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Friday, July 27, 2007
7/27: Stews on XM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The 2 Live Stews will be joining XM satellite radio on the Power 169 starting August 13 as part of a Radio One syndication deal.
The Stews were on Sirius satellite radio from 2003 into 2004 or so.
And speaking of satellite, the two sides are trying to make a potential merger more palatable by proposing a more a la carte programming option.
One option will allow subscribers to choose 50 channels for just $6.99 — nearly half the price of the current standard subscription rate of $12.95. Under this option, customers will also be able to include additional channels for as little as 25 cents each. The second a la carte option at $14.99 will allow subscribers to choose 100 channels. There will also be an option for Sirius customers to get some XM programming and vice versa at $16.99 a month. There will also be family-friendly packages.
Does this seem reasonable? Would this make a merger more palatable?
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7/27: Kimmel’s victory lap in the ATL
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
After ignoring him for more than four years, WSB-TV embraced Jimmy Kimmel Thursday, flying him into Atlanta to meet and greet staff and clients at the TV station, feeding him at Blue Ridge Grill and plying him with drinks at Twist in Phipps Plaza. That’s where we caught him with his agent and various ABC reps for a victory toast. WSB-TV was the last major market station to add “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” his late-night talk show, to its lineup a couple weeks ago.
When WSB-TV invited him to come, he took two days off to do so. And the station kept him and his staff at the Four Seasons, where Jon Bon Jovi was staying, too. At the party, he opened by jokingly saying, “You may not know me but I’m Jimmy Kimmel. And I’m the new quarterback of the Atlanta Falcons.”
At Twist, a WSB-TV “Hot Topics” cameraman followed him around as he shook hands with various fans and non fans who had never really seen him before.
“I have no idea who he is,” acknowledged Whitney Pelletier (below), a hairstylist from Marietta, who nonetheless got her photo taken with him.
Another drunk woman, while I spoke with him, came up and said her daughter knew him and said he was Johnny Carson. “Oh, I’m not Johnny,” he said patiently. “He’s dead.” (A publicist eventually shooed the woman away after he signed an autograph on a napkin for said daughter.)
Others did know him and congratulated him for finally arriving in Atlanta.
Mark Borders (below, with his wife Kristi) had emailed WSB-TV a few years ago complaining about the absence of Kimmel. Amazingly, management saved the email and invited them to hang out at Twist Thursday night to meet him. He sat and spoke with them for a few minutes, then went out of his way to make sure they got pictures. While some of his staff drank heavy, he nursed an Amstel Light before cutting out at about 12:20 a.m.
Michael Canali (below) just moved from D.C. to Chamblee a month ago and brought his fiance Candice Dandurand to the table to give Kimmel props.
Among his entourage was the head of late night programming for ABC, his agent and Uncle Sal, a regular on his show who is actually Kimmel’s cousin. Oh, and Larry Wachs, formerly of the Regular Guys, who befriended Kimmel when Wachs worked in Los Angeles. Wachs is still seeking a job in a tough environment for edgy talk-show hosts like him.
