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To listen to Mandalit del Barco's appreciation of Jenni Rivera's life and career, as heard on All Things Considered, click the audio link.
Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera died Sunday in an airplane that crashed in the early hours of the morning in Toluca, west of Mexico's capital. The legendary musician, household name and feminist presence in the Latin music scene was 43.
In her song "The Ovaries," Rivera ends with the phrase, "The ovaries I carry ... they are big ones!" It might sound crass, but in a culture in which we continue to grapple with sexism, where the pathology of machismo permeates the very language (insults in Spanish often involve comparisons to or violence against women; braggadocio orbits around huevos — a man's genitalia), Rivera was a lyrical guerrilla fighter.
In a phone call, Latin culture writer Ernesto Lechner told me Rivera was subversive to the core, pointing to her song "De Contrabando." "She refuses to be the subservient lover," Lechner said. "She's hitting on the guy. She's the player; she's making the moves." Sample lyrics: "Sorry if I'm too forward, but I've liked you for a while now, and even though I know you are with someone, we could be discreet and see each other once in a while."
Latin music has lost a powerful vocalist; Latin women lost a powerful feminist icon, a survivor and advocate. Rivera became pregnant with her first child at 15 and suffered brutal domestic violence at the hands of her teenage sweetheart, Trinidad Marin. In an interlude on her 2007 album, Mi Vida Loca, Rivera says: "I lived it. I suffered it. I endured it. And I got tired of it. In the end, I sent him to jail." (In 2007 Marin was sentenced to 31 years in prison for the molestation of Rivera's at-the-time-underage daughter and sister.) The experience led her to become a spokeswoman for the National Coalition Against Battered Women and Domestic Violence in Los Angeles. And while she is certainly not the first female or Latin musician to reappropriate sexist idioms and take a stance against female oppression, she was an unparalleled female star in the male dominated banda universe.
No doubt comparisons will be drawn to another female Mexican music icon gone before her time — Selena. But I see as many, if not more, parallels with legendary Mexican singer Paquita la del Barrio, who also emerged from teen pregnancy and abuse with songs about survival, empowerment and, yes, romantic love. And in a world in which female entertainers are oversexualized to sell records, Rivera never stopped being pure class: She embraced her curvaceous body but always remained "La Diva de la Banda." Fans adored her.
Mandalit del Barco reported Monday that fans in Los Angeles have been paying tribute (hear her story at the audio link). Vernice Cornejo, 26, was among those who stopped to pay their respects and sing their favorite Jenni Rivera songs. Cornejo said besides celebrating hard-drinking women who are loud and proud, Rivera was a role model for Latinas in other ways. "We go through a lot of physical abuse, mental abuse, and she said she herself went through it," Cornejo told del Barco. "She tried hard to make us look good."
The daughter of Mexican immigrants who created a musical dynasty from scratch, Rivera achieved fame as a banda musician (a regional Mexican style with brass instrumentation as a centerpiece). She was enormously successful: According to Billboard she sold 15 million records, and she had multiple Latin Grammy nominations, proving that female banda fans yearned for a woman's perspective.
Rivera was also a boundary pusher — she not only explored themes of empowered women but also successfully delved into pop, narco-corridos (Mexican drug ballads) and love songs. She recently crossed over into new audiences with her reality show I Love Jenni on Mun2, which portrayed her life as a music star, a mother and a grandmother. She was also a judge on Mexico's version of The Voice and had recently signed a deal with ABC to star in her own scripted television show.
Rivera's "Cuando Muere Una Dama" ("When A Lady Dies"), released years ago, eerily requests that her fans, friends and family celebrate, rather than mourn, her death — because, she clarifies, she had a very good life: "I was a strong guerrilla fighter, who for her children fought. ... The people's daughter is gone, the woman with the big balls. ... Don't miss me bosses, your rebel daughter lives on forever."
At the age of 43, Jenni Rivera was an institution in Spanish language entertainment. She was a hugely popular singer, a reality television star and a producer of several TV shows. Jenni Rivera was preparing to cross over to English language media when she died last night. She just finished a concert in Monterey when her plane went down in Northern Mexico. NPR's Mandalit del Barco has an appreciation.
MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE: Many of Jenni Rivera's fans in Southern California have been leaving flowers and candles outside her family's homes and in Plaza Mexico, a shopping mall in the L.A. suburb of Lynwood. Twenty-six-year old Vernice Cornejo stopped by to pay her respects by singing her favorite Jenni Rivera song.
VERNICE CORNEJO: (Singing foreign language)
BARCO: Cornejo says even though the song is about a hardworking, hard-drinking woman, Rivera was a role model for her fans.
CORNEJO: Hispanic women, we go through a lot of physical abuse, mental abuse. And she actually said it herself as she went through it, and she wanted us to see in her that she made it so we could've made it just the way she made it.
BARCO: Rivera became popular for singing about her own troubles, the domestic violence she suffered as a young woman, her struggles with weight, being a single mother and her three failed marriages.
BARCO: Jenni Rivera was known as the diva of banda music, a brass polka style popularized in Northern Mexico and with Mexican immigrants in the U.S. She was born in Long Beach, California, had her first child when she was 16, got a degree in business administration and tried her hand at real estate. But her family was becoming a Mexican-American musical dynasty. Her four brothers, including superstar Lupillo Rivera, all perform. They grew up going to swap meets where their father, Pedro Rivera, started his music business selling mixtapes. Pedro eventually launched his own record label producing narcocorridos, ballads celebrating Mexican drug traffickers. Outside his home last night, Rivera thanked fans and asked them to remember his daughter as she was, straight with the world.
PEDRO RIVERA: (Speaking foreign language)
BARCO: Jenni Rivera made her first album in 1992 and launched her television career with a reality show three years ago.
BARCO: Cameras caught the soap opera of Jenni Rivera's life, her antics and those of her five children and grandchildren. Viewers watched her struggle to raise her kids, remarry and even go through a breast cancer scare.
: I was trying still to be strong, but if anybody were to see me, they'd know that I was in pain. I just wasn't la diva de la banda, Jenni Rivera.
BARCO: She talked about the show with Los Angeles station KTLA.
BARCO: "I Love Jenni" was so popular, it even spawned a spinoff starring Rivera's oldest daughter Chiquis. And Jenni caught the attention of ABC TV, which was developing a comedy around her about a bicultural, bilingual middle-class single mother and business owner, just like Jenni Rivera herself. Mandalit del Barco, NPR News.
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Today, after buying a new dryer (that's PINK!), I took a closer look at the spontaneous combustion dryer. This is what I found...
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Today, after buying a new dryer (that's PINK!), I took a closer look at the spontaneous combustion dryer. This is what I found...
Posted by Dawn at 8:06 PM
37 comments:
- Ladybug Mama said...
Oh my goodness. I can't believe that happened. Although I must say that I too would probably just stand there screaming fire instead of actually doing anything. Thanks so much for the advice on the blue and red buttons. I'll definitely be more careful in the future. www.ladybugmamaof2.blogspot.com
- August 15, 2009 at 9:47 PM
- Totally Desperate Mom said...
I love that fire hair man at the bottom of your post. He looks kinda nice.
- August 15, 2009 at 10:59 PM
- Lisa said...
OMG.... Laughing my butt off here, because I SO FEEL YOUR PAIN.... Been there, DONE THAT!
And I do love that you added Mr Heat Meister at the end of your post.... He he he......
- August 15, 2009 at 11:57 PM
Whoo, glad you (and your family!) survived it! I have had two hair dryers self combust over the years, one which I whipped onto the carpet, only to then have to worry about the melting floor. Also a toaster oven that wouldn't turn off and started cabinets on fire. So I have learned to unplug appliances when not in use, so they don't ignite when we're not around. That's my add-on to your P.S.A! Keep the laughs coming, and enjoy your last days of summer!
- August 16, 2009 at 1:19 AM
Wow! How scary!! I probably would have done the same thing--just keep pushing the button and trying again till the dang thing worked! SO scary.
- August 16, 2009 at 2:37 AM
P.S. LOL on trying to get a team of firemen to your house!
- August 16, 2009 at 2:38 AM
- Lynn from For Love or Funny said...
Scary! I'm so glad that you are okay!
- August 16, 2009 at 6:20 AM
- jesmerchek+kids=pure craziness said...
Mine did this a few weeks ago, only instead of shooting flames by the outlet, it shot flames out the front, nearly catching ME on fire. EEK! The things we go thru for beauty!
- August 16, 2009 at 6:50 AM
- Scrapingirl said...
Holy Moly!!! That is both scary and funny at the same time. I never read the directions on my dryer either. But, now I know if it shuts off a lot during a single use....RUN!! :) A fire in a fireman's house. My hubby would never be able to live that down. :) I'm glad you didn't burn the house down.
- August 16, 2009 at 6:57 AM
- Bailey's Leaf said...
It's his name the Heat Miser? Hee hee! Glad that you didn't burn the joint down and you've shared your valuable lesson with all of us.
- August 16, 2009 at 7:38 AM
- pednurse said...
Yes, always heed the warning of the device shutting off repeatedly. I have actually had my hairdryer burst into flames TWICE. The first time was before they had the nifty little safety devices on them to shut them off....and flames literally shot clear across the bathroom and scorched the wallpaper on the other side of the room! After the 2nd time, I picked a hairstyle that does not require a hairdryer to achieve....
- August 16, 2009 at 7:41 AM
- noexcuses said...
I know it wasn't funny at the time, but I chuckle at the thought of the look on your face! I would do exactly the same as you! So glad it wasn't one of the kids!
Thanks for the public service!
- August 16, 2009 at 7:43 AM
- Laura said...
Dawn, I'm an engineer, I don't have any kids (yet) and I don't use my hairdryer as much as I did when I was younger, and I build crap now (grad school), and I would have done EXACTLY what you did, except the part with the yelling about fire (since Larry would have probably come in and freaked out, I'd have had to put out the fire myself). So don't feel bad! I read what you wrote and thought, yup, I'd have hit that reset button a million times, especially because when dealing with my hair I am always stressed out!
I could probably poll the entire department and I imagine they'd have done the same. The point is that YOU FOUND OUT what was supposed to have happened and you WON'T do it again. I hope you tell your kids!
- August 16, 2009 at 7:58 AM
- Sheri said...
Okay, I am sorry, but I was really hoping for the flock of seagulls photo! LOL Glad everything turned out okay.
- August 16, 2009 at 8:18 AM
- Robin said...
I'm so glad you weren't injured. It could have somehow turned in to a Michael Jackson moment...think Coke commercial hair fire.....
- August 16, 2009 at 8:35 AM
- Golden To Silver Val said...
oh....there's buttons on the plug?
- August 16, 2009 at 8:57 AM
- MaBunny said...
Well thank goodness only the dryer caught fire and not your house or you for that matter!
- August 16, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Our plugs don't have anything like that on them, we're just left to be set on fire before we notice it needs to be binned. My hair dryer did that in December at a friends, the sparks and fire decided to come out of the end where the cable goes into the hair dryer, right below my hand. Although i managed to whip it out of the socket before setting her carpet and flat on fire, she'd only just moved in so i doubt she wanted to go house hunting again.
- August 16, 2009 at 10:56 AM
- MotherGoose518 said...
I have totally had a blow dryer catch fire while I was using it before. Except the flames came out of the part where the air blows out of. And fortunately it died out immediately. It was dramatic and anticlimatic in one fell swoop! I will say, it took me a little while before I felt safe using a blow dryer again!
- August 16, 2009 at 4:45 PM
- MotherGoose518 said...
P.S. Hellooooo hair dryer manufacturers!!! If you don't want us hitting that reset button over and over again you'd better sell those suckers two to a package. 'Cause when a girl's gotta do her hair, a girl's gotta do her hair! Pretty much your only other option is to make them without reset buttons and have them just die. It's kind of like guys stopping to ask for directions or being too tired for sex. Not. Gonna. Happen.
- August 16, 2009 at 4:49 PM
- The Hall Family said...
Oh my you are so funny. I stumbled across your blog on someone else's website. I am now following and reading your other stories on your blog. Thanks you making me laugh!--Alicia
- August 16, 2009 at 7:16 PM
- email@example.com said...
So THAT's what the red button is for?? I never knew it!!! I know I'm never going to use that test button though. As if I have time for testing things at 7am in the morning?
- August 16, 2009 at 7:52 PM
"I'm Mr. Heat Miser, I'm Mr. Sun. I'm Mr. Heat Miser, I'm Mr. 101!!" Thanks for putting that song in my head in the middle of August, Dawn! ;)
Also, thanks for the public service announcement. However, I'll probably still keep pushing the reset button over and over. LOL
Donna in PA :)
- August 16, 2009 at 8:43 PM
- Michelle said...
Ok, so I'm totally not testing a hair dryer each time I use it but ummm wow, what an object lesson. Thank God Joe was there to help, no? Enjoy that new pink dryer -- if you ever get to NYC to use it!
- August 16, 2009 at 10:15 PM
- Cookie said...
Wow! What a scare! So how did you manage to get your hair done?!
- August 17, 2009 at 12:02 AM
- Cookie said...
Oh, and I almost forgot to ask, did you by chance get to have any cute fireman over???
- August 17, 2009 at 12:03 AM
Ok when I read the part about you resetting the buttons over and over I cringed and wanted to scream "NO - don't do that! Those are SAFETY features! It's cutting out for a REASON! DANGER Will Robinson! DANGER!" I thankfully was able to hold my tongue 'cause otherwise I would've been mighty embarassed since I'm at work and all. Glad the damage was minor and that everything is ok. I'm also glad you learned from your mistake and hopefully this will teach others the importance of those buttons.
I know getting the hair just right is important, but living should be a higher priority.
- August 17, 2009 at 10:23 AM
- The Mommy said...
This happened to me with my hand mixer. I was trying to make something called "seafoam icing" (and no, sadly, it's not green) for my MIL for her birthday. It requires that you beat the stuff with a mixer while heating over a double boiler. Flames shot out of the mixer and it stopped working. I let it cool down and then finished the icing...afterall, this was my Mother-in-Law we're talking about here!
- August 17, 2009 at 11:23 AM
It's amazing how close we come to disaster each day! This is someone up there watching over us!!!
- August 17, 2009 at 12:31 PM
- Silvia said...
OMG, I've never read the caution note on mine, I guess I should! I'm glad everything was contained on time. I would be friking out to burn my house down too!
I'm looking forward to meeting you in Chicago
- August 17, 2009 at 12:45 PM
- Erin said...
LOL!!! You and I react the same way to fiery situations. I almost burned down the kitchen; watching the flames jump out of the pot and thinking to myself "gee that was close to my eye brows."
Yes, it is sad, but I too would have repeatedly pressed the reset button. Thank you for such a simple reminder.
- August 17, 2009 at 1:42 PM
- Rachel said...
Holy cow! Did you know.. I have never paid attention to those buttons. Except on occasion, to hit the reset button when my blow dryer wouldn't turn on.
YOWZA! I won't be quite so cavalier about it now!!
Looking forward to meeting you on Wednesday, in Chicago.
- August 17, 2009 at 1:58 PM
- Carie said...
Hilarious! But the blame is not all on you: the warning should be more obvious! :-)
- August 18, 2009 at 7:36 AM
- Nic said...
So glad you are safe, the house didn't burn down and that Joe was right there to fix everything :) I had no idea that the purpose of those buttons, aside from reset was to warn someone using the appliance that there is a malfunction. Thanks for clearing this up!!
- August 18, 2009 at 9:35 AM
- Musings of a Housewife said...
OMIGOSH. That happened to me in high school. I burned my thumb pretty badly. Glad no one got hurt!
- August 18, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Yikes! That happened to me just this week too... hmm... I wonder if it was the same kind of dryer. I ended up with a burn hole in my favorite robe and a new pink dryer from Target too!
- August 21, 2009 at 7:00 AM
- Ladybug said...
Good Lord! I am dying laughing here! That would be something that would happen to me!
- August 26, 2009 at 1:41 PM


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Wednesday, October 17, 2007
ABC TV Station Problems Continue For NASCAR
Last Saturday night, as the field sat waiting for a fluid spill to be cleaned-up, there were many things going through the minds of NASCAR fans. Everything from Jeff Gordon's fuel level to Ryan Newman's restarts was fair game for conversation. It had been an action-packed NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race, and it was just what the ESPN on ABC TV crew wanted.
As the clock struck 11PM Eastern Time, the field was just about to crank it back-up and put the topper on three hours of live NASCAR racing on ABC. The Lowe's Motor Speedway looked great under the lights, and this race was going to help decide how the Chase for the Championship might be decided.
In Topeka, KS the NASCAR fans were watching their local ABC station KTKA. This station prides itself on serving the public interest, and was recently named the Kansas Association of Broadcasters Station of the Year for 2007. Quite an accomplishment.
Across the country, as NASCAR fans began to sit-up straight and get ready for the Trophy Dash, things in Topeka took a strange turn. The scoreboard at the Speedway showed six laps to go, but in Topeka there was only one thing on the minds of the staff at KTKA. It was time for the Channel 49 News at 10PM Central Time.
On the air came the dynamic weekend news team at KTKA, despite the fact that everyone at the station could see on the incoming ABC Network feed that the live NASCAR race was still clearly in progress. One simple touch of a button would have moved KTKA viewers back to the live NASCAR race. It never happened.
On the 49abcnews.com website, all hell broke loose. Here are some comments:
"Never have I been so shocked and livid at a TV station. To not show us the end of the race is absurd. Sorry Clint (Bowyer), we cheered you on as long as we were allowed. ABC owes us more than a small apology." (beckyandron)
"Two times in the last three weeks this station has ended their coverage prior to the completion of the race. This is clearly a sign of the times and really leaves me wanting the coverage of the races to go back to NBC." (anon viewer)
"Good thing I have Sirius Radio so I could hear the last laps of the race as it was running. Would you have done this during a Chiefs (NFL) game?" (anon viewer)
"Way to go and p**s off a bunch of potential (news) viewers KTKA! Station of the Year, huh? Were you just trying to get ahead of viewers switching to another channel?" (newhorse49)
"Does anyone really know what happened Saturday night? Please give us a truthful answer. Over three hours waiting to see the outcome and some incompetent...turns over to the news." (hillbilly)
The race coverage never returned. The newscasters never even mentioned the race. Later, the station released the following statement. "49News wants to take a moment to apologize to all the NASCAR fans in Northeast Kansas who did not get to see the end of Saturday's race."
In terms of dealing with the TV reality, the station was a little bit less than forthcoming. "An error between ABC and KTKA caused the last ten laps of the race not to be shown. ABC went to "black" for a longer than usual time, so we "took" the feed for the 49News at 10PM, even though the race was not over."
Despite the fact that one Master Control Operator might have switched the station over to the news, there was every opportunity to stop and switch back. In taking a look at the TV content in question, the choice between a live NASCAR race on ABC and the weekend news in Topeka should not have been a tough one. The big problem was not the first error, it was the refusal to fix it.
Complaints against the ABC Television Stations at first began to trickle in to The Daly Planet, and then it began to pour. Pre-empting the first thirty minutes of the night races for news, inserting sponsored news breaks on red flags, and leaving at 11PM Eastern Time for news regardless of whether the race was over or not were the common themes.
KTKA is only one example of stations in California, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Florida, New York, and Idaho that have had problems carrying the ESPN on ABC NASCAR package this season. Why this simple and straightforward sports feed has been a problem is a mystery. The one thing very clear is that these problems are real and continuing.
Clint Bowyer is having the season of his life. His run at Charlotte kept him in The Chase and really showed that he has come into his own in the NEXTEL Cup Series. Unfortunately, the people in his close-knit community of Emporia, KS did not have an opportunity to see the hometown boy finish the race. Along with many others in that part of the country, they were watching the Channel 49 Weekend News on KTKA...The TV Station of the Year.
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32 comments:
- Lisa Hogan said...
Going to be interesting to see what ABC's response is going to be to their renegade affiliates.
- October 17, 2007 at 6:53 PM
- Andy Pandy said...
Sure, KTKA, ABC went to "black" for a longer than usual time, and you happened to have the news team sitting at their desks, so you went with them instead. Good thinking! How lucky can you be?
Those stupid redneck NASCAR fans should fall for that one.
- October 17, 2007 at 8:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
More to the point...what is NASCAR.... aka Brian France.... going to do about the horrible coverage from ESPN/ABC that we have been dealing with this year!!
- October 17, 2007 at 8:11 PM
- Erik said...
ABC has no say as to what a local affiliate does. They can get on their knees and beg the affiliates show the preshow and entire race, but its still up to the affiliates to do whatever they feel is best interest of the entire community.
This is just another rude awakening to the NASCAR Nation as to where they stand in pecking order of sports. Just watch ESPN on ABC College Football coverage this Saturday, and count the number of affiliates that break away if the games run long.
If NASCAR fans don't like it, they can complain to the station managers. Though, I am sure those guys always hear many more complaints than compliments about anything the station does. It'll take quite a few of them to break through the noise.
- October 17, 2007 at 8:15 PM
- Newracefan said...
If it happens in Phila area Direct TV here I come
- October 17, 2007 at 8:27 PM
- Anonymous said...
The station's excuse is ridiculous.
They clearly intended to cut out of the race for news.
Apparently, ABC's agreement with its affiliates is not nearly as stringent as the ones written with CBS and NBC, which may not arbitrarily dump out of network porgramming and require specific permission to do so.
And, Erik, I see you're back to your typical defend-your-employer behavior. Figures.
- October 17, 2007 at 8:37 PM
- Anonymous said...
best interest of the entire community.
Bull. You mean "best for the station's Sales Department--the people that sold the spots on the newscast that would have been JIPed, collapsed, or not run at all.
- October 17, 2007 at 8:40 PM
- Bill H said...
Luckily I don't live in a broadcast market being 90 miles outside of NYC, so with DirecTV I am able to have all the broadcast channels out of NYC (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CW) and also have the same ones out of LA. I pay an extra few bucks, but if there is ever something interrupting the one in NYC, I just switch to the one in LA (and just to be redundant, if a storm comes I can hook the TV up to the Basic cable that comes with the high speed connection and get the same channels out of Albany).
Prepared: BillWebz
- October 17, 2007 at 8:44 PM
- Anonymous said...
I've been lucky and haven't had that issue here in DFW (knock on wood) but heaven help them IF it happens. I have Trackpass so I have as a back up but still!
@Erik--PLEASE how is preempting a pre-race show in the best interest of a community? The SCHEDULE had the pre-race NOT the news so those wanting news were elsewhere. And that same community can't wait 5 freakin' minutes for news? Is there really anything happening in the world that is so important that they can't wait for a race to finish and a few quickie interviews?
- October 17, 2007 at 10:59 PM
- SophiaZ123 said...
this is mind blowing (the cutting OFF the END of the race)
More mind boggling is NASCAR and Brian France do NOT CARE!
NASCAR fans deserves better and John, I hope your new site will be easier to keep out trolls. GOODNESS.
For the folks screwed out of their race finish, it was a REPEAT of the Heidi moment.
John, I hope you can eventually tell us that NASCAR really cares about this and does something so the ABC affiliates.
- October 17, 2007 at 11:03 PM
- Illpolo said...
No Erik, it's more like ABC/ESPN has no idea of what they are doing in its' first year in covering the sport. Regardless of your strong bias against NASCAR (and the strange reason why you would take the time to read and post on a NASCAR media site), this is more an indication of not knowing how to handle something new from a company standpoint.
I'm sure you love reading and responding to those of us who have a strong personal interest in having the sport covered at a high level, but many NASCAR fans don't care about where auto racing lies in the pecking order; they just want to watch a few hours coverage of a race that most would easily consider to be one of the top-five most watched sports in the country.
- October 17, 2007 at 11:48 PM
- stricklinfan82 said...
Is this epidemic of ABC affiliates pre-empting NASCAR unique to just ABC affiliates or did you guys living in Los Angeles and other affected cities go through similar instances when the Cup races were on Fox and NBC?
Also, have these same anti-NASCAR ABC affiliates pre-empted ANY other networking programming like football or basketball games to show the news as well or is NASCAR the only sport that has been affected?
- October 18, 2007 at 2:03 AM
- Photojosh said...
Wow, and I was thinking I was annoyed at the way that ABC started rolling the credits while the victory lane interviews were still going on.
Who wants to see some crap ass "b team" weekend news anchors anyway? In all seriousness, did anyone look at the ratings before making a decision like this? I suppose I could be wrong, but I would think that ANY major sports event would bring more views than the "little kitty stuck in a tree" weekend news that most local stations show.
- October 18, 2007 at 2:23 AM
- Anonymous said...
I posted this on a different thread, but it appiles to this discussion as well so I am posting it again here.
Okay folks here goes. I have worked in broadcasting at network affiliates, and at independent stations. The key word in the phrase 'network affiliate' is AFFILIATE. These affiliates are paid by the networks to air certain programs at set times. An affiliate can air the program and get paid full rate by the network, not air the program and not get paid, or air the program at a different time (say at 1:30 am instead of the scheduled time of 8:00 pm) and either get a reduced payment or no payment at all. The question I have, is the prerace show considered a separate show from the race coverage by the network, or is it part of the entire race coverage 'package'.
Actually this entire situation (prempting prerace shows, leaving the race before it is over, prempting an entire race for another sporting event/show) was something I was worried about as soon as it was announced that NASCAR was leaving ESPN/TNN/TNT for the deal with FOX and NBC. I knew that some affiliate somewhere outside of the NASCAR southeast core was going to not air a race because the had a pre-existing contract to air something else during a race broadcast. The fact that the situation being discussed/debated here has not happened (alot) before now is suprising.
There is my two cents worth. Have fun with it.
- October 18, 2007 at 6:44 AM
- Kevin in Indy said...
To Anonymous 8:11 PM:
Brian France was not at the race. He was attending the rivival of the Broadway musical "Pirates of Penzance" starring Elton John and Charles Nelson Riley. He doesn't seem to care about his responsibility to is family's legacy. His dad & grandpa would be disappointed.
- October 18, 2007 at 8:27 AM
- Wayne M said...
All NASCAR programing belongs on Speed/Fox!
- October 18, 2007 at 8:27 AM
- Anonymous said...
Brian France will be happy so long as he keeps cashing the payment checks from the networks. He doesn't care how poor the coverage is, just so long as they show some cars occasionally, mention NASCAR in a favorable light, and he gets to dictate the content. After all, he did say he knows what's best for racing.
- October 18, 2007 at 8:32 AM
- Anonymous said...
Problem is, those checks are going to dry up if he continues to allow things to deterioriate as they have.
That would be bad for us, too, not just him--so I hope someone slaps him around before it is too late.
- October 18, 2007 at 8:40 AM
- Bill H said...
Is NASCAR actually getting any money from the broadcasts now or did they get all their money up front when the networks paid for the rights to broadcast?
- October 18, 2007 at 8:49 AM
- Anonymous said...
Have to agree with Wayne M
grani girl
- October 18, 2007 at 9:44 AM
- Anonymous said...
There's nothing like seeing a TV station's General Manager throw a $12-an-hour Master Control operator under the bus instead of taking the blame for a major screwup himself.
- October 18, 2007 at 10:00 AM
- Andy Marquis said...
I remember when FOX 5 cut off the Daytona 500 for "Breaking News."
We had two inches of snow and they had special live "BLIZZARD 2003" coverage.
It was years until I watched local programming on FOX 5.
But ESPN man. They're AWFUL. I wish they would just go away. I want a postrace, not them talking to Jeff Gordon and ONLY Jeff Gordon.
And they're coverage is so biased.
They don't show ANYTHING that happens on-track. GRRRRRR!!!
I could commentate better than those guys, AND I COULD.
Who the hell is David Gillyand and Eric Amarillo and Matt Kensess?
ESPN, just go away.
I, for one, was really anxious for ESPN to come back after all the frustrations I've had with local stations covering races (living in D.C., everything in Congress is more important than NASCAR). I was really glad to see all the Busch races on ESPN2 on cable and the Cup races on ESPN where the communists at FOX 5 couldn't cut out.
Instead, same problems. Missing finishes when the race is on cable and there's really no excuse for it, and the races (mainly IRL0 being on channels we don't get (ESPN Classic).
ESPN's been a huge dissappointment. I'd rather watch the races on TNT Wide Open and deal with Bill Weber than deal with missing lead changes and wrecks because Junyer just made a pass for the 34th position.
- October 18, 2007 at 10:09 AM
- SS in Miami said...
striklinfan82, in Miami, FL, WSVN (FOX) is fine, they don't interrupt races. WTVJ(NBC) would wait for the race to come out of commercial, then break in with weather or whatever they thought was important, but only a few times over '05/'06 season, but they did leave the race in a box in the bottom corner of the screen. WPLG(ABC) does NOT air the pre-race shows for Saturday night races and does NOT care in the least, I posted their response on the article about the LA station not carrying the pre-race. When Hurricane Wilma was coming in October '05, WTVJ aired the race on their website because they had hurricane coverage on the station, why they didn't air it on their partner station instead of 20+ year old movies, I'll never understand.
- October 18, 2007 at 10:33 AM
- stricklinfan82 said...
Anonymous said...
I posted this on a different thread, but it appiles to this discussion as well so I am posting it again here.
Okay folks here goes. I have worked in broadcasting at network affiliates, and at independent stations. The key word in the phrase 'network affiliate' is AFFILIATE. These affiliates are paid by the networks to air certain programs at set times. An affiliate can air the program and get paid full rate by the network, not air the program and not get paid, or air the program at a different time (say at 1:30 am instead of the scheduled time of 8:00 pm) and either get a reduced payment or no payment at all. The question I have, is the prerace show considered a separate show from the race coverage by the network, or is it part of the entire race coverage 'package'.
Actually this entire situation (prempting prerace shows, leaving the race before it is over, prempting an entire race for another sporting event/show) was something I was worried about as soon as it was announced that NASCAR was leaving ESPN/TNN/TNT for the deal with FOX and NBC. I knew that some affiliate somewhere outside of the NASCAR southeast core was going to not air a race because the had a pre-existing contract to air something else during a race broadcast. The fact that the situation being discussed/debated here has not happened (alot) before now is suprising.
There is my two cents worth. Have fun with it.
October 18, 2007 6:44 AM
That's not totally true with every TV show on every network.
At Watkins Glen last year, Cleveland's NBC affiliate aired an Indians baseball game instead of the race. They asked for permission to air the race in its entirety later in the evening but (according to them) NASCAR and NBC said no, because the TV contract did not allow for that. The only option they had was to air the race live, so they joined it in progress after the game was over. So apparently affiliates can't always do "whatever they want", as some have speculated.
I hope that all of these affiliates that are screwing over NASCAR fans are incurring these financial penalties that some of you have talked about, and aren't getting away with "slipping one past the bosses". Hopefully the attention this blog has paid to this issue will keep affiliates from trying to get away with NASCAR pre-emptions in the hopes that no one will notice.
- October 18, 2007 at 11:51 AM
- Anonymous said...
Unfortunately, in some way it is a referendum on the actual clout NASCAR wields an a national scale. The TV ratings reflect a stagnant rate of growth in popularity beyond our core group of racing fans. In truth, I really do not care whether some insurance broker in Seattle ever watches a race. If the ratings have peaked, so be it. Move on.
However, once KTKA made a commitment to show the race,it was an implied bargain with viewers. It was rude and inconsiderate to cheat the fans out of the finishing laps after they invested the time to watch up to that point. KTKA had a moral commitment even if they do not regard NASCAR as a mainstream sport. Beyond the contract language and legalese, it smacks of the lack of common decency in corporate America.
- October 18, 2007 at 1:12 PM
- Anonymous said...
I'm not sure why ABC bothered to spend the money on NASCAR if its stations won't show it. Seems like a waste.
- October 18, 2007 at 1:17 PM
- Anonymous said...
All you people who have been jerked around by different stations should contact the sponsors of their newscasts, and explain you no longer watch their news and why.
- October 18, 2007 at 1:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
There is a big difference between tape delaying a race, and not airing it at all. The race broadcast ultimatly belongs to NASCAR. You always hear that legal disclaimer at the end of the race that it cannot be rebroadcast or retrasmitted without NASCAR's permission. That is why the station can't just re-air it anytime they feel like it.
However, an affiliate is free to not to air it at all, cut it short, join it in progress, etc.
Even the NFL was only able to get just the home market of the teams playing network affiliates to stick with a game to the conclusion. It doesn't apply nationally.
- October 18, 2007 at 1:52 PM
- Anonymous said...
As long as France is lining his pockets you might as well p--- up a rope, he'll never do anything about it.
- October 18, 2007 at 3:11 PM
- Anonymous said...
Erik said...
ABC has no say as to what a local affiliate does. They can get on their knees and beg the affiliates show the preshow and entire race, but its still up to the affiliates to do whatever they feel is best interest of the entire community.
Guess you are incorrect huh Erikuncctps
- October 18, 2007 at 3:42 PM
- Anonymous said...
ucbtqhHeidi lives in Kansas now? KTKA's action in truncating the race does seem to break an implied convenant with its viewers as to what it will be carrying. Moreover, it could be a very shortsighted act in light of the apparent popularity of the racetrack in Kansas and since the station may not know how many advertisers or potential advertisers it has angered. I feel certain that local advertisers who had paid for commercials on the race broadcast were not pleased by KTKA's actions, and might have a claim for a refund or make-good. It does seem to me that KTKA's action shows that it places its interests above those of its viewers - which hopefully local residents will make known when its license comes up for renewal.
- October 18, 2007 at 6:11 PM
- Bobby said...
These decisions are made by affiliates.
Under the old track-by-track deals, this was a problem with our local ABC affiliate. From 1991 until 1997, they would actually pre-empt the March Atlanta race and air it on tape-delay at midnight as to show a syndicated television package, the ACC Basketball Championship Game (the race started at 1:15; the ACC Championship started at 1:45 or 2 PM). The station has the ACC basketball package and pre-empted all ABC program on Wednesdays and on weekends to show ACC basketball. In later years, complaints led to the channel joining the race in progress, after two-thirds of the race had ended. Other markets (including ours) also had the ABC affiliate in another market which we were part, but that affiliate was dropped in 1992 to give MTV a new position, and once that happened, racing, golf, and other sports fans began complaining because the practice meant no sports, no results, just ACC basketball. Even the mayor (an avid golf fan) complained and it was to no avail.
Capital Cities did nothing to them.
The local ABC affiliate moved their offices and news operations 100 miles to the north a few years ago, and currently does not have a Saturday night newscast. They are the 4th-place station in the market.
Disclaimer: The Atlantic Coast Conference basketball package is a joint package of Raycom, Inc. and Lincoln National Corporation. Bobby holds shares of Lincoln National Corporation.
- October 22, 2007 at 4:28 PM


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Sunday, November 2, 2008
Early "RaceDay" Highlights Pre-Race TV Shows
There is the normal array of pre-race programming this Sunday leading up to the Sprint Cup Series race from the Texas Motor Speedway.
The six hours of shows before the race this week have some interesting twists. Chefs Mario Batali and Rachael Ray will be stopping by RaceDay on SPEED. This two-hour program is split in half this week because of the live coverage of the Brazilian Grand Prix Formula-1 race.
Before RaceDay is the normal line-up of Tradin' Paint, NASCAR Performance and NASCAR in a Hurry on SPEED. ESPN2 offers the one-hour morning edition of NASCAR Now at 10AM.
The complete list of the pre-race shows is located on the right side of the main page. This post will serve to host your TV-related comments about this block of programming. There will be a new post up for NASCAR Countdown and the Sprint Cup Series race later this afternoon.
PS - Thanks to some good folks at SPEED, I got my hands on some great Halloween pics of the SPEED gang at TMS. Will post them tonight after the TMS race.
To add your comment, just click on the COMMENTS button below and follow the easy instructions. The rules for posting are located on the right side of the main page. Thank you for taking the time to stop by The Daly Planet.
32 comments:
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anyone here got boots of Chinese plastic? Hmm..it must be a Texas thing. Very strange choice of tune-age.
- November 2, 2008 at 10:02 AM
- Newracefan said...
JD ?, DId I miss something, granted I'm surfing and watching but I have no clue what your talking about
- November 2, 2008 at 10:19 AM
- Rick said...
"Boots of Chinese Plastic" is the title of the song used to open RaceDay.
Very strange choice indeed.
- November 2, 2008 at 10:24 AM
- Newracefan said...
OK normally I am not fond of the Rutledge pieces but that was funny and Tony certainly didn't have a problem working with Speed.
- November 2, 2008 at 10:25 AM
- Newracefan said...
Thanks Rick, I was way confused.
- November 2, 2008 at 10:25 AM
- Rick said...
I was confused at first too, but then I backed up the DVR to first verify that it WAS The Pretenders, then again to see the title of the song, because I couldn't relate the lyrics to NASCAR in no way whatsoever. ;)
- November 2, 2008 at 10:28 AM
- ri88girl said...
On TP, WHY was Kyle dressed up like the King?
On Nascar in a Hurry, did they show the SPEED crew dressed up? I was making breakfest and missed a few segments?
Loved the Rutladge piece
- November 2, 2008 at 10:30 AM
- Newracefan said...
At least now I know why Rachael Ray was on Carl's pit box for the NW race
- November 2, 2008 at 10:34 AM
- Newracefan said...
ri88 They taped TP on Fri Halloween.
- November 2, 2008 at 10:35 AM
- ri88girl said...
NRF that's what I thought but was cofused when no one else did the same so was wondering if it was another non-statement LOL, ty for clearing that up for me.
- November 2, 2008 at 10:42 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
You guys are a mess this morning. Keep up people! :)
- November 2, 2008 at 11:03 AM
- ri88girl said...
OMG!!!!!!!!!! picin' on the peeps!
- November 2, 2008 at 11:11 AM
- Newracefan said...
JD it's that extra hour (of course I forgot and got up too soon) :)
- November 2, 2008 at 11:13 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
That Rutledge piece and the Truck Series gang in costume on the same weekend...not bad for SPEED.
Wait till you see the pics I have from Texas...hilarious!
- November 2, 2008 at 11:15 AM
- ri88girl said...
I'm glad Kenny brought up the idea of making it mandetory to be in nationwide for two years before moving to cup. I think they should go one step futher and make a one or two years in trucks before nationwide.
Not sure about that 'commercial' for the Petty driving experiance. As it's the king, ok, but don't think a packaged deal to Childresses winery would be recieved in the same way.
- November 2, 2008 at 11:17 AM
- Anonymous said...
OK I just got home & now I'm gonna watch the taped stuff. JD you & the peeps have got me curious & curiouser.
- November 2, 2008 at 11:19 AM
- ri88girl said...
What team did Bruton own?
- November 2, 2008 at 11:21 AM
- PammH said...
I don't usually care for the Rut pieces, but I actually LOL'd at that one. Didn' watch NN, will see the same thing during the pre-race.
- November 2, 2008 at 11:23 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
You better sit down. This time they found exactly what they should use Rutledge for...comedy.
- November 2, 2008 at 11:24 AM
- Matt said...
The Rutledge segment was great.. I think he's hilarious.
I also like Kenny's idea of the mandatory 2 years in NW for these drivers. Either that, or have some sort of system where they accumulate X amount of points before they can enter a cup race.
- November 2, 2008 at 11:38 AM
- ri88girl said...
I really think Jr was tring to keep Brad K in NW for his own good, and Gibbs would have done the same with Legano, but MONEY dictates that they must be in Cup to chase those sponsorship dollars. I feel like that was one of the things Jr was saying but didn't allude to directly. I can think of six or so dirvers over the last few years that would have been far more successful in cup if they had made their bones in Bush as had been done traditionally.
- November 2, 2008 at 11:45 AM
- ri88girl said...
re what I just said, did anyone else go white when KP said that Nationwide was a complete joke?
- November 2, 2008 at 11:47 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Did you hear what Kyle said about next season for him? Wow...that was a whole lot of information.
Interesting to see that he solved the TDP hat issue by wearing Richard's hat and trying to pull off the Halloween deal.
Kyle Petty calling Grand-Am races on SPEED next season, that is going to be fun to watch.
- November 2, 2008 at 11:49 AM
- Dot said...
I slept through RD, dang it.
I thought I read that Kyle was going to race in Grand Am. Now he's in the booth? Maybe it's time for me to change my meds.
- November 2, 2008 at 12:02 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Can't believe that NASCAR in a Hurry did not have some fun with the Halloween costumes. What a shame.
- November 2, 2008 at 12:13 PM
- majorshouse said...
I agree that the drivers that come up through the truck and Nationwide series need to be there for at least two years to give them time to really mature and I really wish that we could eliminate all of the cup drivers for hogging the Nationwide series if it is going to be a developmental and feeder series for cup.
- November 2, 2008 at 12:16 PM
- Anonymous said...
OK guys - finally I liked the Rutledge piece! too funny the scott speed bit & Tony was really funny! That was great use of Rutledge! And the Mikey impersonation!
Any one know what team Bruton owned? just wondering..
Great pre race part 1 show can't wait for part2 later
- November 2, 2008 at 12:31 PM
- Anonymous said...
I think that if you abandon the idea that the best shold complete, then you can give credence to Kenny's idea of 2 years in Nationwide. It's true that it was a tradition to race there, but that was also part of the old boys network. There's a whole new generation.
Kurt B never ran a Nationwide(Bush) race before racing in the cup series. Carl only raced twice, Kyle about a year, Ryan N about a dozen races, etc. Why should they be punished by someone's idea?
The COT cars are so different that in a way, some of the best drivers are the ones with less experience.
I say that owners and sponsors sometimes think outside the box and a whole new exitement comes with it.
I say don't make Cup owners responsible for making a series profitable. At one time Jr had said that the Nat series had gotten so expensive and the money earned low, he thought about changing his team to a cup team. And now they are adding to the finacial burden by changing to their own COT.
Let freedom ring. If you have enough money to field a cup team, no one should put up barriers.
- November 2, 2008 at 2:09 PM
- PammH said...
Okay, that was a cute election take-off, even Burton played along! And altho I figure he has a sense of humor, we always see his serious side-nice to see him "playful".
- November 2, 2008 at 2:21 PM
- Ari in DC said...
Kenny asked Mr. Penski a good question about testing but I thought the interview was incomplete without a question on the future of Dodge in the sport. Certainly Penski would have offered an interesting perspective on that.
- November 2, 2008 at 2:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
@anon 2:09--that's where I'm conflicted. I'd love to see the 2 year rule because I think some are coming up too soon...yet there are some like Kurtsie who was successful going from Pick 'em Ups to Cup without a second in a Busch car and those like Cousin Carl who only ran a few Busch races. And then you have those like Jack Sprague who has Pick 'em Up championships and ran in Busch many years yet couldn't make it in Cup.
That's a shame they didn't show the SPEED costumes, but I look forward to the pictures :)
- November 2, 2008 at 3:05 PM
- Anonymous said...
I don't know for sure if it was his car or one he leased, borrowed or whatever. But Bruton furnished a brand new Monte Carlo to Wendell Scott for the 600 back in 69
or 70. I remember the car for sure however,I could be off on the year.
Frank in Sebring.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
My Stressful Stress Test
I walked in the office, looked around, and realized I'd mistakenly arrived at the retirement home. I turned to walk out when I saw the doctor's name on the door. Guess I'm at the right place. I was the youngest person there by probably 30 years. I checked in and sat down to fill out several redundant questionnaires. Why is it necessary to ask if you smoke on three separate pages? After filling in information about my spouse, I came to the question asking for the name of an emergency contact. I wrote my mom's name there. Under her contact information was the question, "How is this person related to you?" My choices were spouse, son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, great grandson, great granddaughter... There were no boxes for "parents". I squelched my urge to write "imaginary friend" and wrote in "parent" instead.
So I was called into a room. It had treadmills and it had hospital-like beds. It was the geriatric Bally's. All it needed was big band music pumped in. I was lead to a closet where I got to strip from the waist up and put on a gown. The doctor, a young guy, of course, because that's my luck, comes in and rubs me down with alcohol, then he used some sort of sandpaper on me to remove hair where the electrodes were to go (I swear I don't have a hairy chest!) Next, he had to lift my boobs out of the way to apply the stickers. Yeah, that was fun. What do you do in a situation like that? Where do you look? You can't make eye contact because that would just be weird. So you stare at some spot above the doctor's head and pretend he's not putting stickers on your boobs and say something nonchalant like, "So, it's pretty nice weather we're having, huh?" Or maybe you just start babbling like an idiot and say things like, "So, I had a goldfish when I was two. I named him Goldygold. You know, because he was gold. Yep, that was 37 years ago. I have no idea why that just popped into my head. Do you like popcorn? I got to swim with dolphins a couple years ago..." Not that this happened to me or anything. Just sayin'...
To these electrode leads, about 400 wires were attached. I was like a Christmas tree with all the wires trailing out from under my gown. My gown was missing the tie on top, but this doctor said, "It doesn't matter because we'll stick it back to together with tape anyway." What kind of weirdo place is this???
A nice technician, female, thank God, did a quick ultrasound of my heart. (It's a lot more fun to get baby ultrasounds!) And, sure enough, she stuck my gown back together with tape! Then I got to walk on the treadmill. OK, back up for a minute. Remember the part where I had to strip from the waist up? Yeah. And now I get to jog on a treadmill with no bra. Yeah. Ahem. So there I am, walking along, braless with the girls flying all over the place. Lovely. After I walked for like 3 minutes, he cranked the treadmill up faster and inclined it. By the end of that 3 minutes, I was getting winded cause I'm so fat and out of shape.
Then he cranked it up faster and inclined it more. About a minute into it, he pried my fingers from the bar where I was holding on for dear life so he could take my blood pressure. I nearly flew off the back. I kept thinking, "Oh my gosh, how do 80-year-old patients handle this???" Then when my pulse rate reached 890, he had me get off and run to the table for another ultrasound before my heart exploded.
After that ultrasound, I sat there in a pool of sweat (you know because I'm fat and out of shape) while I gulped for air like a guppy out of water.
Long story short - My regular doctor called me right away this afternoon (how awesome is he?!) and said everything looked great. They detected no heart problems. I have low blood pressure and good cholesterol levels. I don't smoke, nor do I have diabetes. In other words, "Stop your whining Dawn. You have indigestion, you big baby." I'm pretty sure an eyeroll was inserted there too. Actually, he was awesome for checking everything ok quickly and making sure I wasn't about to keel over before my speaking engagement tomorrow and my traveling Thursday. So, I may get hit by a bus tomorrow, but rest assured, I'm not going to drop of a heart attack anytime soon. I guess I'll have to find another way to get a little vacation.
Posted by Dawn at 10:18 PM
40 comments:
- Rosten18 said...
Ooooh, I did one of those once. I felt like a total loser, because I was in my early 20s at the time, and totally out of shape. I wasn't overweight - just didn't have any stamina! I think I somehow got to keep my bra on, but they didn't tell me to wear tennis shoes, so I showed up in sandles and ended up having to do the treadmill barefoot. It's an experience I hope to never duplicate.
- September 16, 2009 at 12:34 AM
I'm sure it was a pain in the ass, but I'm so very glad you're ok.
- September 16, 2009 at 12:36 AM
- Mark said...
5:30 AM Massachusetts time>
Dawn, thank you for reporting on your Stress Test. When I had mine, I was terrified, not knowing what to expect. However, you made it sound like FUN..I was just about to schedule another,but something told me to re-read your comments. Sure enough! I would have been so disappointed NOT to get some PASTRIES.(Most likely, I would NOT have been invited back!)
There are going to be many MANY happy and loyal DAWN Readers today. (Happy, because we will feel relieved about your good news. ) I am reminded of that famous TV anchorwoman, who went "live" with her rectal polyp-hunting procedure. Similarly, your own PUBLIC SERVICE may save many lives.However, I could NOT find the LINK (starring YOU!) at You Tube,,Must have been an oversight.
- September 16, 2009 at 4:54 AM
- Lynn from For Love or Funny said...
This is great news! I'm so glad the test didn't find any problems!
- September 16, 2009 at 5:01 AM
Glad to hear you're okay. I did have a chuckle about running on a treadmill without any support!
- September 16, 2009 at 5:55 AM
You were lucky! When my husband goes for his echo, because of his family history, they use sandpaper to get rid of the hair in certain spots on his chest for the "stickers". LOL! So he has hairless spots on his chest still.
Anita in Indiana
- September 16, 2009 at 6:15 AM
OMG I know just how you feel. I remember when I went in for the same test, and felt like I was in a waiting room at the geriatric facility. I am sure if they had taken my bp it would have been sky high. Couldn't decided if I felt good because there were so many "older" folks there, or what. It was very upsetting. Glad to hear everything is OK. When you have kids, it is tough to think that you are anything less that Super MOM!
- September 16, 2009 at 6:26 AM
- Scrapingirl said...
Hee hee..... I have to admit that I was cracking up at your "girls" reference. You are so funny. I'm glad you're not going anywhere, just yet.
- September 16, 2009 at 6:50 AM
- Krys72599 said...
I suppose you probably don't want to hear that there's a stress test that requires.you.to sit.down. Admittedly they inject you with something that probably glows in the dark, but you get to sit.down. Then you get to lay down after for some x-rays...
My mom just had it done - she's 78 and not real able to get around on her feet so they gave her this other kind of stress test...
- September 16, 2009 at 7:20 AM
- Bailey's Leaf said...
I know your pain. I've had the heart attack heartburn myself. No fun.
Glad that you are good!
- September 16, 2009 at 8:16 AM
- Slack said...
First, glad your heart is heathly!
Second, my MIL has been to the emergency room twice thinking she was having a heart attack...turned out to be gas.
Third, we have a Wii Fit and even with a bra my girls fly when I do the jog. I have to hold them just to get through the 3 minutes (otherwise I'd probably knock myself out).
- September 16, 2009 at 8:44 AM
- Mayberry Mom said...
My DD's would have been hitting the doctor and the nurse if I had to run on a treadmill with no bra!! Nevermind how much that would HURT.
Will you be getting your gall bladder checked?? I hope he does that too, you don't want your gall bladder to get too diseased. My hubby's cousin had that happen and it's really not a good thing at all. He was very sick.
I'm glad your heart is A-OK!
- September 16, 2009 at 8:49 AM
two things to feel better
2. EAT HEALTHY (no trans fats)
then you won't have problems!
and live longer!
- September 16, 2009 at 9:35 AM
- MaBunny said...
Glad to hear everything worked out ok on your test!
- September 16, 2009 at 9:55 AM
- My Semblance of Sanity said...
Will your doctor see people who pee their pants EVERY FREAKING TIME they read your blog?!
I am laughing so hard! But also THANKING THE LORD that you are AOK!
Love you!
- September 16, 2009 at 10:10 AM
- Chris said...
I had one about ten years ago, and you're right. The girls go every which way when you're on a treadmill!! BTW, have you tried the Weight Watchers point system? It's SO easy and I've lost 5.9 pounds in four weeks!! Give it a try!
- September 16, 2009 at 10:21 AM
- Diane of Crafty Passions said...
Great post I felt like I was in there with you !
Glad your ok, that's a blessing .
Take care
- September 16, 2009 at 10:25 AM
Glad it's not the heart but don't let the doc off the hook. Make sure you get tested for acid reflux. If acid reflux goes untreated for too long it can lead to esophageal cancer.
- September 16, 2009 at 10:29 AM
- Jessica said...
This was hilarious! I'm sure it was a little bit less hilarious to live through.....but if you are like me, you were probably writing your blog post in your mind through the whole experience. =D
- September 16, 2009 at 11:47 AM
Running on a treadmill with no bra? I think I would have to refuse to do that! I love your description of the "girls flying all over the place"!
- September 16, 2009 at 12:12 PM
- Purple Quilter Queen said...
Oh so good to know you aren't about to cross the pearly gates! Stay well!
- September 16, 2009 at 3:01 PM
- Domestic Spaz said...
Another reason to start jogging... so if I ever have to do this I won't be horribly embarrassed. I would have never made it... you're a champ, Dawn!
- September 16, 2009 at 3:17 PM
- Lynn said...
Somehow I missed that you were having all this fun! And since you made it past the next day I can tell you that my Dad had a stress test like this...and had a heart attack the next day.
Thrilled that you're doing okay! I don't have a clue how to spell this but I get pains that are from esophagial (told you I don't know how to spell it..from the esophagus) spasms that feel like someone's stabbing me. Not that it helps you figure out what's going on with you. And I have a feeling it could be stress related...the catch-all for all things painful that the drs don't know how to diagnose...
Praying you feel better and just don't have any more of these thingies!
- September 16, 2009 at 5:02 PM
- Keeley said...
Yay for good news! =) Thank goodness for indigestion. =)
- September 16, 2009 at 5:23 PM
At least you didn't fall through the hole in the table and almost kill the tech like I did! They didn't tell me about the trap door they opened to do the pre-torture echo and when I went to get up I put my hand right through the hole with my full weight!
And after the incline the speed was too fast to walk and too slow to run...I swear they do it on purpose!
- September 16, 2009 at 5:52 PM
- Lissete said...
Welcome to my world. It's an annual thing for me. I sit there among all the little white heads and wait for them to ask what is wrong with me. One always does ;)
Glad that everyting is ok!
- September 16, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Such good news, Dawn! Thank you for updating us. I love your description of the stress test room! Way too funny!!
Take care of yourself because we all need you around!
Donna from PA :)
- September 17, 2009 at 7:33 AM
As soon as you got to the part of where the electrodes were applied I thought....what about a bra??? I think trying to run without a bra would have been worse than being out of shape and running. And I am out of shape!!!
Glad you are okay.
- September 17, 2009 at 9:13 AM
- Kristine said...
Yay for good results! How awesome to have a dr that doesn't brush you off. He's a keeper!
- September 17, 2009 at 11:10 AM
If you get the pain again, don't automatically assume it's heartburn/indegestion. I did the same thing for YEARS and it turned out to be my gallbladder. By the time the doctors and I put two and two together, my gallbladder was so full of stones that it had doubled in size and attached itself to my liver. Not fun!! If I were you, if it happens again, I would demand a gallbladder ultrasound. Your symptoms sound just like mine did. Getting my gallbladder out was one of the best things I've ever done . . . . not like I had a choice, though :-)
P.S. All my doctors ruled it as indegestion, too. Until I ended up in the emergency room screaming from the pain.
- September 17, 2009 at 2:50 PM
- Michelle said...
Ok I totally missed something but yay for happy results. And for vacations. But now? I'm sooooo wearing a sports bra, screw what they say! :) Thanks for the heads up.
- September 17, 2009 at 9:20 PM
I now what you mean about the retirement home. I was diagnosed with an arrythmia at 22 and it was almost always assumed I was driving someone else there instead of there for my own appointment. And, everyone else in the waiting room was at least 40 years older than me.
Be glad you didn't have to have a radioactive dye test. Then you get to ride a bike with all the electrodes attached, a needle in your carotid artery, while pushing your chest against the "camera" wearing only a large ace bandage on your chest to hold the 'girls' in place.
- September 18, 2009 at 9:04 AM
You are a bit young for heart problems but listen to your body and don't assume it is just gas. As I tell my daughters, if I knew I was going to live so long, I would have taken better care of myself. I got a clean bill of health after the same stress test and ended up with them doing angioplasty 2 weeks later. Having had both kinds of stress tests, I would choose the treadmill one over the chemical one which scared me half to death the first time I had it!
- September 18, 2009 at 2:45 PM
- Lisa said...
Your description was EXACTLY what I experienced!!!
- September 18, 2009 at 4:55 PM
- Shellie said...
Boy did that sound like a lot of fun...Thanks for the laugh. I didn't have to have a stress test, but the Dr. sent me to the ER because I only get sick at night and I was probably ok but on the other hand my symptoms could mean my heart was malfunctioning and my lungs were filling up with liquids, thus causing my difficulty breathing. Nope, I got an MRI with contrast dye and found out there is no explainable reason why I am sick, unless I have Chagas or some other dreaded South American disease. On the bright side the dye makes you feel warm and the ER is freezing so that was nice. My husband and I decided to go somewhere less expensive and more entertaining the next time we go out on a Saturday night. There are better ways to get a guy to take you out on a date that that.
- September 19, 2009 at 12:18 AM
- Robin said...
glad to know you're okay.
- September 19, 2009 at 11:20 PM
- Sondie said...
I had one of those test done when I was 24 (I'm now 35). I failed it...yup, passed right out on the treadmill and at that time I wasn't overweight or anything. Funny thing was that the cardiologist wasn't even concerned that I had passed out. The assistant helped me to the table where they did the heart ultrasound. The cardiologist kept yelling that I wasn't squeezing the dang rubber ball in my hand. And then, after about 30 minutes they discharged me and left me to drive myself home. Unbelievable!
I'm so glad to hear your tests came out ok. You write things so entertaining. Thanks for sharing!
- September 20, 2009 at 10:27 AM
- Sylvia said...
You make me laugh and laugh. I'm not laughing at you....well, yes I am. But only because I identify.
- September 20, 2009 at 1:41 PM
Glad to hear you are fine! Ugh, that must have been horrible to exercise for three LOOONG minutes without a bra and be watched by somebody at the same time (that could spike your blood pressure all by itself). And yeah, those hospital gowns are sometimes a laugh.. exactly what they do, I have not figured it out yet. Because they barely cover up your whole body, do not warm you, are see-through, and sometimes don't even "work" like you mentioned (need tape). And the doctor or nurse there just pretend that you are fully clothed while you freeze your butt and try your best to cover up what you can. LOL. In those kind of situations, a sense of humor is a must!
- September 25, 2009 at 1:32 PM
- Dave Reynolds said...
I'm glad all is well! I found your blog post yesterday shortly after I developed exactly the same symptoms...including pain in my jaw. Even though I'd been through it before, generally after doing something stupid like overeating, I let the internet freak me out. Still, I'm not as young as I used to be and am inspired to visit my doctor to make sure all is well. Although I'm a guy, sadly I'm growing breasts too which is yet another sign that it's time to get back in shape. I like your blog!
- October 11, 2009 at 11:29 AM