January 1st, 2009 
joel Happy New Year to you, your family, and your colleagues! Here’s to 2009 and all the hope it brings.
Before we start looking ahead, lets take one more look back together at 2008. What was the biggest Erie media story of the past year. Take a second and weigh in.
Was it the buyouts at the Times-News? The layoffs of long-standing Erie radio personalities? The passing of Jack Tirak? Or maybe the rollout of digital television in anticipation of 2/17/09?
Those are just some ideas and I’m sure you have others. What was the biggest story in Erie media over the past twelve months?
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For me , Jack’s passing overshadowed all the others.
Departures: Jack Tirak unexpectedly passes away
Arrivals: Erie commercial TV stations & cable operators reluctantly begin to pass-through network HDTV programming
Milestones: Bob Bach’s retirement
Technology: WQLN TV’s transmission line problems lead to digital-only broadcast before year’s end
Losing Jack is the top story media wise of 2008. Second would be WQLN going digital only followed by all of the great local radio talent being fired for budgetary reasons.