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Friday, March 12, 2010
Katherine Heigl leaving 'Grey's Anatomy' - report; actress' last episode has likely already aired
Talk about a fall from (Seattle) Grace! It looks like Katherine Heigl is about to be discharged from "Grey's Anatomy."
FCC Fine-Tunes 2-Way Radio Rules
Changes to technical rules affect licensing, frequency coordination Those interested in the finer points of Private Land Mobile Radio (PLMR) and Wireless Medical Telemetry Service (WMTS) – you know who you are – should check out a recent FCC order addressing a grab-bag of Part 90 and Part 95 issues.�[WARNING: Don’t try reading the order if you’re driving, operating heavy equipment, or performing any task requiring alertness.]� Following up on a three-year-old proposal, the FCC has now: exempted from required frequency coordination certain categories of Part 90 applications that do not threaten new interference, such those requesting CMRS-to-PLMR conversion, bandwidth reduction, lowered antenna height, or decreased power (Section 90.175); removed channel restrictions and power limits for mobile repeaters below 450 MHz and power limits for handheld transmitters (Section 90.247); clarified that state and local governments (as well as businesses) are eligible to use Industrial/Business Pool licenses for commercial activities and surveying (Section 90.35); because the FCC no longer issues authorizations for systems with a station class of FB8T (temporary centralized trunked relay), clarified that stations currently classed as FB8T will be renewed as either FB2T (for private, internal systems) or FB6T (for for-profit private carriers) stations; and prohibited registration of WMTS...
Source: CommLawBlog
Revenge of the Dickeys
By Jerry Del Colliano I guess money is not a problem at Cumulus after all. They’ve still got plenty of money to sue employees, to defend themselves against that California class action suit that will drag on and on and, of course, to pay settlements. And just when the nation's meanest radio operators find themselves deep in legal doo doo, now this. CEO Lew Dickey and “other brother” John Dickey have decided to file a $200,000 lawsuit against a former market manager because she had the nerve to leave Cumulus without first getting fired. They say she violated her employment contract. But the manager, Kristin Okesson (pronounced Oh-ka-son), apparently had an outdated employment contract that only covered her Danbury, CT market responsibilities. When Cumulus added additional responsibilities to manage far away Westchester, NY as well, they forgot to redo her agreement. Okesson left the Dickey Nation when she got an opportunity to work for a proven employee-friendly radio group, Cox, as Vice President and General Manager of WCTZ, WFOX and WSTC/WNLK in Stamford/Norwalk, CT. (Cox still honors its managers by calling them VPs). What’s so puzzling about this lawsuit filed in Bridgeport, CT on March 4 is that Okesson’s new Cox...
Source: Inside Music Media
Politics puts fast spin on Indian cricket
It was yet another high-profile international commercial deal for the Indian Premier League. Lalit Modi, the effusive chairman of India's flashy cricket tournament,...
Source: FT.com - Media
119 Words You Can't Say on the Radio, at Least WGN Chicago
Tribune Co. CEO Randy Michaels has issued a list of 119 words and phrases which should never be spoken on WGN-AM/Chicago by anchors or reporters. "WGN news director Charlie Meyerson, good soldier that he is, passed on what he identified as Michaels' 'list of forbidden "newsspeak" words and phrases' in a memo to his staff Monday, with the explicit warning: 'Don't say them on WGN,' according to Robert Feder's blog. Included on the list: "Alleged", area residents", "campaign trail", "diva", "incarcerated", "perfect storm", "reportedly", "untimely death", and "you folks". You can see the complete list in Feder's post.119 Words You Can't Say on the Radio, at Least WGN Chicago originally appeared on About.com Radio on Friday, March 12th, 2010 at 00:58:45. Permalink | Comment | Email this
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Moody's: Thumbs Up to Sirius XM Debt Sale
Moody's believes that Sirius XM's proposal, announced Friday, to sell $550 million in five-year senior unsecured guaranteed notes due 2015 not only boosts Sirius' liquidity profile, but also helps remove the obstacle to a fully combined Sirius XM .
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SIRIUS XM Radio To Sell $800 Mln. Senior Notes - Update - RTT News
Satwaves (blog) SIRIUS XM Radio To Sell $800 Mln. Senior Notes - Update RTT News (RTTNews) - Friday, SIRIUS XM Radio (SIRI: News ) announced that it has priced an offering of $800 million of Senior Notes due 2015. ... SIRIUS XM Radio Prices Offering of $800 Million of Senior Notes Due 2015MarketWatch (press release) New Issue-Sirius XM Radio sells $800 mln notesReuters Sirius XM Radio to sell $550 million in bondsThe Associated Press Satwaves (blog)�-Motley Fool�-King of All Trades (blog) all 127 news articles��
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JIM BURRUSS, JOHN REYNOLDS, STEVE DAVIS, JEFF McHUGH, KEN LUCEK, SAMMY SUAREZ, STEVE MILLS, MIKE DEPIPPA, GREG DORFMAN, TYSON HALLER, JAVE PATTERSON, CHUCK WILLIAMS, PABLO, DALE JACOBS, HENRY … more
Christians fire back at Glenn Beck
Last week Glenn Beck called on Christians to leave their churches if they hear preaching about social or economic justice, saying they were code words
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#jobs Fox Sports Radio Network is accepting applications for a co-host: http://bit.ly/bdNmG8
The proposed "radio royalty" battle's newest weapons - sausage pizzas & a giant inflatable pig
If you were driving past the National Association of Broadcaster’s offices in Washington, DC today, you would have driven right past an 18-foot long and over a story-tall pink pig (picture courtesy of The Hill), bearing the statement “Fair Pay for Musicians.” The pig is the latest salvo fired by supporters of the Performance Rights Act, in an effort to get radio stations to pay added royalties for the music they play. Not to be outdone, the NAB handed out sausage pizza to the protesters. NAB EVP Dennis Wharton tells The Hill, “We're suggesting they provide this food to the scores of exploited musicians who have had to sue their record label to recoup allegedly unpaid album royalties.” This week’s events follow the press conference held by singer Dionne Warwick in favor of the proposed royalty tax, and a mid-week rally by DC-area broadcasters.
Source: Radio-Info News
Shelly Palmer To Keynote 2010 NAB Show Technology Luncheon
Palmer will discuss the sociological and technological forces that are reshaping the future of traditional media.
Source: Radio
Imax To Launch Portable Screens, Expand Marketing Biz
Imax is looking to go mobile and enter the experiential marketing business. The company plans to offer a portable set-up, where an inflatable dome with a giant screen would be used for stunts in Times Square, a California studio lot or rural China.
Source: MediaPost | MediaDailyNews
Strategy, the Disney Way
From the Wall Street Journal: The Walt Disney movie studio is retreating from a strategy of producing and marketing one-off comedies, Ethan Smith reports, to focus on films that can be branded across its network of theme parks, videogames and commercial products. One example, sources familiar with the plan say, is an upcoming Muppets movie [and the content from their newest acquisition]...Marvel Entertainment. So what does this have to do with you? Too often the attitude of broadcasters is to focus on the centrality of the over-the-air product and to treat the digital and off-air brand elements as "extensions" of what's on-air rather than equally important elements in an integrated brand equation. For example, most stations view their digital assets as "the website in service to the station" rather than the station's digital equal partner. The former view means, for example, you ask questions like "should we stream our station?" whereas the latter view means you ask questions like "what should we stream to profitably enhance our overall brand portfolio?" Do you see the difference? Disney views its various distribution channels as "beasts" in need of feeding. Not as dumping grounds for throwaway content that costs as little as possible. ...
Source: Hear 2.0
ACM Names Radio Award Winners
KMPS/Seattle and KSCS-FM/Dallas tie for Academy of Country Music honors as the Major Market Radio Station of the Year. CMT Radio Live host Cody Alan is the National winner for On Air Personality of the Year.
Source: http://www.radioink.com/article.asp?id=1731282&spid=24698
Girl Scout robbed selling cookies; radio show helps out - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Girl Scout robbed selling cookies; radio show helps out Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) Our friends over at the "BJ Shea Morning Experience" surprised a 16-year-old Girl Scout with more than $1000 to help recovery the money stolen this week ... and more��
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Paul Finebaum Goes Satellite
CITADEL Sports WJOX/BIRMINGHAM and regionally syndicated afternoon host PAUL FINEBAUM has been added to SIRIUS XM RADIO's SPORTS NATION channel.� FINEBAUM's show airs on over 30 stations … more
Study of TV news takes Copps from worried to “flat out alarmed”
The average amount of time spent on local government during the 30-minute newscasts of eight Los Angeles television stations is 22 seconds, according to a
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SIRIUS XM Radio Prices Offering of $800 Million of Senior Notes Due 2015 (PR Newswire)
SIRIUS XM Radio priced an offering of $800 million of Senior Notes due 2015.
Congress seeks to boost the abilities of Radio Free Asia
Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar has introduced a bill that would provide long-term budget authority, rather than annual funding, for Radio Free Asia. It was created 14 years ago to broadcast news into nations including Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, North Korea, Tibet and Vietnam. The bill by Lugar, the top-ranking minority member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, would allow for more broadcasts, and has co-sponsors including Minnesota Senator and former Air America radio host Al Franken. Lugar’s office says the bill “would promote the free dissemination of information in East Asia through the permanent authorization of Radio Free Asia (S.3104).” A number of foreign governments routinely jam RFA broadcasts.
Source: Radio-Info News
McMonigle Joins NextMedia/Dallas as VP/Market Mgr.
NextMedia Group names media vet Hank McMonigle as VP/Market Manager for the company's North Dallas operations. McMonigle, a 20-year industry vet, joins NextMedia after serving as General Sales Manager for crosstown Country KPLX-FM (99.5 The Wolf). He'll now oversee AC KLAK-FM (McKinney), Classic Rock KMAD-FM (Denison)
Source: RADIO ONLINE News
8,000 complain over 6 Music - from Radio Today
The proposed closure of BBC 6 Music has attracted almost eight thousand complaints, the BBC has confirmed.Asian Network, also destined to close next year, has had 624 people voice their opinion during the last 10 days.
Source: Media UK: Radio news
Theater Owners Plan National 3D Network
3D movies and film advertising are about to get a big boost, courtesy of three national theater chains -- AMC, Cinemark and Regal -- which formed Digital Cinema Implementation Partners in 2007 to create a network of digital 3D projectors. It will ultimately impact 14,000 theaters.
Source: MediaPost | MediaDailyNews
Rogers Radio Announces Management Appointments
Paul Ski, Chief Executive Officer, Radio, is pleased to announce two changes to the senior management team:Chu... [Full Story]
Fisher CEO upbeat on radio changes - Radio Business Report
Portland Business Journal Fisher CEO upbeat on radio changes Radio Business Report Radio revenues were down 38% in 2009 for Fisher Communications, but the company's three-station cluster in Seattle has undergone a major retooling and CEO ... Fisher Communications sees signs of hopeRadio Business Report all 5 news articles��
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WERZ Flips To Hot AC With Matty In The Mornings
CLEAR CHANNEL AC WERZ (107.1)/PORTSMOUTH, NH flips to Hot AC as sister Top 40 WSKX (KISS 95.3)MATTY IN THE MORNING moves to WERZ for mornings. 107.1 WERZ is celebrated MATTY IN THE … more
Thursday to Fox, of course
"American Idol" lost some of its audience, but still gave Fox a Thursday win, while NBC's "The Marriage Ref" suffered a bigger loss. Sunday Overnight Nielsen
Source: http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv-cable_ratings/22288.html
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Radio in Canada:
CFGQ-FM (107.3) in Calgary is breaking up the Terri & Patti Show, as Patti McNeil’s contract isn’t being renewed. Classic rock “Q107” is looking for a new morning co-host to team with Terry DiMonte … The Vancouver PPM ratings are in, and Corus-owned news/talk CKNW-AM (980) is again #1 with a 14-share, followed by CHQM-FM (103.5) “QMFM” and CBC Radio One. You can listen to CKNW here … Corus also did well in Edmonton, where their news/talk CHED-AM (630) was #1 with an 11-share, followed by country sister-station CISN-FM (103.9). CFMG-FM “EZ Rock” (104.9) was third. You can listen to CFMG here … The CRTC approves My Broadcasting Corporation’s plan for CIYN-FM to place a transmitter in Port Elgin, Ontario. It will operate at 90.9 FM, broadcasting at 3,100 watts … Jim Pattison, who owns the Pattison Broadcast Group and owns stations in British Columbia & Alberta, ranks 212th on the latest Forbes list of billionaires, worth $4 billion.
Source: Radio-Info News
Lance Venta on "“Platinum 96.7″ KPMZ Dallas Signs Off"
Posted by unregistered user: At 12:00pm Citadel Broadcasting’s Soft Oldies “Platinum 96.7” KPMZ Dallas went silent. The webpage currently shows the logo of “96.7 The Texas Twister”, the format that preceded KPMZ in 2008. More to come… “Platinum 96.7″ KPMZ Dallas Signs Off
Cool Broadcasting to Launch Daily Feature 'Star Story'
Cool Broadcasting is launching a new daily feature called "Star Story" targeting Country music fans. The daily feature hosted by Stan Campbell keeps listeners guessing who the star of the day is right up to when their hit is played. "Star Story" will feature stars of today and hit makers of yesterday. Most of the
Source: RADIO ONLINE News
6 Music closure sparks 8,000 complaints - from Digital Spy - Broadcasting
The BBC admits that it has received nearly 8,000 complaints over its proposal to axe BBC 6 Music.
Source: Media UK: Radio news
Dresher To Manage Social Media For 'USA Today'
Wendy Matney, director of digital marketing for USA Today, has created a marketing social media team and tapped Brian Dresher as manager, social media and digital partnerships.
Source: MediaPost | MediaDailyNews
Tweets Hit 50 Million/Day; Where is the Money?
Twitter recently announced that its content volume has reached 50 million Tweets a day. But many in media are still trying to get a handle on how...
Gold Medal Hockey Game Achieves Largest Audience Ever
Just released final data from BBM Canada confirms that last month's Team Canada gold medal win is, without a d... [Full Story]
Sirius XM Sets Note Offering
Sirius XM Radio plans to offer $550 million in senior notes due in 2015 to redeem notes due in 2013 and pay fees and expenses for the offering.
Source: http://www.radioink.com/article.asp?id=1730766&spid=24698
Sirius XM Radio to sell $550 million in bonds - The Associated Press
Satwaves (blog) Sirius XM Radio to sell $550 million in bonds The Associated Press NEW YORK — Sirius XM Radio Inc. said Friday it plans to sell $550 million in new five-year bonds to pay off older debt. It plans to use proceeds from the ... Sirius XM Radio's Five Year PlanSatwaves (blog) Sirius XM to offer $550 mln in notes to repay debtReuters Sirius XM Stretches OutMotley Fool King of All Trades (blog)�-Radio Business Report�-MSN Money all 176 news articles��
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119 Words You Can't Say on the Radio, at Least WGN Chicago - About - News & Issues (blog)
mediabistro.com (blog) 119 Words You Can't Say on the Radio, at Least WGN Chicago About - News & Issues (blog) Tribune Co. CEO Randy Michaels has issued a list of 119 words and phrases which should never be spoken on WGN-AM/Chicago by anchors or reporters. ... 119 Words You Can't Say On Radio by Randy MichaelsCincinnati.com (blog) Tribune CEO Bans Cliches From Air WavesABC News (blog) Word list tells broadcasters, `Get real'Chicago Tribune (blog) Mediaite.com�-Chicagoist�-Gawker all 24 news articles��
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Hiring a CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE at H & R Auto Radio Service (Warminster, PA) http://bit.ly/d2le8T #jobs #shjobs
Tampa's Ben Chmura kicked off Project Runway
When they showed him calling his husband, I knew it was over. In the world of reality TV, when someone who hasn't been at the forefront of a show suddenly gets a bit of personal attention -- as when Project Runway producers showed tearful Tampa fashion designer Ben Chmura calling his husband Bobby Thursday -- it's mostly a set up, sparking an audience connection so viewers feel a bit more loss when that person is ejected from the show. And that's exactly what happened to Chmura Thursday, as he was shown exiting the competition after trying to assemble the first suit he ever designed during a challenge requiring contestants to find inspiration from the elements. "If you don't know how to make a suit, don't make a suit," chided host/judge Heidi Klum. "It look like the first suit you ever made." Chmura took criticism for his concept -- which involved taking the element of water and extending it to building a shark-like suit. Judge Michael Kors said his ribbed pants looked like "a jock strap," and fellow judge Nina Garcia simply pronounced it "a real mess." "I think I bit off more than I can chew," Chmura told the judges. For...
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