#abc local radio

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

#ABC #ABC news #abc radio #abc local radio #abc tv

[steviewashere]

Make a Touchdown on My Heart

Rating: General CW: Doesn't Apply For This One! Tags: Established Relationship, Post-Canon, Eddie Munson is a Sweetheart, Steve Harrington is a Sweetheart, Neurodivergent Steve Harrington, Super Bowl XXII, Steve Harrington is a Sports Nerd, Domestic Fluff, Comfort/No Hurt, Fluff, Dialogue Heavy (Some facts in here may be inaccurate, I am not a sports enthusiast. All of these came from the internet, so blame it if I'm wrong.) For the @steddielovemonth prompt: "Love is being seen and known."

💕—————💕

It’s January, 1988. Their apartment is warm and lit by amber bulbs. Four in the afternoon in Chicago, work days over, dinner slow cooking in the crockpot on the counter. Eddie’s already dressed down in pajamas, grabbing a couple beers from their fridge, waiting for Steve to arrive home. Domestic. He’s been domesticated. He’s warm with contentment.

The plan is that Steve is going to get home, change out of his Family Video get up (because, yes, the video store has followed him to Illinois), get into his sweats and a Denver Bronco’s t-shirt, rush to get his sneakers back on, and hurry over to the local sports bar to yell over the Super Bowl. It’s been discussed. Marked on the calendar. Steve’s been excited for the last several months, practically bubbling with passion at the mere thought that one of his favorite teams made it to the “big game” as he described it to Eddie.

Now, Eddie’s no sports guy. He really, really, really isn’t. But he’d grown up with Wayne watching football. Tuning the television to ABC, right at the top of six, Miller in hand, bowl of chips in the other. Eddie usually resigned himself to a night of sitting on the couch, clueless to the sports world around him, probably nose deep in campaign notes. But he’s not in Indiana. He’s not listening to Wayne’s gruff commentary as he prepares for a night in with football. He’s in Illinois with his boyfriend, Steve Harrington—sports extraordinaire, quite literally.

Steve does this wonderfully adorable thing where he pulls out his new copy of Sports Illustrated or tunes in on their little kitchen radio or flips to whatever game is on, he rattles on about statistics and new players and his predictions—what team he thinks will make it to playoffs, which players will retire that year, how many touchdowns a team will get. It’s his favorite thing to talk about. Well, it could be any sport. He knows quite a bit about literally any sport. 

“Who had the most strikeouts in 1984?” Eddie had asked one evening. 

Without any preamble, Steve had shot him with, “Dwight Gooden, New York Mets.”

So, yeah, Steve knows his shit. At least in Eddie’s humble opinion.

Which is why, even though Eddie will probably get super bored, he’s got the TV remote ready. Just waiting on Steve’s quick arrival.

And, not too long later, keys are jingling outside of their apartment’s front door, impatient steps marching in place on the porch. “Just come in, babe! It’s unlocked!” Eddie shouts, chuckling under his breath. 

In comes Steve, a whirlwind of energy. He sheds his coat by the front door, snowflakes falling from his shoulders and the top of his beanie. The coat doesn’t even make it over a chair, is just chucked down to the hardwood. Ripping the hat off his head reveals the most glorious and awful hedgehog style Eddie’s ever seen. But that doesn’t even seem to phase Steve. He just runs a hand through his hair, knocking his glasses askew (yes, glasses, Eddie’s wet dream), quickly wetting his lips with his tongue. He’s already talking a mile a minute.

“Happy hour got moved up an hour at the bar! There’s a whole block taken up by cars.” His voice gets farther and farther away the more he retreats to their bedroom. There’s some rustling around as he looks for his sweatpants. “Bunch of Redskins fans all meeting there, feels like! Gonna be the only one with a Broncos shirt. It’s insane, Eds! They’re all talking about how Doug Williams is gonna lead the Redskins to victory. Which, I’ll give it to them, he’s awesome! He’s one of the best quarterbacks I’ve seen in a long time. Honestly, he’ll probably make history with this game.”

Steve reenters the living space, still chatting up a storm, eyes wandering for his yet to be obtained sweats. Eddie’s got a hand over his mouth, chuckling lowly into his cupped palm. He’s such a dork, he can’t help but think.

He continues on, oblivious to Eddie's adoration snickering. “I’m really excited to see how this goes. Y’know how there was a players strike this season?” He’s asking rhetorically because he usually doesn’t get a response from Eddie, but he nods anyway, because he does know. It’s all Steve’s talked about. “Season was shortened, but…Considering how the Redskins are doing? This might be a crazy game. And also—Wait.” Steve stops short in front of Eddie in the entryway of their small kitchen. He sniffs the air.

“It’s bean dip, babe,” Eddie answers already knowing. “I—uh—I made it for you, for tonight.”

“But I’m not gonna be home? I’ll be up the street?”

Eddie shrugs. “Or…you could be here? With me?” He enters Steve’s space, wiggling the TV remote in his grip. “I put the dip in this morning after you left for work. Went out to the store and picked up a case of Millers. Your sweatpants are in the dryer, I’m warming them up. Just in case the cold creeps under the door, you know how it gets.”

And that makes Steve shut up really fast. His mouth hangs open in silent awe. Hands limp at his sides. Then, all at once, his eyes light up and a smile stretches over his face. “You wanna watch the Super Bowl with me?”

Eddie nods. “Yeah, baby. You’ve been talking about it for a while and…I don’t know, you’re so excited, I knew that I couldn’t take that from you. Make you leave the house and not bear witness to your whole—“ He waves a hand over Steve’s bouncing in place body. His flapping hands, the jump to his feet as he quite literally bounces on the tips of his toes. “—Look at you right now! You’re like a dog waiting for me to throw the ball. How could I not watch it with you?” He grabs Steve by his left elbow and drags them over to the couch.

Finally, he turns the television on, flips it over to ABC, and plops the remote in Steve’s lap. He’s still jittering out of his skin.

“You want to watch the game with me,” he states, once more in awe. “Because I get excited? But—You don’t like football? You’re gonna get bored.”

Once again, Eddie shrugs. “So what if I get bored? I don’t need to watch the game, I just need to watch you. I’ll know how to react based on how you do. So far, it sounds like the Redskins are gonna be a pain in the ass for you, right?”

“You remembered the name of the team?”

Eddie scoffs. “Of course I do! I listen to you when you talk about your sports stuff. You’ve been moaning and groaning about the Redskins’ new star quarterback for a while now. You think I don’t enjoy sitting next to you on the couch when you read off the stats in your magazines? Baby, it’s the highlight of my day.”

Steve’s eyes soften, they glisten, surprisingly. “Really? You don’t mind when I talk about my sports things? Even when…Even when it isn’t that interesting to you?”

“Loving you means loving what you love,” Eddie simply states. “Just like when you let me ramble about campaign notes and how infuriating it’s been to find a new Dungeons & Dragons group.” He wraps an arm over Steve’s shoulders, drawing him in close. His free hand cradles Steve’s right cheek, it’s wet under his palm. “Why you cryin’ sweet thing?” He murmurs.

It’s Steve’s turn to shrug. He sniffs back a gross wad of snot. “Nobody ever liked listening to me talk about it, I don’t know. Used to watch the games alone. Hated that.”

Leaning in, Eddie pecks Steve’s forehead. “Well, that changes starting tonight, alright? So, go grab your sweats from the dryer, slip into your Broncos shirt, settle in on the couch. I’ll get us some food, crack open our beers, and you can shout and slap my chest all you want about your game. How’s that sound?”

“Like you know me really well,” Steve answers.

“Good, baby,” he whispers. “Love knowing you. Love loving you.”

💕—————💕

#stranger things #steddie #fanfiction #steve harrington #eddie munson #steddielovemonth #day 5 #Super Bowl XXII #domestic fluff #domestic steddie #neurodivergent Steve Harrington #Comfort/No Hurt #Fluff

[littlespoonevan]

also i was in the car today and during the little entertainment news section they played a clip from one of angela's interviews where she talked about how much she loved the family aspect of 911. i need to be clear this was on a local radio station in ireland and 911 is Not big here. like i only know a handful of people who have even heard of it. yet this radio station - which again, is local, not even something broadcast all over the country - played a solid 60 seconds of that clip when the entertainment news section itself is like 2 minutes max and is usually reserved for irish celebrities or the kardashians or taylor swift or whatever.

so. y'know. just in case you were wondering if all that promo abc is doing is working i would say a very solid Yes

#like i don't even know when s7 is gonna air in ireland sakdjlfhas #whenever it comes on disney+ i guess #they had s6 fairly soon-ish after it started airing last season #but anyway it was so wild i couldn't believe it lmao #911 related

[thepastisalreadywritten]

By Keiran Smith

15 January 2024

SYDNEY (AP) — A day after an Australian became queen of Denmark, her native land on Monday celebrated the unlikely fairy tale with cocktails, picnics and a “Danish Fiesta.”

Mary Donaldson’s journey from Tasmania to the world’s first Australian-born queen has captivated both Danes and Australians.

People gathered to mark the occasion across Australia, including Queen Mary’s hometown of Hobart, the capital of the southern island state of Tasmania.

In Melbourne, scores gathered at Denmark House, one of Melbourne’s oldest social clubs, to celebrate the coronation with a special cultural event.

“It’s not something that happens every day that you have an Australian becoming queen. I don’t know if it will ever happen again,” Danish Club Vice President Lykka Borup told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Mary’s husband, Crown Prince Frederik, was proclaimed king of the European nation on Sunday, two weeks after his 83-year-old mother, Queen Margrethe II, announced she would be the first Danish royal to abdicate in about 900 years.

Several landmarks in Hobart were lit up in Denmark’s red and white colors, as many residents celebrated with a picnic or a high tea at Taroona Beach, near Queen Mary’s childhood home.

Celebrations were also held at the Slip Inn, the Sydney pub where the royal couple first met during the 2000 Olympics.

The establishment announced it was hosting a “Danish Fiesta” during January, with a special “There’s Something About Mary” cocktail.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described Queen Mary’s ascension as a “great day.”

“She has carried herself in a way that I think just brings enormous support and pride to all Australians,” he told the ABC’s Radio National program on Monday.

“We’re very proud that Hobart-born Mary Donaldson has become the queen of Denmark,” he said.

Albanese said his government has made a donation to a charity that works to protect the endangered Tasmanian devil.

“Mary grew up in Tasmania, and so it is fitting Australia marks this occasion with a gift to support the conservation of the Tasmanian devil,” he said in a statement.

Jeremy Rockliff, premier of Mary’s home state, said Tasmanians “could not be prouder of Queen Mary, and there was always an open invitation for the royal couple to visit."

The Tasmanian government also said it would send a gift of a table of Huon pine, a Tasmanian timber, handmade by a local furniture maker, and make a donation to a charity that supports children’s wellbeing.

It’s a cause that the 51-year-old Queen Mary, a mother of four, actively supported during her two decades as crown princess of Denmark.

#King Frederik X of Denmark #Queen Mary of Denmark #Danish Royal Family #Denmark #Australia #Mary Donaldson #Danish Fiesta #Prime Minister Anthony Albanese #Tasmania #Hobart #Tasmanian devil #Mary Elizabeth Donaldson

[schmergo]

The Oscars are like, "Times have changed. We understand that. Not everybody has cable TV or, heck, a TV at all anymore. But don't worry! We've moved with the times and have made sure that there are plenty of alternative ways for everyone to watch the Oscars this year!

* We are on multiple streaming platforms! No, not the ones you or anyone you know has. The ones that you've literally never heard of before that charge around $70 a month with acronym names that sound like government agencies like FUBO, SLING, WEDGIE, MOM+, CIA, and Hulu Plus Witches' Curse. 

*No, don't get excited and go, "Oh, I have Hulu!" We're not talking about regular Hulu. We're talking about a premium subscription that allows you to access every piece of media that's ever been made and many from the future. But the overall fee is that the witch leaches about 10 years of your life per month, plus you must give up the part of your body which is most precious to you in exchange for watching live TV events.

* Enter indentured servitude with an ABC as an unpaid studio intern for 5 years

* One very special Wonka Bar currently being sold in Walgreens convenience stores contains a golden ticket to the Oscars live ceremony!

* If you stand at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, you can pick up a weak signal on your graphing calculator to watch a super pixelated and lagging live stream. (May pick up radio interference from passing boats.)

* Some enchanted mirrors may carry the Oscars broadcast this year as part of their 'premium scrying' packages. Check with your local evil sorcerer for more details about local rates.

* A treasure map drawn on the back of the Magna Carta in the crypt of the US Capitol is said to lead to a cave in the Caribbean with a magic conch shell, and if you listen closely, you can hear the live Oscars ceremony taking place though it.

* Don't worry! Back by popular demand, we ARE broadcasting to the International Space Station!

Also the Oscars: "Why is viewership for awards ceremonies so low these days?"

#oscars #academy awards #oscars 2023 #movies #tv

[spyral-out-keep-going]

Saw a post about how even if kids weren’t online/social media then there’s nothing for them to do elsewhere because the outside spaces are not child- & especially not teen-friendly. And boy howdy did that unlock some memories for me. Please join me for a little walk down memory lane!

(I typed a LOT out - way more than I expected - so will be splitting some things up over multiple times and posts. This is going to be called “maybe my experiences were not universal?” series)

I am 42 years old. I grew up without cable tv or a computer in the house until I was maybe 15 I think? And before then I had to go to my friend’s house and use her dad’s AOL free trial discs to get into the chat rooms. (We were catfishing before we knew what that was. I don’t think we ever told the truth when asked for our a/s/l. ;) But I digress…) I lived “in the country” which meant outside a town that now has about 5500 people and back then it wasn’t even that high. My house (formerly a working family farm) was surrounded by fields, a diary farm across one of those fields, and the closest neighbor down the road was about 2 football fields away or 1/10 mile.

Please consider all of that and know I was a bona fide member of the “there’s nothing to doooo” club.

But

We found things to do

The library in town was the most frequent place we visited because it was 1) free and 2) had vhs movies and shows we didn’t get on our 6 channel tv. (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, PBS…I’m missing something. I think there was also a religious (Christian) channel?? but you get the point.) Libraries rock and they offer even more programs and crafts these days to get people in the door. Please support your local library.

Most of our free time we were home or down at the neighbors. I had 2 little sisters and within a mile down the road there were 2 other families each with 2 girls in our age range. We lucked out there. We would walk or ride our bikes to visit each other. We played actual games and made up games. This is not comprehensive but is a very accurate list of what we got up to.

My family had a corn crib not in use for its actual purpose, so we got it as a play house and constructed many worlds to play in. Storylines spanning summers. War, historical drama, survival/kid horror, cops & robbers, romances with imaginary husbands & eventually kids, and I’m sure more I’m forgetting.

Our make believe games were not limited to the corn crib - we also recreated whole movies (Sound of Music was a recurring one) and sometimes just scenes in the neighbor girls’ basements.

Dance parties - sometimes with judges but mostly just to dance. We had to use the radio mostly (before we had our own tapes & eventually CDs) because our parents didn’t really trust us with their records. Probably for good reason.

#maybe my experiences were not universal? #more to come #I’m not saying this to wag my finger and “you kids these days #I realized I had it pretty good #but we were actually pretty weird kids #memories #we’re all a little weird here #it’s why I’m here

[lastsonlost]

Editor's Note: This initial version of this article incorrectly referred to Robin Niceta as a social worker, rather than a child protective caseworker. Her job description has been corrected throughout the article.

A former Colorado child protection caseworker faces charges on accusations that she filed a false report of child abuse against an elected official — and now, a new lawsuit alleges she tried to take away the children of women who resisted her sexual advances.

Robin Niceta, 40, faces a felony charge of retaliation against an elected official, as well as a misdemeanor charge of making a false report of child abuse as a mandatory reporter. Police say that the alleged offenses happened when Niceta worked in the Arapahoe County Department of Human Services.

According to a criminal complaint, Niceta called the Department of Human Services anonymously to report that a local councilwoman, Danielle Jurinsky, sexually abused her own son in the presence of her employees.

The criminal complaint alleges that Niceta used a personal phone to make the call, and that authorities investigated the case and found that the allegations were untrue.

Authorities believe that Niceta made the call after Jurinsky appeared on a local radio show and called for the firing of the Aurora Police Chief, who was Niceta's girlfriend at the time.

After the allegations were made, Niceta resigned from her job. She has been released from jail on $4,000 bond and has not yet entered a plea.

But things have gotten worse for Niceta. After Jurinsky filed a civil lawsuit against Niceta and the Arapahoe County Department of Human Services, several other women came forward, alleging that Niceta, when a county child protective caseworker, would lure them in, make sexual advances towards them, and when the advances were rejected, Niceta would try to take their children away.

The attorney for Jurinsky has filed documents asking for a class-action suit for "well over 40 persons" whose families were affected by Niceta's alleged actions.

According to the lawsuit, which was obtained by PEOPLE, all the alleged victims "experienced nearly identical conduct, including being investigated based on false allegations ... and being subject to Defendants' unconstitutional attempts to separate her from her child."

In an interview with KDVR-TV, attorney Elliott Singer alleged that one of his clients recounted that she had a troubling interaction with Niceta.

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Niceta gave her personal cell phone number to the mother who was the target of a child protection investigation "and asked her to come to her personal residence," Singer alleged.

"When she arrived there, Niceta invited the target of this investigation into her house, offering her an alcoholic beverage. Once she declined what was clearly sexual advances, Niceta essentially turned on her and did everything in her power to make sure the child was permanently removed," alleged Singer.

After the latest allegations, the Colorado Department of Human Services issued a statement to ABC-7, saying that it is "conducting an evaluation of potential fraud and child safety concerns related to activities by a former social caseworker." That investigation is ongoing.

Niceta has not yet entered a plea to the criminal charges against her. Her attorneys did not return PEOPLE's request for comment.

[thehappybroadcast]

This New Orleans institution still on the air, it's thriving. It’s all thanks to donations, an army of volunteers and listeners that depend on the very unique services they provide.

This rare radio station—located inside an old Victorian home—plays just about anything, except music. That’s not the only thing that makes WRBH Radio unique; the station uses their resources to help people with a visual impairment. Every day, a stream of volunteers at the station bring listeners just about anything that comes in print, including news headlines, grocery ads and even horoscopes. The station provides local news, as well as national news. That also includes the funnies from national newspapers. The station and its volunteers are making impacts on people’s lives—people like Tim Lindsley, who lost his vision later in life. Lindsley, a loyal listener in Thibodaux, Louisiana, says not only does WRBH bring him the news he can no longer read, it also brings a companion, of sorts, into his home. Source: ABC News (link in bio) #visuallyimpaired #kindness #volunteer #radio https://www.instagram.com/p/CfrBq2gL9n4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#visuallyimpaired #kindness #volunteer #radio

[anna-neko]

gonna absolutely be that "old lady shaking her walker, and screaming how olden days were better" for a minute here.....

There is a very specific thing I very much miss, and its the... well... lack of streaming. Scheduled programming! (be it both visual or radio. .... the radio one is whole 'nother rant, fuck ClearChannel/Viacom etc etc)

now don't get me wrong - i freakin luv the ability to watch some ancient b/w telly, carefully pumped pixel by pixel into my phone from the library server at 2:45am....

but its the fact Boring Dystopia today doesn't let you escape algorithms & their endless grey sludge

so like... TV! My set cannot pick up regular airwaves signal w/out additional "digital bunny-ears" or something similar. Most stations have switched to digital signals years ago, this is fact.

Back in the day you could flip on the telly, and have the choice of a few local channels. You got your usual local affiliates: FOX, WB, ABC, UPN, NBC, CBS and of course PBS. plus that one endless shopping network

Even as background noise you'd still end up getting all sorts of good stuff with different ads, local news flashes, whatever sitcom was running would have "on the next..." and you'd be like "heeeey, Friends is still making new episodes? and this channel still shows it?" Might hear about some movie didn't know existed because it was mentioned as scheduled for Saturday 8pm eastern, 7 central in that last ad-break, but the visuals in this tiny clip looked neat so might try to see it.....

what can i do today tho... Lets see, there's the option of a bunch of streaming shit. It requires a quick app d/l (again, don't get me wrong, TUBI and PlutoTV are a+ "thank fuck u exist" kinda things) buuuuut ... you can't just leave it be. Even the ads are somehow ... grey formless sludge. The same 3-5 shitty things that are determined by algorithm, never any variation. No news-teases, no trailers for movies coming to theater/streaming soon.... who'da thought would miss the damn Wendys new breakfast deals or local (local) car dealership promos

but no, with a streaming 'oooh wait, 'app' you gotta either scroll thru the shitty UI menu to pick what you wanna watch specifically... or in case of Pluto chose a channel.... Which will be just One Thing on a loop too (like a channel of nothing but Addams Family. nothing but The Walking Dead franchise. nothing but SailorMoon episodes) If you chose an episode of a show, and put away the remote it will just keep jumpin to next episode of same until it runs out...

.... i miss times of day influencing what was on. The kinda shit running during "primetime", early morning cartoons, early-noon little kids targeted shows, mid-afternoon soaps and bullshit talk shows, vs "middle of the night" The silly station eye-catches (TNT...dun dun dun, we know drama), ads for gushers mixed in with quick weather updates as the channel hopes you'll tune in at 10pm for the News. I miss discovering new (new to me!) shows or movies but flipping a channel. Disney Channel used to air ANCIENT b/w Alice Comedies or those utterly ridiculous 70s bebi Jodie Foster movies at 1am. AMC was full of old movies (pre-70s stuff mostly), TLC stood for "the learning channel", MTV and VH1 were 2 distinct separate entities showing actual ~ try to contain your shock ~ music videos. and if u were hella lucky, you'd glitch into (or it was free preview month) MTV2 which was for the alt rock vids!

_________________ No i don't miss the ancient shit like TV set that had round knobs and the numbers only went to 13. The horrid static noises. I don't miss VCRs (needing to rewind, hoping the tape hasn't demagnetized, or deteriorated frm too much use etc) . Fuck, don't even miss Blockbuster w/ their exceptionally ruined DVDs that wouldn't play past a certain point and them just goin "oh well, sorry...." and doin fuck-all

whoda thought would be missing an actual structure of some sort, running all sorts of diverse shit in pre-programmed blocks on set schedules. There was a human touch, the human element to it

#screaming into the void #old man yells at cloud #just an oldtaku who has seen some shit #boring af dystopia #heres a fun fact: people find it impossible how I can remember decades-old shit down to the hour #ya know why? #because The Simpsons were airing at very specific timeslots #as were a bunch of others shows

[beardedmrbean]

Five people have been killed and six injured after a car crashed into a pub’s outdoor dining area in Australia.

A white BMW SUV mounted the curb into the front lawn of the crowded Royal Daylesford Hotel in Daylesford, Victoria, just after 6pm on Sunday, police said.

Among the five killed were two minors.

A boy, two men in their 30s and a woman in her 40s died on the spot, said Victoria police chief commissioner Shane Patton.

A girl, reportedly a teenager, was airlifted to Alfred hospital in Melbourne where she later died on Sunday evening. The victims of the incident have not yet been named by police.

The driver of the car, a 66-year-old man, was injured in the crash and taken to hospital after he suffered shock and minor injuries, said police chief Patton.

The man remains under police guard.

“There were, in essence, two... different family groups that were known to each other who were significantly involved and impacted by this,” Mr Patton said.

The pub was filled with hundreds of patrons when the incident happened, ahead of the weekend before the Melbourne Cup Day public holiday on Tuesday.

The car had mounted a kerb and hit the patrons. Photos showed chaotic scenes in the aftermath of the crash.

Among those injured, a 35-year-old woman is said to be in a serious condition. She is being treated at the Royal Melbourne hospital’s intensive care unit.

The others who were injured included a 11-month-old baby, a six-year-old boy, a 38-year-old man and another woman in her 40s. Authorities said they are all in a stable condition.

The 11-month-old baby was flown to Ballarat Base hospital, while the six-year-old child was taken to the Royal Children’s hospital.

The man and woman were flown to Royal Melbourne hospital.

Mr Patton refuted suggestions that there was a delay in the police response as “totally incorrect”.

“The station was staffed, two police officers heard the collision and as I understand ran to the scene, it’s a matter of a couple of 100 meters or so, and they were some of the first officers on the scene,” he said.

“And they did exactly what they’re trained to do and we’re very proud.”

Several businesses in the area remained closed on Monday as community members attended the site of the accident and laid flowers on Monday.

Superintendent John Fitzpatrick called the incident “horrible” and said they are waiting to speak to the driver.

“The car crashed into an area that has been set up really post-Covid with lots of tables and chairs, not just for the Royal Hotel, there’s an ice-cream shop there as well, so there (would have been) a lot of families,” a witness told ABC Local Radio.

“And it was a really warm night, and we’ve got a long weekend... so it was pretty busy last night,” the witness said.

“It will really have shocked a lot of people, and I think we’re really only just be coming to terms with what happened today.”

#nunyas news

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (23-29 Apr 2023)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

🥰👂‍Something Wild & Wonderful (Anita Kelly, author; Mark Sanderlin, narrator) - really enjoyable contemp romance about 2 guys who meet hiking the PCT - great MCs, great supporting characters

😍Backhoe (Zenaidamacrouras1) - 123K, no-powers modern AU with a smol Steve & beefy Bucky - absolutely incredible fic where Steve's an art grad student/activist & goes to protest a pipeline in Appalachia, which is going to be built across Bucky's family land - this fic was fantastic! Great (& authentic) sense of place & community, well-developed OCs (Bucky's sisters) - it's a meet-cute followed by all the work an actual relationship takes, very real & genuine with the emotions & hurdles that come up.

🥰Gravity's Got Nothing on You (zosofi) - 86K, sterek au, fake dating, frenemies-to-lovers with the encouragement(?) of some magic wolf figurines - it's probably been 8 years since I read this and it's as delightful as I remember - they're both so emotionally constipated it's hilarious

💖💖 +143K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

All I'm Saying, Pretty Baby series (IrisLanding) - Stranger Things: steddie, 21K - "Steve and Eddie stumble into a series of dirty talking sexual adventures that may actually lead somewhere."

turn down the lights, turn down the bed (rockinhamburger) - Ted Lasso: Trent/Ted, 25K - Trent, drunk & thirsty af & bemoaning his life, accidentally texts Ted instead of his bestie. Some really good dicking, angst & emotions ensue.

Love Runs Wild (DevilDoll) - TW: sterek, 9K - a fucking forever fave classic from the "Neckz 'n Throats" universe

Thursday Nights with Bucky Barnes (Ellessey) - MCU: stucky, 4K - short but super duper meet cute with grumpy Steve and NOT the normal laundromat guy

Not In The Answer But The Question (aimmyarrowshigh) - MCU: shrunkyclunks, 27K - reread this fantastic shrunkyclunks with cap!steve (who's busy not processing his trauma) meeting queer disabled jewish deli owner bucky. So fucking good. Plus it will make you crave BEC bagels (which I 100% ordered from our local place this AM)

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Dirty Laundry - s2, e11

Um, Actually - s1, e5; s6, e2-6,8-12, s8, e3-4

Shrinking - s1, e1

Schmigadoon! - s2, e5

The Brokenwood Mysteries - s9, e3

Ted Lasso - s3, e7 [x2]

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! - Weird Al Yankovic

Into It - Roy Wood Jr. Is Ready for Late Night

Switched on Pop - Who killed the key change in pop music?

⭐Desert Island Discs - Dara Ó Briain, comedian and television presenter

99% Invisible #534 - For Amusement Only (Free Replay)

⭐Vibe Check - You About to Lose Yo’ Job

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Harry Belafonte

ICYMI Plus - We’ve Learned Nothing From West Elm Caleb

Decoder Ring Plus - The Artist Who Was Both Loved and Disdained

Ologies with Alie Ward - Delphinology Part 2 (DOLPHINS) with Justin Gregg

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Last Wild Apple Groves

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Telling Time through the Trees with the Places Team

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Caring for Canids

Shedunnit - Bonus: What is "Cosy"?

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Moose Boulder

Into It - Are We Into Ed Sheeran's Lawsuit, Tucker Carlson's Firing, and Timothée Chalamet?

Endless Thread - The Birds and the Bugs

Sidedoor - Bill Nye the Sidedoor Guy

You're Dead To Me - The Rise of the Tudors

⭐Hit Parade Plus - The Bridge: Video Pilled Suburbia’s Child

ICYMI Plus - Should We All Be Pirating More?

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Presenting Paul McCartney

Presenting Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Instru-Metal

Emily King

Presenting Dio

Presenting Iron Maiden

Alestorm

synthwave radio [Lofi Girl]

Presenting Alice Cooper

Presenting Rush

The Look Of Love - The Very Best Of ABC [ABC]

#sunday reading recap #bookgeekgrrl's reading habits #bookgeekgrrl's soundtracks #something wild and wonderful #fanfic ftw #backhoe was outstanding #all the reading was really satisfying this week; i just didn't do as much of it as i would have liked #or at least it felt that way #i watched a lot of that pedantic nerdy game show. i'm obsessed. #hit parade podcast #you're dead to me is very solid and mainly i listened to so many eps because i was getting caught up #vibe check podcast #desert island discs #gonna love Dara Ó Briain forever for picking 'Groove Is In The Heart' as his ult fave #switched on pop podcast #the atlas obscura podcast podcast #99% invisible podcast #decoder ring podcast #shedunnit podcast #sidedoor podcast #into it podcast #ologies podcast #endless thread podcast #pop culture happy hour podcast #icymi podcast #wait wait...don't tell me podcast #i'm giving wwdtm another shot. we'll see how long before the fatphobic jokes get overwhelming. #iron maiden #rush

[nando161mando]

Local ABC Radio Coffs Harbour reports on the arrest of six environmentalists in the proposed Koala National Park earlier this week. Two Knitting Nannas in their 70’s and three seventeen yr olds. Listen here:

#ausgov #politas #auspol #tasgov #taspol #australia #neoliberal capitalism #anthony albanese #fuck neoliberals #albanese government

[incarnateirony]

Let's seal away the din of each fandom thinking their noise make them special snowflakes for a second, and look at things in scale.

Because the average reporter on these things really doesn't know the machinations of the things they seek scoops on, so let's dig a little bit, and figure out where Nexstar's heads are at.

When it was first announced, many people scratched their heads; early articles threw the same 50+ audience I had joked, but that was the line--it was a joke. It was nonsustainable for primetime at the given costs. It was just funny to say it would be full of AARP ads.

But then came time to break down how AA's demo never flinched during boycotts because of the AA audience still being one of the largest demographics consuming TV by classic means, for any variety of reasons I'm not unpacking in this post.

That is, within 18-49. And like anyone paying attention to their priority on earnings, rejoining the rest of the world in the pre-pedowitz 18-49 was the way to do it, and to fix everybody's collective problems.

This isn't a transition only rattling CW, though. CW under Nexstar is actually TAKING its bizarre underdog position, cutting its losses and jumping forward.

Over time, the 10p slot on networks has largely shut down and returned to local broadcasters and affiliates. ABC held out for a great while. But it's closing that down. That's 5 hours less scripted TV space on air anymore, flat. Less real estate.

And of that real estate, much like I warned and many report, there's an overall thinning of mass volume purchasing and bulk product creation in the industry. As a worker this does kind of suck, because less stuff being ordered means less jobs. But it also ends systemic conveyor belts that choke out other creatives outside of the megacorp's approved lever pull.

ALL networks, not just CW, are cutting several shows even in non10p slots, and essentially replacing them with unscripted content. Half of ABC is going to the slaughter house this year, every network risks its own bloodbath. CW got most of the worst of it out of the way last year, while tying up their loose ends with final seasons this spring, for the most part.

But all those people seeking unscripted content are going to be awash. You go to the Next Big Network and it, too, is thinner pastures than you remember.

Nexstar is choosing key properties it can wave around. Like hey, we grew up like you did. But remember Smallville? Remember Dawson's Creek? Yeah we got those people, and we're bringing back the sitcoms yall used to watch some days back then, but new now. And we got like, a Supernatural spinoff, but it's gay, check it out.

Suddenly 15 years of fans come rushing in hungry for content because ain't shit on TV anymore. And Nexstar then shoves them at their other new content being ordered, and uses that to repair CW's damaged userbase, resist any kind of decline, maybe even dare to pinch up numbers while others go down, or at least in the cases they're investing budget in.

The growing obsoletion of the radio towers involved in the chain of delivery that is TV is a race of syndicates modernizing by other means, like Studio City, radio ventures, streamers and network purchases. And deep down in the bones, outside of anyone yelling opinions about a TV show in particular, those are the motions we're feeling right now.

And, for what it's worth, Jensen navigated this, just like the mergers and collapses all around him before it, like a master, in a way that basically secures him as WB's leading content creator on its remaining airspace at WB, until the HBO Max Transition.

What WB is really holding out for is globalization being sustainable via subscription methods by 2025-2026 once they expect to be in all countries by end of that season, which is coincidentally around a supernatural 20 year anniversary date. But that's neither here nor there for this post, as much as: the industry is propping itself up as it slowly falls down and rebuilds.

realistically, WB only cares about maintaining a few more years of airspace, after that it's whatever, but that investment itself is in that exclusivity deal with Chaos Machine Jackles has, both for The Winchesters, and the increasing Jenmish overlap of DC and Berlanti.

These are also setting the stage for future franchise decisions, something WB notoriously struggles with--Harry Potter in major decline, DC in turmoil and more, but once their direct orders are reduced, it'll pull together. And Roth made sure Zaslav knew this about Supernatural as a slept on franchise, from the jump, while telling Jensen exactly how to run the pending obstacle course.

[vintage-tech]

time capsule: Fairbanks, AK weekly newspaper of Oct 4, 1961.

Last November, when I was visiting my folks on the Oregon coast, I dropped in at one of my favorite antique stores and came away with an issue of Jessen’s Weekly, a newspaper where the television section was larger than the news section since this was the closest thing to TV Guide available. A fun read about how JFK was pissing off Ike’s fanboys, all the news that’s fit to print and fresh haddock, the growing pains of a place that’s only been a state for three years, and a police blotter that basically says that drunk men and three teenage boys are responsible for all the major crimes in Fairbanks.

Would you like a peek?

First thing to note is that while there’s no classified ad saying this, the Weekly is desperately in need of a proofreader. I’m no newspaper man despite all the journalism, newswriting, and desktop publishing classes from junior high through college, but if you’re a weekly you do have some time to read over at last part of your copy before going to press. I’m omitting a few other egregious errors in body copy since those can slip by easily, but a headline?

Another several typos here, but I will give credit because it’s unclear whether it was The Music Shop that provided incorrect information to the paper or the paper’s layout person who boned this. First thing, I own all four of the albums mentioned above:

Now then: Error 1 is that Sheldon ‘Shelley’ Berman (1925-2017) spelled his name with an ‘e’ before the ‘y’. Error 2 is that the name of his record label was Verve, with a ‘v’ before both of the ‘e’s.

Time for another didn’t-read-the-ad-first ad! And this one MATTERS! I highly doubt that Northern Commercial Company was giving away free McColloch chainsaws, or until this thing hit the stands.

You can own a brand new 1962 Chevy Birdpoop-Catcher! See your dealer!

Sammy Safety himself is an OSHA violation.

...and then they go home and watch the game while the rest of the fam is at the service. Someone there will give them all a lift home, I’m sure.

Also something to do while the family is at church: drink a bunch of Oly beer. “Visitors are always welcome” though it’s been closed since 2003.

You read it here first, folks. Alaska was not racist.

The TV and radio listings were the second, larger section of the paper. And herein you discover they didn’t flip the switch on the two local television stations until 11:55am (CBS) or 5:30pm (NBC and ABC shared a station!). Guess you were supposed to listen to the radio, which did have plenty of programs scheduled, from their start at 6am until the boobtube warmed up. Also take note of the number of 15 minute programs that were available in 1961, as well as how you could get all the CBS soap operas you could stand: Love of Life, Search For Tomorrow, Guiding Light, As The World Turns, The Secret Storm, The Edge Of Night, and The Brighter Day -- a series which was cancelled two weeks before this issue printed but it would be a little while before a current episode’s tapes reached the TV station and there’s nothing in the blurbs that fill the pages about the cessation of the show.

#vintage #newspaper #1961 #alaska #technology #news #if you know the source of the fresh haddock comment #damn you old and I love you

[jartitameteneis]

El 16 de Septiembre de 1925, en Itta Bena, Misisipi, EEUU, nacía el "Rey del Blues" y uno de los mas grandes guitarristas de la historia, ese día llegaba al mundo B.B.King. Nacido con el nombre de Riley B. King en una cabaña dentro de una plantación de algodón, cuando "Riley" tenía 5 años su padre abandonó el hogar, como Nora Ella Farr, su madre, no tenía medios para criarlo lo entregó a su abuela Elnora Farr, quien lo introdujo en el coro gospel de la iglesia de Kilmichael. A los 12 años se compró su primera guitarra, en 1943, abandonó Kilmichael para trabajar como conductor de tractores y tocar la guitarra con Famous St. John's Quartet, tocando en iglesias y en la estación de radio WGRM de Greenwood. Su tío, Bukka White, lo llevó a Memphis en 1946 para que se mezclara con los grandes del Blues, allí King tocó en radio KWEM, en Sixteenth Avenue Grill y en la mítica radio WDIA, donde lo bautizaron Blues Boy King el definitivo B.B.King. Su carrera formal comenzó en 1947 al firmar contrato con RPM Records en Los Angeles con Sam Phillips como productor, para la década del '50 ya era el mejor representante del "Rhythm and Blues". En 1962 firma para ABC-Paramount Records, para quienes graba el legendario disco "Live at the Regal" en el Regal Theater de Chicago, Illinois, en 1969 fue reconocido por el público joven cuando acompaño a los Rolling Stones en su "Tour América". En una actuación en Arkansas, se produjo un incendio provocado por dos hombres que peleaban por una misma mujer llamada Lucille, King casi pierde la vida intentando recuperar su guitarra, desde ese día la bautizó con el nombre de Lucille. A partir de 1980 B.B.King fue apartándose de los estudios para subirse a mas escenarios, realizando giras mundiales y multitudinarias, venerado en todos los países que visitaba, solía compartir escenario con figuras locales del Rock & Roll. Mas de 30 discos y cientos de temas de antología lo llevaron a entrar en el Salón de la Fama del Rock and Roll en 1987. Estando aún en actividad la muerte lo encontró el 14 de Mayo de 2015.

[taupewolfy]

THEY HAD LENA RAINE ON LOCAL ABC RADIO AND I MISSED IT??????????????????????????????? ;-;

#BRO???? #i keep forgetting abc classic actually does sometimes play game music???