Palladium-Item Viewpoints Editor Dale McConnaughay announced today that the Pal-Item is ending its "open-invitation format" for the public to attend its editorial board meetings. McConnaughay cites the difficulty in keeping the group on track within an allotted time period when the meetings have to accommodate sometimes lengthy and unplanned discussions with those who happen to attend in a given week.

As a part of the announcement, McConnaughay clarifies that anyone who wishes to attend can still contact him to schedule a visit, and the group's agenda will still be sent out in advance as it has been. The board is also expanding the number of community members on the board to eight. Read McConnaughay's full announcement.

A follow-up on a previous story covered by the RNR: in March we interviewed WCTV station director John Dalton and talked with him about the problems with the station's live broadcasts of events around town - poor quality signal and eventually no signal at all. Because WCTV depends on infrastructure managed by Insight Communications to air these live broadcasts, the station has been optimistic in working with the company to see that the issues are addressed. But in a message to WCTV viewers today, Dalton indicated that Insight has been dragging their feet in making the needed repairs, and as a result, the station won't be able to broadcast Richmond High School, Indiana University East, Earlham College and Ivy Tech graduations ceremonies.

"On March 1, we were told by Insight techs that the live system was no longer usable because of changes in Insight’s network. In layperson’s terms, the growth of Insight’s telephony service has more or less crowded out our capacity for live broadcasts...On April 16 we were able to return to live broadcasts from the City and County Buildings courtesy of a new fiber run by Insight. However, we have yet to learn from Insight their intentions for repairing the rest of the system. I was told by Insight that they would have a timeline in place for me to present at the April 2 City Council meeting, but that timeline has yet to appear...As I have no further information from Insight, I feel as if I have no choice but to announce that these live broadcasts will not go forward this year."

In this episode: we tell the stories of Richmond people working to create, speak truth and push our community forward, even when the status quo pushes back. Plus, we'll have an update on our iPod giveaway. Read more below for links from this episode. Enjoy!

(Read the rest of this entry...)

 

 Standard Podcast [00:14:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1248)

(April Fools) The Richmond News Review announced today that it has acquired ownership of both the Palladium-Item newspaper (previously owned by Gannett Co., Inc) and Kicks 96 Video News (previously owned by Brewer Broadcasting).

"As we talked about the possibilities for collaboration, we realized that it would be a natural fit to have the Pal-Item and Kicks 96 assets become a part of the RNR's organizational structure," said Chris Hardie, producer and host of the podcast. "Through anonymous community donations and funds received during our recent listener pledge drive, we were able to put together a buy-out package that made sense for the Gannett and Brewer stake-holders." (Read the rest of this entry...)