Erie Media-Go-Round

Editor’s Note: EMGR created “Shout-It-Out!” for anyone who has a need to go off-topic in the posted subject. It should still be a media topic… meaning about newspaper, radio, TV or new media etc. A new “Shout-It-Out!” will be posted each week for you to comment or reply to a comment made in that week. All weeks will stay active if you feel you need to comment further on a previous week. All the usual rules still apply as to language, personal courtesy and appropriateness.

You can also personally email me anytime at jack@eriemediablog.com

Editor’s Note: Blog the Bloggers live at the Marketplace Grill, 319 State St on Tuesday at 7pm. This is for anyone interested in blogs or reads blogs. Meet your favorite blog host. Just don’t be ready to take notes or listen to speeches. We don’t do that. Even media types are welcome. I know, they let me in!

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Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television for the week of April 28, 2008 as compiled by Nielsen Media Research. They are based on the average number of people who watched a program from start to finish. Nielsen estimates there are 283.5 million potential viewers in the U.S. ages two and older. Ranking is calculated by household rating point, not viewers.

Program (Network, Millions of Viewers)

1. American Idol Tues (FOX, 25.094)
2. American Idol Wed (FOX, 22.8)
3. Dancing With The Stars (ABC, 18.222)
4. Dancing With the Stars Results (ABC, 17.059)
5. CSI (CBS, 18.012)
6. Desperate Housewives (ABC, 16.757)
7. Grey’s Anatomy Thur 9 pm (ABC, 15.313)
8. NCSI (CBS, 14.763)
9. CSI:Miami (CBS, 13.88)
10. House (ABC, 14.641)

Coming Soon! An exclusive insider’s look at how Kathy Dahlkemper beat the odds.

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For the last few months, EMGR has quieted down its own rhetoric and banging the drum for HD to see how SJL and Nexstar handle the issues from their previous formal and informal statements on the issue.

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The Erie media has detailed, quite well, the bumbling fiasco that Erie taxpayers are having to pay—for a non-existent juice plant, the Koehler Project, the Parade Street Supermarket and the story still has not been totally told about the convention center and the hotel. City Hall, our glorious City Council and the current Governor have been very successful in covering up the details. What the media has not reported very well is the entrepreneurial spirit in Erie that doesn’t rely on taxpayer handouts for success. (Perish the thought!)

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We’ve notice that when we talk about the current status of Erie radio, that the “corporate suites” and the corporate attitude are usually what is blamed for the current flavor of the airwaves . Hypothetically speaking, if Erie radio was returned to the “thrilling days of yesteryear,” with the same competitive pressures from alternate media we see today, could it survive any better?

Last week, we asked, if in your opinion, broadcasting can survive 10 years from now as it does today? A third of you thought it could.

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Editor’s Note: EMGR created “Shout-It-Out!” for anyone who has a need to go off-topic in the posted subject. It should still be a media topic… meaning about newspaper, radio, TV or new media etc. A new “Shout-It-Out!” will be posted each week for you to comment or reply to a comment made in that week. All weeks will stay active if you feel you need to comment further on a previous week. All the usual rules still apply as to language, personal courtesy and appropriateness.

You can also personally email me anytime at jack@eriemediablog.com

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Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television for the week of April 21, 2008 as compiled by Nielsen Media Research. They are based on the average number of people who watched a program from start to finish. Nielsen estimates there are 283.5 million potential viewers in the U.S. ages two and older. Ranking is calculated by household rating point, not viewers.

Program (Network, Millions of Viewers)

1. American Idol Tues (FOX, 24.74)
2. American Idol Wed (FOX, 23.196)
3. Dancing With The Stars (ABC, 18.044)
4. Dancing With the Stars Results (ABC, 17.974)
5. Grey’s Anatomy Thur 9 pm (ABC, 16.373)
6. CSI (CBS, 17.015)
7. Desperate Housewives (ABC, 16.346)
8. CSI: Miami (CBS, 14.381)
9. Without A Trace (CBS, 13.471)
10. NCSI (CBS, 14.242)

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After more than a year of searching both externally and internally, Connoisseur Media has named David Calabrese Market Manger of its 6 Erie radio stations located on the first floor of the Boston Store. Calabrese previously served in the same capacity at the Erie Citadel stations for two years ending in 2005. According to a press release issued on the Connoisseur website, it was noted he served as an “account executive in Pittsburgh, sales manager in Rochester, General Manager in Erie and most recently Syracuse.”

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According to the American Pulse Survey as reported by the Center For Media Research, the news media can take some solace that they are perceived more trustworthy than members of Congress. Of course, that isn’t saying very much. While members of Congress earn a whopping 2.6% trust, members of the media earn almost twice that 4.4%. Bloggers seem to score slightly higher than either the politicians or the media at 5.8%. Not surprisingly, younger 18-34 year olds trust bloggers more, 8.5%.

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Since, breaking into the blog scene a year ago, former Erie Times-News journalist, Peter Panepento’s, blog forumGlobalErie.com is increasingly setting a new dialog about Erie, its politics, its culture, and its potential future. Peter and his colleagues have managed to strike a strong cord that is getting the attention of the politicos in Erie City Hall and in Erie County Government.

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