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Nevada Newsmakers Lineup for Monday, 8-24-2009
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal
Guests: U.S. Rep. Dina Titus (D-Las Vegas)
Pundits: Steve Robinson, Government relations consultant
Robert Uithoven, Political consultant
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com

Recent BARBWIRE Media Hits and Ego Trips    The Dean of Reno Bloggers could very well be Andrew Barbano, self-described "fighter of public demons," who started putting his "Barbwire" columns online in 1996 and now runs 10 sites.             RENO NEWS & REVIEW, 11-9-2006 Read the 2008 and 2009 Nevada Press Association first-place award-winning Barbwire columns "Our long national nightmare is over." Did I say that a dozen years ago? CORY FARLEY, RGJ, 11-10-2006 BARBANO: Nevada's newly-hiked minimum wage is nowhere near enough Reno Gazette-Journal, 11-11-2006 Oregon State U. minimum wage deflator Time to bring back NAGPAC? Cory Farley Reno Gazette-Journal 8-1-2006     SOME OF THE ABOVE RGJ LINKS ARE BROKEN, AS THE RENO GANNETT-JOURNAL RANDOMLY NUKES ITS ARCHIVES IN THE NAME OF COCKAMAMIE COST-CUTTING. Killing content and thus reducing their website traffic means their ads are worth less, and isn't advertising what Gannett is all about? Far be it from me to figger out the motivations of the rich, famous and powerful. I just throw rocks at 'em.

Monday, 7-6-2009
Host: Sam Shad
Guests: Mike Alonso, Jones Vargas
Pundits: John Gwaltney, Economist; Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
Liz MacMenamin, Director of Government Affairs / Retail Association of Nevada

Thursday, 6-4-2009
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Paul Enos, Nevada Motor Transport Association, Inc.
Guests: Anjeanette Damon, political reporter for the Reno Gazette-Journal
Pundits: Rew Goodenow, Parsons, Behle and Latimer; Jeff Fontaine , Executive Director, Nevada Association of Counties; Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com

Stalking the perfect storm
Weather warnings of a telecommunications Katrina
Barbwire / Daily Sparks Tribune / 12-21-2008

Charter Communications bankruptcy predicted
Barbwire / Daily Sparks Tribune / 12-14-2008

Nevada Newsmakers Lineup for Thursday, 12-18-2008
Host: Sam Shad
Guests: Tom Cargill, UNR Economist
Pundits: John Sande IV, Attorney, Jones Vargas
George Jostlin, Director, Government Affairs & PR, Charter Communications
Wayne Frediani, Exec. Dir. Nevada Franchised Auto Dealers Assn.

WRITE REID NOW
CRUNCH TIME TO SAVE COMMUNITY TV
Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller, whom the ledge put in charge of cable TV last year,
will be Sam Shad's guest on Wednesday, Dec. 10.
Barbwire / Daily Sparks Tribune / 12-7-2008

Not even 30 pieces of silver
Reno City Council Signs Community TV Death Warrant
Contact Sen. Harry Reid for help
Barbwire / Daily Sparks Tribune / 11-23-2008

Rise of the Machines
So sue us: Charter tells Sen. Reid and City of Reno
Barbwire / Sparks Tribune / 11-16-2008

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., will be Sam's guest on Nov. 17
Cox cable (Las Vegas) lobbyist Steve Schorr sits on Sam's pundit panels Nov. 18-19
Here's the complete statewide TV-Radio-Webcast schedule for Mr. Shad's program.

THURSDAY, Oct. 30 ON THE BARBWIRE —> Washoe District Judge Bob Perry live on TV (Reno-Sparks-Washoe Charter cable 16 and 216, 2-4:00 PDT / 21:00-23:00 GMT/ZULU) and webcast (Barbwire.TV). Washoe D.A. Dick Gammick was also invited to appear, but did not respond. Judge Perry and Mr. Gammick's designated hitter, Elliott Sattler, appear on Sam Shad's Nevada Newsmakers, Tuesday, Oct. 28, on KRNV TV-4 at 12:30 p.m. PDT (9:30 p.m. on regional Charter cable).

Sam Shad will re-air his interview with Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., this Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. Taped in February, 2007, Biden agrees with McCain and Dubya's position on immigration reform. Public outcry killed the proposal, Shad notes, adding that Biden's remarks will raise serious questions. Shad is still trying to get the opposition to stop using copyrighted video from his interview with McCain wherein the Arizona senator supports the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump. Shad's show airs at 12:30 p.m. on KRNV TV-4, with a rerun at 9:30 p.m. on Charter cable channel 3 in Washoe-Carson-Douglas. Check the web edition of this column for the complete statewide schedule. (From the 8-31-2008 Barbwire in the Daily Sparks Tribune)

Special Report: The Price of Fame
MSNBC'S Keith Olbermann gigs Shad and gooses Sen. Harry Reid

Sharron Angle spurns offer to debate Sen. Bill Raggio on Nevada Newsmakers
Barbwire calls her bluff
8-7-2008

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Breaking News

Not even 30 pieces of silver
Reno City Council Signs Community TV Death Warrant
Contact Sen. Harry Reid for help
Barbwire / Daily Sparks Tribune / 11-23-2008

Rise of the Machines
So sue us: Charter tells Sen. Reid and City of Reno
Barbwire / Sparks Tribune / 11-16-2008

The devil and the deep blue sea
Charter cable deal and Reno "settlement" offers are all death warrants for community television. Court battle looms closer.
Ratepayers group may sue both City of Reno and Charter cable
Sparks Tribune / 11-11-2008 + Barbwire special web edition, 11-12-2008

Back to work
Reno City Council reviews defective, deflective Charter cable settlement as FCC investigation opens
+ The Cycles of History revolve again
Barbwire/ Sparks Tribune / 11-9-2008

Analysis of Reno's Charter cable deal: Caveat Emptor
More Michael Moore first-run movie freebies on public access TV 16/216
Barbwire by Barbano
Daily Sparks Tribune 10-26-2008

Reno City Council considers Charter cable settlement

Cleansing the soap opera of Follytix 2008
Judge in the Sludge + More Charter Cable Trudge
New 2008 Michael Moore film rebroacast schedule on Reno TV
Barbwire Daily Sparks Tribune 10-19-2008

Drag queens for change
Nugget makes workers an offer they can't refuse
Charter cable on the financial skids as AT&T enters market
Shoddy Sequoia voting machines play into Karl Rove's hands
Expanded from the 10-12-2008 Daily Sparks Tribune

The good, the bad and the ugly
Illegal voting machines and killer vaccines
Michigan judge's ruling will affect Nevada cable ratepayers
Expanded from the 10-5-2008 Daily Sparks Tribune

Paul Newman: Driven Star
New Michael Moore film premieres on SNCAT this week
Slow progress on saving community radio-TV stations
Expanded from the 9-28-2008 Daily Sparks Tribune

Charter negotiates Russian-style: Will accept 100% of everything
Daily Sparks Tribune 9-5-2008 / Barbwire Update 9-7-2008

Reno-Sparks NAACP opposes Charter channel switch

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., ready to join legal action against Charter Cable

Reno-Sparks-Washoe Charter cable channels 16 & 216 2:00-4:00 p.m. PST, 22:00-23:00 ZULU/GMT/CUT/SUT

What may well be the first marriage of talk radio, talk TV and webcast webchat

Breaking News
Charter cable attempts to kill community TV

Fight Back! WE WIN ROUND ONE — As the Barbwire show scooped the state on Friday, Aug. 22: Charter has caved in and postponed the execution date for 90 days. Thanks for bringing the heat. See the Barbwire in the Sunday Sparks Tribune for all the inside baseball. Be well. Raise hell. AB

SPARKS, WASHOE, CARSON AND DOUGLAS CABLE CUSTOMERS URGED TO CONTACT LOCAL OFFICIALS
ReSurge.TV may broaden legal action to include ratepayers and program producers outside of Reno
8-25-2008, Updated 8-28-2008

The evil empire eats its appetite
Community television wins a 90-day stay of execution
Barbwire / Sparks Tribune / 8-24-2008

Unscripted Ending
The picture gets blurry for public access television.
Governing Magazine, Feb. 2008

Reno city council votes unanimously to sue Charter to keep community TV accessible
Resurge.TV will also file

Call, write or show up at Reno City Hall at 10:00 a.m.
on Thursday, Aug. 14

Bandwidth bandidos admit to their greed
Barbwire / Sparks Tribune 8-17-2008

The people vs. Charter's pirate ship
Time to sue the bastards
Barbwire / Sparks Tribune 8-10-2008

Donate to the cable ratepayer legal defense fund.

Deregulation is never having to say you're sorry
Bad news for cable subscribers, good news for Hug High School
Barbwire / Sparks Tribune 8-3-2008

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THURSDAY, Oct. 30 ON THE BARBWIRE —> Washoe District Judge Bob Perry live on TV (Reno-Sparks-Washoe Charter cable 16 and 216, 2-4:00 PDT / 21:00-23:00 GMT/ZULU) and webcast (Barbwire.TV). Washoe D.A. Dick Gammick was also invited to appear, but did not respond. Judge Perry and Mr. Gammick's designated hitter, Elliott Sattler, appear on Sam Shad's Nevada Newsmakers, Tuesday, Oct. 28, on KRNV TV-4 at 12:30 p.m. PDT (9:30 p.m. on regional Charter cable). Here's the complete statewide TV-Radio-Webcast schedule for Mr. Shad's program.

Sam Shad will re-air his interview with Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., this Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. Taped in February, 2007, Biden agrees with McCain and Dubya's position on immigration reform. Public outcry killed the proposal, Shad notes, adding that Biden's remarks will raise serious questions. Shad is still trying to get the opposition to stop using copyrighted video from his interview with McCain wherein the Arizona senator supports the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump. Shad's show airs at 12:30 p.m. on KRNV TV-4, with a rerun at 9:30 p.m. on Charter cable channel 3 in Washoe-Carson-Douglas. Check the web edition of this column for the complete statewide schedule. (From the 8-31-2008 Barbwire in the Daily Sparks Tribune)

Nevada Newsmakers
Thursday, May 13, 2008
12:30 p.m. PDT, 19:30 GMT/SUT/CUT
Co-hosts: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal
Marlene Lockard, Capital Strategies
Guest: Rick Velotta, Tourism and gaming writer
Las Vegas Sun and In Business Las Vegas
Pundits: Vinson Guthreau, Partner/Vice-President j3 Strategies
Alison Gaulden, Vice-Chair, Democratic Party of Washoe County
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
Food for thought — Dark Thoughts

NEW Barbwire.TV
The Barbwire returns to telecast with webcast simulcast.
Tune in, turn on and tell a friend.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008
12:30 p.m. PST KRNV TV-4 (NBC), 9:30 p.m. Charter cable
Host: Sam Shad; Co-Host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette Journal
Guest: Sen. Bill Raggio, R-Washoe # 3, State Senate Majority Leader
Pundits: Scott Craigie, Alrus Consulting; Darryl Capurro, Government Affairs Consultant;
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com

The Barbwire vs. The Moonhowler
Live on KUNR 88.7-fm in northern Nevada/eastern Calif.
9:00 a.m. PST, 17:00 GMT/SUT/CUT
Friday, Dec. 28, 2007
Join us for tea and acrimony

Andrew Barbano, editor of NevadaLabor.com vs. Chuck Muth, protege of Grover "drown government in a bathtub" Norquist. Moderated, if possible, by KUNR News Director Brian Bahouth. Mr. Muth recently left the Republican Party because it's not conservative enough for him. My heart bleeds. So I'll bring wolf bane and holy water.
Call-in number (877) 275-5677, toll-free statewide.

Be well. Raise hell.

Nevada Newsmakers 11-28-2007    Host: Sam Shad, superstar    Co-Host: Marlene Lockhard/Capital Strategies, former chief of staff and dragon lady to Gov. Richard Bryan.     Guest: Kim Wallin, CPA, Nevada state controller    Pundits: Bob Crowell, attorney, Kummer-Kaempfer and member, Carson City School District Board of Trustees; Vinson Guthreau, VP, j3 Strategies; NevadaLabor.com editor Andrew Barbano, who says bad things about Gov. Jim the Dim's appointment of an unqualified right wing moonhowler as state energy director. The Barbwire man also trashes a glowing e-mail sent to Mr. Shad by the nuclear lobby. A fun time was had by most. You may download it, view online or on your IPod by accessing the Nov. 28 show at NevadaNewsmakers.com

9-25-2007 NevadaLabor.com editor Andrew Barbano, Washoe County D.A. Dick Gammick and longstanding health care and womens' rights activist Mylan Hawkins debated health care in general and Renown/Washoe Med in particular on the Sept. 25 edition of Nevada Newsmakers. You may download it, view online or on your IPod by accessing the Sept. 25 show at NevadaNewsmakers.com It's worth viewing. Mr. Gammick admits he opposes Social Security, then gets his prosecutorial butt kicked by a girl in the ensuing debate.

Charter changes channels but consumers have no such luxury 11-1-2007 BULLETIN    As of Hallowe'en '07, Nevada Newsmakers now appears on Charter cable channel 3 at 9:30 p.m. Mon.-Th. in Reno-Sparks-Washoe County. From Bonnie McCorkle 11-2-2007    NORTHWESTERN NEVADA LINEUP CHANGE — Re-runs on Charter Cable Channel 3 at 9:30 p.m. the same day in Reno, Sparks, Fallon, Fernley, Carson City, Carson Valley, Dayton, Genoa and South Lake Tahoe.    Shows also available via Charter Cable "On Demand."    Watch the Sunday Barbwire in the Sparks Tribune for comments about consumer outrage at Charter's recent channel juggling as sales blackmail. RENO (11-2-2007) — Re-runs of Nevada Newsmakers will now appear on Charter Cable Channel 3 throughout northwestern Nevada. (Update, see right —>) Charter Communications did less than the minimum to inform its customers of the change, which also has serious financial impacts for consumers. See the Barbwire in the Sunday, Nov. 4, Sparks Tribune for more. Nevada Newsmakers announces expanded coverage RENO (12-8-2006) — Nevada Newsmakers has expanded its broadcast coverage in northern Nevada with a move Nov. 1 to Charter Cable Channel 14 in Reno, Sparks and Fallon. The lively and sometimes heated political talk show features guests at the highest levels of state and local government, as well as journalists and activists, business leaders, health specialists and behind-the-scenes powerbrokers and policymakers, according to host Sam Shad. “It gave us an expanded coverage area for our second showing,” Shad, who has hosted the half-hour show for 13 years. Nevada Newsmakers airs in a first showing at 12:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday on northern Nevada's KRNV-TV Channel 4, with 4:30 p.m. broadcasts in southern Nevada on Cox Cable Channel 123. With the move to Channel 14, "more people in northern Nevada will have the opportunity to catch the show at different times during the day,” said Norm Pytel, area sales manager for Charter Media. “Sam has no problems asking people the tough questions. A lot of issues are discussed affecting people in Nevada. It makes for a better community,” Pytel said. The expanded broadcast area proves the growing popularity of the show, according to Mary Lau, president and CEO of the Retail Association of Nevada, who has been a frequent guest. “One of the reasons for the growing demand is word of mouth. More and more people are listening to the program and it is becoming more of a place to quote — ‘Did you see “Nevada Newsmakers?' — and then they’ll talk about the subject. "As we saw with the latest election, voters are making more and more of an effort to become informed. They read candidates’ websites, for example. With Nevada Newsmakers now going to the outlying areas, it gives another source for political information for the voters in those areas," Lau added. “In the rurals, voter turnout is among the highest in the state,” said Alfredo Alonso, director of government affairs with Lewis and Roca. “Clearly there was a void that Sam’s show is filling. Its growing popularity is because it’s providing Nevadans with a new angle on politics in the state," Alonzo said. "Nevada Newsmakers gives viewers up-to-date information about pressing public issues and decision making, said Scott Craigie, president of Alrus Consulting. “It’s a great forum for people who are following, no matter how casually or intimately, the activities, politics and policy making in state and local government,” Craigie stated. “With everyone who’s interviewed, there’s an intimate exchange. It’s on four days a week, so you get a chance to hear not just from some of the top people in policy areas, but the staff, members of legislative committees, people who sit on city and county councils and commissions. And also from judges and regulators — everyone from members of the Gaming Control Board to state Supreme Court justices. And they’re being asked serious questions. You get a chance to hear from a much broader range of policy perspectives than you get, for the most part, from a news program," Craigie added. Nevada Newsmakers repeats on Cox Cable Channel 123 in southern Nevada at 11:35 p.m. Monday through Thursday, with 4:00 a.m. broadcasts of the previous day’s show broadcast Tuesday through Friday. Cox repeats the week’s four shows beginning at 3:00 p.m. Saturday and 11:30 p.m. Sunday. KVBC-TV Channel 3 repeats the four shows beginning at 5:00 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Reno radio station KKKOH-AM Newstalk 780 airs each previous week’s shows for two hours beginning 9:00 a.m. Sunday. Viewers also can access editions of the Nevada Newsmakers, archived back two weeks, on Charter Channel 999, using a Moxi or a regular converter box from Charter, and clicking on the “I Want More” section. “Nevada Newsmakers” is available in streaming video 24 hours a day at nevadanewsmakers.com. Downloadable archives date back to June 2005. VIDEO iPOD VIEWING QUADRUPLES Live editions of the half-hour show have been podcasting in audio since December 2005, and in video since mid-January 2006. Audio and video broadcasts also are available on PDA's such as the Pocket PC and the Treo. "A viewer giveaway of 60MB video iPods, begun in October, has quadrupled the number of video iPod viewers of Nevada Newsmakers," Shad said. "Nine viewers through November have received the devices. The promotion has prompted people who own video iPods to start watching the show," Shad said. In the promotion, Nevada Newsmakers gave away one iPod a week for nine weeks to viewers and listeners tuning in to get the word of the day, then entering the contest on the show’s website. “The promotion was so successful. We plan to run the contest again in January and February, giving away the latest version of iPods,” Shad stated. “I am just thrilled that we have so many different ways of being able to reach out to people with this program. The more opportunities people have to learn about what’s happening in their state from the movers and shakers, the happier I am.” Viewers who subscribe to iTunes also can access each edition going back to the first Podcasts in December 2005 by downloading files free of charge from the iTunes store. Viewers can scroll through the menu and choose shows by their airing date. Nevada Newsmakers is produced by Sam Shad Productions. Shad is a longtime presence on Nevada TV and radio airwaves, with a career spanning almost 30 years. He has hosted Nevada Newsmakers since 1993. The show began airing in southern Nevada in 2004

Sam Shad (Over)Exposed

Just spell the damn name right

 

SAY WHAT? MSNBC'S Keith Olbermann sticks Sam Shad and harangues Harry Reid for speculation on the death of Osama bin Laden Does the senator know something that we and Dubya don't? Who's the turkey on the eve of Turkey Day? (Verbatim in blue.) RENO (11-23-2005) — As Hunter S. Thompson frequently said, it's always a slow day in the news business. MSNBC "Countdown" anchor Keith Olbermann and his guest, National Journal reporter Craig Crawford, thus celebrated an early Thanksgiving after a holiday gift from Nevada. They riffed at length on the Nov. 23 Sam Shad-Ray Hagar interview with U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. Headlined "Beat the Press," Olbermann led with a top-of-the-show promo for Reid's statement about Osama bin Laden to a "Reno reporter." A few minutes later, Olbermann opened by gimleting Sam Shad for pronouncing Osama's name as "bin Layden." OLBERMANN: Imagine you're a reporter in Reno, Nevada, doing a public affairs show with Harry Reid, trying to make a joke in which you mispronounce Osama bin Laden's name, and then this happens. SHAD: Osama bin Laden's (poll) numbers are higher than (Vice-President Cheney's) at this point. REID: He (bin Laden, not Cheney) may have died in the earthquake they had in Pakistan, seriously. I don't wish anyone harm, but if that's that case that's good for the world. Neither Shad nor Reno Gazette-Journal political reporter Hagar followed up Sen. Reid's assertion. Olbermann added that the interviewer (Shad) was asked after the taping about Reid's source and responded that Reid said he heard it on the radio somewhere. Olbermann said the statement lacked credibility to a point that the blogosphere was unanimous in not using it. OLBERMANN: One hundred percent of bloggers say this is too poorly sourced for us to run. The blogosphere, ferchrissake. CRAWFORD: Standards for confirmation are now almost non-existent. OLBERMANN: I think we need to ask the senator for Sunday's football finals while he's at it. Olbermann's staff contacted Reid's office which responded that Sen. Reid was quoting something he read somewhere. Olbermann reminded the audience that Reid recently had a stroke and possibly heard it from voices that only Reid can hear. The full transcript of the show will be available soon at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3719710/ Streaming video of the Nov. 23 Reid interview will be available for seven days or so after telecast at NevadaNewsmakers.com. If Harry's got some actual intelligence, he's now going to have to...what's the term...oh, yeah -- CLARIFY! Either that or declare previous statements inoperative. Happy Thanksgibleting. Stay tuned. Be well. Raise hell.

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Recent BARBWIRE Media Hits and Ego Trips    The Dean of Reno Bloggers could very well be Andrew Barbano, self-described "fighter of public demons," who started putting his "Barbwire" columns online in 1996 and now runs 10 sites.             RENO NEWS & REVIEW, 11-9-2006 Read the 2008 and 2009 Nevada Press Association first-place award-winning Barbwire columns "Our long national nightmare is over." Did I say that a dozen years ago? CORY FARLEY, RGJ, 11-10-2006 BARBANO: Nevada's newly-hiked minimum wage is nowhere near enough Reno Gazette-Journal, 11-11-2006 Oregon State U. minimum wage deflator Time to bring back NAGPAC? Cory Farley Reno Gazette-Journal 8-1-2006     SOME OF THE ABOVE RGJ LINKS ARE BROKEN, AS THE RENO GANNETT-JOURNAL RANDOMLY NUKES ITS ARCHIVES IN THE NAME OF COCKAMAMIE COST-CUTTING. Killing content and thus reducing their website traffic means their ads are worth less, and isn't advertising what Gannett is all about? Far be it from me to figger out the motivations of the rich, famous and powerful. I just throw rocks at 'em.

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