Dispatches by Adrian Conoza

A news boomed on the television last Wednesday morning while I tuned in. Talk TV is going to change to inform and inspire this October 30. What do I mean? Talk TV, another cable channel of Solar Network, will go forward as a news channel . Talk TV, launched after ETC moved to RPN 9, emphasizes on talk , with a line-up of talk shows and news programs, getting programs like Today , Inside Edition , and Dateline from its sister channels like 2nd Avenue. More programs were added as the channel evolved, being watched and patronized after its soft launch. There's The Talk , then Anderson (which became Anderson Live ), then Undercover Boss (an inspiring program). Then this: as planned and intended, Solar, being an entertainment and sports provider on TV, started on a new venture—news. Sources told it before, and I finally saw it. Solar's news service started on Talk TV with the coverage of the impeachment trial of former Chief Justice Renato Corona, recruiting veteran journalis...

" Hey, Mayor Bloomberg. I heard you took a shot at us in the  Post . What's with all the swearin' like a sailor? Fleet Week is over. It's just music. "   —  Howard Cogan of then Jack FM in New York,  picking up on  Mayor  Michael Bloomberg's  criticizing about WCBS's sudden change in format. I haven't thought of another flip in Philippine radio. They're doing it again. I turned the radio one day on 99.5 MHz while doing schoolwork, and I was surprised to hear stingers of a new station. The tagline: "This radio station is under construction..." After undergoing two reformats and going back on the air, 99.5 RT will change. The so-called "Rhythm of The City" will be replaced. Some of the programs were dismissed, including the famous The RT30 . Some of the DJs, as my sources said, bid their goodbyes, but you can still hear other DJs on the air.You can still hear the name 99.5 RT, but it's already clear that the station is working...

After tiresome schoolwork and difficult turns of life, I'm finally back for this blog. I'm back with new posts! My reflection on my summer vacation continues with the second part of "So far..." We'll go back in my second year life with a continuation of series of stories I've started with last year's "A Slap On My Face" with last 2 stories. And finally, a special blog for a friend. Thank you once again for dropping by, I hope you'll take time and read them all.

I had a post last year entitled " A Slap On My Face ", where I shared my reflections on a Biology class. It was followed by " Chaoses On My Day ", where I wrote about the first day of our second quarterly test the next day. Both of the posts turned out to be a series of stories of a struggling week I had then. Therefore, I wrote 2 posts to follow up these two, but unfortunately I neglected publishing them. But now, having the chance, since it's semestral break, I'm going to share to you those posts, but I'll advise you to read the mentioned posts first. Without further ado, here's the first one. *** "1 down...2 to go." One of my classmates said that on her post on our Facebook group page. We all had to face 2 more days of examinations. I had a quiet, focused and faithful review for our Thursday's set of tests. I did what I could do to prepare myself for those tests.. I reached school earlier than Wednesday...It was quiet, since we are o...