Category Archives: Hearne_Christopher

A wake up call from entertainment and media guru Bob Lefsetz for technophobes still clinging to their landlines, Rolodexes and iPods and iPhones… Listen closely, because you know, the times they are a changing: “1. You will delete your MP3s,” … Continue reading →

I’ve been a supporter of soccer in KC and was a season ticket holder for the Wiz and Wizards from the team’s inaugural season until it moved to the lowly T-Bones stadium in 2008… In other words, I’m no newcomer to following the sport on the … Continue reading →

Suppose they gave a war but nobody came… That’s clearly the case in the month-old conflict between KC-based AMC  and tiny newcomer Cinetopia of Beaverton, Oregon. However, it’s not the combatants who are missing in action in the movie war between the new Cinetopia’s new Overland … Continue reading →

It’s not easy being famous… And fame we all know can be fleeting, especially when it comes to television talent show winners. As noted by The Pitch‘s David Hudnall today when characterizing the success of American Idol season seven winner David Cook of Blue … Continue reading →

Wouldn’t you know it… The entire country is caught up in a mild case of soccer fever via the World Cup like never before. And better yet, a pair of Sporting Kansas City stars – Matt Besler of Overland Park and Graham Zusi – are … Continue reading →

Is it just me? Or do the so-called gatekeepers of the Fourth Estate get it wrong again and again and again? Look, we live in a far more open world where bloggers of any stripe – however few their readers … Continue reading →

Checked out Amazon’s new Fire Phone yet? It’s “The Everything Store’s” latest would be bombshell, a smartphone device that offers a bigger screen with 3D capabilities,  “Dynamic Perspective” – tilt or swivel to auto scroll or navigate menus – Firefly … Continue reading →

Think the Game of Life is rigged? Take a number. Now sit back and let edgy entertainment lawyer / scribe Bob Lefsetz explain it to you. But first the news: “Independent artists could disappear from YouTube ‘in a matter of days’ after the … Continue reading →

Chiefs football, the Country Club Plaza, First Fridays… Popular as they are, the above activities pale by comparison to Kansas City‘s favorite pastime, fretting and worrying about anything and everything. Worrying that people outside the area know we’re not a cow town, … Continue reading →

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary to dissolve the bands which have connected and assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle … Continue reading →

It’s a jungle out here… And when it comes to the Kansas City’s highly competitive radio market, it’s dog-eat-dog, cat-eat-mouse, King Kong versus Godzilla.  Formats come and formats go while a dozen or so stalwarts more-or-less dominate the top slots in Nielsen’s monthly rankings of stations … Continue reading →

Here’s a news story almost certain to result in zero shedding of tears… Because at long last Wilks Broadcasting has reportedly struck a deal to sell its cluster of local radio stations and exit the Kansas City market.  The stations … Continue reading →

The May 2014 radio rankings and ratings are in… And by a slim margin country music station KFKF-FM continues to top the charts…even after a steady, three month decline. Speaking of country music, the combined ratings of the three top … Continue reading →