TUESDAY JULY 31 LEGION BASEBALL SCORES

http://www.spreaker.com/show/pa_legion_tournament FROM PA LEGION Tuesday, July 31st Game 1: Doylestown 6, Hempfield East 3 Game 2: Ephrata 5, Wilcox 2 Game 3: Milton 17, Penn Hills 9 Game 4: Spring City 5, Boyertown 1

NBC’s Day 5 Coverage of the Olympics

http://sportsmediajournal.com/ Here is the schedule across the NBC family of networks of Day 5 tomorrow of the 2012 Olympics: NBC 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (9 a.m. CT/PT) Swimming – Qualifying Heats Men’s Beach Volleyball – Gibb/Rosenthal (U.S.) vs. Samoilovs/Sorokins (Latvia) (LIVE) Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. China (LIVE) Women’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Spain (LIVE) Men’s Cycling – Individual Time Trial (LIVE) Rowing – Gold Medal Finals Men’s Canoeing – Whitewater, K-1 Gold Medal Final 8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT) Swimming – Gold Medal Finals Men’s 200M Breaststroke Men’s 100M Freestyle Women’s 200M Butterfly Women’s 4 x 200M Freestyle Relay Men’s Gymnastics – All-Around Gold Medal Final Women’s Beach Volleyball – May-Treanor/Walsh (U.S.) vs. D. Schwaiger/S. Schwaiger (Austria) Men’s Diving –Synchronized Springboard Gold Medal Final 12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT) Rowing – Semifinals Women’s Cycling – Time Trial NBC SPORTS NETWORK 4 a.m. – 8 p.m. Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Turkey (LIVE) Women’s Handball – Norway vs. Korea Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE) Brazil vs. New Zealand (LIVE) Mexico vs. Switzerland (LIVE) Great Britain vs. Uruguay (LIVE) Women’s Cycling – Time Trial Men’s Field Hockey – Spain vs. Australia (LIVE) Men & Women’s Archery – Individual Elimination Round Table Tennis – Men’s Singles Quarterfinal Women’s Gold Medal Final Boxing – Elimination Bouts BRAVO 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. Tennis – Early Rounds (LIVE) MSNBC 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE) Japan vs. Honduras Senegal vs. United Arab Emirates (LIVE) Women’s Beach Volleyball – Slukova/Kolocova (Czech Republic) vs. Cook/Hinchley (Australia) (LIVE) Larissa/Juliana (Brazil) vs. Klapalova/Hacjeckova (Czech Republic) Women’s Fencing – Sabre Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Women’s Water Polo – Hungary vs. China Women’s Handball – Serbia vs. Denmark CNBC 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Boxing – Elimination Bouts NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL 4 a.m. – 7 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Qualifying Round U.S. vs. Turkey (LIVE) Australia vs. Brazil (LIVE) Canada vs. France (LIVE) China vs. Angola (LIVE) Great Britain vs. Russia (LIVE) Croatia vs. Czech Republic (LIVE) NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 a.m. Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round Brazil vs. New Zealand (LIVE) Spain vs. Morocco (LIVE) Great Britain vs. Uruguay (LIVE) Egypt vs. Belarus Mexico vs. Switzerland Japan vs. Honduras South Korea vs. Gabon Senegal vs. United Arab Emirates TELEMUNDO 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (LIVE) Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round Mexico vs. Switzerland (LIVE) Brazil vs. New Zealand (LIVE) Great Britain vs. Uruguay (LIVE) Swimming – Qualifying Heats Tennis – Early Round Boxing – Elimination Bouts Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT) Swimming – Gold Medal Finals Men’s Gymnastics – All-Around Gold Medal Final Men’s Diving – Synchronized Springboard Gold Medal Final 3D 7 a.m. – 7:15 p.m. Women’s Gymnastics – Team Gold Medal Final Swimming – Gold Medal Finals Women’s Diving – Synchronized Platform Gold Medal Final Canoeing – Whitewater Gold Medal Final

Sports Media Digest- July 31, 2012

http://sportsmediajournal.com/ NBC Still Getting Strong Viewership for Olympics- NBC Sports says 31.6 million viewers tuned in to Monday night’s prime time coverage of the Olympics, making it the most watched first Monday in 36 years. Viewership is 1.4 million more than the first Monday night of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 4.5 million more than the first night of the 2004 Athens Olympics. Monday’s rating was 18.0, 2% higher than 2008 and 8% higher than 2004. Other NBC Properties Also Seeing Strong Olympics Numbers- Saturday and Sunday’s coverage of the Olympics on the NBC Sports Network resulted in the highest viewership in the history of the network. NBCSN had an audience of just under 1.1 million on Saturday and 1.2 million on Sunday. MSNBC, CNBC, and Bravo are also seeing viewership gains over the first days of the Games. CBS Sports Network Producing College Football Previews This Week- The CBS Sports Network is producing a series of four programs looking ahead to the 2012 college football season. Inside College Football: Summer Special will focus on a specific topic beginning tonight through Friday beginning at 7:00p.m. ET. Adam Zucker hosts and is joined by CBS Sports Network analysts Brian Jones, Randy Cross and Bruce Feldman,as well as guest analysts former Illinois coach Ron Zook and former Mississippi coach Houston Nutt. NFL Media Creating “It’s Serious Fun” Campaign for Upcoming Season- NFL Media is rolling out a new promotion campaign called “It’s Serious Fun”. The fully integrated promotion, consisting of national TV, print, radio, online, events and on-air spots, will help promote the NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football telecasts as well as Fantasy Football on NFL.com. The spots will appear throughout the NFL season. MLS, NBC Partner on New MLS Day-In-The-Life Series- Major League Soccer and NBC Sports are collaborating on MLS 36, an in-depth and exclusive 36 hour period behind-the-scenes look into the life of an MLS superstar. The premiere episode will be Sunday, August 5th at 9:30p.m. ET and feature Chris Wondolowski of the San Jose Earthquakes.

NFL Network Preps for Hall of Fame and Preseason Coverage

http://sportsmediajournal.com/ The upcoming schedule for the NFL Network will be working toward the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony and the network’s coverage of the Hall of Fame Preseason game between the Saints and Cardinals. On Saturday, August 4 beginning at 4:00 PM ET, NFL Network provides seven hours of live coverage of the 48th Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement, as the 2012 Pro Football Hall of Fame class of Jack Butler, Dermontti Dawson, Curtis Martin, Chris Doleman, Cortez Kennedy and Willie Roaf are enshrined. Rich Eisen anchors NFL Network’s Enshrinement Weekend broadcast team featuring Hall of Famers Michael Irvin, Deion Sanders and Marshall Faulk, along with Steve Mariucci and Stacey Dales. On Sunday beginning at 8:00p.m. ET Brad Nessler, Mike Mayock and Stacey Dales call the first game action of the 2012 NFL preseason from Canton. Here is the NFL Network schedule through the weekend: Tuesday, July 31 7:00 PM – NFL Total Access 8:00 PM – Inside Training Camp Today – LIVE 11:00 PM – NFL Total Access 12 MIDNIGHT – Hard Knocks – 2010 New York Jets: Episode #1 1:00 AM – Hard Knocks – 2010 New York Jets: Episode #2 Wednesday, August 1 6:00 AM – NFL AM – LIVE 10:00 AM – Inside Training Camp Live – LIVE 7:00 PM – NFL Total Access 8:00 PM – Inside Training Camp Today – LIVE 11:00 PM – NFL Total Access 12 MIDNIGHT – Hard Knocks – 2010 New York Jets: Episode #3 1:00 AM – Hard Knocks – 2010 New York Jets: Episode #4 Thursday, August 2 6:00 AM – NFL AM – LIVE 10:00 AM – Inside Training Camp Live – LIVE 7:00 PM – NFL Total Access 8:00 PM – Inside Training Camp Today – LIVE 11:00 PM – NFL Total Access 12 MIDNIGHT – The Rich Eisen Podcast 12:30 AM – Sound FX: John Randle 1:00 AM – Hard Knocks – 2010 New York Jets: Episode #5 Friday, August 3 6:00 AM – NFL AM – LIVE 10:00 AM – Inside Training Camp Live – LIVE 7:00 PM – NFL Total Access 8:00 PM – Arena Football Game of the Week: Jacksonville Sharks vs. Philadelphia Soul – LIVE 11:00 PM – NFL Total Access 12 MIDNIGHT – NFL’s Top 10: Players Not in the Hall of Fame 1:00 AM – NFL’s Top 10: Players Who Never Played in the Super Bowl Saturday, August 4 10:00 AM – NFL’s Top 10: Players Not in the Hall of Fame 11:00 AM – Sharpe Focus: Journey to Canton 12 NOON – Marshall Faulk: Rush to Canton 1:00 PM – Ed Sabol: King of Football Movies 2:00 PM – Deion Sanders: Canton Goes Primetime 3:00 PM – NFL’s Top 10: Players Not in the Hall of Fame 4:00 PM – NFL Total Access at the Hall of Fame Pre-Induction Presented by Fiat – LIVE from Canton, OH · Rich Eisen hosts, alongside Michael Irvin, Deion Sanders, Marshall Faulk, Steve Mariucci and Stacey Dales 7:00 PM – 2012 Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Presented by Fiat – LIVE from Canton, OH 10:00 PM – NFL Total Access at the Hall of Fame Post-Induction Show Presented by Fiat 12 MIDNIGHT – The Rich Eisen Podcast 12:30 AM – Emmitt Smith’s Road to Canton 1:00 AM – Jerry Rice: Catching History Sunday, August 5 10:00 AM – The Rich Eisen Podcast 10:30 AM – Sound FX: Steve Young 11:00 AM – The Top 100: Players of 2012: #50-41 12 NOON – The Top 100: Players of 2012: #40-31 1:00 PM – The Top 100: Players of 2012: #30-21 2:00 PM – The Top 100: Players of 2012: #20-11 3:00 PM – The Top 100: Players of 2012: #10-6 4:00 PM – The Top 100: Players of 2012: #5-1 5:00 PM – NFL Total Access at the Hall of Fame Pre-Hall of Fame Game – LIVE from Canton, OH 8:00 PM – Thursday Night Football Special Edition – 2012 Pro Football Hall of Fame Game: Arizona Cardinals vs. New Orleans Saints – LIVE from Canton, OH 11:00 PM – NFL Total Access at the Hall of Game Post-Hall of Fame Game

Gottlieb Leaves ESPN for CBS Sports

http://sportsmediajournal.com/ CBS Sports announced today that it has signed Doug Gottlieb to a multi-year, multi-platform deal. The former ESPN host and college basketball analyst will host a 3:00p.m. to 6:00p.m. ET daily radio show on the upcoming CBS Sports Radio Network. The new show will launch on January 2nd. Gottlieb will also serve as studio and game analyst for CBS’s coverage of college basketball and its shared coverage of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship with Turner Sports. Gottlieb will host a new show airing weekdays on CBS Sports Network beginning this fall and will be an analyst for regular-season college basketball. Finally Gottlieb will be a contributor to CBSSports.com. “This is the first of many prominent personalities we will be adding to the CBS Sports Radio lineup,” said Dan Mason, President and CEO, CBS Radio.. “Doug is well-versed in today’s sports landscape and for years has entertained audiences with his unique blend of wit, honesty and outspokenness – traits essential for creating great radio programming. We are thrilled to provide this exciting show to our new and soon-to-be announced affiliates across the country.” “CBS has among its portfolio the most powerful assets in all of sports and is home to arguably the greatest championship event – the NCAA Tournament,” said Gottlieb. “Thinking about the reach of CBS Sports Radio and the continued growth of CBS Sports Network, coupled with quality online reporting and the overall distinguished reputation of CBS Sports, this was an easy choice to make, and an opportunity I couldn’t resist.”

One of ESPN's top talents leaving for CBS Sports

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/ FROM KEITH GROLLER Doug Gottlieb, who many consider to be ESPN's best college basketball analyst, is moving on to CBS Sports. In a release, CBS said Gottlieb has signed a multi-year deal and will contribute across CBS Sports properties. He will get his own afternoon talk show (3-6 p.m.) on CBS Sports Radio, a newly created 24-hour, seven-day-a-week network featuring national programming. That will debut on Jan. 2.

Both North Parkland and Lower Mac Youth Legion teams are in the regional finals

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/ FROM KEITH GROLLER Both Lower Mac and North Parkland won their respective winner's bracket finals on Monday, leaving both teams as the only undefeated teams left among four survivors in their respective Youth Legion baseball regional tournametns. Lower Mac is playing in a regional at Boyertown and North Parkland is playing in a regional at Kutztown. Both teams play again today. Lower Mac, a 5-3 winner over Yardley/Morrisville on Monday, will playRoxborough at 4 p.m. today, while Yardley/Morrisville plays Central. If Lower Mac wins today, the winner of the other game would have to beat Lower Mac twice on Wednesday to win the regional title. If Lower Mac loses today, Roxborough would play the winner of the other game at 11 a.m. tomorrow and that winner would play Lower Mac in a one-and-done championship game at 2 p.m. tomorrow. In the Kutztown regional, North Parkland beat Spring City 5-2 on Monday and now faces Red Lion at 7 tonight. Spring City plays Avon Grove in another game at 4. Again, just like in the other regional, if North Parkland beats Red Lion, the winner of the Spring City/Avon Grove game would have to beat North Parkland twice on Weds. However, if North Parkland loses to Red Lion, then the Spring City/Avon Grove winner would play at 11 a.m. tomorrow and that winner would play North Parkland for the championship at 2 p.m. The winners of each regional advance to the state tournament next week in Shillington.

Sports Media Digest- July 30, 2012

http://sportsmediajournal.com/ I am away on business for the week. The digest may be late each day. NBC Sees Best Opening Three Days of Olympic Viewership in History- The viewership numbers continue to be impressive for NBC during the Olympics. Through three days the network is averaging 35.8 million viewers, the highest for the first three days of the Games ever. Sunday night’s rating was 19.8, 9% higher than 2008 and 29% greater than 2004. ESPN to Air MLB Trade Deadline Special- Tomorrow afternoon ESPN will produce SportsCenter Special: Baseball Trade Deadline to report on the potential league trades leading up to the 4:00p.m. deadline. Karl Ravech will host the 90-minute show with analyst John Kruk and ESPN MLB Insiders Buster Olney, Tim Kurkjian and Jayson Stark. ESPN will also present breaking news and analysis. The special airs at 3:00p.m. ET. on ESPN. ESPN Adds College Hoops Analysts and Gives Rose a new Assignment- ESPN today announced that it has hired former college basketball coaches Bruce Pearl and Seth Greenberg as analysts. The network also announced that Jalen Rose will be added to the college basketball commentator team and serve as featured analyst of College Gameday. Pearl and Greenberg will each serve as studio analysts throughout the season and will call select games from various conferences. Rose replaces Hubert Davis, who left ESPN to join the coaching staff at North Carolina. Wolfe and Herron to Announce Arena Bowl- The NFL Network has announced that Ari Wolfe and Anthony Herron will be on the call for Arena Bowl XXV on August 10th. The Arena Bowl kicks-off at 10:30am ET from New Orleans.

NBC’s Coverage of Day 4 of the Olympics

http://sportsmediajournal.com/ Here is the schedule for the NBC family of ntworks for Day 4 of the 2012 Olympics: TUESDAY, JULY 31 (Day 4) NBC 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (9 a.m. CT/PT) Swimming – Qualifying Heats Men’s Beach Volleyball – Rogers/Dalhausser (U.S.) vs. Herrera/Gavira (Spain) (LIVE) Men’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Germany (LIVE) Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Romania (LIVE) Men’s Canoeing – Whitewater, C-1 Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Rowing – Semifinals 8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT) Women’s Gymnastics – Team Gold Medal Final Swimming – Gold Medal Finals Men’s 200M Butterfly Men’s 4 x 200M Freestyle Relay Women’s 200M Freestyle Women’s 200M Individual Medley Women’s Diving – Synchronized Platform Gold Medal Final 12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT) Swimming – Semifinals Women’s Beach Volleyball – Kessy/Ross (U.S.) vs. Van Iersel/Keizer (Netherlands) NBC SPORTS NETWORK 4 a.m. – 8 p.m. Men’s Basketball – (LIVE) U.S. vs. Tunisia (LIVE) China vs. Russia (LIVE) France vs. Argentina (LIVE) Women’s Soccer – U.S. vs. North Korea (LIVE) Equestrian – Eventing, Team Jumping Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Individual Jumping Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Beach Volleyball – Men’s – Alison/Emanuel (Brazil) vs. Heuscher/Bellaguarda (Switzerland) Women’s – Talita/Antonelli (Brazil) vs. Goller/Ludwig (Germany) Men’s Water Polo – Hungary vs. Montenegro (LIVE) Men’s Volleyball – Brazil vs. Russia Men’s Fencing – Individual Gold Medal Final BRAVO 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. Tennis – (LIVE) Singles Early Rounds Doubles Quarterfinals MSNBC 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Men’s Shooting – Skeet Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Women’s Field Hockey – U.S. vs. Argentina (LIVE) Women’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE) Canada vs. Sweden (LIVE) France vs. Colombia (LIVE) Great Britain vs. Brazil (LIVE) Weightlifting – Gold Medal Finals Women’s Table Tennis – Semifinal Archery – Individual Elimination Round Badminton – Qualifying Round CNBC 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Boxing – Elimination Bouts NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL 4 a.m. – 7 p.m. Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round U.S. vs. Tunisia (LIVE) France vs. Argentina (LIVE) China vs. Russia (LIVE) Australia vs. Spain (LIVE) Great Britain vs. Brazil (LIVE) Lithuania vs. Nigeria (LIVE) NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL 9:30 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. Women’s Soccer – Qualifying Round U.S. vs. North Korea (LIVE) Canada vs. Sweden (LIVE) Great Britain vs. Brazil (LIVE) Japan vs. South Africa France vs. Colombia New Zealand vs. Cameroon TELEMUNDO 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (ET/PT) Swimming – Qualifying Heats Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round Men’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round Boxing – Elimination Bouts Tennis – Qualifying Rounds Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT) Women’s Gymnastics – Team Gold Medal Final Swimming – Gold Medal Finals Women’s Diving – Synchronized Platform Gold Medal Final 3D 5 a.m. – 7:45 p.m. Men’s Gymnastics – Team Final Swimming – Gold Medal Finals Men’s Diving – Synchronized Platform Gold Medal Final Canoeing – Whitewater Qualifying Heats

TV NEWS ON JULY 31

http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2012/07/cloo-classics-olympics-august-2012-has.html We all know that the day of the opening of the Summer 2012 Olympics, Cloo aired a Cloo Classics Olympics marathon of many classic sitcoms to start their Cloo Classics Olympics... now as we promised over a month ago, we have the rest of the classic schedule for you during the Olympics. Yesterday saw the launch of Cloo Classics that will air for the next two weeks on weekdays. Mondays (July 30 and Aug. 6) will feature a Cloo Classics marathon of MacGyver beginning at 6:00am ET/3:00am PT on both days. On Tuesdays, (July 31 and Aug. 7), we have a Cloo Classics Olympics marathon featuring 24-hours of T.J. Hooker beginning at 6:00am ET/3:00am PT on both days. On Wednesdays, August 1 and 8, it's a Cloo Classics Olympics marathon featuring 24-hours of the '70s series Charlie's Angels beginning at 6:00am ET/3:00am PT on both days. Then on Thursday (Aug. 2 and Aug. 9), we have a Cloo Classics Olympics marathon of Mannix at also 24-hours beginning 6:00am ET/3:00am PT. The week ends with a classic sitcom marathon just like the previous Friday during the Opening Ceremonies. We once again get Paramount sitcoms The Odd Couple, Bosom Buddies, Taxi, Mork & Mindy, Laverne & Shirley, Happy Days, Family Ties and Get Smart on Fridays, Aug. 3 and Aug. 10. So if you're not into the Olympic Games, then NBC-owned Cloo Classics Olympics is the way to go every weekday until the summer games are over. And the monthly Cloo Classic marathon will air on Saturday, August 25 featuring Get Smart, Mannix and Charlie's Angels, so be sure to catch that as well! Louie FX has ordered 13 episodes of its hit comedy Louie for its fourth season. The current third season of Louie has eight all new episodes remaining this season airing Thursdays at 10:30 PM ET/PT. Louie will conclude with a special one-hour season finale on Thursday, September 27. Louie is a comedy filtered through the observational humor of Louis C.K. Each episode puts a spotlight on Louis' hectic life as a successful stand-up comedian and newly single father raising his two daughters in New York City. Stay tuned for news on a pick-up for Charlie Sheen's sitcom Anger Management for a second season (probably for 90 episodes). It is expected that his father Martin Sheen will join the series as his father if there is a second season. Martin Sheen will guest star this season on the ninth episode airing Aug. 16. Anger Management airs Thursdays at 9:30pm through Thursday, August 23. FX will air a marathon of the entire first season of its new hit series Anger Management, running all ten episodes back-to-back on Thursday, Sept. 6 from 6-11pm. Charlie Sheen stars as a non-traditional therapist specializing in anger management. Prior to his career as a therapist, he was a stalled minor league baseball prospect whose road to the majors was sidetracked by his own struggle with anger issues. Thriving on the chaos in his life while still battling his own anger issues, his life is complicated by his relationships with his own therapist/best friend, an ex-wife with a positive outlook but poor choice in men, and their 13-year-old daughter with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Nazareth Area School District warns of imposter seeking family information

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/nazareth/index.ssf/2012/07/nazareth_area_school_district_25.html FROM THE EXPRESS TIMES The Nazareth Area School District is not using an intern to solicit information from district families, the district announced this morning on its website and through calls to residents. On July 5, a man in his early 20s who identified himself as Kai knocked on a door and asked a family near Lower Nazareth Elementary School for curriculum and personal information, according to a letter from Superintendent Dennis Riker. The family contacted the school district on Monday, Riker said.

Tuesday!

Wednesday August 1, 2012 Welcome to August! August Already! Hard to believe! CHEERING PRACTICE STARTS MONDAY!! I WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THEIR PAGE AGAIN ON FACEBOOK!!!!!!! MY 3RD YEAR DOING THAT FOR THE GIRLS AT NAZARETH!!!!!!!!! Watching the SUMMER OLYMPICS! Are you? RCN Now has a 24 hour BULLETIN BOARD ON CHANNEL 96!! ANTENNA TV IS NOW ON RCN ON CHANNEL 29! GREAT OLD TIME TV SHOWS!!!!!!!!! R.I.P. EBONY, MY NEIGHBOR'S DOG PASSED AWAY THIS WEEK. Where does time go? This E-Mail is Dedicated to ED RHODES. He used to perform at the Nazareth Arts Center He died in a bike accident. He will be missed. Big Day Today! Fitness at 11am Lifting 30 pounds! Loving my new chair! I Was getting stuff off the shelves at GIANT Tuesday! I Can reach up high! Lunch at 1pm at Pizzaville! Thursday calling BINGO AT MORAVIAN HALL SQUARE AT 2:00PM! Friday at 11am, FITNESS 6pm FRIDAY I WILL BE AT THE BUSHKILL CARNIVAL THE BUSHKILL CARNIVAL Phillies got rid of SHANE VICTORINO AND HUNTER PENCE Tuesday. What are your thoughts? Phillies came back Tuesday with a 8-0 win!!! I Still love Announcing the Phillies despite the losing season!!!!!!!! How are you? How your week? What are you doing this weekend? Anything fun? I am great! Had a great week! RAIN TODAY. YUCK. STAY DRY! How do you like the heat? It been HOT! I am ready for FALL!!!!!! FOOTBALL!!!! 35 DAYS UNTIL I AM COLLECTING TICKETS!!!!!!!! SPECIAL NOTE: I WILL STILL COLLECT TICKETS AT NAZARETH, IF I GET A DAYTIME JOB! IT STRITCLY A DAYTIME JOB 3-4 HOURS PER DAY SO I AM NOT HOME DURING THE DAYTIME!! I WILL STILL WORK AT NAZARETH! NO NEWS ON WALMART YET. STILL WAITING. STAY TUNED!!! Dogs are hanging in! Attendent Care Services going great! DIANA ROCKS! SHE REALLY DOES!!!!!!!!!!! MUSICFEST STARTS FRIDAY! Are you going? I Will be going on Tuesday of next week!!!! WGPA 1100 WILL BE THERE! JARRET BROWN HOSTING!!!!!! THURSDAY AT 6PM RCN SPORTS TALK AND 7:30PM JOLLY JOE TIMMER ON RCN4!!!!! NED RICHARDS ON WALN THURSDAY 8PM-11PM AND SATURDAY 9PM-2AM!!!! What else new? Anything new? I am just KEEPING IT REAL!!!! WELCOME BACK UKEE WASHINGTON ON CBS3! HE HAD HIP SURGERY. HE RETURNED TUESDAY TO THE MORNING NEWS ON CBS3! CHANNEL 69 HAS A SATURDAY MORNING NEWS NOW FROM 7AM-9AM!! JIM VAUGHN WILL BE ONE OF THE ANCHORS!!!!!!! MARK YOUR CALENDARS: SATURDAY AUGUST 11TH 10AM-2PM I WILL BE WITH THE DREAMKIDS AT THE WALMART AT THE CROSSINGS! WE WILL BE RAISING MONEY FOR DREAM COME TRUE! Hope you can stop by!!!!!!!! Schedule: Wednesday August 1: 8:30am-5pm DIANA 11am FITNESS 11AM-1PM Jolly Joe Timmer on WGPA 1100 NOON Channel 69 News with Eve and Jaciel 1pm-6pm Glen Mac and Anthony Gargano on 94 WIP 1pm-2pm Radio Show on WEEX 1230 4pm-7pm Happy Hour on WEEX 1230 7pm Announce Phillies Baseball on Comcast 10pm Anchor News on CW57 Thursday August 2: 8:30am-11am DIANA 11AM-1PM Jolly Joe Timmer on WGPA 1100 NOON Channel 69 News with Eve and Jaciel 1pm Announce Phillies Baseball on Comcast 1pm-6pm Glen Mac and Anthony Gargano on 94 WIP 1pm-2pm Radio Show on WEEX 1230 4pm-7pm Happy Hour on WEEX 1230 1:30-6pm DIANA 2pm Calling Bingo at Moravian Hall Square 6pm RCN SPORTS TALK SHOW ON RCN4 7:30pm JOLLY JOE TIMMEER SHOW ON RCN4 8pm-11pm NED RICHARDS ON WALN 10pm Anchor News on CW57 Friday August 3: 8:30am-1pm DIANA 11AM-1PM Jolly Joe Timmer on WGPA 1100 11am Fitness NOON Channel 69 News with Eve and Jaciel 1pm-6pm Glen Mac and Anthony Gargano on 94 WIP 4pm-7pm Happy Hour on WEEX 1230 4pm-9pm DIANA 5pm-8pm AT THE BUSHKILL TWP. CARNIVAL WITH DIANA 6pm-12am JD ROSS ON WALN 7pm Announce Phillies Baseball on Comcast 10pm Anchor News on CW57 Saturday August 4: 8:30am-10:30am DIANA 9am-11am KEITH GROLLER ON 1470 WSAN 10am-NOON 69 Sports Saturday on WEEX 1230 NOON-12:30pm Radio Show on WEEX 1230 11am-9pm Mark Thomas on WGPA 1100 7pm Announce Phillies Baseball on COMCAST 9pm-2am NED RICHARDS on WALN 10pm Anchor News on CW57 10:30pm Announce Charlie Manuel Show on MYPHL17 Sunday August 5: 11am-NOON Radio Show 9:30am-NOON JOLLY JOE TIMMER ON WGPA 1100 1:30pm Announce Phillies Baseball on MYPHL17 NOON-3pm Dennis Christman on WGPA 1100 3pm-9pm MIGHTY MIKE ON WGPA 1100 7pm Layla on WALN 9pm Happy Jack on WALN 10pm Anchor News on CW57 RIP: Dale Earenhardt SR. 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Defending NASCAR Sprint Cup champ Tony Stewart coming to Allentown on Thursday

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/ FROM KEITH GROLLER Three-time and reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil1 Chevrolet, will be coming to Allentown on Thursday to headline a special “Back-To-School Celebration” event at the local Office Depot on Cedar Crest Blvd. Office Depot is Stewart's biggest sponsor. Stewart will be racing this weekend at Pocono Raceway. Stewart, according to a release, is partnering with the Office Depot Foundation to help Allentown-area kids get ready for the new school year with the essential tools they need to succeed in the classroom. Stewart will be at the Office Depot from about 3:30 p.m. until 5:45.

Which coach has the most high school football wins in the nation?

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/ FROM KEITH GROLLER The answer is John McKissick, who has been the head coach at Summerville, S.C., High School since 1952. He will turn 86 in September during his 62nd season in charge. According to the website -- www.footballfridaynight.com McKissick has a career record of 594-143-13. He is more than 86 wins ahead of John T. Curtis of Curtis High School in River Ridge, La., who has been coaching at his school since 1969. He has a record of 506-54-6, which is nearly a 90 percent winning percentage. As for Pennsylvania's win leader it's George Curry, who is 413-91-4 in 43 seasons, most of them at Berwick. Curry's total ranks him seventh in the country.

SportsRadio 94 WIP Programming Schedule

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2010/11/22/wip-programming-schedule/ 7-30-12 2:00AM – 6:00AM Marc Farzetta 6:00AM – 10:00AM Angelo Cataldi & The Morning Team 10:00AM – 1:00PM Middays with Rob Ellis & Ike Reese 1:00PM – 6:00PM Afternoons with Anthony Gargano & Glen Macnow 6:00PM – 10:00PM Jody McDonald 10:00PM – 2:00AM Reuben Frank 7-31-12 2:00AM – 6:00AM Big Daddy Graham 6:00AM – 10:00AM Angelo Cataldi & The Morning Team 10:00AM – 1:00PM Middays with Rob Ellis & Ike Reese 1:00PM – 6:00PM Afternoons with Anthony Gargano & Glen Macnow 6:00PM – 6:30PM Leading Off with Spike Eskin 6:30PM – 10:30PM Phillies vs Nationals 10:30PM – 11:00PM The Final Out with Jody McDonald 11:00PM – 2:00AM Jody McDonald 8-1-12 2:00AM – 6:00AM Big Daddy Graham 6:00AM – 10:00AM Angelo Cataldi & The Morning Team 10:00AM – 1:00PM Middays with Rob Ellis & Ike Reese 1:00PM – 6:00PM Afternoons with Anthony Gargano & Glen Macnow 6:00PM – 6:30PM Leading Off with Brian Startare 6:30PM – 10:30 Phillies vs Nationals 10:30PM – 11:00PM The Final Out with Jody McDonald 11:00PM – 2:00AM Jody McDonald 8-2-12 2:00AM – 6:00AM Big Daddy Graham 6:00AM – 10:00AM Angelo Cataldi & The Morning Team 10:00AM – 1:00PM Middays with Rob Ellis & Ike Reese 1:00PM – 6:00PM Afternoons with Anthony Gargano & Glen Macnow 6:00PM – 6:30PM Leading Off with Paul Jolovitz 6:30PM – 10:30PM Phillies vs Nationals 10:30PM – 11:00PM The Final Out with Jody McDonald 11:00PM – 2:00AM Jody McDonald 8-3-12 2:00AM – 6:00AM Big Daddy Graham 6:00AM – 10:00AM Angelo Cataldi & The Morning Team 10:00AM – 1:00PM Middays with Rob Ellis & Ike Reese 1:00PM – 6:00PM Afternoons with Anthony Gargano & Glen Macnow 6:00PM - 6:30PM Leading Off with Paul Jolovitz 6:30PM – 10:30PM Phillies vs Diamondbacks 10:30PM – 11:00PM The Final Out with Jody McDonald 11:00PM – 2:00AM Jody McDonald 8-4-12 2:00AM – 5:00AM Steve Trevelise 5:00AM – 8:00AM Best of Cataldi 8:00AM – 10:00AM Howard Eskin 10:00AM – 1:00PM Glen Macnow & Ray Didinger 1:00PM – 6:00PM Rob Charry & Dan Klecko 6:00PM – 6:30PM Leading Off with Paul Jolovitz 6:30PM – 10:30PM Phillies vs Diamondbacks 10:30PM – 11:00PM The Final Out with Rickie Ricardo 11:00PM – 2:00AM Rickie Ricardo 8-5-12 2:00AM – 6:00AM G Cobb 6:00AM – 7:00AM Conversations with Peter Solomon 7:00AM – 8:00AM WIP Sunday 8:00AM – 10:00AM Sonny Hill 10:00AM – 12:30PM Rob Charry & Dan Klecko 12:30PM – 1:00PM Leading Off with Brian Startare 1:00PM – 5:00PM Phillies vs Diamondbacks 5:00PM – 5:30PM The Final Out with Rickie Ricardo 5:30PM – 9:00PM Rickie Ricardo 9:00PM – 2:00AM Paul Jolovitz 450 610 sched SportsRadio 94 WIP Programming Schedule Listeners can hear most of the great programming SportsRadio 94WIP has to offer on SportsRadio 610WIP. In addition, 610WIP-AM will air the following exclusive programming on the below days and times: 7-30-12 7:00PM – 8:00PM The 90th Minute 10:00PM – 1:00AM The Nick & Artie Show 7-31-12 10:00PM – 1:00AM The Nick & Artie Show 8-1-12 10:00PM – 1:00AM The Nick & Artie Show 8-2-12 10:00PM – 1:00AM The Nick & Artie Show 8-3 -12 10:00PM – 1:00AM The Nick & Artie Show 8-4-12 5:00AM – 7:00AM The Joe Morgan Show 7:00AM – 8:00AM Good News in Real Estate

TV NEWS ON JULY 30

http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2012/07/tca-summer-2012-press-tour-cbs-and-cw.html Yesterday at the TCA Summer 2012 Press Tour, CBS was up. After some breakfast it was time for the executive session with Nina Tassler, President, CBS Entertainment. There was nothing major announced. Very quiet. After that there was a panel with the cast and crew of upcoming new drama Elementary. After that, we saw the cast and crew of the new sitcom Partners, which stars Michael Urie. That panel took us to a lunch break. After lunch, the focus was on the new Tuesday drama Vegas starring Michael Chiklis and Dennis Quaid. The new Friday drama Made in Jersey was up next at the panel. Then there was a short break with refreshments brought to you by The Jeff Probst Show. That was the perfect segue for a panel for that new syndicated series, which premieres Sept. 10. After that there was a panel for CBS This Morning, which just announced that Norah O'Donnell is replacing Erica Hill as a co-host. And the Sunday wrapped with the annual Summer stars party with talent, producers and executives from CBS, The CW, Showtime and CBS Television Distribution. It was right across Merv Griffin Way, in front of the hotel at their customized, outdoor event location. Fresh air...good cocktails... plenty of good food...and lots of conversation. Then today, The CW will be up. Breakfast will be sponsored by the summer reality series Oh Sit! with Jamie Kennedy. After that, there will a panel with the cast and crew of the new drama Arrow, which is coming this fall. Then it is time for the executive session with Mark Pedowitz, President, The CW. If there is anything of note, we will come back and post it here. After that, it's time for more series panels. We have one for the new drama Emily Owens M.D., which stars Mamie Gummer. And finally, the last panel will be for the new version of Beauty and the Best. That concludes The CW, as in the afternoon Showtime will take over with panels for Weeds, Dexter and Homeland. Weigel Broadcasting Co. and Hearst Television announce an affiliation agreement in which five additional Hearst markets will be adding the MeTV Network to its local stations. Joining MeTV will be WCVB, Boston; KCRA, Sacramento; WBAL, Baltimore; KOCO, Oklahoma City and WXII, Greensboro. This brings the total of Hearst's MeTV Network affiliates to 13. In addition, Hearst has extended its commitment to the network with the renewal of its existing nine MeTV affiliate agreements to 2015. As you know, MeTV features a wide range of programming which audiences and advertisers find comfortable and engaging. Me-TV's library includes almost 100 series from Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, CBS Television Distribution, NBCUniversal Television as well as many independent series owners and producers. MeTV's line-up include some of the most beloved television programs ever produced, including: M*A*S*H, The Brady Bunch, Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, Perry Mason, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Gunsmoke, That Girl, I Love Lucy, and Hawaii Five-O series.

Two Lehigh Valley teams doing well in Youth Legion baseball regional tournaments

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/ FROM KEITH GROLLER Two area Youth Legion (fomerly Junior Legion) baseball teams have done well so far in their regional tournaments. At the regional tournament in Kutztown, North Parkland is 2-0 and in the winners bracket final after posting wins over Red Lion (9-2) and Avon Grove (2-0). North Parkland will play Spring City in the winners bracket final tonight at 7. At the regional in Boyertown, Lower Macungie is 2-0 and also in the winners bracket final after delivering wins over Tulpehocken (12-0) and Central (3-2). Lower Mac plays Yardley-Morrisville in the winners bracket final at 4 p.m. today. And in the regional hosted by Freemansburg, Kyle Collina's team is still alive after splitting its first two games. Freemansburg defeated Aston-Media 9-4 and fell to Nanticoke 9-4. Freemansburg plays New Oxford at 4 today in an elimination game.

Monday!

Monday July 30, 2012 Phillies are done, NO PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR.. 37 DAYS UNTIL I AM COLLECTING TICKETS AT NAZARETH FOOTBALL! THE LIBERTY GATE!! THE COUNTDOWN IS ON!!!!! I AM EXCITED AND READY!!!!!!! MY Nazareth job is coming back! I Can smell it! That how close we are getting!!!!! August is Wednesday!!!!!!! Did you get my fire truck pictures? Big thanks to the UPPER NAZARETH FIRE For doing it for me!!!! I Had no clue they were bringing all 5 trucks to my house! THEY SHOCKED ME THERE!!!!!!!!! I Will be riding with them in October at the HALLOWEEN PARADE!!!!!!!! Tonight on WALN CABLE: 7pm Happy Jack and Vicky 9pm Don Hunter's OLD TIME RADIO SHOWS!! Went to the Holy Family Fair Friday night! Was 1 number away from 60 dollars at BINGO! Oh well It was fun though!!!! I Loved the Band!!!!!! 2 Girls came up to me and DANCED With me!!!!!!!! Greetings! Happy Monday! Last e-mail in July! Wednesday is August! Time flying by!' 2 weeks from today FOOTBALL PRACTICE Starts! Next Monday it's Band and Cheerleading!!!!! Still HOT Out! Are you staying cool? We been getting small storms everyday! That will continue all week! How are you? How was your weekend? What did you do all weekend? Anything fun? I am great! Had a great weekend! I Relaxed all weekend!!!! Watched the Summer Olympics! Did you watch? I Love the Olympics! What sport do you like? I Like Swimming! Women Sports!!!! Stay tuned for updates on my Walmart Try-out!!!!! Youth Football Camp at Nazareth all week! I Will go check it out!!!! Back to Fitness Wednesday and Friday this week! My dogs are hanging in. My white dog fell into my pond Saturday after a seizure. Toby my other dog is hanging in too. Strange that all 3 dogs has seizures. Attendent Care Services going great! Diana Rocks! I Will miss her in August!!!!!!! MARK YOUR CALENDARS: SATURDAY AUGUST 11TH 10AM-2PM I WILL BE WITH THE DREAMKIDS AT THE WALMART AT THE CROSSINGS! WE WILL BE RAISING MONEY FOR DREAM COME TRUE! Hope you can stop by!!!!!!!! Schedule: Monday July 30: 8:30am-12:30pm DIANA 11AM-1PM Jolly Joe Timmer on WGPA 1100 NOON Channel 69 News with Eve and Jaciel 1pm-6pm Glen Mac and Anthony Gargano on 94 WIP 1pm-2pm Radio Show on WEEX 1230 4pm-7pm Happy Hour on WEEX 1230 4pm-6pm DIANA NO ANNOUNCING OFF TONIGHT 7pm Happy Jack on WALN 9pm Don Hunter on WALN 10pm Anchor News on CW57 Tuesday July 31: 8:30am-12:30pm DIANA 11AM-1PM Jolly Joe Timmer on WGPA 1100 NOON Channel 69 News with Eve and Jaciel 1pm-6pm Glen Mac and Anthony Gargano on 94 WIP 1pm-2pm Radio Show on WEEX 1230 4pm-7pm Happy Hour on WEEX 1230 4pm-6pm DIANA 7pm Announce Phillies Baseball on Comcast 10pm Anchor News on CW57 Wednesday August 1: 8:30am-5pm DIANA 11am FITNESS 11AM-1PM Jolly Joe Timmer on WGPA 1100 NOON Channel 69 News with Eve and Jaciel 1pm-6pm Glen Mac and Anthony Gargano on 94 WIP 1pm-2pm Radio Show on WEEX 1230 4pm-7pm Happy Hour on WEEX 1230 7pm Announce Phillies Baseball on Comcast 10pm Anchor News on CW57 Thursday August 2: 8:30am-11am DIANA 11AM-1PM Jolly Joe Timmer on WGPA 1100 NOON Channel 69 News with Eve and Jaciel 1pm Announce Phillies Baseball on Comcast 1pm-6pm Glen Mac and Anthony Gargano on 94 WIP 1pm-2pm Radio Show on WEEX 1230 4pm-7pm Happy Hour on WEEX 1230 1:30-6pm DIANA 2pm Calling Bingo at Moravian Hall Square 6pm RCN SPORTS TALK SHOW ON RCN4 7:30pm JOLLY JOE TIMMEER SHOW ON RCN4 8pm-11pm NED RICHARDS ON WALN 10pm Anchor News on CW57 Friday August 3: 8:30am-1pm DIANA 11AM-1PM Jolly Joe Timmer on WGPA 1100 11am Fitness NOON Channel 69 News with Eve and Jaciel 1pm-6pm Glen Mac and Anthony Gargano on 94 WIP 4pm-7pm Happy Hour on WEEX 1230 4pm-9pm DIANA 5pm-8pm AT THE BUSHKILL TWP. CARNIVAL WITH DIANA 6pm-12am JD ROSS ON WALN 7pm Announce Phillies Baseball on Comcast 7pm Announce St Joe's Festival on WNEP 10pm Anchor News on CW57 Saturday August 4: 8:30am-10:30am DIANA 9am-11am KEITH GROLLER ON 1470 WSAN 10am-NOON 69 Sports Saturday on WEEX 1230 NOON-12:30pm Radio Show on WEEX 1230 11am-9pm Mark Thomas on WGPA 1100 7pm Announce Phillies Baseball on COMCAST 7pm Announce St Joe's Festival on WNEP 9pm-2am NED RICHARDS on WALN 10pm Anchor News on CW57 10:30pm Announce Charlie Manuel Show on MYPHL17 Sunday August 5: 11am-NOON Radio Show 9:30am-NOON JOLLY JOE TIMMER ON WGPA 1100 1:30pm Announce Phillies Baseball on MYPHL17 NOON-3pm Dennis Christman on WGPA 1100 3pm-9pm MIGHTY MIKE ON WGPA 1100 7pm Layla on WALN 9pm Happy Jack on WALN 10pm Anchor News on CW57 RIP: Dale Earenhardt SR. Davey Allison COURTNEY DIACONT GRANDMA WEAVER JAMIE LINTZ JOHN VUKOVCICH KRISTEN BENNY PARSONS DEREK KEHOE JOSH HANCOCK Joe Schneider Frank Klepeisz Mary Mutchler Jene Flick Frank Jenny Jennifer Jacksits Donald Williams John Marzano Andrew Millheim Harold Rrenyold Todd Rothrock Wayne Grube Catherine Baker Knoll Josh Booth Francesco Tolerico Craig Borst George Williams Deborah Ed Phil Newbaker Harry Kalas Dan Ozark Chuck Daly Brenton Krouse Joshua Miller Gary Pappa Farrah Facett Irv Homer Michael Jackson Steve Mcnair Paul Marcinkowski Walt Cronkite Henry Tomkowski (Who raised a great and fun Daughter) Tom Partridge Angelica Fox Melissa Kinsella Joey Beers Ben Yorgy Brooke Stephens Ryan Zawada Frank Silfries Pumpkin Groller Al Alberts Morgan Mcginis Jason Gilligan Harriet Lindenmoyer Barbara Johnson Chris Henry Oral Roberts Patti Heffner Britney Murphy Glen W. 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TV NEWS ON JULY 29

http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2012/07/summer-week-9-sitcom-ratings-new.html We're smack dab in the middle of the summer and we will be back with our normal weekly ratings report with the first four nights numbers and analysis in the fall, but we still will have our regular how the sitcoms did all summer long! Here are our summer ratings: Summer Week 9 (July 23-29) How the Sitcoms Did Last Sunday Sitcoms (counts for week of July 16-22) The Simpsons (Fox) - A special repeat at 7pm did 1.96 million and a 0.9 18-49 rating, as it was preempted from 8-9pm. The Cleveland Show (Fox) - preempted. Bob's Burgers (Fox) - preempted. Family Guy (Fox) - A special repeat at 7:30pm did 2.56 million and a 1.2 18-49 rating, obviously lower than usual since it didn't air in its normal 9-10pm summer slots. American Dad! (Fox) - preempted. Monday Sitcoms How I Met Your Mother (CBS) - A repeat did 3.98 million and a 1.1 18-49 rating, on par with previous week. Finally stopped the up or down trend. 2 Broke Girls (CBS) - A repeat of this comedy did 4.57 million and a 1.3 18-49 rating, up a tenth from previous week. Two and a Half Men (CBS) - A repeat did 5.8 million and only a 1.6 18-49 rating, up four tenths from previous week. Its best showing in the time period in many weeks. Mike & Molly (CBS) - 5.19 million and a 1.4 18-49 rating for a repeat was up two tenths from previous week. Tuesday Sitcoms The Middle (ABC) - Tuesday repeats will air for the rest of the summer, in addition to its regular Wednesday airings. The first Tuesday airing did 3.39 million and a 0.8 18-49 rating, on par with its normal Wednesday summer repeats. Last Man Standing (ABC) - A repeat of this sitcom followed with 2.51 million and a 0.7 18-49 rating. Could have been a bit higher. New Girl (Fox) - preempted. Wednesday Sitcoms The Middle (ABC) - A repeat at 8 did 3.66 million and a 0.8 18-49 rating, down a tenth from previous week again. Suburgatory (ABC) - A repeat at 8:30 posted 3.01 million and a 0.8 18-49 rating, on par week-to-week. The comedy will be moving to 9:30pm this Fall. Up All Night (NBC) - preempted. Modern Family (ABC) 2 airings - A repeat did 3.75 million and a 1.3 rating, down a tenth from previous week. Solid. A second airing followed with a similar 4.07 million and a 1.5 18-49 rating, on par with previous week. Good showings. Happy Endings (ABC) - preempted. Thursday Sitcoms The Big Bang Theory (CBS) - A repeat at 8 did 7.88 million and a 2.2 18-49 rating, down three tenths (and a million total viewers) from the previous week. Still good, but down. Two and a Half Men (CBS) - A repeat at 8:30pm did a solid 6.64 million and a 1.9 18-49 rating, thanks to a solid lead-in, but down two tenths week-to-week. The Office (NBC) - A repeat at 8 did 2.25 million and a 0.6 18-49 rating, which is not good but again on par with previous week. Parks and Recreation (NBC) - A repeat of this followed at 8:30pm and did only 1.52 million and a 0.5 18-49 rating, down a tenth week-to-week. No rewatchability. New Girl (Fox) - preempted. Friday Sitcoms Whitney (NBC) - preempted, Olympics time. Community (NBC) - preempted, Olympics time. Saturday Sitcoms Rules of Engagement (CBS) - preempted. Airing tonight (Sunday) are repeats of Fox Animation Domination from 7-10pm. Summing it up. Repeats of The Big Bang Theory, Modern Family, Two and a Half Men-Mon & Thurs were impressive for the week. Everything else was OK (such as repeats of 2 Broke Girls, How I Met Your Mother) or just plain old terrible (such as repeats of Parks & Recreation, Last Man Standing). Feeling the repeat blues? Look for original sitcoms on cable this summer, with ABC Family's sophomore season of Melissa & Joey at 8pm all-new this Wednesday. What an underrated family comedy it is. New comedy Baby Daddy starring Chelsea Kane airs at 8:30pm with episode 6. TBS has week three of new sitcom Sullivan & Son this Thursday at 10pm. It's Cheers meets Sanford & Son, if that makes sense. Also on Wednesdays is TV Land's Hot in Cleveland spin-off series The Soul Man starring Cedric the Entertainer at 10pm followed by new episodes of The Exes at 10:30pm. TV Land has moved Retired at 35 to Wednesdays and is airing at 11pm. FX and Charlie Sheen come together in Anger Management airing Thursdays at 9:30pm. Even on digital TV, Bounce TV airs new comedy Family Time starring Omar Gooding, but it had its season finale on July 23...look for repeats on Bounce TV. All of these are multi-camera comedies, too! New sitcom airings is the perfect way to beat the summer blues! The Television Critics Association (TCA) has announced the winners for its 2012 TCA Awards. Bryan Cranston, star of AMC's hit series Breaking Bad, hosted the annual invitation-only event, held at the Beverly Hilton hotel in conjunction with the TCA's summer 2012 press tour. The non-televised ceremony bestowed awards in 12 categories to recipients in comedy, drama, reality, miniseries, news and youth programming for the 2011-2012 television season in this 28th Annual TCA Awards presentation. Members of the TCA, a media organization of more than 200 professional TV critics and journalists from the United States and Canada, voted HBO's celebrated Game of Thrones this season's Program of the Year and honored Showtime's freshman drama, Homeland, with the award for Outstanding New Program. Winning its first TCA Award ever, the FX sitcom Louie took home the award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy, and its star, Louis C.K., nabbed the top trophy in the Individual Achievement in Comedy category. AMC's Breaking Bad once again received the award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama, having previously won the distinction in 2010, and Homeland star Claire Danes was honored with Individual Achievement in Drama for her portrayal of Carrie Mathison. Cable series continues to dominate awards shows.

NBC’s Coverage of Day 3 of the 2012 Olympics

http://sportsmediajournal.com/ Tomorrow is the first weekday of the 2012 London Olympics. Here is the schedule for the games on the networks of NBC: NBC 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (9 a.m. CT/PT) Swimming – Qualifying Heats Men’s Beach Volleyball – Gibb/Rosenthal (U.S.) vs. Fijalek/Prudel (Poland) (LIVE) Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Brazil (LIVE) Women’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Hungary (LIVE) Rowing – Qualifying Heats Canoeing – Women’s Whitewater K-1 Qualifying Heats 8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT) Swimming – Gold Medal Finals Men’s 200M Freestyle Men’s 100M Backstroke Women’s 100M Backstroke Women’s 100M Breaststroke Men’s Gymnastics – Team Gold Medal Final Men’s Diving – Synchronized Platform Gold Medal Final Women’s Beach Volleyball – May-Treanor/Walsh (U.S.) vs. Slukova/Kolocova (Czech Republic) 12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT) Swimming – Semifinals Canoeing – Men’s Whitewater C-2 Qualifying Heats NBC SPORTS NETWORK 4 a.m. – 8 p.m. Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Angola (LIVE) Women’s Beach Volleyball – Zhang/Xue (China) vs. Kuhn/Zumkehr (Switzerland) (LIVE) Women’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round Serbia vs. South Korea (LIVE) Italy vs. Japan (LIVE) Equestrian – Eventing Cross Country (LIVE) Boxing – Elimination Bouts Men’s Field Hockey – South Korea vs. New Zealand (LIVE) Men’s Archery – Individual Elimination Round Men’s Shooting – 10M Air Rifle Gold Medal Final Women’s Badminton – Wang (U.S.) vs. Wang (China.) BRAVO 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. Tennis – Early Rounds (LIVE) MSNBC 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Women’s Water Polo – (LIVE) Spain vs. China (LIVE) Italy vs. Australia (LIVE) Women’s Beach Volleyball – (LIVE) Larissa/Juliana (Brazil) vs. Holtwick/Semmler (Germany) (LIVE) D. Schwaiger/S.Schwaiger (Austria) vs. Cook/Hinchley (Australia) (LIVE) Women’s Basketball – Russia vs. Brazil (LIVE) Weightlifting – Women’s 58KG Gold Medal Final Men’s Field Hockey – Great Britain vs. Argentina (LIVE) Women’s Handball – France vs. Spain Table Tennis – Qualifying Round Men’s Badminton – Bach/Gunawan (U.S.) vs. Kawamae/Sato (Japan) (LIVE) CNBC 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Boxing – Elimination Bouts NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL 4 a.m. – 7 p.m. Women’s Basketball – Qualifying Round (LIVE) U.S. vs. Angola (LIVE) Russia vs. Brazil (LIVE) France vs. Australia (LIVE) Croatia vs. China (LIVE) Czech Republic vs. Turkey (LIVE) Great Britain vs. Canada (LIVE) NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL Best of Soccer Qualifying Round TELEMUNDO 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (ET/PT) Swimming – Qualifying Heats Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round Women’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round Tennis – Early Rounds Boxing – Elimination Bouts Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT) Swimming – Gold Medal Finals Men’s Gymnastics – Team Gold Medal Final Men’s Diving –Synchronized Platform Gold Medal Final 3D 5 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. Women’s Gymnastics – Team Competition Swimming – Gold Medal Finals Women’s Diving –Synchronized Springboard Gold Medal Final

NBC Continues to See Record Viewership After Day One of Olympics

http://sportsmediajournal.com/ NBC could not have asked for a better start to the 2012 Olympics. At least when it comes to viewership and ratings numbers. 28.7 million viewers tuned in to last night’s prime time telecast, making it the most-watched first day for the Olympics on record. The viewership is more than 5 million higher than the 2008 games and 2 million viewers higher than the 1996 Atlanta Olmpics, the most watched opening before yesterday. NBC’s two-day primetime average of 35.6 million viewers is the best start to a Summer Olympics on record, more than two million more than Atlanta (33.3 million), and more than six million more viewers than Beijing (29.5 million). The rating for the evening was 15.8, 14% higher than four years ago and 34% higher tan the 2004 Athens Games. The audience and ratings numbers continue to buck the debate that NBC is being hurt by not airing the marquee events live.

Penn State, front and center, on "Face The Nation"

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/ FROM KEITH GROLLER The Penn State conversation never ends. It's the type of story that sells because it involves the fall of power and an icon and because no one, and I mean absolutely no one, saw the depths of this story coming a year or 10 months ago. So there's the added dimension of complete shock to this as well. While Penn State fans would probably prefer to turn away or look forward to brighter days, the story continues to dominate the news. And it probably won't totally go away for a long time to come. Judging from what I have heard from Penn State football fans, they believe the NCAA, Louis Freeh .. everyone has been unfair and they have piled on too hard. Some firmly believe that there has been been a conspiratorial rush to judgment in this case to throw the late Paterno under the bus when he has no chance to defend himself or his legacy. Everybody, I believe, wants the full story, all of the facts, to come out. And they believe we are nowhere near that point yet. It has been a difficult situation for so many Penn Staters to grasp and accept. Today on "Face the Nation" some very opinionated sports personalities -- Buzz Bissinger, Jim Rome, Bill Rhoden, James Brown etc. -- weighed in on the Penn State scandal and I doubt that many Penn Staters liked most of what they heard, if they watched at all, because for those who are outside the scope of State College, Pennsylvania and the "We Are ... " culture, there is certainly no sympathy coming for what went down in this situation. Here's a transcript courtesy of CBS: July 29, 2012 **FULL TRANSCRIPT** Bob Schieffer: And joining me now to talk about this situation and the impact it's had on football in general and, kind of, the state of sports in America, Sara Ganim, who is a CNN contributor. She won the Pulitzer Prize for her work for the Harrisburg Patriot-News" on the Sandusky scandal. Sara, you are how old? Sara Ganim: Twenty-four.. (LAUGHTER) Bob Schieffer: And you've already got a Pulitzer. All right. Bill Rhoden is a sports columnist for the New York Times. Buzz Bissinger is a contributor for Newsweek and "The Daily Beast." He wrote "Friday Night Lights," one of the best books about football ever written. And our own James Brown, who's here at the table with me; and out in Los Angeles, Jim Rome, both, of course, of CBS Sports. Sara, I've got to talk to you. You have heard the president. What -- what struck you here? What are the questions we need to be asking now? Sara Ganim: Well, I think the -- the situation about the money and how they're going to pay, not just for the fine that the NCAA imposed but the lawsuits that are inevitably going to come, the millions that they're already spending and will continue to spend on crisis management. How will they ensure that this doesn't come from the three key areas, from tuition money, from taxpayer money, and from donations from people who give to Penn State because they went to school there or enjoy the program? And the interesting thing about Penn State is that, unlike many state schools, it's what we call in Pennsylvania "state-related," so it gets state money, but it doesn't have to open up its records. So we cannot -- no one, no members of the public, no journalists, -- can look and see the money trail. And while President Erickson is telling us what pot of money they want to take the $60 million from, we don't know where that money was going before. So how do we know that -- where that $60 million might have gone to, you know, build the new academic building or a laboratory? How are they paying for it now? How are they paying for the -- the other sports programs? All of them, except basketball, are dependent on Penn State football. So where is that money coming from? And how do I know that my tax money isn't going to that? Bob Schieffer: Bill, let me just start with you, and just go around the table. A short question: Did the NCAA impose the right penalty here? Should it have been harsher or was it not harsh enough? Bill Rhoden: Bob, absolutely not. They should not be playing football. The fact that -- the fact that they are playing football is one of the greatest abdications, moral abdications, maybe, in the history of the NCAA. There's no way that they should be playing football. Bob Schieffer: All right. Jim Rome out there in L.A., what's your take? Jim Rome: Bob, I think they got it right. I think the NCAA actually had to come down the way they did. We're talking about the worst scandal ever. The NCAA couldn't just sit that one out. We're talking about a head coach who knew and an athletic director who knew, a vice president and a president knew that they had a pedophile within their buildings. They had to do something. So I think that they got it right. I think it certainly was punitive. I think that it was just. And I think that they had no -- no other opportunity or no other choice but to do what they did. And I think they got it. Bob Schieffer: Buzz Bissinger? Buzz Bissinger: Yeah, I mean, given the past conduct of the NCAA in which they literally never do anything, I think the sanctions were appropriate and correct. I think it's going to have a severe impact on the Penn State football program. When you lose scholarships like that, when you're restricted and you're not going to bowl games, kids -- it's a business, and kids and their parents are going to say, "Don't go to Penn State." Bob Schieffer: You know, my daughter went to SMU the year that they got the death penalty, no football. They canceled all the games the first year, canceled the visiting games the second year. SMU went ahead and canceled the home games. I remember going to the homecoming soccer game... (LAUGHTER) .... and it just wasn't quite the same. SMU didn't do nearly what happened at Penn State. Do you think the penalty was right, James? BROWN: I think, on balance, it was fair. I thought it was punitive enough. There's no such thing as a penalty that will be fair with all parties involved, Bob. The current athletes, they had nothing to do with it. I hate the fact that they're going to be impacted, but there's always collateral damage when there's a punitive measure put in place. And I think the right thing was done. Because, for me, it begins and it ends with the young people who were raped and abused. That says it all to me. Bob Schieffer: Obviously, something like this can't happen without consequences, but what the people in Penn State argue, some of them, and in the community, as well as some members of the board, is that the wrong people are being punished. The guys that did this have been fired. They've been sent on their way. And it's the football players, it's the fans who are being punished here, Bill. Bill Rhoden: Oh, God. You have got to stop -- I mean, that's the whole problem. The only innocent people in this whole drama are the kids who were raped. You know, I don't know if anybody has been the victim of abuse. But that's something that's forever. They're the only people -- and the fact that -- if you listen to this whole thing, the only thing that Penn State wanted, the only thing it would listen to is, let us play football. That's the only thing they wanted to do, let us in the game. Let us in the game, as long as we're in the game, we can make a little money here, make a little money -- if you shut it down, you're sending a message that resonates to California, down to Alabama, up to the Northeast. But by letting them play ball, that's the only thing they want to do, just let us play ball, and they play ball. James Brown: The competitiveness of the program is going to be impacted. The reduction in scholarships for sure. No bowl money revenue will be disseminated at all, $60 million is a pretty significant hit, especially to the second-biggest employer in the state there, being the Penn State University, period. So I think it was very punitive for sure. I do hate that the kids won't be able to pursue. But you know what? That's life. I mean, Sara said it back in the green room. There's nothing fair about that, but when you're talking about a situation that is as egregious as this, the right thing was done. Bob Schieffer: Well, Sara, talk to us a little bit. As a reporter, I'm interested, this must have been a very tough story to get. Sara Ganim: Well, you know, it's funny you say that actually. Because when you talk about -- a lot of people have been talking about the culture at Penn State. As reporters in State College, there was a joke, we used to call Penn State "the Kremlin." And it really was impenetrable. I mean, the Penn State practices were closed, the football program was incredibly secret. And when you talk about what happened and looking back in hindsight, these were things that were not really -- these were known things. It was very difficult to get information out of Penn State, out of the administration, out of the football program. It was just impossible. And so that -- you know, that has definitely carried through. And I -- in some ways, I think President Erickson recognizes that and is trying to make things more open, but I do think Penn State has a long way to go before we really know what's going on. Bob Schieffer: What did you do? Did you get a tip? How did you find out about this? Sara Ganim: Yes, I got a tip. It was kind of dumb luck in a way. I asked a source, anything else going on? What else should I know? And the source said to me, hey, you know, Jerry Sandusky has been accused. And this is the point where it's just one child, one boy, a teen boy who had accused him. And six weeks later that person called me back and said, hey, remember that thing I told you, never mind, it's not true. And that was the beginning of three years before we really could get a solid story to print. Buzz Bissinger: You know, and there are still a lot of unanswered questions. I have a lot of questions about the conduct of Governor Tom Corbett, why this investigation took so long. Why was a grand jury impaneled, as opposed to arresting Mr. Sandusky and then you could have continued the investigation? I mean, he put other children at risk. This investigation took three years. He had one investigator, he says two, on the case for the first two years. A narcotics officer -- and by the way, he was an attorney general running for governor, and you have to ask the question, was he scared of offending the Penn State base, which is enormous in the state of Pennsylvania? Bob Schieffer: Jim Rome, I asked President Erickson, what about Joe Paterno, did he stay too long? I found him fairly forthcoming considering the circumstances, but he clearly dodged that question. He said, well, people have to make up their own judgment about whether he stayed too long. Is that what happened here? Was this an icon who just should have retired or been retired some years ago? Jim Rome: Yes, Bob, I don't think it's a matter of him staying too long. I think it's a matter of a man who had an opportunity to do the right thing and did not do so. I mean, the one thing that we could always believe in, in college sports, was Joe Paterno, a man of integrity, a man of virtue, a man that would do the right thing given the opportunity at the right time. But that's not what he did. And a lot of Penn State fans are really upset about this, but the fact of the matter is, this is now his legacy. This went on under his watch. He knew about it, the A.D. knew about it, the vice president knew about it, and the president knew about it. And he did not do the right thing. And unfortunately, this is now what he's going to be remembered for more than anything else, not that he stayed too long but that he had a chance to do the right thing and didn't do it. James Brown: Hey, Bob, if I could coat-tail on what Jim Rome is saying, that to me galls me the most. You have got adults who are in position of responsibility, there to be carrying the banner for honesty and integrity and transparency, and they failed miserably in that. And this -- while this is the most egregious situation that I've seen, the tail wagging the dog, the athletic department wagging the dog at a big-time athletic program is nothing novel. I'm just hopeful -- I'm not very confident that it's going to happen, that there will be a significant change because this isn't the only place where the tail is wagging the dog. Big-time college athletics is viewed through the prism of money and it runs the show. Bob Schieffer: All right. We're going to keep talking about this, but we have to take a little break and make a little money for FACE THE NATION. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) Bob Schieffer: I want to go back to Sara. Do you think -- you just heard Jim Rome say, and we all seem pretty much in agreement that Coach Paterno had to know something about this. Do you think he was just out of it, though? Was this a fellow who had had a great career but probably didn't really know what was going on? Because it seems to me like the self-perpetuation of the Joe Paterno legend became even larger than the football program at Penn State? Sara Ganim: I would say it was larger than Penn State. Joe Paterno and Penn State were basically synonymous. And I think that -- when I talk to students there, and I've been talking a lot to students, I was a student not that long ago at Penn State, one thing that I really hope that people learn from this is that this was almost idol worship at this point to Joe Paterno. And it's just not fair to the fans. It's not fair to the person, to Joe, that we hold people to such a high standard on such a pedestal. I mean, really, honestly, to erect a statue, a larger-than- life statue of someone who is still alive on campus in front of the place where they work, can you imagine going into work every day with a 10-foot statue of yourself? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'd like that. Bill Rhoden: Nick Saban does. Nick Saban does. Nick Saban goes down whatever it's called, and there's a big statue of Nick Saban because he now won a national championship. Buzz Bissinger: Look, you know, we can use Joe Paterno's age as an excuse. Joe Paterno was a dictator. It took five years and an appeal to the state supreme court to get his salary, which was public. He knew something was going on in 1998. He definitely, according to the Freeh Report, had an impact on the decision that was made in 2001. At the end of the day, Jerry Sandusky was a member of the football mafia family, and as long as you don't rat, you're a member of the family. And what is the most troublesome in all those e-mails we've read, not one word about any of the victims. Not a single word. James Brown: You know what, I don't begrudge the success of any college coach who wins and wins consistently and does it right. I don't know all the story there. Time and distance from it will tell the full story. There's a truth that says that which was done in the dark will ultimately come to the light. So I don't begrudge the success. It's just the degree to which we deify them and then they're insulated, there's no firewall between -- the university is supposed to be running the show and that doesn't happen many places. Bob Schieffer: Well, let me bring Jim Rome back in to this. So we know how it happened at Penn State. Do we have this same kind of situation at other big universities around the country because football has suddenly become very, very big business -- not suddenly but is very big business? Jim Rome: You know, Bob, I've got a couple of thoughts on that. Number one, it will never be like it was at Penn State because we're talking about somebody that was there for 40-plus years and we're talking about a very small community that really derives a lot of its identity, both from that university and the football program. So it could never be like it was at Penn State with Joe Paterno. That was an anomaly in and of itself. However, I would say, and Nick Saban's name came up, you can't tell me Nick Saban is any less powerful right now than he was before this whole thing went down. To me that is what is so troubling. This is not going to change anything at all. The only thing this is going to change is the way Joe Paterno was seen. It's going to change the way that football team looks on the field there. But it's not going to change anything nationally because the stakes are always going to be what they're going to be and people are going to want to win and that's not going to change. I don't think it changes anything. Bill Rhoden: Do you think Les Miles has less power than the president at LSU? Are you kidding me? Jim Rome: None of them do. Bill Rhoden: And so I just want to make this very clear about this whole thing. I think that what we talk about here -- and you mentioned mafia -- we're talking about death penalties. The NCAA itself should get the death penalty. They is -- I want to get back to it -- they took care of the member of the club, OK, Penn State is a member. They slapped them around publicly, $60 million -- USC we were slapping them around a couple of years ago, USC is the preseason number one. And guess what -- and USC may get one of Penn State's guys. I mean, this business, the deeper you get into it, is incestuous and it's coming to the point it's immoral. And look what we're doing here, we're punishing a moral trespass with money. We're saying, "okay, you raise a moral -- but give us some money" Buzz Bissinger: You are punishing with sanctions, you are punishing with significant sanctions, more... Bill Rhoden: But it's still money. Buzz Bissinger: More than USC -- yes, it was a PR move for the NCAA. Is it going to change the culture of college football? No. Should players be paid? Of course. But we have this myth, this ridiculous myth was whole man that never existed, that was perpetuated by Walter Camp and Grantland Rice. It's a disgrace, and the NCAA is a disgrace. And part of it was a PR move. Bob Schieffer: Sarah, how many of the football players -- they can can now transfer to other schools without losing any eligibility. What's your take? What are you hearing? Do you think many of them will? Sara Ganim: No, I think many of them are going to stay. Bob Schieffer: Do you? Sara Ganim: Out of loyalty. And, you know, I think there's really only one -- correct me if I'm wrong, guys -- but there's only one who has been talking -- openly talking -- Silas Redd, to USC. And most of the players at Big 10 media day said, "look, we're sticking together. This is a decision we're making as a team. We're going to play this season." And I think a lot of them are standing behind Bill O'Brien. It's the same kind of reaction in the community. People are saying, "I don't care how much a football ticket, is I'm going to go to the games, even if I wasn't going to go to the games otherwise to show, hey, you can't beat me down. I'm going.." Bill Rhoden: They don't lose. Sara Ganim: I'm going to support Penn State Bob Schieffer: We're about to go out of time. I want to go back to what buzz said. should we be paying our college athletes? Bill Rhoden: No, I don't believe in that. I do believe... Bob Schieffer: Because they're the only ones not making a whole bunch of money out of this. Bill Rhoden: Well, that's the rule of the NCAA. The only people who make money are the adults. But I don't believe -- I do believe that there is something to be said for going to these great universities and getting an education. Buzz Bissinger: They don't go there for that. They don't have the time. They don't have the wherewithal. Bill Rhoden: I think that a lot do. Buzz Bissinger: I think very few do. I think very few do. And Cam Newton probably made tens of millions of dollars for Auburn, tens of millions of dollars and gets nothing. It isn't fair. It is a form of indenturement. Bob Schieffer: All right, well, I'm sorry, that is where -- we'll probably continue this conversation after we go off the air, but we have to end this part of it. We'll be back in a moment. Thank you all so much.

FINAL NIGHT OF HOLY FAMILY PICNIC

Annual festival held on the field at the end of W. Center Street in Nazareth. Games, Rides, Dancing, Bingo, Beer Tent. Food: Clams, Rib-Eye Steak Sandwiches, Pierogies, Funnel Cake, Fried Dough, Sausage Sandwiches, Pizza, Turkey Barbecue, Hot Ham Sandwiches, Waffles & Ice Cream, etc. Entertainment by "Josef Kroboth" and "Uncle Smiley". Festival drawing with grand prize of $3,00 will be held at 9:30 pm. It runs from 4pm-10pm

MUSICFEST PREVIEW

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/musikfest/index.ssf/2012/07/musikfest_find_all_the_stories_and_schedules_here.html FROM THE EXPRESS TIMES Before you make your Musikfest plans, check out our lineup of new attractions and schedules. In our Musikfest special section (which hits newsstands today), you'll find photos of your favorite artists, schedules, new attractions and a map of the festival grounds.

Stellar summer basketball standings with one date left in regular season

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/ FROM KEITH GROLLER John Hrebik was kind enough to pass along the updated Stellar Summer High School Basketball Standings. There is just one date left in the regular season and that's Tuesday night. Not sure if the playoffs will start later this week or next week, but I do know that they like to wrap up the summer basketball a week before the high school fall sports start, which this year is Monday, Aug. 13. John said he'd keep us informed. Here are the latest standings, which include Saturday morning's makeup games: TEAM RECORD 1) CCHS 10 - 1 2) Allen 9 - 2 3) Dieruff 9 - 2 4) Liberty 9 - 2 5) Parkland 9 - 2 6) Whitehall 8 - 3 7) Bangor 7 - 4 8) Becahi 7 - 4 9) Emmaus 7 - 4 10) Salisbury 7 - 4 11) Nazareth 5 - 6 12) Saucon Valley 5 - 6 13) Wilson 5 - 6 14) Freedom 4 - 7 15) Boyertown 3 - 7 16) Northampton 3 - 7 17) Quakertown 3 - 8 18) Southern Lehigh 3 - 8 19) Pleasant Valley 2 - 8 20) Northern Lehigh 2 - 9 21) Lincoln Leadership 1 - 9 22) Brandywine 1 - 10

Sunday!

Monday July 30, 2012 Phillies are done, NO PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR.. 37 DAYS UNTIL I AM COLLECTING TICKETS AT NAZARETH FOOTBALL! THE LIBERTY GATE!! THE COUNTDOWN IS ON!!!!! I AM EXCITED AND READY!!!!!!! MY Nazareth job is coming back! I Can smell it! That how close we are getting!!!!! August is Wednesday!!!!!!! Did you get my fire truck pictures? Big thanks to the UPPER NAZARETH FIRE For doing it for me!!!! I Had no clue they were bringing all 5 trucks to my house! THEY SHOCKED ME THERE!!!!!!!!! I Will be riding with them in October at the HALLOWEEN PARADE!!!!!!!! Tonight on WALN CABLE: 7pm Happy Jack and Vicky 9pm Don Hunter's OLD TIME RADIO SHOWS!! Went to the Holy Family Fair Friday night! Was 1 number away from 60 dollars at BINGO! Oh well It was fun though!!!! I Loved the Band!!!!!! 2 Girls came up to me and DANCED With me!!!!!!!! Greetings! Happy Monday! Last e-mail in July! Wednesday is August! Time flying by!' 2 weeks from today FOOTBALL PRACTICE Starts! Next Monday it's Band and Cheerleading!!!!! Still HOT Out! Are you staying cool? We been getting small storms everyday! That will continue all week! How are you? How was your weekend? What did you do all weekend? Anything fun? I am great! Had a great weekend! I Relaxed all weekend!!!! Watched the Summer Olympics! Did you watch? I Love the Olympics! What sport do you like? I Like Swimming! Women Sports!!!! Stay tuned for updates on my Walmart Try-out!!!!! Youth Football Camp at Nazareth all week! I Will go check it out!!!! Back to Fitness Wednesday and Friday this week! My dogs are hanging in. My white dog fell into my pond Saturday after a seizure. Toby my other dog is hanging in too. Strange that all 3 dogs has seizures. Attendent Care Services going great! Diana Rocks! I Will miss her in August!!!!!!! MARK YOUR CALENDARS: SATURDAY AUGUST 11TH 10AM-2PM I WILL BE WITH THE DREAMKIDS AT THE WALMART AT THE CROSSINGS! WE WILL BE RAISING MONEY FOR DREAM COME TRUE! Hope you can stop by!!!!!!!! Schedule: Monday July 30: 8:30am-12:30pm DIANA 11AM-1PM Jolly Joe Timmer on WGPA 1100 NOON Channel 69 News with Eve and Jaciel 1pm-6pm Glen Mac and Anthony Gargano on 94 WIP 1pm-2pm Radio Show on WEEX 1230 4pm-7pm Happy Hour on WEEX 1230 4pm-6pm DIANA NO ANNOUNCING OFF TONIGHT 7pm Happy Jack on WALN 9pm Don Hunter on WALN 10pm Anchor News on CW57 Tuesday July 31: 8:30am-12:30pm DIANA 11AM-1PM Jolly Joe Timmer on WGPA 1100 NOON Channel 69 News with Eve and Jaciel 1pm-6pm Glen Mac and Anthony Gargano on 94 WIP 1pm-2pm Radio Show on WEEX 1230 4pm-7pm Happy Hour on WEEX 1230 4pm-6pm DIANA 7pm Announce Phillies Baseball on Comcast 10pm Anchor News on CW57 Wednesday August 1: 8:30am-5pm DIANA 11am FITNESS 11AM-1PM Jolly Joe Timmer on WGPA 1100 NOON Channel 69 News with Eve and Jaciel 1pm-6pm Glen Mac and Anthony Gargano on 94 WIP 1pm-2pm Radio Show on WEEX 1230 4pm-7pm Happy Hour on WEEX 1230 7pm Announce Phillies Baseball on Comcast 10pm Anchor News on CW57 Thursday August 2: 8:30am-11am DIANA 11AM-1PM Jolly Joe Timmer on WGPA 1100 NOON Channel 69 News with Eve and Jaciel 1pm Announce Phillies Baseball on Comcast 1pm-6pm Glen Mac and Anthony Gargano on 94 WIP 1pm-2pm Radio Show on WEEX 1230 4pm-7pm Happy Hour on WEEX 1230 1:30-6pm DIANA 2pm Calling Bingo at Moravian Hall Square 6pm RCN SPORTS TALK SHOW ON RCN4 7:30pm JOLLY JOE TIMMEER SHOW ON RCN4 8pm-11pm NED RICHARDS ON WALN 10pm Anchor News on CW57 Friday August 3: 8:30am-1pm DIANA 11AM-1PM Jolly Joe Timmer on WGPA 1100 11am Fitness NOON Channel 69 News with Eve and Jaciel 1pm-6pm Glen Mac and Anthony Gargano on 94 WIP 4pm-7pm Happy Hour on WEEX 1230 4pm-9pm DIANA 5pm-8pm AT THE BUSHKILL TWP. CARNIVAL WITH DIANA 6pm-12am JD ROSS ON WALN 7pm Announce Phillies Baseball on Comcast 7pm Announce St Joe's Festival on WNEP 10pm Anchor News on CW57 Saturday August 4: 8:30am-10:30am DIANA 9am-11am KEITH GROLLER ON 1470 WSAN 10am-NOON 69 Sports Saturday on WEEX 1230 NOON-12:30pm Radio Show on WEEX 1230 11am-9pm Mark Thomas on WGPA 1100 7pm Announce Phillies Baseball on COMCAST 7pm Announce St Joe's Festival on WNEP 9pm-2am NED RICHARDS on WALN 10pm Anchor News on CW57 10:30pm Announce Charlie Manuel Show on MYPHL17 Sunday August 5: 11am-NOON Radio Show 9:30am-NOON JOLLY JOE TIMMER ON WGPA 1100 1:30pm Announce Phillies Baseball on MYPHL17 NOON-3pm Dennis Christman on WGPA 1100 3pm-9pm MIGHTY MIKE ON WGPA 1100 7pm Layla on WALN 9pm Happy Jack on WALN 10pm Anchor News on CW57 RIP: Dale Earenhardt SR. Davey Allison COURTNEY DIACONT GRANDMA WEAVER JAMIE LINTZ JOHN VUKOVCICH KRISTEN BENNY PARSONS DEREK KEHOE JOSH HANCOCK Joe Schneider Frank Klepeisz Mary Mutchler Jene Flick Frank Jenny Jennifer Jacksits Donald Williams John Marzano Andrew Millheim Harold Rrenyold Todd Rothrock Wayne Grube Catherine Baker Knoll Josh Booth Francesco Tolerico Craig Borst George Williams Deborah Ed Phil Newbaker Harry Kalas Dan Ozark Chuck Daly Brenton Krouse Joshua Miller Gary Pappa Farrah Facett Irv Homer Michael Jackson Steve Mcnair Paul Marcinkowski Walt Cronkite Henry Tomkowski (Who raised a great and fun Daughter) Tom Partridge Angelica Fox Melissa Kinsella Joey Beers Ben Yorgy Brooke Stephens Ryan Zawada Frank Silfries Pumpkin Groller Al Alberts Morgan Mcginis Jason Gilligan Harriet Lindenmoyer Barbara Johnson Chris Henry Oral Roberts Patti Heffner Britney Murphy Glen W. Bell Jr Vince Heinlein Heather Miller John Murtha Julio Rivera Aaaron Groff Jack Lapos Tom Ochs Mario Donnagelo Sally Murphy Owens Thomas Ernie Harwell Robin Roberts Luke Hahn Bob Shephard Michael Yakemik Donald Fritz George Steinbrenner Teko Johnson Kiski Palmer Smith Lewis Ogioba Chris Hushour Bill Altherton Mary Sysko Stephen Haberle Dan Wheldon Shawnalai Werkheiser Thomas Maher Tori Hirst Sweeney Paul May Elwood Stewart Murphy Phillips Joe Paterno Patricia VanHorn Whitney Houston Matt Kelly Steve Friendricks Dick Clark Dennis Schantzenbach Linda Berry Richard Dawson Mary Tracy Isaac Isaiah Irving Andy Griffth President of the Alan Davis, Gary Laubach, Dream Kids and Keith Groller, Ray Kaminski Fan Clubs! Check out my blog I am doing new things!! http://nazoeagle.blogspot.com/ Keep It real! Thanks for your Time! SEE YOU ON WEDNESDAY!!!!!!!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-volunteers-0729-20120728,0,6071738.story FROM THE MORNING CALL AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION, Palmerton, needs volunteers to help with all aspects of 5K Race for Diabetes 8-10:30 a.m. on Aug. 18. Registration, goodie bags, maintain walk route, cheer on walkers, water stations, set-up and clean-up. Contact: Dawn Fernandez, 888-342-2383, ext. 4625, dfernandez@diabetes.org. COMMUNITY BIKE WORKS, Allentown, is looking to form an Organizing and Planning committee for the Wheels4Kids event being held in September. Also, Earn a Bike Instructor Aide/Mentor to mentor and assist children, ages 9-17, in repairing bicycles. 6-8 p.m. one night each week for 12 weeks. Contact: James Williams, 610-434-1140, james@communitybikeworks.org. DOWNTOWN BETHLEHEM ASSOCIATION needs volunteers for Southside Bike Show on Aug. 18. Set-up (10 a.m.-1 p.m.), registration (1-7 p.m.), parking (1-4 p.m.), chili pepper eating contest (1-5 p.m.), clean-up (7-? p.m.). Minimum age 16. Contact: Loly Reynolds, 484-554-5229, lolyr@lehighvalleychamber.org. EXECUTIVE SERVICE CORPS OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY (ESCLV) is looking for retired and career professional management consultants to volunteer their expertise to non-profits in the Lehigh Valley. Contact: Bill Cosgrove, 610-504-6199, esclv@ptd.net.

Events planned around the Lehigh Valley area

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-lehigh-valley-town-0729-20120728,0,6981205.story FROM THE MORNING CALL LEHIGH COUNTY MUSEUM OF INDIAN CULTURE, 2825 Fish Hatchery Road, Salisbury Township, is accepting donations of Native American books and videos for its used book sale through Saturday, Nov. 10. Any book about Native American culture, history, politics, artifacts, archaeology, crafts, herbals or dance is acceptable. Books and videos about colonial America, environmental issues and native tribes of the western hemisphere are also welcome. Museum hours are noon to 4 p.m. Friday through Sunday.The book sale, which will be held during summer and fall events, benefits the museum's special events, festivals, educational programs and maintenance. For information, call 610-797-2121 or e-mail info@museumofindianculture.org. PENN STATE EXTENSION, Lehigh County, 4184 Dorney Park Road, South Whitehall Township, will hold two-hour tune-ups for groups, agencies and congregations desiring to run more effective meetings 7 to 9 p.m. Aug. 1, 8, 13, 15 and 20. Classes include: meeting and agenda preparation, working with groups and understanding group process, managing conflict, using parliamentary procedure and consensus, and dealing with change. Group leaders and participants may choose to attend as many classes as they wish, depending on their needs and schedules. To register, see http://extension.psu.edu/ecd/events/2-hour-tune-ups-how-to-have-a-great-meeting or call 610-746-1970. HOLY TRINITY MEMORIAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, Fourth and Pine streets, Catasauqua, will hold a picnic-style chicken dinner Saturday, Aug. 18. Seatings will be at 4:15 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. The menu includes: baked chicken, potato salad, corn on the cob, tossed salad, rolls, homemade desserts and beverages. The cost is $9 for adults; $5 for ages 6-12; and free for children under 6. Proceeds benefit Northampton County Meals on Wheels and Trinity's Heating Fund. Take-outs are available. For tickets, call Brenda a 484-634-6484 by Sunday, Aug. 12. No tickets will be sold at the door. NORTHAMPTON COUNTY GOVERNOR WOLF HISTORICAL SOCIETY campus, 6600 Jacksonville Road, East Allen Township, will be the site of a free Passport to History Day 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 29. In addition to tours of the Governor Wolf buildings, other Northampton County historical societies and organizations will present information on 26 historical sites in the county. For information, call 610-258-3300 or 610-253-1222. FRIENDS OF THE DELAWARE CANAL will hold a free Water on the Rocks walk along the Delaware Canal Towpath at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 29 beginning at Theodore Roosevelt Recreation Area, Route 611, Raubsville. The 1.5-mile walk is weather-permitting. If the forecast is questionable, call 215-862-2021 or see http://www.fodc.org. TATAMY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, in partnership with Tatamy Fire Company, will hold its annual car show 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, July 29 on Broad Street in Tatamy. The event, held rain or shine, will feature food and music. The following participants' choice trophies will be presented: 1903-1949, 1950-1959, 1960-1969, 1970-1979, 1980-1989, 1990-1999, and 2000-present. Classes include: truck, street rod through 1949 and custom 1950 to present. Info: 610-258-3380 or 610-258-3832.

State Tournament Matchups

http://www.palegionball.com/apps/blog/show/17663581-state-tournament-matchups FROM PA LEGION THANKS TO THEM FOR THE SCHEDULES! The 2012 State Tournament begins Tuesday morning from Bear Stadium in Boyertown. Don't forget that you can catch all of the action live on palegionball.com throughout the week! Below is the schedule for Tuesday's game. Wednesday will follow the same four game schedule. Game 1 (9:45am) Doylestown (Region 2) vs. Hempfield East (Region 7) Game 2 (Doubleheader, approximately 30 minutes after Game 1) Ephrata (Region 4) vs. Wilcox (Region 8 ) Game 3 (4:00pm) Penn Hills (Region 6) vs. Milton (Region 5) Game 4 (Doubleheader, approximately 30 minutes after Game 3) Boyertown (Host, Region 2) vs. Spring City (Region 3)

Save the dates for these Lehigh Valley events

http://www.mcall.com/features/scene/mc-scene-lehigh-valley-save-dates-0729-2-20120728,0,2204880.story FROM THE MORNING CALL GOLF CLASSIC: Lehigh Carbon Community College Foundation hosts its 19th Annual Golf Classic at Lehigh Country Club on Aug. 6, with registration at 10:30 a.m., lunch at 11 a.m., and a shotgun start of a modified scramble at noon. The tournament includes a Designated Driver event and putting contest, and ends with an evening reception and awards. Proceeds benefit the foundation's scholarship program. Individual registration fee of $350 includes golf, lunch and dinner. Info: 610-799-1929, e-mail jwilchak@lccc.edu or http://www.lcc.edu/foundation. FOX CENTER GALA: A gala benefit, "Canines, Cocktails, and Rockin' Like a Robin," will be held 6-10 p.m. Aug. 16 at Illick's Mill in Bethlehem. The inaugural fundraiser benefits the Fox Environmental Center and The Center for Animal Health and Welfare. The dinner dance includes a silent auction, music, cash bar, photo contests for pets and nature images, and features a new educational exhibit, "Luna's Story: A Cautionary Tale of a Cat in the Night." $25 per person tickets can be reserved at GBFox.org, or call 610-419-0218 (Fox Environmental Center) or 610-252-7722 (Center for Animal Health and Welfare). GOLF BENEFIT: Registration for the 17th Annual Stefano's Golf Tournament to benefit Bethlehem and Lehigh County Special Olympics and St. Jude Children's Hospital Research begins at 8 a.m. Aug. 13 at Whitetail Golf Club in Bath, with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. Awards ceremony and Italian feast follows at 4:30 p.m. $125 per person. To register, call Stefano's at 610-867-7775. GOLF FOR EDUCATION: The 16th Annual Golf Outing held by the Lehigh Valley Chapter of Executive Women International begins with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Aug. 13 at Woodstone Country Club, Danielsville. The format is a scramble. The event benefits scholarships for continuing education for women in transition. The cost for golfers is $90, with July 30 registration deadline. Contact Laura Basara at 610-264-6331 or laura.basara@flsmidth.com.

Friday's Opening Ceremony sets an Olympic record for TV viewers

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/ FROM KEITH GROLLER NBC paid a lot of money to televise the London Summer Olympics and at least for one night that was money well spent. Friday's coverage of the opening ceremonies attracted an average of 40.0 million viewers, which is nearly 6 million more than the Beijing Olympics and 15 million more than Athletes. It is the best viewersship for any non-U.S. Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony ever. and it was the highest-rated Friday night on any network in a decade. Here's the release from NBC: LONDON – July 28, 2012 – In the more than 50 years of televised Olympics, NBC’s coverage of the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics (8 p.m. – 12:02 a.m. ET/PT) is the MOST-WATCHED for a Summer Games on record with 40.7 million average viewers, topping the Atlanta Games (39.8 million). Last night’s viewership is nearly six million more than the 2008 Beijing Olympics (34.9 million) and 15 million more than the 2004 Athens Olympics (25.4 million), the last European Olympics. NBC SPORTS GROUP CHAIRMAN MARK LAZARUS: “This audience number for the London Opening Ceremony is a great early sign that our strategy of driving people to watch NBC in primetime is working. We look forward to the next 16 nights of compelling Olympic competition.” The Opening Ceremony on NBC earned a 21.0/37 national rating/share, the best for a non-U.S. Summer Olympics ever, and the second best for a non-U.S. Games (Summer or Winter) in 36 years – since Innsbruck in 1976 (23.2/37). Last night’s Opening Ceremony national rating of 21.0/37 is 12 percent higher than Beijing in 2008 (18.8/34) and 44 percent higher than Athens in 2004 (14.6/27). The 21.7 rating for last night was the highest-rated Friday night on any network since the Opening Ceremony of the Salt Lake City Games (25.2 on Feb. 8, 2002). OPENING CEREMONY AVERAGE VIEWERS (ALL SUMMER GAMES ON RECORD): 1. London – 2012 40.7 Million NBC 2. Atlanta – 1996 39.8 Million NBC 3. Beijing - 2008 34.9 Million NBC 4. Sydney – 2000 27.3 Million NBC 5. Athens – 2004 25.4 Million NBC 6. Seoul – 1988 22.7 Million NBC 7. Barcelona – 1992 21.6 Million NBC NON-U.S. OPENING CEREMONY NATIONAL RATING (SUMMER GAMES) 1. London – 2012 21.0/37 NBC 2. Beijing – 2008 18.8/34 NBC 3. Rome – 1960 18.1/36 CBS 4. Sydney – 2000 16.2/29 NBC 5. Seoul – 1988 15.2/29 NBC 6. Athens – 2004 14.6/27 NBC 7. Barcelona – 1992 13.8/29 NBC 8. Montreal – 1976 11.1/39 ABC 9. Mexico City - 1968 8.8/34 ABC 10. Munich – 1972 6.5/28 ABC 11. Tokyo – 1964 5.6/14 ABC TOP 20 METERED MARKETS FOR OPENING CEREMONY: 1. San Diego 27.8/49 T2. Washington D.C. 26.8/48 T2. West Palm Beach 26.8/48 4. Salt Lake City 26.6/50 5. Denver 26.4/51 6. Norfolk 26.3/42 7. Sacramento 25.4/47 T8. Kansas City 25.0/44 T8. Richmond 25.0/41 10. Columbus 24.9/43 T11. Boston 24.8/45 T11. Indianapolis 24.8/45 13. Seattle 24.4/48 14. Los Angeles 24.2/44 15. Atlanta 24.1/39 T16. Philadelphia 24.0/40 T16. Jacksonville 24.0/39 T18. Austin 23.9/44 T18. Ft. Myers 23.9/43 20. Portland

No Live, No Problem. NBC Sees Record Audience for Olympics Opening Ceremony

http://sportsmediajournal.com/ NBC reports that an average of 40.7 million people tuned in to watch last night’s Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics, making it the most-watched opening ceremony ever in the United States. The viewership is nearly six million more than the 2008 Beijing Olympics (34.9 million) and 15 million more than the 2004 Athens Olympics (25.4 million), the last European Olympics. Despite complaints by some of NBC’s decision to tape-delay the Opening Ceremony instead of airing it live, the ratings for the Opening Ceremony earned a 21.0/37 national rating/share, the best for a non-U.S. Summer Olympics ever, and the second best for a non-U.S. Games (Summer or Winter) in 36 years – since Innsbruck in 1976 (23.2/37). “This audience number for the London Opening Ceremony is a great early sign that our strategy of driving people to watch NBC in primetime is working. We look forward to the next 16 nights of compelling Olympic competition.” said NBC Sport Group Chairman Mark Lazarus.

TV NEWS ON JULY 28

http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2012/07/digital-digest-more-sony-mod-offerings.html Welcome to Digital Digest! We're back for all of your news and a look ahead at Tuesday's releases, and this week, we have multiple reviews, with our reviews of The Rookies - The Complete Second Season, and we've also got two reviews of movies (with sitcom connections) recently released on DVD: the 1978 movie More Than Friends (starring Penny Marshall and Rob Reiner), and the 1986 movie Kate's Secret (starring Meredith Baxter). Let's get started! DIGITAL NEWS Manufacture-on-demand DVD products have been bringing some of our "lost favorites" to DVD lately, but Sony has been using them for some of their current series. This week, it was revealed that the Rules of Engagement - The Complete Sixth Season will be released as a MOD title on October 2. This is not the first time that the series has been released as a MOD title, as season five was released this way as well. Sony will also bring something much older to DVD (via MOD) on that date as well, with Iron Horse - The Complete First Season. And that isn't all. The same date will also bring two separate volumes of Hart to Hart reunion movies. Sadly, there is no word on actual season sets for Hart to Hart right now, but if that changes, we'll let you know. Sony actually has a bit more coming up, though, that isn't exclusively MOD. One of their biggest announcements in years (believe it or not) for classic TV comes with their announcement of Charlie's Angels - The Complete Series. It comes September 25 at a $65.99 MSRP. It will contain all five seasons of the series, including the never-before-released fifth season. Rumors are already floating about that this will be one of those "black spindle" releases (for those who aren't sure what that means, these are the value priced complete series sets which Sony has been putting out over the past few years with all of the discs stacked up on a very cheap plastic spindle inside of a thin cardboard box), and at that MSRP, that certainly seems likely... but we don't know that for certain. When we know more, we'll let you know! A more minor note from Sony is a repackaging of the season sets Seinfeld, also on September 25. Full details aren't really known about this, but new UPCs have appeared in Sony's upcoming slate of releases for every season of the series, and presumably, the sets will be packaged in smaller standard-sized packages which are more "retailer friendly," just in time for the holiday season (it may be a little early to be looking this far ahead, but I'm predicting we'll be seeing these repackaged versions dirt cheap on Black Friday). The MSRP for each set has already been reduced to $19.99, with prices much lower most places... so this is certainly a great value no matter what! Lucille Ball fans will come a bit closer to completion of their collections on October 9 as CBS releases The Lucy Show - The Sixth and Final Season. With this release, the only things missing as far as TV series for the "queen of comedy" on DVD include the final season of Here's Lucy and the one and only season of Life with Lucy. As for the final season of Here's Lucy, MPI has not announced a release just yet, but they have indicated that they will, in fact, release all six seasons, so it is only a matter of time until we do hear of a release for this set (hopefully by the end of the year). Life with Lucy doesn't seem to be on the radar from any studio for the time being, but we certainly hope that it eventually pops up somewhere. One of the most anticipated releases on DVD in 2011 was The Fugitive - The Complete Series: Most Wanted Edition, which ironically became "most wanted" itself as only a few copies managed to escape from CBS before the set was recalled, just a day before the scheduled release date. The release was supposed to not only include every episode, but also include a nice collection of special features and fix some of the issues that previous releases had where CBS spent a ton of money replacing the score in every episode to avoid paying music royalties, only to be met with frustrated and irate fans not appreciative of the destruction of the episodes. For reasons still unexplained, the set remained unreleased, and the few copies that did make it out there were shamelessly being sold online for hundreds of dollars over the MSRP. But now, there is good news: the release is back on the schedule, set for release on October 23 at a $239.98 MSRP. We don't know what, if anything, will be changed on this set from the previously cancelled release, and don't know if it will be better or worse than that set (although we're hoping for better). We'll let you know when we know! October 23 also brings more Perry Mason to DVD, with Perry Mason - Season 7, Volume 2. Don't forget, though, before that, CBS has Perry Mason - Season 7, Volume 1 coming on August 21!

HOLY FAMILY PICNIC

Holy Family Festival July 28 & 29 Fri & Sat 5-11pm & Sun 4-10pm Saturday is "Ride Night" Free Shuttle Service from Nazareth Boro Park on Saturday 3:30 pm-12:30 am

Broadcast Pioneer Hll of Fame Inductees

http://lauranachman.wordpress.com/ FROM LAURA NACHMAN Cecily Tynan, Lu Ann Cahn, and Angelo Cataldi lead the list of inductees into the Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame for 2012. Some of the others are Jay Lloyd, Robin Macintosh, Liz Matt, and Beasley Reece. For a complete list, go to www.broadcastpioneers.com. Also, radio’s Dean Tyler will be recognized as the organization’s Person of the Year at the annual banquet, which will be held in September.