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2009-01-09T08:04:00.000-08:00

2009-01-08T10:39:00.000-08:00

Give Hugh a Chance

2008-10-13T12:25:00.000-07:00

Good insight from a hard-working journalist who is on the hunt for a job.

Check it out.

Georgia's Larry Munson Announces Retirement

2008-09-22T16:54:00.001-07:00

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> For Immediate Release
> Sept. 22, 2008
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> ATHENS-------Legendary University of Georgia football play-
> by-play announcer Larry Munson, who began broadcasting Bulldog games
> in 1966, has announced his retirement from the booth.
>
> Munson has done only home games thus far this season and in
> 2007; however, he has decided that the Central Michigan broadcast on
> Sept. 6, was his last. The current road game booth crew of Scott
> Howard and Eric Zeier will finish out the 2008 season handling home
> and away games.
>
> "I can't express enough my deep feelings toward the
> Georgia football fans," said Munson. "They have been so friendly
> especially during this most recent period of time. I feel I owe the
> m so much more than I can give. I'll remember all the great times w
> ith the Dogs and have the fondest wishes and good luck toward them a
> ll."
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> "Larry made the decision over the weekend after consultation
> with his family, doctor, and close friends," said Michael Munson, L
> arry's son. "The Munson family would like to thank Cox Radio,
> the University of Georgia and the Georgia people who have been so su
> pportive of Larry throughout his long career and especially the last
> several months following his surgery in April. Larry plans to celeb
> rate his 86th birthday this weekend watching the Alabama game with f
> amily and close friends."
>
> Michael Munson also indicated that after 60 years in
> broadcasting, Larry told him "There are lots of things I still want
> to do."
>
> "I want to thank Larry Munson on behalf of this great university for
> 42 dedicated years of delivering the Georgia Bulldogs to fans on fa
> ll Saturday's around the world," said UGA Director of Athletics Damo
> n Evans. "I truly appreciate his return at the start of this season
> from surgery to give us all another opportunity to hear him describe
> the tradition and pageantry of Georgia football as only he could do
> it. This is a day that we all knew would come for the Bulldog Nati
> on, Larry Munson is and will always be a part of what is great about
> being a Georgia Bulldog."
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>
> Munson's dramatic delivery, along with an unabashed partisanship for
> the Bulldogs, has endeared him to generations of UGA fans.
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> "Larry Munson has given the bulk of his professional life in the ser
> vice of the Bulldog Nation and we thank him for it," said UGA Presid
> ent Dr. Michael F. Adams. "He has been a unifying element and rally
> ing point for many years. We are grateful for his many contribution
> s and wish for him improved health and many good times to come."
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> "We fully support Larry's wishes and can't thank him enough for
> the thrilling play-by-play he's given the Bulldog Nation and WSB thr
> ough the years," said Cox Radio, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Marc M
> organ
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> Born Sept. 28, 1921, in Minneapolis, Munson is an alumnus of
> Moorehead State Teachers College in Moorehead, Minn. After World
> War II, he used his military discharge pay to enroll in
> broadcaster's school back home in Minneapolis. He followed 10 weeks
> of training by landing an assignment to work at a small radio
> station in Devil's Lake, N.D.
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>
> This job started a series of short-term jobs for Munson behind the
> microphone, the last of which took him to Cheyenne, Wyoming. He had
> gotten the job by recording an audition tape of a football game
> between Ohio State and Minnesota, replete with canned crowd noise
> and special effects.
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>
>
> During his time in Cheyenne, Munson befriended another young
> broadcaster who later gained national fame: Curt Gowdy, who was
> calling University of Wyoming football and basketball games at the
> time. When Gowdy left Cheyenne for a Double A baseball job in
> Oklahoma City, he recommended that Munson replace him. It was the
> break that Munson sought.
>
>
>
> In 1949, when Gowdy joined Mel Allen on the New York Yankees radio
> crew, he again recommended Munson for the job in Oklahoma City.
> Munson eventually spent three years broadcasting baseball there
> before making his next move.
>
>
>
> He left Oklahoma City for Nashville, Tenn., in 1952, taking a job
> calling games for the Nashville Vols, a minor-league affiliate of
> several teams, including the New York Giants, Cincinnati and
> Minnesota. It was a career move that led him into other
> broadcasting directions. He served a stint as a Nashville disc
> jockey and also started what was believed to have been the first-
> ever TV show on fishing. Munson continued to host the fishing show
> long after he left Nashville for Georgia in the mid-1960s.
>
>
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> While in Nashville, Munson also made his second venture into
> collegiate athletics. He called Vanderbilt University football and
> basketball games over the powerful airwaves of AM station WSM.
>
>
>
> But in 1966 Munson got his big break into major-league baseball when
> he landed a job calling Atlanta Braves baseball in their inaugural
> season. As the Braves' first spring training began, he read a
> newspaper story about the departure of Georgia football announcer Ed
> Thilenius. He then made an inquiry to UGA athletics director Joel
> Eaves, whom he had known during his days at Vanderbilt. Eaves
> offered him the Georgia football job during that first phone call.
>
>
>
> During his career as the Bulldogsí play-by-play man, Munson has held
> a variety of auxiliary jobs. He called games for the Georgia baske
> tball program from 1987-96 and for the Atlanta Falcons from 1989-92.
> He has also hosted various sports talk shows on radio and TV.
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> In 1983, Munson was recognized by the Georgia General Assembly ìfor
> his role in the Georgia championship football program.î Fourteen ye
> ars later the same legislative body, led by Governor Zell Miller, ho
> nored him with a proclamation celebrating his 50 years in broadcasti
> ng.
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> In 1994, Munson was inducted into the Georgia Association of
> Broadcasters Hall of Fame, and in 2005, he won a similar induction
> into the State of Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.
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> Muns <<munson-1.jpg>> on is also the 2003 recipient of the Chris
> Schenkel Award, given annually by the National Football Foundation
> and College Hall of Fame. The award recognizes broadcasters with
> long and distinguished careers in broadcasting college football, as
> well as their contributions to community service.
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> Karlene Lawrence
> Manager of Internet Operations/Publications Coord.
> UGA Athletic Association
> P.O. Box 1472, Athens, Ga. 30603
> karlene@sports.uga.edu
> www.georgiadogs.com
> www.GXtra.com
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Rockin' Tempe!

2008-09-17T18:10:00.001-07:00

We're in Tempe for the rest of the week. Go Dawgs! Check out
DaveAkins.com for periodic updates throughout the week. New podcast
Monday morning!

Football!!!!!!

2008-08-30T17:22:00.001-07:00

I love this time of year.

You've...You've earned it.

2008-08-24T18:02:00.000-07:00

Tonight is my father's last night on the job at WSB-TV. He's retiring after 35 years as one of the most well-known TV personalities in Atlanta (not just my opinion).

My wife and I went up to the TV station earlier tonight to watch his 6 p.m. show broadcast live in the studio on this final day. I thought it would be a nice way to spend the evening - to hang out and watch him do one of his last shows. During my brief 4-year stint in TV, Dad was there the first time I ever anchored a sports cast at WNEG back in 1999. Since he saw my alpha, I thought I'd tried to return the favor for his omega.

It was a good plan. But like most plans in the TV business, it was shot full of holes. Dad's segment (already whittled to 2:00) ended up getting killed entirely right as he sat down at the anchor desk. You see, the Little League World Series ran long on ABC and there was some bad weather in the area that needed some more coverage (not to mention a story about, I-kid-you-not, "Man bites man" that just HAD to be in the show). So, as usual, sports got kicked to the curb (despite the fact that there was actual news to report - Matt Ryan has been named the opening day starting QB for the Atlanta Falcons).

Oh well. It's been a good ride for Dad. There's no preempting retirement, just showers to avoid on the golf course. He's earned it. So tune in later tonight and you'll hear these words from Dad for the final time:

"Tonight, on Sports Final..."

Scott H.

So...Are You Curious?????

2008-08-21T19:30:00.000-07:00

Been meaning to comment on this for a while now, so I assume everybody has seen 11 Alive's new promotion.

Hmmmmmmmmm...so many directions to go with this one, but I'm going with the obvious. I can appreciate that WXIA's promotions department was trying to do something, shall we say, "alternative" with this promo. Perhaps alternative lifestyle?

I'm surprised somebody in the room didn't at least step up and say "wait a minute - this could be misconstrued."

Just a thought.

If you want a more high-brow discussion, feel free to check out Live Apartment Fire. As for me, I'm more of an "alternative" humor kinda guy.

Scott H.

Vacay

2008-08-14T20:18:00.001-07:00

Destin, Florida. Very nice.

UStream.tv

2008-07-03T14:01:00.000-07:00

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This just in

2008-07-01T14:19:00.000-07:00

One of these days, newspapers, including the AJC, are going to realize
how easy it is to just report and send photos directly from an iPhone
or blackberry using simple email based blog technology.

Another Hat Tip to ABH

2008-06-30T13:38:00.001-07:00

I guess I'm showing some bias with my praise of the Athens Banner Herald, but in the wake of the death of Uga VI, here's a video the ABH produced a while back. A good way to remember a Damn Good Dawg. Good job Melissa.

WXIA's Busy Site

2008-06-24T13:16:00.000-07:00

Not too long ago, WXIA-TV revamped its Web site.

I think it is a little busy. I actually thought that their previous site was one of the better TV News Web sites in Atlanta.

Management at XIA is also encouraging its reporters and photographers to blog on the station's Web site. This brings up a potential conflict of interest. Should a reporter, who ideally is objective and impartial, be offering opinions about stories they are covering under the auspices of their news outlet which is also supposed to be objective? It would be one thing if it was on their own site rather than the station's site. It's an interesting question.

I've heard through the grapevine that some reporters are pushing back a little bit, but that management is happy with the traffic the blogs are getting.

The lines between news and opinion continue to blur.

Scott H.

Blogging with Twitter?

2008-06-17T09:20:00.000-07:00

Curious if this works.

follow me on Twitter

Big Ups to Athens Banner Herald

2008-04-18T07:03:00.000-07:00

While the AJC's effort to add relevant local video to their Web site continues to kind of just flounder around, I'm pretty impressed with the way the Athens Banner Herald is handling convergence. An old friend of mine, Melissa Hanna, is helping run the video operation of the ABH newsroom and she's really doing a good job.

The latest example includes the first round of the Athens Regional Foundation Classic. She shot the round with a new HD camera that the ABH invested in. The kicker is that it was posted to the Web site within hours of being shot.

That's the key and I think a lot of the newspapers and even TV stations are missing when they try to push their video to the Web. If you're going to do local video, it's gotta get posted in a timely manner.

So, kudos to Melissa for her role in convergence!

Scott H.

Steve and Vikki and the Temple of No-Competes

2008-04-16T22:09:00.000-07:00

Interesting article from the AJC's Richard Eldredge today about the new "Steve and Vikki" commercials that have hit the ATL TV airwaves this month.

Star 94, S&V's former station (for almost 20 years), which is owned by Lincoln Financial, has had its legal eagles send a cease and desist letter to Cox Radio, parent company of B98.5 (on which S&V will premiere in June) telling Cox Radio that it must remove all advertising including Steve and Vikki from the airways per the talent's no-compete clause.

When asked by the AJC about the situation, Star 94 General Manager Mark Kanov initially said "no comment," but then added that "they are in violation of their contracts."

My view is this. B98.5 is run by the biggest, most successful media company in Atlanta. I'm pretty sure they have plenty of legal power to fight this if need be. 98.5 GM David Meszaros says the ads will continue to run.

We'll see who blinks first.

Scott H.

Storm of the Century Part I

2008-03-20T19:49:00.000-07:00

When I started this blog, I really did try to promise myself that I would update it regularly. Well, that didn't last very long. I see I haven't posted anything new in almost a month. My fault.

But the tornado that rolled through downtown Atlanta, wreaking havoc on the SEC Basketball Tournament and making heros out of the UGA basketball team, got me obvserving the local TV media landscape yet again.

One of the more interesting things I observed is that WSB-TV decided to post some of its storm coverage to YouTube in order to get the video out to the masses. This, to some extent, was WSB-TV somewhat abandoning its own online video technology in favor of simply posting to YouTube. The video below appears to be raw aerial footage with audio of Mark Winne communicating back to the TV station over the private radio system.

I've long said that the video functionality of WSB's Web site is just not very good. This is a great example of what appears to be the station adapting during a time of crisis and realizing that the simplicity of YouTube would win out over the complexity of their own system. I say kudos. Not to mention, posting on YouTube leads to other bloggers, such as myself, embedding the video on our blogs, reinforcing the WSB-TV brand.

If I'm a betting man, it appears that WSB's "Internet Reporter," Nelson Hicks is the guy behind this. Nelson is a reporter that you don't see on the TV, but his face and voice are on WSBTV.com on a regular basis. He's a sharp guy and is doing a good job of giving his reporting many "legs" online.

I have another blog post on this topic coming this weekend. I'll discuss whether or not WSB-TV might face copyright issues by posting its own stuff to YouTube - at least from my perspective.

More on that after the break.

Scott H.

Steve and Vikki Back in the Hizzy

2008-02-25T14:21:00.000-08:00

Don't you love my subject line? I'm so down with the assonance. I promise that's not a dirty word.

So, last week WSB-FM (B 98.5) announced that Steve and Vikki, formerly of Star 94, will come back to the air this summer after their no-compete clauses have run their course.

I was never somebody that listened to Steve and Vikki a lot, but obviously they have a huge fan based out there. I think this is a win for B 98.5 and I actually think this is an interesting turn for Atlanta radio.

In the last 3-4 months, shows like The Zakk Tyler Morning Show (929 Dave FM) and Star 94's Morning Mess have come to market with out-of-town talent trying to find a solid audience in ATL. I don't listen to either show, but I also don't really know anybody who does. The women I work with seem to all listen to The Bert Show (Q100).

So, what intrigues me about Steve and Vikki's return is the fact that they are so locally entrenched. They've been part of Atlanta mornings for about 20 years. They are members of the community who put down roots in ATL rather than people for whom Atlanta is new territory. I'm curious to see how big a dip in ratings both Star 94 and Dave FM take thanks to Steve and Vikki's return. I could be crazy. My impression is that neither one of these new shows have taken off and given that B 98.5 is guaranteed to poach some of Star and Dave's audience with loyal Steve and Vikki listeners, I'm curious if this could be a big blow to the long-term success of either Zakk Tyler or the Morning Mess.

Time and Arbitron numbers will tell.

To HD or not to HD?

2008-02-11T21:01:00.000-08:00

For a while now, the only local newscasts that have been on the air in high definition (HD) are WSB-TV and 11 Alive (WXIA-TV). 11 Alive came into the ATL HD scene first - coming online back in 2006 with WSB-TV coming on board in either late 2006 or early 2007 (if memory serves me right).

This leaves Fox 5 (WAGA-TV) and CBS 46 (WGCL-TV) still hanging out in standard-definition land. But where does that leave these two non-HD stations come February 17, 2009 when analog broadcast signals will sign off for the final time rendering many people's TVs useless*? Actually, these two stations will be just fine because they've been broadcasting digitally for quite some time now.

See, a lot of people don't realize that HDTV and digital broadcast signals are not necessarily synonomus. It works like this. An HD broadcast can only be carried by a digital broadcast signal. But a digital signal doesn't have to carry an HD broadcast.

HDTV refers more to the resolution of the images that the TV signal is carrying. In fact, when you watch an HD event such as a newscast, NASCAR race or football game, it's really more about the HD quality of the cameras used to shoot the event than the signal that is carrying it to your home (though if it's HDTV, you are inherently getting a digital signal - confused yet?).

Back to the point. At this point, I'm sure both Fox 5 and CBS 46 have at least loose timelines for when they will convert their newscasts to HD, but the point is that there's no hurry. Their digital signal is up there, already beaming out to your TV set.

Of after all this explanation, it's probably worth noting that most of us aren't picking up that signal anyway, since we get our TV from Dish or Cable. Hopefully that means this whole post wasn't for nothing.

Stay tuned.

Scott H.

*Actually, regular old TVs aren't useless if you have digital cable or satellite

Everybody say "Hoooooooooo....Regular Guys"

2008-02-08T17:48:00.000-08:00

I generally enjoy reading the work of Rodney Ho, the AJC's beat reporter on radio and television happenings in Atlanta. I think he does a pretty good job covering the changing landscape. I don't care much for the "comments" functionality that the AJC folks have built into his page, but I'm sure thats not his decision. In fact, the whole "comments" section below actual stories on AJC.com is a whole other post for a whole other day.

This morning, Rodney was live in the studios of Rock 100.5 with The Regular Guys (TRG) to do a live on-air interview. Rodney tried this on TRG's very first day back, but was actually kicked out of the studio by Cumulus management after initially being invited in by Larry Wachs (one of the The Regular Guys). It says a lot about Rodney to come back after that. Working in the PR-related field, I know a lot of journalists that would have cut all ties after being treat like that - or at least written a scathing article about it.

While the 10-15 minute interview was full of one-liners by Larry, Eric Von Haessler and Southside Steve (The whole Regular Guys crew), I was struck by a couple of pockets of sincerity. When Rodney asked the fellas about the demise of 99X (a whipping boy for The Regular Guys back in their 96 Rock days), both Larry and Eric responded very respectfully. They acknowledged that they really respected what 99X had done over the years in the ATL market, especially Leslie Fram (who really was kind of an alternative rock pionieer, IMHO). Larry very diplomatically said that he feels 99X had just run its course and that today it's hard to be alternative in a world where everybody seemingly wants to be different. It was a rare moment of candor to me and I thought it was actually very nice of both Larry and Eric.

Moving on, I never did listen to TRG's show when they were briefly at WGST-AM, but it is apparently a time they would like to forget. They characterized it as one of the worst periods in their lives. They discussed what they consider to be a huge cultural difference between Cumulus and Clear Channel (owners of 96.1 FM, WGST-AM and others). The difference, according to them, being that Cumulus employees like their jobs and are happy to come into work.

Finally, there was an interesting media convergence moment where Eric asked Rodney if his notes from this interview would appear in the paper. Rodney seemed unsure, but remarked that they would definitely be online. "That's what everybody cares about, right?" said Ho. For a paper like the AJC which has a plummeting subscription base, it was interesting to hear one of its own reporters noting that people essentially only care about the Web site now.

Stop the presses.

Scott H.

DaveFM Changeup

2008-02-07T13:30:00.000-08:00

So, we're still in week 1 of DaveFM's new morning show, "The Zakk Tyler Morning Show." If you pay any attention to radio, you knew the station probably wasn't going to stick with Orff, Denzel and that girl I liked doing news. Not necessarily because that trio wasn't doing a good job of weather, news, traffic and music, but because every radio station has to have a "show" for morning drive that it feels like carves an identity for the station. It is apparently written into every general manager's DNA.

What's funny is that based on Dave's playlist and the "no rules" mentality the station seems to have, I thought the way they were doing their mornings was great.

Enter Zakk Tyler and his obligatory sidekick Sweet Baby Jaye (or Jane - can't understand what he says). As near as I can tell, it's a formulaic radio morning show like so many others around the ATL market. I don't mean that really as a knock, but as a matter of fact. Time will tell whether or not they are good fit for the listenership of DaveFM. My knee-jerk is to say that they will not fit in right. I'll eagerly await the AJC's Rodney Ho to report Arbitron numbers for the show.

What's funny is that with all the morning show turnover and signal swappings going on around town, I'm surprised to find myself listening to 680 The Fan's morning show with Christopher Rude. When I get tired of that I find myself switching to 97.1 The River. Sure, I'm hearing "Dream On" for the 6th or 7th morning in a row, but with Lexie Kaye piloting a solo show, it's an oddity that seems to do the trick. Kinda like Orff, Denzel and that girl did for me at DaveFM.

Of course this is all a moot point once I get a good FM transmitter for my iPod Touch. Love that thing!

Don't touch that dial.

Scott H.

Super Tuesday 2008 - Web Video Breakdown

2008-02-05T17:05:00.000-08:00

After remaining safely shielded from the barrage of Super Tuesday coverage (cue dramatic music!) during my workday, I decided to take a somewhat in-depth look to see how the local Atlanta TV and print media were (or were not) using live video as part of their strategy for coverage during non-broadcast/non-press time (7 p.m. - 9 p.m.). Given that this is the first really big local news story in a while, I wanted to see if 2, 5, 11 & 46 would bust out the live streaming servers to take their coverage past air time.

I also decided to sample how the major TV networks were (or were not) leveraging live video on their own sites. Without further ado, here's what I found sprinkled with some mild editorializing along the way.

Ahem.

AJC.com (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution): I wondered if the Atlanta Journal-Constitution might try to do some sort of Super Tuesday video coverage, since I know the folks over there are really trying to lock down the top spot for online news distribution in the ATL and want video to be part of that. To my surprise, I really didn't see any updated video. It seemed the AJC had shifted back into full-on newspaper mode at least for one night. I thought at the very least, they might link to video from wsbtv.com (the two outlets are both owned by Cox). This brings me to my next player.

WSBTV.com (Channel 2): From the looks of it, Channel 2 chose not to extend its newscasts past regular broadcast hours and onto the Web. On wsbtv.com, there was a link to a separate, live video feed from Matt Towery's Southern Political Report web site. As near as I could tell, this video feed was actually coming from something called the Internet News Agency. Alas, in order to get the video to play, I had to upgrade my Flash video player to version 9, which by the time I did that, streaming window had a sign up that said essentially "We'll be back at 7:45." I had to move on.

11Alive.com (Channel 11): Channel 11 continued broadcasting online even as "The Evening News with Brenda Wood" was pre-empted by NBC's election coverage. A very prominent viewing box was set up front and center on 11alive.com and the live video began playing just moments after the page loaded. Kudos to the engineers over at 11 Alive for making this run smoothly. As a footnote, 11Alive.com uses a Windows Media Player streaming format.

MyFoxAtlanta.com (Fox 5-WAGA-TV): Earlier in the day, I'd heard that Fox 5 would not be airing continuing coverage on TV due to the fact that they carry American Idol (ratings galore!), but that they would be continuing their 6 p.m. coverage into the night via their Web site, myfoxatlanta.com. Much like 11 Alive, WAGA was very user friendly. A very large, obvious link on their home page led you to a Flash Player viewing window with live coverage of Russ Spencer doing his election thang. The player window also included user-generated postings alongside the video. As usual, this user-generated content boiled down to the same handful of people taking jabs at whatever floated their boat. All told, I was pretty impressed with the functionality. I tell people all the time that in terms of online video in the ATL, my opinion is that Fox 5 does the best job because they don't try to get too cute with customized players, playlists or super duper high quality video. What this means is that when you click the "play" button, the video actually plays with little to no buffering and good functionality...hooray!

WGCL-TV (CBS 46): CBS 46 did not have any live, local video. Truthfully I'm not sure they have that type of functionality in their Web department yet. I was surprised not to find a link to CBSnews.com, not that it would have mattered (read below).

CBSnews.com: The network of Murrow and Cronkite did not have any streaming video of their election coverage - or at least I couldn't easily find it. I figured they would use live streams of Katie Couric anchoring her first big presidential Super Tuesday. I guess I thought wrong.

NBCnews.com: This link, which will redirect you to MSNBC.com did not have any obvious, NBC-generated newscasts, even though Brian Williams was still on TV live (and in HD!). I was a bit surprised that they wouldn't simulcast their coverage on the net. I did find something else. I had to look pretty closely, but there was a link to Newsweek's newsweek.com which did have some live video of their own featuring writers and pundits from The Washington Post and Newsweek, but not NBC. I thought that was a bit weird.

ABCnews.com: There wasn't anything obvious on the homepage to point out that there was a live video feed to watch. Finally, on the right side of the page, I noticed some small text that said to click to watch "live" coverage. Since ABC news was no longer on TV in the ATL at that point (Entertainment Tonight was on in its usual slot), I decided to check it out. What I found was live video of some sort. It featured Sam Donaldson in what appeared to be a panel discussion of the returns as they were coming in. It didn't look like a first-class, ABC production however, so I'm wondering if maybe it was just an experiment.

Foxnews.com: I was shocked to find no live streaming video on Foxnews.com. The cable news outlets tend to be the pioneers in Web delivery of news, but when I went to the Fox News home page, I couldn't find any live video. Fox News did have a live stream of Fox News Radio as well as links to local affiliates coverage, including live local video. I thought they would be all over this given how deep as News Corporation's pockets are.

CNN.com: This was actually the first site that I visited. On the masthead of the cnn.com home page, there was a pretty big link that said "Watch Live for Free" or something like that. After watching a 15-second commercial, cnn.com's live broadcast loaded and began playing. What was interesting is that it appeared that this online broadcast was completely separate from what was on TV. I know this because I flipped over to the TV to see if it synced up. It appears that CNN had created a whole separate production just for it's online viewing audience. There was a lady standing at a podium with a laptop. She was kind of the "anchor" of the coverage, but basically she was just tossing the show back and forth to different live feeds and interviews that CNN had flowing through its feed room. This was kind of cool, but it seems like CNN would want to put their A-Team production on the Web. It would see to be a lot less labor intensive than creating this whole separate production for the Web. As a side note, cnn.com uses Flash Video as its delivery method.

So, there you have it. This is by no means an exhaustive breakdown of the coverage. Like I said, this is from about an hour of viewing from 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. on Super Tuesday. I hope you found this informative.

Later,

Scott H.