In the spirit of Channel 2’s “10 at 10″ on WNYO-TV, here are the top 10 stories of the day in reverse order of importance. All right, what I’m trying to say is none of them are really that important. 10: If there is one former Western New Yorker who is happy that a [...]
Congressional Task Force Calls for Expediency to Block Invasive Species (To access video above, visit this link.) Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) is among 31 members of Congress, representing the Congressional Great Lakes Task Force, sending a letter…
This is what I’m thinking and what you are asking: Inquiring minds want to know how the Monday premiere of NBC’s “Smash” did in Western New York. It had an 8.4 rating on Channel 2, which is significantly higher than NBC series get here that air at 10 p.m. or anytime for that matter. [...]
What in the world possessed Channel 2 to have doctors create its news policy? What in the world possessed ABC to carry a documentary-style horror series? Those are today’s questions. Let’s start with Channel 2’s latest bit of grandstanding. On Monday night, anchors Maryalice Demler and Scott Levin announced that the station will no longer carry [...]
The ratings for Sunday’s Super Bowl were certainly super in Western New York. The New York Giants’ 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots had a preliminary rating of 52.9 on Channel 2, meaning 52.9 percent of area households were watching Eli Manning outduel Tom Brady. That is slightly higher than the 52.7 local rating [...]
PPG has a radio show, the Public Good, each Tuesday from 1:00 to 1:30 pm on WUFO AM 1080. Each week we feature a PPG Partner or other person working toward the public good and discuss some of the region’s hottest issues. This Tuesday, February 7, Jonathon Welch, our guest will be Erie County Legislator [...]
WGR 550 is reporting that the deal Buffalo Bills kicker Rian Lindell signed late last week is worth about $11 million over four years.
Bills.com lead journalist Chris Brown has an article that describes the Bills very obvious need to address the pass r…
If the entire game Sunday had been as exciting and as strange as the last five minutes, the sports nation would be debating today if the New York Giants’ 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots was the greatest Super Bowl in history. Analyst Cris Collinsworth assuredly riled some Buffalo fans when he brought [...]
I have a choice between watching hours of Super Bowl pregame stories today or writing a quick blog. Having vowed on Twitter to try and avoid all the pregame hype until kickoff, the decision was easy. Here are some quick hits on Super Bowl Sunday: One of my Twitter followers reached out Saturday and [...]
This is what I’m thinking: The local TV appeal of the Buffalo Sabres was on display Wednesday when they lost to the New York Rangers, 1-0, in a shootout. The game carried on Time Warner Cable via the NBC Sports Network (formerly Versus) had a 9.2 rating for its entirety. That’s about three times what [...]
Bruce Smith looks back at his near misses in the Super Bowl as a member of the Buffalo Bills in this Globe and Mail article.
Bills.com reports that defensive tackle Torrel Troup has been cleared to work out–significant news as the second-year pro…
