His death rocked the news and broadcast community throughout Northern Nevada. JK Metzker died November 13th after being struck by a vehicle while crossing North Virginia late Saturday. He was only 41-years old and a father of three young boys. The news practically shattered the staff of KTVN, where he was Sports Director. The TV…

In April 1860, the Pony Express Company was started. It’s only link to the US Post Office was that the letters it carried had to have stamps on them. This enabled them to be dropped in the mail when a city with a post office had been reached. The delivery cost of a letter between…

It began, at least for me, at about 12:25 Friday morning. I was listening to the scanner in the station’s newsroom, when I heard a fire crew tell dispatch they were unable to get a handle on brush fire  burning in a ravine, between Cashill Drive and Skyline Blvd. A second crew was sent and even…

This series was written as a part of a advertizing campaign that Paul Stewart and I dreamed up for KONE Country. Unfortunately it never got beyond this stage as the format changed from Country to American Standard music. We had intended them to be voiced-over by Norm Nielson, who had some fame as one of the writers…

Time and again I’ve heard the “Occupy Wall Street” crowd and their offspring, “Occupy Oakland,” “Occupy Seattle,” etc., tell a news camera they have a right to assemble and protect. And I’ll go so far as to say they are absolutely right and I’d defend that right with the last bit of my strength. But…

Slowly I was drawn from sleep by the thump-thump-thump of a helicopter flying around behind my home. This was overtaken by the annoying rattle and buzz of my windows, vibrating from the power of the helicopters blades. “What the hells going on?” I mumbled as I crawled from bed to look out my bedroom window.…

Watching TV shows and movies regarding “the War on Drugs,” where U.S. Forces sought to cripple the cocaine trade between Central America and North America, I see one glaring error, time after time. Our guys are packing the wrong weapon! Oh, certainly you see the M-16 or the AR-15 – but those were the arms…

It’s been six-years since I was “deuced” from my last job. That’s the term used for firing someone for blogging about company business — disparaging or not. It’s possible it could happen again. I hope that’s not the case though. The last few days I’ve heard all sorts of rumors floating around why the radio…

It was a little before midnight Saturday, when I heard chatter on the newsroom scanner that a man had been struck by a hit-and-run driver near the University of Nevada, Reno’s campus. It was obvious from the sound of thing he was in bad shape. A minute more and I heard someone clearly say, “Its…

I’ve been sitting on this for a long time… “Adam was born on August 4, 1963 and passed away on Monday, January 25, 2010. Adam was a resident of Hydesville, California.” That’s all the online obituary reads. Are you fucking kidding me?! Two friggin’ lines meant to cover 46-years of life. Bullshit! This pisses me…