Today is a two-fer! Two cute videos for the low, low price of one.
I know!
It's like winning the powerball... except without the money.
Pete Kaliner
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Call: (828) 240-9962 or (800)570-9962
Email: pete@wwnc.com
Facebook: Become a Friend
Twitter: Follow Me
For archives of The Pete Kaliner Show podcasts, click here.
Pete Kaliner was most recently a reporter and video journalist for News 14 Carolina.
Prior to that, he was an award-winning Radio Journalist and Radio Host in Charlotte on WBT (1110-AM & 99.3 FM) for more than a decade.
During that same time, Pete wrote, produced and delivered a daily half-hour news and commentary segment on the nationally syndicated "Matt and Ramona Show" from 2001 to 2009. Pete also appeared on local television, participated in a weekly local reporter roundtable show, and moderated candidate debates. His work included stringing for CBS, CNN, and the North Carolina News Network. He was named Radio Journalist of the Year in 2006 by the Radio Television News Directors of the Carolinas.
Before WBT, Pete helped run a small market radio newsroom in Rock Hill. He also worked in the Membership Department of Charlotte's public radio station.
Prior to getting into the news and media industry, Pete spent a decade working in restaurants in Rock Hill and New York. So he can be a server's best - or worst - tip of the day.
He was born on Long Island, NY and graduated Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC with a BA in Mass Communication Broadcast.
Monday
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-May 20, 2013-
3:00 -- The head of the IRS's labor union met with President Obama the day before the IRS launched its targeted program of Tea Party groups. Surely, it's just a coincidence.
4:00 -- Is Obama a flake? Here's an analysis that supports the conclusion that he is.
5:00 -- Shariah law in North Carolina - is it needed or are Republican lawmakers just scaremongering?
Tuesday
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-May 21, 2013-
Hour 1
3:00 -- The Asheville TEA Party protests outisde the local IRS offices. Plus, french fries & curly fries.Hour 2
4:00 -- French fries, curly fries, drive-ins, and radio frequency waves. Plus, if you had to pick a species of infestation, what would it be?Hour 3
5:00 -- Pete's battles flies in his apartment. Plus, trivia!
Wednesday
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-May 22, 2013-
Hour 1
3:00 -- Highlights of today's congressional hearing on the IRS scandal.Hour 2
4:00 -- Belgian racing pigeons and pot-fed pigs who get the munchies.Hour 3
5:00 -- The Charlotte Bobcats will change their name back to the Hornets. Because that'll make them be less sucky?
Thursday
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-May 23, 2013-
Hour 1
3:00 -- We start off with trivia! Then, a city in New Hampshire seeks a court order to prevent citizens from getting too close to parking meter enforcement, after the citizens launched a campaign to feed meters for strangers. Plus, a stolen poptart in Charlotte leads to an arrest, and the UN urges us all to eat insects to fight obesity.Hour 2
4:00 -- Kevin King, Managing Editor of the Asheville and Hendersonville Tribunes, joins us to talk about the latest issue on news stands today. Also, the 38 signs you're from North Carolina.Hour 3
5:00 -- Pete convinces Producer Tank to eat a fried grasshopper for $10.
Friday
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-May 24, 2013-
Hour 1
3:00 --Hour 2
4:00 --Hour 3
5:00 --
ON DEMAND
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
VIDEOS: Before And After The Twister
Check out this short video shot by James Leger. The first few seconds are just before he took shelter as the tornado approached. The next part is him emerging from the shelter.
Here's a compilation of videos from local TV coverage in Moore, OK.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Tea Party Protests IRS In Asheville
About 50 protesters assembled outside the federal building on Patton Ave. today at noon, to demonstrate against the IRS and its targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups.
I had about half an hour today and so I ran down to take some pictures and meet some folks.
Unfortunately, a lot of my time was spent arguing with a woman named Kathy over the completely irrelevant topic of gay marriage. Despite a year of on-air and Facebook debates about this topic, she refuses to accept that I disagree with her on it. So, instead of spending my time discussing things we might have in common, she kept trying to make me change my mind.
Just for future reference, this is not how you win people over to your cause.
Anyway, I apologize for not being able to speak with more people.
As Mick Jagger sang, "I went down to the demonstration, to get my fair share of abuse."
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