first the asterisk - now the spot?
tommySkate Park of Tampa is often referred to as “the SPoT.” With summer coming up, you can be sure to hear many sk8r kids talk about hanging out at SPoT.
A few years ago, WFLA (Media General) wanted a Daytime type of show at night. Since they couldn’t really call it Nighttime, they decided to name it “The Spot.” I’m sure you’ve seen this show – it is available on many tv stations around the state. Beautiful Lindsey Brien is always running around Florida, getting into all sorts of wacky adventures.
Rumors are swirling that there will be yet another spot in Tampa. er… another Spot. A new, printed version of The Spot. According to some people who claim to know such things, the Tampa Tribune (also Media General) has decided to produce a new tab magazine designed to compete with the St. Pete Times tab, tbt*. This new tab will be given the original name of “The Spot,” and it will be tied to the aforementioned television program.
I’ve been trying to confirm this, but no one at the Tribune is talking…
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May 19th, 2006 at 8:51 am
[...] A long time ago, when this blog was just a spot, (not The Spot), Sticks received a link from Otis White at Civic Strategies. CS is a “strategic planning firm that structures public policy solutions.” As part of their research, they came across Sticks, and kindly included it among a list of what they call “urblogs.” Since then, we’ve kept up with them, mainly because they do a really good job at highlighting urban issues around the country. [...]
September 12th, 2006 at 9:35 am
[...] It has been rumored that the Tampa Tribune was working on a tab newspaper of their own, tentatively called The Spot. Wayne Garcia has found that Media General registered the domain name http://www.freshsqueezedweekly.com/. A visit there finds a logo for “Orange Magazine†and the teaser: A weekly dose of fresh-squeezed nightlife and culture, coming this September to a location near you. [...]