tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531497311107836809.post614812811449306395..comments2023-09-07T04:19:10.360-07:00Comments on I STILL Love Radio: Network Radio and Michael Jackson's DeathFeliks Banel, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05493711881667410484noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531497311107836809.post-8893712731403661322009-06-26T09:15:51.351-07:002009-06-26T09:15:51.351-07:00I was at home working with MSNBC's all Farrah ...I was at home working with MSNBC's all Farrah all the Time coverage when the "Breaking News" garphic banner suddenly appeared across the bottom of the screen, and one of their talking heads appeared saying that Jackson was taken to the hospital unconscious. Recalling the Anna Nicole Smith coverage, I've learned that unconscious means dead. And even though L.A. Times was reporting he was in a coma, TMZ had pronouced him dead not 1 minutes after word first came on MSNBC. I had o leave the TV coverage behind at about 4 when I set out in the car heading for Vancouver BC to see my sweetheart and I figured I'd see what I could find on the two stations that are closest to oldies in format, a Bellingham FM Classic Rock Station KISM 92.9 and a Vancouver FM "Greatest Hits of All Time" format (104.9 CKCL)that plays 60s, 70s & early 80s, which has Jackson 5 songs in its rotation. Only the B'ham station had a brief mention. I thought that I would be hearing at least someting by Michael Jackson, or possibly a block of Jackson much like the way Elvis songs took over the airwaves seemingly immediately in the summer of '77. Never ever thought of tuning in to CBS given their thin early afternoon news coverage; the only CBS affilate nearby, Bellingham's KPUG 1170 is all sports and only plays the hourly CBS report. On my way home fro vancouver this morning, I tuned in for the 7 am CBS news b'cast and a commercial ran long over the top of the hour and covered most of the lead Michael Jackson story. Anyhow, the funeral should be quite a spectacle . . .Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14612223472367206576noreply@blogger.com