TV, and Jefferson-Pilot Communications; in addition to the history of WBT-AM, WBT-FM/WBCY-FM/WWSN-FM/WLNK-FM, WBTV-TV, and Jefferson-Pilot Communications; and people such as Charles Crutchfield, Jim Patterson, Clyde “Cloudy” McLean, Doug Mayes, Bob Inman, Betty Feezor, Jim and Barbara McKay, Moira Quinn, B.J Caldwell, Nancy Ross, Cecile Chioco, Gil Stamper, Ty Boyd, Henry Boggan, H.A Thompson, Grady Cole, Helen Chickering, Matilda Massingill, Bill Bivens, Harold Johnson, Larry James, Mary McMillen, Jerry Clegg, Reno Bailey; and Fred Kirby are all more important than them enjoying eating at home, cooking, and sitting together at the table as a family.
See this earlier post about When What Is Now WLNK-FM Had The WBT-FM Call Letters The Second Time Around, The Literally Pleasant Mainstream Adult Contemporary Format, And Had Utilized The “Sunny” Moniker.
Sherry Margolis also needs to comprehend that her legacy at WKBW-AM and TV in Buffalo, New York; and at WJBK-TV in Detroit when it was owned and operated by Storer Broadcasting and affiliated with CBS Television are not only more important than WJBK-TV as a FOX affiliate, and WJBK-TV eventually being owned and operated by News Corporation/FOX; but also her enjoying eating at home, cooking, and sitting together at the table as a family.
Eating out at Restaurants, including those with Buffets and Salad Bars; is just as important to me as these aforementioned peoples’ legacies at WBT-AM, WBT-FM/WBCY-FM/WWSN-FM/WLNK-FM, WBTV-TV, Jefferson-Pilot Communications, WKBW-AM and TV, Storer Broadcasting/Storer Communications, and WJBK-TV.
It is clear that the Hot Adult Contemporary format of WLNK-FM undermines the heritage, legacy, and reputation of Jefferson-Pilot Communications, as well as its parent Station WBT-AM, and sister Station WBTV-TV.
Matt Harris, Ramona Holloway, and Arroe Collins should also be scorned over the Hot and Modern Adult Contemporary formats of WLNK-FM in Charlotte, North Carolina; WPTE-FM in Virginia Beach, Virginia; and WDVD-FM in Detroit, Michigan; and the Top 40/Current Hit Radio formats of WNVZ-FM in Virginia Beach (where Matt Harris and Ramona Holloway had worked prior to arriving at WLNK-FM and Jefferson-Pilot Communications in 2001), and WKQI-FM in Detroit, Michigan.
Modern NASCAR Drivers Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Elliott Sadler, Casey Mears, Brian Vickers, Kasey Kahne, Denny Hamlin, and Matt Kenseth and his son Ross; and modern Formula One Drivers Nick Heidfeld and Jenson Button should be barred from listening to WLNK-FM and watching the Newscasts of WSOC-TV while in Charlotte, North Carolina; watching the Newscasts of WGRZ-TV and WIVB-TV while in the vicinity of Buffalo, New York; listening to WDVD-FM and WKQI-FM and watching WJBK-TV’s Newscasts as a FOX affiliate, WDIV-TV’s Newscasts, and the current WWJ-TV’s Newscasts while in the vicinity of Detroit, listening to WPTE-FM and WNVZ-FM in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia; listening to WCXL-FM in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina; and listening to WEZF-FM in and WXXX-FM in Burlington, Vermont.
On the other hand, modern NASCAR Drivers Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Elliott Sadler, Casey Mears, Brian Vickers, Kasey Kahne, Denny Hamlin, and Matt Kenseth and his son Ross; and modern Formula One Drivers Nick Heidfeld and Jenson Button would each be permitted to listen to WBT-AM, “Sunny 107.9” WBT-FM, and watch WBTV’s Newscasts while in Charlotte, North Carolina; listen to WWJ-AM, WWJ-FM/WJOI-FM, WXYZ-AM, pre-21st Century WNIC-AM-FM, pre-Dick Purtan WCZY-FM, and watch WJBK-TV’s Newscasts as a CBS affiliate, and WXYZ-TV’s Newscasts while in the Detroit area; WTAR-AM and WTAR-FM/WLTY-FM, and WWDE-AM-FM, and watch the Newscasts of WTAR-TV and WVEC-TV while in the vicinity of Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia and the Outer Banks of North Carolina; and listen to WVMT-FM (nee WCAX-TV) and watch the Newscasts of WCAX-TV while in Burlington, Vermont; and they are certainly welcome to listen to my good friend Ken Squier’s Radio Station WDEV-AM whenever they are in Central Vermont.
Besides the facts that I’ve never wanted them in the family, and I’ve never had any tolerance for them being in the family, and them being in the company of my parents and I, in part and parcel; and as a way to passively send the message to them to stay away from me forevermore, when incarcerating my mother’s entire family alongside modern NASCAR Drivers Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Elliott Sadler, Casey Mears, Brian Vickers, Kasey Kahne, Denny Hamlin, and Matt Kenseth and his son Ross; and modern Formula One Drivers Nick Heidfeld and Jenson Button, Warren Consolidated Schools Teachers Julie Stanaway, Amy Bunch, and Carolyn Armbruster; and Warren Consolidated Schools School Bus Drivers Laurie Krause, Sandra Rivera-Blaskay, Pam Mott, Cheryl “Sherry” Misiak (nee Baccarella), Sheila “Shelly” Marie Trendel-Bender-Griswold, Candace Imbrunone, and Kelly Ponzio all together in a holding cell; and Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Elliott Sadler, Casey Mears, Brian Vickers, Kasey Kahne, Denny Hamlin, and Matt Kenseth and his son Ross, Jenson Button, Nick Heidfeld, Julie Stanaway, Amy Bunch, Laurie Krause, Sandra Rivera-Blaskay, Pam Mott, Cheryl “Sherry” Misiak (nee Baccarella), Sheila “Shelly” Marie Trendel-Bender-Griswold, Candace Imbrunone, Kelly Ponzio, and all of the children from my mother’s family are forced to listen to Adult Contemporary, Jazz, and Easy Listening music.
I am indifferent to the fact that my mother’s entire family, including their children, harbors intense animosity towards me and desires to sever all ties, stemming from my insistence on exposing them to this particular genre of music, coupled with my refusal to be accommodating, tolerant, or receptive to any of them.
Amy Lynn, Carletta’s daughter, should be reprimanded alongside my mother’s entire family, including Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Elliott Sadler, Casey Mears, Brian Vickers, Kasey Kahne, Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth and his son Ross, Jenson Button, Nick Heidfeld, Julie Stanaway, Amy Bunch, Laurie Krause, Sandra Rivera-Blaskay, Pam Mott, Cheryl “Sherry” Misiak (née Baccarella), Sheila “Shelly” Marie Trendel-Bender-Griswold, Candace Imbrunone, and Kelly Ponzio. This is due to Amy Lynn’s affinity for the same musical genres as these individuals, including FM Radio Station WPTE-FM in Virginia Beach. Furthermore, Amy Lynn is unworthy of owning a Jeep or a Land Rover, as she demonstrates a complete disregard for the historical significance of these vehicles, particularly the era when they could be outfitted with Power Take-Off (PTO) Units and utilized as alternatives for agricultural, commercial, and industrial machinery; when Willys, Kaiser, and AMC had owned Jeep, the AMC Eagle being an important vehicle in Jeep’s history; and when Rover, British Leyland, and British Aerospace had owned Land Rover.
See these earlier posts regarding how much I despise my mother’s entire family, the fact that I never have and never will want them within the family, and how much I always have, and always will want my father’s family within the family: I Am Worried About My Parents Potentially Choosing To Stay Put In The House That We’ve Tried Many Times To Move Out Of For So Many Years Prior, That My Parents Could Rekindle Their Relationships With My Mother’s Family, That I Could Wind Up Living With My Sister And Her Husband, And That My Parents May Acquire Any More Minivans, The Things That Two Or More Of The Relatives That I Have Never, Ever Meant; And Never, Ever Want To Have Anything To Do With The Television Personalities On The Cable Channel HGTV Known As The “Property Brothers”, The Things That Two Or More Of The Relatives That I Have Never, Ever Meant; And Never, Ever Want To Have Anything To Do With Have In Common With Drag Racer and Television Personality Bruno Massel, and the Television Personalities on the Cable Channels HGTV and DIY/Magnolia Network Mike Holmes Jr., Mark Bowe, and Brian McCourt, The Things That Two Or More Of The Relatives That I Have Never, Ever Meant; And Never, Ever Want To Have Anything To Do With Have In Common With Modern NASCAR Driver Casey Mears, The Things That Two Or More Of The Relatives That I Have Never, Ever Meant; And Never, Ever Want To Have Anything To Do With Have In Common With Modern NASCAR Driver Denny Hamlin, The Things That Two Or More Of The Relatives That I Have Never, Ever Meant; And Never, Ever Want To Have Anything To Do With Have In Common With Modern NASCAR Driver Kasey Kahne, And Modern Formula 1 Driver Jenson Button, The Things That Two Or More Of The Relatives That I Have Never, Ever Meant; And Never, Ever Want To Have Anything To Do With Have In Common With Modern NASCAR Driver Elliott Sadler, The Things That Two Or More Of The Relatives That I Have Never, Ever Meant; And Never, Ever Want To Have Anything To Do With Have In Common With Modern Formula 1 Driver Nick Heidfeld, And Modern NASCAR Drivers Kevin Harvick And Matt Kenseth, More Of The Things The Things That Two Or More Of The Relatives That I Have Never, Ever Meant; And Never, Ever Want To Have Anything To Do With Have In Common With The “Property Brothers”, and Young, Radical Males That Shave Their Heads With A Razor And Shaving Cream; And In Some Cases, Have Full Facial Beards-Whether They Are Neatly Groomed, Or Are Long And Scraggly.
So, long live moments where we listen to WBT-AM, “Sunny 107.9” WBT-FM, and watch WBTV’s Newscasts, also WWJ-AM, WWJ-FM/WJOI-FM, WXYZ-AM, pre-21st Century WNIC-AM-FM, pre-Dick Purtan WCZY-FM, and watch WJBK-TV’s Newscasts as a CBS affiliate, and WXYZ-TV’s Newscasts; listen to Ken Squier’s Radio Station WDEV-AM, NASCAR never changes, NASCAR forevermore remains the same as it was during the time of Richard and Kyle Petty, Dale Earnhardt Sr., Neil Bonnett, Cale Yarborough, David and Buddy Baker, Bobby and Davey Allison, Jeff and Ward Burton, Rusty Wallace, Bill Elliott, Sterling Marlin, Ricky Craven, Ned and Dale Jarrett, J.D McDuffie, Jimmy Means, Geoff and Brett Bodine, Ernie Irvan, Lake Speed, Rick Mast, Randy LaJoie, Billy Standridge, Rick Wilson, Billy Hagan, Harry Gant, Dave Marcis, Tommy Ellis, Tony Stewart, Charlie Glotzbach, Bobby Issac, and Ricky Rudd; and may these aforementioned Drivers, Richard Childress, Rick Hendrick, Ray Evernham, Ken Squier, Shari Lewis, and most of my father’s family (including my paternal grandmother, Mimi, and her daughter Mary Ann) are each in our lives.
Also, long live moments where we drive vehicles such as Full-Size Cars and Station Wagons, Intermediate Cars like the Chevrolet Chevelle/Malibu, Pontiac Tempest/LeMans, Oldsmobile Cutlass, Buick Skylark, and the Chevrolet El Camino; European vehicles such as Volkswagens, Audis, Mercedes-Benzs, Renaults, Peugeots, Citroens, Fiats, Lancias, and Alfa Romeos; pre-21st Century Nissans and Toyotas, and maintain our personal properties with Jeeps and Land Rovers with Power Take-Off (PTO) Units, Mower Attachments, and Snowblower Attachments.
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I Am Saddened By The Recent Passing (As Of The Time Of This Post) Of CBS And NBC Sportscaster Greg Gumbel.
CBS Sports had used Greg Gumbel to anchor part of their coverage of the 1992 Winter Olympic Games that were held in Albertville, France; and the 1994 Winter Olympic Games that were held in Lillehammer, Norway.
For four short years, from 1994 up until 1998; Greg Gumbel would join his brother Bryant Gumbel of NBC News and well-regarded for hosting NBC News’ “Today” Show for several years. Greg would work in NBC’s Sports Department, while Bryant would continue to work in NBC’s News Department.
Ironically, Bryant would leave NBC; and join his brother Greg at CBS around the same time Greg had returned to CBS in 1998.
In the late 1990’s, shortly before losing the Television rights to NASCAR to FOX and to NBC; CBS Sports had used Greg Gumbel alongside my good friend, the late Ken Squier; for their in-studio coverage of the NASCAR Races that CBS Sports had the Television rights to.
Greg Gumbel had even appeared on one of CBS News’ many failed attempts to produce a Breakfast, Morning Infotainment Show that would evenly rival the “Today” Show and “Good Morning America”, as the Shows’ Sports Correspondent.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/greg-gumbel-dies-cbs-sports-anchor/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg90rx41v8o
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/43185502/sports-broadcaster-greg-gumbel-78-dies-cancer
https://nypost.com/2024/12/27/sports/greg-gumbel-legendary-sports-broadcaster-dead-at-78/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/greg-gumbel-dead-sportscaster-1236094721/
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An Amateur/Ham Radio Operator’s Blog, And Several Radio Engineering Websites And Literature About Searching For, And Acquiring Property To Serve As A Commercial Broadcast Radio And/Or Television Transmitter Site About Searching For, And Acquiring Property To Serve As A Commercial Broadcast Radio And/Or Television Transmitter Site:
https://fmscan.org/help-en.htm
https://jwcn-eurasipjournals.springeropen.com/articles/10.1155/2009/821846
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I, The Owner Of This Very Blog; Don’t Have Any Tolerance For Newfangled Ride-Sharing Services Such As Uber And Lift; And I Especially Don’t Have Any Tolerance For Anyone Using A Chevrolet Bolt BEV, Any Generation Of The Volkswagen Polo And Golf, The B299/B409 Ford Fiesta, And The C346 And C519 Ford Focus For Ride Sharing And/Or Food Delivery Services.
I, personally wish that my favorite Television Station and Newscast in the Detroit Market; WXYZ-TV, and not WDIV-TV (nee WWJ-TV) had covered this News Story.
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I Am Saddened By The Recent Death Of ABC News Anchor And Reporter Tom Jarriel.
Tom Jarriel had worked the ABC News Briefs for many years, was assigned to work at the ABC News Magazine “20/20” in 1979, and had continued to contribute to “20/20” well after his retirement from ABC News up until the late 2000’s.
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The Current News Director Of WTVT-TV In Tampa, Florida; Who Has Been With The Station Since 1987 When It Was A CBS Affiliate, Is Retiring In The Near Future (As Of The Time Of Writing This Post). His name is John Hoffman.
I don’t know if he actually did, but to blind eyes and deaf ears; but John Hoffman could have and should have pushed back at the idea WTVT-TV becoming a FOX affiliate; at the same time the ex-Storer Television Stations in Detroit, Cleveland, Atlanta, and in Milwaukee each became FOX affiliates in 1994.
Had John Hoffman pushed back at the idea WTVT-TV becoming a FOX affiliate, he would have been instrumental this Television Station retaining it’s affiliation with CBS Television well into the present day. That, along with the ex-Storer Stations remaining CBS Television affiliates well into the present day would be greatly appreciated by yours truly; the owner of this very Blog.
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I Am Saddened Over The Recent Passing Of Actor, Television Personality, And Game Show Host Chuck Woolery.
Below are videos of episodes of Wheel of Fortune during the time it was networked by NBC Television, prior to it being syndicated; during Chuck Woolery’s tenure prior to Pat Sajak having been hired away from WSM-AM and WSM-TV/WSMV-TV as Woolery’s replacement as the Host of ‘Wheel’, and of the transition from Chuck Woolery to Pat Sajak as the Host of ‘Wheel’. Strangely enough, “Wheel Of Fortune” was originally conceived by one time NBC Daytime President Lin Bolen (who holds the credit for serving as the first Female Vice President of a Radio and/or Television Network) as an effort to increase NBC’s viewership during the Daytime among women, competing directly with CBS’s more successful Daytime Game Show lineup; including “The Price Is Right”.
Ironically, Merv Griffin was also responsible for the launch of Wheel Of Fortune; as he was looking to develop a Game Show consisting of a Game based on Hangman that he had personally played with his sister on long car rides their parents had dragged them on, he had pitched the idea to Lin Bolen; and Lin Bolen tweaked the idea to make it more appealing to women, and had also made it her own in the process.
Below is an Article from The New York Times regarding the passing of Lin Bolen in 2018:
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If you’ve been following this Blog for a while, you know how I feel about Donald Trump, and his far-right Republican Party.
Below is a video of a skit on NBC Television’s Variety Television Show “Saturday Night Live”, specifically from this Television Program’s 18th Season; and more specifically from the Autumn of a good year, 1992; parodying Bill Clinton visiting a McDonald’s Fast Food Restaurant location. This skit also depicts the way American politics should forevermore continue to be.
The (now deceased) Phil Hartman portrays Bill Clinton in this skit of “Saturday Night Live”, and Kevin Nealon portrays one of the two Secret Service Agents assigned to accompany and protect the President of the United States.
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Surprisingly, While Under The Ownership Of Comcast; Similarly To When It Had Sold Off It’s Radio Stations When It And It’s Parent Company RCA Were Both Under The Ownership Of General Electric; NBC Is Selling Off It’s Cable Channels, While Retaining Ownership Of The Core NBC Television Network, And The Peacock Streaming Service:
https://www.businessinsider.com/comcast-breaking-off-cable-tv-assets-msnbc-cnbc-2024-11
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Around the time of his passing, I wrote the following post: I Am Deeply Saddened By The Recent Passing (As Of The Time Of Writing This Post) Of My Personal Friend And CBS NASCAR Broadcaster Ken Squier.
As of the moment of writing this very post, it’s been a year since Ken Squier’s passing.
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I Am Saddened By The Death Of Former Scripps-Howard Executive Larry Leser.
Larry Leser was employed by the company when they had purchased WXYZ-TV from ABC, itself; when the merged ABC/Capital Cities had to sell off certain legacy ABC and Capital Cities Radio and Television Stations in order for the merged ABC/Capital Cities to stay within the FCC’s imposed limit for the maximum amount of Radio and Television Stations an individual or a business may own; and also, when the company had sold off the last of it’s Radio Stations in 1993: WMC-AM-FM in Memphis, Tennessee; and KUPL-AM-FM in Portland, Oregon.
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I Am Saddened By The Death Of KSD-TV/KSDK-TV Employee Raymond “Ray” Hoffstetter.
KSD-TV/KSDK-TV is the Television Station where Sally Jessy Raphael’s Talk Show had originated from, first as a locally-produced, in-house Talk Show; and later as a nationally syndicated Talk Show.
It is not known if Ray Hoffstetter had ever worked in KSD-AM or FM Radio.