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Recently, on NBC Nightly News, Anchor Brian Williams closed his newscast with this very emotional story and photograph.
"And by the way speaking of our fallen veteran’s. If you haven’t seen this picture. If you’ve ever loved a dog this one puts a lump in your throat. That’s a lab named Hawkeye at the funeral of Navy Seal John Tomlinson one of those killed when the helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan. Hawkeye walked down the aisle of the service in Rockford, Iowa walked up to the casket then laid down after heaving a big sigh and that says more than we can."
O'Loughlin makes leap to TV from radio
Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 10:23am EDT
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Buffalo Business First Reporter - Business First
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Fan’s of longtime Buffalo radio personality Bill O’Loughlin can enjoy his insights into local and national issues five days a week on television.
O’Loughlin, former head of the Erie County Industrial Development Agency and a former member of the Amherst Town Board, debuted his new program, The Bill O’Loughlin Show with Lydia Dominick, on WGRZ-TV Channel 2 Tuesday at Noon.
The program will air live from Noon until 1 p.m. Monday through Friday and feature O’Loughlin, who has spent 40 years as a financial advisor, discussing a wide-range of “issues of the day” with his co-host, Lydia Dominick.
O’Loughlin, who most recently served as a host of a call-in radio program on WECK Am-1230, began hosting a weekly show on WGRZ this summer. It was a taped program that ran Sunday evenings at 11:30 p.m. The response was so positive, he says the folks at WGRZ approached him about morphing the program into a live, daily show.
“After the second program, the general manager called me up and said he needed to met with me,” O’Loughlin says. “I thought, this is it, I’m done.” Instead, it was just the opposite and after some discussion and negotiations, O’Loughlin signed a contract with the station to bring his show to Western New Yorkers daily.
“It is an honor and a thrill to be able to do this,” he says, of his new program. Asked how different it is to go from radio to television, O’Loughlin said it is a big change.
“I’ve done talk radio for 15 years,” he said. “To do live television is a quantum leap from doing talk radio.”
From a larger staff and top-notch production to a signal that will make his show available to a radius population of 10 million people, O’Loughlin says he is “immensely excited” to be taking on his latest endeavor.
“This is the big leagues to be doing an NBC-affiliate five days a week, one hour a day, live,” he says. “I view this to be as good as it gets in a market like ours ... it’s utopia.”
Despite his background as a financial guy, O’Loughlin says the new show isn’t going to be one-dimentional. He expects to cover “Issues of the day” including politics, business, financial issues and anything else that is likely to be on the minds of his viewers, both locally and nationally.
“It is basically going to be, talk radio on television,” he says, of the new show. “People think because I have been a financial advisor for 40 years that it will be a stock market show but it isn’t. As Channel 2 likes to say, it is talk TV.”
Even with his years of experience, including appearing on the three local television stations as a commentator in the 1990s, is O’Loughlin nervous as he prepares to make the leap to live television?
“I don’t like doing taped programming,” he says. “I’m at my best when that light come on and it’s game time. When you know it’s live and there are no do-overs, it is exciting and for me and it is a privilege that they let me do that.”
As far as format, O’Loughlin says, at least for now, he will forgo guests.
“I love going it alone,” he says. “I love having the total responsibility of making the program successful and I don’t want to be guest-dependent.”
The show will invite viewers to call in and will also incorporate Facebook and Twitter into the daily conversation.
“We want to engage people,” he says. “Everybody in this world has pressure — be it job, family, financial or health pressure. My goal is to have that one hour a day where people can tune in and they feel good for having been there.”
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
8/1/2011
Contact: Larry Watzman
Creative Services Director
lwatzman@wgrz.gannett.com
716-849-2274
BUFFALO, NY, AUGUST 1, 2011: WGRZ’s “The Bill O’Loughlin Show” is moving from its Sunday night 11:30pm time period to a weekday slot. Beginning Tuesday, September 6, 2011, the show will air Noon-1pm Monday – Friday, replacing “Lunchtime with The Classics.”
Bill O’Loughlin is a popular radio personality with a 20 year history of radio talk in Western New York.
He has been heard on WBEN (930 AM) and WECK (1230 AM). Now Mr. O’Loughlin brings his talents to WGRZ- TV Channel 2.
O’Loughlin promises his show will be a great addition to WGRZ’s midday lineup. The show will be very interactive, responding to viewer calls, emails, tweets and texts.
“Our show will be about local and national issues, local government, politics, what everyone is talking about.” says O’Loughlin. “We’re going to have fun and be controversial in a unique, diplomatic way.”
Joining the show will be Lydia Dominick, fan favorite from WGRZ’s “Lunchtime with the Classics”. Ms. Dominick, a social media guru, will bring her quick wit and irreverent style to the show.
“I am thrilled to be working with Lydia. She is a wonderful personality, energetic and full of life. We’re going to have fun and it will radiate through the audience. I can’t wait to get started.” states O’Loughlin.
Now with the daily addition of “The Bill O’Loughlin Show”, WGRZ –TV extends its lead in locally produced programming in Western New York, producing almost 30% more hours than any other local station.
“Bill is a very intelligent and gifted commentator on the big issues in Western New York. He is not Blue or Red as in Democrat or Republican. I like to say he is Green, following the money or motivations behind the headlines,” says Jim Toellner, WGRZ-TV President & General Manager. “We are really glad to have him, along with the opinion and debate he inspires, as part of the WGRZ family.”
Gannett is an international news and information company operating on multiple platforms including the Internet, mobile, newspapers, magazines and TV stations. Gannett is an Internet leader with hundreds of newspaper and TV Web sites; CareerBuilder.com, the nation's top employment site; USATODAY.com; and more than 80 local MomsLikeMe.com sites. Gannett publishes 83 daily U.S. newspapers, including USA TODAY, the nation's largest-selling daily newspaper, and more than 650 magazines and other non-dailies including USA WEEKEND. Gannett also operates 23 television stations in 19 U.S. markets. Gannett subsidiary Newsquest is the United Kingdom's second largest regional newspaper company with 17 daily paid-for titles, more than 200 weekly newspapers, magazines and trade publications, and a network of Web sites.
"And by the way speaking of our fallen veteran’s. If you haven’t seen this picture. If you’ve ever loved a dog this one puts a lump in your throat. That’s a lab named Hawkeye at the funeral of Navy Seal John Tomlinson one of those killed when the helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan. Hawkeye walked down the aisle of the service in Rockford, Iowa walked up to the casket then laid down after heaving a big sigh and that says more than we can."
O'Loughlin makes leap to TV from radio
Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 10:23am EDT
Related:
Media & Marketing
Matt Chandler
Buffalo Business First Reporter - Business First
Fan’s of longtime Buffalo radio personality Bill O’Loughlin can enjoy his insights into local and national issues five days a week on television.
O’Loughlin, former head of the Erie County Industrial Development Agency and a former member of the Amherst Town Board, debuted his new program, The Bill O’Loughlin Show with Lydia Dominick, on WGRZ-TV Channel 2 Tuesday at Noon.
The program will air live from Noon until 1 p.m. Monday through Friday and feature O’Loughlin, who has spent 40 years as a financial advisor, discussing a wide-range of “issues of the day” with his co-host, Lydia Dominick.
O’Loughlin, who most recently served as a host of a call-in radio program on WECK Am-1230, began hosting a weekly show on WGRZ this summer. It was a taped program that ran Sunday evenings at 11:30 p.m. The response was so positive, he says the folks at WGRZ approached him about morphing the program into a live, daily show.
“After the second program, the general manager called me up and said he needed to met with me,” O’Loughlin says. “I thought, this is it, I’m done.” Instead, it was just the opposite and after some discussion and negotiations, O’Loughlin signed a contract with the station to bring his show to Western New Yorkers daily.
“It is an honor and a thrill to be able to do this,” he says, of his new program. Asked how different it is to go from radio to television, O’Loughlin said it is a big change.
“I’ve done talk radio for 15 years,” he said. “To do live television is a quantum leap from doing talk radio.”
From a larger staff and top-notch production to a signal that will make his show available to a radius population of 10 million people, O’Loughlin says he is “immensely excited” to be taking on his latest endeavor.
“This is the big leagues to be doing an NBC-affiliate five days a week, one hour a day, live,” he says. “I view this to be as good as it gets in a market like ours ... it’s utopia.”
Despite his background as a financial guy, O’Loughlin says the new show isn’t going to be one-dimentional. He expects to cover “Issues of the day” including politics, business, financial issues and anything else that is likely to be on the minds of his viewers, both locally and nationally.
“It is basically going to be, talk radio on television,” he says, of the new show. “People think because I have been a financial advisor for 40 years that it will be a stock market show but it isn’t. As Channel 2 likes to say, it is talk TV.”
Even with his years of experience, including appearing on the three local television stations as a commentator in the 1990s, is O’Loughlin nervous as he prepares to make the leap to live television?
“I don’t like doing taped programming,” he says. “I’m at my best when that light come on and it’s game time. When you know it’s live and there are no do-overs, it is exciting and for me and it is a privilege that they let me do that.”
As far as format, O’Loughlin says, at least for now, he will forgo guests.
“I love going it alone,” he says. “I love having the total responsibility of making the program successful and I don’t want to be guest-dependent.”
The show will invite viewers to call in and will also incorporate Facebook and Twitter into the daily conversation.
“We want to engage people,” he says. “Everybody in this world has pressure — be it job, family, financial or health pressure. My goal is to have that one hour a day where people can tune in and they feel good for having been there.”
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
8/1/2011
Contact: Larry Watzman
Creative Services Director
lwatzman@wgrz.gannett.com
716-849-2274
“THE BILL O’LOUGHLIN SHOW” PREPS FOR DAILY SLOT ON WGRZ CHANNEL 2
BUFFALO, NY, AUGUST 1, 2011: WGRZ’s “The Bill O’Loughlin Show” is moving from its Sunday night 11:30pm time period to a weekday slot. Beginning Tuesday, September 6, 2011, the show will air Noon-1pm Monday – Friday, replacing “Lunchtime with The Classics.”
Bill O’Loughlin is a popular radio personality with a 20 year history of radio talk in Western New York.
He has been heard on WBEN (930 AM) and WECK (1230 AM). Now Mr. O’Loughlin brings his talents to WGRZ- TV Channel 2.
O’Loughlin promises his show will be a great addition to WGRZ’s midday lineup. The show will be very interactive, responding to viewer calls, emails, tweets and texts.
“Our show will be about local and national issues, local government, politics, what everyone is talking about.” says O’Loughlin. “We’re going to have fun and be controversial in a unique, diplomatic way.”
Joining the show will be Lydia Dominick, fan favorite from WGRZ’s “Lunchtime with the Classics”. Ms. Dominick, a social media guru, will bring her quick wit and irreverent style to the show.
“I am thrilled to be working with Lydia. She is a wonderful personality, energetic and full of life. We’re going to have fun and it will radiate through the audience. I can’t wait to get started.” states O’Loughlin.
Now with the daily addition of “The Bill O’Loughlin Show”, WGRZ –TV extends its lead in locally produced programming in Western New York, producing almost 30% more hours than any other local station.
“Bill is a very intelligent and gifted commentator on the big issues in Western New York. He is not Blue or Red as in Democrat or Republican. I like to say he is Green, following the money or motivations behind the headlines,” says Jim Toellner, WGRZ-TV President & General Manager. “We are really glad to have him, along with the opinion and debate he inspires, as part of the WGRZ family.”
Gannett is an international news and information company operating on multiple platforms including the Internet, mobile, newspapers, magazines and TV stations. Gannett is an Internet leader with hundreds of newspaper and TV Web sites; CareerBuilder.com, the nation's top employment site; USATODAY.com; and more than 80 local MomsLikeMe.com sites. Gannett publishes 83 daily U.S. newspapers, including USA TODAY, the nation's largest-selling daily newspaper, and more than 650 magazines and other non-dailies including USA WEEKEND. Gannett also operates 23 television stations in 19 U.S. markets. Gannett subsidiary Newsquest is the United Kingdom's second largest regional newspaper company with 17 daily paid-for titles, more than 200 weekly newspapers, magazines and trade publications, and a network of Web sites.
