Category Archives: Hearne_Christopher
Hearne: Is ‘One & Done’ Killing College Basketball?
Maybe I’m just too easily bored… Then again, while it’s been years since I felt strongly about college basketball, this one and done stuff where high school players play a single season of college ball before going to the NBA is getting … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Self, Jayhawks, Kentucky Wildcats, KU, Wichita State
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Hearne: The Rolling Stones’ Septuagenarian Rocker Ripoff @ Arrowhead
Ever heard the expression, don’t trust anyone over 30? How about 70? Best I can tell the phrase was first uttered by a free speech movement dude in 1965 at a time free speech was a somewhat rare commodity. And during the time period when that … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrowhead Stadium, Bob Lefsetz, MickJagger, Rolling Stones
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Hearne: Dream On, Plaza Will Never Be the Same
We all like to kid ourselves at times… Craig Glazer spends the night with a 23 year-old girl he met last weekend who’s mom’s only 40 and suddenly he’s Ponce de Leon. I get a new Fiat and I think I’m … Continue reading
Hearne: Candy Store Closed @ 18th & Grand
I don’t always answer my phone… If I don’t recognize the caller or it’s from a toll free number. I just don’t have the time or the energy to have to politely explain to some stranger that I’m not interested in … Continue reading
Hearne: USA Today the Future of Local Newspapers?
The sky isn’t quite falling yet, but we may be getting close… There’s little doubt that rapidly advancing technology is taking a huge toll on any number of old school industries. Take the greeting card biz, with Hallmark shuttering its Topeka … Continue reading
Hearne: KU Must Play Wichita State Now, Forget Emporia State, Washburn
Those die hard KU basketball fans are something else… Look, I’m no tenderfoot, I grew up in good, old KCMO and have lived most of my life in Johnson County (and speaking of college basketball hotbeds, throw in Kentucky and Arizona … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Self, Bob Huggins, Gregg Marshall, KU basketball, Thad Matta, Wichita State basketball
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Hearne: Shockers Abound in February Radio Ratings
In the words of the immortal Scribe Craig Glazer, “Wow!” In what might otherwise be expected to be a sleepy month in the wide world of radio ratings, surprises abound. Oh sure, classic rocker KCFX FM is again on top. … Continue reading
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Tagged 98.9 The Rock, 980 AM, Johnny Dare, KRBZ The Buzz, KTBG The Bridge, Mix 93.3 FM
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Hearne: Another Head Rolls as Scramble for Ad Revenue Continues @18th & Grand
It was only a small news item in today’s newspaper… Word that the Kansas City Star had replaced its vice president of advertising Julie Terry by a far younger, 30-something dude named Tony Berg from its sister publication in Wichita. “Tony … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Brisbane, Julie Terry, Kansas City Star, Mac Tully, Mi-Ai Parrish, Steve Rose, Tony Berg
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Hearne: Managing Editor Out as KC Star Targets Younger Readers
Nothing like a bit more drama at 18th & Grand… And in addition to a recent wave or three of layoffs and or staff buyout at the Kansas City Star comes word that longtime managing editor Steve Shirk will be moving on … Continue reading
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Hearne: Lezak On No Snow Days, Hot Summer Ahead & His ‘LRC’ System
There’s no such thing as climate change, right? That’s what some of my more conservative friends, pundits and writers say, anyway. And every time a big snowstorm hits or cold temps set in, they bag on global warming and “Internet inventor” … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, Gary Lezak, Global warming, KMBC TV. KSHB TV
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Hearne: The Case for KU-Wichita State Not Being a Rivalry
If there’s one thing sportswriters are good at, it’s pocket pool… In a manner of speaking. Because day in, day out they have lots of time to feign high drama and provocative insight for the jock sniffers of the world. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Self, Gregg Marshall, Jason Whitlock, Joe Posnanski, KU basketball, Sam Mellinger, Wichita Shockers
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Hearne: USA Today Rocks Monday’s Lawrence Journal World
Longtime subscribers to the Kansas City Star probably remember its Monday editions as the lightest of the week… Light in weight and light in content. That’s because the Star fields a skeleton newsroom crew on weekends and which usually results in precious little … Continue reading
Hearne: Lawrence Journal World Tosses Hail Mary Via USA Today
Truth in advertising… Is that expression really even relevant anymore? You have to wonder. Especially when it comes to assertions by newspapers like the Lawrence Journal World which is sporting a full page ad attempting to hitch its fortunes to – … Continue reading
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Tagged Hearne Christopher, Lawrence Journal World, New York Times, USA Today
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Hearne: KC Magazine Editor Bows Out Mysteriously
A famous local plumber used to spend a zillion dollars a year in Yellow Pages advertising … He tracked the leads he got off his ads carefully and it was hugely profitable. And then suddenly, a handful of years back, practically overnight … Continue reading
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Tagged Joel Hornbostel, Katie Van Luchene, Lara Hale, Yellow Pages
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Hearne: Investigative Reporter Karen Dillon Shoots Down KU’s $8.1 Million Jet
Once upon a time, this story would have been a front pager in the Sunday Kansas City Star… And frankly, that’s still where it still should have appeared. Instead the newspaper of record in Kansas City laid off its top investigative reporter in … Continue reading
Hearne: American Royal Con Game Advances
Cross your fingers… If Kansas City gets lucky – and I mean really lucky – the laughably ridiculous threat by the American Royal to move out of Kemper Arena and the stockyards will come to pass. They’ll convince some other part … Continue reading
Hearne: End of the Trail for ‘Star Magazine’
And another one bites the dust… After 45 years, the Kansas City Star newspaper’s Star Magazine is no more. The weekly tabloid was distributed inside the financially all-important Sunday edition where it bridged the divide between hard news, sports and entertainment. Over the years … Continue reading
Hearne: Surprises Galore in the January 2015 Radio Ratings
Here we go, baby… New year, two new news-talk formats and the game’s fast afoot in the wide world of Kansas City radio rankings. For starters we’ve got the same-old, same-old with classic rocker KCFX FM in the No. 1 slot. … Continue reading
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Tagged Craig Glazer, Darla Jaye, KCFX FM, KCPT TV, KCUR FM, KFKF FM, Rush Limbaugh, The Bridge
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Hearne: Reading between the Lines @ 18th & Grand
“Running a newspaper can be a rough business.” So begins a story last week by Eric Adler in the Kansas City Star. Understatements aside, it’s a tale of another area newspaper, not the newspaper of record in Kansas City. Hey, it’s a lot easier to pin the tail … Continue reading
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Tagged Butler, Chase Peters, Eric Adler, Jon Peters, Kansas City Star, McClatchy, Missouri, News Xpress
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