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Monday, July 28, 2008
7/29: V-103’s Frank Ski and Wanda Smith show to be simulcast on CW affiliate/69
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Frank Ski and Wanda Smith are going to get some love on TV, thanks to CW-69.
The CW affiliate will air at 11 p.m. a half hour “best of” show with nine HD cameras. V-103’s morning show, which is about to celebrate its 10th anniversary in town this fall.
“Now people can not just hear us but see us,” said Smith.
But won’t this mean the morning crew will now have to dress up? “I need an endorsement for some clothes!” she joked. (Miss Sophia will probably want one, too!)
“I always dress up anyway,” Ski noted. “I’m always camera ready.” He did say the HD cameras during tests reveal even bits of dust on his mustache so he says he’s going to have to make sure he’s immaculate when the show starts until it ends.
Tom Canedo, the general manager for the CW, said he thinks many viewers who watch his station listen to Frank and Wanda. The radio morning show draws about 440,000 listeners a week, No. 2 in Atlanta only behind WSB-AM. “It’s a great way to localize the [TV] station,” Canedo said.
Billboards are coming and teasers that have already been airing on the station which will get more explicit this week. The show is scheduled to debut August 18. It will replace “The Bernie Mac Show,” which will be pushed back a half hour, along with the other shows. They’ll simply cut out a half-hour of infomercials in the middle of the night. “Bernie” usually draws about 30,000 to 35,000 viewers a night.
This is unlikely to unseat WSB-TV’s nightly news in the ratings, but it should draw a good young demographic. He said advertisers are already showing interest and he’s excited to have a local-content show, even if it’s leveraging off a fundamentally different medium that relies more on the intimacy of radio.
The CW has hired a producer who will watch the four hours of the show and cull the best 22 minutes each day.
For a couple of years earlier this decade, Turner South aired the Rick & Bubba show out of Birmingham until Fox Sports took over the network and got rid of all non-sports programming. The show is now heard in Atlanta on radio in a “best of” format on Sunday afternoons on WSB-AM.
The other morning show in town that is televised is 790/The Zone’s “Mayhem in the AM” from 7 to 8 a.m. each morning on CSS.
-Access Atlanta is doing the annual “Best of the A List.” We have a separate blog where you can vote for your favorite morning show. I’m personally confused why it’s not a straight poll; rather, it’s set up so you type in your favorite. I guess someone is going to tally it up or something like that. Here you can go to vote..
In past years, some shows have lobbied to win because they would get money for charity. I don’t know if that’s the case this year. (I need to go check.) Clearly, 104.7/The Fish’s Kevin & Taylor mentioned it on air because their fans voted heavily during the 9 a.m. hour. The Bert Show didn’t even get a vote until 10:31 a.m. after about 50 votes for Kevin & Taylor. Frank and Wanda got their first vote at 11:39 a.m. They picked up many more votes later in the day, though—almost 50.
Steve Harvey didn’t get his first vote until 1:22 p.m. but had about 20 by the end of the day. The new Morning Mess show on Star 94 as of 12:35 a.m. Tuesday had two votes that I can ascertain. Ditto with the A Team over at Hot 107.9. I haven’t seen any votes yet for Dave FM’s Zack Tyler morning show. Howard Stern has a few votes, as does NPR’s Morning Edition. Scott Slade over at WSB-AM got very few but that’s more of a news show.
Based on a quick early check of votes, Kevin & Taylor appear to have a substantial lead followed by Steve & Vikki, Bert and Frank & Wanda. The Regular Guys so far have gotten fewer votes than I had expected though they’re still in the running. The country fans have not come out in force because Cadillac and Cletus have gotten few votes so far. The sports guys at 680 and 790 haven’t gotten many votes either.
Demographically, it appears more women are voting than guys.
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Project Runway: Christian Siriano on Bluefly.com
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Last week on Bluefly.com, “Project Runway” Season 4 winner Christian Siriano debuted his first collection. (Since his big win, Siriano has designed prom dresses and has also signed on to create 15 pieces for Sportswear company Puma.) Click here to see the entire Bluefly.com collection.
If you saw the Season 4 finale, you saw the seeds of Siriano’s Bluefly work. Dramatic jackets with exaggerated shoulders, super-skinny pants — great party pieces — and a sort of feminine rock ‘n’ roll aesthetic are the hallmarks. A few pieces already seem to be sold out (remember, the collection only went up for sale on Wednesday).
That’s impressive, because the mini-collection is not cheap. The jackets cost in the $500-$600 range, pants $280, and a T-shirt, plain except for ruffled shoulders, costs $96.
What do you think of his mini-collection? Is it what you expected? Would you wear it?
Photo: Business Wire
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