Category Archives: Hearne_Christopher
Hearne: Why the Jury Bagged ‘The Buzz’ for Big Bucks
And now the rest of the story… If all you knew about the lawsuit former KU law school grad Ashley Patton filed against Entercom Kansas City two years ago after morning show personalities on 96.5 The Buzz misidentified her as a porn star and a jury granted her a million dollar … Continue reading
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Tagged 96.5 The Buzz, Afentra, Arthur Benson, Ashley Patton, Hearne Christopher Jr., Lazlo, Scott Geiger
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Hearne: Behind ‘96.5 The Buzz’ Big Fat, Million Dollar Miscue
Who the heck knew? I guess know, being young and “hip”just isn’t what it’s cracked up to be these days. Or so it would seem. I used to think – naively I suppose – that on air personalities at an alternative rock radio … Continue reading
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Tagged 96.5 The Buzz, Afentra, Johnny Dare, Lazlo, The Rock 98.9 FM
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Hearne: Harvard Grad Takes on Sweet Tomatoes, Howard Cosell, Nixon & Hy-Vee
Harvard degree? Check. Stalking conviction? Check. Baseball statistician extraordinaire? Double check. To describe Pembroke Country Day School alum Jeff Magalif as a tad eccentric would be an enormous understatement. Magalif has agreed to share some of his baseball wisdom and provide an overview of … Continue reading
Hearne: FIAT of Olathe Unleashes Gourmet Gala & Nightclub Wilding
Have FIAT, will party… When’s the last time you were invited to a sit-down dinner party and post-meal nightclub wilding – by a car dealer, no less? Never, right? Well, if you’re one of however many customers of FIAT of Olathe, … Continue reading
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Hearne: New Halls on Grand a Grand Slam But Can It Overcome Its Location?
Location, location, location… Make no mistake, the glitzy new Halls on Grand is a splendid proposition. One that would no doubt make Adele Hall – the deceased civic leader and wife of Hallmark chairman Don Hall – quite proud. “It’s a lot nicer than … Continue reading
Hearne: Cinetopia 18 & AMC Town Center Square Off as Hostilities Appear Headed for the Courtroom
The stage is set… Just over four months ago Oregon-based movie exhibitor Cinetopia plighted its troth in Kansas City with its opulent Overland Park 18 theater and restaurant in the upscale Prairie Fire shopping and residential development. The sky was the limit for Cinetopia’s grand, new multiplex … Continue reading
Lefsetz: Sticking Up for ‘Coddled, Crybaby’ Millennials
The music business is going to be all right… The number one lesson I took from the U2 / Apple kerfuffle was not you shouldn’t invade people’s devices without permission, but how few people knew who U2 was. In case this … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Beats, Dr. Dre, Mike Markkula, millennials, Red Bull, The Beatles, U2, Vans
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Hearne: Scribe Says, ‘Royals Season O-V-E-R’
Let’s talk Royals… The score last night was 10-zip Detroit. The Kansas City Royals were on the ropes and in the midst of the grand reopening of the spanking new Stanford’s Comedy Club at Rosana Square in Overland Park, sports scribe … Continue reading
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Hearne: Maybe KU Should Consider Axing Its Athletics Director Too
What would Al Bohl do? You remember Al Bohl, don’t you? The former University of Kansas athletic director that then KU basketball coach Roy Williams crushed like a dove in 2003. He’s also the dude who the Topeka Capital-Journal has described as “the father of … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Bohl, Bill Self, Charlie Weiss, Craig Glazer, Jim Marchiony, KU basketball, Roy Williams, Sheahon Zenter, Turner Gill
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Hearne: Woe Be to the KC Star if it Loses Sam Mellinger
In journalism – as in most businesses – everybody is is expendable… In the case of the Kansas City Star, one need only flash back six years to when frontline columnists Joe Posnanski, Jason Whitlock and myself were practically the face of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Jason Whitlock, Joe Posnanski, Mike Fannin, Sam Mellinger, Yael Abouhalkah
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Sutherland: Villains, Victims & Self-Loathing, Among the Well-Informed
The key to understanding much of liberal thinking is to grasp the interplay between the concepts of guilt and victimhood… We are told, for instance, that all of us are guilty as Americans of consuming a disproportionate share of the … Continue reading
Posted in Dwight D. Sutherland, Jr., Hearne_Christopher
Tagged Dwight Sutherland, George W. Bush\, Nina Simone
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Hearne: IKEA Short Sheets KC on ‘Grand Opening’ Meatball Schmooze
Would you believe KC is actually bigger than Miami? True story – a population of 467,000 versus 419,000 – although there’s more to the tale-o-the-tape when you factor in the two “metro” areas. That’s where the Florida city smokes Greater KC, with 5.5 million … Continue reading
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Tagged Dan Leap, Hearne Christopher, Ikea Merriam, IKEAS Miami, Swedish meatballs
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Hearne: What to Expect @ IKEA Merriam’s Wednesday Wilding
About the only thing missing will be Star staffers and celebs hawking papers on street corners to commemorate the grand occasion … With local media tripping over each other trying to kiss up to the new IKEA store here, it’s somewhat surprising that nobody’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Ikea Merriam, Nebraska Furniture Mart, Steve Vockrodt, The Pitch
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Hearne: Kansas City Star’s IKEA ‘Blowjob’ First of Many
Journalistic integrity, anyone? I don’t know if IKEA advertises much in print publications like the Kansas City Star, but I suspect they may. I’ll tell you this though, the advertising department at the Kansas City Star and the publisher know and judging … Continue reading
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Tagged Chick-fil-A, IKEA, Kansas, Kansas City Star, Merriam
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Hearne: ‘The Point’ Most Listened to Station in KC August Radio Ratings
A pair of surprises top an otherwise sleepy August radio ratings book… For starters, Entercom’s The Point 99.7 FM has come into it’s own and is now the most listened to station in the Kansas City market with a cume of 528,800 … Continue reading
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Tagged 610 Sports, KCPT, Kelly Urich, KMBZ, The BRIDGE KTBG, The Point 99.7 FM, WHB
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Hearne: Scribe Recounts Encounters With Joan Rivers
“I blame my mother for my poor sex life. All she told me was ‘the man goes on top and the woman underneath.’ For three years my husband and I slept in bunk beds.” There you have it, classic Joan … Continue reading
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Tagged Craig Glazer, Ed Sullivan, Frank Sinatra, Jimmie Walker, Joan Rivers, Lynne Koplitz, Tonight Shw
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Hearne: The Dying Confession of a CD/Vinyl Buyer
I stream, therefore I am… I have a confession – nothing earth shattering – but while I hardly consider myself a reprobate, I still buy CDs and Vinyl music albums. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not like Craig Glazer or that Stomper character. … Continue reading
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Tagged Craig Glazer, Ed Sheeran, Future Islands, Hearne Christopher, Operators
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Hearne: The Secret of Des Moines, Iowa’s Success
Trust me on this… You wouldn’t want to have to live in Wichita. Just being from there must be a downer, judging from the folks I’ve in Kansas City who run successful bars, restaurants or businesses that practically apologize for being from the land down under. And … Continue reading
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Hearne: Lawrence’s ‘John Brown Underground’ Facing Steep Odds
It was one of the most anticipated bar openings in Lawrence in ages… And on a frisky Friday late last month – in the midst of the Lawrence Busker Festival – a “speakeasy” called the John Brown Underground quietly came into this world … Continue reading
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