I can't answer @billkuchman.bsky.social directly, but the answer is "probably not." Unlike cable, OTT providers like YTTV and Fubo have retrans agreements with networks as a whole instead of individual stations. I don't think that gives them any ability to deliver out of market affiliates though.

Kimmel is a good start. Now let's see CBS un-cancel Colbert.

I'm thinking back to my dad's funeral three years ago. The merch tents out front, the QR codes behind the speakers for the fundraisers, the fireworks, the online bragging about crowd size... (touches earpiece) Wait, that's not what actual mourning looks like?

Hey #ROC! Last chance to get tickets to see me and @lisafybush.bsky.social at @rochesterfringe.bsky.social tonight at 9! We're so excited to get to do our longer sets for a packed room! rochesterfringe.com/tickets-and-...

This thread from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social is good, but the reality is that "local actors" have been gone from local TV ownership for a long time now. It's all big corps, and deals like Nexstar/TEGNA are just further consolidating what's already consolidated.

I'm cited in 528 (!) articles about radio and TV stations and tower sites.

Go ahead. Guess how @morelle.house.gov voted. With "Democrats" like this, why do we even need Republicans? Anyway, if nobody else has the spine to challenge him in the primaries next year, I am going to have to end up doing it myself.

They picked trans folks because there are so few of us they think they can get away with it, and they are perfecting a playbook they will use to go after more groups of people until they've concentrated enough power to be unstoppable. It's entirely up to cis people to stop this. Please help us y'all

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Did some TV with @lisafybush.bsky.social this morning to talk up our big #ROC @rochesterfringe.bsky.social shows on Saturday! Video in the link - it's short and fun. foxrochester.com/news/good-da...

When I was still doing news, I did a long interview with @jeffsharlet.bsky.social that scared the crap out of me about where we were headed (and this was back in relatively tame 2023.) He's as clear-eyed an observer as we have right now. So if he sees hope, I'm listening.

Make a band singular 1 Gec

See: presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...

It was great to run into @acctprogressive.bsky.social last night at Fringe!

If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.

Well worth a read. I think my former employer’s bribe to Trump and its appointment of a Trump apologist as “ombudsman” has killed it as a legitimate news organization. Bari Weiss in editorial charge would incinerate the CBS News corpse and scatter its ashes to the wind. #cbs

Just as true up here as it is downstate. Many of the old-school organizations that once spoke for most/all of us have taken a hard right political turn in recent years. I won't give to our local Federation anymore and it certainly doesn't speak for me or my views.

My daughter, who's now in college, had a friend in middle and high school who was not only a unicycle guy but would come around the neighborhood juggling flames on said unicycle. He also played the accordion. This may explain why nothing in her new home of Brooklyn fazes her at all.

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HEY-EY-EY-EY!!! What a wild game.

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains

Having gotten married at the Fort Wayne Marriott, this hits a little too too close to home.

Grissom. Chaffee. White. Scobee. Smith. McNair. Onizuka. Resnik. Jarvis. McAuliffe. Husband. McCool. Anderson. Brown. Chawla. Clark. Ramon.

I wish I lived in a timeline where we didn't get an "in any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy" event every few days.

Murrow wept.

@lisafybush.bsky.social and I are getting ready for the biggest comedy show we've ever done together. You've got 2 chances to see us at the @rochesterfringe.bsky.social. each show has its own unique lineup of funny friends hosting and featuring. #ROC rochesterfringe.com/tickets-and-...

The fourth estate is journalism. The fifth estate is the therapists and pharmaceuticals keeping journalists afloat.

Where the hell is Kathy Hochul on this, other than her usual wishy-washyness?

I didn't realize I have been waiting for this day for more than 40 years. You can take it or, you know, Leave It.

Vaccines have one of the highest reward to risk ratios of any medical intervention in human history. This sociopathic conspiracy theorist is literally killing people, causing the deaths by vaccine-preventable diseases of people who could have lived.

Long time since average citizens got to talk in a public setting with the NY21 Congresswoman

I still have absolutely no idea whether or not I will be able to send my new tower site calendars to my international customers this year unless I drive them to Canada and mail them from there. So much winning.

School's In For Autumn #MusicForBackToSchool

Even by the standards of 2025 so far, this is a really really really awful week, right? It's not just me?

Conversely, my very very small seasonal business of selling wall calendars with radio towers on them is going to have some issues this year. I print in the US, but have a small loyal customer base in Canada and Europe to whom I may not be able to ship now. Are we winning yet?

Her Majesty the queen of the household would like to wish you a happy International Dog Day. She would also appreciate an offering of treats if you approach her throne.

I understand an argument has been made about why to stay on the former Twitter. Here is my counterargument: It's a miserable fucking place run by a fascist catering to fascists, and I've been much happier not being on it, so there

I'm in the NYC area, and I figured I'd get a little Eric Adams cash in one of these bags. Nope, all potato chips. Attn: @darthbluesky.bsky.social

My dad was an architect and this was the work light over his drafting board for almost 50 years.

In a different world in which I hadn't left public radio a few weeks after the eclipse, it's nice to imagine that the work I did on my old station's coverage might have won some national awards, too. Feels like ancient history now, though.

In the last 24 hours, I have had to deal with two home intruders - first ants and then a bat. (I am pretty sure the latter got out safely.) If I am getting plagues in alphabetical order, what's next? Crocodile? Chupacabra?

out on the road today I saw a deadhead sticker on a Cybertruck a little voice inside my head said what the fuck no really what the fuck *apologies to don h

Slightly diminish a band: Tony! Toni! Tone Loc!

Hello Blue Sky! Signal boost much appreciated. Need some new clients fast. Commercial VO for products, services and more. BS referrals get priority and deep discount. Full buy out.

Substack has a Nazi problem. If you're starting a newsletter in 2025, you have other options and you absolutely should take them for moral and ethical reasons, imo. I'm on @buttondown.com and it's pretty great!

Miami 2017 may be cheesy as hell, but it still slaps. Thank you for your attention to this matter. #billlllyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

a big question i think that is increasingly relevant in almost every aspect of american life, from politics to the workplace to art to even just everyday social settings Are We Ever Going To Get Sick Of Being Bullshitted

Tom Lehrer. What a genius. You gotta read this.