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Don't ask Renown for marijuana to help your chemo
Corporate welfare's bitter fruit: Union-busting, prevailing wage-violating Syufy burns Sparks City Hall again
Teamsters 533 CEO Debbie Calkins on Nevada Newsmakers
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 10-4-2016 Sparks Tribune
Statewide TV and radio re-run times and dates + view online

Thursday 8-4-2016 KRNV TV-4 Reno/KENV TV-10 Elko 12 noon PDT
Host: Paul Enos, Executive Director, Nevada Trucking Assn.
Guests: Patricia Gallimore, President, NAACP Reno-Sparks; Krys Ro, Reno Black Lives Matter
Pundits: John Sande, Lobbyist, Argentum Partners; Mary Lau, President and CEO, Retail Association of Nevada
Statewide TV and radio re-run times and dates + view online

Monday 1-11-2016 KRNV TV-4 Reno/KENV TV-10 Elko 12 noon PDT
Host: Sam Shad/ Co-host: Paul Enos, Executive Director, Nevada Trucking Association
Guests representing Republican Carly Fiorina for president:
Amy Tarkanian and Earlene Forsythe, Former Chairs, Nevada Republican PartyThursday, August 04, 2016
Pundits: Sean Cary, Political Commentator
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
Statewide TV and radio re-run times and dates + view online

Thursday 12-10-2015 KRNV TV-4 Reno/KENV TV-10 Elko 12 noon PDT
Host: Sam Shad
Guest: Mary Lau, President and CEO, Retail Association of Nevada 
Pundits: Robin Reedy, Operations Director, Friends in Service Helping / Carson City-based Quaker charity
James Smack, Former Nevada Republican National Committeeman
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
Statewide TV and radio re-run times and dates + view online

Tuesday 12-8-2015 KRNV TV-4 Reno/KENV TV-10 Elko 12 noon PDT
Host: Sam Shad
Guest: Dr. Jeffrey Geihs, Clark County School District Turnaround Zone
Pundits: Robin Reedy, Operations Director, Friends in Service Helping / Carson City-based Quaker charity
James Smack, Former Nevada Republican National Committeeman
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
Statewide TV and radio re-run times and dates + view online

Sen. Ruben Kihuen to emcee NAACP 70th Annual Freedom Fund Awards Dinner Oct. 24 at Circus Circus-Reno — Speakers & award winners announced

Thursday 10-22-2015 KRNV TV-4 Reno/KENV TV-10 Elko 12 noon PDT
Host: Sam Shad / Co-host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal
Guest: Reno City Councilwoman Neoma Jardon, Northwest/Ward 5
Pundits: Connie McMullen, Publisher, Senior Spectrum Magazine
John Sande, Lobbyist, Argentum Partners / Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com

From holy of holies to lair of the moneychangers
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the Tuesday 10-20-2015 Sparks Tribune

Monday 9-28-2015 KRNV TV-4 Reno/KENV TV-10 Elko 12 noon PDT
Host: Paul Enos / Nevada Trucking Assn.
Guest: Dan Klaich, Chancellor, Nevada System of Higher Education
Pundits: Ray Bacon, Executive Director, Nevada Manufacturers Association
Sean Cary, Political Commentator
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
Statewide TV and radio re-run times and dates + view online

Monday 7-13-2015 KRNV TV-4 Reno/KENV TV-10 Elko 12 noon PDT
Host: Sam Shad
Guest: Gregg Jones, CEO, EP Minerals (nee Eagle-Picher)
Pundits: Rew Goodenow, Attorney, Parsons, Behle & Latimer
James Smack, Former Nevada Republican National Committeeman and
Chief Deputy, Nevada State (out of) Controller's Office
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
announcing the formation of Democrats for Trump
Statewide TV and radio re-run times and dates + view online

Thursday 6-18-2015 KRNV TV-4 Reno/KENV TV-10 Elko 12 noon PDT
Host: Sam Shad
Guests: Alfredo Alonso, Lewis & Roca
Pundits: Liz MacMenamin, Vice-President, Retail Association of Nevada
Howard Rosenberg, UNR Professor of Art & Art Education, former regent; Washoe County School Trustee
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
Statewisde TV and radio re-run times and dates + view online

Monday, December 29, 2014
KRNV TV-4 Reno/KENV TV-10 Elko 11:30 a.m. PST
Host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette Journal
Guests: Jeffrey S. Blanck, President, Reno-Sparks NAACP
Pundits: Tray Abney, Director of Government Relations, The Chamber (Reno-Sparks-Washoe Chamber of Commerce)
Marsha Berkbigler, Washoe County Commissioner-R; John Gwaltney, President Emeritus, Truckee Meadows Community College
TV and radio re-run times and dates + view online

Barbano on statewide Nevada Newsmakers TV show
Tuesday 12-16-2014 KRNV TV-4 Reno/KENV TV-10 Elko 11:30 a.m. PST
Andrew Barbano and Sam Shad for an entire program
(About damn time after 22 freakin' years)
Psychically cynical but nonetheless newsworthy political proctology,
peerless professional prognostication and epic poetic proselytizing promiscuously promised.
TV and radio re-run times and dates + view online

Watch this website or get on the Barbwire e-mail list for future shows.

Breaking Bad 5: Machine Gun Michele and the good ole boys
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 12-16-2014 Sparks Tribune

Breaking Bad 4: Ira & ammosexuals flip us the finger
Hansen places his puppets in top slots but still controls the lower house.
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 12-9-2014 Sparks Tribune

Breaking Bad 3: Ira, the guv and the dragonslayers
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 12-2-2014 Sparks Tribune

UPDATE 11-25-2014: Ira told host Paul Enos that he stands by all of his previous opinions save for his stand on Israel.

BREAKING NEWS—>Hansen resigns as Nevada State Assembly Speaker

KRNV TV-4 Reno / KENV TV-10 Elko / 11:30 a.m. PST Tuesday, 11-18-2014
Re-run times and dates + view online
Host: Sam Shad
Guest: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal
Pundits: Michael Hackett, Alrus Consulting
Jesse Gutierrez, Former Executive Director, Nevada Hispanic Services and charter school operator
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
Related item: Follytix '15: From Topless Campaign to Breaking Bad
On the documented racism and bigotry of incoming Nevada State Assembly Speaker Ira Hansen
Barbwire by Barbano / Sparks Tribune / 11-18-2014

College President: Race an issue in l'affaire Martinez

KRNV TV-4 Reno / KENV TV-10 Elko / 12:30 p.m. PDT Wednesday, 6-25-2014
Re-run times and dates + view online
Host: Sam Shad
Guest: Jill Derby, Former Nevada Democratic Party Chair
Recently returned from Kazakhstan and other hotspots
Pundits:  Tray Abney, Director of Government Relations, The Chamber (of commerce)
Chris Wicker Spokesman and Former Chair, Democratic Party of Washoe County 
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
Related item: Barbwire by Barbano / Sparks Tribune / 6-26-2014

KRNV TV-4 Reno / KENV TV-10 Elko / 12:30 p.m. PST Monday 2-24-2014
Re-run times and dates + view online
Host: Sam Shad
Guest: CJ Hadley, Range Magazine Editor/Publisher
Pundits: Michael Hackett-D, Alrus Consulting; Ernie Adler, Former State Senator, D-Carson City
Andrew Barbano-D, Editor, NevadaLabor.com

KRNV TV-4 Reno / KENV TV-10 Elko / 12:30 p.m. PST Thursday 2-20-2014
Re-run times and dates + view online
Host: Sam Shad
Guests: Eric Herzik-R, Chair, University of Nevada-Reno Dept. of Political Science
Pundits: Michael Hackett, Alrus Consulting; Ernie Adler, Former State Senator, D-Carson City
Andrew Barbano-D, Editor, NevadaLabor.com

KRNV TV-4 Reno / KENV TV-10 Elko / 12:30 p.m. PST 1-30-2014 and 2-3-2014
Re-run times and dates + view online
Host: Sam Shad; Co-host: Government Affairs lobbyist Marlene Lockard
Guest: Danny Thompson, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Nevada State AFL-CIO
Update: Minimum wage and immigration were discussed on Thursday, Jan. 30. On Monday, Feb. 3, they will delve into the Nevada State Education Association tax initiative. Turn on, tune in, tell a friend.
Feb. 3 Pundits: Guy Rocha, Historian and former Nevada State Archivist; Former Washoe Democratic Chair Chip Evans and former Republican National Committeewoman Heidi Smith
Jan. 30 Pundits:  Nevada State Medical Association Executive Director Stacy Woodbury
Janice Flanagan, Chair, Democratic Party of Washoe County
Dan Mason, Program Director, KKKOH Radio-Reno

KRNV TV-4 Reno / KENV TV-10 Elko / 12:30 p.m. PST Monday, 1-27-2014
Re-run times and dates + view online
Host: Sam Shad; Co-host: Paul Enos, CEO, Nevada Trucking Association
Guest: Dr. Stephen Wells, President, Desert Research Institute
Pundits: Former Washoe County Democratic Chair Dorie Guy; Attorney Joe Guild 
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com

KRNV TV-4 Reno / KENV TV-10 Elko / 12:30 p.m. PST Monday, 1-13-2014
Re-run times and dates + view online
Host: Sam Shad
Guest: Perry DiLoreto, CEO, Damonte Ranch, DiLoreto Homes 
Pundits: Rew Goodenow, Attorney, Parsons, Behle & Latimer
Fred Lokken, Professor of Political Science, Truckee Meadows Community College  
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com

HAPPY NEW YEAR / Feliz Año Nuevo

KRNV TV-4 Reno / KENV TV-10 Elko / 12:30 p.m. PST Tuesday, 10 Dec. 2013
Re-run times and dates + view online
Host: Sam Shad
Guest: Russell Rowe, The Capitol Company 
Pundits: Barbano vs. D.A. Gammick on cel-phone privacy 
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
Dick Gammick, Washoe County District Attorney
Peter Krueger, Executive Director, Nevada Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Assoc.

Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Run times and dates + view online
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Hostess: Marlene Lockard, govt. affairs consultant; chief of staff to Gov. Richard Bryan (D-Nev., 1983-89)
Guest: Joanne S. Marchetta, Executive Director, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
Pundits: James Smack, Republican National Committeeman for Nevada
Orrin Johnson, Republican Activist and Publisher, orrinjohnson.com
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
Tomorrow: Howard Rosenberg guests on Hallowe'en—>Don't miss it!

Monday, August 12, 2013
Run times and dates + view online
Host: Sam Shad
Guest: Michael Alonso, Partner, Lewis and Roca
Pundits: Fred Lokken, Professor of Political Science, Truckee Meadow Community College
Mary Lau, President and CEO, Retail Association of Nevada
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
On the 25th anniversary of the Barbwire's first appearance in the Daily Sparks Tribune

Monday, July 8, 2013
Run times and dates + view online
Host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal
Guest: Assemblyman Ira Hansen, R-Sparks/Washoe District 32 
Pundits: Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
Dorie Guy, Former Chair, Washoe County Democratic Central Committee
Stacy Woodbury, President, Appearances, LLC
HUNG ON THE BARBWIRE: Nevada OK's Internet gambling and ignores addiction
Turn on, tune in and tell a friend.

Monday, March 11, 2013
Run times and dates
Host: Sam Shad
Guest: Bruce Breslow, Director of the Department of Business & Industry and former Sparks Mayor
Pundits: Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
John Gwaltney, Economist and President Emeritus, Truckee Meadows Community College
Bill Uffelman, President, Nevada Bankers Association
As usual, the pundits jousted over schools and taxes. Read the Barbwire in the March 28 Sparks Tribune for a radically conservative solution.
Heavy equipment will be involved.
Turn on, tune in and tell a friend.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Run times and dates
Host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal
Guest: Nevada higher education system Chancellor Dan Klaich
Note: Mr. Klaich had to cancel and was replaced by Lynn Warne, President, Nevada State Education Assn.
Almost the entire show concerned the teachers' tax petition. The Barbwire in the Feb. 28 Sparks Tribune will have a major impact on it both legislatively and electorally. Turn on, tune in and tell a friend.
Pundits: Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
John Gwaltney, Economist and President Emeritus, Truckee Meadows Community College
Tray Abney, Director of Government Relations, The (Reno-Sparks-Washoe County) Chamber (of Commerce)

Monday, February 11, 2013
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Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Randi Thompson, Political Analyst
Guests: Beryl Love, Executive Editor, Reno Gazette-Journal
Pundits: Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
Tray Abney, Director of Government Relations, The (Reno-Sparks-Washoe County) Chamber (of Commerce)
Liz MacMenamin, Vice-President, Retail Association of Nevada

Monday, 7 January 2013
Host: Sam Shad
Run times and dates
Guest: Guy Louis Rocha, Historian and Former Nevada State Archivist
[Reno Gazette-Journal Executive Editor Beryl Love was unable to appear for family reasons.]
Pundits: Pundits: Tyrus W. Cobb, Former Special Assistant to President Reagan
John Gwaltney, Economist and Retired President, Truckee Meadows Community College
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com

Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Host: Sam Shad
Run times and dates
Guest: Ray Bacon, Nevada Manufacturers Association
[State Senator Ben Kieckhefer (R-Washoe District 4) was unable to appear for family reasons.]
Pundits: Orrin Johnson, Republican Activist and Publisher, orrinjohnson.com
Liz MacMenamin, Vice-President, Retail Association of Nevada
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com

Tuesday, November 20, 2012
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Host: Sam Shad
Co-Hostess: Marlene Lockard, government affairs consultant; former chief of staff to Gov. Richard Bryan (D, 1983-89)
Guest: Danny Thompson, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Nevada State AFL-CIO
Mr. Thompson is scheduled for an additional program on Monday, Nov. 26.
Pundits: James Smack, Republican Party Vice-Chairman
Mendy Elliott, Senior Partner, Forté LLP; former deputy chief of staff to Gov. Jim the Dim Gibbons (R, 2007-11)
Tray Abney, Dir. of Government Relations, The Chamber (Reno-Sparks-Washoe torture chamber of commerce)

Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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Host: Sam Shad
Guest: Lance Gilman, Partner-Broker, Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center (TRIC),
Republican Storey County Commissioner-elect and proprietor of Mustang Ranch dba
Tourist Research Institute for Carnal Knowledge (TRICK)
Pundits: Heidi Smith, Republican National Committeewoman for Nevada
Bill Bilyeu, Former Speaker of the Nevada State Assembly, R-Elko
Paul Enos, CEO, Nevada Trucking Association
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com

Tuesday, November 13, 2012
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Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Paul Enos, CEO, Nevada Trucking Assn.
Guest: Nevada State Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson, R-Las Vegas
Pundits: Heidi Smith, Republican National Committeewoman for Nevada
Bill Bilyeu, Former Speaker of the Nevada State Assembly, R-Elko
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com

Thursday, October 4, 2012
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Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal
Guests: Judge Scott Freeman, Washoe District Court Dept. 9; Cal Dunlap, Dept. 9 candidate
Pundits: Michael Hackett, Vice-President, Alrus Consulting; Ellie Lopez-Bowlan, GOP Latina
Andrew Barbano, Editorial Italiano, NevadaLabor.com

Thursday, June 7, 2012
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Host: Paul Enos, CEO, Nevada Trucking Association
Guests: Major April Conway, Nevada Air National Guard + another military rep
Pundits: Mendy Elliott, Senior Partner, Forte' LLP; Steve Robinson, Senior Advisor, R&R Partners
Andrew Barbano, Junior Editor, NevadaLabor.com

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Paul Enos, CEO, Nevada Trucking Association
Guests: Dr. George Alexander, President-Elect, Clark County Medical Society
Pundits: Dick Gammick, Washoe County District Attorney; Clara Andriola, President, Associated Builders & Contractors
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com

Monday, April 23, 2012
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Host: Sam Shad
Guest: Amy Harmon, Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for The New York Times
Pundits: Robert Uithoven, GOP operative, Kolesar & Leatham Government Affairs
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com

AFL-CIO education tax petition: Nevada teachers union president was for it before she was against it both on the very same day. Read the April 15 Barbwire, then watch the Shad show online for yourself.

Breaking our own backs: If you have kids, move from Nevada
Have Nevada teachers made a deal with the devil? / St. Mary's firings begin
Shad hosts teachers' union president on April 9 / Turn on, tune in and tell a friend
Run times and dates
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 4-8-2012 Daily SparksTribune

FOLLYTIX OBNOXIOUS ON THE VERNAL EQUINOXIOUS
Monday, 19 March 2012
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MONDAY, March 19 —> Look for my radio face on Sam Shad's Nevada Newsmakers show Monday, March 19, 12:30 p.m. PDT on Reno's KRNV TV-4 (KENV TV-10 Elko). Other victims will include Reno Gazette-Journal politics-as-bloodsport reporter Ray Hagar; State Sen. Greg Brower, R-Raggio; Mary Lau, President and CEO, Retail Association of Nevada (aka Wal-Mart); and Connie McMullen, Senior Spectrum Magazine publisher.

Turn on, tune in and tell a friend.

And don't forget the annual Nevada César Chávez Day Celebration, Saturday evening , March 31, Circus Circus-Reno.

Be well. Raise hell.

HEART ATTACKS ON VALENTINE'S DAY / Tuesday, 14 Feb. 2012
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Host: Sam Shad, Co-host: Ray Hagar — Reno Gazette-Journal political writer
Guest: Nevada State Senator Ben Kieckhefer, R-Reno, who trashes unions and collective bargaining even though his newly-reapportioned district contains thousands of state employees who suffer understaffing, depressed wages and benefits because they have never had collective bargaining. He goes on to diss city and county employees and, of course, teachers.
Pundit Panel: Shad and Hagar joined by
Liz McMenamin, Nevada Retail Assn./Wal-Mart
John Sande IV, lawyer in the firm of former Nevada State Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio, R-Reno
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com, who kicks serious ass

Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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Host: Sam Shad, Co-host: Ray Hagar — Reno Gazette-Journal
Guest: Nevada State Assembly Minority Leader Pat Hickey, R-Reno, who trashes unions and says the GOP would support Assemblywoman Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-Las Vegas, if the 2013 speakership race is deadlocked between current Majority Leader Marcus Conklin, D-Las Vegas, and Ways & Means Committee Chair Debbie Smith, D-Sparks.
Pundit Panel: Shad and Hagar joined by
Elisa Cafferata, Lobbyist, Planned Parenthood
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com

The dog ate my press release
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 10-23-2011 Daily Sparks Tribune

Nevada Newsmakers Lineups
Run times and dates

Monday, December 12, 2011
Host: Sam Shad
Guest: Nevada Republican Party National Committeeman and former Nevada Gov. (1979-83) Robert List (R)
Pundits: Mike Hillerby, Partner, Hillerby & Associates; Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com;
Verita Black Prothro, Business Development Manager, Nevada Arrhythmia Services

Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Host: Sam Shad
Guest: Host: Sam Shad
Guest: Jim Rogers, President, CEO, Owner, Intermountain West Media
Including Nevada NBC affiliates KRNV TV-4/Reno; KENV TV-10/Elko; KSNV TV-3/Las Vegas
Pundits: Alison Gaulden, Vice-President, Planned Parenthood
Heidi Smith, Committeewoman, Nevada Republican Party
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com

Thursday, September 22, 2011
Host: Samantha Stone
Guest: Thomas Powell, CEO, Resolute Capital Partners
Pundits: Susan Fisher, Principal, Fisher Consulting
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com

Thursday, August 11, 2011
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal
Guests: Dan Klaich, Chancellor, Nevada System of Higher Education
Pundits: Dick Gammick, R, Washoe County District Attorney
Chris Wicker, Spokesman, Washoe County Democratic Party
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com

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JOIN THE PARTY. Sam Shad's Nevada Newsmakers soirée Wednesday, 20 July 2011, features Glenn Cook, editorial writer at Nevada's largest newspaper, the Las Vegas WeSueYou-Journal.

I'll participate on Mr. Shad's pundit panel with Mary Lau, President and CEO of the Retail Association of Nevada (aka Wal-Mart) and GOP brownshirt fashion consultant Robert Uithoven.

I've got 'em surrounded.

The first airing goes at 12:30 p.m. PDT on KRNV TV-4 with reruns online and on statewide TV. (See below.)

Thursday, June 23, 2011
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Samantha Stone
Guests: Tom Gallagher, President/CEO, Summit Engineering Corp.; Mary Davis, President, J&L Windows
Pundits: Orrin Johnson, Republican Activist and Conservative Blogger
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
John Griffin, The Capitol Company

Monday, February 21, 2011
Host: Sam Shad
Guests: Mike Hillerby, Principal, Hillerby & Associates
Pundits: Dick Gammick, Washoe County District Attorney
Andrew Barbano, Editor/Publisher, NevadaLabor.com
Mary Lau, President and CEO, Retail Association of Nevada

Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Host: Sam Shad
Guests: Erik Herzik, Chair, Dept. of Political Science, University of Nevada-Reno
Howard Rosenberg, Professor of Art/Cinema, University of Nevada-Reno
Rosenberg served 12 years on the university system board of regents.
Pundits: Bill Brainard, GOP community activist and retired attorney; Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com;
Mylan Hawkins, Vice-President, Interface Computer Associates

Monday, November 29, 2010
Host: Sam Shad
Guest: Danny Thompson, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Nevada State AFL-CIO
Pundits: Susan Fisher, Principal, Fisher Consulting; Bob Crowell, Mayor of Carson City, Nev.; Alfredo Alonso, Lewis & Roca

Thursday, 7-15-2010

Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Marlene Lockard
Guest: Sharron Angle, Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate
Pundits: Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
Scott Bensing, Principal, SB Strategic
Connie McMullen, Publisher, Senior Spectrum Magazine
[UPDATE: Mrs. Angle canceled at the last minute.]

Tuesday, 3-23-2010

MORE TUBULAR TIME. I'll be doing Sam Shad's pundit panel on Nevada Newsmakers this Tuesday, March 23. The statewide show has its first run at 12:30 p.m. PDT (19:30 ZULU) on KRNV TV-4. For northern Nevada Charter cable victims, it reruns at 9:30 p.m. PDT (04:30 ZULU March 24), then online and in Gomorrah South later in the week, plus KKKOH rightwing nutso radio in Reno on Sunday morning. My fellow panelists will be Sparks Republican true believer BIll Brainard and Wayne Frediani, Executive Director of the Nevada Franchised Auto Dealers Association. Sam's guest in the first two segments (pundits get the back of the bus) will be Dr. Stephen Wells, President of the Desert Research Institute. Turn on, tune in and tell a friend. [Barbwire by Barbano / 3-21-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune]

From Sam Shad's weekly e-mailed program schedule 3-27-2010 "Armageddon has not ensued; they are not in war in the valley of Megiddo in Northern Israel. No one's been raptured up, I don't feel any earthquake, and life seems to be going on pretty well. — Andrew Barbano, publisher of NevadaLabor.com, on the passing and signing of the Obama health care legislation. Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Shad editor's note: Megiddo — an important archeological site of the Israelite kingdom, and location of many battle scenes, according to Jacqueline Schaalje, Jewish Magazine. Barbano editor's note: Megiddo is where the final battle between good and evil known as Armageddon is prophesied to take place.

Barbwire live TV specials Suing for Schools If Health Care Reform Fails Reno-Sparks-Washoe-Carson-Douglas-Tahoe Charter cable Reruns statewide. Check local listings.

What was perhaps the first marriage of talk radio, talk TV & webcast webchat

Nevada Newsmakers for Monday, 8-24-2009
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal
Guests: U.S. Rep. Dina Titus (D-Las Vegas)
Pundits: Steve Robinson, Government relations consultant
Robert Uithoven, Political consultant
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com

Recent BARBWIRE Media Hits and Ego Trips    The Dean of Reno Bloggers could very well be Andrew Barbano, self-described "fighter of public demons," who started putting his "Barbwire" columns online in 1996 and now runs 10 sites.             RENO NEWS & REVIEW, 11-9-2006 7-COME-11! BARBWIRE BY BARBANO SCORES SEVENTH NEVADA PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARD IN 2016 "Our long national nightmare is over." Did I say that a dozen years ago? CORY FARLEY, RGJ, 11-10-2006 BARBANO: Nevada's newly-hiked minimum wage is nowhere near enough Reno Gazette-Journal, 11-11-2006 Oregon State U. minimum wage deflator Time to bring back NAGPAC? Cory Farley Reno Gazette-Journal 8-1-2006     SOME OF THE ABOVE RGJ LINKS ARE BROKEN, AS THE RENO GANNETT-JOURNAL RANDOMLY NUKES ITS ARCHIVES IN THE NAME OF COCKAMAMIE COST-CUTTING. Killing content and thus reducing their website traffic means their ads are worth less, and isn't advertising what Gannett is all about? Far be it from me to figger out the motivations of the rich, famous and powerful. I just throw rocks at 'em.

Monday, 7-6-2009
Host: Sam Shad
Guests: Mike Alonso, Jones Vargas
Pundits: John Gwaltney, Economist; Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
Liz MacMenamin, Director of Government Affairs / Retail Association of Nevada

Thursday, 6-4-2009
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Paul Enos, Nevada Motor Transport Association, Inc.
Guests: Anjeanette Damon, political reporter for the Reno Gazette-Journal
Pundits: Rew Goodenow, Parsons, Behle and Latimer; Jeff Fontaine , Executive Director, Nevada Association of Counties; Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com

Stalking the perfect storm
Weather warnings of a telecommunications Katrina
Barbwire / Daily Sparks Tribune / 12-21-2008

Charter Communications bankruptcy predicted
Barbwire / Daily Sparks Tribune / 12-14-2008

Nevada Newsmakers Lineup for Thursday, 12-18-2008
Host: Sam Shad
Guests: Tom Cargill, UNR Economist
Pundits: John Sande IV, Attorney, Jones Vargas
George Jostlin, Director, Government Affairs & PR, Charter Communications
Wayne Frediani, Exec. Dir. Nevada Franchised Auto Dealers Assn.

WRITE REID NOW
CRUNCH TIME TO SAVE COMMUNITY TV
Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller, whom the ledge put in charge of cable TV last year,
will be Sam Shad's guest on Wednesday, Dec. 10.
Barbwire / Daily Sparks Tribune / 12-7-2008

Not even 30 pieces of silver
Reno City Council Signs Community TV Death Warrant
Contact Sen. Harry Reid for help
Barbwire / Daily Sparks Tribune / 11-23-2008

Rise of the Machines
So sue us: Charter tells Sen. Reid and City of Reno
Barbwire / Sparks Tribune / 11-16-2008

 

 

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., will be Sam's guest on Nov. 17
Cox cable (Las Vegas) lobbyist Steve Schorr sits on Sam's pundit panels Nov. 18-19
Here's the complete statewide TV-Radio-Webcast schedule for Mr. Shad's program.

THURSDAY, Oct. 30 ON THE BARBWIRE —> Washoe District Judge Bob Perry live on TV (Reno-Sparks-Washoe Charter cable 16 and 216, 2-4:00 PDT / 21:00-23:00 GMT/ZULU) and webcast (Barbwire.TV). Washoe D.A. Dick Gammick was also invited to appear, but did not respond. Judge Perry and Mr. Gammick's designated hitter, Elliott Sattler, appear on Sam Shad's Nevada Newsmakers, Tuesday, Oct. 28, on KRNV TV-4 at 12:30 p.m. PDT (9:30 p.m. on regional Charter cable).

Sam Shad will re-air his interview with Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., this Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. Taped in February, 2007, Biden agrees with McCain and Dubya's position on immigration reform. Public outcry killed the proposal, Shad notes, adding that Biden's remarks will raise serious questions. Shad is still trying to get the opposition to stop using copyrighted video from his interview with McCain wherein the Arizona senator supports the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump. Shad's show airs at 12:30 p.m. on KRNV TV-4, with a rerun at 9:30 p.m. on Charter cable channel 3 in Washoe-Carson-Douglas. Check the web edition of this column for the complete statewide schedule. (From the 8-31-2008 Barbwire in the Daily Sparks Tribune)

Special Report: The Price of Fame
MSNBC'S Keith Olbermann gigs Shad and gooses Sen. Harry Reid

Sharron Angle spurns offer to debate Sen. Bill Raggio on Nevada Newsmakers
Barbwire calls her bluff
8-7-2008

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Not even 30 pieces of silver
Reno City Council Signs Community TV Death Warrant
Contact Sen. Harry Reid for help
Barbwire / Daily Sparks Tribune / 11-23-2008

Rise of the Machines
So sue us: Charter tells Sen. Reid and City of Reno
Barbwire / Sparks Tribune / 11-16-2008

The devil and the deep blue sea
Charter cable deal and Reno "settlement" offers are all death warrants for community television. Court battle looms closer.
Ratepayers group may sue both City of Reno and Charter cable
Sparks Tribune / 11-11-2008 + Barbwire special web edition, 11-12-2008

Back to work
Reno City Council reviews defective, deflective Charter cable settlement as FCC investigation opens
+ The Cycles of History revolve again
Barbwire/ Sparks Tribune / 11-9-2008

Analysis of Reno's Charter cable deal: Caveat Emptor
More Michael Moore first-run movie freebies on public access TV 16/216
Barbwire by Barbano
Daily Sparks Tribune 10-26-2008

Reno City Council considers Charter cable settlement

Cleansing the soap opera of Follytix 2008
Judge in the Sludge + More Charter Cable Trudge
New 2008 Michael Moore film rebroacast schedule on Reno TV
Barbwire Daily Sparks Tribune 10-19-2008

Drag queens for change
Nugget makes workers an offer they can't refuse
Charter cable on the financial skids as AT&T enters market
Shoddy Sequoia voting machines play into Karl Rove's hands
Expanded from the 10-12-2008 Daily Sparks Tribune

The good, the bad and the ugly
Illegal voting machines and killer vaccines
Michigan judge's ruling will affect Nevada cable ratepayers
Expanded from the 10-5-2008 Daily Sparks Tribune

Paul Newman: Driven Star
New Michael Moore film premieres on SNCAT this week
Slow progress on saving community radio-TV stations
Expanded from the 9-28-2008 Daily Sparks Tribune

Charter negotiates Russian-style: Will accept 100% of everything
Daily Sparks Tribune 9-5-2008 / Barbwire Update 9-7-2008

Reno-Sparks NAACP opposes Charter channel switch

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., ready to join legal action against Charter Cable

Reno-Sparks-Washoe Charter cable channels 16 & 216 2:00-4:00 p.m. PST, 22:00-23:00 ZULU/GMT/CUT/SUT

What may well be the first marriage of talk radio, talk TV and webcast webchat

Breaking News
Charter cable attempts to kill community TV

Fight Back! WE WIN ROUND ONE — As the Barbwire show scooped the state on Friday, Aug. 22: Charter has caved in and postponed the execution date for 90 days. Thanks for bringing the heat. See the Barbwire in the Sunday Sparks Tribune for all the inside baseball. Be well. Raise hell. AB

SPARKS, WASHOE, CARSON AND DOUGLAS CABLE CUSTOMERS URGED TO CONTACT LOCAL OFFICIALS
ReSurge.TV may broaden legal action to include ratepayers and program producers outside of Reno
8-25-2008, Updated 8-28-2008

The evil empire eats its appetite
Community television wins a 90-day stay of execution
Barbwire / Sparks Tribune / 8-24-2008

Unscripted Ending
The picture gets blurry for public access television.
Governing Magazine, Feb. 2008

Reno city council votes unanimously to sue Charter to keep community TV accessible
Resurge.TV will also file

Call, write or show up at Reno City Hall at 10:00 a.m.
on Thursday, Aug. 14

Bandwidth bandidos admit to their greed
Barbwire / Sparks Tribune 8-17-2008

The people vs. Charter's pirate ship
Time to sue the bastards
Barbwire / Sparks Tribune 8-10-2008

Donate to the cable ratepayer legal defense fund.

Deregulation is never having to say you're sorry
Bad news for cable subscribers, good news for Hug High School
Barbwire / Sparks Tribune 8-3-2008

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THURSDAY, Oct. 30 ON THE BARBWIRE —> Washoe District Judge Bob Perry live on TV (Reno-Sparks-Washoe Charter cable 16 and 216, 2-4:00 PDT / 21:00-23:00 GMT/ZULU) and webcast (Barbwire.TV). Washoe D.A. Dick Gammick was also invited to appear, but did not respond. Judge Perry and Mr. Gammick's designated hitter, Elliott Sattler, appear on Sam Shad's Nevada Newsmakers, Tuesday, Oct. 28, on KRNV TV-4 at 12:30 p.m. PDT (9:30 p.m. on regional Charter cable). Here's the complete statewide TV-Radio-Webcast schedule for Mr. Shad's program.

Sam Shad will re-air his interview with Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., this Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. Taped in February, 2007, Biden agrees with McCain and Dubya's position on immigration reform. Public outcry killed the proposal, Shad notes, adding that Biden's remarks will raise serious questions. Shad is still trying to get the opposition to stop using copyrighted video from his interview with McCain wherein the Arizona senator supports the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump. Shad's show airs at 12:30 p.m. on KRNV TV-4, with a rerun at 9:30 p.m. on Charter cable channel 3 in Washoe-Carson-Douglas. Check the web edition of this column for the complete statewide schedule. (From the 8-31-2008 Barbwire in the Daily Sparks Tribune)

Nevada Newsmakers
Thursday, May 13, 2008
12:30 p.m. PDT, 19:30 GMT/SUT/CUT
Co-hosts: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal
Marlene Lockard, Capital Strategies
Guest: Rick Velotta, Tourism and gaming writer
Las Vegas Sun and In Business Las Vegas
Pundits: Vinson Guthreau, Partner/Vice-President j3 Strategies
Alison Gaulden, Vice-Chair, Democratic Party of Washoe County
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
Food for thought — Dark Thoughts

NEW Barbwire.TV
The Barbwire returns to telecast with webcast simulcast.
Tune in, turn on and tell a friend.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008
12:30 p.m. PST KRNV TV-4 (NBC), 9:30 p.m. Charter cable
Host: Sam Shad; Co-Host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette Journal
Guest: Sen. Bill Raggio, R-Washoe # 3, State Senate Majority Leader
Pundits: Scott Craigie, Alrus Consulting; Darryl Capurro, Government Affairs Consultant;
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com