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WAOK-AM host Derrick Boazman among those arrested at Occupy Atlanta
Among the 50 or so Occupy Atlanta protesters who were arrested Wednesday at Woodruff Park in downtown Atlanta, 1080/WAOK-AM afternoon host Derrick Boazman was unfazed. “I’m a veteran of protests. This is my 14th or 15th arrest,” he said in an interview before today’s 4 p.m. show. He had spent 15 sleepless hours in jail from 12:30 a.m. Wednesday until about 3 p.m. yesterday. He has since caught up on sleep. “It’s nothing new. I went to jail three times when Fulton and DeKalb counties wouldn’t fund Grady Hospital. That was five years ago.” Boazman was an Atlanta… >>
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Yo Gabba Gabba coming to Fox Theatre October 30
UPDATE: Sorry. I had a brain fart when I first posted this and said this was at Cobb Energy Centre. It’s at the Fox Theatre! Christian Jacobs , co-creator of “Yo Gabba Gabba,” is 39 years old but admits, “I stopped being a kid – maybe never.” He spent his earlier adult years keeping adulthood at bay as lead singer of a modestly successful rock band called the Aquabats whose members dressed in superhero costumes. “I’m still chasing my dreams of being impractical,” Jacobs said. Impracticality doesn’t preclude success. He turned what looks on the surface like… >>
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Star 94’s Jingle Jam returns to Gwinnett Arena Dec. 13: Daughtry, Big Time Rush, the Script, Matt Nathanson
Star 94, after several years hosting a ticketed Jingle Jam concert at Gwinnett Arena, last year opted for a smaller free concert at Center Stage featuring Train, Plain White T’s and Christina Perri . This year, they’ve brought the concert back to Gwinnett Arena Dec. 13, this time headlined by Daughtry , with Big Time Rush , Matt Nathanson and Parachute as the rock band’s openers. [UPDATE: 10/27/11: The station has added to the lineup the Irish pop rock band The Script , which has two big hits "Breakeven" and "For the First Time" and a current single "Nothing."] This will be at least the fourth… >>
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AMC renews ‘The Walking Dead’ for a third season
CREDIT: AMC Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Metro Atlanta should be seeing more soul-crushing zombies around next year because AMC has quickly renewed “The Walking Dead” for a third season just two episodes into season two. The zombie drama drew 7.3 million viewers week one and another 6.7 million this past Sunday, excellent retention for a second week. Its 18-49 demo numbers are better than most broadcast network shows with a 3.6 share this past Sunday, better than “Desperate Housewives” and “The Amazing Race,” to name a couple… >>
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Lisa Ling loves digging into America’s issues on OWN
Lisa Ling CREDIT: AP In some circles, Lisa Ling is best known as that Asian-American woman who was on “The View” and isn’t Lucy Liu . But Ling left that chat show nearly a decade ago. Since then, she has pursued what she really loves: serious, in-depth journalism. You can now see her every Sunday night on “Our America With Lisa Ling” on the new OWN network where she tackles subjects ranging from sex offenders to transgendered people to online brides. She is currently in her second season, having already aired hours focused on amateur porn (with time in… >>
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Newnan’s DeAnna Pappas (”The Bachelorette” from 2008) marries
DeAnna Pappas got married to Stephen Stagliano, photo from DeAnna’s Twitter profile page Newnan realtor DeAnna Pappas charmed ABC viewers in 2007 and 2008, first on “The Bachelor,” then “The Bachelorette.” This past weekend, she got married in Palmetto – just not with anybody related to the TV show. Her husband is Stephen Stagliano , a high school teacher. According to People magazine, “The bride walked down the aisle in a strapless Disney Bridal wedding gown with a birdcage veil and cowboy boots.” She picked pro snowboarder Jesse Csincsak on “The Bachelorette” in 2008 but their engagement lasted only a few… >>
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‘Idol’ now battling ‘Sunday Night Football’ for priciest ad; Crystal Bowersox dropped from label
L.A. Reid didn’t give us journalists much to chew on last Thursday while promoting “X Factor.” CREDIT: AP After several years as TV’s pricest TV show (as well as most popular), “American Idol” now has a competitor in NFL’s “Sunday Night Football” on NBC, according to Ad Age estimates . An ad on “Idol” can cost from $468,100 and $502,900, the survey said, though some advertisers as the finale approaches can pay far more than $600,000. The NBC football program averages $512,367, up from $415,000 a year ago. Ad Age says shows that people are more apt to… >>
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Turner Entertainment President Steve Koonin touts TBS/TNT successes to Kennesaw State students
Steve Koonin speaks to Kennesaw State University students on Oct. 18 about TBS and TNT. CREDIT: Kaitlyn Pack The man who helped transform TBS and TNT into the powerhouse networks they are today, Steve Koonin , gave Kennesaw State University students earlier this week a taste of how the networks got to where they are. He said a decade ago, after he arrived, the management team looked at TNT through the lens of psychographics. Those are categories of “typical” consumers of a particular product or brand. In the case of TV, he showed the students a pie chart broken into five general… >>
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B98.5, V-103, the Bert Show had hot summer in Atlanta radio ratings
The summer months were kind to Atlanta top 40 and hip-hop stations, tougher on the rock and country stations. Let’s start with the good news: B98.5′s morning show Vikki Locke and Kelly Stevens – Soft rock B98.5 started adding newer songs in its rotation for the first time in its history in the spring. Ratings jumped 50 percent from March to September, from a 4 share to a 6 share, ranking fourth overall in September. Its second-place 7.3 rating among 25 to 54 year olds in September is its best monthly showing (not counting Christmas) in two years. It even beat perennial leader V-103 in… >>
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TNT cancels ‘Memphis Beat,’ its third axing this year
Jason Lee will be seeking new climes nwo that “Memphis Beat” is over. CREDIT: TNT Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Atlanta-based TNT is in cleaning house mode. After axing “Men of a Certain Age” in August and “HawthoRNe” last month, TNT is cutting off “Memphis Beat.” The drama, which featured Jason Lee as a grizzled Memphis cop who loved to sing as a hobby, lasted just two seasons. It had promising numbers its first season in 2010, averaging about 3.8 million viewers. Lee lost weight between… >>
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