Masquerading as Optimus Prime

We've received this scheduling update from CNN: Suzanne Malveaux will be anchoring the primetime weekend newscasts this week for Rick Sanchez who continues anchoring the weekday 8pm hour, Out in the Open, for the next several weeks. Suzanne Malveaux has had a busy week with substituting for Wolf Blitzer in the Situation Room on Friday and then filling in for Rick Sanchez Saturday and Sunday nights!

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CNN's Glenn Beck is scheduled to host the Premiere Radio Networks NAB Marconi Radio Awards Dinner & Show later this month. Below is an excerpt from the NAB press release:

Talk radio personality Glenn Beck of Premiere Radio Networks will host the NAB Marconi Radio Awards Dinner & Show on Thursday, September 27 during The NAB Radio Show in Charlotte.

Established in 1989 and named after inventor and Nobel Prize winner Guglielmo Marconi, The NAB Marconi Radio Awards are given to radio stations and outstanding on-air personalities to recognize excellence in radio. Winners will be announced at the NAB Marconi Radio Awards Dinner & Show at the Charlotte Convention Center.

About the NAB Radio Show

The NAB Radio Show is the largest annual convention for radio. This year's show, Sep. 26 - 28 in Charlotte, features interactive sessions, special events and exhibits and is co-located with the R&R Convention.

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On April 24, 2007, CNN's Chief National Correspondent, John King, interviewed former Secretary of State, James A. Baker, III about his book Work Hard, Study…and Keep Out of Politics!. The interview was done as part of the Kentucky Author Forum at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville. PBS station KET aired the interview in May and since then its aired on several other PBS stations across the country. Recently, KET released the interview on its website.

This hour long interview is a surprisingly interesting look at political history over the last 30 years from the perspective of a DC insider.

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Mystery Journalist

Who was this masked journalist? Optimus Prime?

Our Mystery Journalist this week was Ali Velshi. The screen caps were taken from American Morning on July 24th. Below is the video clip.

A Pair of Kings & More

In today's post:

• Interview With Former Secretary of State James Baker
• Securing Our Future: From Farm to Fuel
• Shrek
• Happy Birthday

Interview With Former Secretary of State James Baker

For those of you who live in the KET viewing area, John King's interview with James Baker III is being rebroadcast.




From KET's website:


Former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker III is the subject of the latest Kentucky Author Forum Presents program. He discussed his memoir Work Hard, Study ... and Keep Out of Politics! with John King, chief national correspondent for CNN, in a conversation taped on April 24 at the Kentucky Center in Louisville.


Baker has served in senior government positions under three United States p residents. He served as the nation's 61st secretary of state, from January 1989 through August 1992, under President George H. W. Bush, traveling to 90 foreign countries as the U.S. confronted the challenges and opportunities of the post-Cold War era.

The program will air on Sunday, July 1 at 10:00/9:00 pm CT on KET2 and Friday, July 6 at 2:00/1:00 am CT on KET1.

The original KET Press Release is available here.

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Securing Our Future: From Farm to Fuel

KET is also airing a program developed by South Carolina's ETV that was moderated by John King.

Excerpts of ETV's original press release:

ETV Explores South Carolina's Alternative Fuel Options
CNN's John King Hosts "Securing Our Future: From Farm to Fuel"

Columbia, SC...Americans consume more than four billion barrels of imported fuel each year, creating an economic, environmental, and national security albatross that impedes our battle for independence from overseas fuel producers. Meanwhile, South Carolina is making considerable strides in the effort to curb the demand for foreign fuel.

Moderated by CNN Chief National Correspondent John King, this hour-long forum examines the potential of home-grown, American-made fuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, as well as South Carolina’s role in helping to lessen America’s dependence on imported oil.

Securing Our Future: From Farm to Fuel is scheduled to air Monday, Jul 30 at 4:00 am on KET1.

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Shrek

You may be wondering what Shrek has to do with CNN. For those of you who have watched the most recent Shrek movies, you may or may not have realized that Larry King had voiced one of the characters. He's been the voice of Doris in Shrek 2 and in the recently released Shrek the Third.

USA Weekend Magazine published a 2007 Summer movie preview that included little know facts about each of the movies. Among the movies previewed was Shrek the Third:

Of all the performers in the film, CNN talk-show host Larry King stood out by being most prompt. Says co-director Chris Miller: "If Larry's start time for a recording session was 11:30 a.m., he would show up at 11 and be out of there by 11:10. The news waits for no one."



Shrek the Third is in theatre's now.

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Happy Birthday


Birthday Greetings to Rob Marciano! Marciano was subbing for John Roberts today on American Morning when Heidi Collins broke the news that today (June 25th) was his birthday.

Happy Birthday!