dcrtv.com - washington dc/baltimore area radio/tv/media http://www.dcrtv.com Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:49:48 GMT Feed43 Proxy/1.0 (www.feed43.com) 360 3875da45319f7234698aeea0ec55dc3c - 3/17 - Bonneville's WTOP was the 2nd highest ad revenue billing radio station in the whole country, according to 2009 stats just-out from Chantilly's BIA Financial. WTOP billed $51.7 million, second only to one station, LA's KIIS. Keep in mind that the numbers are not station profits, and all-news WTOP is a very expensive operation. Rounding out the top 10: NYC's WCBS-AM was 3rd, NYC's WINS 4th, LA's KROQ 5th, NYC's WLTW 6th, LA's KFI 7th, Chicago's WBBM-AM 8th, NYC's WHTZ 9th, and Chicago's WGN-AM 10th. CBS's WPGC-FM was the 2nd highest biller in the DC market with $23.7 million. Citadel's WRQX was 3rd at $19.1 million, Howard U's WHUR 4th with $19.0 million, and Radio One's WKYS was 5th with $16.4 million. The top Baltimore station was Radio One's WERQ, which placed 113th nationally, at $15.3 million.....

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]]> 2bff989c51b22b8865fd0af171680fbb - 3/17 - From Romenesko: Jack Shafer at Slate would like to see the Washington Post recruit some unconventional writers - he likes John Ellis, James Altucher, and Heather Mac Donald - "to fill the (editorial page) space with a few ideas we haven't heard 25,000 times before".....

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]]> 33ba375bf73ac5678996ff5c50cf66c1 - 3/17 - With Montgomery and Loudoun counties already converted to mainly digital, area cable TV giant Comcast has set it sights on three more DC area cable systems for the conversion, which will allow the firm to add a batch of new high-def channels and more broadband services branded with the Xfinity moniker. This spring, Washington DC, Prince George's County, and Reston are being switched over to digital, except for the most basic tier of local broadcast and public access channels. DC and PG will be done in a two-step process in March and April, while Reston will have a three-step process through May. Comcast is providing up to three additional digital devices for free to subscribers of those three systems. They'll need the gear to continue watching most expanded basic channels, a la ESPN and CNN. Comcast will make an announcement soon about the digital conversion of other DC area systems, including Arlington, Alexandria, and Prince William County.....

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]]> b03c126d8ce080564f594422a26ca4e7 - 3/17 - Using a bus billboard campaign, a coalition of 20 churches, labor groups, and community organizations is trying to pressure Verizon to bring its high-speed internet and digital TV Fios service to Baltimore city. It's available or being rolled out in several counties around the city and in Washington, but critics accuse Verizon of leaving Baltimore out of expansion plans. The Baltimore Sun has more.....

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]]> 6f733544278d9b1633163228d30df1b9 - 3/17 - Nearby news. Three years after Boston lead singer Brad Delp committed suicide, guitarist Tom Scholz claims Boston Herald reporters Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa defamed him by writing that Delp's ex-wife blamed Scholz for the singer's death. The Boston Globe has more. The band is heard locally on WIYY, WZBA, WBIG, and WVRX.....

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]]> ef9aca330c8fd7061dfe453db40ab3b5 - 3/17 - Nearby news. Channel 12/WWBT, the NBC affiliate in Richmond, "exposed" the wrong pawn shop in a so-called undercover exposé about melting down gold jewelry, a long-established pawn shop says in a defamation complaint in Richmond City Court. Jefferson Loan Office claims WWBT reporters went "undercover" at a store down the street, then blamed Jefferson for what happened there. It wants $1 million for the mistake. Jefferson claims that WWBT accused it of underpaying customers for their gold after the station's reporters visited a different pawn shop - Friedman's Loan. Jefferson, which says it has offered fair prices for more than 20 years, says WWBT, its news anchor Sabrina Squire, and "undercover reporter" Curt Autry defamed it in their botched report. More from Courthouse News.....

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]]> f45c5989bd45dfe72ebd5c30161ef99f - 3/17 - George Stephanopoulos and Ali Wentworth's $6.35 million, 5,650 square-foot, 5 bedroom, 6.5 bath Georgetown mansion on 31st Street NW is now listed "under contract," as the family prepares to move to New York. Stephanopoulos recently gave up his ABC "This Week" hosting duties to jump to "Good Morning America".....

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]]> 3e0d1a43df5b8ff2b1501ced08ec9c0a - 3/17 - Rant. Once again, today's Washington Post print Sports section sports no, count 'em, no ads in it. Three or four times a week, the section runs with no or maybe just one or two smallish ads. And sometimes, like today, zilch. It's gotta be a money-loser for the paper. Like the Business section was. So, back in 2008, the Post demoted the stand-alone Biz section to just a few pages in the main news "A" section. But the laugh is now on you, the print edition reader. The Post says it's gonna start a weekly business publication and subscribers will have to pay more to get it. Ha ha ha! But then there's always the wonderful stand-alone Style section. Today: A giant Shakespearean pic on its front, almost a half-page "scoop" on Peter Graves the clarinetist, and a so lengthy piece on assisted suicide. Ugh! Perhaps both Style and Sports could become just a few pages inside the "A" section, too. More Rants.....

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]]> 0778a425851d9778057ef4691c64e42f - 3/17 - Have you helped support DCRTV lately? Ads pay only part of our costs. Your donation covers the rest. Please put a few bucks on plastic or mail a check. Click here. Make your donation $39 or more and get a year's worth of access to DCRTV Plus, which is loaded with local radio and TV memories, tribute pages, tech specs, audio/video clips, classic jingles and call letters, station histories, and much more. In Photo Gallery 29, we have a memory of Channel 9's flip from the WOIC calls to the WTOP calls in 1950 (right).....

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]]> c13d79d07fd4f0b27d5091bb3c9566c4 - 3/16 - DCRTV welcomes DC and Baltimore radio veteran LaDawn Black as a new advertiser. The noted relationship expert has appeared in Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Essence, Men's Health, Match.com, Blackpeoplemeet.com, and via many other media outlets. She's the author of three Random House top-selling titles: "Stripped Bare," "Let's Get It On," and "TEASE." And she's been a radio personality for six years. Hear her midnights on Baltimore's WERQ (92.3 FM). More at ladawnblack.com.....

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]]> 19e260e75a1cf042be10a544d0094b05 - 3/16 - A source tells DCRTV that a Channel 9/ WUSA news editor has been canned for putting up wrong information on the screen regarding the shooting incident several weeks ago at the Pentagon. We're told that WUSA mistakenly aired the image of an officer who was not involved in the incident. More soon.....

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]]> 42a394adc9d233467d275d10ec7d2479 - 3/16 - Rant. So, DC "radio god" Don Geronimo (left) Tweets today that he's in DC interviewing for a potential new gig. Well, let's assume it's a radio gig and not something like a greeter at WalMart. So who might he be talking to? Bonneville? Nah, no place for him at WTOP or WFED. Citadel? Bankrupt and no money to spend for talent. Radio One? Come on! Clear Channel? Mornings at WBIG? Slim but doubtful. Back to CBS? When Hell freezes over. XM? Wouldn't he be heading to Sirius in NYC for that? That just leaves Red Zebra. Something at ESPN 980, WTEM? Hmmm. Station owner Dan Snyder has the dough that a star like Don would require. And Snyder would sure like to "stick it" to CBS's sports talk rival and Geronimo's former station WJFK, now 106.7 The Fan. That's my bet. Come October, when Don's contract ends with CBS, he could be doing morning drive at ESPN 980, leading into Tony Kornheiser's 10 AM show. Stay tuned. More Rants.....

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]]> 5eb5bac479348b0302fff2a505923865 - 3/16 - The Politico's Michael Calderone shoves a red hot poker up Rush Limbaugh's ass. OK, maybe we should say it a bit differently: Rush feels the intense need to respond to Calderone's queries on the air. At politico.com.....

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]]> 270cfd74cfefc524f9388f660a0bb9a1 - 3/16 - Revamped website alert. For WAMUer Diane Rehm's late morning show at drshow.org. It'll now be "more user-friendly, searchable, and aesthetically pleasing," according to the American University news talker. Also, you can browse show topics all the way back to 1999.....

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]]> 9ed56ae5e71c0a47ad514ac279e3e274 - 3/16 - Bret Baier nabs an interview with President Obama, to air Wednesday at 6 PM on the mainly anti-Obama Fox News. Mediaite has more.....

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]]> cb7c34c7dc6041847f79cc97c38803fb - 3/16 - DCRTV hears that Erik Haase and Jennifer Touchette, two top radio sales forces in the DC market and the Mid-Atlantic region, are forming Pulse Advertising. Haase, who calls himself "The Hardest Working Guy In Radio," has worked at Clear Channel-DC and, most recently, at Bonneville's WTOP. Touchette's worked at CCDC and CBS-DC, most recently heading digital sales at the latter. Both WTOP and CBS are seeking replacement for Haase and Touchette, we hear. Haase explains that Pulse will "focus on today's changing media tying in digital and SEO internet campaigns together with broadcast - radio/tv - and other customized plans adjusted to each client." More at pulseadvertising.com.....

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]]> 586f20804e4b2f38143d22df58bf61c3 - 3/16 - More than $2 million paid to one vendor by Maryland's Public Broadcasting Commission may have violated rules that govern how contracts are awarded. AP reports that state auditors said roughly $1 million paid to the direct marketer between 2005 and 2007 was done without commission officials seeking competitive bids, a written contract, or obtaining the appropriate approval according to state law. Also, they said they had "significant issues" with how the same vendor obtained and handled contracts worth an additional $1.7 million beginning in August 2007. Officials with the MPBC, which operates Maryland Public Television, contested many of the audit's findings in a written response. The audit did not disclose the name of the vendor.....

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]]> 6d3b143730234026b2bdcff0e99c8779 - 3/16 - Week three of the February Portable People Meter radio ratings for Baltimore, full-day, age 12+: 1) WLIF, 2) WWIN-FM, 3) WPOC, 4) WERQ, 5) WWMX, 6) WRBS-FM, 7) WQSR, 8) WBAL-AM, 9) WZFT, 10) WIYY, 11) WYPR, 12) WZBA, 13) WCBM, 14) WPGC, 15) WJZ-FM, 16) WCAO, 17) WTOP-FM, 18) WBIG and WWDC, 20) WKYS and WAMU, 22) WBJC and WHUR, 24) WRQX, 25) WIHT, 26) WLZL, 27) WASH and WEAA and WTMD, 30) WMAL, 31) WGTS and WTEM and WRNR-FM.....

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]]> 60d6ca2a744e61606b3d9cfbe638c698 - 3/16 - Eric Erickson, who runs the conservative RedState blog, joins CNN as a contributor. He'll appear on John King's new DC-based 7 PM show, which starts March 22.....

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]]> 5d56839fa7b85d7b2ae2e01b53c6bd8e - 3/16 - Former CQer Jeff Stein and his "SpyTalk" blog jump to the Washington Post's website on March 22. Stein will continue to cover homeland security issues, including intelligence, defense and foreign policy.....

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]]> af341c1b02473cb16b910f6672638bd1 - 3/16 - Mike Sandler, an associate editor at The Hill, jumps to the Associated Press, where he'll be an editor.....

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]]> 73bdd2bc154d37736115c2de8840c1ae - 3/16 - DC-based National Public Radio puts 160 million in tax-exempt fixed rate bonds on the market today. They are intended to fund NPR's new HQ. Construction starts this year and will take three years. Business Week has more.....

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]]> 4146968375d7a257b177c903b4a71e95 - 3/16 - DC-based C-SPAN is putting its video archives on the internet. The archives, at C-SPANVideo.org, cover 23 years of history and five presidential administrations. The network, which covers Congress and Capitol hearings, will formally announce the completion of the C-SPAN Video Library tomorrow. More in the NY Times.....

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]]> 20ae059b2a0c4fc293927dcdb6e40052 - 3/16 - McLean-based Gannett has informed newspaper executives throughout the US Community Papers division it will enact limited furloughs in the second quarter. All division employees making more than $90,000 annually will be required to take at least one furlough week during the quarter. More at gannettoid.com.....

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]]> 8b187da882a9515d6286e3ebb7372ec1 - 3/16 - Citadel Broadcasting, the third-largest US radio-station owner, won court approval to send its reorganization plan to creditors for a vote after agreeing to better terms for holders of unsecured claims. US Bankruptcy Judge Burton Lifland said Monday in Manhattan that he will approve Citadel's disclosure statement, which explains the prepackaged Chapter 11 reorganization plan, despite the objection of some shareholders. More from Business Week. Locally, Citadel owns WMAL, WRQX, and WVRX.....

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]]> c03269d613f66cc1b85a16f6883070fb - 3/16 - ABC's Senior Congressional Correspondent Jonathan Karl will rotate in as moderator on "This Week" this Sunday. It's the second time at bat for Karl, who guest-moderated on February 14. More from TVNewser.....

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]]> e50d83a8e767392203e0d3f72c4ba15d - 3/16 - Gordon Peterson and Arch Campbell, both of Channel 7/WJLA, will be appearing on "Reel Journalism" on Monday, March 22 at DC's Newseum. They will talk about the movie "Network" - a 1970s look at the TV news biz that forecast the likes of Glenn Beck and Keith Olbermann - with moderator Nick Clooney at 7:30 PM. The movie will screen at 8, followed by a Q&A. More at newseum.org.....

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]]> 4de563644671e89eebdf1301d63a576e - 3/15 - DCRTV is hearing about some CBS cuts in Baltimore today. Not sure if it's on the TV or radio side. CBS owns Channel 13/WJZ, plus four radio stations in Charm City. A source tells us: "Know of at least one radio person who Tweeted that he got laid off today. Said it was restructuring." More soon.....

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]]> 61501e72622ca6798acef5f11a7d20b0 - 3/15 - Rant. Look at Bonneville all-newser WTOP's dominance of the DC radio market. It's almost always in the top spot. And lately, with all the snow we had in February, it's got something like double the audience of the number two station in the market. Plus, more importantly, it's far and away the top ad revenue biller in the market. In fact, it beats many stations in much larger markets, like NYC and LA. So, wouldn't it make sense for some local radio rival to "go after" WTOP's huge pot of listeners and ad dollars? I realize that Citadel is kind of fucked-up right now and teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, but it's probably in the best position to make a direct challenge to WTOP with its news talker WMAL. Old 630 AM needs to move to a better signal on FM, and Citadel's got the perfect place, low-rated classic rocker 105.9. And it could put together a decent news department - which it once had in its ABC days - that could feed morning and afternoon drive local news blocks, with talk at all other hours. Yeah, it would cost some money, but think of all the ad revenue it could take from WTOP! Or, what about CBS putting a headline news service on its lowish-rated 94.7, WIAD? I've said it before and I'll say it again. Call it "News 24/7 On 94.7" and feature nothing but news headlines, weather, and traffic over-and-over in 10-minute cycles. Couldn't cost all that much, considering the ratings and revenue gains it could achieve. CBS runs all-newsers in NYC and Philly, why not use that expertise in DC, too? Or what about Clear Channel using one of its many area FM signals for a DC-Baltimore mega news talker - maybe 102.7? WTOP is simply raking in the ad dough, and nobody - apart from non-commercial public radio talker WAMU - is giving it a serious challenge. Some direct competition to WTOP would only make it an even better station. Come on DC radio! Let's get some serious competition going here. WTOP's big juicy news plum is mighty ripe for a pickin'! More Rants.....

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]]> 4655173e3b54dc1025465e136a0b58bf - 3/15 - Bonneville all-newser WTOP continues its big lead in the DC area Portable People Meter radio ratings for the third week of February, winning all dayparts in the overall full-week, age 12+ numbers. Clear Channel's contemporary hit WIHT, Hot 99.5, takes 2nd place with about half of WTOP's audience. As usual, CBS Radio has none of its four DC area FMers in the top 10. And there's a five-way tie for 7th place. The numbers: 1) WTOP [1st in all dayparts], 2) WIHT [Kane 3rd], 3) WHUR [Harvey 2nd], 4) WASH [L&L 6th], 5) WAMU, 6) WMMJ [Joyner 5th], 7) WKYS [Parr 8th] and WWDC [Elliot 10th] and WRQX [Diamond 9th] and WBIG and WETA-FM, 12) WMAL [G&A 11th, Rush 3rd, Hannity 9th], 13) WPGC [post-Simpson 13th], 14) WPRS, 15) WIAD, 16) WMZQ, 17) WGTS, 18) WTEM [M&M 18th, Korny 12th, Czaban 16th], 19) WLZL, 20) WVRX, 21) WJFK [Junks 15th, Wise 20th, Arrington 20th], 22) WINC-FM, 23) WAVA-FM and WBQB.....

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]]> 306b7bf942f6e33e232735ff5852efa2 - 3/15 - DC's Capitol News Connection will host Miss America, Caressa Cameron, at this Wednesday's Radio Television Correspondents Association dinner. She's a grad of Massaponax High School in Fredericksburg and has taken a year off from Virginia Commonwealth University to fulfill her Miss America duties.....

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]]> aebf072838d14692425affc578f158d4 - 3/15 - CapitalClimate tells us that Justin Drabick, from Salisbury's Channel 16/WBOC, was seen doing the weather on DC's Channel 4/WRC at 11 PM Sunday. A new hire or just a tryout? Stay tuned.....

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]]> 59601686a69a2081d4981f30567d4bee - 3/15 - Bonneville all-newser WTOP is among seven of the company's stations to get nominated for a Crystal Radio Award from the DC-based National Association Of Broadcasters for public service. The winners will be announced on April 13th at the NAB's annual convention in Las Vegas.....

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]]> 841afc0c87cc3b3b0884a7eb7ab22ffe - 3/15 - DC-based National Public Radio and the Washington Post have joined forces to create the Stone And Holt Weeks Fellowship - a joint journalism fellowship in memory of two brothers who were victims in an I-81 highway crash near Front Royal VA in the summer of 2009. Stone was 24 and Holt was 20. Their father, Linton Weeks, is a reporter at NPR and spent nearly two decades at the Post.....

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]]> 79c2ea374ae648e1296531860abc75b5 - 3/15 - DCRTV has tipped you. Now, we get the official announcement that the Washington Post is launching a missile directly at the Washington Business Journal and starting a weekly local business publication. Dan Beyers will be editor of Capital Business, and Arnie Applebaum will be general manager. It launches on April 19, with the first free editions delivered to full-week Post subscribers. Come mid-May, it'll cost $49 for 52 issues and be available only to Post subscribers. The Post elimiated its stand-alone weekday Business news section in late 2008.....

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]]> 53d871f0defc79fe53f2dad7ebc0a4fb - 3/15 - TVNewser is reporting that CNN reporter Christiane Amanpour is stating publicly ABC News has offered her the job of "This Week" and there's 50-50 chance that she's going to accept the offer. A few weeks ago, the Politico broke the news that Amanpour was talking to ABC about the DC-based gig.....

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]]> 4beb72da875c23fc1cdaaf8ea635698d - 3/15 - Greg Mitchell, who headed Editor And Publisher until December, has joined the Nation as writer and editor for a new blog, "Media Fix." Mitchell's blog will launch in April along with a redesign of thenation.com, according to Politico.....

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]]> 9d65084ace4e97cdf98143a82491ccdf - 3/15 - With a MIDI box worth $50,000, Potomac MD's Todd Hahn has scored soundtracks for everything from President Obama's campaign commercials to History Channel documentaries. He's done work for TLC, WETA, National Geographic, and a host of other current and former politicians and advocacy groups. More at washingtonpost.com.....

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]]> ad08d909ebe2fe25a92b492d430e1e3f - 3/15 - Christie Findlay says adios to DC's Capital File magazine where she'd been editor. Formerly with Politics mag, Findlay joined CF last fall.....

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]]> 15de4ee77d167d5f06666fe891be07b0 - 3/15 - McLean-based USA Today will now be available in some Starbucks. Starbucks currently carries the New York Times and a local newspaper at most locations. More at prnewswire.com.....

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]]> 122214577b879954f8e15506949a702c - 3/15 - DCRTV tipped you last week. Broadcast engineers and technical personnel at National Public Radio, who are represented by the National Association Of Broadcast Employees And Technicians - NABET/CWA, will protest the DC-based broadcaster's demands for concessions and givebacks at a noon demonstration today outside NPR's 635 Massachusetts Avenue NW headquarters. The current contract expires on March 31st, and bargaining sessions are scheduled for March 16th and 17th. More at dclabor.org.....

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]]> e27c323bcc2cf4703d101277df0f0bbd - 3/15 - Local TV Now talks to Channel 2/WMAR News Director Kelly Groft about the challenges of covering the all the snow this winter.....

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]]> 5e17e2f501e5acd7820f0ea2758c689c - 3/15 - Howie Kurtz takes another gander at Fox News lightning rod Glenn Beck at washingtonpost.com.....

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]]> 7f8a03f01912b5e4f76ff2e54f9e2518 - 3/15 - After a more than six-month stalemate, DirecTV and Comcast's Versus have reached an agreement to return the sports network to the satellite provider's line-up. Multichannel News has more.....

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]]> a2255d06c355331a032ae9369cf66bdc - 3/15 - A "medical issue" kept Baltimore Sun TV critic David Zurawik from blogging for a week. But now he's back and, as expected, Kate Gosselin is his first topic. At baltimoresun.com.....

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]]> 5d64b1dcf6af43a9f885d7f8be00b2dc - 3/14 - Sunday's Washington Post runs an obituary for Harold Kaufman, who was trained as a lawyer, then became a psychiatrist and college professor while moonlighting as a jazz musician and nightclub owner. He died March 10 at age 77 of heart disease at his home in Washington. He was an accomplished jazz pianist who, during the 1970s, owned Harold's Rogue And Jar Club at Dupont Circle, which became an intimate gathering spot for the city's jazz lovers. DCRTV hears that, in the mid-1970s, Mr. Kaufman hosted one of the first call-in talk shows offered by WMAL, then a full-service middle-of-the-road music station.....

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]]> 33817683ee94774c56f161f93a11be24 - 3/14 - A source tells DCRTV: Things not all that great at Red Zebra. Four sales people were fired from Red Zebra Broadcasting last week and a few weeks prior, Greg Reynolds, the CFO abruptly 'resigned.' Hmmm. Stay tuned." Red Zebra, which is owned by Redskins owner Dan Snyder, owns sports talk ESPN 980, WTEM, Spanish sports talker WXTR, plus political talker WTNT and biz talker WWRC.....

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]]> 3df908f2a2471ebbb5c060c0c39c73a6 - 3/13 - More PGC info. A well-placed local radio source tells DCRTV that the plan is for Big Tigger to do mornings on CBS's urban 95.5, but talks continue on his financial compensation. If both sides can come to terms this weekend, he could start next week. There's talk that PGC middayer Michele Wright won't be joining Tigger in mornings, but instead moving to CBS's co-owned 94.7 Fresh FM, to do middays. PGC's Anji Corely moves to middays on 95.5, we hear. Also, negotiations continue to find a female morning co-host for Big Tigger, but a BETer recently passed on it. More in DCRTV's 3/12 blurb.....

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]]> 2528366990bc6992f93af4b0356fb152 - 3/13 - DCRTV hears that Jess Wright at Frederick country outlet WFRE (99.9 FM) has been named Best Small Market Personality by the Academy Of Country Music and will be honored at the 45th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards on April 18 from Las Vagas. It'll be televised on CBS. Ben Campbell, formerly of DC country outlet WMZQ (98.7 FM), has been named Best Major Market Personality for his current gig at Phoenix country outlet KNIX.....

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]]> 110b0356ebd8c89228ca4220961abdb2 - 3/13 - "The Noon Workout" has been canceled weekdays on Baltimore's WWMX, Mix 106.5. But it still airs daily on WWMX's Mix 2 digital HD2 channel and via its website. So reports the Baltimore Media Blog.....

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]]> d199ffeb5d823c176bbd57818de9e7af - 3/13 - DCRTV hears that the DC chapter of the Society Of Professional Journalists is welcoming four into its Hall Of Fame. Receiving the honor this year is national radio talk show host Jim Bohannon, former RTNDA President Barbara Cochran, Newsweek/US News veteran Mel Elfin, and Washingtonian's Jack Limpert. Also, Sue Kopen Katcef of the Phillip Merrill College Of Journalism at the University of Maryland will receive the chapter's 2010 Distinguished Service Award. The awards dinner will be held at Maggiano's Little Italy restaurant on June 15th.....

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]]> fe54800053ac7b1b31f9a01b87979728 - 3/13 - Local media greats Lee Shephard and Chuck Langdon interview DCRTV Dave Hughes (wearing an old WHFS 102.3 t-shirt) in the latest edition of their Fairfax public access TV show about nostalgic Washington radio and TV, "Out Of The Past." Check it all out at vimeo.com.....

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]]> 6ca1e542b8d9ef3b6927d8a799b2631e - 3/12 - It was revealed today that Citadel will relay its AM righty talker WBAP in Dallas on the FM signal of a low-rated music outlet come Monday. Might Citadel do the same thing here in DC with its AM 630 righty talker WMAL via 105.9 FM, currently a low-rated turgid classic rocker? Stay tuned.....

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]]> 3bf7c1755277edee9158051d9361157e - 3/12 - DCRTV hears that CBS Radio Baltimore sports talker, 105.7 The Fan, WJZ-FM has picked Jeremy Conn to be the top contributor to its afternoon drive show with Scott Garceau. Conn replaces Anita Marks, whose contract with the station was not renewed earlier this year. Conn has been hosting the evening "Playmakers" show on WJZ-FM. He's also a radio producer and fill-in for 105.7 morning man Ed Norris as well as Garceau. Dave Labrozzi, who heads CBS Radio's Baltimore cluster, tells DCRTV that it'll still be called "The Scott Garceau Show." Also, Labrozzi tells us that he's hired Jen Royle from NYC's YES sports network to be the Orioles beat reporter for 105.7. She will also contribute to WJZ-FM's shows.....

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]]> 1307b51bdbcdb4f0ac87a5d60df38b90 - 3/12 - More mystery from PGC. The big Big Tigger (right) announcement at 5:55 PM Friday on WPGC: He's leaving PGC afternoons and being replaced by Lil' Mo. Today is his last day in the 2 PM to 6 PM slot on 95.5. Still no official word if BT is heading to PGC's mornings, as DCRTV has rumored, but he did say: "Something big is headed to PGC mornings." Which again fuels the rumor that BT is eventually heading to mornings at the CBS Radio urban contemporary outlet, replacing the legendary Donnie Simpson, who left PGC in late January. BT did say that he'll be doing a show for Channel 50/WDCW, DC's CW station, "Direct Access With Big Tigger," come April. More: DCRTV hears that Michele Wright also announced today that it's her last day in PGC's midday slot. Could she be joining BT in mornings? Hmmm.....

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]]> d373a9a71651e18800ff0ecf221c4d20 - 3/12 - DCRTV hears that Frank Hanrahan has decided not to take a sports reporting position with Bonneville all-newser WTOP (via Metro Networks) and will continue his freelance work with CBS Radio sports talker WJFK, 106.7 The Fan.....

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]]> 29f3ee9b3d871a9486e03aa537f9c543 - 3/12 - DCRTV hears that CBS Radio sports talker WJFK, 106.7 The Fan, adds "Talkin' Baseball" with Tim Donner and Phil Wood to its Sunday line-up, from 4 PM to 6 PM. Wood will also contribute to JFK's weekday shows.....

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]]> 1cb74bdc1ab829704774edab7eac8fc8 - 3/12 - DCRTV tipped you a while back. Now, we're hearing more. A source tells us that, as we predicted, Channel 9/WUSA sports reporter and sports anchor Sara Walsh (right) will be jumping to ESPN. Details, including her final day at 9, are still being worked out, we're told.....

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]]> ae47bdf1be9bbaa74412256828686c31 - 3/12 - When a Washington Examiner reporter asked actor Sean Penn about recently wishing "rectal cancer" upon those criticizing his work in Haiti, Yeas And Nays columnist Tara Palmeri was quickly asked to leave the DC event. The publicity coordinator reportedly publicly scolded the reporter and someone else attempted to take the reporter's recording device and delete the material. The Politico has more.....

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]]> d3cf4e3d132c800b9fc59cd6c236c499 - 3/12 - Tom Brokaw moderates NBC's DC-based "Meet The Press" this Sunday, the first time David Gregory will be sitting out a week since he took over the show in 2008. TVNewser has more.....

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]]> dcc3a9574e2352ddd7134f75be2b1b8d - 3/12 - Kate Snow, who has been with ABC News since 2003, has joined NBC News as a "Dateline" correspondent. Snow started in July 2003 as White House correspondent for "Good Morning America," and the following year, became anchor for the "GMA" new weekend edition. The Politico has more.....

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]]> 5173fce655dadedfbb58c99dbf8d849e - 3/12 - Broadcast engineers and technical personnel at National Public Radio, who are represented by the National Association Of Broadcast Employees And Technicians - NABET/CWA, will protest the DC-based broadcaster's demands for concessions and givebacks at a noon demonstration on Monday, March 15, outside NPR's 635 Massachusetts Avenue NW headquarters. The current contract expires on March 31st, and bargaining sessions are scheduled for March 16th and 17th. More at dclabor.org.....

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]]> bbcaebbb757db5f50ca625c5c6e7652f - 3/12 - Andy Parks wasn't happy, to put it mildly. Republican mastermind Karl Rove bailed on a long-standing, highly-hyped WMAL interview on Friday morning. Parks, with a half-hour of radio time to fill, even suggested that a WMAL listener call in to impersonate Rove and go on the air. But never fear, righty talk WMAL is monitored closely by Washington's Republican establishment and GOP top dog Mike Pence, a Congressman from Indiana, called in to take Rove's place - at least for a few minutes. He was followed by "Karl From Springfield," who attempted an impersonation of Rove.....

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]]> 2373fa6778676929e31250b19ac49343 - 3/12 - The city of Alexandria has been indefinitely shut out of Verizon's popular Fios television and internet network, as the company has stopped expansion nationwide of the franchise agreements that allow it to install its fiber-optic network. Alexandria is the only major local jurisdiction without a franchise agreement for Fios. Alexandria Mayor William Euille plans to discuss the matter and the city's plans at a City Council meeting next week. The city is served by Comcast. The Washington Business Journal has more.....

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]]> 79320e61d65a05bcf388ba521c83b3e4 - 3/12 - David Miller, the senior public relations manager for the National Journal, jumps to the Laborers' International Union Of North America, where he'll be outreach manager.....

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]]> 34a7ca525c8e3a511da5ba6d46c7ab9b - 3/12 - "Through clever use of the Fox News Channel and its cadre of raucous commentators, Roger Ailes has overturned standards of fairness and objectivity," writes former New York Times editor Howell Raines at washingtonpost.com. "Yet, many members of my profession seem to stand by in silence as Ailes tears up the rulebook that served this country well as we covered the major stories of the past three generations... For the first time since the yellow journalism of a century ago, the United States has a major news organization devoted to the promotion of one political party".....

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]]> 98b2e079bddfc0b41dd3220ff009efe8 - 3/12 - The Washington Post moves Amy Gardner, who's been on the local news staff, to the paper's national desk to "train her sights on the emerging Tea Party movement and developments inside the Republican Party," according to the Politico.....

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]]> b4bdb43cc7861a6cc6f5818e41a528c5 - 3/12 - Marion Barry stole the scene last night among the star-studded journos gathered for a book party at Tucker Carlson's pad. At FishbowlDC.....

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]]> 8c8cf39b80c3d39f4d7393db364a9fe8 - 3/11 - DCRTV hears: Fans of DC's now-defunct commercial classical WGMS will be saddened to learn of the passing of Winfield "Win" Clearwater (left) on February 28th at age 83. He was a resident of Bowie. Before joining WGMS, Mr. Clearwater was the first Saturday night anchorperson for Channel 9, then WTOP-TV's "Newsnight" broadcast in December 1962. There is more at legacy.com.....

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]]> 7bdcc8e466c26838aebb20f824e41890 - 3/11 - Well, 3/11/10 has come and pretty much gone and no big announcement from WPGC as hinted yesterday on the CBS urban contemporary station's website. Now, DCRTV hears that PGC afternoon man Big Tigger will make a "big announcement" at 5:55 PM on Friday. Might it be the big news of his big move to mornings? More in DCRTV's 3/10 newsblurb. Oh, WPGC did launch a revamped website at wpgc.com on Thursday.....

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]]> 2341242e2d985472f0197dab1e3764cd - 3/11 - Clear Channel, which owns 11 radio stations in the DC-Baltimore area, posted a 10 percent drop in Q4 2009 revenues to $712 million from $788.8 million. The San Antonio-based company saw net earnings of $147.3 million compared to a loss of $499 million in the year-ago period. Radio Online has more.....

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]]> a7e79eaa61f84227b8b818ef66b72c1d - 3/11 - Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander says his blog post earlier this week detailing reader complaints about a photo of two men kissing on the front page of the Post last week has prompted a backlash. Phone calls, e-mails, and online comments are now running more than 10-to-1 in support of the decision to run the photo regarding DC's legalization of gay marriage. More at wapo.com.....

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]]> 18bb6c31e9eecc62140ae6b0f4afe719 - 3/11 - Why is DC's Newseum, which chronicles media stuff like the history of journalism and news gathering, including Elvis Presley among its many features? He was a media sensation - duh! AP has more.....

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]]> 36c9ff0ae4b23742115de3664c20f1a6 - 3/11 - TVNewser tells us that NBC's "Meet The Press" won the battle of the DC-based Sunday morning political talk shows last weekend. As usual.....

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]]> 5f8015731034e04081692ce06588d931 - 3/11 - DCRTV hears that local radio vets Pete Medhurst and Joe Miller have made it into the weeknightly rotation at Baltimore sports talker 105.7 The Fan, WJZ-FM, in the 6 PM to 10 PM slot. Also, look for the pair to be doing Sundays from 4 PM to 7 PM on the CBS station. More as we hear it.....

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]]> 1aa777cc7bea2febb6a76d15b6af0867 - 3/11 - DCRTV hears that former WERQ morning host Marc Clarke (right) and DC singer Precious Joubert have joined former WKYS Russ Parr show personality Marcel Thornton on "The Marcel Show," middays on internet radio station WMAR-FM at wmarfm.com.....

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]]> eb316b5cd6a6ffda7469b8ed4487d3a4 - 3/11 - This morning was birthday-wisher Willard Scott's 30th anniversary with the "Today" show. And, this month, the DC radio and TV legend marks 60 years at NBC, half of them with WRC-TV and the old WRC-AM. "Today" put together a special segment with a retrospective of his time at the show. TVNewser has more.....

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]]> 1d7795e1468049a80b5cbf626289a35f - 3/11 - A group of Democrats has started an e-mail campaign to get Frederick County Commissioner Blaine Young (left) off the air at Frederick news talker WFMD (930 AM). According to the Frederick News-Post, Republican Young was sworn in as a county commissioner on March 3. He has been an on-air personality for WFMD for 13 years and currently hosts a three-hour call-in political talk show at 3 PM weekdays. Since his nomination to fill the remainder of the term of Commissioner Charles Jenkins, critics have said he should not be allowed to have a political show when other commissioners and future political opponents do not.....

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]]> 156bc733b472218dd05fd236e890faed - 3/11 - Kate Hunter jumps from CQ to Roll Call to cover the US House. She replaces Jen Bendery, who now covers the White House for Roll Call.....

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]]> 4cdd345c0d48eba3eee62eab78e8cb47 - 3/11 - USA Today's Alexandra Nicholson jumps from the McLean-based newspaper's communications and media relations team to the newspaper's digital marketing team, where she'll name manager/social media strategist.....

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]]> 9354c4979ee206504b2cf742cc3b804f - 3/11 - April 8th is the date for the "Funniest DC Journalist" contest at the National Press Club ballroom. Details at press.org/comedy.....

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]]> d4bf9609de0bb9bfae0dfa0a19f98dc9 - 3/11 - The Federal Communications Commission did not begin its review of the Comcast/NBC-Universal deal until March 5, according to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. According to prepared testimony for a Senate Commerce Committee hearing March 11 on the proposed deal, the chairman said that while the FCC received the transfer application - for NBC station licenses - and public interest statement on Janurary 28, the company asked the commission to wait until it had submitted "a supplemental economic report," which he said the FCC got last Friday. He said the FCC will soon put the deal out for public comment. B&C has more.....

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]]> d862120bfc4649080ff0ff897d5abe28 - 3/11 - It looks increasing likely that NBC-owned Bravo has pulled the plug on its planned "Real Housewives Of DC" reality show that it began filming here last fall. Could a video replay of the late 2009 controversy surrounding a program participant couple, the Salahis, and their infamous November crashing of a White House State dinner not be in NBC's best political interest now that the network is asking the feds to approve its proposed merger with cable TV giant Comcast? Lisa de Moraes has more at washingtonpost.com......

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]]> 10a906267d79fdcb13442d7053944742 - 3/11 - Glenn Beck, with his interview of staffer-groping Congressman Eric Massa on Tuesday, got almost nine times more viewers on his Fox News 5 PM program that did DC-based Chris Matthews over on MSNBC's "Hardball." Matthews has been doing his shows from Israel this week. TVNewser has more.....

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]]> 600c4ebb6f6f07f9d7f7e6caea6e42fe - 3/11 - The Baltimore Ravens are among the NFL teams which get the best radio ratings according to a report from Columbia MD's Arbitron. The Chicago Bears top the list with a PPM-estimated 626,600 radio listeners for the average game. The Ravens make the list of top teams for in-game listening to a radio flagship with averages more than a 40 share among men aged 25-54.....

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]]> 7b9b3dff723760948f1b95f375f02dda - 3/11 - DC's Office Of Cable Television will televise the Abe Pollin City Title Games on the District Knowledge Network. The girls' game will air on Tuesday, March 16 at 7 PM, and the boys' game will air on Wednesday, March 17 at 7 PM. Both games will be re-broadcast on Saturday, March 20 at 12 PM and 7 PM. Participating teams will include the HD Woodson Lady Warriors and the Ballou Knights taking on the Elizabeth Seton Roadrunners and the DeMatha Stags. In DC, DKN is available on Comcast's 99, RCN's 18, and Verizon's 12.....

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]]> 9b9e95510e04acaa521220a63a34a6f5 - 3/11 - Baltimore-based SFMSports.Net will broadcast the Stephen Decatur Seahawks of Berlin MD as they take on Milford Mill during the MPSSAA State Semi-Finals at the Comcast Center. The basketball game will be simulcast live on talker WQMR (101.1 FM) in Ocean City and at www.sfmsports.net. Rick Charles and Mike Bradley will be calling the game.....

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]]> be539e3410a78d2dfc02e4d2623e3fae - 3/10 - DCRTV hears that Frank Hanrahan (right) rejoins all-news WTOP (via Metro Networks) as a part-time sports reporter. Hanrahan, who was heard on WTOP in 2005, has most recently been doing freelance work at sports talk WJFK, 106.7 The Fan, since he got cut in January from sports talk WTEM, ESPN 980, where he'd been the Redskins beat reporter during the '09 season. Update: A key source tells DCRTV that the new radio deal for Hanrahan is still somewhat premature. More as we hear it.....

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]]> 403811b47dce67cb2a621900d26bd180 - 3/10 - DCRTV has tipped you. And now the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network officially announced today that Mike Flanagan will join the Orioles TV broadcast team as a color analyst. Flanagan, who spent more than 30 years with the Orioles as a player, coach, front office executive, and broadcaster, will debut on the April 15th game against the Oakland Athletics. Flanagan will join Gary Thorne in the TV booth for approximately half of the Orioles games during the 2010 season, replacing Buck Martinez, who jumped to the Toronto Blue Jays' TV team. Jim Palmer will continue to provide color commentary for the remaining Orioles games on MASN. More at masnsports.com.....

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]]> 6b7907b8e612530ebdf043f9f3264934 - 3/10 - DCRTV has been telling you that a big announcement from CBS Radio about urban contemporary WPGC (95.5 FM) is coming down the pike any day now. Now, when you go to wpgc.com you get a cryptic graphic of the 3/11/10 date (right). Could tomorrow be the big day? Will afternoon man Big Tigger be named the morning replacement for longtimer Donnie Simpson, who left the station in late January? Will someone else - Mo'Nique? - get morning drive? Someone new for afternoon drive if BT moves? Stay tuned.....

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]]> c3bffe17940b1a03703f1c23d2a3bce2 - 3/10 - CBS Radio sports talker WJFK, 106.7 The Fan, will air the DC City Title basketball game live from the Verizon Center on March 14. Tip-off is 5 PM. The event pits the area's top private school basketball team against the area's top public school team and, this year, will feature DeMatha and Ballou. BJ Koubaroulis and Stephen Ball, Washington Post writers and hosts of WJFK's preps sport show "Verbally Committed," will call the game with former Georgetown men's basketball coach Craig Esherick.....

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]]> 73dd83a0c6e452b611b16c8e423229ec - 3/10 - From the Politico: Ever since hiring veteran foreign correspondent Andy Higgins to cover China, the Washington Post has had trouble getting him a permanent visa to actually work in the country. So now, the DC City Paper reports that Chairman Don Graham is trying to get Henry Kissinger can help. Keith Richburg, who was bureau chief of the now-shuttered NYC bureau, is now in China for the Post.....

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]]> 45afb4f236a49523a5211b545892048a - 3/10 - Robert Stacy McCain is back at the Washington Times in a freelance capacity, penning a political piece in Wednesday's edition. He left before last year's big round of layoffs.....

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]]> f532219e86fb8532dde9a70815e87d66 - 3/10 - A source tells DCRTV: Baltimore's Fox45 "WBFF has an opening for a meteorologist. Could it be Jessica Starr, who is leaving for a bigger market?".....

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]]> 47eaf868a763e4eaef2d8ea9e9c614c2 - 3/10 - Last week, the Washington Post ran a front page photo of two men kissing along with an article about DC accepting license applications for same-sex marriages. But some readers took offense. One reader complained to Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander about the paper "promoting a faggot lifestyle." One reader canceled the Post subscription she's held since the 1960s, saying that "the picture on Thursday morning was an affront to the majority of your readership." Writes Alexander at washingtonpost.com: "The photo deserved to be in newspaper and on its website, and it warranted front page display. News photos capture reality. And the prominent display reflects the historic significance of what was occurring".....

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]]> 7dbb2f1bf80ffab639ce9f3047cf2901 - 3/10 - Last month, CBS Radio cut off access to its internet streams outside the USA for its music stations. Now, this week, its news, talk, and sports stations join the foreign cutoff club. That means no more live listening to the Junkies on sports talk WJFK's 1067thefandc.com from Europe or Asia. Foreign listeners will still be able to download podcasts from various CBS Radio shows.....

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]]> 826d845cc4faaf0101eec72c483e5678 - 3/10 - In a move that spares David Letterman a potentially messy trial that would have focused on his affairs with "Late Show" staffers, a former CBS News producer pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempting to extort $2 million from the comedian. Howard Kurtz has more in the Washington Post.....

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]]> 3331a07a7670be3023215326bf2beebf - 3/10 - Several major cable companies and a public interest group asked the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday to intervene in disputes over transmission fees to prevent broadcasters from withholding signals from subscribers. In a petition filed with the FCC, Time Warner, Verizon, Cablevision, and advocacy group Public Knowledge said that regulations governing transmissions from broadcasters to subscription-television providers are outdated and warned that last weekend's standoff between Cablevision and Disney/ABC will be repeated unless the FCC issues new rules. They also called on regulators to assign an arbitrator during stalled negotiations and to require broadcasters to maintain their signals if talks break down. More in the DC Post.....

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]]> eed398020f10d1a117aef6d6219d0b54 - 3/10 - Nearby news. Peter Maroney, president and general manager of Local TV-owned Richmond CBS affiliate Channel 6/WTVR, jumps to Denver to be GM for Local TV's KWGN-TV and KDVR-TV.....

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]]> ef3c9c7b442ba8e6bc51ed2cd58aaba7 - 3/10 - DCRTV thanks "Market Open Live," a local financial and business show heard weekday mornings on WWRC (1260 AM), for renewing its top banner display ad through April. More at marketopenlive.com. Also, two radio stations in Virginia's Northern Neck are looking for a general manager. At DCRTV's Classified Ads.....

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]]> 16f222140f18380018332b45ac62d450 - 3/9 - The Senate's official internet gatekeeper said that the Drudge Report, a conservative news aggregator, is "responsible for the many viruses popping up throughout the Senate." Fox News has more.....

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]]> 61bcebc1e55c9974a732753aa4554350 - 3/9 - Bill Kerr, CEO of Columbia MD-based Arbitron, will be meeting later this week with House Oversight And Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns to discuss issues surrounding the Portable People Meter radio ratings. Speaking at a Credit Suisse investor conference on Monday, Kerr said that at the meeting he wants to talk about Arbitron's proposal to gradually shift all PPM markets to address-based panel recruitment. FMQB has more.....

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]]> bfd82d2f47d69445323df505ac7b9a6f - 3/9 - Comcast SportsNet will air 15 DC United soccer games this season. A clash with Eastern Conference rivals Red Bull New York on May 1 kicks off the regional television schedule. Additional highlights include a visit from Real Salt Lake, defending MLS Cup Champions, on June 5, and the team's first trip to Red Bull Arena on July 10. Home broadcasts are scheduled to air in high-definition. Dave Johnson and Thomas Rongen will call the games.....

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]]> da9ab96658713cd5994ead8deb587f88 - 3/9 - Binyamin Appelbaum, an anchor of the Washington Post's national business coverage for two years, is leaving the paper for the rival New York Times. So reports washingtoncitypaper.com.....

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]]> e8a075b1905e707df8f9f2840d758f5a - 3/9 - The editor of Washington Post-owned and DC-based Newsweek, Jon Meacham, is negotiating to add a television job to his schedule. He is in final talks to be the co-host of a new PBS Friday night public affairs series called "Need to Know," produced by NYC's WNET. More at nytimes.com.....

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]]> 20ba3f947ca2661005dc1cd0056642cc - 3/9 - The radio ratings for the second week of February for Baltimore, full-day, age 12: 1) WLIF, 2) WWIN-FM, 3) WERQ and WPOC, 5) WWMX, 6) WRBS-FM, 7) WQSR, 8) WBAL-AM, 9) WZFT, 10) WIYY and WYPR, 12) WZBA, 13) WCBM, 14) WJZ-FM. More: 17) WCAO, 18) WBJC, 27) WXCY, 28) WTMD, 33) WEAA, 37) WOLB, 38) WWIN-AM and WJZ-AM and WRNR-FM, 45) WNST.....

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]]> f585764e805e138c3b0cde89ab087492 - 3/9 - Veteran DC TV and radio personality Frank Herzog (right), 65, says he'll be retiring from his current gig as a WTOP radio morning news anchor. The longtime radio voice of the Redskins, who also served as a sports reporter and sports anchor for Channels 7 and 9, and who has been a frequent bit-part actor in movies filmed in Washington, announced his decision in a memo to WTOP staff on Monday. He says he wants to spend more time with his wife and grandchildren. Herzog is ending a 40-plus-year career that both started and ended at WTOP radio. He'd also called Bullets games during his career. DCRTV hears that Herzog will do a special one-hour "Ask Frank" call-in show with WTOP's Mark Segraves on 3/22. Herzog's last day at WTOP will be 3/31.....

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]]> 5a8289be8bd1e48f64193f38f0c9a3df - 3/9 - The ratings are in for the February TV "book" and NBC4 continues to be Washington's local news leader. Helped by impressive Olympics ratings, Channel 4/WRC produced commanding wins over the competition. Even with the loss of weatherman Bob Ryan, numbers remained steady. While morning show viewership was slightly down compared to the previous book, Channel 7/WJLA's morning product continues a dramatic downward trend, with key demos in last place. Noticeable gains for Channel 9/WUSA at 11 PM thanks to stronger CBS primetime programming. At 5 AM: NBC4 (1.8), Fox5 (1.5), CBS9 (1.0), ABC7 (0.8). At 6 AM: NBC4 (3.9), Fox5 (3.0), ABC7 (1.4), CBS9 (1.2). At 5 PM: NBC4 (3.6), Fox5 (2.7), ABC7 (2.1), CBS9 (2.1). At 6 PM: NBC4 (5.1), ABC7 (3.4), Fox5 (2.4), CBS9 (2.1). At 11 PM: NBC4 (5.5), CBS9 (3.3), ABC7 (3.2), Fox5 (2.5).....

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]]> 5a42cd392f5c2ec8febb8fbd66c60973 - 3/9 - DCRTV first told you last week. Now the DC Post gets around to reporting that Alexandria's Video Vault, a cult movie rental favorite, will close in April after 25 years in operation.....

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]]> 53ff0c1341bd8a414e2a3097bb1cdc4d - 3/9 - Radio One's urban adult contemporary WKJS tops the Richmond radio heap. More at radio-info.com.....

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]]> 17939b39377722979d6c64fe8e636d3c - 3/9 - A correction in Tuesday's Washington Post: "A March 6 Washington Business article about a deal under which a private-equity investment firm would acquire RCN, a Herndon-based broadband company, referred to RCN chief executive Peter Aquino as Aquinas in some instances".....

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]]> 762d22643bcd24aff4e7bfd2777a176e - 3/9 - TV critic Tom Shales found plenty of pretentiousness during Sunday's Oscar telecast. At washingtonpost.com. David Zurawik also gives us his Academy Awards take at baltimoresun.com.....

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]]> ff366810897334539686048d48a1db4b - 3/8 - Ed Gordon (right), who came to national attention as the anchor-host of news and interview shows on DC-based Black Entertainment Television two decades ago, is returning. Under the arrangement, Gordon will do news specials and a regular show that is "in development" for Viacom-owned BET, Gordon told Journal-isms.....

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]]> 9ec179a973470add32283064ff5f2292 - 3/8 - From Romenesko: A recent Washington Post Company filing discloses that the Department Of Education has been conducting a "Program Review" of the Post Company-owned Kaplan University's main offices in Fort Lauderdale, "The Post business desk seemed not to notice any of this, but Post investors might want to," writes Barron's.....

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]]> f5afb42dd544d7874a56e1fecbb7744a - 3/8 - Jay Liner's business card for the Baltimore Organ lists him as "founder and chief protagonist" of the Maryland news and commentary website. The Pikesville lawyer is a self-described boomer from the anti-Vietnam generation, a progressive who writes about "what piques his curiosity," from the slots debate to Baltimore County politics to Viagra commercials. But is he journalist? Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley's press office said no, denying him a State House press pass to cover the General Assembly session. Liner says yes, and has filed a lawsuit to force the O'Malley administration to issue him a press pass, so reports the MD Daily Record.....

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]]> 8ee7d5262631e334d0f842c5aafa657f - 3/8 - Allbritton's three-year-old Politico political news website and newspaper gets a Fast Company nod for being "one of the top 50 most innovative companies in America".....

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]]> 87aa8592b1a39007b7f801440ffee798 - 3/8 - Jim Williams at washingtonexaminer.com tells us that Notre Dame will play Maryland in a home game for the Irish at Landover's FedEx Field. The football game means that Maryland will be the visitor and that NBC Sports will have the rights to telecast the game nationally in primetime on November 12, 2011.....

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]]> 22954a6b15468f3082b6ccef24e15afa - 3/8 - DCRTV hears that the West Virginia Broadcasters Association has again honored Shenandoah Communications' news talk WRNR-AM (740) as its "Best News/Sports/Talk Station Of The Year" for 2009. It's the third time in four years the Martinsburg station has been so honored.....

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]]> e41fac62a3d2a9a20598b5866c90674c - 3/8 - Mary Kane gets named editor at the Washington Independent. She had been the paper's economics reporter.....

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]]> 37a708984445709e3eeffdd67497a8bd - 3/8 - Victoria Monroe jumps from her top ad sales gigs at CQ-Roll Call to join rival National Journal, where she'll be vice president for ad sales.....

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]]> 0ccd780ed0523f7d2da0f503dc2db412 - 3/8 - All-news WTOP continues its huge lead for the second week of February. The DC market radio ratings, full-day, age 12+: 1) WTOP [1st in all dayparts], 2) WIHT [Kane 2nd], 3) WASH [L&L 7th] and WAMU, 5) WHUR [Harvey 4th], 6) WMMJ [Joyner 6th], 7) WETA-FM, 8) WWDC [Elliot 9th], 9) WBIG, 10) WRQX [Diamond 10th], 11) WMAL [G&A 8th, Rush 5th, Hannity 9th], 12) WPGC, 13) WKYS [Parr 16th], 14) WGTS and WPRS, 16) WMZQ, 17) WIAD, 18) WLZL and WTEM [M&M 19th, Korny 13th, Czaban 15th], 20) WVRX, 21) WJFK [Junks 13, Wise 20th, Arrington 21st], 22) WINC-FM, 23) WPFW and WFRE and WDCN and WBQB, 27) WAVA-FM and WFLS.....

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]]> fbcbbd4bcb19896e9737d3fa2fc57a67 - 3/8 - About a week ago, DCRTV told you that CBS Radio sports talker WJFK, 106.7 The Fan, started test relays of three CBS sister sports talkers on the digital HD Radio subschannels of 106.7. Now, today at noon, WJFK officially launches the additions. You can hear Baltimore's 105.7 The Fan, WJZ-FM, on 106.7's HD2, NYC's WFAN on 106.7's HD3, and Philadelphia's WIP on 106.7's HD4. Says WJFK afternoon host Lavar Arrington: "Having spent many years of my football career in New York and Pennsylvania I'm very familiar with WFAN and WIP and know they put out great programming - even if I didn't always agree with what they were saying. Hopefully they'll be kind to me now that they are broadcasting in my hometown." Adds CBS Radio VP/Programming Chris Oliviero: "Washington DC is home to a diverse range of sports fans, many originally from other parts of the Northeast, making WJFK an ideal home for this breakthrough quadcast. We're thrilled to offer local audiences various opinions and insights from the best sports stations up and down the East Coast".....

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]]> 27845f463ae324de4073548e28eb5378 - 3/8 - With Maralee Schwartz having wrapped up her three-month tenure as temporary political editor last week, the Washington Post has now tapped Steve Reiss to now take the helm on an interim basis. It's not the first time Reiss has filled in when needed in a major editorial role. He ran the Style section on an interim basis from December 2008 to May 2009. Since leaving Style, Reiss headed to the Post's newish Universal Desk where he's been social issues and education editor, so reports Politico.....

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]]> 921b42645fa5b43c97eeaf3cdf438cfd - 3/8 - Clear Channel's syndication arm, Premiere, will launch "Club Kane" on contemporary hit stations around the country come March 28. The Sunday evening 7-to-midnight music show will be hosted by Kane (right), who does mornings on Clear Channel's Hot 99.5, WIHT, in DC. According to a press release, Kane "will play chart-topping songs, debut new music, and take requests as he welcomes listeners to his on-air party. Broadcasting live from Washington DC, he'll also discuss pop culture, music, and entertainment, and feature candid conversations with music artists and celebrities".....

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]]> f983180b51b177eac145960acae8a939 - 3/8 - DCRTV hears that there's a lot of pressure on the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network about which local DC sports radio show to simulcast in afternoons. DCRTV told you last month that Bonneville all-newser WTOP was planning to launch an afternoon show in March from Redskins veteran John Riggins on its digital HD Radio signal. And that show would be also aired on MASN. Now, we hear that Redskins owner Dan Snyder's Red Zebra-owned ESPN 980, WTEM, is putting pressure on MASN to carry Steve Czaban and Andy Pollin's "The Sports Reporters." DCRTV wonders: Without MASN carriage, would the Riggins show be a viable entity with it airing only on WTOP's digital signal? Might Riggins be put on the signal of Bonneville sister talker WFED? Update: DCRTV hears that the new WTOP Riggins show is not a Bonneville project. Riggins and his producer, DC radio veteran Tod Castleberry, are leasing time on WTOP's digital signal. WTOP does use Riggins for pre- and post-game Redskins game commentary and analysis.....

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]]> 108a5e1796265810ada417919019cf65 - 3/8 - Jim Williams looks at Nationals radio coverage at washingtonexaminer.com. The team returns to WFED (1500/820 AM) today at 12:50 PM for a pre-season outing with the familiar broadcast crew of Charlie Slowes and Dave Jageler, who return for their fifth year together. New this season will be the addition of the Washington Examiner sports columnist and DC sports radio veteran Phil Wood. During the regular season, Slowes and Jageler will once again co-host "Nats On Deck," which, new this year, will feature a Manager's show with Jim Riggleman. The post-game show, "Nats Talk Live," will be hosted primarily by Wood.....

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]]> bd9a2185c2f131520511b91bafe09c38 - 3/8 - DCRTV hears rumblings that Baltimore sports talker Fox 1370, WVIE, talked to former 105.7 The Fan, WJZ-FMer Anita Marks about jumping over to them. She said no, we're told. Since leaving CBS Radio's WJZ-FM in January, Marks has been hanging around her hometown of Miami, doing work for sports talker WQAM. Update: 1370 afternoon driver Jerry Coleman says he has no knowledge that his station talked to Marks.....

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]]> 4c997d14d664950f9fa5d2ce46eb3b80 - 3/8 - Arlington's Sandra Bullock and Baltimore's Mo'Nique picked up Oscars last night in LA. According to WMAL's Fred Grandy, a Hollywood veteran himself of "The Love Boat" fame, "The Hurt Locker" won as best picture because the movie biz was trending right and honoring "soldiers doing what they do." While the hugely popular "Avatar" lost because Hollywood was rejecting the "eco-friendly" and leftist, anti-military political messages in the film, Grandy added. More on the Academy Awards in the DC Post.....

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]]> b9c14a1a3bb22c84162e38a9841a6f86 - 3/8 - Howard Kurtz looks at cost-cutting in the TV news biz, including having reporters shoot their own video at Channel 9/ WUSA. Allan Horlick, WUSA's general manager, see benefits of using so-called "one-man bands": "One of the concerns we heard from the newsroom is that the quality has got to suffer," he says. "The quality goes up," and the staff generates more content than can fit in each newscast. But many veterans view the practice as a step down. Gary Reels left WUSA in 2008 for several reasons, but among them was the prospect of becoming a one-man band and taking a 40 percent pay cut as Channel 9 renegotiated deals with its unions to allow reporters to shoot and edit their own footage. Most reporters and anchors at local stations have been forced to accept salary reductions of 5 percent to 30 percent or more. More in the DC Post.....

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]]> 458ec231d509c6128a2c366e3c02243f - 3/8 - Nearby news. ABC returned to the televisions of Cablevision's 3 million NYC area subscribers late Sunday, allowing viewers to catch most of the Academy Awards. But the companies didn't say whether they had ended their tense and bitter impasse over how much the cable operator should pay Walt Disney Company, the parent company of ABC, for transmission fees. More in the Washington Post.....

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]]> 7e80b8adfad6ba5db1f5b4363919b03c - 3/8 - Iggy Pop, Pretenders, a Robbie Robertson deep track, Radiohead, latest Sheryl Crow, classic Bryan Ferry, Chris Isaac, new Cheap Trick and Foo Fighters, an Irish Theme set with Bap Kennedy and Van Morrison, Sarah McLachlan, Angels And Airwaves, a David Bowie lost classic, new Vertical Horizon, Bob Mould, Raconteurs, and more in the latest edition of "Cerphe's Progressive Show" from DC rock radio legend Cerphe Colwell at EcoPlanetRadio.com.....

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]]> de6411e08d8c2102e468540d3802bcd7 - 3/7 - DCRTV hears that Red Zebra suits are popping their buttons with pride over the great numbers for ESPN 980, WTEM's afternoon drive "Sports Reporters" show. In the latest radio ratings, the Steve Czaban-hosted program placed second, behind only all-newser WTOP, in the key demo of men aged 25-54. Over on rival CBS sports talker WJFK, Lavar Arrington with Chad Dukes placed "a respectable" 5th, we're told. So, despite the somewhat anemic numbers in the overall "beauty contest" age 12+ numbers, both DC area sports talkers appear to be attracting sizeable chunks of the testosterone demo that many advertisers, from carv dealers to beer marketers, like. And it looks like DC will be a two radio sports talker town for the forseeable future.....

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]]> 16bf04b65416fc63f44f05f805dc63c9 - 3/7 - Nearby news. From washingtonpost.com: Just past midnight, 3 million Cablevision viewers in the NYC area lost ABC's channels because of an impasse by the cable operator and broadcaster to resolve their feud over transmission fees. The companies immediately published press releases, blaming each other for the failure to reach a deal. Users on Twitter expressed their frustration, saying they shouldn't be deprived of ABC shows, including the Oscars on Sunday, because of a multi-million-dollar deal gone awry.....

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]]> 381b46479c6bb281ddc28386a4e7097a - 3/7 - In the Washington Post, TV critic Tom Shales interviews Hollywood insider Robert Osborne, who introduces films on Turner Classic Movies. Not that there's anything wrong with that.....

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]]> 79116c5185a2fbc46bdf26149423656c - 3/6 - The Washington Post redesigns its On Faith religious page, bumping it up to page B2 of Saturday's Metro section. The print feature combines the work of Post reporters with On Faith online offerings at washingtonpost.com.....

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]]> 7d5c698a48c41748372a19c43516dca7 - 3/6 - Larry Weekley, 84, a communications executive who retired in 1990 from the American Bankers Association, died of cardiac arrest February 24 at his home in Brinklow MD. Mr. Weekley was a reporter for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and editor of the Culpeper Star-Exponent before joining the Washington Post in 1964 as a business reporter. He left the Post in 1966 to become a senior information officer of Communications Satellite Corporation, known as Comsat. More in the Post.....

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]]> 03c85837f335da44ccb396a61635d870 - 3/5 - Herndon-based cable operator RCN said Friday that it will be acquired by a private equity firm for about $570 million. Including the assumption of debt, the deal is valued at around $1.2 billion. An investment fund managed by Boston-based Abry Partners will purchase the company for $15 in cash per RCN share, which is a 22 percent premium over the stock's closing price on Thursday. RCN operates several cable TV systems in the DC area, including Washington, Montgomery County, and Falls Church.....

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]]> fdfad25595ee6e381b62d3f7ad053969 - 3/5 - Rant. I was doing one of my around-the-lake walks in Reston VA today and stumbled upon the recently-fire-damaged shell of a townhouse. Hmmm, I wondered, what happened? As soon as I got back to the DCRTV World HQ, I did a search of Google News for "Reston VA, fire" and up came one link - to wtop.com. Damn it, WTOP. You're good! More Rants.....

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]]> 46298b4d8743ae5dc1a03cc2a2baf447 - 3/5 - Updated. The Politico reports that ABC News is talking to CNNer Christine Amanpour as a possible host for the DC-based "This Week." A local ABC News source tells DCRTV: "ABC is in active conversations with her for 'This Week' gig. That does not mean she will get the job. Many at ABC think she is too liberal. Inside favorite is (Jake) Tapper, but West Coast is leaning towards Amanpour." More as we hear it.....

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]]> 1890dc728362453bc0e2cf23a7af3978 - 3/5 - Congratulations to Darren Durlach of Channel 45/WBFF, Baltimore's Fox45, who has been named the Ernie Crisp Television News Photographer Of The Year today by judges at National Press Photographers Association's 2010 Best Of Photojournalism Television contest. It's the second year in row that Durlach has won the top spot. More at nppa.org.....

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]]> 6c1a17e59c4ab8b5dc3f99432ed0df8b - 3/5 - Fredericksburg news talker WFVA (1230 AM) gives outgoing Fredericksburg Councilman Matt Kelly the 8 AM to 9 AM weekday slot, starting April 5. After eight years on city council, Kelly is not seeking re-election. His political term ends July 1. In addition to his "WFVA Town Hall" show, Kelly and WFVA News Director Ted Schubel will talk about local, state, and national issues from 7 AM to 8 AM on "Fredericksburg Today." WFVA is the Fredericksburg radio home of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, Laura Ingraham, Alan Colmes, and George Noory.....

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]]> ff5ea4a65b5b6bc18c7a481b06ebfa7a - 3/5 - A source tells DCRTV: "Boredom at WJFK? Word in the halls of The Fan is that the air personalities are bored with sports. Management won't let them deviate from sports and it's beginning to chafe some of the talent that want to be more free swinging like the Junkies. The Junkies are the only show that get to keep most of what they always have been. Funny, going topic to topic, and of course sports. To this listener, Mike Wise sounds like he'd rather be anywhere else, but Lavar sounds pretty good. It's obvious that Holden K is ready to kill himself, probably wondering why the hell he took this gig." In the last few ratings round-ups, CBS sports talk WJFK has been placing about 20th among the overall age 12+ demo, below rival sports talker WTEM, which is owned by Redskins owner Dan Snyder.....

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]]> f3db01fd1ab07eced726e320037aa651 - 3/5 - Finally, there's a premiere date and a name for John King's new 7 PM political show on CNN. "John King, USA" will debut March 22nd - with an "online preview" coming March 19th - according to a brand new promo that was just posted on CNN.com. The announcement comes from King himself, who tweeted out the video this morning. TVNewser has the details.....

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]]> eeac8771775913e5d98a8fafe40caa9c - 3/5 - From WBAL radio's Scott Wykoff: On a night when some of the biggest movers and shakers in broadcast journalism came together to honor their own, it was the First Amendment that was the star of the night. In Washington DC on Thursday night, the Radio Television Digital News Foundation honored Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, RTDNA President Emeritus Barbara Cochran, National Association Of Broadcasters Education Foundation President Marcellus Alexander and the NABEF, Harvey Nagler, vice president of CBS Radio News and David Westin, president of ABC News at the First Amendment Awards Dinner. It was the 20th anniversary of the awards dinner. More, including pics, at wbal.com.....

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]]> a7026a3d9521074c3479f15ac889ec93 - 3/5 - DCRTV welcomes ARLnow.com as a new advertiser. Launched in January 2010 by a former TV news producer, ARLnow.com is the place for the latest news, views, and things to do around Arlington, Virginia. ARLnow.com seeks to distinguish itself with original, enterprising, up-to-the-minute local coverage. Some news: Last night it was the first outlet with pictures and videos from the Pentagon shooting. Content from ARLnow.com appeared on at least three major local media outlets, we're told.....

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]]> 6ad91cacf974336ac1f6686400596a84 - 3/5 - PressBoxOnline.com takes a look at Baltimore-based SFMSports, which packages local high school and college sports for radio broadcast and web steaming/podcasts.....

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]]> 27c50ed975a0be4d1b88f7aa1dbb73df - 3/5 - Jonathan Strong leaves Inside Washington's Inside EPA for a gig as a congressional reporter at the DC-based Daily Caller site.....

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]]> a3d224538bca03c793802272d48e528b - 3/5 - More shrinkage at the Washington Times. Robert Morton, who'd been managing editor of the National Weekly Edition, is out. More soon.....

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]]> 4ca014df8ae9208d160ad9f1b7410d5b - 3/5 - The Washington Press Club reschedules its 66th Annual Congressional Dinner for April 21 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. It was originally slated for February 10, but two-ish feet of snow caused it to be postponed. MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski will be co-emcees of the event.....

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]]> 7a624bb4b3fc448f5c1f4b7222c8549b - 3/4 - Local media, including the cable news nets, covers the shooting of two police officers near the Pentagon Metro station on Thursday evening. Developing. More at washingtonpost.com.....

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]]> b1d394bb62869e4c9629e2c8abf75704 - 3/4 - Washington Post top editor Marcus Brauchli calls him "a new paradigm" for the face of journalism. So, how has 25-year-old Ezra Klein - the Post's first pure blogger on politics and economics - risen in the field so quickly? Harry Jaffe at washingtonian.com attempts to answer.....

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]]> cd3f5781c63adbd5d39547c0146f5fcb - 3/4 - DCRTV hears that Lara Logan, the chief foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News, gave birth to a baby girl this afternoon at DC's Sibley Hospital. This is Logan's second child with husband Joseph Burkett, we're told.....

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]]> cdbf0aea18ab07a3feaf0a51b132d0e4 - 3/4 - Yesterday, DCRTV told you that some Washington Capitals games will be heard on CBS Radio's WJFK, 106.7 The Fan, starting with Saturday's game. Then, on Thursday morning, we heard that only the Caps games that don't conflict with WJFK's coverage of the Wizards and Terps will be carried on 106.7. Now, on Thursday afternoon, we also hear that the games that will air on WJFK are those which are conflicted with WFED's coverage of Nationals games. WJFK's games start with this Saturday's outing against the New York Rangers, along with games on 3/10, 4/1, and 4/11. The schedule of WJFK's Caps games, which will probably include some playoffs, is at 1067thefandc.com. Most Caps games will still continue to air on their flagship, Bonneville's WFED, 1500/820 AM.....

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]]> a1c6290867fe3f64b81ef01453f34177 - 3/4 - DCRTV hears that Channel 7/WJLA anchor Leon Harris will emcee a big Radio Television Digital News Foundation event tonight, 3/4, to honor the organization's President Emeritus Barbara Cochran, National Association Of Broadcasters Education Foundation President Marcellus Alexander, CBS Radio News Vice President Harvey Nagler, ABC News President David Westin, and NBC News anchor Brian Williams. The First Amendment Awards Dinner will be held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.....

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]]> 4a400dd2a48e8fc1132e34f961308f98 - 3/4 - From USA Today: In a breakthrough of sorts for female announcers, Lindsay Czarniak (right) will this season host TNT's pre-race and post-race shows. Czarniak is a sports anchor at NBC's Channel 4/WRC and has worked as a TNT NASCAR pit reporter. She replaces Marc Fein, who now works on the TNT-managed NBA-TV channel.....

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]]> c6008b387877f5428b42a2626d88e7cd - 3/4 - Grizzled NBC veteran Jane Pauley joins the DC-based AARP. She'll be heading back to morning television as a contributor for NBC's "Today" and will be featured in a monthly series called "Your Life Calling," with stories pertaining to seniors.....

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]]> eb42e8bfe4b697d5d8c8aa0f8cc927f7 - 3/4 - The Washington Post's David Broder goes after colleague Dana Milbank for writing "remarkable fiction" about Obama. At washingtonpost.com.....

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]]> d8d3079c8d0f32811da077e07fb75777 - 3/4 - The DC-based Newseum is in discussions to obtain the suit OJ Simpson wore the day he was acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and friend Ron Goldman. The Smithsonian turned down the donation. The National Museum Of Crime And Punishment has already expressed interest. The DC Post has more.....

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]]> f2bd61ad024fb2ba22ece0f4ca77ce18 - 3/4 - David Zurawik takes a break from his obsession with Kate Gosselin to blog about ESPN's "competent and thoroughly professional" coverage of Wednesday night's Maryland-Duke basketball match. At baltimoresun.com.....

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]]> 5074576c4cf2990557b12829508d73d7 - 3/3 - DCRTV has tipped you. And now a source tells us that WPGC will be moving Big Tigger from afternoons to mornings. More soon.....

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]]> 6b35ede3f02c843273652ab3d221b4b6 - 3/3 - Clear Channel names Mick Lee program director and on-air personality at its new contemporary hit outlet in Baltimore, Z104.3, WZFT. He comes from CC's contemporary hit KKRZ in Portland, Oregon. DCRTV hears that Lee worked at CC's DC contemporary hit Hot 99.5, WIHT, for several weeks as program director before getting canned. He replaced local radio veteran Albie Dee.....

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]]> f2c4b52bada2da2e349f551782028332 - 3/3 - DCRTV tipped you back in January. Now, we get official word that classical music-formatted WETA-FM is launching VivaLaVoce, a radio service featuring classical vocal music - including choral, opera, and art song - on the HD2 digital HD Radio signal of 90.9 FM and via vivalavoce.org. Look for "Opera At 8" each evening as well as a "Vocal CD Pick Of The Week," drawn from recent classical vocal releases. VivaLaVoce is hosted by WETA-FM announcers David Ginder, Marilyn Cooley, John Chester, Nicole Lacroix, and Deb Lamberton. A similar classical vocal service was offered for a time by the old commercial classical WGMS, before it left the airwaves several years ago.....

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]]> 264bd89d9ec62f800d76060300455cfc - 3/3 - Sajak Broadcasting hires Bob Mathers as station manager, program director, and morning host of Westminster's WTTR (1470 AM). After recent stints as owner/operator of an Alabama station, and as news anchor/editor at KOMO in Seattle, Mathers returns home to the Baltimore area. Mathers spent most of his career working for Baltimore area stations, including WPOC, WSBA, WAMD, WQSR, and WITH. "Wheel Of Fortune" host and Maryland resident Pat Sajak owns Sajak Broadcasting, which also owns WNAV (1430 AM) in Annapolis.....

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]]> 6d9797177e3597201977c0fb65906a0d - 3/3 - From the Frederick News-Post: Blaine Young will be sworn in Wednesday to begin his official duties as a Frederick County commissioner. When he does so, he should end his 3 PM weekday radio show. So far, Young and his bosses at Frederick news talker WFMD (930 AM) have said he will continue on the air until he files as a candidate. Both are taking advantage of a loophole in the Federal Communications Commission's "equal time" rule. Had Young officially declared his candidacy, he would be off the air right now, the News-Post adds.....

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]]> 8c9014303a2e6d11cbbe9bc74791c284 - 3/3 - Baltimore-based Sinclair Broadcast Group and ABC have extended negotiations over affiliate agreements once again, pushing the would-be deadline back to March 31. If the two companies fail to reach an agreement, ABC programming could get dropped from some of the 40-ish TV stations owned by Sinclair. B&C has more.....

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]]> b9c25fd4ded86c0ef7e1015b2f74dd59 - 3/3 - Al Galdi gets named Redskins beat reporter at Redskins owner Dan Snyder's ESPN 980, WTEM. He's the station's morning drive sports news anchor and hosts the Redskins post-game show. Jim Williams, who has more at washingtonexaminer.com, tells DCRTV: "Galdi is one of the good guys who put in his time and has worked hard, now gets his chance to expand his role at ESPN 980".....

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]]> 787a3abd43588c78c3ed0ecd2b8ac3fc - 3/3 - Silver Spring-based Discovery Communications is ending its three-year deal to carry the "Miss America Pageant" on its TLC network. The word is that Discovery didn't want to pay what pageant officials were asking for an extension of the contract.....

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]]> f9f9825872159067687c240377d478d2 - 3/3 - The DC-based Atlantic tweaks its web redesign after its blogger stars complain. CJR has more.....

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]]> 6164f55c297346af2f7c46d8397a9311 - 3/3 - The local company that owns the DC Agenda, the gay newspaper that rose from the ashes of the Washington Blade late last year, has purchased the rights to its old name at an auction and is "strongly leaning" to restoring the Blade moniker to the weekly freebie tabloid. So reports NewsChannel 8's Bruce DePuyt via his twitter.com/news8newstalk account. In November, the Blade went out of business when its parent company, Window Media, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation. Without missing a (Bronski) beat, staff members formed the DC Agenda and continued publication. The Blade was launched in 1969.....

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]]> 7e697e4b0980559fc8ce456b10f5b0b7 - 3/3 - The Washington Post launches a $1.99 iPhone app. It includes articles, columns, blogs, and photo galleries which can be saved for offline reading in a "MyPost" folder. More at poynter.org.....

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]]> dd6f1853adb5bee45fa9f7280e8f43a2 - 3/3 - How high would Washington Post Company stock be without the Washington Post? WPO shares, which closed at $432.02 Tuesday, could be trading well north of $800 without its print businesses. Fitz and Jen have more E&P.....

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]]> ea20a44dbaa2639169cd599f0e9280ce - 3/3 - Washington Post Company CEO Donald Graham defended his company's decision last year to put business news inside its paper's "A" section instead of giving it a standalone section in a speech Tuesday to the Economic Club Of Washington. So reports Talking Business News, just as the San Jose Mercury News announced that it is bringing back its standalone business section.....

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]]> 896510e6c01583352f6508c19a7728d6 - 3/3 - Greg Miller, who's been covering intelligence for the Los Angeles Times since 2002, will soon be joining the Washington Post's national security team, so reports the Politico.....

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]]> 6a2dea4d53ab2edc44f9f9e836d2ee00 - 3/3 - The Baltimore Sun catches up with country WPOC (93.1 FM) morning "fixture" Laurie DeYoung, who was recently inducted into the Country Music DJ Hall Of Fame. "Laurie has just always been able to talk to her audience as a friend," says WJZ-TV's Marty Bass, who has been giving the weather reports and bantering with DeYoung on-air almost since the day she arrived in Baltimore and at WPOC in 1985.....

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]]> 06364ba56f8a14c413e334c730e539ac - 3/3 - John Bicknell, who left CQ in January, returns to become deputy editor for member information and research.....

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]]> b4eaa6e6c760b9c1a9c04193b294b4e9 - 3/2 - Helen Roumel, 88, a former employee of the old Channel 9/ WTOP, died February 12 of a stroke at Collingswood Nursing And Rehabilitation Center in Rockville. From 1960 to 1980, she was a secretary at WTOP-TV, which later became WUSA-TV. In January 1961, dressed as a Greek goddess, Mrs. Roumel rode in a float during President John F. Kennedy's inaugural parade. The Washington Post has more.....

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]]> 0a00623a95678d37b002668801aa2cf4 - 3/2 - As it works through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring, Citadel Broadcasting reports that Q4 revenues were down 9.9% to $192.9 million. The company said its large market stations generally did better than those in medium and small markets. More from rbr.com. Locally, Citadel owns WMAL, WRQX, and WVRX.....

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