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In Business: STREET TALK Mediacom to drop KETC, KSDK and add WGN HD

On Feb. 17, Mediacom is dropping two St. Louis stations from its broadcast basic lineup - NBC affiliate KSDK (Channel 4) and PBS affiliate KETC (Channel 19). Mediacom spokesman Randy Hollis said the cable provider now receives the St. Louis stations ...

From JUSTIN WILLETT, Columbia Tribune,  31 Jan 2009
Related Topics: PBS,  U.S. Congress,  Federal Communications Commission,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate

In Business STREET TALK: Wilson’s facility will fill downtown fitness gap

Downtown Columbia is getting a new fitness facility. Terry Wilson is opening a 13,000-square-foot outlet of Wilsons Total Fitness in the Berry Building at Walnut and Orr streets. Work on the facility began this week, and Wilson said he hopes to have it ...

From JUSTIN WILLETT, Columbia Tribune,  24 Jan 2009

In business: STREET TALK Film production company to offer high-tech facility

Randy Sinquefield wanted to leave behind the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles to pursue his film production career. When he considered where he could go, he knew the perfect place - Columbia. Sinquefield, 30, grew up in L.A., but as a youngster he ...

From JUSTIN WILLETT, Columbia Tribune,  17 Jan 2009

Signals crossed in TV test; Digital trial points out system shortfalls.

Mid-Missourians who subscribe to a cable or satellite television service have repeatedly been told they will be ready for the Feb. 17 transition to digital broadcasting. That statement is true, but the issue was confused last night when some cable and ...

From JUSTIN WILLETT, Columbia Tribune,  9 Jan 2009

In business: STREET TALK Some Street Talk topics click with Web readers

● The most-viewed column of the year appeared April 12 under the headline "Auction set for 63 Diner property on Highway 763." ● Two of the years most-viewed columns concerned turmoil at Jefferson City CBS affiliate KRCG-TV. ● A column about the ...

From JUSTIN WILLETT, Columbia Tribune,  3 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Rod Smith

In Business STREET TALK Gibson Girls closes less than a year after moving

Gibson Girls Café closed last month - the second restaurant to leave the Village of Cherry Hill in the past three months. John Gibson, who owned the restaurant with his wife, Rachel, chalked up the Nov. 26 closing to "a lack of business." The Upper ...

From JUSTIN WILLETT, Columbia Tribune,  20 Dec 2008
Related Topics: John Gibson

STREET TALK Providence Bank plans downtown retail branch

Providence Bank is set to open its first retail branch in Columbia later this month. The bank is moving into the former Columbia Municipal Employees Credit Union building at 8 N. Fifth St., less than a block north of Broadway. Twin Corners LLC, a ...

From JUSTIN WILLETT, Columbia Tribune,  13 Dec 2008
Related Topics: John Savage,  Maria Conchita Alonso,  George Takei,  Paul Giamatti,  Donald Sutherland

STREET TALK McRoberts says 50 years is ‘probably long enough’

Longtime real estate broker and former local GOP committeeman A.J. McRoberts has retired and closed down McRoberts & Co., the Columbia real estate business he operated for 50 years. McRoberts, 85, said he and business partner Dan Judy, 80, decided it ...

From JUSTIN WILLETT, Columbia Tribune,  6 Dec 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party

STREET TALK Customers flock to café in wake of e-mail appeal

It seems that each week in this space I make note of at least one business that has closed - usually a local restaurant. Times are tough, and folks are spending less money, putting the squeeze on businesses, especially those of the local, ...

From JUSTIN WILLETT, Columbia Tribune,  15 Nov 2008

In bussiness: STREET TALK Patio project at Quinton’s offers downtown views

After nearly 16 months of stop-and-go construction and back-and-forth with the city, the owners of Quintons Bar & Deli have opened their three-story, 5,400-square-foot patio expansion. Mike McClung, who owns the bar at 124 S. Ninth St. with his brother, ...

From JUSTIN WILLETT, Columbia Tribune,  8 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Brian Connell

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