3 days ago

The rumor mill is going in overdrive regarding the future of the news operations of WICU and WSEE in the new year. Details of an internal memo have been released on GoErie’s forum and referred to by commenters here at The Press and Tower. Requests for comment and confirmation by WSEE management have ...

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5 days ago

Editor’s note: Sound off, give a shout out on “ Deep Background,” our totally-random open discussion of all things Erie media. Country 98 takes hit for Citadel’s bigger market stations: In Dave Richard’s interview with Citadel/Erie GM Jim Riley published Friday on GoErie.com, Riley was quoted that a ...

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37 days ago by petelin

Here are some of the snow totals coming in from the National Weather Service. These are from trained weather spotters in the area. These values are how much snow fell from Tuesday Night into Late Wednesday Morning. …CRAWFORD COUNTY… TITUSVILLE 2.6 929 AM MEADVILLE 1.8 821 AM MEADVILLE 5W 1.5 822 AM ...

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42 days ago

Editor’s note: Sound off, give a shout out on “ Deep Background,” our totally-random open discussion of all things Erie media. GoErie scores with Joyce trial posts: it may not be the OJ trial, but the mail fraud and money laundering case against former state Superior Court Judge Michael Joyce has ma ...

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49 days ago

Editor’s note: We created “ Deep Background,” to be our totally-random open discussion of all things Erie media. Join in on the fun! No news for you: these are salad days for television stations in swing states, with plenty of demand for political time 2 ½ weeks before the election. It appears that ...

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50 days ago

We are at it again, putting on our programming hat and evaluating Erie’s morning personalities. Here’s what we are looking for when doing an air check evaluation: relevance, concise thoughts, quick pace, tight board operation, and empathy and connection with the target listeners. Hear how well the p ...

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51 days ago

Today, October 15th is Blog Action Day 2008 around the world. According to its organizers: Blog Action Day is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. Our aim is to raise awareness and trigger a glob ...

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70 days ago

Editor’s note: Sound off, give a shout out on “ Deep Background,” our totally-random open discussion of all things Erie media. Wind storm pushes the “Q” to full digital: High winds from Hurricane Ike blew through the Erie area on Sept. 15th, and along with power outages left considerable damage to t ...

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77 days ago

Editor’s note: Sound off, give a shout out on “ Deep Background,” our totally-random open discussion of all things Erie media. Kanzius telethon update: The unprecedented multiple channel live broadcast generated a nearly unprecedented generous response. According to WSEE’s Scott Bremner, the Lilly B ...

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80 days ago

When Lesley Stahl and 60 Minutes came to Erie, it was a turning point. Stahl and her production team were covering what she later described as “one of my lifetime favorite stories” on the “The Kanzius Machine,” the RF-based cancer treatment that retired Erie broadcaster John Kanzius has invented and ...

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