RI Media Christmas Wish List: The Top 20

RI Media Christmas Wish List: The Top 20

Since it is Christmas and people young and old are asking for all kinds of things ---here is a Christmas Wish List for the RI Media---for all those naughty and nice. I can’t take credit for all of them---so thank you to some local radio & TV legends who helped round out the list. Feel free to add yours in the comments section below.

1. Channel's 10,12 & 6 all agree to stop running 30-second stories about car crashes involving one car where no one gets hurt and other than the person in the car -- no one really cares about.

2. Watching Art Lake do the weather one more time.

3. Listening to the kind of radio John DePetro was allowed to do when he first hit the air over at WHJJ-AM.

4. The new owners of Channel 6 to do what they said they would do and actually invest some money into the place.

5. Having a politician that could conduct a Buddy Cianci style press conference where reporter’s had to be on their game before asking a stupid question.

6. Watching an investigation from the late Jack White – where you knew every fact and figure he told you was more solid than gold. Jack wasn’t “flashy” but boy did he get it done. A true class act.

7. A bringing back of M. Charles Bakst at The Providence Journal for a once a month column. Yeah, the glasses and suspenders were part of his angle but it worked and the Pro Jo could use the help right about now.

8. A talk station that had Sherm Strickhouser Jack Comley, and Steve White for its line-up. Now that would be entertaining.

9. A one more time 6pm news with Doug White and Walter Cryan in the anchor chairs.

10. Hearing Salty Brine tell us no school again.

11. A real all news radio station like WBZ-Boston or WSB in Atlanta that actually has an entire team of street reporters. We used to have that here believe it or not.

12. A new rule that eliminates the “and I approved this message” from all the political ads in 2012. Actually your consultants approved it and let you know via email.

13. Picking up a Providence Journal that is actually heavier than a “Post It” note.

14. No more TV news video of snow shovels being sold before a snow storm. If you don’t own a snow shovel by now, move to Florida.

15. A resurgence of community radio stations with local staffs. RI used to have several (WKFD Wickford, WKRI West Warwick, etc.)

16. Hearing Big Ange, King Arthur Knight, Jimmy Gray, Big John Bina, David Simpson, on the radio again around here.

17. Listening as Mary-Ann Sorrentino makes an argument both informative and entertaining at the same time.

18. Hear Chris Clark, the Dean of PC basketball play-by-play, call one more game.

19. Have Gene Valicenti and Scott MacKay in a cage match at the Dunk, or at least do an hour on Gene's radio show.

20. And last but not least -- a Ghiorse Factor of 10 every single day.