http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl? http://www.eblah.com en http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1368639689/ http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1368639689/#num1 Washington State Supreme Court Hears KOMO Case on Police Dashcam Videos

By Merrill
TV Spy @
MediaBistro.com
May 15, 2013 11:42 AM

                

A legal battle between KOMO and the Seattle Police Department over access to police dashcam videos has reached the Washington State Supreme Court. The Seattle ABC affiliate reported on the case Tuesday:


The arguments before the Supreme Court are the last step in a years-long effort by KOMO to use police videos as a means of checking officer behavior. KOMO first requested a database and copies of Seattle police dashcam videos in 2010 during a Problem Solvers investigation about excessive force and biased policing.

In spite of numerous requests, the department told KOMO that the video records — the way the station asked for them — didn’t exist. After more than a year, the city did provide KOMO with a database, but then refused to supply the dashcam videos, saying there was a three-year exemption under the law.

“This is about every single citizen in the state of Washington and their right to have access to the videos that the police have, and their right to hold police accountable,” [KOMO news director Holly] Gauntt said.

KOMO reports the Supreme Court bypassed the appeals court and took the case directly, which can be done when the court believes there is “substantial public importance.” A decision is expected in three to six months.
]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 10:41:29 clockwatcher http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1368633656/ http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1368633656/#num1 Research Director, Inc. Presents Exclusive April PPM Analysis for Seattle

May 15, 2013 at 6:43 AM (PT)

ALL ACCESS presents APRIL PPM market highlights, compiled by the Ratings Experts at RESEARCH DIRECTOR, INC. and powered by XTRENDS, radio's #1 PPM and diary analysis tool. All numbers reflect subscriber only data.

Seattle-Tacoma: Another Good Move

                        
Last month’s command performance as the market’s new #1 station (12+) was so well received in the halls of SANDUSKY Top 40/M KQMV (MOVIN’) the station decided to do it again and remained the market leader (5.5-5.2).  However, the race is very tight as four other players are within a half share of the lead.  CRISTA Christian Contemporary KCMS (SPIRIT) is on the road back and elevated itself from #4 to #2 (4.8-5.1).  Close on its heels were SANDUSKY AC KRWM (WARM), which finally ended its post-HOLIDAY decline (4.7-5.0) to move from #5 into a tie at #3 with ENTERCOM Country KKWF (THE WOLF), which had its best book in over a year (4.9-5.0).  This "best of" feat was duplicated by CBS RADIO Classic Rock KZOK, which made the athletic move from a tie at #9 to #5 (4.0-4.8).  Not since OCTOBER has the UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON N/T KUOW had a share this low (5.3-4.6) and the station skidded from #2 to #6.

The 25-54 demographic seemed to be fashioning a lot of black t-shirts as it took on a decidedly rockfish patina.  ENTERCOM Active Rock KISW remained at #1 for the second month in a row but is looking in the rear view mirror at KZOK, which rebounded nicely from an uncharacteristically bad book to jump from a tie at #7 to #2.  KKWF might not be the alpha dog here but it did scratch out its fourth straight up book though it did slip from #2 to #3.  KQMV also dropped a spot to #4 as did KCMS, which ended the month at #5.

While KKWF did not exactly duplicate its record-setting 18-34 performance from last survey -- it came pretty darned close and remained as the leader of the pack.  KQMV was off slightly to remain at #2 though it is now tied with CCM+E Top 40/R KUBE, which crept up from #4.  ENTERCOM Alternative KNDD (THE END) ended a two-book slide to move from a tie at #6 into a tie at #4 with CBS RADIO Country KMPS, which slid from #3 after posting its lowest number since JANUARY.

Looks like we have a good old-fashioned dog fight 18-49. KISW was up for the fourth straight survey to remain at #1 but was joined on the podium by KKWF, which is on a pretty substantial four-book run (or lope) of its own, which had led it from a tie at #11 to a share of the lead.  KQMV had another solid book but slipped a spot to #3 while CCM+E Top 40/M KBKS (KISS) remained at #4.  KNDD ended a two-book slide and moved from a tie at #7 to #5.  Keep an eye on KZOK as the station jumped from #14 to #6.

Read more: http://www.allaccess.com/net-n.....il-ppm#ixzz2TNRIwQRy
]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 09:00:56 clockwatcher http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1368559273/ http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1368559273/#num1 Curley Returns To KIRO/Seattle Lineup
                        
                                 John Curley

By Al Peterson

      May 13, 2013

Seattle radio and television veteran John Curley (pictured) has returned to the lineup at KIRO-FM where he’s now partnered with Andrew Walsh for The John Curley Show with Andrew Walsh, weeknights from 7-10pm.

Curley, who spent 14 years hosting Evening Magazine on Seattle’s KING-TV, previously hosted evenings on KIRO followed by a short stint in mornings that ended earlier this year. Meanwhile, Walsh has been with the Bonneville-owned News/Talker since 2010, producing The Ross and Burbank Show, co-hosting the Too Beautiful To Live podcast with Luke Burbank, and hosting a solo evening show since October of 2012.

“With John’s comfortable style and story-telling skills he naturally fits well in a night time setting,” said Pete Gammell, KIRO Program Director. “Partner John’s entertaining approach with Andrew’s newsy perspective, and you have a completely new dynamic and compelling show.”


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.]]> Tue, 14 May 2013 12:21:13 SoundMan http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1368488460/ http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1368488460/#num1 Former CBS News correspondent Jan Petersen dies at 63

By David Morgan
CBS News

  
                          An undated photograph of Barry and Jan Petersen.

Jan Petersen, a former foreign correspondent for CBS television and radio and the wife of CBS News correspondent Barry Petersen, died Saturday at age 63 from early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

                  
          Jan Chorlton, during her tenure as a television reporter
                                in the 1980s and 1990s. / CBS News

Jan had worked at CNN, ABC and CBS News, with postings in Tokyo and Moscow, in a journalism career that began as a part-time news writer at CBS affiliate KIRO in Seattle, before rising to producer, reporter, and anchor, under her maiden name, Jan Chorlton.

Eight years ago she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's, a disease which affects approximately 250,000 Americans under the age of 65. The emotional story of how she and her family grappled with the effects of the disease were recounted in Barry Petersen's 2010 book, "Jan's Story," and in a "Sunday Morning" news story about how Alzheimer's changed the course of their nearly three-decade-long marriage.

"Jan was vivacious and lively, traits she kept even after her diagnosis in 2005, and took with her when I placed her into an assisted living facility in 2008," Barry Petersen wrote on Monday. "But it was a disease that had started taking her, in so many little ways, 10 to 15 years before all that. Such is the insidious, hideous way of Alzheimer's Disease."

The "Sunday Morning" story, originally broadcast on June 20, 2010, showed Jan at the assisted living facility in Denver where she lived, in the Alzheimer's unit.

The story won a 2011 Edward R. Murrow Award, and was nominated for an Emmy.

"The piece resonated with hundreds of thousands of families dealing with Alzheimer's, so much so that almost three years later strangers still come up and talk to me about it, often asking how she is doing," Barry said.

"Jan loved communicating with people on TV. It is a sad irony that this story about her reached and touched so many at a time when the disease meant Jan could no longer know what amazing good her life's journey has done."

Petersen wrote that his wife firmly believed that "a person's spirit is on a journey of many parts, and that our time here is but one. So, if she were here today, she would assure all of us -- with her mischievous smile and deeply beautiful eyes -- that she is not gone . . . she has just gone on."

(To see a most remarkable CBS Sunday Morning piece, "Jan's Story," as told by husband and CBS correspondent Barry Peterson, with all its emotion and surprises, please go HERE.)

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ALL ACCESS Music Group has passed along MARCH PPM market highlights, compiled by the Ratings Experts at RESEARCH DIRECTOR, INC. and powered by XTRENDS, radio's #1 PPM and diary analysis tool. All numbers reflect subscriber only data.

Seattle-Tacoma: Movin’ On Up!

It may not be to the East Side, but SANDUSKY Top 40/M KQMV (MOVIN’) packed its things and moved up to #1 (5.5-5.5) for the first time in, well, ever.  Considering that the station was in a tie at #10 with a 3.8 a year ago, this is quite the accomplishment.  UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON N/T KUOW was off for the second straight survey (5.4-5.3) but managed to move up from #3 to #2.  They are howling in the hallways at ENTERCOM Country KKWF (THE WOLF) as the station had its best book in over a year (4.1-4.9) to claw its way up from a tie at #8 to #3.  CRISTA Christian Contemporary KCMS (SPIRIT) reversed a two-book slide to take sole command of #4 (4.4-4.8).  SANDUSKY AC KRWM (WARM) continued to suffer from the post-Christmas blues as it dropped from #1 to #5 (5.7-4.7).  It is the station’s lowest ranking since NOVEMBER.

ENTERCOM Active Rock KISW is on quite the roll 25-54. The station was up for the third straight book and returned to the #1 spot for the first time since NOVEMBER.  Those animals at KKWF are nipping at KISW’s heels as the station bounded from a tie at #7 to #2, its highest rank in over a year.  KQMV moved down a little as it fell from a tie at #2 to #3 while KCMS moved up a bit from #6 to #4.  Over the last three surveys, CBS RADIO Country KMPS has moved from #15 to #10 to its current residence at #5.  Unfortunately last survey’s ratings champ, CBS RADIO Classic Rock KZOK, fell from #1 to a tie at #7, with its lowest number since JULY.

Behold the power of THE WOLF.  KKWF had an absolute killer book to jump from #4 to #1 18-34. Its current share is about two-and-a-half times larger than the one it had during the HOLIDAY book.  KQMV remained solid at #2 while KMPS had its best book in over a year to stay at #3.  CCM+E Top 40/R KUBE ended a two-book run at #1 and fell to #4 while cluster mate CCM+E Top 40/M KBKS (KISS) stayed at #5.

There was a bit of flip-flopping in the 18-49 ranks.  KISW returned to the top spot with its best book since NOVEMBER and that bumped KQMV back to #2.  KKWF had its (surprise) best book in over a year to move from #4 to #3, forcing KBKS to slip down to #4.  The KMPS hot streak continued.  Over the last three months, the station has gone from #15 to a tie at #8 to #5.

To check the 12+ raw data for March, you can access Radio Online's posting of the Seattle PPM's  HERE!

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