I have a routine in my life that changes from time to time based on my schedule at work. Right now for about the last three months I get off at 3 p.m. That means by 4 I can be in front of the TV to watch the "Young and the Restless."
Today at about 4:17 WRAL broke in the story to advise tornado warnings were all over our area. To the credit of WRAL, they stayed on the air until 7.45 p.m. and never once broke for a commercial. Do you realize how much income WRAL lost by not running those high price car ads during the 6 p.m. news.
They still consider the public interest over profit. As you know last week, I railed about our local media being only concerned about their profit. What the local media fails to realize is that because they WRAL tries to make sure we all know what is a need to know for all of us, that they are almost double in viewers who watch them over the other local stations in the Raleigh market.
They will not only make up what they lost today, but will increase it in the future. Our local media needs to realize that we all want to see and hear what is important to the area not what makes a profit for our media.
This weather has sent tonight's baseball game with Fike to Wednesday night at 7 p.m.. It is Senior Night so all spring sports team seniors will be honored before the game.
The team portion of the boys tennis season has ended. The Gryphons lost to Cameron Union Pines in the opening round.
The regional for individual players is Friday at Barton college.
I must pass along a hardy congratulation to Fike and Northern Nash as their golf teams have qualified for the state golf championships. Northern's Daniel Claytor shot a 72 to lead the way for Northern who finished third in the regional. Fike finished first.
Last weekend Julius Peppers missed the Carolina Panthers' mini-camp. Julius still is set on playing for someone else next year. I know Julius is local and a hero in our area, but what in the world is he thinking. I doubt if the Panthers are going to budge, so it looks to me like Peppers will have to sit out the season if he holds to his demands. If he sits out, he loses $16 million.
Lawyers play games in order to get the right deal for their players. I don't know how he can get much better than that kind of deal.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
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