Year Five, And We're Still Here

The blog you're looking at began in May 2007, which means we've approached our fifth anniversary.

This is a current affairs blog, which means that we follow whatever it is that's in the news and then we tell you what we think.  We don't claim to have any special contacts or insights into the stuff we cover.  We just use the same sources any normal person uses, such as the local newspapers and other websites.  There's no "Deep Throat" here.

When we're stuck for material and/or there's nothing going on, sometimes we'll go outside the format to either deliver rants or pieces of fiction (which we label) to illustrate a current issue.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

We also do politics here.  Lately, we've noticed that the political posts have become a turnoff to readers.  OK, YOU try keeping up with the antics of a motley Republican presidential field trying to supplant what they feel is a beatable President Obama, which has now been whittled down to Mitt Romney.  This is an election year, and it's only going to get worse before November.

Our most popular posts have had to do with local media in Minneapolis-St. Paul, where we're based.  We're not David Brauer, Neal Justin, or any of those broadcasting-industry websites.  We listen to the radio and watch TV just like you.  But is there something we have to offer that they don't?

As of May 28, our Top Five all-time posts have been:

• Mike Pomeranz Takes KARE of His Career (2/28/12)  On the former news anchor's decision to move to southern California, and work for baseball's San Diego Padres.
• WCCO-TV:  Lost In Translation (11/18/11)  A TV station's botched report accusing a Minnesota dog breeder of selling animals to a restaurant as food.
• Cloudy Skies Forecast for KQ, Love 105 (3/17/11)  What changes might be in store for radio stations under new ownership.
• Unhappy Valley, PA (11/10/11)  Our take on the Penn State sex scandal.
• Country Gives Lite FM The Boot (12/21/11)  The Christmastime demise of WLTE-FM.

At the end of this self-congratulatory post, we'd like to thank all of of those who have read this blog over the past five years.  A special thanks goes to all those who have visited this site more than once, for which we are most grateful.  Here's to another five years (or so) of scintillating writing.