I thought it was a nice phrase, well, until I went to charm school.
Or as the joke goes.
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How far has WBT sunk?
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Or as the joke goes.
For similar content check out the "It's a Southern Thing" channel on YouTube. They have a skit that makes the meaning of "Bless Your Heart" perfectly clear.
Because Winterble knows better and he does it to mock her.
I døubt Urban One folks even listen, they just cash the checks.
I referred to the attitude of Hispanics towards her. Since the government and many people consider Hispanics to be "people of color" I don't see how your comment is relevant.
Most of my family is from Puerto Rico. There, we have a saying of "...and where is your grandmother?" meaning that everyone has at least a little African blood in their family tree.
In Ecuador, where another part of my family is from, "pure white" was determined in the 2023 Census to be 1% of the population. Everyone else was anything from pure Indigenous or pure Black to some combination of those with the remnants of the Spanish conquest.
I can make similar observations about the Mexican side of my family.
Among Hispanics, any prejudice against Kamala is based on her competence. The most common derisive remark is to pronounce her name as "Que Mala" (pronounced kay-mah´lah) which means "how bad!" and is a reference to her incompetency.
So no, there is no "alternate universe" here. There is just a different way of thinking by people who are not Western European White in origin.
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Same for pretty much any operator.
There are operators who listen to their stations.
I can see microfilm of The Charlotte Observer for all years prior to 1985 if I go to UNCC or the nearby branch library.
Researching something else, I saw that in 1964 Clyde McLean did news on the hour with national stories (thought he just did weather), and Mike Wallace had an interview aired on the station in the afternoon.
Researching something else, I saw that in 1964 Clyde McLean did news on the hour with national stories (thought he just did weather), and Mike Wallace had an interview aired on the station in the afternoon.
Keep n mind even though ˆWBT/WBTV was a large station the Charlotte market was much smaller that it is today. I'm sure WSOC TV and radio shared staff between their stations as well in 1964.
I believe Doug Mayes may have worked at WBT and also became the main anchor on WBTV. Later he joined WSOC-TV and post retirement made a few guest appearances back at WBTV. He was one of the longtime legendary news anchors in Charlotte, along with Bob Inman and Bill Walker. Not sure who really fills the role of the strong local anchorman today. But I do miss Paul Cameron and Maureen O'Boyle on WBTV.
I have relatives in Nashville and they use the term 'bless your heart'. It has several meanings. The one I heard most frequently was when someone was having a rough day or everything went wrong, the person you told might say 'well, bless your heart'. It could mean you are saying a person is ignorant of something or if you are acting a fool or a kid is acting up, it's used to call attention to the behavior as a warning to get it under control. I never heard it used as a racist word in all my visits.
Getting back to the original post nobody said a thing about calling Hillary Clinton a witch. Not very civil of Coakley but I guess now days anything goes. WBT used to have standards, but so long as there is no backlash from the public, they are fine with it.
Not just WBT. I think you could expand that to say the entirety of talk radio used to have standards. There's no backlash because there are a lot of angry and impolite people. So it's possible to get ratings by being angry and impolite.
I was fortunate to work at WBT toward the end of the years when the station format was full service adult contemporary. Many of the people I worked with lament what it's become. Political differences are okay but it shouldn't get nasty.
Unfortunately, politics itself has become nasty, so talking about it is just an extension. I never thought I'd hear elected officials use language that would attract a fine from the FCC, but that's where we're at right now.
I was reading a description of the music they played before going Top 40 (or AC, depending on who you believe) in the early 70s. Yes, yes they did.