I was chatting with one of the parents who unsuccessfully tried to convince District 150 to NOT gouge 45 minutes of instructional time from primary schools. His assessment mirrored my own: HOI News has presented the best coverage, hand’s down, of the whole controversy.
And this was before today’s story about how at least one school’s [...]

Really, I don’t want to discourage any media organization from covering neighborhood issues in Peoria. And the reporter involved in a very lovely person. But I have to scratch my head at a report saying that an East Bluff neighborhood is creating a community watch organization when the participants live on West Virginia Avenue. I’ve [...]

WHOI has an article briefly discussing the issue of when news organizations should print or broadcast reports of threats made to schools. The worry is that coverage might tend to reward false threat makers with attention, and that coverage of fake threats might desensitize the public, lading to an under-reaction when there is a threat [...]

I refuse to take sides in this, one of the great debates of our time.
Amy Paul,Jen Christensen,WMBD,WHOI

Edgar Sondoval reports that Paul Ferrante is leaving HOINews. He is moving to Phoenix, where his wife has a new job and he has a few leads.
His last day is Saturday.
The quetion now is this: Who moves to the vacant position?
Paul Ferrante,WHOI

I hate to criticize HOI News, especially considering that their redesigned Web site is soooo easy on the eyes, but I have to scratch my head over their ignorance of Peoria geography.
The headline reads: Expanding business in Downtown Peoria.
Trouble is, this headline sits atop a story about expansion at the One World Cafe, located at [...]

I try to not make posts when I am upset. I usually end up saying something want to retract after I’ve had a nap.
That being said, I think I’ll wait till tomorrow to comment on Peoria and college television stations turning over raw footage of their coverage of the murder of Illinois State University [...]

There are three people in the hospital — two seriously injured are being treated at a Springfield hospital’s burn unit — and the staffs of Peoria’s three television station’s are bitching at each other over who had the best coverage. I’ve seen promotional ads on the air already bragging about it.
This isn’t a knock against [...]

Via B&C Beat:
Barrington Broadcasting CEO and former National Association of Broadcasters Joint Board Chairman James Yager will recieve the association’s Chuck Sherman Television Leadership Award, named after the late president of the NAB Education Foundation.
Barrington n owns WHOI, which broadcasts out of Creve Coeur.
Barrington Broadcasting,James Yager,WHOI,National Association of Broadcasters,Chuck Sherman Television Leadership Award,Creve Coeur

Via Business Wire:
Barrington Broadcasting Corporation announced today that it has agreed to purchase all of the assets of WPDE-TV, the ABC affiliate serving Myrtle Beach-Florence, South Carolina from Diversified Communications of Portland, Maine. The transaction is subject to FCC approval.
WHOI,Barrington Broadcast