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Top 10 MARCH,
2009 - FOOTBALL
& TV ROCK THE CHARTS
MAN
CITY DEAL WENT KAKA # 1
KaKa proved
to be an honorable man -
Reto Stauffer photo
Luiz
Felipe Scolari - photo José Cruz/ABr
Didier
Drogba -
Mark Freeman photo
Guus
Hiddink a band aid or cure all?
- Paul Blank photo
Rihanna
and the Grammy's was our fastest riser -
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In
a surprise move our January Sports Notes column praising KaKa for not
selling out for money given his higher principals and standards leaped
to the top spot after only holding down the 4th position last month.
You could say it was a delayed reaction. Guus Hiddink Play Russian Roulette
retained the second spot from last month's ratings. SCOLARI GIVEN POISON
PILL rocketed to 3rd after missing the list last month.
Thursday March 12 , 2009
SPORTS
NOTES & VIDEO BEAT RULE
The
Top 10 ratings for February took the top spot but we are not going to
credit it as such this month. Why? Well we're going to play the Rupert
Murdoch game of television scheduling and just say it's a secret and
leave it at that.
In a surprise move our January Sports Notes column praising
KaKa for not selling out for money given his higher principals
and standards leaped to the top spot after only holding down the 4th
position last month. You could say it was a delayed reaction. Guus
Hiddink Plays Russian Roulette retained the second spot from last
month's ratings. SCOLARI GIVEN POISON PILL rocketed to 3rd after
missing the list last month.
Overall we question the integrity of International football
which we feel is focused primarily on power, ego and money. The firing
of Scolari, the hiring of Hiddink and the lack of support and the childish
bickering from Chelsea players all factored into our analysis and opinions.
In a surprise entry our Sports Notes column from January
2006 SEA Games $#!T Hits The Fan leaped into the 8th spot. That column
pretty much describes the sorry state of Cambodian football with the
focus being what effect gambling has on the game in Southeast Asia.
It was at that time several Vietnamese players were arrested for fixing
football matches.
The irony being that the Cambodian Football Federation
went on to have gambling concerns sponsor their Premiere League. What
followed were more scandals regarding the under 17 squads accused of
fixing matches. Recently Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen closed all
of the Cambo Six football gambling business citing that they caused
domestic violence, theft and robbery as reported in the February 25th
issue of the Cambodia Daily.
Several years ago portions of the gambling revenues from
these businesses were supposed to go towards supporting Cambodia's football
programs where national team players were being paid only $20 a month.
If it's a mess your looking for….THIS IS IT.
Part 2 of our 2008 YEAR IN REVIEW column ranked fourth
thus moving up one spot.
Our television coverage aka our Video Beat columns took
five of the Top 10 spots 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10. The Grammy Award coverage
was our fastest rise in taking the fifth position followed by the Amazing
Race Season 14 notched the 10th spot thus qualifying as a fast riser.
The Grammy's being dull was our focus in that column with
Rihanna taking the spotlight after being a no show due to a bust up
(pun intended) with her boyfriend.
That column also features American Idol's new judge Kara
DioGuardi's conflict with a contestant we deemed the Bikini Girl. It
was down and dirty but all survived and the show now goes on with DioGuardi
and without the Bikini Girl. Let us bow our heads and pray. Other highlights
of the Video Beat columns were the return of the Amazing race USA edition
and the Celebrity Apprentice Final. A thread about this column is that
there is a relationship with the winner of the Celebrity Apprentice
and Simon Cowell. What is it? Read on…
As we noted last month when press releases make an impact
in the ratings we will not include them in our Top 10 but will mention
them in the body of the column. Last month the NBA had three that made
such an impact and they continue to do so. This month Entertainment
made the greatest upward thrust in the ratings.
The three
stories that qualified are:
1. Van
Morrison’s "Astral Weeks: Live At The Hollywood Bowl"
2. Robert
Riggs Award Winning CBS & ABC Television Journalist
3. Public
Television Rocks!”
For a change of pace we are highlighting an archive story.
Given that the World Baseball Classic is in progress we are featuring
our Mike Piazza column from 1998.
TOP
SECTIONS VISITED
International football/SOCCER moved up to the first position
from third in our most visited sections thus reclaiming the position
that it has dominated since we have published our Top 10 ratings.
Our Television section moved up fours spots from 6th
to 2nd but was outdone by the Entertainment section which made the greatest
leap forward by gaining seven spots from 10th to 3rd.
The NBA returned to the list by taking the fourth spot.
After failing to make the list in February it did manage to rank 5th
in our January listings. Our Business section also reentered the list
taking the 6th spot after failing to do so in our February ratings after
ranking 2nd in January.
Our Phnom Penh section fell from first to seventh and
American Idol dropped one spot to eighth. Sports Notes also dropped
one spot from eighth to ninth and the Lakers reentered the list by locking
down the 10th spot. BIT (Business Internet Technology) ranked 11th.
For our French language readers the NBA MAX section fell to 12th place.
The
Top 10 most visited sections
are:
NATIONAL
RADIO TEXT PUBLISHED IN 5 LANGUAGES
National
Radio is published in five languages,
Thai,
French,
Russian,
Khmer (Cambodian language) and
English,
Any of our foreign language material and our Roman Wanderaugh columns
are legally available ONLY on our National
Radio site.
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Sports
Notes -
TRANSFER
THIS -
January, 2009
Of
the 2008 FIFA World Player nominees which will be handed out at
the Zurich Opera House January 12th Kaká ( Brazil ), Lionel Messi
( Argentina ), Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal ), Fernando Torres
( Spain ), and Xavi ( Spain ) the name that keeps coming up the
most to help out Robinho at Man City is KaKa...
ESPN LOST THE PLOT - NBA TRIVIA
- PETER WITHE
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- NBA
AND BUSINESS EMERGE
Though
our popularity has been largely based on our sports, television
and travel coverage the most recent ratings indicate that there
is a growing readership from those interested in business and
technology. What next? Stay tuned.
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Notes
EXTRA - HIDDINK
PLAYS RUSSIAN ROULETTE -
February, 2009
SIGNS
WITH CHELSEA - The rumors can be put to rest as to who will be
the replacement of the recently fired Luiz Felipe Scolari - The
payback issue factored into the move as Hiddink's ties with the
Russian national side and his salary has been partly financed
by Chelsea owner Roman Ambramovich for the past three years. -
FIFA TOP 10
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EXTRA - HIDDINK
PLAYS RUSSIAN ROULETTE -
February, 2009
SIGNS
WITH CHELSEA - The rumors can be put to rest as to who will be
the replacement of the recently fired Luiz Felipe Scolari - The
payback issue factored into the move as Hiddink's ties with the
Russian national side and his salary has been partly financed
by Chelsea owner Roman Ambramovich for the past three years.
- FIFA TOP 10
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Sports
Notes
- SCOLARI
GIVEN POISON PILL -
February, 2009
Ambramovich
Deems Big Phil Not Good Enough RESULT SACKED Poor results and
discontent in the dressing room was cited as being Scolari's downfall.
- BECKHAM's DILEMMA BOSTON’S RAY ALLEN TO REPLACE ORLANDO’S JAMEER
NELSON IN 2009 NBA ALL-STAR GAME
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2008 YEAR
IN REVIEW Part
2 - 2nd
Quarter April to June -
January, 2009
Part 2 - What was hot for the quarter? Luiz Filepe Scolari
dominated the quarter taking the top story prize when he announced
that it was he and not Ronaldo who was moving on and taking
the mangers post at Chelsea. Former Beatle Ringo Starr defying
all odds (particularly mine) as he went on tour at the ripe old
age of 67. David Cook won the American Idol title in somewhat
of a shocker as runner-up David Archuleta was perceived to be
the winner prior to the votes being tallied. Talk show host Larry
King continues to be one of our top stories of interest...
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2008 YEAR
IN REVIEW Part
2 - 2nd
Quarter April to June -
January, 2009
Part 2 - What was hot for the quarter? Luiz Filepe Scolari
dominated the quarter taking the top story prize when he announced
that it was he and not Ronaldo who was moving on and taking
the mangers post at Chelsea. Former Beatle Ringo Starr defying
all odds (particularly mine) as he went on tour at the ripe old
age of 67. David Cook won the American Idol title in somewhat
of a shocker as runner-up David Archuleta was perceived to be
the winner prior to the votes being tallied. Talk show host Larry
King continues to be one of our top stories of interest...
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Notes EXTRA
- MAN
CITY DEAL WENT KAKA -
January, 2009
KaKa
stepped up and became a role model for doing things right and
valuing integrity and loyalty when he turned down a reported US
$158 million transfer fee and US$500,000 a week wages - NBA TRIVIA
- RONALDO SECOND IN THE TOP NEWS OF THE MONTH
- FIFA TOP 10
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- VIDEO BEAT EXTRA
- GRAMMY
AWARDS BLAND -
February, 2009
A
60-year-old Robert Plant who was formerly the lead singer for
the English Rock band Led Zeppelin in the 60's won the 2009 Grammy
Award for Record of the Year and the coveted Album of the Year
for their 2008 effort with American bluegrass soprano Alison Krauss.
- AMERICAN
IDOL'S ADBUL, KARA DioGuardi BIKINI GIRL REVELATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS.
Could there be a DioGuardi vs. the Bikini Girl in a Pay Per View
Mud Wrestling Competition? WHY NOT? -
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YEAR IN REVIEW
Part 1 - 1st
Quarter January to March -
January, 2009
Part 1 - First quarter January to March - January was a
big month for reality shows Pinoy Big Brother, American Idol,
Amazing Race USA and the Contender Asia.- February was
a month where sports took center stage Eli Manning led the New
York giants to a Super Bowl title and Shaquille O'Neal was traded
from the Miami Heat to the Phoenix Suns. Orlando Magic center
Dwight Howard aka Superman stunned the world with his imaginative
win in the NBA All-Star weekend slam dunk contest. - March
is a month that features the NCAA basketball tournament in the
USA, Stacy Orrico appeared in concert in Phnom Penh.
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- VIDEO BEAT SUPER MAX - ADKINS
vs. MORGAN IN CELEBRITY APPRENTICE FINAL-
JANUARY, 2009
Finalist
and country singing recording artist Trace Adkins will perform
on the show. The eliminated contestants appear live on the show
including finalist Piers Morgan's antagonist Omarosa. REASONS
WHY FOR ANTAGONIST OMAROSA'S BAD REPUTATION. -
AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL SAYS WHAT!!!???
"She's actually conceited she has no idea how to
say thank you," said America's Top Model judge Nigel Barker
regarding model who made racist remarks. -
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EXTRA EXTRA -
ON
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