Wednesday's Media Miscellany
<P>-- WLNE-TV's plan to launch <A href="http://www.projo.com/business/content/channel61219_12-19-07_6S8ANAA_v2.4d9a1b2.html">a 4 pm newscast</A> is a sign that the new owners of <A href="http://thephoenix.com/notfornothing/PermaLink,guid,ed6a4686-c42b-493d-a9dc-9e8512746925.aspx">Channel 6</A> are serious about competing with frontrunners WJAR-TV (10) and WPRI-TV (12). (For my look in early 2005 at how the previous administration at WLNE was trying to make improvements, <A href="http://www.providencephoenix.com/features/top/multi/documents/04401192.asp">click here</A>.)</P>
<P>-- <A href="http://www.wrni.org">WRNI</A>, Rhode Island's public radio station, continues to add improvements. The station (1290 AM) recently launched its <A href="http://www.wrni.org/wrninews/archive/071213-culture.asp">Cultural Roundtable</A>, the first incarnation of which featured AS220's Bert Crenca and the RISD Museum's Judith Tannenbaum. The station is also in the process of filling two grant-funded reporting positions. For a chat I had earlier this year with WRNI GM <A href="http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid41730.aspx">Joe O'Connor</A>, click on his name.</P>