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Posts Tagged ‘Dave Dahl’

Local: Now THAT is a good cup of coffee

Readers may have noticed that I’ve been getting some advertising from an outfit called “Dave’s Homeroast.” The proprietor of this Internet-based business is none other than former 1470 WMBD newsie Dave Dahl.
Readers might be interested the story behind this home-brewed business:
Dave’s Homeroast is a better way to enjoy coffee. I buy unroasted (”green”) coffee beans [...]

December 8, 2007 in Local
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Are high-ethanol vehicles really in the city’s interest?

WMBD 1470’s Dave Dahl seemed to go out of his way to not mention 4th District city council member Bill Spears’ name in his report about the council instructing city staff to do more to get bids on vehicles powered by E-85 ethanol-based fuel.
The press and bloggers who attended last night’s council agreed that politics [...]

March 15, 2006 in Statehouse & Capitol
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Dahl’s shocking taste in movies

Who would have thought that buttoned-down, mild-mannered Dave Dahl would be a fan of raunchy humor? WMBD 1470’s news director and Peoria blogger says he loved the movie The Aristocrats, an indie film that is laced with profanity and vulgarity. The movie is a documentary about comedians telling the same joke, over and over. Each [...]

September 26, 2005 in Local
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The truth about Dave Dahl

He cheats at Scrabble.
How can we trust him with the news?
Heh.
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August 29, 2005 in Local
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New Peoria (media) blogger

Shaun Newell, Dave Dahl’s underling at WMBD 1470, has started a new blog. It has been officially added to both the Peoria Bloggers and the Newsie Bloggers blogrolls (I can do that; it’s my blog).
Stop by Blogger Bash tonight, Shaun. It’s at 7 p.m. at Whitey’s on Sheridan Road in Peoria.
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August 12, 2005 in Citizen Journalism
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A winning line from Dave Dahl

Dave Dahl, WMBD 1470’s award-winning news director, has this to say about Dave Rangburg’s seeking a seat on the Peoria School Board:
He was quoted as saying he was seeing if he had enough time to do it. Enough time? He had time to be mayor the last four years and was planning on being mayor [...]

July 26, 2005 in Citizen Journalism
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