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Burn ban lifted

Boulder County fire ban rescinded

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December 18, 2012
by Ron Baird, news editor in , ,

 Tomorrow, December 19, 2012, Sheriff Joe Pelle will rescind the current Fire Ban. The recent precipitation has reduced the fire danger threat by increasing the amount of moisture in the grasses and the other fuels.

Although this current moisture will make a difference lowering our wild fire severity and potential, our local grasses and light flashy fuels will dry out relatively quickly and pose the greatest threat to rapid fire spread. Caution is advised as folks resume using open flame fire for recreational purposes, agricultural maintenance and forest management. Please refrain from burning during windy conditions and have a readily available water supply.
On July 1, 2012, the Boulder County Commissioners passed Boulder County Ordinance 2012-02, developing a permitting system that will encompass public health, local fire protection districts, and Boulder County requirements in a “one stop” online application process.  In addition, permits may be obtained by mail or picked up in person at many of the County’s public buildings.  The Sheriff’s Office wants to remind citizens that prior to burning (broadcast burns or slash piles) they must obtain a permit.  Agricultural burns and campfires are excluded from the permitting process.
To see current fire and shooting restrictions for United States Forest Service properties go to the following website and click on “Alert and Warnings”.
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County fire ban rescinded

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August 1, 2012
by Ron Baird, news editor in , , ,
Today August 1, 2012, at noon, Sheriff Joe Pelle will rescind the current Fire Ban. The current wet weather has moved us closer to seasonal precipitation patterns and wild land fuel moisture averages.
Although this current moisture will make a difference lowering our wild fire severity and potential, our local grasses and light flashy fuels will dry out relatively quickly and pose the greatest threat to rapid fire spread. Caution is advised as folks resume using open flame fire for recreational purposes, agricultural maintenance and forest management. Please refrain from burning during windy conditions and have a readily available water supply.
On July 1, 2012, the Boulder County Commissioners passed Boulder County Ordinance 2012-02, developing a permitting system that will encompass public health, local fire protection districts, and Boulder County requirements in a “one stop” online application process.  In addition, permits may be obtained by mail or picked up in person at many of the County’s public buildings.  The Sheriff’s Office wants to remind citizens that prior to burning (broadcast burns or slash piles) they must obtain a permit.  Agricultural burns and campfires are excluded from the permitting process
To see current fire and shooting restrictions for United States Forest Service properties go to the following website and click on “Alert and Warnings”.
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Rain closes Lefthand Boulder creek rising #boulderflood

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July 7, 2012
by Boulder Channel 1 in , , ,

It is raining Boulder. As of 8:00pm the following are the only incidents that the city or county are working. The city recommends you go to the OEM website. OEM does not have a feed with updates. We suggest listening to sheriffs office scanner. If things get bad later tonight we will broadcast all scanner emergency traffic here, call dispatch and command and report for you
July 7 – 5:40 p.m. – Lefthand Canyon Drive closed
Lefthand Canyon Drive is closed between Olde Stage Road and James Canyon Drive. Debris flows caused by the thunderstorm have impacted some roads mountain roads in western Boulder County.

July 7 – 5:20 p.m. – Boulder Creek flows expected to increase
With the heavy rainfall this afternoon, the City of Boulder is expecting to see an increase in Boulder Creek water levels. Last night, the creek was running at 161 cfs. It is currently at 287 cfs and is likely to run between 500 and 600 cfs by nightfall. This is not expected to cause significant spillage along the banks, but pedestrians and cyclists in the area are urged to use caution. Please remember that it is not safe to seek shelter under bridges or in other underpasses. These are designed to move floodwaters through and can be very dangerous in these conditions.

The city is also receiving some reports of nuisance street flooding in the Table Mesa area and a few other neighborhoods. Safety officials would like to remind motorists to avoid driving through floodwaters, which can be deeper than they may seem.

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VIDEO Boulder Creek Festival : Boulder Concert Band, Jared Polis Mayor Matt

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May 26, 2012
by Boulder Channel 1 in , , , ,

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Boulder Art and Jazz Fest May 5-6

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May 5, 2012
by Boulder Channel 1 in


The 7th annual Boulder Arts, Craft and Jazz Festival kicked off today Saturday May 5th and runs through Sunday May 7. It features music all day from a main stage on the Pearl Street Mall at the court house. Other musicians are spread up and down the mall. There are literally hundreds of arts and crafts tents from one end of the mall to the other. Interspersed are food tents with everything from Mexican, Oriental  to American.

It was a beautiful day on Saturday at the festival with a friendly relaxed atmosphere reminiscent of a Boulder old school event. A lot of Boulderites were present with a fine mixture of tourists. This is the big event of the year that kicks off summer in Downtown Boulder.

The event is promoted by the folks from the Dickens Store who started the original Bands on the Bricks many years ago They really know how to put on a family event. You don’t want to miss this one because it was not a crush of people who have been drinking all day.  Of course the bars and restaurants are all open on Pearl Street and they were packed with festival goers as well.

The theme is early 1969 Woodstock and for those of you who were there, it is all love, peace and music at the The 7th annual Boulder Art and Jazz Festival.  The music is excellent too. Bands played all day today and will start on the stage at 11:00 am til 6:30 pm: see the line up below.  This appears to be the largest authentic music festival in Boulder. There are some others but they  take place in theaters and bars and not on one stage. The Boulder Creek Festival is of course the very largest muical event just 3 weeks away on Memorial Day weekend with  5 music and dance stages. But Sunday afternoon will be the highlight of the festival.

 

The event is a charity event for Olive Branch a non-prot organization which brings resources and opportunities to widows and orphans in Rwanda and Uganda. They are active in building Orphanages, Medical Clinics and Schools in this country!

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CU: Out with the old, in with the “new” journalism

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January 11, 2012
by Ron Baird, news editor in , , , , , , ,

FIRST CLASS OF CU-BOULDER UNDERGRADUATES
SHOULD BE COMPETENT IN THE DISCIPLINES THEY REPORT ON, ACCORDING TO PLAN

As a new year and the spring semester begin, the University of Colorado Boulder is welcoming the first class of journalism students entering under a new undergraduate degree structure called “Journalism Plus” that CU officials say will create better journalists, better news content and, over time, a more informed society.Currently, more than 45 new students are expected to enroll for spring semester under the new Journalism Plus requirements. Journalism Plus stipulates that students supplement their journalism degree requirements with an additional field of study in a specific arts and sciences discipline, an approach that Journalism Director Chris Braider says will make better journalists and communication professionals, better university students and better citizens.

“Journalism Plus ensures that the journalists and communicators CU produces will not only possess the updated skills they need to create and deliver messages, but will also possess the analytical abilities, research tools and knowledge of a subject to communicate something of value in those messages,” Braider said.

Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward–the

“old” journalism?

“Our students will understand, with depth and context, the content they will create as journalists. We think this will set them apart from other journalism programs across the nation.”

Journalism and Mass Communication will continue to grant the Bachelor of Science degree in one of five sequences: advertising, broadcast news, broadcast production, media studies and news-editorial. Under the new requirements, students also will enroll in a 30- to 33-credit-hour additional field of study, the equivalent of work in a major in a discipline of their choice — anything from English, physics and history to political science, environmental studies or film studies.

Students admitted prior to spring 2012 have until May of 2016 to earn a degree under the former requirements, or they can elect to complete the Journalism Plus degree requirements.

The changes, say CU-Boulder Provost Russell L. Moore, were deliberate and in line with CU’s larger goals for its students.

 

“We want CU-Boulder students to be both knowledgeable and engaged in the world they live in,” said Moore. “So the goal for us was never to make journalism go away, but to pair it with a discipline that would add the depth of knowledge of a liberal arts degree to the skills developed in a journalism curriculum.

Lyndsay Lohan is news?   Who decides?

 

I think this is going to answer a call we’ve heard from media professionals — don’t just send us skilled graduates, send us graduates who can interpret and understand the information they gather with some depth and context.”

At a practical level, Braider says, this will mean better, more contextual reporting to inform and shape our democratic society.

“In this model, science writers will possess first-hand knowledge of the sciences they report on,” Braider said. “Reporters covering government or business will bring an in-depth knowledge of political science and economics to the events they chronicle. Advertisers and graphic designers will explore the full range of expressive arts on which their professions rely.”

As Journalism Plus is implemented, more students will be admitted directly to Journalism and Mass Communication as freshmen.

The university is continuing on a path to creating a new interdisciplinary college or school of information, communications, journalism, media and technology, which will one day house journalism and companion disciplines in an environment of sharing, innovation and scholarship.

Journalism and Mass Communication continues to be accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education for Journalism and Mass Communications. In two years, the accrediting council will make a determination on accreditation for the following four years.

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Boulder, U.S. set emergency alert Wed.

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November 8, 2011
by Ron Baird, news editor in , , ,

Nationwide Emergency Alert System test set for Nov. 9 at noon

 

Boulder County, Colo. – The first-ever nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System will occur on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at noon Mountain time and may last up to three and a half minutes.

 

The test is being conducted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal Communications Commission and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

 

The public will hear a message indicating “This is a test.” The audio message will be the same for radio, broadcast television and cable. The National-level EAS is a public alert and warning system that enables the President of the United States to address the American public during extreme emergencies. Similar to local EAS tests that are conducted frequently, the nationwide test will involve broadcast radio and television stations, cable television, satellite radio and television services and wireline providers across all states and territories.

 

As federal, state, and local governments prepare for and test their capabilities, this event serves as a reminder for residents to make an emergency plan and gather emergency supplies for themselves and their families, and in their communities and businesses. Visit www.boulderoem.com or www.Ready.gov for more information about how to prepare for emergencies and stay informed in the event of an actual emergency.

 

Over the past two years and as part of ongoing national preparedness planning efforts, FEMA, the FCC and other federal partners, state, local, tribal and territorial governments, EAS Participants, and others in the EAS Community have been working toward making this test a reality.  For more information about the National-level EAS, visit www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws/eas_info.shtm.

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CU Buff TV

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October 31, 2011
by Boulder Channel 1 in ,

Welcome to C.U. Channel 1 This is Boulder Channel 1′s University of Colorado TV Channel with CU News, Sports and CU video. Some comes from Channel 63 or Buff Athletics. Some from Students. It is all CU Buff TV Below is NEWS TEAM BOULDER weelky news cast.

Below is CU SPORTS MAGAZINE:

C.U. Boulder Channel 1 is looking for a C.U. Student, broadcast interns to host “This Week at C.U.” A 3 minute video blog for 6+ months. This channel is also open to student 3 minute party videos, send to: CU@boulderchannel1.com

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Television: An Introduction

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October 16, 2011
by Dan Culberson in ,

Are you like me?

I am so old that I remember when people didn’t have televisions in their homes. Back in the Olden Days, we had radios and listened to radio stories while we “watched” them in our minds.

For example, as a kid I listened to and “watched” “The Lone Ranger,” “Straight Arrow,” “Tom Mix” and “Billy Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders.”

The Lone Ranger, horse Silver and trusted Indian companion Tonto.

Google ‘em, Dudes and Dudettes.

So, when I heard about television, how it was the “coming thing” and how it added pictures to radio, I naturally assumed that all my favorite radio programs would just automatically migrate to new-fangled television.

Well, of course, some of them did, but many of them didn’t.

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Other favorites of my radio listening were “Inner Sanctum” and “Suspense.” Imagine my surprise when years later after I became older and developed an interest in reading and I would read stories by famous authors and recognize some of those same stories that I had listened to and “watched” on radio!

Yes, Dear Reader, Hollywood recycles stories. But then, so did Shakespeare. (Google him, Dudes and Dudettes.)

Anyway, when my parents bought our first television set, guess what. The pictures weren’t in color! They were in black and white! Imagine that. And we were so fascinated with this new-fangled technology that we sat in front of it and watched whatever was being broadcast until the station went off the air at the end of the night.

Yes, Dear Reader, in the Olden Days, TV stations weren’t on 24 hours a day and when they signed off, they showed a picture of a waving American flag and played “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

As a matter of fact, in the city where we lived, there were only three TV stations in operation, which broadcast television programs from the only three networks that existed at the time! (Google ‘em, Dudes and Dudettes.)

And all those television signals come through the air from the stations’ broadcast towers right to our television set and the rabbit-ears antenna on top of our TV set. And we didn’t even have to pay for it! Our only expense for watching television in those days was what we paid for our television set! And TV sets were so large that they were just like furniture in the room!

That’s right. Back in those days, so-called “cable-TV” was used only for homes that couldn’t get over-the-air reception from the broadcast towers.

And, then, guess what. When cable-TV became popular and people were willing to pay for television broadcasts, some people were so naive as to believe that if they had to pay for television, there shouldn’t be any commercials!

But then television became so popular, more stations popped up in town, more networks came into existence, and even more commercials took over the programming.

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In fact, back in those Olden Days, advertisers owned the programs! There was only one advertiser for an entire show! You could google it.

Another oddity back then was that a program lasted all year long! Yes,there would be 39 new episodes each year, followed by 13 repeats during the summer. Imagine that.

Then color showed up, and that meant that it became more expensive to buy a TV set. That also meant that it became more difficult to adjust the picture. And adjusting the picture meant actually getting up out of your chair, walking over to the TV set, and turning dials on the back of the set!

As a matter of fact, the first remote control that I ever owned was actually connected to the TV set by a wire! Can you imagine? Picture it in your mind.

Talk about ancient history!

Kids today just don’t appreciate how easy it is to watch television.

Back in the Olden Days, watching television was an experience. It was something we appreciated, because we had to make an effort to watch it.

And don’t even get me started about kids who have their own television set in their own bedroom! I didn’t own a TV set until I was an adult and had moved away from home!

Well, that’s enough for now. All this reminiscing has made me tired and it’s time for my nap.

Goodbye and good watching.

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Bruce Borowsky : Boulder Public Access TV

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August 30, 2011
by Boulder Channel 1 in

What’s After Public Access?

Posted: August 30th, 2011 | Author:  | Filed under: Community, Film/Video Production | Tags: , ,  | No Comments »

Remember when we were promised 500 channels on TV? Well, it’s funny; now that it’s here, I’m wishing they would take some away. It seems like out of that 500, about 300 of them are “reality” shows of some sort, then another 150 are sports channels, and the remainder show back-to-back episodes of “Law & Order” or “CSI.”  Whatever happened to programming of the people, by the people?

Back in the day (meaning about 20 years ago), there was this thing called Public Access television.  It was where Zach and I, and many people we work with now, got their start in professional video production. It was a place where you could make a TV show about anything you wanted, and then have it broadcast to the whole city. For free. Did I mention it could be about anything you wanted?

Public Access: Anything You Can Imagine

Public Access TV was where you could find people talking about their cultures, their communities, their individuality. There were no class wars, because it was a level playing field: everyone had access to the same equipment, and it was all shown on the same channel. What mattered was how you told your story.  And boy, were there a lot of stories!  Living in San Francisco in the late 1980′s, there were shows being produced by everyone in that colorful community:  on any given day, you’d see Hmong stories, Laotian stories, Vietnam veteran stories – it was a gold mine, a treasure trove of community-based TV programming.

Camera One for Public Access TVIn those days, I used to volunteer on a show called The Doghouse. I was shown how to operate one of the three video cameras in the studio, and then all of a sudden, we’re broadcasting live to the whole city.  There’s a great feeling of excitement when working on a live TV show – any mistakes you make are seen immediately, there’s no editing.  So it would always be fun, during my several month tenure on that show, to see and hear the wild things guests would do, especially frequent guest-host Jello Biafra, who always had something fun to talk about.

When I moved to Boulder a little over 20 years ago, I started hanging out in the little Public Access facility here, volunteering on a variety of shows, meeting people, learning new equipment. There was a great energy, and it was exciting to see what people were doing in a town a lot smaller than San Francisco. Like most cities, the City of Boulder has a franchise agreement with Comcast, and as part of that agreement, Comcast would provide three TV channels, along with funding (equipment) for those channels! Those channels were to be for what is known as “PEG” programming:  Public, Educational, and Government.

Alas, these days in Boulder, Public Access is no more. For a variety of reasons, the wonderful Public Access channel we used to enjoy here is dead.  Somehow it got absorbed into the Government channel and the Education channel, so unfortunately people have to go to neighboring cities who still have a local station.

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However, one could give the argument that, now in the 21st century, the Internet has made a “TV channel” irrelevant.  Now one can make that same program – about anything they want – and the world can watch it, not just a small town. BDA tries to fill the many gaps of Public Access by offering the Filmmaking Incubator that gets people to collaborate on a new short video project every month, a greenscreen production studio at well-below-market rates, and high-quality, professional trainingat very affordable prices.

Since the City actually still gets the money from the franchise fee (it’s just not used for Public Access), perhaps one day BDA will even have equipment to check out to people for free! Boulder Digital Arts would LOVE to be able to do that; as we have the perfect existing infrastructure to make it happen pretty easily. Maybe tell your Boulder City Councilperson, or the Boulder City Manager, if you think it’s a good idea. Maybe they might agree – weirder things have happened in Boulder!

Bruce Borowsky, Co-Founder
Boulder Digital Arts
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Boulder council moves ahead on municipalization questions; final vote scheduled for Aug. 16

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August 3, 2011
by Ron Baird, news editor in

City Council took a significant vote last night on the question of how residents and businesses will get their electricity in the future. Council refined, and then unanimously approved, ballot language that will ask voters on Nov. 1 to give the city authority to create a local electric utility.

One final vote on this issue is scheduled for Aug. 16, but council has indicated this can go on the consent agenda, so no significant changes are anticipated.

The approved ballot language includes several provisions that place limitations on the authority to issue bonds and chart out clear citizen involvement and representation on an advisory board to guide future decisions. These include:

A provision that rates cannot exceed those offered by the current provider, Xcel Energy, on the date that the city purchases the system from Xcel;
Guiding principles for the municipal utility, once established, that make rate parity and the city’s commitment to lowering greenhouse gas emissions key factors in future ratemaking and operations decisions;
A commitment to a nine-member advisory board, appointed by City Council, with staggered five-year terms; the board can include up to four non-residents (to allow for involvement of business owners and employees of businesses that pay electric bills within city limits), and council will seek broad, but not rigidly defined, representation of customer classes; and lastly,
A guarantee that the city will cover taxes that would have been paid to the Boulder Valley School District as well as a mechanism to allow for the payment of similar taxes to other governmental entities.

Each of these issues is covered in the ballot language and accompanying ordinance for the first of two measures voters will be asked to consider.

The second, related question will ask voters to approve an increase in the Utility Occupation Tax that Xcel currently collects from customers. This increase is necessary to fund legal and engineering costs the city will incur while working to determine a final price to purchase Xcel’s system. The tax, which would raise up to $1.9 million a year, would last either until Dec. 13, 2017, or until the city makes a decision about whether or not to proceed with buying the system, whichever occurs first. The idea of the tax is to provide the funding for the period before the city could actually launch a utility without having to move forward on issuing bonds. This period is expected to last three to six years.

“This is an exciting time for Boulder, and it was very satisfying to see council come to some important conclusions last night,” said Mayor Susan Osborne. “The language that we expect to go before voters includes carefully thought out opportunities and limitations that address both the city’s economic and environmental objectives. Although there are still some differences of opinion on council, we are unanimous that it is time to ask voters to play their part in charting out our future.”

More details, including specific ballot language and staff memos to council, are available at http://www.boulderenergyfuture.com. A complete broadcast of the council meeting is available for viewing under http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/channel8 under the Council Archives menu item.

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Boulder Police: Update on graffiti suspect

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May 13, 2011
by Boulder Channel 1 in

Update on graffiti suspect

A teenaged boy turned himself in to a school official this afternoon after his friends notified him that his photo was being broadcast by the news media. Earlier today, the Boulder Police Department sent out a news release asking the public for help in identifying the young man, who is suspected of vandalizing a condominium complex in the 1300 block of Rosewood Avenue. No further information will be provided about the suspect.

The Boulder Police Department would like to thank the media and the public for assisting us in this case.

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CU Buffs, Rockies Nuggets all rip public on cable and online broadcasts

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April 28, 2011
by Boulder Channel 1 in

Since we at Boulder Channel 1 are in the cable and internet broadcast business we have recently examined the broadcast policies of  Colorado’s big game  sports. They stink. First off if you go to a Buffs, Rockies or Nuggets game they charge outrageous prices. $20 or $30 for Buffs, $50 to $5000 for Rockies or Nuggets.

If you can’t afford tickets and want to watch the game at home for free, you can’t do it.   All three teams are only cable cast on expanded cable which cost a whopping $100 dollars to $200 per month.  None of the terrible three have games on regular broadcast TV. The Rockies used to be on Channel 2. The Buffs were on their CU channel 64. But not anymore. They all have cable deals where they rip your heads off.

Think you can find the games on line for free?? Nope. All three sports teams have impossible to navigate online pay for view providers. That costs $10 to 15 dollars per game and thats if their crappy video streams even work. Plus they make it impossible to find the pay for view streams. They are buried deep in their websites. Once you’ve paid your money they don’t work and there is no refund. It really sucks.

We at Boulder Channel 1 and Channel 1 Networks are in the business of video streaming. We are here to tell you that the respect these sports teams have for the public online viewing habits is terrible. Their knowledge of online systems and navigation is terrible and the attention they pay to those of us who live online is terrible.

We went to a Buffs TV  event recently and talked to the powers that be about their online broadcasts. They have so many levels of management surrounding  it that no one knew what the hell was going on. They were all caught up in double speak, rights, advertising and who was going to pay them more money for crappy service. Now we haven’t talked to athletic director Mike  Bohn, but CU Buffs online viewing  numbers suck and they piss a lot of people off when games are out of town and can’t be found here in Colorado except on their crappy YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR online sports contractor.

We tried to watch the recent Alabama CU play off basket ball game. We only found the Alabama video stream which was free online.

Trying to find a Rockies game on line is a Joke. We spent 30 minutes trying to get on last Sunday. They want to pound you for more money. In this way they don’t care about fans. Unfortunately in Colorado, we don’t have that many sports minded hackers who will steal their games and put them up for free, but those day are coming.

The Rockies are exactly the same and so are the Nuggets.  The download rates are slow,  terrible lag  plus they have spyware. Virus’s are common so you’ll have to clean your computer. It ‘s worse than porn.  We are certainly not big fans of Rockies management team. They are there for one reason. To get your money in as many ways as possible. All that public image stuff about we care about the community is crap. Remember our tax dollars paid for the the stadium. They never paid us back. You have to pay for cable to see the team play and you have to pay for online viewing, while other teams like the Yanks, Boston and Padres can be seen for free.

One of the dangers for news media to criticize major sports teams the way we are doing here is that it is just not done because all media depend on them for revenue, news, and tickets. The Rockies communications department  have made that abundantly clear to us to which we told them to “go fuck yourself, we’re doing the story”

One word of note on the AVs and Bronkos. The Bronkos are on broadcast TV, never block games and they are free on the net. The Avs are on cable but all of their games are free on the net. When we say free…they may be hacked, but they are always up.

What really pisses us off is that we could easily solve the online viewing problems for the Nuggets, Rockies and Buffs with high quality HQ video streaming for the whole world to see for free. You’d think they would want to provide that,

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CU-BOULDER STUDENT NATHAN ROBERSON CHOSEN FOR PBS’S STUDENT FREEDOM RIDE

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April 7, 2011
by Ron Baird, news editor in ,

University of Colorado Boulder senior Nathan Roberson has been selected from a national candidate pool to participate in the “2011 Student Freedom Ride,” organized by the Public Broadcasting Service show “American Experience.”

The ride will present an experiential learning opportunity for the participating college students in conjunction with the broadcast of “Freedom Riders” and the 50th anniversary of the original May 1961 Freedom Rides.

Roberson (pronounced RAH-ber-son) is an international affairs major with interests in ethics and voter enfranchisement.

The 40 Student Freedom Riders were chosen from nearly 1,000 applicants and represent a diverse cross-section of America. Participating students hail from 33 states and the District of Columbia, along with others who grew up in China, Tajikistan and Haiti.

Students from a broad range of schools are represented — from state universities to community and junior colleges, from religiously affiliated schools to the Ivy League. Students were selected on the basis of their essays on their reasons for wanting to participate, their thoughts on the role of social media and technology in civic engagement today, and their extracurricular activities.

Over a 10-day journey from May 6 through May 16, the ride will be a moving classroom in which the students will retrace the route of the original Freedom Rides. Accompanied by filmmaker Stanley Nelson, original Freedom Riders and others, the ride will engage students in this important era in our country’s history, as they learn about the extraordinary commitment and courage of the individuals who took part in the Freedom Rides.

Roberson will miss his May 6 commencement ceremony to participate in the PBS event.

“At ‘American Experience,’ we think history is fascinating, but more importantly, we know it informs almost every social and political decision made today,” said “American Experience’’ executive producer Mark Samels. “We saw that in Egypt, where protesters looked to the American civil rights movement for instruction and inspiration.

“Fifty years after the original Freedom Rides, young people all over the world are once again having their voices heard. They’re using new and very different tools to do that, but drawing on lessons from history to inform how they use those tools. It’s those lessons from 1961 and how they are informing civic engagement today that we look forward to exploring on this ride.”

“Freedom Riders” will be broadcast on PBS on Monday, May 16, at 9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

A website, twitter stream and Facebook page will be chronicling the riders experiences, as well as cataloging in-depth information about the original Freedom Riders.

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22 Boom and Jann Scott now M-F 9p,7a, midnite

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March 26, 2011
by Boulder Channel 1 in

It is a bleeding miracle alright. Jann Scotts 22 Boom is in its third year on Boulders Educational Access Channel 22 on Comcast cable throughout Boulder County. But now it is on Monday through Friday in a prime time slot at 9:00 pm with repeats at midnite. Just like Dave, Jay, Conan, Bill, Anderson and the local news. What is unusual for Boulder is that some one at channel 22 was on the ball enough to understand “stripped in grid programming” for popular shows. Scotts 22 Boom is not the only show now on a grid. Democracy now, Link TV, Teen News all have regular time slots.

Welcome to 22 Boom

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M-F 9pm

Arron Smith Web editing

The difference with Scott and 22 Boom is that it is all locally produced. In fact Jann Scott has been producing regular local television for Boulder virtually every since 1989 sometimes in the face often tremendous opposition from local government who often sought to censor Scotts programs or prohibit them altogether. His struggles to remain on the air are legendary around Boulder and in broadcast circles around the state. He’s Boulders very own Jack Parr. Legend has it he drove several station managers, a mayor and several city council members out of Boulder. Those who have ever battled Scott will attest as one former Colorado Daily editor stated:” I’d  sooner fight a Hitler SS amoured division than cross Jann Scott”

At channel 22 , a director said ” I know he has a reputation for being a fighter, but maybe that is a good thing. We’ve never seen anything but professionalism and quality programs out of him”

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But 22 Boom seems more tamed down than the old Jann Scott Live show on CATV 54 where Scott pulled wild antics to the howling regal of college kids and shock and horror to old folks. One things for sure 22Boom made a Nielsen trend this week with calls coming in again from the likes of J Walter Thompson. Congrats to the whole crew at 22Boom. They deserve it.

Dan Culberson movie reviewer.

The new 22 Boom show has evolved into a price bit cultural phenom. This week 22Boom feature a 30 minute educational program on ” Rick Rolling” which is just hysterical. It comes out on April 1.

22Boom features Scott as host, a Jann Scott Live segment, a tech news segment delivered by a hip young female actor who spoofs the news, a science segment, Movie reviews, a music video. Quite a bit actually. Boulder Valley School district couldn’t be happier with Scott’s 22Boom. In three years they have only sung praises about the shows quality, relativeness and appeal to young people and old alike. Quite a switch from when the city had their paws in every decision.

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