Fall 2011 radio ratings released Tuesday show a diversification of listeners among Erie stations, with all but one of the subscribing Connoisseur Media stations losing shares. Arbitron, the media measurement company, made only Connoisseur’s 12+ shares public today, as the other local stations do not subscribe to the service. What we do know is that [...]

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All this week, media channels in Erie and around the globe have been filled with stories and special programming marking the 10 years since the devastating events of September 11, 2001 in New York City, Washington, DC and Shanksville, PA. For me it is very easy to jump back a decade to that profound sense [...]

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In our poll last week about the media navel-gazing over their Hurricane Irene coverage, the majority of readers of P&T participating in our poll thought that the level of coverage was appropriate. Of course, that whole conversation died down when people saw the video of the real inland flooding damage in places like Middlebury, VT [...]

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What a blast! I was recently selected to participate in the “Dancing with Erie Celebrities” contest, (DWEC) on WJET-TV’s “Good Morning Erie.” Each Monday morning at 6:45 a.m. May 3, 10, 17 and 24, you can catch me and my dance partner, Gerry Stefani…

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We didn’t have a post yesterday, so I’m technically a day late, but that’s ok. Happy birthday to my lovely wife, Jennifer. Thanks for putting up with me all these years. We mentioned last week the email that was going around about attacks at the Millcreek Mall. Reader Jim sent us a copy. It reads: [...]

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Yes, it actually was the first day of spring yesterday. There were several accidents around the area yesterday morning, and 90 was closed for a few hours. By the end of the day it was sunny, but chilly. Local bloggers Toni Kelly and Michele have launched a new site, Presque Isle Naturally, that will focus [...]

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The big news of yesterday was the passing of John Kanzius. Kanzius, 64, worked at WJET for many years, including serving as the station’s general manager. For the last several years, he had been developing a technology for killing cancer cells using radio waves. He began developing this technology after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. [...]

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