Fagstein » This-Morning-Live http://blog.fagstein.com Can you think of a better name? Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:28:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 This Morning Live is no more http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/02/27/this-morning-live-is-no-more/ http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/02/27/this-morning-live-is-no-more/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:38:15 +0000 Fagstein http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/02/27/this-morning-live-is-no-more/ Global Quebec's morning show This Morning Live signed off for good this morning. There had been rumours for months now that the show was being cancelled, but no official announcement.

In this video, host Tracey McKee breaks down on air along with other TML staff who, I guess, are now out of a job.

In TML's place, Global Quebec will be bringing back an evening newscast, News Final, 11pm daily, seven days a week. It will be one hour long, except on Saturdays when it's a half-hour before Saturday Night Live.

As far as I can tell, this is the only regional programming that will be added to replace the cancelled morning program, and that's assuming the weekend newscasts will be local ones and not national ones. No official announcement has been made yet. News Final starts Monday, March 3.

The addition of News Final adds 6.5 hours a week to Global Quebec's regional programming schedule, far below the 15 hours a week TML represented. Added to Global Quebec's regional evening newscast, this means 9 hours a week of regional programming.

Violating its license?

Here's the problem: Global Quebec's CRTC broadcast license (as approved in 1997 when the network launched and renewed in 2001) requires 18 hours of regional programming a week ("regional" meaning "Montreal, Quebec City and Sherbrooke"). Unless I missed some license amendment or I'm missing 9 hours of regional programming that's suddenly going to appear, this would put Global Quebec in violation of its license, which is up for renewal in August.

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]]> http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/02/27/this-morning-live-is-no-more/feed/ 23 If a babe does air guitar and there’s no sound… http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/03/06/if-a-babe-does-air-guitar-and-theres-no-sound/ http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/03/06/if-a-babe-does-air-guitar-and-theres-no-sound/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:23:52 +0000 Fagstein http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=101 It's voting time for the Vlog Deathmatch air guitaress challenge, a hilarious competition between some female video-bloggers, including Montreal's Casey McKinnon of Galacticast (her entry). According to the official rules, the contestants have to perform 30-60 seconds of silent air guitar with no edits or cuts. That makes for some strange-looking videos, reminding us that air guitar without music just looks weird.

Speaking of Galacticast, who can now count Kevin Smith as a fan, there's video online of them being interviewed on Global's This Morning Live by resident interviewerbabe Gelareh Darabi. I still think my interview with them was better.

Meanwhile, their latest episode is a funny mashup of Super Mario Bros. and the Sopranos. Watch it.

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