http://www.kansascity.com/221/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from The Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2012Kansas City Star Aaron Barnhart 60 Sat, 26 May 2012 10:12:34 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys 1.1.fi feedback@kansascity.com (Feedback) http://www.kansascity.com/2011/12/25/3333610/tv-year-in-review-a-few-standouts.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/12/25/3333610/tv-year-in-review-a-few-standouts.html#storylink=rss Sun, 25 Dec 2011 01:19 CST As recipients of millions of new smartphones and tablets, our pockets and purses in 2011 bulged with media, if not money. As a result, the mediasphere grew ever denser and noisier this year -- a din that only increased as people strove to break through it with deeds that were outrageous, audacious or just plain dumb. 1377716 http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/30/3294934/fox-4-struggles-with-word-of-harmans.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/30/3294934/fox-4-struggles-with-word-of-harmans.html#storylink=rss Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:00 CST Fox 4 weather forecaster Don Harman took his own life Tuesday, casting a pall Wednesday over Kansas City's top-rated morning newscast. The 41-year-old native of Marietta, Ohio, was found by his wife, Monica Johns, at their south Kansas City home shortly before 5 p.m. Police said the death was a suicide. 1377719 http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/30/3294024/for-1st-time-in-history-tv-ownership.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/30/3294024/for-1st-time-in-history-tv-ownership.html#storylink=rss Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:59 CST Something else to blame on the Internet. 1377723 http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/28/3290581/knock-on-wood-all-music-tv-may.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/28/3290581/knock-on-wood-all-music-tv-may.html#storylink=rss Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:00 CST People like to say that MTV isn't MTV anymore, but Joe Comparato argues that the original idea behind MTV wasn't sustainable. Comparato's Lawrence-based company, TheCoolTV, takes a different approach. It is a chain of 71 local TV stations, and growing, that draws on a common core of content. Basically, it's music radio with pictures. 1377721 http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/24/3284922/hallmark-hall-of-fame-gets-a-new.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/24/3284922/hallmark-hall-of-fame-gets-a-new.html#storylink=rss Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:00 CST The "Hallmark Hall of Fame" will turn 60 soon, and like many of us who reach that milestone, it's trying not to look its age. 1377721 http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/18/3273401/new-fall-shows-which-survivors.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/18/3273401/new-fall-shows-which-survivors.html#storylink=rss Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:00 CST If you're a producer on a new network TV show, and you're still churning out episodes come Thanksgiving, this is indeed a time to give thanks. You're not on the phone with your agent looking for a new gig, and those studio paychecks will buy a lot of Christmas cheer. But if you're a viewer, it's a more tenuous time. 1377721 http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/15/3267730/why-elizabeth-alex-is-still-at.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/15/3267730/why-elizabeth-alex-is-still-at.html#storylink=rss Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:07 CST In a word -- it's working. 1377721 http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/13/3258555/hot-button-issues-move-from-ballot.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/13/3258555/hot-button-issues-move-from-ballot.html#storylink=rss Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:00 CST Only a fool would hazard a guess as to what might happen on Election Day 2012. But here's a safe prediction: Between now and next November you're going to hear almost nothing about the so-called "wedge issues" that have dominated our national discourse the past decade. 1377721 http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/08/3255600/nationwide-test-has-emergency.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/08/3255600/nationwide-test-has-emergency.html#storylink=rss Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:00 CST For the first time in history, every radio and TV station, every cable and satellite operator, will interrupt all broadcasts, at 1 p.m. today, for a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System.Two years in the planning, the minutelong drill is designed to expose weaknesses in a 60-year-old readiness system that has never been used -- not even on 9/11. 1377722 http://www.kansascity.com/2011/10/03/3185188/new-broadcast-channels-offer-more.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/10/03/3185188/new-broadcast-channels-offer-more.html#storylink=rss Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:15 CDT Imagine, for a moment, the unthinkable: Your cable goes out. While you're waiting for the repair truck, you decide to have your TV set "scan" for any over-the-air signals in the area. 1377722 http://www.kansascity.com/2011/09/24/3160703/starz-may-be-the-real-netflix.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/09/24/3160703/starz-may-be-the-real-netflix.html#storylink=rss Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:15 CDT Leaving aside whether Netflix was smart to split itself in two or raise its rates I thought the more devastating news for the future of Netflix came on Sept. 1. That was the day that Starz, the No. 3 pay-cable service, said it would pull its titles from Netflix when their deal expires in February. 1377722 http://www.kansascity.com/2011/09/21/3158158/kcur-general-manager-patricia.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/09/21/3158158/kcur-general-manager-patricia.html#storylink=rss Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:00 CDT Next June, Patty Cahill will mark 25 years at Kansas City's public broadcaster KCUR-FM, many of those as its general manager. Not only is that a nice endpoint for her career, the quarter-century of service qualifies her for early retirement from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. So, why not? 1377722 http://www.kansascity.com/2011/09/19/3154094/kkfi-celebrates-new-transmitter.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/09/19/3154094/kkfi-celebrates-new-transmitter.html#storylink=rss Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:01 CDT Two years ago, when I did an in-depth report on problems facing community radio station KKFI, the most pressing one that I saw was its aging, 20-year-old transmitter. Located in a truck trailer in unincorporated Blue Summit, the transmitter had been battered by the weather and wasn't putting out the mighty 100,000 watt signal it once did. 1377722