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Starting tonight FREEPER Mick's son, Bill Spadea, will anchor News Corporation's new news show at 10:00 pm est in the New York and Philadelphia media markets. The New York Times is not happy!!
1 posted on 07/08/2013 5:58:14 PM PDT by mick
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I have no idea what you are talking about but if whatever it is makes the New York Times unhappy - I’m for it.


2 posted on 07/08/2013 6:11:13 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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Cool deal, Mick - best of success to your son. The broadcast networks need to become innovative in order to hold onto a viable section of the audience, and this might be the way to go. Most local news strips are basically the same as they were when Richard Nixon was President, and it’s about time they wake up and smell the coffee.


4 posted on 07/08/2013 6:22:12 PM PDT by bigbob
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Fox has WNYW Channel 5 and does their 10 o clock news...why wouldn’t they try to do something on Channel 9 to get the Joisy Demos?


5 posted on 07/08/2013 6:22:24 PM PDT by Shady (Creed of the PC Police: You're guilty when we say you are...)
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In 2011, the F.C.C. conducted an investigation into charges that News Corporation overstated how much news coverage it provided to New Jersey

Once, the government might have been honestly concerned about the news / public service content of broadcast stations. These days, I'm guessing their concerns are more about whether the propaganda is getting to the people.

6 posted on 07/08/2013 6:23:47 PM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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I remember growing up in the area, I would watch channel 5, channel 9, and channel 11. They always had good programming for a kid my age. Channel 11, WPIX always had “The March of the Wooden Soldiers” every Thanksgiving, and a great Abbott & Costello movie every Saturday (or was it Sunday?) at 11:30 am.

This was back when if you got 6 channels off the rabbit ears, you were lucky. :-)


8 posted on 07/08/2013 6:33:13 PM PDT by nesnah
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Awesome!


10 posted on 07/08/2013 6:37:22 PM PDT by WomBom ("I read Free Republic for the pictures")
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the description sounds awful. Like needs more stupid pop news


11 posted on 07/08/2013 6:40:56 PM PDT by GeronL
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The people in NYC hate the main stream media. So much, they prefer BBC News, for that entity actually reports news. They don't get any news on US channels, besides Fox, which they will not watch because it is too political (lol).
12 posted on 07/08/2013 6:43:05 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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I remember watching a lot of the Brit Coms on WOR-TV when it came on our cable system in the late 1970’s onward into the 1980’s. I remember seeing Benny Hill and other British shows such as Dr. Who and Gerry and Silvia Anderson’s “UFO” and “Space 1999” although the latter was on local TV too here in Pittsburgh. I also watched a lot of Morton Downey Jr. too. BTW, I always had laughs when they showed the Carvel Ice Cream commercials and who can forget “Crazy Eddie?”


15 posted on 07/08/2013 9:06:45 PM PDT by Nowhere Man ("We have met the enemy, he is us!" - Pogo Possum - 1971)
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Thanks for the heads up. I’m in the Philly burbs so I’ll make sure to look for it.


21 posted on 07/08/2013 9:29:04 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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