Burlington Free Pressboasts being Vermont largest daily paper, printing over 60,000 papers every day in two or three editions. The first copies of each press run go to outlying areas; this is known as the state edition. They're first off of the press because of the extra time it takes to deliver the papers to these communities. While the state edition is printing, BFP have the opportunity to provide news updates. These go in the final edition, known as the city edition; over half of their subscribers get the final edition, including newsstand customers. For major stories, we'll update as often as necessary during the night to get the latest news to our customers first thing in the morning. First edition has 3 dots; third edition has 1 dot.popular
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Burlington Free Press won this year's Joseph L. BrechnerCenter for Freedom of Information award given out each year by the University of Florida.
The award was presented for the paper's work on the lack of information surrounding regulation of doctors; specifically, a four-part series called "Code of Silence" by staff writer Stephen Kiernan in December 2001.
Kiernan's series told the story of the late Lois Tarczewski, who died 10 years after spinal surgery had gone awry. Her husband, Richard, said that had Lois known that her surgeon was not proficient in that type of surgery and had experienced bad outcomes in the past, she would have gone elsewhere.
The series, as well as subsequent stories and editorials, led to legislative reform of Vermont laws governing regulation of doctors, including a provision to make more information available to the public about Vermont doctors' records of performance.
Corm and the Coach are celebrating 10 years on the air together,... The Coach is Tom Brennan, the men's basketball coach at the University of Vermont. Corm is Steve Cormier, the director of operations at four radio stations. As disc jockeys, the two team up -- and parry -- on weekday mornings from 5:30 to 9 on CHAMP 101.3.
... The Coach is Tom Brennan, the men's basketball coach at the University of Vermont. Corm is Steve Cormier, the director of operations at four radio stations. As disc jockeys, the two team up -- and parry -- on weekday mornings from 5:30 to 9 on CHAMP 101.3.
... Corm and the Coach consistently draw top ratings. They recently added a woman sidekick, Mary Cenci, to replace the departed Lana Wilder. On Nov. 25, her first day on the job, Cenci described the ingredients necessary for a bite of the on-air action: "You just have to be loud and intrusive and thick-skinned."
Federal Communications Commission officers have orderedan unlicensed station to stop broadcasting on FM radio, according to members of the volunteer station known as Free Radio Burlington.
The station has been broadcasting without an FCC license for more than two years. Two FCC engineers and two Burlington police officers entered the house where the station was located Sept. 3, representatives of the station said. The FCC engineers told the homeowner to stop broadcasting or face further visits from federal marshals.
Free Radio Burlington member Patrick Johnson would not say where the station was located -- somewhere in the Old North End, according to the station's Web site. Although the station is no longer broadcasting at 87.9 FM, it continues to broadcast at its Web site, www.freeradioburlington.org.
"We're basically trying to reclaim the airwaves," Johnson said. "From the first day we started we knew we might be visited by the FCC."
In an effort to win more viewers, the area's NBC televisionaffiliate launched a 5 p.m. newscast this week.... WPTZ/NewsChannel 5 hopes to capture more viewers by beating WCAX, Channel 3, and WVNY, Channel 22, to the airwaves with the earliest evening news program, said news director Andy Wormser.
Among the three stations, WPTZ ranks second for the 6 p.m. news and first for the 11 p.m. news, according to Neilsen Media Research. WCAX has the top ranking for the 6 p.m. news.
Neither WCAX, the CBS affiliate, nor WVNY, the ABC affiliate, has plans to change its format. In addition to morning and noon news, WCAX produces a one-hour newscast at 6 p.m. and a half- hour newscast at 11 p.m. WVNY has morning news cut-ins to the Good Morning America show and a half-hour newscast at 6 and 11 p.m.
... Peter Martin, general manager of WCAX, said his station plans no changes in format. The one-hour news show at 6 p.m. is unusual in a market the size of Burlington's. The one-hour newscast started in 1968, Martin said.
Northeast Broadcasting Co. took its soft rock radio station WLKC"The Lake" off the air this past week and replaced it with its grown-up rock 'n' roll broadcasting on "Alice" WXAL. Now Alice will be heard on both 93.7 and 103.3, said Bob Rowe, general manager for WXAL and WLKC.
The change comes as part of a consolidation effort at the company in Vermont that began last July when Northeast Broadcasting moved its Essex Junction studio to Middlebury. The stations are among the 10 in Vermont owned by Northeast Broadcasting, based in New Hampshire.
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