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Q-Zoo morning show hosts Tim Tuttle and Kevin Kline have been reprimanded for promoting an Internet-based video channel.
The endorsements, made in several video clips recorded at the 93Q Broadcast Center booth at the Houston Rodeo, promoted 93Q Country Television. Streaming from a website located at www.93Q.tv, the channel plays hot new country videos as well as clips shared by 93Q staff on Youtube.
Initially, when the channel was first created, local employees of Cox Media Group (owner of 93Q radio) expressed doubt that anyone would watch it. Q-TV, a similar creation on their own website, had failed to generate any significant interest.
"It was simple curiosity that encouraged me to create the channel," said Joe Donalson, a local church minister and co-producer of a Christian radio program. "Back in the 80s, folks here used to love watching music videos on Hit Video TV 5. Now, here in this unnamed decade I guess we'll one day refer to as the 'teens,' the lines between radio, television, laptops, phones, tablets and the media we consume are growing fuzzier and converging. I wanted to see if a radio station could be converted into a video station watchable anywhere in the world."
Surprisingly, the channel quickly took off. On a daily basis it has hundreds of viewers, and consistently ranks among the Top 10 channels on the World TV Network. See http://www.worldtv.com/world
Within a week, Donalson started streaming another video channel mimicking Houston's classic rock station "The Eagle." See http://theeagletv.com Like 93Q TV, it quickly took off and also consistently ranks in the Top 10.
And looking on, top dogs at Cox now grapple with what to do about it. The communications giant has retained a lawyer, who insists the initial blessing was given without authority, and that the channel must be shut down.
"They want it," Donalson said. "I offered them a revenue-sharing deal, but I'm not selling it."
Tuttle and Kline, apparently unaware of the corporate-level controversy, recently acknowledged that they both watch and like 93Q TV. See http://youtu.be/U7HiMWqiO24 & http://youtu.be/rR-W5KZelVw
According to sources, the Q-Zoo morning show hosts were not only reprimanded for this endorsement, but Cox officials have apparently issued a gag order barring its employees from discussing Donalson's channels with anyone.
The endorsements, made in several video clips recorded at the 93Q Broadcast Center booth at the Houston Rodeo, promoted 93Q Country Television. Streaming from a website located at www.93Q.tv, the channel plays hot new country videos as well as clips shared by 93Q staff on Youtube.
Initially, when the channel was first created, local employees of Cox Media Group (owner of 93Q radio) expressed doubt that anyone would watch it. Q-TV, a similar creation on their own website, had failed to generate any significant interest.
"It was simple curiosity that encouraged me to create the channel," said Joe Donalson, a local church minister and co-producer of a Christian radio program. "Back in the 80s, folks here used to love watching music videos on Hit Video TV 5. Now, here in this unnamed decade I guess we'll one day refer to as the 'teens,' the lines between radio, television, laptops, phones, tablets and the media we consume are growing fuzzier and converging. I wanted to see if a radio station could be converted into a video station watchable anywhere in the world."
Surprisingly, the channel quickly took off. On a daily basis it has hundreds of viewers, and consistently ranks among the Top 10 channels on the World TV Network. See http://www.worldtv.com/world
Within a week, Donalson started streaming another video channel mimicking Houston's classic rock station "The Eagle." See http://theeagletv.com Like 93Q TV, it quickly took off and also consistently ranks in the Top 10.
And looking on, top dogs at Cox now grapple with what to do about it. The communications giant has retained a lawyer, who insists the initial blessing was given without authority, and that the channel must be shut down.
"They want it," Donalson said. "I offered them a revenue-sharing deal, but I'm not selling it."
Tuttle and Kline, apparently unaware of the corporate-level controversy, recently acknowledged that they both watch and like 93Q TV. See http://youtu.be/U7HiMWqiO24 & http://youtu.be/rR-W5KZelVw
According to sources, the Q-Zoo morning show hosts were not only reprimanded for this endorsement, but Cox officials have apparently issued a gag order barring its employees from discussing Donalson's channels with anyone.
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