Digital Cincinnati Facebook group launched
Pete Blackshaw created a new facebook group named Digital Cincinnati this week, on the same day that the last ever edition of the Cincinnati Post hit the streets.
Residents help rejuvenate College Hill
It's sometimes amazing to me how much possibility can be presented in less than 2 minutes of air time.
This entry is about a WVXU report by Ann Thompson on some encouraging community development in College Hill.
Her story, "Residents help rejuvenate College Hill", aired on 91.7 FM this morning and presents College Hill as a community growing back to vitality as a result of local engagement.
Post staffers on WLW's Gary Burbank show today
Tomorrow is local radio personality Gary Burbank's last day live on WLW before he retires (re-runs will continue through the end of the year). When Cincinnati Post staffer Rick Bird interviewed Burbank for a story that appeared last week, Burbank offered to have a Post-themed "Sports or Consequences" as a tribute to the newspaper before it closes for good - after 126 years of service to the community - Dec. 31. Today is the big radio gig, from 4 to 6 p.m. on 700 WLW-AM. Tune in (listen live online) and call in.
Streetvibes editor and homeless advocate Jimmy Heath dies
It
is with a heavy heart that I share the sad news that former homeless
person turned homeless advocate and editor of Street Vibes, the
Cincinnati newspaper written by homeless people, Jimmy Heath died on Thursday after a fight with liver disease.
I am not exactly sure when I met Jimmy for the first time - I believe
it was about four years ago - but I know that he and his amazing
photographs left an indelible mark on my life. His story was a remarkable
one of overcoming incredible odds, going from rabid alcoholic who
wanted no more than to die in his sleep and thought drinking and
drinking would help achieve that to accomplished photographer who
showed his work around the globe.
SuperTalk will be super country
Since Thursday morning, SuperTalk FM 96 5, where I have co-hosted "City Talk Radio" since March, has been playing construction noises in anticipation, reportedly, of a change in formats.
Well, this morning I have received confirmation that the station is going country and Western at noon today. That also means that "City Talk Radio" has been officially canceled.