Check your ticket and your radio dial The Twin Cities radio scene experienced another format change this week.  What was once Rev 105, X105, Zone 105, V105, Drive 105, and most recently Love 105 is now 105 FM The Ticket.  The station joins KFAN and AM1500 as the third sports radio station in the Twin [...]

KARE-11’s “new” anchor After three months of deliberation, KARE-11 finally announced Mike Pomeranz’s replacement.  To hardly anyone’s surprise, KARE-11 sports director Randy Shaver now sits permanently alongside co-anchor Julie Nelson to deliver the 5, 6 and 10 p.m. evening news.  Shaver had already been filling in as the evening anchor before the announcement became official [...]

From local news outlets using Pinterest to an unexpected new media darling, here are some of the stories behind the stories that captured our attention this month. Clear Channel discontinues “total traffic” reports Twin Cities drivers may be surprised when they don’t hear Kirsten Klein’s friendly voice giving the metro traffic report during their morning [...]

Whitney Houston’s death, the threat of snow, and redistricting topped the headlines this month.  Below are the stories behind the stories. Twitter breaks news Whitney Houston’s tragic death on February 11 shocked the nation.  Notably, news of her death was first reported on Twitter by a niece of one of Houston’s staff, 27 minutes before [...]

January 2012 will go down in the books as one of the mildest Minnesota Januarys in recent memory.  But around the water cooler, people in the Twin Cities were buzzing about much more than just the weather.  From a half-submerged Target semi-truck to Red Bull Crashed Ice, below are some of the stories behind the [...]

June is National Congenital CMV Awareness Month, recognizing one of the most common viruses that no one has ever heard of. Typical questions about children tend to start with, “How old is she?” or “What’s her name?” The most common question I get about Avery is, “Why is she in a wheelchair?” When I was pregnant [...]

AOL’s hyper-local news approach keeps expanding in the Twin Cities Patch, a national network of hyper-local news websites, started growing in the Twin Cities in November 2010 with seven sites.  In just seven months, it has expanded to 23 different metro communities from Hudson, Wisconsin, to St. Michael.  Patch is also planning to add more [...]

My work at Goff Public keeps me in daily touch with the media and social media worlds, and now I’m in even closer touch as a “Mom Council” member for the Apple Valley, Inver Grove Heights, and Mendota Heights Patch sites. Patch, which The GP Spin has talked about before, is a growing nationwide network [...]