Jul

1

Star runs odd and inaccurate story about the population of KC and Omaha

July 1, 2009 | 6 Comments

Today the KC Star’s Matt Campbell has an odd story that tries to whip up panic about how the population of Omaha is set to surpass that of Kansas City.  He cites 2008 Census data that lists KC with 452,000 and Omaha with 439,000. But his numbers are wrong. This past February the Census Bureau [...]

Jun

26

News Update: KCK Blues Fest, DTV, Schools, and Dunkin’ Donuts in KC

June 26, 2009 | 7 Comments

This weekend is the annual KCK Street Blues Festival, essentially the only remaining blues or jazz fest left in KC.
Over at TV Barn, Aaron Barnhart has an update on how the DTV switch is going locally.
The Star’s Joyce Smith notes that Dunkin’ Donuts has finally announced its return to Kansas City.  Although at first they [...]

Jun

4

Star changing policy on same-sex wedding announcements

June 4, 2009 | 1 Comment

The Star and KMBC-TV are in a bit of a spat over this week’s story that the newspaper doesn’t publish same-sex wedding announcements.  The Star says they had already changed the policy before the TV story aired, but KMBC is sticking by their version.
Either way, the end result is that the Star will soon include [...]

Jun

3

Star refuses to publish same-sex marriage announcement

June 3, 2009 | 1 Comment

KMBC-TV 9 reports that a gay couple from Independence who were recently married in Iowa were unable to get their marriage announcement published in either the region’s daily newspapers, Kansas City Star and the Independence Examiner. Both newspapers refuse to publish same-sex marriage announcements. The wingnuts who complain about the Star being a liberal [...]

Jun

1

R.I.P., Rich Nadler

June 1, 2009 | Comments Off

Bottom Line Communications reports the death of local conservative personality Rich Nadler. Rich was most famously known as most lively panelist on Ruckus, KCPT’s local political debate show a la the McLaughlin Group. Ruckus was never the same after KCPT dropped him for being too raucous.

May

25

Must read: Behind the scenes at KKFI radio

May 25, 2009 | Comments Off

Be sure to check out the Star Magazine and Aaron Barnhart’s long look into the drama-filled hot mess that is KKFI-FM 90.1.  The community radio station has had a long and tumoultuous history, and even today continues to struggle with itself for survival.
Kansas City Star Magazine: Independent FM station KKFI struggles to stay alive.

Apr

6

Star: “We’re not dead yet!”

April 6, 2009 | 1 Comment

Today the KC Star debuts a downsized newspaper.  In order to cope with massive cutbacks imposed from failing corporate parent McClatchy Co., the Star is combining their Local, Business, and FYI sections into a single section on most days.
There is some good news, however.  Managing Editor Mike Fannin says that the Star will cut back [...]

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