 Contents - Contact Us - News Tips - News Archive - Mailbag - Rants - Support DCRTV About DCRTV - RSS - NYC/Philadelphia - Boston/Hartford/Providence - Daveland Dave's Cable Page - Station List - Twitter - Facebook - Classifieds - Advertise On DCRTV Voice Marketplace - Show & Personality Marketplace - Editorial Services - DCRTV Plus No Merger Between Daily Beast & Newsweek - 10/18 - The Daily Beast news and commentary website has withdrawn from talks with Newsweek about a possible merger, so reports wsj.com. DC audio magnate Sidney Harman recently purchased the DC newsmag from the Washington Post for $1. Rumors of a Daily Beast purchase recently ignited after longtime Post media columnist Howard Kurtz announced that he's jumping to the Tina Brown-edited website to head its two-person DC bureau..... Big Ratings For Skins On NBC - 10/18 - The Redskins-Colts' NBC "Sunday Night Football" broadcast was a ratings winner both nationally as well as in DC. The game posted a 30.4 rating with a very strong 46 share locally. More at washingtonexaminer.com..... Hydeck Starts At 9 - 10/18 - DCRTV broke the news a few weeks ago. Now, new morning news anchor Mike Hydeck started today at Channel 9/WUSA. He comes from a recent gig at Hartford's WFSB-TV..... Oxley & Hilary Tie Knot - 10/18 - Joel Oxley, who heads Bonneville's DC radio cluster, including WTOP, got married over the weekend. His beautiful bride is Erica Hilary, the longtime DC radio veteran who recently left her gig with Jack Diamond's morning team at Citadel's Mix 107.3. The funny thing is that Hilary once got canned by her now new husband when she worked at Bonneville's old Z104. DCRTV hears that after the honeymoon, Hilary will looking for a new local radio adventure. Congrats to both..... Confirmed: Snyder Sells 730 Which Picks Up TNT Calls & Old Talk Format - 10/18 -  DCRTV gets confirmation that Redskins owner Dan Snyder's Red Zebra broadcasting arm is selling Alexandria's WXTR, 730 AM, to Vienna-based Metro Radio. No price announced yet. With the WTNT calls moving from Snyder's sports talker on 570 to 730, which had been airing oldies the past week or so. Under a lease agreement that takes effect today, the new "The Truth" on 730 will pick up the largely Talk Radio Network righty talk programming that 570 dumped in September, including the old Washington Times "America's Morning News" show, plus Laura Ingraham, Michael Savage, and Jerry Doyle. Snyder's just-launched sports talker on 570 will take on the WSPZ calls. Metro, which has applied for the 730WTNT.com web address, owns Spanish language outlets in Manassas, 1460 AM, and Warrenton, 1420 AM, plus a classic country station on 1250 AM, also Warrenton. The deal leaves Snyder's Red Zebra with two DC area sports talkers - ESPN 980, WTEM, on three signals, including 980 AM plus 92.7 FM and 94.3 FM, as well as WSPZ on 570 AM.....Salem Biz Net To 780, 1260? - 10/18 - Lance Venta of RadioInsight.com tells us that some other DC area AMers could soon be flipping format. Salem has registered a number of domains hinting at a new national business news network format for Christian talker WAVA-AM on 780 and/or righty talker WWRC on 1260. It has applied for MoneyRadio780.com, MoneyRadio1260.com, and MoneyRadioDC.com. More soon..... Kurtz Bids Farewell To WaPo - 10/18 - Media columnist Howard Kurtz, who laments the "tacky blog world" in his Monday column at washingtonpost.com, also pens a final farewell to his newspaper. He'll be blogging for The Daily Beast site, as was revealed several weeks ago..... Hartmann Starts RT Show - 10/18 - Thom Hartmann, a syndicated radio host for Dial Global, launches a weekday TV show for Russia's RT English language news channel from Washington. "The Big Picture With Thom Hartmann" will air weekdays at 9 PM and 11 PM..... Changes At CQ - 10/18 - David Hawking leaves his managing editor post at CQ Weekly to become editor of the CQ-Roll Call Daily Briefing newsletter. Fred Barbash will take Hawking's old job at CQ Weekly. Steve Gettinger becomes deputy managing editor of CQ Weekly..... Aitoro To WBJ - 10/18 - Jill Aitoro joins the Washington Business Journal, where she will cover federal contracting issues. She had been a senior reporter for Government Executive..... NPR Starts News Initiative - 10/18 -  DC-based NPR kicks off of "Impact Of Government," a
local-national journalism initiative that will add editorial resources and reporters to NPR member stations. The new initiative, which begins its pilot phase in March 2011, is
launching with a $1.8 million grant from the Open Society
Foundations. "Impact Of Government" will build on local and state reporting at nearly 800 NPR stations adding reporters, editors, and analysts to take a "more comprehensive... look at the role of state government from a local, regional, and national perspective".....Z: Foxy Hannity Raises Dough For GOP - 10/17 - Baltimore Sun media critic David Zurawik is upset that Fox Newser Sean Hannity uses his show to fundraise for Republicans..... Beck To 1260 - 10/17 - A  DCRTVer says he heard that Salem righty talker WWRC (1260 AM) is adding Glenn Beck's radio show starting Monday. More as we hear it. Fox News personality Beck (right) had been heard locally on CBS's Big Talker WHFS (1580 AM) until he was dropped in late summer.....730 For Sale? - 10/17 - There are rumblings that Redskins owner Dan Snyder may be selling his 730 AM signal, which had been broadcasting Spanish sports as WXTR. The Alexandria station just recently flipped to Anglo rock, pop, and soul oldies. Snyder's Red Zebra broadcasting arm, which also owns ESPN 980 and fellow sports talker WTNT 570, recently sold talker WWRC, 1260 AM, to Salem. More as we hear it..... Ombud: WaPo Cuts Suburban Coverage, Favors DC - 10/17 - The recession and the resulting drop in advertising has forced the Washington Post to make bit cuts in its local reporting staff, which has resulted in less staffing in the suburbs - where most of its subscribers are. But, as ombudsman Andy Alexander reports, the paper's coverage of the District hasn't been impacted as much largely because that's where most Post reporters live. At washingtonpost.com..... WaPo Endorses O'Malley - 10/17 - Surprise! Not. The Washington Post endorses Democrat Martin O'Malley in his re-election bid for Maryland governor..... FCC Lawyer Joseph Marino Dies - 10/17 - Joseph A. Marino, 75, a Federal Communications Commission lawyer who successfully argued before the Supreme Court a case that upheld the agency's authority to penalize a broadcast for indecency under certain conditions, died October 7 at a hospice in Clearwater, Florida. He had cancer. In 1978, Mr. Marino was the lead litigator in Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation. The case stemmed from the 1973 airing of satirist George Carlin's "Filthy Words" monologue. The Carlin routine was broadcast on a New York noncommercial, radio station operated by the Pacifica Foundation. During the case, Mr. Marino argued that the explicit language was "indecent" and aired when "children were undoubtedly in the audience." The Washington Post has more..... Cablevision Subscribers Lose Fox Stations - 10/16 - Nearby news. Cablevision subscribers in the NYC area lose Fox TV stations, in a carriage dispute between the network and the cable operator. More at DCRTV's NYC News page..... Aborted Fetus Ad To Air On DC TV - 10/16 - From the Politico: An anti-abortion candidate running for DC's shadow Congressional seat will begin airing a harrowingly graphic campaign advertisement on local broadcast channels beginning next week. The candidate, Missy Smith, is an ally of longtime hard-line anti-abortion activist Randall Terry, and her ad features explicit images of aborted fetuses. And, according to a lawyer for Allbritton Communications, which owns WJLA and the Politico, the stations have no choice but to air it. "Much as broadcasters may be repulsed by these graphic images and are sensitive to their viewers, federal law requires stations to air the spots," Allbritton general counsel Jerry Fritz said. Fritz added that Smith requested ad time from WRC, WTTG, and WUSA, in addition to WJLA..... Tribune's Abrams Resigns - 10/16 - The Tribune Company executive suspended this week for sending an inappropriate, companywide e-mail resigned Friday. Chief Innovation Officer Lee Abrams offered his resignation and it was accepted, Tribune CEO Randy Michaels said. Abrams' e-mail included a link to off-color videos, one of which Abrams labeled "sluts" and showed a woman appearing to pour liquor on bare breasts. More from the Chicago Sun-Times. Locally, Tribune owns the Baltimore Sun and Channel 50/WDCW..... Today's Flashback On DCRTV Plus - 10/16 -   DCRTV Plus is loaded with DC and Baltimore radio and TV memories, tribute pages, tech specs, audio/video clips, classic jingles, station histories, and more. Including today's Flashback: Several images of Channel 9/WTOP news anchor Don Richards (right) from the 1960s. Just opened, four more DCRTV Plus Photo Galleries - 65, 66, 67, 68. With memories of Fred Weiss, Lee Shephard, Pick Temple, Bob Raleigh, and much more. DCRTV has been your best source of DC and Baltimore radio, TV, and media news, gossip, and commentary since 1997. In September, DCRTV celebrated its 13th anniversary. And the site is still here because of the wonderous, generous support of DCRTV's visitors and contributors. DCRTV has always been a one-man, independent site. While ads are great, we still largely depend on donations from folks like you to keep things running. If you haven't helped support DCRTV lately, please take a moment and send a few bucks our way. Click here.....Comcast-NBC Merger Review To Extend Into 2011 - 10/15 -  The federal review of Comcast's proposed merger with NBC Universal will likely extend into early 2011. One increasingly thorny part of the merger is Comcast's tangle of relationships with broadcasters and competitors. Those ties get even more complicated as Comcast seeks to acquire a vastly larger library of channels from NBC. More at washingtonpost.com. Comcast is the largest cable TV and internet provider in the DC-Baltimore region and owns Comcast SportsNet. NBC owns DC's Channel 4/WRC.....Betsy Stark To PBS - 10/15 - Betsy Stark, an ABC News business correspondent who was let go in a round of April layoffs, returned to the airwaves last night on the WETA-produced "PBS Newshour" as a special correspondent..... "MTP" Tops Again - 10/15 - As usual, NBC's "Meet The Press" took top ratings honors last Sunday, with CBS's "Face The Nation" 2nd, ABC's "This Week" 3rd, and Fox's "Fox News Sunday" in a distant 4th. In the age 25-54 demo, ABC placed 2nd and CBS 3rd..... WaPo Forbids Critical Tweets - 10/15 - What happens when a Washington Post staffer uses the paper's official Twitter account to lash out at a critic? A memo advising against it. TBD.com has more..... New Bird For XM - 10/15 - Sirius XM launches a new satellite to serve its XM subscribers. XM-5 was recently carried into space via a rocket lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and placed the XM-5 satellite in orbit. Sirius XM EVP/CFO David Frear says: "The successful launch of XM-5 bolsters our continuity of services and will help ensure Sirius XM Radio's audio and data services are reliably delivered to our customers.� Sirius XM plans on launching another new satellite, XM-6, in late-2011..... Brooke Ryan Joins Diamond - 10/15 - Brooke Ryan joins Jack Diamond's Mix 107.3, WRQX morning show on October 25. She spent five years doing the morning show on Charlestown SC contemporary hit outlet WSSX. Both stations are owned by Citadel..... Holly Yeager To WaPo - 10/15 - Holly Yeager joins the Washington Post as Middle East and Asia news editor. She's worked for the Financial Times and interned for the AP in Rome..... Mason Gets KY Honor - 10/15 - CBS Radio President Dan Mason, a DC area resident since his WPGC days in the 1980s, was honored Wednesday by the Kentucky Broadcasters Association, who presented him with its Ralph Gabbard-Distinguished Kentuckian Award. It's given to present or former Kentuckians who have earned acclaim in their field of endeavor..... Gannett Stock Slumps After Q3 Earnings Statement - 10/15 -  Gannett, the owner of newspapers like USA Today and a batch of television stations including Channel 9/WUSA, fell as much as 11 percent in NYC trading after third-quarter revenue missed analysts' estimates on slumping demand for newspaper advertising. Sales were little changed at $1.31 billion, the McLean-based company said today in a statement. Analysts projected $1.32 billion. However, the company's earnings beat analysts' estimates as broadcast advertising revenue increased by more than 30 percent. Bloomberg has more.....WaPo Unveils Capital Dish - 10/15 - The Washington Post launches TheCapitalDish.com, a promotional vehicle that features discount voucher deals for area restaurants..... Hill Debuts iPad App - 10/15 - Capitol Hill rag The Hill unveils its iPad app. It features live updates throughout the day for all of its 19 sections, including content not available in the print edition. It's free at itunes.apple.com..... Frederick News-Post Turns 130 - 10/15 - An editorial in today's Frederick News-Post: "It was 130 years ago that William T. Delaplaine and his partners started a printing company. Three years later, on October 15, 1883, they printed the first edition of The Daily News. A century ago, on December 10, 1910, the first edition of The Evening Post, later changed to The Frederick Post, was printed. These three entities are the roots of the company that brings you The Frederick News-Post today. Tradition states that the newspaper was started to show off the skills of the printing company Mr. Delaplaine and partners started. After 130 years, we continue to show off our printing skills. We not only print this newspaper but also an increasing number of daily, weekly and monthly newspapers such as The Washington Examiner, Baltimore Business Journal and Bay Journal"..... My View: CapOne Campaign Backfires - 10/15 -  Rant. Am I the only one who doesn't much care for Capital One's ad campaign to announce that it's swallowed up Chevy Chase's bunch of area banks. On the omni-present TV ads you see giant red pushpins violently slamming down in area neighborhoods. Obviously to mark all the "convenient" locations of their outlets. To me, these giant pushpins look like terrorist missiles. In the ads, which offer a street-level view with pedestrians, the pins shoot down in front of area landmarks, from the University Of Maryland to downtown Bethesda. At the very least, you have to hand it to the ad agency which developed the spots for not using the Pentagon as one of the pushpin landing locations. Boy, would that be tasteless! Heck, I almost expect to see the pins impale someone, with blood shooting out of their chest. And then the bank buys the first-ever front page ad in the slumping Washington Post and is also running these annoying five-second "what's in your wallet" sounders on area radio station. I don't have a bank account or a credit card with Capital One. And, you know what, I don't want one. To me, these ads scream that there's something really rotten about Capital One. Backfire! More Rants.....WaPo Admits To Multiple Day Weather Errors - 10/15 - One of the six corrections on page A2 of Friday's Washington Post: "Because of production errors, some October 3, 4, and 14 editions contained the weather page from the previous day"..... Farley, Rogers, Rosenberg To Get "Roasted" - 10/15 - Jim Farley, top programmer of all-news WTOP, will get "roasted" on October 27 in a fundraiser for the local chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Channel 4/WRC's Wendy Rieger will emcee the event at the Pooks Hill Marriott in Bethesda. Channel 7/WJLA meteorologist Doug Hill, WTOP political guru Mark Plotkin, and WTOP "Man About Town" Bob Madigan will take verbal aim. But wait, Farley's not the only area radio biggie on the menu. Sam Rogers, who heads CBS Radio's DC cluster, will also get "roasted" by the likes of former Radio One exec Jack Murray, Capital Media's Jeannette Golden, and CBS Radio's Reggie Rouse. And, Rosenberg Media's Jay Rosenberg will be "roasted" by Redskins great Charles Mann, WTOP commentator Chris Core, and CBS Radio's Jeff Hedges. Tickets are $100 in advance and $120 at the door. More at nationalmssociety.org..... Rieger, Martin, VanSusteren To Do Pet Fundraiser - 10/15 - But wait, Channel 4's Wendy Rieger will be part of another fundraiser, too. This one for local animal welfare group PetConnect Rescue, Sunday at DC's Willard Hotel. DC radio veteran Randi Martin will emcee. Joining Rieger as guest speaker will be DC Fox Newser Greta Van Susteren. More information at petconnectrescue.org..... Anqoinette Crosby To Be WaPo's 1st Video Newser - 10/14 -  Anqoinette Crosby (right) joins the Washington Post as its first-ever video anchor and on-camera reporter for washingtonpost.com. She will be leading the launch of Post Now Video Cast that will present news and features from the Post multiple times each day. She's been seen on Channel 4/WRC's news/infomercial "Daily Connection" show, automotive segments for Channel 9/WUSA and Channel 2/WMAR, plus a six-year stint at Maryland Public Television, where she hosted "Gear" segments for "MotorWeek." Crosby has also done work for Fox's "America's Most Wanted".....Z: Ehrlich Not As "Pasty" In WaPo Debate - 10/14 - Baltimore Sun media columnist David Zurawik thinks that Bob Ehrlich didn't look as "pasty" today as he did in Monday's Maryland gubernatorial debate. But Zurawik stops short of naming Martin O'Malley the winner of Thursday's noon debate at the Washington Post. Judge for yourself when the event gets re-televised at 7 PM tonight via Channel 9/WUSA and Maryland Public Television..... Brian Bennett To Tribune - 10/14 - Brian Bennett leaves Time, where he's been on the State Department and homeland security beats for almost a decade, including a year as the news magazine's Baghdad bureau chief, to cover homeland security and immigration policy for Tribune's DC bureau..... Shales To Leave WaPo? - 10/14 -  A posting on Facebook apparently by the longtime TV critic seems to suggest that Tom Shales (right) will be the latest to leave the Washington Post at the end of the year. There are rumblings that Shales in unhappy with sharing his TV reviewer power with the younger and thinner Hank Stuever, who seems to be the Post's "top dog" day-to-day TV show reviewer these days. With Shales left with doing more introspective pieces on nostalgic TV. For the past few years, Shales has been writing for the Post as a freelance employee, without a contract. More at TBD.com....Mullins To Washingtonian - 10/14 - Luke Mullins leaves US News to join Washingtonian, where he'll be a senior writer covering sports, business, and education issues. He is married to former Politico reporter Anne Schroeder Mullins..... Yesterday's Weather In Today's WaPo - 10/14 - Rant. If you check out Thursday's weather on page B10 of the Washington Post you'll see "sunny" for "today." Then you'll realize that "today" was yesterday. And today will be actually be a rainy one. While the rest of the forecast stats appear to be for the real "today" - Thursday, the top five-day forecast is clearly from the day before. With all the stupid silly errors of late, including my weekend Rant which pointed out that the Post claimed that "Saturday Night Live" starts at 11 PM, you've really got to wonder whether anyone at the Post actually bothers to pay attention to what goes in the print edition. Maaaaan. More Rants.....More Strong Ratings For Redskins & Ravens - 10/14 - More great TV ratings for the Redskins and the Ravens in week five of the NFL season. About 52% of all DC market TV sets were tuned to the Redskins on Sunday, in their overtime win over the Packers. While 62% of all Baltimore market TV sets were tuned to the Ravens. More at washingtonexaminer.com..... New Gig For Lindy - 10/14 - Scott Lindy, who once ran Baltimore country outlet WPOC and programmed some channels at DC's XM, has picked up a new Atlanta gig after getting bounced by Clear Clear as the Georgia radio cluster's operations manager. He's now the program director at Lincoln Financial Media's Atlanta contemporary hit outlet, WSTR..... XM Pulls Off Favorable Sale Of Debt - 10/14 -  Tom Taylor in his Wednesday TRI radio biz newsletter tells us that DC-based XM Satellite Radio, a subsidiary of Sirius XM, does a deal to pay its noteholders of 7.625% instead of 11.25%. By selling $700 million in new private-placement Rule 144A notes at a favorable rate - and selling more than it expected. Sirius XM will use the proceeds from this week's sale to buy back its more expensive 11.25% notes due 2013. The new notes mature in 2018. That had positive effects on "SIRI" stock, which saw a 52-week high of $1.44 before closing at $1.40. Sirius XM head Mel Karmazin's worries about facing a Nasdaq listing qualification committee are in the background, as long as the stock price stays above a buck a share, Taylor adds.....Kash To Winchester's Fox - 10/13 - DCRTV hears that former DC101er and XMer Kevin Kash has been hired to do the 3 PM to 7 PM shift on Winchester rocker 99.3 The Fox..... Tribune Suspends Abrams After Racy E-Mail - 10/13 - Radio veteran Lee Abrams has been suspended by Tribune after sending a racy e-mail to co-workers. Abrams, who'd been the Chicago-based media firm's chief innovation officer, sent an e-mail Monday that contained links to off-color satirical videos, including one he labeled "sluts," in which a gyrating woman appears to pour liquor on her bare breasts. B&C; has more. Locally, Tribune owns the Baltimore Sun and Channel 50/WDCW..... AOL's Patch Targets Baltimore Area - 10/13 - BaltimoreBrew.com takes a look at AOL's plans to deploy its local news Patch.com sites in the Baltimore metro. Including Patches for Lutherville, Timonium, Towson, and Ellicott City..... WaPo Dumps Garcia-Ruiz As Metro Head - 10/13 - From the Politico: Emilio Garcia-Ruiz, the editor of the Washington Post's Metro section, has been moved to a new job as editor of strategic projects. No replacement has been named. According to newsroom speculation, the move was spurred in part by chairman Don Graham's dissatisfaction with the Post's local coverage, which Garcia-Ruiz has been in charge of since last year. During Garcia-Ruiz's time as Sports editor, he was seen as one of the most technologically-savvy editors at the paper..... CSN To Carry Marine Corps Marathon - 10/13 -  Comcast SportsNet will cover the 35th Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday, October 31, including a batch of marathon-related interviews and stories leading up to the event within its news and entertainment programs. The Bethesda-based sports network will air the DC and Arlington race from 7 AM to 8:30 AM on Halloween, with Brent Harris and Jill Sorenson hosting. Beginning on October 23, CSN's "SportsNet Central" will chronicle runners as part of a special series, "Countdown To The Marine Corps Marathon." As they prepare for the race, several marathon participants and organizers appear on "Washington Post Live" with Ivan Carter. At CSNwashington.com, you can catch video highlights of the runners crossing the finish line. The website will also feature more than 100 videos highlighting participants as part of "Marine Corps Marathon Diaries".....MPT To Carry Thursday MD Gov Debate - 10/13 - Maryland Public Television will air the second debate between Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley and former Governor Bob Ehrlich live Thursday at noon. There will be a replay at 7 PM on the statewide public TV network, seen locally via Channel 22/WMPT. The debate is being organized by the Washington Post and produced by DC's Channel 9/WUSA. It will air on WUSA live and at 7 PM and on WAMU radio at 8 PM..... NPRers Banned From Stewart & Colbert Rallies - 10/13 - Vivian Schiller, chief executive of DC-based NPR, warns her staff that the public radioer's ethics policy forbids members of several of its departments from participating in rallies - including the October 30 rallies planned by Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. The Politico has more..... CNN's Roland Martin To DC - 10/13 - CNN contributor Roland Martin is leaving Chicago after six years and is moving to DC. "I will have an expanded role on CNN by having my own branded segment, and this will make my availability in-studio that much easier," he tells the Chicago Sun-Times..... Goozner To Fiscal Times - 10/13 - Merrill Goozner has been named senior Washington correspondent for the Fiscal Times. He replaces Ed Andrews, who recently took a new position with the National Journal. Goozner has written for the Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, and the Washington Post, among other publications..... WAMU Ups Elliott Francis - 10/12 -  Elliott Francis (left) becomes a fulltime news anchor and host at American University news talker WAMU (88.5 FM). He will continue as WAMU's afternoon/evening and weekend news anchor while adding three days of "street reporting" to his duties. He will also serve as a backup for 88.5's regular weekday news anchors. Francis has spent three decades covering news, most of that in DC with Channel 7/WJLA and NewsChannel 8. Plus work for Fox News, CNN Headline News, along with news gigs in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Boston.....Typo Drives TBD Traffic - 10/12 -  They're beaming with pride in Rosslyn. Allbritton's new local news website TBD.com has found the key to success - typos. The site's Amanda Hess wrote Monday that "one in three black men who have sex with me is HIV positive." That "me" was supposed to be "men." And now TBD is basking in the glow of 10,000 website clickthroughs, 658 Tweets, 747 Facebook links, and 1,098 "up" votes on Reddit. More at TBD.com.....Canadian Firm To Monitor NPR Comment Boards - 10/12 - DC's NPR hires Canada's ICUC Moderation Services to monitor its comment boards. More at NPR.org..... Tribune Nears Bankruptcy Exit - 10/12 - The Tribune Company, parent of the Baltimore Sun and Channel 50/WDCW, strikes more deals with creditors in its quest to exit bankruptcy reorganization. Reuters has more..... DCRTV On Facebook: Junkies "Junk" Comment - 10/12 - A Twitter tweet via DCRTV's Facebook page: "Revealed on today's Junks show - WJFK guys have texted pics of 'their junk' to other guys at WJFK." One of the many reactions: "This is WJFK-FM, located at 106.7 on your FM dial and broadcasting from our studios high atop Brokeback Mountain"..... WWIN-FM Tops Balto Radio Heap - 10/12 - The radio ratings for Baltimore, first week of October. Full-week, age 12+: 1) WWIN-FM, 2) WPOC, 3) WLIF, 4) WERQ, 5) WWMX, 6) WBAL-AM, 7) WZFT and WIYY, 9) WJZ-FM, 10) WRBS-FM, 11) WCBM, 12) WQSR, 13) WYPR, 14) WZBA. More: 17) WBJC, 22) WCAO, 31) WTMD and WEAA, 34) WJZ-AM, 36) WRNR-FM, 38) WTTR, 42) WOLB, 43) WNST and WVIE..... "Big" Ratings For MD Gov Debate - 10/12 -   Yesterday's O'Malley-Ehrlich Maryland gubernatorial debate nabbed a "big" TV audience, according to David Zurawik at baltimoresun.com. It attracted 150,000 viewers, with 86 percent watching on Channel 13/WJZ and 14 percent via Maryland Public Television. Also, 54 percent of the Baltimore audience was age 55 or older.....PG's CTV Nabs Unity Award - 10/12 - CTV News, Prince George's Community Television, was honored for its piece "Black, White, And Shades Of Gray" via a Unity award, which honors outstanding television, radio, and online journalism focused on diversity. At the Radio Television Digital News Association confab Monday night at the Grand Hyatt in NYC. The event featured Edward R. Murrow Awards being handed out to 59 news organizations, including DC-based NPR..... 11 Parent Partners With LSN - 10/12 - Hearst Television, which owns Channel 11/WBAL, has partnered with mobile media and marketing company LSN Mobile to expand its local news and weather content onto its stations' websites and mobile platforms, and via online portal partners. B&C; has more..... Frank Bourgholtzer Dies - 10/12 - NewsBlues tells us that Frank Bourgholtzer, the first full-time White House correspondent for NBC News, where he worked for 40 years, died Friday in Santa Monica. He was 91. After the White House and stints at NBC's bureaus in Cold War Europe, Bourgholtzer joined the NBC bureau in Los Angeles in 1969 and remained there until his retirement in 1986..... WAMU Adds Captioning Features - 10/12 - WAMU's Kojo Nnamdi noon show adds real-time captioning on kojoshow.org for its October 11 and 12 broadcasts, which deal with issues involving people who are deaf or hard of hearing. The service is produced in collaboration with Speche Communications. Participants are prompted to download the SpecheBox plug-in at kojoshow.org. As always, participants can ask questions via e-mail, Facebook, or Twitter to be answered on-air..... Dude Voices DNC Spot - 10/12 - That's DC radio voiceover great Dude Walker doing a new batch of TV spots for the Democratic National Committee, like this one at youtube.com..... DeYoung To Hype McEntire Album - 10/12 - Laurie DeYoung, who hosts mornings on Baltimore country outlet WPOC (93.1 FM), will co-host a November 8 national radio show to celebrate the launch of country music star Reba McEntire's new album. Two WPOC listeners will join DeYoung at the Nashville event..... Format Flips In Norfolk - 10/12 - Nearby news. Clear Channel does some radio musical chairs in the Norfolk area. It takes the urban adult contemporary Kiss format from 105.3 and moves it to 92.1 and 107.7, dumping smooth jazz from the latter. With 105.3 assuming 92.1's classic hits format, with a tweak from Cool to Magic. The Kiss outlet features Tom Joyner in mornings and Michael Baisden in afternoons..... DC Police SUV In "Transformers" Crash - 10/11 - From myfoxdc.com: A DC Police vehicle was involved in a wreck at the filming of "Transformers 3." While the movie was filming a car chase scene on 3rd Street in northwest DC, the police SUV collided with a yellow Chevy Camaro, which in the movie series is known as the character "Bumblebee." The police SUV was not supposed to be there and the wreck was not supposed to happen. The police officer driving the SUV is a veteran bomb technician and was taken to a local hospital..... Comcast Has No Plans To Expand Wifi To DC & Balto - 10/11 -  Comcast has launched more than 2,000 Xfinity Wifi hotspots in the Philadelphia area, free for the cable company's internet subcribers. But it has no plans to do the same in the Washington and Baltimore areas, or in other areas where it owns the bulk of cable TV systems. Multichannel News has more.....USA Today's Fleming Dies - 10/11 - Robert J. Fleming, the deputy page one editor for McLean-based USA Today since 2004, died last week after a short illness. He was 53. Fleming, who worked previously for the Virginian-Pilot, the Philadelphia Daily News, and the Los Angeles Times, was described as a "consummate newspaperman" by colleagues. More from usatoday.com..... P&P;'s Carla Cohen Dies - 10/11 - Carla Cohen, the co-founder of Washington's Politics And Prose bookshop, died this morning of cancer. She was 74. According to her Washington Post obituary, her ill health led her and co-founder Barbara Meade to put the store up for sale..... Z: O'Malley Wins WJZ Debate - 10/11 - Baltimore Sun media critic David Zurawik thinks that current Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley won today's debate against former Governor Bob Ehrlich. The sparring was taped this morning and will air at 7 PM on Channel 13/WJZ and Maryland Public Television. Also, O'Malley and Ehrlich have agreed to another debate at noon Thursday hosted by the Washington Post. That will air on Channel 9/WUSA live and at 7 PM and on WAMU at 8 PM. Also, the two will debate on October 21st on Larry Young's WOLB Baltimore radio show and on October 22nd via DC's WTOP radio..... TOP Tops Radio Heap Again - 10/11 -  The DC radio ratings for the first week of October, full-week, age 12+: 1) WTOP [1st in both drivetimes], 2) WASH [L&L; 4th], 3) WIHT [Kane 2nd], 4) WMMJ [Joyner 6th], 5) WHUR [Harvey 4th, Baisden 5th], 6) WETA-FM, 7) WAMU, 8) WMAL [GG 8th, Rush 3rd, Hannity 6th], 9) WMZQ, 10) WRQX [Diamond 9th], 11) WLZL [Biagi 15th], 12) WWDC [Elliot 11th], 13) WBIG and WPGC [BT 17th] and WPRS, 16) WKYS [Parr 14th], 17) WTEM [M&M; 19th, Korny 13th, Czaban 10th], 18) WIAD, 19) WGTS, 20) WJFK [Junks 13th, Wise 18th, Arrington 18th], 21) WVRX [K&M; 22nd], 22) WFRE, 23) WAVA-FM, 24) WFLS and WPFW and WBQB. Full week, age 25-54: 1) WTOP, 2) WASH, 3) WHUR, 4) WIHT, 5) WMMJ, 6) WLZL, 7) WRQX, 8) WWDC and WKYS and WAMU, 11) WMZQ and WBIG, 13) WIAD and WPGC, 15) WJFK, 16) WPRS, 17) WTEM, 18) WGTS, 19) WVRX, 20) WMAL, 21) WETA-FM, 22) WFRE, 23) WBQB and WAVA-FM and WDCN.....Kosbau Lands New Detroit Gig - 10/11 - DCRTV hears that Steve Kosbau has been named market manager for Greater Media's three Detroit radio stations - WRIF, WCSX, and WMGC. He'd been with Citadel's Detroit radio since leaving DC in 2002. You'll recall that Kosbau used to program DC's WRQX, Mix 107.3..... More On BGov - 10/11 - The NY Times takes a look at Bloomberg's extensive plans for a federal government data service via Bloomberg Government..... Geronimo Moves To Sacramento - 10/11 -  DC radio veteran Don Geronimo (right) tells his Twitter and Facebook fans that he's bought a new home in Sacramento, where he's been doing a midday radio show for CBS Radio sports talker KHTK since summer. Until now, he's been doing the show from his Ocean City MD home via the miracle of an ISDN line, with several visits to his new radio hometown. Geronimo plans to keep the OC place, we hear. No word about whether Geronimo will get back on the air in DC, where was heard for several decades on WJFK, WAVA, and WPGC, but he's seen a ratings spike for his KHTK show, which can be streamed from 3 PM to 7 PM (ET) at
khtk.cbslocal.com. Geronimo gave up his co-hosting duties with Mike O'Meara on WJFK in April 2008. O'Meara is now doing mornings on DC classic rocker 105.9 The Edge.....Rita Cosby To MAL - 10/11 - Former Fox Newser Rita Cosby is filling in for Fred Grandy Monday on WMAL's "Grandy Group." She's been heard on the Citadel news talker the past two Saturday afternoons. The next three Saturdays, leading up to election day, former Congressman and one-time talk show host JD Hayworth will host 630 AM's 4 PM to 7 PM shift, we hear..... More Shuttered Blockbusters - 10/11 - Video rental giant Blockbuster, which still has about 30 retail outlets in the DC area, may be closing some of those as it struggles through its recent bankruptcy court filing. The DC Post has more..... Discovery Launches Hub - 10/11 - Silver Spring-based Discovery Channel launched its new kids channel, The Hub, at 10 AM on October 10th. It's a partnership with toy maker Hasbro and replaces the Discovery Kids channel..... Kurtz Still At WaPo - 10/11 - Even though he's taken a new job with The Daily Beast, Howard Kurtz is still penning his Monday media column for the Washington Post..... Ombud Critical Of WaPo's Cartoon Yanking - 10/10 - Ombudsman Andy Alexander looks at the Washington Posts decision not to run the "Non Sequitur" comic last Sunday. Editors pulled the cartoon, which featured a "Where's Muhammad" caption, concerned that it might offend and provoke some Post readers, especially Muslims. Alexander writes that the Post's yanking "sets an awfully low threshold for decisions on whether to withhold words or images that might offend." More at washingtonpost.com..... More: Oh That Post - 10/9 - Rant. The TV highlights column in the Washington Post's Saturday Style twice tells us that "Saturday Night Live" will air on NBC "at 11 PM" tonight. In both the copy and via a photo caption. What? No local newscast on Channel 4/WRC at 11? OK, not a big error but yet another symptom of a declining newspaper that, increasingly, can't get things right. More Rants.....Antenna Work For TMD - 10/8 - Towson University's adult alternative rock WTMD (89.7 FM) will be off the air from 7 AM to 3 PM Saturday due to antenna work. The station will still be available online via wtmd.org..... SB Nation Launches Show On 106.7 - 10/8 - SB Nation DC, the Washington DC regional site of sbnation.com, has partnered with CBS Radio sports talker 106.7 The Fan, WJFK, to launch "SB Nation Radio," a one-hour sports radio show and podcast. The show will be co-hosted by SB Nation DC editor Mike Prada and longtime DC radio personality and SB Nation DC columnist Scott Jackson. It will air Fridays at 11 PM, Saturdays after football and "The Kevin And Rock Show," and Sundays at 7 AM. The show's podcast will be available at dc.sbnation.com and 1067thefandc.com..... Donaldson, Schorr, Stahl, Fritts Named "Giants" Of Broadcasting - 10/8 -  Sam Donaldson (right), the veteran DC-based White House reporter for ABC News, has been named a "Giant Of Broadcasting" by the Library of American Broadcasting in NYC. Joining him in the October 12 ceremony at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan are former National Association Of Broadcasters head Eddie Fritts and CBS News veteran Leslie Stahl. Among the posthumous honorees: CBS News veteran Daniel Schorr.....Sun To Print Bel Air Papers In Baltimore - 10/8 - The Baltimore Sun Media Group will move all printing work from its Homestead Publishing plant in Bel Air to Sun Park, the company-owned printing plant 30 miles away in Baltimore. The company said the consolidation will mean the elimination of about 50 printing, manufacturing, pre-press, and transportation jobs. When the transition to the Baltimore plant is complete in 60 days, it will be the first time since before the Civil War that a newspaper hasn't been printed in the town of Bel Air and the first time in more than 48 years that Homestead's Aegis newspaper will not be printed at 10 Hays Street, the location of the Bel Air plant. While both the Aegis and its Sun Media Group sister, the Record, will now be printed in Baltimore, news reporters and advertising sales representatives will continue to be based in Bel Air. More at ExploreHarford.com..... PBS Loses Big One - 10/8 -  Arlington-based PBS loses one of its major TV stations. KCET in Los Angeles has decided to break away from the public broadcasting network and become an independent station. The move, effective in January, comes after a months-long battle over the dues the station must pay PBS. In 2009, that amounted to almost $7 million, or almost one-fifth of the station's $37-million net operating revenue. KCET officials said that amount is too high, as PBS feared any fee reductions could lead to demands for similar discounts from other member stations and refused to budge. More at latimes.com.....NPR & AFTRA Reach Accord - 10/8 - All-night bargaining produces a five-year contract between DC-based NPR and the AFTRA union. According to Radio-Info.com, NPR President Vivian Schiller says details will be forthcoming "after some of us get some sleep." Current.org has a link to AFTRA's Twitter page with messages such as: "Solidarity at NPR knows no bounds! It's past midnight and the members keep coming!" The package agreed to at 5:15 AM must still be ratified by the bargaining unit..... WTEMer Has Car Accident While Doing Phoner - 10/8 - From Dan Steinberg at washingtonpost.com: On Wednesday, John Feinstein's weekly segment on ESPN 980's "The Sports Reporters" ended abruptly with a scream and a profanity, after Feinstein was sideswiped in a minor fender-bender. He was fine, but his segment ended early. WTEM dumped the moment, although online listeners apparently heard it. Feinstein was using a hands-free device at the time, as he always does for such interviews. DCRTV adds: Audio of the incident has disappeared from Steinberg's "DC Sports Bog" at the Washington Post's website..... Formerly At Sun & NPR, Marimow Downgraded At Inquirer - 10/8 -  William Marimow (left), the editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, is being replaced by the bankrupt paper's new owner but will remain on the staff as a reporter. Despite his national reputation as an outstanding print journalist, he did not have the background in digital media necessary to lead the paper going forward, the Inquirer's new management believes. Marimow, 63, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, will continue at the Inquirer as an investigative reporter. In 1993, Marimow joined the Baltimore Sun as metropolitan editor. He rose to managing editor and then editor of the Sun, which won three Pulitzers under his leadership. He was fired in 2004 after a dispute with his publisher. He then went to work in Washington for NPR as managing editor for news, and later served as vice president of news and the radio network's ombudsman before being hired as editor of the Inquirer. More at Philly.com.....WMAL Runs Wrong Weather - 10/8 - From DCRTV's Twitter page: "WMAL ran the wrong weather forecast - predicting heavy downpours today - at 5:05 AM." And we got responses, like this: "It was not wrong, it just has an unusually low probability of being right." Follow DCRTV on Twitter and "friend" us on Facebook..... Big Ratings For Redskins & Ravens - 10/8 - More great TV ratings for the Redskins and Ravens last weekend. At washingtonexaminer.com..... End Of Road For "Real Housewives Of DC" - 10/8 - Lisa de Moraes at washingtonpost.com reflects on Thursday night's season finale of Bravo's "Real Housewives Of DC." And she tells us that while the show did score respectable cable TV numbers - about 1.5 million viewers per episode - it attracted too many viewers over age 40, which advertisers do not care about. And probably won't be back for a second season..... Plotkin To "Computer School" - 10/8 - WTOP reporter Neal Augenstein reports on his Facebook page that all-news WTOP is forcing the station's political guru, Mark Plotkin, to go to "computer school." Even in this day and age, Plotkin is notoriously anti-computer, and reportedly does not even "do" e-mail, not to mention Twitter or Facebook..... Boo: TEM Reruns Yesterday's Korny Show Today - 10/7 - Rant. DCRTV's "Boo Of The Week" goes to ESPN 980, WTEM, for rerunning Tony Kornheiser's Wednesday show on Thursday. I thought I was experiencing some heavy deja vu this morning when everything Tony was saying was stuff I thought I'd heard before. Yeah, like the day before. This is no way to treat your audience, ESPN 980. Besides Tony on the show, there's at least half a dozen talented "regulars," including the very funny Marc "Nigel" Sterne. Can't they manage to soldier on without Saint Kornheiser for one day in order to give us a fresh show? Tony's sidekicks already account for about 80 percent of the show's humorous moments. They'll be just fine, maybe even better, without him. More Rants.....Bickel Sole Snyder Critic In ESPN Doc - 10/7 - ESPN's "E-60" Tuesday profile of Redskins owner Dan Snyder leaned heavily on the positive. Writes Dan Steinberg at washingtonpost.com: "The only critic shown was 106.7 The Fan's Eric Bickel, who talked to ESPN producers for more than an hour but was shown just for a few seconds early in the piece..." Bickel is part of WJFK's Junkies. Snyder owns WJFK's sports talk rival, WTEM..... Rare Sunday DC Talker Win For ABC - 10/7 - ABC's "This Week" took the top spot in the battle of the Sunday DC political talkers last weekend. But, usual front-runner NBC's "Meet The Press" was pre-empted and did not air. CBS's "Face The Nation" placed second among total viewers, with Fox's "Fox News Sunday" third..... WWIN Tops Balto Heap - 10/7 -  WWIN-FM, Magic 95.9, tops the Baltimore radio ratings for the month of September, full-week, age 12+: 1) WWIN-FM, 2) WPOC, 3) WLIF, 4) WERQ, 5) WZFT, 6) WRBS-FM and WWMX, 8) WIYY, 9) WBAL-AM and WJZ-FM, 11) WQSR, 12) WCBM and WZBA, 14) WYPR, 15) WPGC, 16) WWDC, 17) WKYS, 18) WBJC and WBIG, 20) WHUR and WRQX, 22) WIHT, 23) WAMU and WXCY and WCAO, 26) WASH and WTOP and WGTS, 29) WEAA, 30) WTEM and WLZL, 32) WMAL and WMZQ and WTMD, 35) WJZ-AM, 36) WRNR-FM and WFRE, 38) WTTR and WETA-FM and WWIN-AM, 41) WIAD and WOLB and WRBS-AM, 44) WWEG and WVIE and WAVA-FM, 47) WAFY and WJBR and WNST and WVRX and WMMJ and WRDW and WSTW and WPFW and WVBV.....TCN To Back CSN Plus - 10/7 - DCRTV hears that when Comcast launches its Comcast SportsNet Plus HD channel in early November, it will also include a new HD version of The Comcast Network via area Comcast systems. TCN-HD will air when CSN Plus-HD is not running an "overflow" Capitals or Wizards game, due to schedule conflicts on parent Comcast SportsNet. DCRTV has already told you that all "overflow" games on CSN Plus will now air in HD. The TCN backing of CSN Plus will also occur with the standard def feed - and will occur only on area Comcast systems. Other area TV providers will make different arrangements for their carriage of CSN Plus and CSN Plus-HD, we're told. Last year, Comcast used C-SPAN2 as the "background network" for CSN Plus. That was switched to ESPNews when the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network ran its MASN2 overflow channel during the summer. CSN Plus-HD will appear on channel 844 on Comcast systems, where MASN2-HD had been..... ESPN Producer Arrested - 10/7 - A 52-year-old male ESPN producer has been arrested for masturbating outside his female neighbor's house, while watching her getting dressed through a window. At DCRTV's Boston Radio & TV News page..... Confirmed: WaPo Sold Newsweek For $1 - 10/7 - From AP: The Washington Post Company has revealed exactly how much cash that audio equipment magnate Sidney Harman paid for Newsweek magazine this summer: $1. The Post Company also agreed to cover up to $10 million of Newsweek's existing bills. No one thought Harman paid much for Newsweek, which lost almost $30 million last year amid circulation and advertising declines. But the magazine's sale for less than its $5.95-per-issue price on newsstands is still a grim milestone for a brand that was once a prized asset at the Post Company, which bought Newsweek in 1961. The news comes as speculation builds that Harman's Newsweek will form some kind of partnership with The Daily Beast, a news and opinion site owned by Barry Diller's media conglomerate and run by former New Yorker magazine editor Tina Brown..... WTOP "No Longer A Radio Station" - 10/7 - WTOP is "no longer a radio station," says VP Jim Farley. Via this morning's TRI newsletter from Tom Taylor: "Who better to talk to than the guy whose Washington DC multi-media operation just won two NAB Marconis? News Talk Edge columnist Randall Bloomquist grabs Jim for a Q&A;, during which Farley talks about a sense of mission ('to inform, entertain and engage as many people as possible as many times as possible across the day on our various platforms - FM radio, a website, streaming, HD Radio, Facebook, our [Smartphone] app.'). About keeping content real (during last winter's blizzard, they focused on the most likely listeners - drivers). And about being willing to advocate (the 'WTOP Pledge' was a commitment to covering local power companies and governments until every single storm-darkened house was lit up again). As for Farley's pronouncement that WTOP-FM (at 103.5 and various simulcast signals) is 'no longer a radio station' - Jim tells Randall: 'We are a digital news organization.'" Subscribe to TRI or NTE at Radio-Info.com. DCRTV adds: Bloomquist used to program WTOP news talk rival WMAL..... Time's Gray To DC - 10/7 - Time's Steve Gray leaves his gig as Detroit bureau chief to move to Washington to cover Capitol Hill politics for the news magazine..... Comcast Scores Low On Satisfaction Survey - 10/6 - Area media giant Comcast gets a "below average" score from subscribers in a national survey about monthly cable TV rates. Verizon's Fios attracted the highest satisfaction marks in the eastern part of the country. More from Multichannel News..... ShenTel Buys WV & MD Cable Systems - 10/6 - Shenandoah Telecommunications or ShenTel, the Edinburg VA-based telephone and cable company, said it has signed an asset purchase agreement to purchase small cable systems in West Virginia and Maryland from Suddenlink Communications. Multichannel News has more..... PBS To Include Local Stations On Website - 10/6 - Arlington-based PBS is revamping its website. According to paidContent, content from the 354 PBS member stations will be integrated into the PBS.org site..... WTOP Tops September Radio Ratings - 10/6 - The September monthly radio ratings for the DC market. Age 12+, full-week: 1) WTOP [1st in all dayparts], 2) WIHT [Kane 3th], 3) WHUR [Harvey 4th, Baisden 4th], 4) WASH [L&L; 6th], 5) WMMJ [Joyner 5th], 6) WAMU, 7) WETA-FM, 8) WMZQ, 9) WMAL [GG 8th, Rush 5th, Hannity 7th], 10) WKYS [Parr 11th], 11) WWDC [Elliot 10th], 12) WPGC [BT 16th] and WBIG and WLZL [Biagi 17th] and WRQX [Diamond 11th], 16) WPRS, 17) WIAD, 18) WVRX [K&M; 21st], 19) WTEM [M&M; 19th, Korny 17th, Czaban 17th] and WJFK [Junks 13th, Wise 19th, Arrington 18th], 21) WGTS, 22) WAVA-FM and WFLS, 24) WBQB, 25) WPFW and WINC-FM and WFRE, 28) WERQ, 29) WBJC, 30) WIYY and WOL, 32) WILC and WGRQ and WWEG and WFED and WDCN and WAFY and WQSR and WTNT. Age 25-54, full-week: 1) WTOP, 2) WHUR, 3) WASH, 4) WIHT, 5) WKYS, 6) WLZL, 7) WMZQ, 8) WMMJ, 9) WRQX, 10) WAMU, 11) WWDC and WBIG, 13) WPGC, 14) WPRS, 15) WIAD and WJFK, 17) WVRX, 18) WTEM, 19) WGTS, 20) WETA-FM and WMAL. Men, age 25-54, full-week: 1) WLZL, 2) WTOP, 3) WJFK, 4) WHUR, 5) WBIG, 6) WIHT, 7) WWDC, 8) WVRX, 9) WASH, 10) WKYS.....MASN Sees Ratings Surge For Nationals & Orioles - 10/6 -  The Nationals and Orioles, despite their loss-plagued standings, saw dramatic audience growth in the 2010 baseball season in both Washington and Baltimore, as well as across the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network's seven-state television territory, according to year-over-year Nielsen television ratings. More than 21 million households watched the Orioles and Nationals on MASN in 2010. The biggest ratings growth occurred in Washington,where the Nationals doubled their television audience from 2009, probably due to in large part to the hype surrounding phenom pitcher Stephen Strasburg. More at masnsports.com.....Sirius XM Launches "Midterm Report" - 10/6 - Sirius XM Radio launches "The Midterm Report," a nightly two-hour show focused on the national race for the midterm vote, on the POTUS political talk channel, Sirius-110 and XM-130. Todd Zwillich and Adam Belmar host the DC-based show, which airs Mondays through Thursdays at 6 PM, through the election..... WaPo Makes Baghdad, Cairo Changes - 10/6 - Washington Post Baghdad, Iraq bureau chief Leila Fadel moves to Egypt to reopen the Post's Cairo bureau. Taking Fadel's spot in Iraq is Liz Sly from the Los Angeles Times..... Akers Leaves WaPo - 10/6 - More Washington Post news. Reporter Mary Ann Akers is leaving to work with Congressman Patrick Kennedy on his memoir. She came to washingtonpost.com in 2007 from Roll Call to write "The Sleuth" Capitol Hill gossip blog..... More On USA Today Cuts - 10/6 -  DCRTV has already tipped you. Now, AP has more on those 35 newsroom job cuts coming to McLean-based USA Today, as parent Gannett de-emphasizes the newspaper's print edition and feeds more content to mobile devices. About 130 of the 1,500 jobs throughout all of USA Today's departments are expected to be jettisoned by the time the cutting is done.....Kurtz Bids WaPo Farewell On Web - 10/6 - Media columnist and reporter Howard Kurtz didn't get any space in Wednesday's print edition of the Washington Post's Style section regarding Tuesday's big news that he's jumping to The Daily Beast website, where he'll be chief of its two-person (himself included) Washington bureau. But the Post was graceful enough to allow the Post veteran a farewell blog post at washingtonpost.com. Where he writes: "Reporters instinctively look for the larger angle, so several asked me what this meant for the death of print or the decline of the Post. I pushed back, as I happen to believe that newspapers are going to be around for a long time. Let's not get carried away here. A major metropolitan daily like the Post is far bigger than any staffer"..... Mediabistro Parents Buys 10000Words Blog - 10/6 - WebMediaBrands, the parent company of mediabistro.com, has acquired the digital journalism blog 10000Words.net from Mark Luckie. Luckie is the national innovations editor for the Washington Post. The terms of the purchase were not disclosed. More at mediabistro.com..... Ben Hill To Florida - 10/6 - Ben Hill, who was general manager of WPGC from 1987 to 2001, in its Infinity radio days, will run CBS's five-station cluster in West Palm Beach FL..... Norfolk Weatherman Claims Religious Discrimination In Firing - 10/6 - Nearby news. Jon Cash, a recently fired weatherman at Norfolk's Channel 10/WAVY, is also an evangelical preacher. And he's planning a big rally in Virginia Beach to protest what he claims is religious discrimination by his former station. More at dailypress.com..... Martinez To Politico - 10/6 - Jennifer Martinez jumps from the Los Angeles Times' DC bureau to Politico, where she'll write about tech policy..... Merry Leaves Stratfor - 10/6 - Bob Merry leaves his publisher position at Stratfor, a gig he's held since January..... More Ratings Gold For Redskins - 10/5 - Football News Now tells us that Donovan McNabb's return to Philadelphia proved to be ratings gold for the NFL on Fox and the Redskins. Nationally, Sunday's contest at Lincoln Financial Field was the most-watched week 4 Sunday NFL game in history. In DC, the broadcast earned a whopping 33.0 rating with a 56 share, making it the second most-watched Redskins game since 2008..... WaPo Shrinks Arlington - 10/5 - Whoops. The Washington Post ran a correction on page A2 this morning apologizing for a Sunday article which claimed that the size of Arlington County is 26 acres. It's 26 square miles..... 2 More Years Of Korny On 980 - 10/5 - Redskins owner Dan Snyder's Red Zebra radio arm, which owns ESPN 980, WTEM, has signed former Washington Post sports columnist Tony Kornheiser to a two-year deal, for the continuation of his 10 AM to noon weekday show. Kornheiser will also contribute to the station's Redskins pre-game show. Kornheiser will continue doing his "Pardon The Interruption" late afternoon TV show for ESPN..... WaPo Loses Kurtz To Daily Beast - 10/5 -  Longtime Washington Post political media columnist and reporter Howard Kurtz (right) jumps to The Daily Beast, where he will be the Tina Brown-edited website's Washington bureau chief. Kurtz, who won renown as an investigative reporter for Post, writes a must-read weekly media column and daily blog for the DC rag. He will continue to host CNN's "Reliable Sources" on Sunday mornings. More from Yahoo News and TBD.com.....FCC Wants More Info From Comcast & NBC - 10/5 - The Federal Communications Commission asks both Comcast and NBC Universal to cough up more info as it proceeds through the mountain of documents it's already received regarding the planned merger of the two media giants. Multichannel News has more..... Citadel Vet Slams MAL Parent - 10/5 - Michael "Mickey" Luckoff resigned Monday as president and general manager of Citadel newser KGO and righty talker KSFO after 35 years at the helm the two San Francisco stations. "These aren't good people," Luckoff said of his now former employer, Citadel, which also owns DC righty talker WMAL. "They don't treat people well. They undermine you at every turn." More at sfgate.com..... Wise Returns To WaPo - 10/5 - Sports columnist Mike Wise returns to the Washington Post today after sitting out a one-month suspension for posting fake news to his Twitter account, a stunt on his afternoon WJFK, 106.7 The Fan show. During his print sidelining, Wise also took some time off from his radio show to be with his wife for the birth of their first child..... Roll Call Names Interim Publisher - 10/5 - Scott Montgomery has been named interim editor for Roll Call, following the surprising resignation of Charlie Mitchell last week. Montgomery has been the director of consumer publishing for CQ-Roll Call..... More: Hydeck To WUSA - 10/5 - DCRTV broke the news yesterday that Mike Hydeck, from Hartford's WFSB-TV, will be a new morning news anchor at Channel 9/WUSA. A day later, Lisa de Moraes gets the story in the DC Post..... Popovec Leaves Great Scott - 10/5 - Baltimore radio veteran Michael Popovec is budget cut out of his gig with Great Scott Broadcasting on the Eastern Shore. Where he was music director, operations manager, and sports director at hot adult contemporary WZEB and country WKHI. He also programmed and did afternoons at WZEB..... FCC Eyes JLA For Un-IDed Promos During Newscasts - 10/4 -   TV Business Report tells us that Allbritton's Channel 7/WJLA was the subject of a complaint that it was running promotional material during newscasts without identifying the sponsor, and has settled the matter with the Federal Communications Commission via a consent decree, in which Allbritton admits no guilt in the matter. According to the FCC, it began digging into charges from the complaint "...alleging that various broadcasters, including the licensee, had solicited paying sponsors for promotional segments that were featured in the station's news coverage." RBR adds that the FCC offered no clues as to which other stations were named in the complaint. WJLA was said to have "...policies and procedures to deter employees from engaging in conduct that violates the sponsorship identification laws, but is willing to adopt a new plan in an effort to enhance the effectiveness of (the) licensee's efforts." WJLA will also submit compliance reports to the FCC within 90 days, and then on the anniversary of the consent decree for the next three years. It will also make a "voluntary contribution to defray the national debt" in the amount of $21,000, RBR adds.....Mike Hydeck To Anchor AM News At 9 - 10/4 - DCRTV hears that Mike Hydeck is leaving Hartford CT's WFSB-TV, where he's anchored morning news, to anchor morning news at Channel 9/WUSA. Before Hartford, he worked as an anchor and reporter at WBZ-TV in Boston, WLOS-TV in Asheville NC, and WCYB in Bristol VA. Fun fact: This makes the third "Mike and Andrea" morning anchor team for WUSA, with Hydeck following Mike Buchanan and Mike Walter as partners with Ms. Roane. Hydeck will start at WUSA later this month..... Bob Hoffmaster To RNR-AM - 10/4 - Bob Hoffmaster has joined the ad sales staff at Martinsburg WV news talker WRNR-AM, 740. That's where Hoffmaster started his career 34 years ago, shortly after WRNR-AM went on the air in 1976. His career has featured positions with Westwood One Radio Networks and UPI. Prior to joining WRNR, Hoffmaster wrapped up a nine-year stint at CSPAN in DC..... BAL Makes "Aggressive" Push For Orioles - 10/4 -  Hearst news talker WBAL, 1090 AM, wants the Orioles back. And bad. And Rich Dubroff, in his Orioles Notebook in the Carroll County Times, says that WBAL is "aggressively challenging" CBS Radio's 105.7 The Fan, WJZ-FM, for rights to the team, starting next season. WBAL, which is currently the Ravens' flagship, aired the Orioles from 1988 to 2007. However, a source has told DCRTV that the baseball team is likely to return to 105.7, following the end of its current three-year deal, which concluded with Sunday's Orioles season-ender. Also, Dubroff tells us that Joe Angel, the Orioles
lead broadcaster, is expected to sign a new three-year contract, and Fred Manfra, who has called games since 1993, is also expected to return. Greg Bader, the Orioles' director of communications, declined to comment on the state of negotiations, Dubroff adds.....2 Starts HD News - 10/4 - Baltimore's Channel 2/WMAR will become the last major network affiliate in the Baltimore/DC area to start airing its local news in high-def with tonight's broadcasts, DCRTV hears..... O&A; Re-Sign With Sirius XM - 10/4 -  Former WJFKers Opie and Anthony (right) have re-signed their morning show deal with Sirius XM for "about the same" amount of dough as their previous contract. Tom Taylor in his Monday TRI radio biz newsletter reports that the duo of Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia, who were once heard on a batch of CBS Radio stations, including DC's WJFK, complained on their Friday show that, for their brand of "guy talk," Sirius XM and its Virus channel is the "only game in town," since the format has pretty much vanished from the broadcast radio dial, having been replaced in DC by sports talk. Also, Hughes says that fellow Sirius XMer Howard Stern, whose contact expires at the end of this year, is "going to be offered a ridiculous amount of money to stay here".....Stuever Eats 26's Breakfast - 10/4 - Hank Stuever reviews WETA's "Breakfast In Washington" documentary, which debuts tonight at 9 on Channel 26. And he finds it quite tasty. At washingtonpost.com..... Edmund Andrews To Nat'l Journal - 10/4 - Edmund Andrews joins the National Journal, where he'll be managing editor for economics, taxes, and budget issues. He comes from the Fiscal Times, where he's been senior Washington correspondent..... Radio HOF Honor For Larry King - 10/4 - Retiring CNN talker Larry King will be honored at the November 6 induction ceremony at Chicago's National Radio Hall Of Fame with "special recognition" of his notable career on the radio, both local in Miami and nationally via Mutual and later Westwood One, when he was based in DC..... 30 For Bobby Jones - 10/3 - Bobby Jones celebrates the 30th anniversary of his "Bobby Jones Gospel" show on DC-based BET. The Washington Post has more..... WaPo Rules Vary On Paying Journos To Speak - 10/3 - Washington Post ombudsman Andy Alexander: "The Post has stringent newsroom policies governing paid speeches by its journalists... But policies are less clear, and enforcement less rigorous, for those who work for the Post on contract. Their numbers have grown in recent years as the Post has cut costs by nudging some of its best people to take buyouts and continue working on contract. The result is a growing class of Post journalists who operate with less oversight, and sometimes under different rules"..... CBS Reporter Arrested On Marijuana Charges - 10/2 - From washingtonpost.com: Howard Arenstein, a veteran CBS Radio News correspondent, was arrested Saturday after police searched his Washington home, and found marijuana plants growing in his yard. Police arrested Arenstein and his wife at their home in the 3500 block of T Street NW and charged them with possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Arenstein is married to Orly Azoulay, Washington correspondent for the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper in Israel. Police executed a search warrant at the home Saturday after a tip from an area resident, and found 11 fully mature marijuana plants and six two-ounce bags of marijuana inside the home..... Forsyth Leaves Allbritton - 10/2 -  DCRTV hears that Robert Forsyth (left) is checking out of the great Allbritton empire after 17 years. He's been director of web technologies for the DC-based media firm, director of operations and engineering at Allbritton's WJLA-TV, and director of internet operations at WJLA. He remains president of internet firm InABox Technologies, which he founded in 2006.....Orioles Looking To Leave 105.7? - 10/2 - Are the Orioles looking for a new radio home in Baltimore, possibly leaving 105.7, WJZ-FM? The latest Charm City sports media news is at PressBoxOnline.com..... McGarry's "It's Academic" Starts 50th Season - 10/1 -  "It's Academic" with host Mac McGarry (right) will return Saturday, October 9th, for its 50th season. The educational quiz show show started in 1961 and has asked more than 250,000 questions and featured nearly 15,000 high school competitors. The show counts some well-known journalists as contestants, including Donald Graham, David Ignatius, and Tom Boswell, all of the Washington Post. A few senators, including Charles Schumer and Hillary Clinton. And actress Sandra Bullock, who was a local high school cheerleader. Giant Food has been the show's sponsor since 1967. "It's Academic" airs Saturdays at 11 AM on Channel 4/WRC.....Baker Adds Discovery's "Storm Chasers" - 10/1 - The Baltimore-Washington area's Matt K. Baker is the new voiceover man for Discovery Channel's "Storm Chasers" and can also be heard on "Beyond Survival." In addition to a batch of promos for Discovery and the Travel Channel, as well as distance learning work for a variety of local and international companies, plus Cowles Parkway Ford in Woodbridge. More at MattSpeaking.com..... Rob Sach's Joins 88.5's "Metro Connection" - 10/1 - Rob Sachs will be the new co-host of WAMU's "Metro Connection" local news magazine. He will join Rebecca Sheir "to bring a fresh perspective to a show that has been on the air for more than a decade," according to a statement from the American University station. The program will now feature weekly themes, as well as series of new segments. Sachs comes to WAMU from NPR, where he worked for "Morning Edition," "Talk Of The Nation," and "All Things Considered." He was one of the original staff members of NPR's "Tell Me More." "Metro Connection" airs at 1 PM Fridays on 88.5 FM and online at MetroConnection.org..... Older news goes to DCRTV's News Archive. Older gossip and commentary items can be found on DCRTV's Rant page. Copyright Dave Hughes/DCRTV.....  |
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