Source: NYDailyNews.com - Tv
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
'Idol' Top 12 week: Finally! Seacrest stands up to Simon
Ryan Seacrest was one of the real standouts on 'American Idol' Tuesday night. No, he didn't sing. But what he did do was stand up to Simon Cowell for the first time in eight years.
Students embrace the digital bill - from Radio Today
The Student Radio Association has pledged its backing for the Digital Economy Bill and has urged its members to write to their MPs in support of the Bill.The body wants stations to highlight the potential benefits that student radio will receive as a result of digital radio switchover.
Source: Media UK: Radio news
Starbucks To Sell 'USA Today'
[from Washington Business Journal] - To fight its flagship's circulation decline, Gannett has a new outlet for its USA Today: Starbucks. The national newspaper will now be...
Source: MediaPost | MediaDailyNews
Microwave Group Muscles In On U.S. Spectrum
Coalition seeks to share federal frequencies for mobile broadband backhaul The Fixed Wireless Communications Coalition (FWCC), on the same day that the FCC released its new National Broadband Plan, offers to solve one of the problems identified in the Plan. We all know about the growth in mobile broadband, driven largely by people watching Internet TV and videos on their phones and laptops.�The FCC’s efforts to find more spectrum for these applications – efforts that might involve even auctioning off TV channels – are getting a lot of attention.�Less conspicuous is the parallel problem of “backhaul”:�moving data back and forth between the network and the cell towers that communicate with all those mobile devices.�Today most cell towers connect with copper wire that Alexander Graham Bell would recognize.�It works fine for voice calls, but lacks sufficient capacity for broadband.�At some locations optic fibers are an option.�Other cell towers, though, especially at remote locations or in rugged terrain, are best reached by microwave radio links.�And that requires .�.�. Raise your hands, class .�.�. anyone?�Yes!�More spectrum! Fortunately backhaul signals ride best on higher frequencies than mobile broadband, so the two need not compete.�The 4-10 GHz range is the backhaul sweet spot.�Below that the antennas...
Source: CommLawBlog
Pink Floyd Hits The Wall Over Downloads
By Jerry Del Colliano Did you notice the hypocrisy in the recent Pink Floyd court victory over their record label EMI preventing the company from selling single downloads on the Internet for their concept albums? Interesting because most acts produce music cuts that are easy to sell as singles. Pink Floyd, known for their different approach to creating record albums, seems to have won a victory of dubious value. There was a judgment in the case which was heard in British court but news reports say that part of the judgment was kept secret. Apparently negotiations are ongoing between the group and the label. It’s all more bad news for EMI, the struggling label that is either on its way to bankruptcy or a merger with Warner, two lousy options. EMI is running up against its loan covenants with an ice cold hand in the music business. And now this. Pink Floyd has been with EMI for over 40 years and its catalog is second only to The Beatles in sales. Everyone seems to want to get off this sinking EMI ship. Queen and Pink Floyd are reportedly negotiating with other labels. The Stones and Radiohead are already gone. The dark...
Source: Inside Music Media
Recovery demands a clear-out of old guard
Ithink the most important word this decade will be reinvention. Be it companies, careers, institutions, public services - you name it, wholesale renewal is required...
Source: FT.com - Media
THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR YOU
Have you ever had an opportunity in your life to wait for an important guest in your home? Anxiety, excitement, and curiosity are the hallmarks of this waiting. Do you know that there is a man, woman, or child in the world waiting for your action and courage today?
Source: www.aria-radio.com
77 WABC Deejay Ron Lundy Dead at 75
Ron Lundy, one of the deejays who made 77 WABC/New York a Top 40 icon during the 1960s and 1970s, has died. Lundy worked at WABC-AM from 1965 until 1982. When WABC flipped to talk radio, Lundy made a move to WCBS-FM where he worked from 1982 until 1997. According to musicradio77.com, Lundy retired to Mississippi after leaving WCBS-FM. After a series of health problems, Lundy succumbed to a heart attack. He was 75. Listen: You can hear vintage Ron Lundy on-the-air at 77 WABC from 1969 by visiting musicradio77.com. Or, listen to Ron Lundy's final days on-air at WCBS-FM. 77 WABC Deejay Ron Lundy Dead at 75 originally appeared on About.com Radio on Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 at 11:23:55. Permalink | Comment | Email this
Source: About.com Radio
GM Pause and Play Radio - PC World
PC World GM Pause and Play Radio PC World Are you disappointed when you receive a cell phone call in your car while a favorite song is playing (or favorite ranter is blathering) on the radio? ...
Source: radio - Google News
Radio Pros Available
If you've been displaced by the changes in the business or are seeking a new opportunity, Radio Ink wants to help. Put your name in front of the industry with a free listing in Radio Pros Available. And we'll be happy to post your aircheck or demo, or a link to your website. Click the headline to learn more.
Source: http://www.radioink.com/article.asp?id=1122107&spid=24698
ALL ACCESS ACTION
GARY MARELLA, JAMES MARSH, JASON McFADDEN, ROB ROBERTS, B-DUB, JON REILLY, BRETT GREENBERG, KEVIN ZINGER, JOE GUZIK, GARY GORMAN, JAIME COOLEY, FRANCO IEMMELLO, DEANA MCGUIRE, PHIL BECKER, … more
‘Top 10 Things that sound Cool’ said by ‘Snoop Dogg’ tonight on ‘Letterman’ (video)
SNOOP DOGG PRESENTS THE “TOP TEN THINGS THAT SOUND COOL WHEN SAID BY SNOOP DOGG” ON CBS’S “LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN,” tonight, TUESDAY, MARCH
Source: http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv-programming/22434.html
disneytravelmum: I am listening to the Disney Recreation Beyond the Parks show by Disney Specialist on #BlogTalkRadio - http://tobtr.com/s/803047
I am listening to the Disney Recreation Beyond the Parks show by Disney Specialist on #BlogTalkRadio - http://tobtr.com/s/803047
Tiger Woods Announcement Boosts CBS
Ockham Research submits: As sports fans are by now aware, Tiger Woods announced this morning that he will make his return to golf at The Masters in Augusta, Georgia. This has been the topic of much speculation in the sports world as well as the media in general, and the event is sure to provide a huge boost to television ratings for both networks covering the event. Sports fans and casual observers will be tuned in to get a glimpse of the megastar after he reclusively dealt with significant personal issues of infidelity that have largely kept him out of the public eye but he remained the topic of much conversation. With so many people interested in the next chapter of the Tiger Woods story, this year’s Master’s is sure to be a ratings blockbuster. The tournament, which will take place April 8th through the 11th, is traditionally one of the highest rated events of the year for CBS, sporting or otherwise. However, it has been estimated that when Tiger Woods is not in the field the ratings drop by about half. This tournament seems to have all the elements needed to attract eyeballs and bring advertisers in droves; human drama,...
Chrisfor172 on "Todd's Top 20 for March 1969 3/18 on WOLD"
Todd's Top 20 for March 1969 premiers on Thursday at 3:00PM to 5:00PM on WOLD WOLD http://www.live365.com/stations/chrisfor172?play
Olds Sees 2010 Natl. Spot Radio Market Momentum
The National Spot Radio market is pacing significantly ahead in both the first and second quarters of 2010, says Katz Media Group President/CEO Stu Olds in a staff memo. "We're seeing double-digit gains in pacings for these periods as we witness strong momentum in our major sectors." Based on the pacing of business on
Source: RADIO ONLINE News
Unloading The Pile
Our stack of unfinished items has gotten so large, we're not sure we can fit it in one update. But... we'll try, working backwards from the present...and we could have another update soon, as we're not sure we have everything out of the backlog file yet...
ROMIGH IN: As previously posted on our Twitter account, Clear Channel talk WKBN/570 Youngstown has made fill-in Mike Romigh, the former CBS Radio talk KDKA/1020 Pittsburgh host, its new permanent morning drive host.
Quoting Clear Channel Youngstown market manager and OMW reader Bill Kelly in a release earlier today:
"Mike deserves this opportunity. He has done a great job filling in for us over the past several years and we have been searching for a place for him. This is THAT place. We are fortunate that a person of Mike's caliber was available and our listeners and advertisers will continue to benefit."
Kelly adds that Romigh becomes just the third morning drive host on WKBN since 1980.
He has taken the place of Robert Mangino, the New Castle PA native who now does evenings on Romigh's old home station, KDKA. The other host, of course, was long-time WKBN morning man Pete Gabriel, who finished out his career as the morning driver at sister standards WNIO/1390.
Romigh's addition to the permanent WKBN lineup will be from 6-9 AM weekdays. Midday host (and Clear Channel Youngstown operations director) Dan Rivers adds an hour to his show, and will be heard from 9 AM to noon...
MARCH MADNESS: On our Twitter account, we passed along a link to a Cleveland.com/Plain Dealer item on Raycom CBS affiliate WOIO/19's Thursday NCAA tournament broadcast schedule.
We don't have the station's schedule of other NCAA broadcasts, and can't find a schedule on either the "19 Action News" site, or the site of Youngstown's CBS affiliate, New Vision's WKBN/27.
We also won't be able to track this on a daily basis, sorry...
TWC LINEUP CHANGES: Time Warner Cable's massive Northeast Ohio system is in the middle of its "HD Made Easy" channel lineup change, which will scoot the system's HDTV channel lineup up into the 1000s.
At the same time, the system is pushing out the newer style "Navigator" cable box program guide into the former Adelphia areas in greater Cleveland.
TWC's Travis Reynolds tells OMW:
The channel and new Navigator migration is going well. We are on schedule to complete this by the end of the month.
As a general rule, anyone who already had the new Navigator, or those who've been transitioned to it in the past few days, should have the new lineup. As boxes migrate to the new Navigator, they'll then get the new channel lineup with the HDs in the 1000s, the 'Free 400s' and On Demand Offerings in the 500s.
That meshes with some reader feedback we've gotten, with word that the "legacy" Akron and Canton area systems, those in the original Time Warner footprint, have the new lineup.
Those in ex-Adelphia land will have to wait until the Navigator conversion takes place, and we've heard from readers that the conversion is apparently taking place box-model-by-box model. One reader in the former Adelphia area tells us he has one cable box model converted to Navigator, and another that hasn't undergone the conversion.
It'll apparently be a bumpy ride for some of the ex-Adelphia folks, but we're only halfway through March, the conversion target date set for the end of the month...
WEARIN' OF THE GREEN: St. Patrick's Day, and the annual parade, is a big deal in Cleveland, and Time Warner Cable's Northeast Ohio Network (NEON) is once again covering the parade live.
From a TWC release:
Parade coverage, which will air on NEON for the 8th consecutive year, starts at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17th, with a pre-event show featuring parade officials and hosts. The official parade step off is 1:04PM.
The parade will also be available beginning March 19 on Time Warner Cable’s Local On Demand (LOD) channel 411.
It'll also repeat frequently on NEON itself, starting Wednesday night at 7 PM...
THESE STATIONS CAN BE YOURS: If you have some money, that is.
OMW has dutifully reported that the Beacon Broadcasting chain, which has 5 stations along the Ohio/Pennsylvania border, is up for sale after the passing of Beacon owner Harold Glunt.
An OMW reader found the official description of the sale, with the asking price.
Are you sitting down?
Yes, for a cool $1.25 million, you, too can own five small stations in a below-top-100 market with a depressed economy, when the prices for radio stations have fallen through the floor due to the down national economy.
No, we're not making that figure up, and it's not a typo: one-and-a-quarter million dollars for sports WANR/1570 Warren and its daytime simulcaster, WRTK/1540 Niles, classic country combo WLOA/1470 Farrell PA and WGRP/940 Greenville PA, and the class A FM in the group, Christian/eclectic rock/talk WEXC/107.1 Greenville PA.
In case a million and a quarter is too rich for your blood, the stations are also helpfully priced by state - the Ohio stations, WANR and WRTK, are listed for $400,000, and the Pennsylvania stations, WLOA, WGRP and WEXC, are priced at $850,000, both prices in cash (as is the overall price).
The stations' owned land and owned transmitter sites are included in the deal, and leased land and facilities are priced out in the listing, which also notes the recent format change at WRTK and notes revenue at all five stations at "approx. $12,000 a month".
All five stations together do not approximate full coverage of the Youngstown market (particularly much of Mahoning County). But we know that Glunt put some money into equipment upgrades early on.
To put some of this in perspective: Remember that CBS Radio sold its full market FMs in Denver, a market much larger than Youngstown, for $19 million. It'll be interesting to see how much the Beacon stations go for...
ROMIGH IN: As previously posted on our Twitter account, Clear Channel talk WKBN/570 Youngstown has made fill-in Mike Romigh, the former CBS Radio talk KDKA/1020 Pittsburgh host, its new permanent morning drive host.
Quoting Clear Channel Youngstown market manager and OMW reader Bill Kelly in a release earlier today:
"Mike deserves this opportunity. He has done a great job filling in for us over the past several years and we have been searching for a place for him. This is THAT place. We are fortunate that a person of Mike's caliber was available and our listeners and advertisers will continue to benefit."
Kelly adds that Romigh becomes just the third morning drive host on WKBN since 1980.
He has taken the place of Robert Mangino, the New Castle PA native who now does evenings on Romigh's old home station, KDKA. The other host, of course, was long-time WKBN morning man Pete Gabriel, who finished out his career as the morning driver at sister standards WNIO/1390.
Romigh's addition to the permanent WKBN lineup will be from 6-9 AM weekdays. Midday host (and Clear Channel Youngstown operations director) Dan Rivers adds an hour to his show, and will be heard from 9 AM to noon...
MARCH MADNESS: On our Twitter account, we passed along a link to a Cleveland.com/Plain Dealer item on Raycom CBS affiliate WOIO/19's Thursday NCAA tournament broadcast schedule.
We don't have the station's schedule of other NCAA broadcasts, and can't find a schedule on either the "19 Action News" site, or the site of Youngstown's CBS affiliate, New Vision's WKBN/27.
We also won't be able to track this on a daily basis, sorry...
TWC LINEUP CHANGES: Time Warner Cable's massive Northeast Ohio system is in the middle of its "HD Made Easy" channel lineup change, which will scoot the system's HDTV channel lineup up into the 1000s.
At the same time, the system is pushing out the newer style "Navigator" cable box program guide into the former Adelphia areas in greater Cleveland.
TWC's Travis Reynolds tells OMW:
The channel and new Navigator migration is going well. We are on schedule to complete this by the end of the month.
As a general rule, anyone who already had the new Navigator, or those who've been transitioned to it in the past few days, should have the new lineup. As boxes migrate to the new Navigator, they'll then get the new channel lineup with the HDs in the 1000s, the 'Free 400s' and On Demand Offerings in the 500s.
That meshes with some reader feedback we've gotten, with word that the "legacy" Akron and Canton area systems, those in the original Time Warner footprint, have the new lineup.
Those in ex-Adelphia land will have to wait until the Navigator conversion takes place, and we've heard from readers that the conversion is apparently taking place box-model-by-box model. One reader in the former Adelphia area tells us he has one cable box model converted to Navigator, and another that hasn't undergone the conversion.
It'll apparently be a bumpy ride for some of the ex-Adelphia folks, but we're only halfway through March, the conversion target date set for the end of the month...
WEARIN' OF THE GREEN: St. Patrick's Day, and the annual parade, is a big deal in Cleveland, and Time Warner Cable's Northeast Ohio Network (NEON) is once again covering the parade live.
From a TWC release:
Parade coverage, which will air on NEON for the 8th consecutive year, starts at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17th, with a pre-event show featuring parade officials and hosts. The official parade step off is 1:04PM.
The parade will also be available beginning March 19 on Time Warner Cable’s Local On Demand (LOD) channel 411.
It'll also repeat frequently on NEON itself, starting Wednesday night at 7 PM...
THESE STATIONS CAN BE YOURS: If you have some money, that is.
OMW has dutifully reported that the Beacon Broadcasting chain, which has 5 stations along the Ohio/Pennsylvania border, is up for sale after the passing of Beacon owner Harold Glunt.
An OMW reader found the official description of the sale, with the asking price.
Are you sitting down?
Yes, for a cool $1.25 million, you, too can own five small stations in a below-top-100 market with a depressed economy, when the prices for radio stations have fallen through the floor due to the down national economy.
No, we're not making that figure up, and it's not a typo: one-and-a-quarter million dollars for sports WANR/1570 Warren and its daytime simulcaster, WRTK/1540 Niles, classic country combo WLOA/1470 Farrell PA and WGRP/940 Greenville PA, and the class A FM in the group, Christian/eclectic rock/talk WEXC/107.1 Greenville PA.
In case a million and a quarter is too rich for your blood, the stations are also helpfully priced by state - the Ohio stations, WANR and WRTK, are listed for $400,000, and the Pennsylvania stations, WLOA, WGRP and WEXC, are priced at $850,000, both prices in cash (as is the overall price).
The stations' owned land and owned transmitter sites are included in the deal, and leased land and facilities are priced out in the listing, which also notes the recent format change at WRTK and notes revenue at all five stations at "approx. $12,000 a month".
All five stations together do not approximate full coverage of the Youngstown market (particularly much of Mahoning County). But we know that Glunt put some money into equipment upgrades early on.
To put some of this in perspective: Remember that CBS Radio sold its full market FMs in Denver, a market much larger than Youngstown, for $19 million. It'll be interesting to see how much the Beacon stations go for...
Source: Ohio Media Watch
Ipsos Mendelsohn Reveals Unknown Practices of Affluent
MPG's Collaborative Alliance meetings are known for touching on enough subjects to fill a small Britannica volume. This week's event did nothing to break the mold. Topics included data from Ipsos Mendelsohn showing lots of affluent Americans own used cars to Coke billboards with messages commenting on someone's outfit.
Source: MediaPost | MediaDailyNews
Publicis management board waives bonuses
Members of the management board of Publicis Groupe have agreed to waive their bonuses for last year
Source: FT.com - Media
Liberty ends WorldSpace radio deal talks - Reuters
Liberty ends WorldSpace radio deal talks Reuters NEW YORK, March 16 (Reuters) - Bankrupt satellite radio operator WorldSpace Inc (WRSPQ.PK) said on Tuesday that its lender Liberty Satellite Radio has ... WorldSpace Strategic Transaction Negotiations with Liberty TerminatedMarketWatch (press release) Liberty Terminates Strategic Transaction Discussions With WorldspaceSiriusBuzz.com (blog) all 12 news articles��
Source: radio - Google News
NPR To Issue $160 Million In Bonds
National Public Radio is set to sell $160 million in tax-exempt bonds through the District of Columbia, BusinessWeek reports.
Source: http://www.radioink.com/article.asp?id=1735212&spid=24698
Primary Wave Pacts With EMI For Distribution
PRIMARY WAVE has consummated a distribution deal for its label with EMI Music’s Label Services unit in NORTH AMERICA, reports BILLBOARD BIZ.COM. The two companies release select artists … more
Hallmark Channel to launch Martha Stewart daytime block
Hallmark Channel has acquired an exclusive license for domestic television rights to extensive lifestyle programming from the library of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (MSLO).
Source: http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv-programming/22433.html
mojonews: Global Journalist announces new video version and interactive format for its weekly radio program on 10th anniversary. http://bit.ly/b4lTHW
Global Journalist announces new video version and interactive format for its weekly radio program on 10th anniversary. http://bit.ly/b4lTHW
Grupo Radio Centro Announces Annual Shareholders' Meeting Results (PR Newswire)
Grupo Radio Centro, S.A.B. de C.V. , one of Mexico's leading radio broadcasting companies, announced today the results of the Company's Shareholders' Meeting.
KMPS Seattle Taps Candy & Potter For Mornings
KMPS Seattle has a new morning team in Candy and Potter, who join the station March 22. They replace longtime morning host Ichabod Caine and his wife, Scallops, who signed off on Dec. 18. Candy and Potter are also a married couple, as well as Seattle-area natives. They started working together at KBKS Seattle in 2000, and moved on to stints at WFLY Albany. N.Y., and WLNK Charlotte, N.C. Married for eight years, they are expecting their first child in May.
Source: Radio-Info News
Tom Webster on "Premiere Adds “Club Kane” to Weekend Lineup"
Premiere Radio Networks announced today it will launch a new weekend syndicated radio show for Top 40 stations called Club Kane beginning March 28. Hosted by Kane, morning show host at Clear Channel WIHT (Hot 99.5) Washington D.C., the new program will air Sundays from 7 p.m. to midnight local time. Each week, Kane will play [...] Related posts: Randi Rhodes Joining WZAA Washington Lineup Premiere Syndicates Crook and Chase Countdown Big D and Bubba Extend Premiere Deal Premiere Adds “Club Kane” to Weekend Lineup
Lectrosonics Appoints Farkus as Central U.S. Rep
Bernard Farkus will represent Lectrosonics in Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas, the Dakotas, Montana and Wyoming.
Source: Radio
Report: Sirius XM May Seek NASDAQ Extension
Sirius XM Satellite Radio is expected to seek an extension from NASDAQ to address its stock price, after failing to meet deadline on Monday to increase its shares above $1.00 in order to retain its listing. So far this year, the satcaster's stock has gained more than 50%, but still too low to meet NASDAQ requirement
Source: RADIO ONLINE News
RTNDA Canada Announces 2010 President's Award Winner
RTNDA Canada -�is pleased to announce that Eric Morrison, CEO of The Canadian Press, is this year's recip... [Full Story]
MOG launches all-you-can-eat mobile music service - Fiercemobilecontent
Wired News MOG launches all-you-can-eat mobile music service Fiercemobilecontent MOG's slider control enables users to determine whether they want to listen to "artist-only" radio or to allow similar artists into the mix. ... SXSW: MOG's Mobile Music Apps Go Beyond the PlaylistWired News Mog's music service comes to iPhone, AndroidCNET MOG Announces Android App At SXSWPhandroid.com Afterdawn.com�-ReadWriteWeb (blog)�-TechCrunch (blog) all 55 news articles��
Source: radio - Google News
Matt Hargis Upped To Dir./Promotion Southeast At Capitol Nashville
Senior Vice President for CAPITOL RECORDS/NASHVILLE STEVE HODGES announced the promotion of MATT HARGIS to Director Regional Promotion for Southest YESTERDAY (3/16). HARGIS has been with … more
Brazil May Allow Breaking of US Film, Drug, Music Patents
Brazil May Allow Breaking of US Film, Drug, Music Patents March 16, 2010 /EIN PRESSWIRE/ In retribution for actions by the US, Brazil is considering looking
Source: http://www.rbr.com/media-news/press_releases/world_news/brazil_may_allow_breaking_of.html
When Will Digital Media Grow Up?
Dan Ramsden submits:The public market is for grown-ups, for companies that can support themselves. Directly or indirectly, all growing companies arrive at the public market. It’s an initiation, and what takes place on arrival is critical. The steps to that point follow a sequence more or less like this one: An entrepreneur develops a new business platform… The entrepreneur requires capital for his idea to evolve… Venture capital investors consider financing the opportunity… A venture capital syndicate funds the project… The business plan is implemented, corrected, executed, modified, grown, and etc… The venture capitalists want their money out and seek to “exit,” pursuing M&A and IPO options… The M&A market looks to the IPO market to benchmark a valuation, qualify interest, and determine the seller’s true alternatives… The public market responds. If this market is receptive and constitutes a viable exit option for the venture group, then we can reverse the sequence, starting with good public market response… to an upright M&A market… to venture funds that realize successful exits (using either option)… to venture funds that have the resources and courage to make new investments… to entrepreneurs who can efficiently raise capital for their ideas… to innovation and business building...
Lamacq, Whiley to reunite on BBC 6 Music - from Digital Spy - Broadcasting
Steve Lamacq and Jo Whiley will revive their Evening Session programme next month on BBC 6 Music.
Source: Media UK: Radio news
Why Windows Phone 7 Might Save Netflix
Today Microsoft showed off its Silverlight-powered Netflix Instant Watch app, something that will not only help the previously laughable Windows...
'Kravitz' show a casualty of Emmis radio shuffling - Indianapolis Star
'Kravitz' show a casualty of Emmis radio shuffling Indianapolis Star Indianapolis Star columnist Bob Kravitz is exiting the airwaves of his afternoon sports-talk radio show. ... and more��
Source: radio - Google News
‘Tiger Woods’ playing Augusta, ‘Masters’ analysis of Johnny Miller
"IF HE WANTS TO WIN AT AUGUSTA, WHICH HE DOES, HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO PLAY ARNOLD PALMER'S BAY HILL TOURNAMENT." -- NBC SPORTS' JOHNNY
Source: http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv-programming/22375.html
RADAR 104 says 239 million Americans listen to a rated sales network
That figure is up from last quarter’s RADAR 103 report, and there’s more good news about radio’s reach (not necessarily time spent listening) from next Monday’s RADAR 104. Among people age 12+, 93.1% are listening to a station that’s included in the RADAR sales network ratings. The figure for hard-to-find 12-17-year-old teens is 91%. Network radio reaches 87% of adults 18-34. The Arbitron’s expanded use of the PPM (People Meter) brings a larger size and more stability to the sample, which will soon be close to 400,000.
Source: Radio-Info News
Cable girl - from Media Guardian
BBC2's terrific new sitcom Burnistoun is inextricably tied to its Glaswegian setting - but why is that a reason not to show it outside Scotland?Due to the unique way in which it is funded, the BBC produces a diverse range of excellent telly, then promotes it in such a piss-poor manner that no one ever sees it. Take, for example, the�brilliant BBC2 Scotland comedy Burnistoun. For the 55 million Brits living south of Dumfries, finding Burnistoun would involve an exploratory trip into the remote 900s on your Sky EPG, taking you out somewhere near the African ministry channels and those sullen nude teenagers glued to their phones. This�assumption that Scottish comedy is of niche appeal rankles me hugely. Iain Connell and Robert Florence's imaginary landscape of demented ice-cream van owners, petty single-issue local MPs and hapless husbands deserves a much wider audience.If the British public can cope with season two of The Wire (22 hours of thick Baltimore mumbling about dockyards), we can surely overcome the Glaswegian language barrier: Burnistoun's Gordon standing up to a "ned" by "chucking a two-litre bottle of jinga right dead set on the rocket's nappa"; or Burnistoun funeral services, who promise to "dig youz up once...
Source: Media UK: Radio news
US broadcasters set for fight over FCC plan
The US broadcast industry has questioned the media regulator's authority to call for broadcasters to give up some of their airwaves voluntarily
Source: FT.com - Media
Inside Story
Yes, It’s improv time again. Wondering what this has to do with radio? The world of improv has many techniques we can borrow and adapt to create better radio. Write a dialogue spot.
Source: www.aria-radio.com
CBS Radio exec, news correspondent Joseph Dembo dies at 83 - New York Daily News
CBS Radio exec, news correspondent Joseph Dembo dies at 83 New York Daily News AP Joseph Dembo, a CBS Radio executive and news correspondent who helped transform the company's New York flagship radio station into an all-news outlet, ...
Source: radio - Google News
Lexington’s Hank 96.1 FM Debuts
WLXO Lexington, Ky., has flipped from talk to a classic country format with the slogan “Hank 96.1 FM” and positioner “country legends.” The station continues to air the NASCAR, Indy car and Horse Racing Radio Network events aired on its talk predecessor. The station’s still under development Web site is here. Radio-Info.com’s Kentucky discussion board is talking about the change here.
Source: Radio-Info News
Wendi Power Appointed GM of Cox Radio Trio/Tampa
15-year Chicago sales veteran Wendi Power is appointed General Manager of three Cox Radio FM outlets in Tampa, including AC WWRM-FM and Soft AC WDUV-FM. She most recently served as Director of Sales for WGN-AM/Chicago since 2003. Power joined WGN as an account executive in 1995 and was promoted to Local Sales Manager
Source: RADIO ONLINE News
ABC News Adds Digital Journalists
[from BandC] - ABC has decreased its traditional media staff, but is staffing up on the digital side. According to internal job postings e-mails, ABC ...
Source: MediaPost | MediaDailyNews
Brown vows to remain party leader
Gordon Brown yesterday signalled his intention to "keep going" as Labour leader in the event of a hung parliament. Aides said his statement was designed to address...
Source: FT.com - Media
Chris Brown Sings the No Airplay Blues
While the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and their compatriots continue to downplay the importance of radio as they grasp at the potential of more revenue from the Performance Rights Act (PRA), there are some who have a more sensible view of how vital it is. Currently leading that group is Chris Brown. Brown has received a lot of press — and little of it good — since he pled guilty last year to felony assault on his girlfriend of the time, pop star Rihanna. And now, when the R&B star finds the sales on his new CD flatlining, how does he react? By posting an audio plea to his fans to get him more airplay [CBreezy on SayNow]. That’s right, good old-fashioned broadcast airplay. MTV transcribed the important parts: “Hey, what’s up, y’all? CB. I ain’t never really did this but right now I’m just calling ya’ll, I need all of my fans’ help,” he said in the 90-second clip. “I need all the fans that I have, I need y’all’s help. It’s crazy because a lot of radio stations … some radio stations aren’t playing my records. They’re not being that supportive and I wouldn’t expect them to....
Source: Radio 2020
FCC Denies Primosphere Satellite Application
March 15, 2010: The FCC has rejected an attempt by Primosphere Limited Partnership to revive an application for review the company filed after the FCC granted the only two U.S. satellite radio licenses to Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio.
Source: Radio News
National Public Radio Sells $160 Million of Debt as Yields Sink - BusinessWeek
National Public Radio Sells $160 Million of Debt as Yields Sink BusinessWeek March 16 (Bloomberg) -- National Public Radio, which depends on corporate donors for almost one-third of its ... and more��
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Much-loved NYC jock Ron Lundy passes away
He was reported back in the hospital last week after a series of mini-strokes, and now the former WABC and WCBS-FM personality has died. Lundy came to New York at WABC (770) in 1965 and remained there until it went all-talk in May 1982. From there he joined WCBS-FM (101.1) and played oldies until his retirement in1997. He moved back to Mississippi but eventually lost a lung to cancer. The affection for Ron Lundy is apparent on the New York Board of Radio-Info.com, here.
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Why are so many Tampa Bay area TV weather forecasters wary of global warming?
Given how much chatter we've seen in certain circles about global warming -- particularly given the recent cold snap we've had in North America, I've always been surprised to see that local TV weather forecasters don't seem to talk about the issue much. Then I saw this story in the Columbia Journalism Review titled "Hot Air," subtitled: "Why don't TV weathermen believe in climate change?" The article made an interesting point. Though a global effort of thousands of scientists in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the American Meteorological Society both issued findings years ago agreeing that the planet's temperature is rising and man is a significant contributor, a significant number of TV meteorologists don't agree. In fact, some of them think it's a scam. So I decided to ask our local weathercasters. Thanks to the area's passion for weather information and now-retired WTVT-Ch. 13 forecaster Roy Leep's longtime success, the Tampa Bay area has always had well-trained meteorologists -- so I asked them. Turns out, just one of the five chief meteorologists in the market's biggest TV outlets -- WTSP-Ch. 10's Tammie Souza -- agrees with the IPCC and AMS statements. Two others, sensing the hot-button nature of the...
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