Sparky
Sparky Adams was a leadoff hitter for the Cubs in the 1920s. Sparky isn't known so much for what he did as a Cub, but for whom he helped the Cubs acquire.Read his story here.
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Musings, observations, and written works from the author of "$everance," "Just One Bad Century," "Father Knows Nothing," "Chicago Radio Spotlight," and "The Radio Producer's Handbook."
Sparky Adams was a leadoff hitter for the Cubs in the 1920s. Sparky isn't known so much for what he did as a Cub, but for whom he helped the Cubs acquire.Labels: Just One Bad Century--nicknames

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Robert Feder posted a nice piece about Dick Biondi on his Vocalo blog today.Labels: media notebook
I re-read this story a few times to make sure I wasn't misunderstanding the plan. It appears that Rupert Murdoch is saying that he will soon block all of his entities from Google searches. This, he feels, will make people more likely to pay for content.Labels: media notebook
From this morning's Tom Taylor column at Radio-Info.com...
Citadel's discussing Chapter 11 with its lenders...one dealmaker predicts "an event" in the next 30 days, even though D-Day from the 4th Amendment to its credit facility is January 15, 2010. That guy says "nobody wants this to drag into Christmas and New Year's, and I expect an event soon." Citadel's supposed to have "at least $150 million of available cash as of January 15" and that's just not going to happen. CEO Farid Suleman's attempting to negotiate the best possible deal with lenders - and possibly a commitment to keep his job.Labels: media notebook
From this morning's Daily Finance...
Imagine being asked to solve a problem so difficult that the smartest people you know have been trying to figure it out for months, even years, without getting anywhere. Now imagine doing it with one metaphorical hand tied behind your back.Labels: media notebook
This seems to be an argument these guys will just never give up on. The media giants want the FCC to ease the rules so they can get bigger again.Labels: media notebook
This week's Cubs through History at Just One Bad Century ties some incredibly unlikely things together: Gangsters Dion O'Banion and Hymie Weiss, Harry Caray, and Holy Name Cathedral.Labels: Just One Bad Century--history
I just posted my latest "Father Knows Nothing" column at NWI Parent. This week it's called "Misunderstood Lyrics," and it features a priceless contribution from my middle son Johnny.Labels: Father Knows Nothing
He looks more like Ricky Ricardo in this picture, but it's actually Sammy Sosa at an event in Las Vegas.Labels: Just One Bad Century
I just posted my latest Chicago Radio Spotlight interview. This week I talk with long time Chicago program director Bill Gamble. He talks about the two radio stations he is programming now (US99 and Fresh FM) along with some of his previous stops on the Chicago radio dial.Labels: Chicago Radio Spotlight
This is unbelievably brilliant.
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This is a Honda Odyssey. Same color and model as mine.Looks like Mel Karmazin is coming out of his bomb shelter. From Tom Taylor's column this morning...
"Sirius XM to launch 'the most aggressive brand marketing campaign in our history.' It starts the week of Thanksgiving and Mel Karmazin teases it but won’t snitch on the marketing message. He says “the ads will be very noticed….you’ll see them a lot.” That should end a period when Karmazin’s troops were conserving their off-air marketing dollars, even as consumer confusion about the merger of the two rivals continued."Labels: media notebook

It's getting a little more difficult to market a new record. Got to hand it to the boys in Weezer for getting creative...
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He wasn't attacked by those evil Americans that don't like him. He was attacked from within. From Tom Taylor's column at Radio-Info.com this morning...
"Glenn Beck is stricken with appendicitis during his radio show.This time Beck left his Premiere-syndicated radio show during the program itself, and was taken to a hospital for immediate medical attention. He missed his usual Fox News Channel gig yesterday (no surprise), and presumably won’t be back to his radio show for a couple of days."Labels: media notebook

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All I can say is, thank God the ten year streak of no championships is finally over for those long suffering Yankees fans.Labels: news flash, sports

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These Wall Street guys are deserving of every bad thing that is written about them. This is a pretty good take on things from Bloomberg's Susan Antilla...Labels: news flash
This study has some rare good news for radio...
A Nielsen analysis of a media use study conducted by the Council for Research Excellence (CRE) found that 77% of adults are reached by broadcast radio on a daily basis, second only to television at 95%. This study, in which consumers were physically observed consuming media throughout the day, found that Web/Internet (excluding email) reached 64%, newspaper 35%, and magazines 27%.Labels: media notebook
Every Wednesday at JOBC we tell a Tale from a Bad Century.Labels: Just One Bad Century--Tales