I have learned from a source at KCRA that Friday was John Alston’s last broadcast. You’ll notice he’s already de-listed on their News Team page. Apparently his contract was up for renewal and negotiations broke down. No word on whether Alston was asking for 8,000 parking spots…
Category: Media
“Traffic tart” Julie Durda loses job at KRON
Sam McManis is reporting that frequent Sac Rag gossip subject Julie Durda, recently hired on at KRON in the bay area after a traffic stint in Sac, was fired apparently over some sort of on-air slip-up.
Barnesyard spamjacked, on hiatus
If you’re like me you’ve been hurting for new content on The Barnesyard. Well, turns out his old Blogspot blog was hijacked by spammers, so his archived content is available on a new URL. DB tells me he is putting the site on permanent hiatus, but says he might give it another go in the next year or so. I think The Barnesyard was one of the most enjoyable blogs in town so I can’t wait. With no new posts this month on “Film For Tourists” as well, that makes two smart, well-written local film blogs off the radar for the time being.
In the meantime though you can catch DB’s reviews (attributed to his much longer and harder to remember full name, Daniel Barnes) in the News & Review.
“Sacramento: The Good Old Days Remembered”
Mrs. Cool and I caught a bit of a KVIE program called “Sacramento: The Good Old Days Remembered” last night. If you’re a huge fan of local nostalgia this is a definite must see. The basic setup is nothing new–a bunch of old timers reminiscing about the old days in Sactown, with segments on the Solons, Alhambra Theater, Land Park, and “Joyland,” a turn-of-the-century amusement park in Oak Park, it will provide countless trivia tidbits that will make you the talk of every gathering. One timely segment we saw was on the beginnings of the Tower chain.
“Sacramento: The Good Old Days Remembered”
Sunday, October 22 at 12:30 pm (set your DVR accordingly)
A Travis-ty at My58
Meet Kelly and Travis, co-winners of the Host Hunt competition on My58. Faithful readers will know that I had a pick to click in this race, but I’m simply shocked, shocked that Travis pulled ahead of the pack.
For a taste of what you’re in for, check out Kelly and Travis as Phoebe and Joey announcing that MyTV has taken the bold step of airing “Friends.” See if you can get past the words “smelly cat,” I couldn’t. (I can’t link you to it, so if you think you have the stomach, visit Travis’s page and click on “Teaming Up: Travis And Kelly” in the video list.)
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Paul Joncich update
From Sam McManis on the SacBee’s 21Q blog…
Now, we get word from the blog Ohio Media Watch that Joncich’s star is rising. Barely a month into his new anchor gig, he’s been promoted to the more prestigious weeknight duties.
We’re #1!
The good people of Sacramento have demonstrated their..err.. exquisite taste and sophistication (?!) by selecting the SacRag as Best Local Blog in the News and Review’s annual Best of Issue, tying with Heckasac and decidedly kicking the shit out of the extremely weak Mark Williams Radio Show Blog.
Congrats to our writers and thanks to all our readers, fans and detractors!
I Don’t Want to Toot My Own Horn…
but I will totally toot my own horn here. It looks like some of the local “amateur” food writers (for “some,” read “mostly me”) have gotten the attention of the 2nd stream media and prompted a spread in October’s issue of “Sacramento” magazine. Yes, that’s me, in the very large picture, uh huh, totally me, media whore.
It’s only a matter of time before we get a series of certifications on the doors of local eateries reading “Sacrag Certified: Sac-eats says…” We’re working on it.
I don’t feel savvy…
If you missed today’s Scene section, yours truly got a mention by Sam McManis in his “Media Savvy” column on declining air time for sports in local news.
Viewers are noticing, too. Don Zacharias, a sports fan and avid TV watcher, recently ranted about the “suckification” of local TV sports coverage on his local blog, Sacrag.com.
“It’s the way the new guys are being used,” he wrote in a posting, “… doing stupid on-the-spot reporting from behind the wheel of a race car, stuff like that which smacks of media contracts and PR.”
I thought that was a terrible sentence when I wrote it and I still think it. But there I am. His reporting on the airtime breakdown between Crandell’s Fox40 sportscast and whatever Keith Norton is doing at KOVR is clutch.
But will they upstage the hair?
For those of you who read The Sac Rag before you sign off for the night, I wanted to share this tidbit from our friends at Runaway Stage Productions:
News FLASH! (pardon the pun), If you have not yet seen RSP’s current hit show “The Full Monty,” actors from this exciting popular musical are scheduled to appear live on Channel 31’s Good Day Sacramento this Friday morning, September 15th during the 7:00 and 8:00 hours. Lots of music, interviews and a strip lesson for Mark S. Allen! Check it out and then be sure to get your tickets for “The Full Monty” before it’s too late!
Friends, I have seen the show (in all its glory, one might say), so I’m not just plugging a friend’s project. This is a fun show with heart and a lot of energy and I say it’s worth checkin out.
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