15 days ago by Solomon Syed

WASHINGTON– The 2010 elections may be more than a year away, but don’t tell that to Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper (D-3rd District). The freshman Democrat has already collected $702,654 towards next year’s congressional race, according to her campaign’s third quarter filing with the Federal Election Commissi ...

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53 days ago

The folks at Lilly Broadcasting’s WICU, WSEE, and the CW understand that it will take a lot of money to push the cancer-fighting radiowave machine invented by the late Erie broadcaster John Kanzius to human clinical trials. So last fall they held a live telethon on all their Erie stations simultaneo ...

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57 days ago

There were developments through the continuum of old and new Erie media, from a press breakdown at the newspaper, the new set for WSEE, and an upcoming blog by former Congressman Phil English. If you have a question, an inside scoop, or just a comment; this is your open forum. You can also e-mail me ...

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70 days ago

We got our HDTV, and our visit from Ty…along with pain and heartache. First Press and Tower Post-Sept. 2008 Today marks the one-year anniversary of the launch of this web community devoted to Erie media. Over these last twelve months, through 271 posts, 1,803 approved comments in 12 categories rangi ...

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98 days ago

Every decade of television news was represented at the top of our poll of favorite TV anchors. At the very top was a tie between Ned McGrath of WICU and Lisa Zompa of WSEE. Ned’s cohort Hyle Richmond came in third, with WJET’s Karla Mullenax and WJET/WSEE’s Don Shriver tied for fourth. I apologize t ...

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119 days ago

The results of our three-week poll of over-the-air digital television viewers were shocking to me. The basics of communication theory indicate that a message can only be sent from sender to receiver if the medium/carrier can make the trip. In our non-scientific poll, 38% of DTV viewers said they cou ...

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128 days ago

It has been an amazing week for Erie, and that inherently includes its media. If a 15-year flood, the apprearance of the vice-president, and fatal fires were not enough, local TV, radio, newspaper and new media reporters provided non-stop coverage of the story of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition ...

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133 days ago

Julius Genachowski, FCC Chair YourErie.com and WSEE’s Jacqueline Policastro are reporting that the new FCC Chairman, Julius Genachowski, will join Vice President Joe Biden in Erie on Wednesday. Biden, Genachowski, along with Cabinet members Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Commerce Secretary Ga ...

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134 days ago

On Saturday morning, June 27th, P&T was able to witness the Braveheart Rush leading up to the demolition of Clara Ward’s old home on Erie’s east side. This podcast lets you hear from some of the volunteers, the Erie media covering the event, and actual audio instructions given to the children and ta ...

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148 days ago

This open comment forum continues to be filled with lively conversation about the 12/35 merger, the relevance of micro-formats in radio, and Steve Martin jokes. This is your place to sound off about Erie media without the confines of my posting agenda. Please continue to send your private notes via ...

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