Nevada Newsmakers
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The Price of Fame — MSNBC'S Keith Olbermann gigs Shad and gooses Sen. Harry Reid

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Thursday, April 17, 2008
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Scott Craigie
Guest: Tom Cargill, UNR Economics Professor
Pundito Banditos: Dick Gammick, Washoe County District Attorney
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
Mike Hillerby, Executive Vice-President, Wingfield Nevada Group
Barbano and the usual suspects dissect the gambling-industrial complex PR blues machine today on Sam Shad's statewide Nevada Newsmakers TV/Radio/Webcast/Podcast
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Monday, March 31, 2008
12:30 p.m. PDT KRNV TV-4 (NBC), 9:30 p.m. Charter cable
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette Journal
Guests: Rory Reid, Chairman, Clark County Commission
Pundits: Tracey Woods, Retail Association of Nevada
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com / CesarChavezNevada.com
Steve Robinson, Director of State Government Affairs, R & R Partners
Behind the scenes: Sen. Ensign gets rotten tomatoes

 

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Monday, March 10, 2008
12:30 p.m. PDT KRNV TV-4 (NBC), 9:30 p.m. Charter cable
Host: Sam Shad; Co-Host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette Journal
Guests — Nevada Highway Coalition
Wayne Frediani, Executive Director, Nevada Franchised Auto Dealers Assn.
Kim Wallin ( D ), Nevada State Controller
Ben Kieckhefer, Innerwest Media
Pundits: Michael Hackett, Alrus Consulting; John Griffin, Kummer Kaempfer;
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com

Gov. Jim the Dim wants a Nevada version of the Grace Commission
Deconstructed by Shad and Gould a day later, then hung on the Sunday Barbwire
Barbwire / Daily Sparks Tribune/ 3-9-2008

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The Barbwire returns to telecast with webcast simulcast.
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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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