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Those of the puck persuasion have fewer teams to worry about, but that makes it no less interesting, especially given the change from last year’s two-regional, 12-team format to this season’s 16-team tournament spread over four regions...
Because of the four-regional format, the committee will have an easier time determining seeds. It has said in a report that it will simply rank the teams, No. 1 through No. 16, and split that up into four groups. The top four will be No. 1 seeds, the next four will be No. 2 seeds...
...pundit manque who expanded the possibilities of the bad chat show with Politically Incorrect, the issue-oriented roundtable that exploited the comic possibilities of letting, say, Tom Arnold hold forth on Kosovo. The live show was not available for preview, but it will in part adapt PI's discussion format, with more serious guests and fewer B-list stars. That fits the earnest air of Maher-tyrdom the host has cultivated since PI was canceled, after his controversial post-9/11 charge that the U.S. was cowardly for bombing enemies with cruise missiles. Let's hope Maher doesn't screw...
...added that transferring the applictions to a new format would not be logistically difficult...
...even if their programming is less popular or worthwhile than that of a station under local ownership. Classical music, for instance, went off the air in Miami after the then-current classical FM station was bought out by the Cox conglomerate, which changed the station’s format to techno music. After a year-and-a-half, classical is back on the Miami airwaves—to the pleasure of many devoted listeners—on an locally owned AM channel. Should the new channel be bought out, however, classical music might again disappear from the city?...