MediaMaven

Two DJs and a producer will stay up on non-commercial KEXP all through the night until 10 Friday morning to support public media in its current funding isuues.  It all happens at Seattle Center, and for once the cliche is correct: It's a marathon, not a sprint.

Appreciate the tip on this from a faithful reader:   Fox 13 Seattle and Root Sports make a deal to carry Seattle Orcas cricket games.  No sticky wickets, OK?   Let's hope there is an attendance 'spurt' and the Orcas will start a POD cast.   Seriously there is a love affair going on between TV and live sports, no matter what the level.  Root needs something extra for sure.  13 has a bunch of team deals. From the Press Release:  "Cricket fans in the Pacific Northwest—mark your calendars! Major League Cricket is back, and the Seattle Orcas are making sure no one misses a moment. With all ten league-stage matches scheduled on the road, the franchise has rolled out an exciting slate of official Watch Parties across the Seattle metro area, bringing fans together to celebrate the game like never before. Watch Parties will be hosted in South Lake Union and Redmond, depending on where the Orcas are playing. These events will feature big-screen br...

Carly Henderson - co-host of Studio 13: Live - was laid off in the recent KCPQ expansion which we broke.  She posts her goodbye on FB.  She never really clicked on the pay for play lifestyle mid-morning show.   It will be cut to a half hour for awhile and moved to 10 a.m, according to reports, before moving back to 11 on Aug. 4.  And I am told it will remain 30 minutes, not be re-expanded to an hour.   Thank goodness. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16HFRSYM8x

  Emmy Awards are a NATAS money grab with ridiculous entry fees and far too many cateories in hopes of generating additional entrants, including those from parts unknown in the media world.  Not to mention, the more nominees, the more tickets will be bought to the awards dinner, where far too many trophies are handed out.    KING (and more recetly KGW Portland) has always been award hungry as the legacy station in Seattle and the money budgeted to enter and win is huge.  I've seen those budgets when I was under the KING umbrella at NWCN. I have also judged Emmys and there is no question some judges are affected by reputation of the entrants and, generally, the judges watch as little as possible or is required to score the entries.  I stand convicted, but it was what it was and NATAS officials were fine with it.    Often there is also a sense of award by acclamation.   KING does the same binge with Murrows. The 4th floor wall on the old D...

Fox 13 Seattle just announced that the back half of newscasts at 5-8-9-10 will be repeated as of 6/16.    Here's a primer on the magic of news replays: 1) Viewers are highly unlikely to realize that they are even watxhing a repeat show.  Consdier this:  If they watch an A block that's live with fresh news, whatever they watch in the back half of the show looks totally new to them, as well, assuming its the first time they tune in.   People don't usually watch an hour of news, then another hour of news back to back, why would they?  So it works, kinda sleight of hand.  Most newscasts are loaded with repeat video anyway.    Fox 13 knows it can do this,  unusual as it is on broadcast compared to cable, where regional channels used this technique for years to keep the head counts down. 2) Repeated portions can easily be overridden to accomodate big breaking stories and severe weather warnings and coverage.  In other words, it can b...

For example, BRANDED CONTENT, SHORT FORM.  Huh?    And how about SHORT FORM, DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION?   Or MULTIMEDIA FOR A SINGLE SHIFT?  (Nothing for working a double?) Chris Cashman, the host, kept telling the audience "this is important stuff, serious stuff, important work."    Not sure if he was trying to convince the attendees or just him.    I would love to see Steve Raible host next year or even Eric Johnson.   They need a change there.    Anyway, l et's have a category for everything so that everybody can win, OK?     Lots of AI videos/bits done tongue in cheek, but a little nervous-making. A few highlights: Biggest surprise: The Seattle Channel (a city government channel that was nearly defunded).  This will send KING and KGW into tailspins, because they have won this over several recent years.  Refreshing in an ideal world, but a stunner the big boys won't like. ...

Next Friday night  June 14 the team will host a special Aussie night at T-Mobile to troll KJR-FM 93.3's Marc Jones.  Jones criticized M's announcer Ryan Rowland-Smith for his Australian accent on air.  Jones has since apologized but the Mariners are giving a boost to their big, beautiful broadcaster with 'Kangaroo Court Night.'  (tickets are on sale, BTW)