Yearly Archives: 2014

I know what you’re thinking.  You saw that headline and said, “Yeah, right.  Chattanooga could never get a college football bowl game.”  But wait.  Have you seen some of the… Read more »

I’ve been wanting to write a Christmas story, and now I have one for you.  It’s from Rome, Georgia, and it starts at Moe’s Southwest Grill, where Anquinice Carey has… Read more »

Once upon a time, back in the 1980s, local TV stations would round up the news people, the weather forecasters, and sports guys for a Christmas promo shoot.  The producers… Read more »

They don’t make them like this any more:  it’s hard to imagine any network would carve out 60 seconds of prime time that is A) unpaid, and B) not a… Read more »

It’s been said the most popular Christmas song of all time is “White Christmas,” written by Irving Berlin and first performed by Bing Crosby in 1942.   Since then, it’s been… Read more »

Spoiler alert:  you will need a Kleenex or two if you watch this video.  I was a kid watching this when it aired on ABC in 1967 and I thought… Read more »

(I’m proud to bring you a guest column from my friend Steve Beverly, an outstanding broadcaster, writer and professor at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. This is excerpted from his… Read more »

I knew something good would come from that ice rink.  For years, I’ve badgered every politician I know, asking “Why can’t we get an ice skating rink in Chattanooga?”  Well,… Read more »

Fifty years ago today, chestnuts were roasting on an open fire at Channel 3’s original studio on McCallie Avenue.  It was 9:00 a.m., and the daily Roy Morris variety show… Read more »

A simple photograph is all it takes. We are in the mood to see and hear something good about police officers.  Yes, they make mistakes.  When they do, they usually… Read more »