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The world's first all girl rock n roll band the Runaways scorched the NR TOP 10 ratings charts by notching the # 1 spot on the list - Mercury Records photo

THE RUNAWAYS FILM on HBO

Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca the Survivor show winners were eliminated on the Amazing Race - CBS photo

Jobs gave the world tools and the stimulus and an opportunity to become more knowledgeable and learn with his inventions - Matt Yohe phot

NR TOP 10 October 2011 - SEX & ROCK N ROLL SCORCH THE CHARTS

James Loving - National Radio Text Service

Human Interest stories stand out. Four columns regarding that topic rattle the charts - FIFA's dirty laundry and closet continues to draw interest - Sections most visited indicate their is a strong interest in what went on in Phnom Penh prior to the NGO GOLD RUSH INVASION occurred in the middle of the decade

Monday October 31, 2011

YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE

Something's burning up the NR Top 10 charts as there is a shakeup and focus in this month's ratings. Our review on the first all girl rock band The Runaways scorched the charts rocketing to the # 1 position within 24 hours of publication making it our fastest riser. We took our sample on Monday the 23rd after the column was published on Sunday the 22nd.

The focus was a film made about the band that aired this past week on HBO. The Runaway interest coincides with the date the film first aired thus due to that the search was on by those interested in the group.

Interest took a serious turn as two of our reviews on the abuse of children and the human trafficking trade in Cambodia bolted up the charts. The documentary The Girls of Phnom Penh reigned in the 2nd spot while part 1 of that two part series The Virginity Trade notched the 7th spot.

Overall four television reviews made the charts while three Phnom Penh columns made the charts. Two of those columns were reviews of those film documentaries previously mentioned. The one Phnom Penh column that was not a documentary review on the sex trade is our column about the mysterious goings on with the Sabay contest.

The contest is intended to be the Grammy Awards of Cambodia. After all of the hype and circumstance it has become mysterious as they have failed to deliver on their promises and have missed deadlines. The numbers that they revealed to us about how many hits their web site receives raises some serious questions about the integrity of those involved. That column took the 5th position.

The 3rd and 4th spots on the charts were television reviews. The 3rd spot was taken in a column about our old nemesis Piers Morgan. In the past we blasted Morgan and Simon Cowell who tout themselves as being supreme Englishmen.

The twist to this column is after lambasting them over the years this was a complimentary piece about Morgan doing a thoroughly professional interview of singer Tony Bennett. Morgan didn't interrupt and talk over Bennett and permitted his guest to tell his story. It was amazing and something we thought we would never see... an intelligent Piers Morgan interview giving his guest respect without interrupting him. It was one of those let us bow our heads and pray moments. We're still in shock.

The Amazing Race took the 4th spot regarding two contestants that won the Survivor reality show being eliminated early in this series. They are currently dating but one of the contestants Ethan Zohn has been battling with cancer since he won the Survivor competition which is a grueling physical endurance and outdoor survival competition.

Another human interest story was our column on the passing of Steve Jobs one of the founders of Apple. We credited him with giving many of us on this earth life in conceiving and creating products that have benefited mankind. Jobs inventions made the world a better place.

Football was in the limelight as that subject took the final three positions. Two FIFA stories took the 8th and 9th spots regarding their problems with their questionable integrity, dirty closets and laundry which need to be cleaned and addressed.

CHELSEA'S NEW KID IN TOWN manager Andr� Villas-Boas returned to the charts. It's an old story about the tasks he faces with an old team that has come to fruition evidenced by the 5-3 loss to Arsenal this past weekend.

There were very few changes in the Sections Most Visited. The Freshie Girls & Boys remains on top while all other positions from 2 through 6 remain the same except Sports Notes changing places with soccer by taking over the 2nd spot and soccer 3rd.

Our Phnom Penh Archives section is a surprise in taking the 8th spot on the list. Travel Tips returns to the list in 10th place after being off the charts for some time. In part it is due to our not writing columns specifically on the subject.

Our Archives columns brought back a column from 2004 prior to the NGO GOLD RUSH to Cambodia. It focuses on former US Ambassador to Laos Charles Salmon when he visited the University of Cambodia to address the students regarding American Foreign Policy.

The other story of repeated interest is Phnom Penh Burning. Ironically that took place in 2003 and was about students burning down Thai owned business Phnom Penh in protest of a Thai actress claiming that the Temples of Angkor belonged to Thailand. Does that sound familiar? We lived that story was we drove an angry mob circling the Central Market prior to their setting the Samart cell phone company building on fire. Late that night we could see fires blazing throughout the city from our balcony.

As Bugs Bunny often said.... THAT'S ALL FOLKS!

SECTIONS MOST VISITED

	October 2011	September 2011	August 2011
1	FRESHIE Girls & Boys	FRESHIE Girls & Boys	Sports Notes
2	Sports Notes	Soccer	Soccer
3	Soccer	Sports Notes	Entertainment
4	Phnom Penh	Phnom Penh	Phnom Penh
5	LAKERS	LAKERS	TV & Video Reviews
6	AMERICAN IDOL	AMERICAN IDOL	FRESHIE Girls & Boys
7	NFL	TV & Video Reviews	AMERICAN IDOL
8	ARCHIVES Phnom Penh	Entertainment 2007	LAKERS
9	TV & Video Reviews	BIZ WHO IS	BIZ WHO IS
10	TRAVEL TIPS	Business	NFL

1.	**NATIONAL RADIO TOP 10 - ***October* 2011****
1.	*TV - VIDEO BEAT MAX - THE RUNAWAYS FILM - THE FIRST ALL GIRL ROCK BAND on HBO* - *October,* *2011* GIRL BAND CHEWED UP AND SPIT OUT IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS -The focus of the film is on the bands founder, manager and producer Kim Fowley, Cherie Currie the bands vivacious teen lead singer and Joan Jett the groups bisexual guitarist. From our real life experience the film focuses more on the most controversial aspects of the band. - Locked Up Abroad's new season ROCKS!!! - *Recommended TV Listings* *Previous -* **Entertainment *BEAT* - *PETER FALK REMEMBERED* - Part 1 - July, 2011** On June 23rd 2011 America lost one of the most renowned actors in television history as Peter Falk passed away at the age of 83 - I had the pleasure of knowing him as we were members of the Beverly Hills Health Club (BHHC) during the mid seventies
2.	Phnom Penh *(Ah) EXTRA Part 2 -* *THE GOOD NEWS of The Girls of THE GIRLS OF PHNOM PENH @ META HOUSE -* *October* *2011* When a girl loses their virginity they are scorned and looked down upon. They are viewed as being unworthy of marriage. In The Girls of Phnom Penh the three prostitute friends discussed that situation. They felt they did the right thing in support of their parents selling their virginity - The Virginity Trade and The Girls of Phnom Penh will be screened at the Meta House in Phnom Penh TONIGHT Tuesday October 18. *Previous -* ***Sports Notes* - CAMBODIA'S MYSTERIOUS RISE IN THE FIFA RANKINGS - March, 2011 WHAT'S UP WITH FIFA's RATINGS?** - While some of the Top 10 teams lose points but hold positions Cambodia's gain in the ratings is mysterious. Over the years that we have been covering international football most notably in the Asian region there are things that jump up like RED FLAGS
3.	*TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA EXTRA - SAY WHAT!!! PIERS MORGAN SPOT ON?* - *October,* *2011* MORGAN'S TEMPORARY REPRIEVE - Tony Bennett is a classy man of 85 who has managed to over overcome the bad times of drug addiction and a failing singing career. Morgan touched on these points but didn't elaborate on the topics. Bennett deserves the respect that Morgan gave him. - *Recommended TV Listings* *Previous -* *TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA EXTRA - GLEE PROJECT SURPRISE - SABAY CONTEST SECRET?* *- September , 2011* THE GLEE PROJECT WINNERS ARE� The Glee Project final had a surprise ending - The mysterious Sabay Contest intended to be the Grammy Awards of Cambodia is maintaining a low to no profile. Is it on or NOT? - Cambodian entertainers taken dead or alive - Thailand's absurd tourism appeals on TV - AXN's The Challenger - *Recommended TV Listings*
4.	*TV - VIDEO BEAT - THE AMAZING RACE LOSE A HUMAN INTEREST STORY* - *October,* *2011* ELIMINATION IS REAL AS IS CANCER - In the first ever Amazing Race double elimination the reality show Survivor winners and current dating couple Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca were the next to last team to arrive at the pit stop and were eliminated. Zohn is currently fighting cancer for survival - *Recommended TV Listings* *Previous* - Phnom Penh *(Ah) EXTRA -* *PHNOM PENH TOP FIVE STORIES -* *June* *2011* THE BEAT GOES ON - Activist Theary Seng took the number one spot in our review of the documentary Facing Genocide in which Seng is the primary focus of the film - The child sex trade documentary Red Light continues to attract readers as it is ranks 2nd on the Phnom Penh Top 5 - Phnom Penh Burning returns to the charts
5.	Phnom Penh *(Ah) EXTRA -* *SABAY CONTESTANTS FLEEING ADDS TO PROPOSED EVENTS MYSTERY -* *September* *2011* Sabay mystery - Within two months of the announcement of Sabay wanting to create the Grammy Awards of Cambodia 10 contestants (5 females and 5 males) in the singers segment of the event requested that their photos be eliminated from the competition - OUR CITY FESTIVAL - TOP 5 PHNOM PENH COLUMNS + produces big movers *Previous* - *TV - VIDEO BEAT - Ethics & Integrity on The Glee Project* *- September , 2011* FOR CAMERON MITCHELL LIFE WILL GO ON WITHOUT GLEE - If it's integrity you're looking for it was on The Glee Project this week. In a daring move a contestant favored to win quit the show due to his moral and religious beliefs. Why? Read on� - *Recommended TV Listings*
6.	*TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA - STEVE JOBS GAVE EVERYONE LIFE BEFORE HE DIED* - *October,* *2011* Though Steve Jobs passed away at the young age of 56 he gave toe world tools for a better life. Jobs was a Buddhist. With his contributions to mankind and good karma Jobs job isn't done. Just think of what he might do when he returns in his next life - THE VOICE FINALE - LOCKED UP ABROAD - LENO OFF FALLON ON - TIGER MAN - *Recommended TV Listings* *Previous* - Phnom Penh - *TOP (5) FIVE STORIES* - *February* *2011* RED LIGHT TAKES THE TOP SPOT with CHILD PROSTITUTION - As our ratings revealed the world is interested in stories about oppression as some of our most read stories related to the poor being abused, children sold into prostitution as well as strong armed tactics towards the press.
7.	Phnom Penh *(Ah) EXTRA -* *CAMBODIA'S VIRGINITY TRADE & THE GIRLS OF PHNOM PENH @ META HOUSE -* *October* *2011* CAMBODIAN SEX TRADE SAME, SAME NOT DIFFERENT - While NGO's raise excessive amounts of cash to supposedly stop the sex trade in Cambodia the only thing that has changed is NGO staffer's bank accounts as the Cambodian sex trade continues to grow. Two MUST SEE films on the Cambodian sex trade subject The Virginity Trade and The Girls of Phnom Penh will be screened at the Meta House in Phnom Penh tomorrow Tuesday night October 18. *Previous -* *TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA - THE VOICE'S JUDGES NOW ON THE JOB* *- September , 2011* WHO WILL BE THE BEST TALENT COACH? - The Voice singing talent show has entered its second stage where the judges Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Maroon 5 lead vocalist Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton start to mentor the 8 talents each have selected to coach. Of the 32 contestants only one will win a $100,000 and a record deal with Universal Republic.� - *Recommended TV Listings*
8.	***Sports Notes* Part 2 - FIFA's CORRUPTION TURMOIL IN REVIEW - May, 2011 FIFA HOUSE ROCKS - FROM THEN UNTIL NOW - This FIFA corruption firestorm began with England accusing FIFA of corruption in QATAR winning hosting the 2222 World Cup. Qatar's Mohammed bin Hammam was to run against Sepp Blatter for the presidential seat. He and Blatter have since been accused of corruption. Blatter was cleared and bin Hammam was suspended and dropped out of the presidential race against Blatter. Read the FIFA press releases of these events Previous - Phnom Penh (Ah) -* THEARY SENG featured in the film "FACING GENOCIDE****" -* *May* *2011* While sleeping with her mother four year old Theary Seng's awakened and her eyes locked on to the eyes of the Khmer Rouge soldiers as they entered the room with wet ropes and then they left. Her mother knew exactly what the wet ropes meant. When she awakened her mother was gone. At first she didn't think that was unusual since the adults left early to go to work. In this case that wasn't the reality - Red Light and Virginity Trade to be Screened at the Meta House
9.	***Sports Notes* - FIFA'S CLOSET NEEDS TO BE CLEANED - February, 2011 Grant Wahl for FIFA president? Ohhhh Please!!! - OHH... FERNANDO!!! (TORRES) - MARSHALL FAULK the Right Choice in NFL HALL OF FAME - CHARLES BARKLEY prais Previous - TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA - THE VOICE with CHRISTINA AGUILERA and Other Star Talent - August , 2011 DO YOU HAVE THE MUSIC IN YOU? - Celebrity judges consisting of entertainer/vocalists Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Maroon 5 lead vocalist Adam Levine and country artist Blake Shelton add spice to an interesting talent competition - Recommended TV Listings**
10.	***Sports Notes* - CHELSEA'S NEW KID IN TOWN - Andr� Villas-Boas - June, 2011 RAMO'S CHOPPING BLOCK -** During Roman Abramovich's eight years of ownership of Chelsea FC he has had seven managers. Three have won titles and have been terminated thus a title may keep a manager around for a little while but other than Mourinho a two year stint is the max if the Champions League title isn't realized just ask Carlo Ancelotti Previous - TV - VIDEO BEAT MAX Part 3 - American Idol's McCREERY and Lauren ALAINA are ON THEIR WAY - May, 2011 IDOLS'S DYNAMIC DUO ROCKS THE WORLD - Within 48 hours of the American Idol finale Idol winner Scott McCreery and runner-up Lauren Alaina's records shot up the iTunes charts in taking the # 1 and 3rd spots respectively - *Recommended TV Listings*
*ARCHIVE STORIES*	*Travel Tips Phnom Penh - FORMER US AMBASSADOR TO LAOS CHARLES B. SALMON JR.* **ADDRESSES AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY @ UNIVERSITY OF CAMBODIA - May, 2004 Former US Ambassador Charles B. Salmon Jr. Addresses American Foreign Policy - Changes At Phnom Penh's Riverfront - NAGA Moves - Olympic Stadium Properties For Sale - Who Is Teaching, Training and Influencing The Youth Of Cambodia? - Phnom Penh's Traffic Barriers - Khmer Dining - NR Readers Visit NR - NR Mail NR NEWS - PP BURNING - Cambodians Rebel Against Thailand** Comments of Thai TV Star Stir Anger In Cambodia. Actress, Suwanan "Kob" Kongying was reported as saying that she would never visit Cambodia until Angkor Wat was returned to Thailand. Some worry if the incident will hurt tourism.

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