We've racked up a solid 4,000 miles in the past nine days on our radio tour, along with an inversely proportional share of sleep. (In this business of "music," many are called, few are chosen.)
No time to blog at length, but I thought I'd share the flavor of one of the many news breaks I heard on the radio, somewhere between Elburn, IL and Centerville, IA (it all blurs together):
A motorist collided with a parked car on Oak St. last Tuesday. Frank Johnson was driving west-bound on Oak and apparently did not see the automobile parked there. There were no injuries reported, but it was estimated that the damage to both vehicles could reach $500.
In other news, police issued several citations to underage patrons at [local bar name]. Jefferson High School seniors Cindy Smith, Jackie Freeman, Jon Davis and Katie Winslip were all fined $75 for the offense...
When it comes to what counts as bad news, small-town life definitely has it's advantages.
And how about all the weather reports. Local TV news (and even some national TV news) is more entertainment than news. It's enough to drive one to drinking while blogging: DWB. Here in the Boston area local news on one TV station runs from 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM, with the same stories recycled every 10 minutes, interrupted with BREAKING NEWS! that is more like BREAKING WIND!
Posted by: Shag from Brookline | 07/27/2005 at 10:44 AM