There’s Jack A. Weil, dispensing priceless historical tidbits about Lower Downtown.
There’s his grandson, Steve Weil, dispensing tips about marketing cowboy shirts.
Steve and his grandpa, 105, favorites on the local media circuit, are featured tonight on “Around the Town” (10 p.m., Altitude Sports & Entertainment).
The two Weils and their Rockmount Ranch Wear outlet are the last wholesaler still operating in the neighborhood, and Orin Levy, executive producer for “AT,” thought they were the perfect way to tell people that there is life beyond saloons in LoDo.
“My main goal is places you can take your family,” said Levy, who moved here 12 years ago from New York City and has two daughters. “It’s really a family-friendly show.”
He was thrilled to meet the Weils, especially senior. “He
really brought a lot of history and perspective to Lower Downtown.”
Altitude also debuts “Denver’s Road Home,” a one-hour special on homelessness and the city’s attempts to deal with it (7 p.m. Wednesday). It includes interviews with Mayor Hick, who’s made this a priority, and formerly homeless people.
Both shows are off the beaten path of Altitude’s heavy sports coverage. But Jim Martin, Altitude’s CEO, said, “We decided to get involved (in the homeless issue) because it’s always been part of our mandate to make this network a community asset.”
Football talk, talk
Our moment in the spotlight.
“Monday Night Football” lands in town tonight for the Broncos-Baltimore Ravens matchup on not one but two channels (6:30 p.m., ESPN and KCNC-Channel 4). ESPN is pulling out all the stops for its usual wall-to-wall pregame coverage with “Pardon the Interruption,” 3:30 p.m.; “NFL PrimeTime, 4 p.m., and “Monday Night Countdown” (5 p.m.).
Around the dial
All in the family: TV/radio consumer advocate Tom Martino, proud new papa of a son, Tomaso Giovanni, born Tuesday … Organizers of the hunt for a nationally syndicated talk-show host on Progressive Radio have extended the deadline for taped and CD entries until Friday. Info at 303-713-8000 … Switch-o: KWGN-Channel 2 (CW) has swapped its entire Monday and Sunday lineups, meaning one of the new network’s most popular shows, “Everybody Hates Chris,” airs Mondays, starting today … More switch-o: KMGH-
Channel 7 has moved “Ebert and Roeper” to 10:35 p.m. Saturdays to elude sports runovers on Sundays … “American Latino TV” focuses on Coloradan Luis Benitez, who has summited Mount Everest five times (midnight Saturday, KDVR-Channel 31) … Channel 7 meteorologist Mike Nelson heads a free weather seminar at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science … Quotable: “I love Denver. You know what? I’m no longer a New Yorker.” Orin Levy
Dick Kreck’s column appears Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. He may be reached at 303-954-1456 or dkreck@denverpost.com.
