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Contents - Contact Us - News Tips - News Archive - Mailbag - Rant - Support DCRTV NYC/Philadelphia - Boston/Hartford/Providence - Station List - Daveland - Dave TV Facebook - YouTube - Twitter - Job Ads - Advertise On DCRTV - DCRTV Plus WRC Leads May "Sweeps" - 5/17 - We're about halfway through the May ratings "sweeps" for DC TV newsers. The latest numbers, P25-54, MF. 4:30 AM: 1) WRC/WUSA, 3) WTTG, 4) WJLA. 5 AM: 1) WRC, 2) WUSA, 3) WTTG, 4) WJLA. 6 AM: 1) WRC, 2) WTTG, 3)WUSA, 4) WJLA. 5 PM: 1) WRC 2) WJLA/WTTG/WUSA. 6 PM: 1) WRC, 2) WJLA/WUSA, 4) WTTG. 11 PM: 1) WRC, 2) WJLA, 3) WTTG, 4) WUSA..... NOW To Protest Rush At WMAL - 5/17 - At noon Friday, May 18, the National Organization For Women will be holding a rally "to protest Rush Limbaugh and his verbal attacks on women, people of color, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, immigrants and others who aren't like him." In front of his DC station, Cumulus news talker WMAL, 4400 Jenifer Street NW. More info: 202-628-8669..... Dave TV: Balto Radio Ratings Analyzed, Greaseman, Walker, Weaver, More - 5/17 - Some memories of the Greaseman at DC101, WHFS on 102.3, WLMD as progressive country, the Redskins on WMAL, a WGAY Christmas record album, a WMAL Harden and Weaver mug, Ed Walker and Bruce Alan on the old WRC radio, and more in today's "Dave TV." Plus, I examine Baltimore's April radio ratings, including a continued slide for sports talk 105.7 The Fan. Plus, I get a call from a WMALer. At DCRTV's Dave TV page..... Dalglish To Head UMD Journalism School - 5/17 - Lucy Dalglish, the executive director of the Reporters Committee For Freedom Of The Press, has been appointed the next dean of the University Of Maryland's Philip Merrill College Of Journalism. She will succeed Dean Kevin Klose on August 1. Dalglish says she intends to take steps to broaden the education of Merrill College students by creating partnerships with other colleges within the university, while expanding opportunities with other journalism schools and journalists. More at umd.edu..... WAMU Ends DCentric - 5/17 - WAMU is discontinuing DCentric city news blog after reporter Elahe Izadi left last week for a gig at the National Journal. WAMU online managing editor Seth Liss cites fundraising issues for the closing. More at dcentric.wamu.org..... Flock To US News - 5/17 - Elizabeth Flock, who resigned from the Washington Post in April after plagiarizing from a Discovery News story for a Post blog, has been hired by US News And World Report. She'll be writing the "Washington Whispers" column that was formerly run by Washington Examiner "Washington Secrets" writer Paul Bedard. More at DC Porcupine..... DC101 Raises $1.3M For Kidney Charity - 5/17 - Clear Channel alternative rocker DC101, WWDC, raised $1.3 million for the National Kidney Foundation during its 33rd annual Chili Cook-Off. The annual concert event featured Incubus, Cake, the Airborne Toxic Event, AWOLNATION, Neon Trees, Civil Twilight, and Twin Atlantic. Says DC101 PD James Howard: "We at DC101 strive to bring elite entertainment to this event every year. Chili Cook-Off is more than a great time because it comes with the knowledge you are helping to make a difference"..... Hearst's Stolz To Retire - 5/17 - Philip Stolz, who has been senior vice president of Hearst Television since 1998, will retire next year. The retirement caps more than 40 years in the television industry, including a stint as general manager for Channel 11/WBAL in Baltimore..... Buffett Buys Media General's Papers, Including NOVA & Richmond Rags - 5/17 - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has bought 63 newspapers from Richmond VA-based Media General for $142 million. Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary BH Media Group will add daily and weekly titles in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Alabama to the Omaha World-Herald Company newspapers it already owns. Those papers include the Richmond Times-Dispatch, plus Northern Virginia's News And Messenger, its InsideNOVA.com website, the Stafford County Sun, and PW Business. Media General, which also owns 18 network-affiliated television stations, will hold onto its Tampa newspapers. More at politico.com.... Is This News? 7 Covers Cynné Simpson - 5/17 - From wjla.com: "This week, ABC7's Cynné Simpson pushed away from the anchor desk to answer some of your Ask ABC7 questions about… herself. In the video, ABC7's social media correspondent Allene Bryant shows you what Cynné is like when she's not on camera"..... Besser, Cusey, Mason Do Arch - 5/17 - Matt Besser from the Upright Citizens Brigade, Rebecca Cusey, entertainment editor of Pantheos.com, and local stand up comedy lobbyist Arthur Mason guest on this week's "Arch Campbell Show," which airs on NewsChannel 8 Thursday and Friday at 8:30 PM, plus 11:30 AM and 9 PM Saturday..... Radioers Pay Tribute To Chuck Brown - 5/17 - DCRTV hears: Area radio stations paid tribute to legendary "Godfather Of Go Go" Chuck Brown upon the announcement of his death on Wednesday. WPGC, WKYS, and WMMJ all stopped their regular music for a period Wednesday afternoon to play Brown classics and to honor the late 75-year-old founder of DC "Go Go" music. Baltimore's WERQ and the syndicated Michael Baisden show also remembered Brown with selections of his songs. Baisden, heard locally on WHUR and WWIN-FM, took calls from listeners who paid respect to Brown and who shared their memories of the music pioneer. Brown died at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital following an illness. DC all-newser WTOP devoted team coverage to the story of Brown's death in their presentation right out of its CBS hourly newscasts and at other points within each hour. And newser WNEW-FM provided frequent mention of the story within their regular news rotation. All of the DC TV news stations also provided coverage and fan reaction to Brown's death throughout their afternoon and evening newscasts. Brown's image graced the cover of the Washington Post's Style section (left) Thursday. More at washingtonpost.com..... NPR Revenue Down, Talking Cuts - 5/17 - DC-based NPR sees a sharp downturn in underwriting revenue and flattening ratings, leading to talk of staff and program cuts. More at washingtonpost.com..... SFMSports To Cover Ripken Series - 5/17 - SFMSports.net will again be the broadcast partner of the Cal Ripken World Series. The youth baseball tournament will be played in Aberdeen MD from August 9 to 19. SFMSports.net will stream all 41 tournament games, including the championship series, at sfmsports.net and on smart phone and other devices via a mobile application. Listeners can access the streams at no charge. This year's coverage will include pre-game interviews, team features, and on-demand content. Sid Zweigbaum, Stu Paul and, Paul Taylor will call the games..... Advertiser News: Baker Gives Discount To DCRTVers - 5/17 - DCRTV checks in with area voiceman Matt K. Baker, who tells us that he's got a new e-mail address: Matt@adventureVO.com. And, from now through July 4th, he'll give clients a 10% discount on any new business if they mention DCRTV negotiating their deal. Also, we hear that Baker's his first animated cartoon spot, "Ameri-Dry Guy," which is airing in Maryland and Kentucky markets. As well as his first non-fiction audiobook, "Secrets Of Self Starters." And a batch of DeWalt Power Tools training videos. More about Matt is at his mattspeaking.com website and at his YouTube page..... DCRTV's Spring Fundraiser - 5/17 - Our advertisers are great, but DCRTV depends on your donations. Independent, one-man DCRTV has been your best source of Washington and Baltimore area radio, TV, and media news, memories, and gossip for almost 15 years. Visit our Support page to help us during DCRTV's Spring Fundraiser. Make your donation $29 or more and get access to memory-packed DCRTV Plus, where we've added three more Photo Galleries, for a total of 96, with memories of WEAM, WMAL, WPGC, Harden and Weaver, WWIN, WJSV, WLPL, Arthur Godfrey, Mac McGarry, and more. Including some 1993 memories of the Orioles on Channel 2/WMAR (right) from Photo Gallery 78..... Dave TV: April DC Radio Ratings Examined, More - 5/16 - I analyze the DC April monthly radio ratings, with WAMU on top, WTOP in third, and how Cumulus and CBS are falling flat on their asses. More on the Washington Post's awful Style section with Paul Farhi and Lisa de Mayonnaise. And yet more on WMAL's increasingly unlistenable morning show. All in today's "Dave TV" at DCRTV's Dave TV page..... Arnaud Stingy With Attribution? - 5/16 - Is longtime Washington Times columnist Arnaud de Borchgrave a bit lazy attributing where he gets material? Erik Wemple provides some interesting copy comparisons at washingtonpost.com..... Bortnick To Head CBS DC Ad Sales - 5/16 - CBS Radio names Danny Bortnick vice president and director of sales for its six station DC cluster. He will oversee all ad sales for sports talker WJFK, all-news WNEW-FM, urban contemporary WPGC, hot adult contemporary WIAD, Spanish contemporary WLZL, and talker WNEW-AM. Bortnick will also be general sales manager of WNEW-FM/AM. Before coming to WNEW late last year, Bortnick was local sales manager for CBS's WWFS and WXRK in NYC. He joined CBS NYC in 2006, jumped to Salem's NYC radio cluster in 2008, and re-joined CBS NYC in 2010. Bortnick replaces Shari Gonzalez, who left the top ad sales gig for CBS DC earlier this month. She remains general sales manager for WPGC..... Staxx Leaves Z104.3 For DC101 - 5/16 - Staxx jumps from his night hosting and imaging director gigs at Clear Channel's contemporary hit Z104.3, WZFT, in Baltimore, to Clear Channel's DC alternative rock DC101, WWDC, where he will be creative services director. Z104.3 is looking for Staxx's replacement..... 7 To Run "Katie" At 4, Move "Anderson" To 3 - 5/16 - DCRTV hears that Allbritton's Channel 7/WJLA will move Anderson Cooper's "Anderson" show one hour earlier, start time 3 PM, come September. When it will debut Katie Couric's new "Katie" show at 4 PM. Cooper's lowish ratings have hurt the numbers for 7's 5 PM newscast. Also, DCRTV hears that WJLA will run "Good Morning America Afternoon Edition" at 2 PM for eight weeks starting in July, replacing the cancelled "The Revolution." Come September, "General Hospital" will get moved into the 2 PM slot on 7. It currently airs at 3 PM..... Newseum Discourages Front Page Repros - 5/16 - DC's Newseum has instituted a "watermarking system" designed "to prevent illegal downloads of the newspaper front pages." Wonders Romenesko: "Are the Newseum folks upset about people posting the pages on Facebook and sharing them on other social media sites?"..... Sajak To Host At GI Film Fest - 5/16 - "Wheel Of Fortune" host Pat Sajak will host "International Warrior Night" at DC's GI Film Festival tonight, May 16th. Details at gifilmfestival.com. Sajak, who lives near Annapolis, owns Annapolis news talker WNAV, 1430 AM, and Westminster oldies outlet WTTR, 1470 AM..... More: Kramer To USA Today - 5/16 - DCRTV tipped you earlier this week. And now, Steven Mufson at washingtonpost.com has more on journalist-turned-web-entrepreneur Larry Kramer's new gig as publisher and president of the troubled USA Today, Gannett's McLean-based national newspaper. More: As part of the deal, Kramer was given a one-time signing bonus of 37,341 shares of Gannett stock, worth about $500,000, so reports Gannett Blog..... Emmy Nom For WTOP Traffic Commercial - 5/16 - Hubbard all-newser WTOP could pick up an award at next month's local Emmy ceremony for its "2011/2012 Traffic Commercial Campaign," which aired on local TV stations. The award is given by the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy Of Television Arts And Sciences, which honors excellence in the television industry for news, entertainment, and sports. "The campaign's concept was to promote 'traffic on the 8s' and in-car listening on WTOP but to do it in a fun way that didn't look like another 'news station' spot," says WTOP Marketing Director Mary Kay LeMay Waugh. "The two 15-second, animated commercials ran as bookends in morning news programming and depicted the commute to work and back home respectively"..... Press Talks To Mediaite - 5/16 - Lefty Bill Press, who has a DC-based radio morning radio show that is simulcasted on Current TV, talks to mediaite.com. Press's DC station, liberal talker WPWC, 1480 AM in Dumfries, didn't show up in the April DC radio ratings..... Emmy For Ron Smith - 5/15 - Ron Smith (right) will be awarded the prestigious Ted Yates Emmy for his longtime contributions to journalism. Smith was a news anchor and reporter at Channel 11/WBAL and a talk show host at WBAL radio more than 20 years. He died last December from pancreatic cancer. The 54th annual local Emmy awards will be handed out in a DC ceremony in June. Smith's widow, June, joined WBAL radio's Mary Beth Marsden to talk about what the posthumous award means to Ron's memory. The audio is at wbal.com..... WAMU Tops DC Radio Heap For April - 5/15 - American University public radio news talker WAMU tops the DC radio ratings for the month of April. Hubbard's well-established all-newser WTOP places third, still way ahead of CBS's new all-newser WNEW, in 31st. A WTOP source puts it this way: "No storms, no major traffic, no big news. And no real reason to check in with your favortite all-news station as often as usual. Not great for us but it sure was worse for those other guys in Lanham. You know that Hispanic station (WBQH) on the first floor leasing our 1050 signal? They had triple the ratings of WNEW 25-54 and double 6+. And WFED, which pays no attention to ratings, tied them." Full-day, age 6+: 1) WAMU [ME 1st, ATC 1st], 2) WIHT [Kane 3rd], 3) WTOP [AM drive 2nd, PM drive 3rd], 4) WASH [L&L 4th], 5) WHUR [Harvey 6th, Baisden 5th], 6) WMMJ [Joyner 4th, Monds 7th], 7) WBIG [Griffiths 14th], 8) WMZQ [Boxer 8th], 9) WWDC [Elliot 7th] and WGTS, 11) WPRS [Yolanda 15th, Jackson 9th], 12) WIAD [McFly 10th] and WKYS [Parr 16th], 14) WRQX [Diamond 9th, Carson 9th], 15) WPGC [Free 17th], 16) WETA-FM, 17) WMAL [B&B 12th, Rush 14th, Hannity 16th], 18) WLZL [Biagi 19th], 19) WJFK [Junks 17th, Arrington 17th], 20) WTEM [M&M 23rd, Korny 18th, Czaban 18th], 21) WFRE, 22) WDCN and WINC-FM and WAVA-FM, 25) WBQH and WBQB, 27) WAFY, 28) WERQ and WFLS and WPFW, 31) WQSR and WGRQ and WWEG and WFED and WNEW-FM [AM drive 28th, PM drive 30th] and WOL..... WWIN-FM Tops Balto Radio Heap For April - 5/15 - Magic 95.9, WWIN-FM tops the Baltimore radio ratings for the month of April. Full-day, age 12+: 1) WWIN-FM [Joyner 1st] and WERQ [Smiley 2nd], 3) WLIF [G&D 5th], 4) WPOC [DeYoung 4th], 5) WBAL-AM [Durian 2nd] and WZFT [Kane 15th], 7) WWMX [JJ&R 11th], 8) WCBM [S&F 7th] and WYPR [ME 9th], 10) WRBS-FM [TM&D 10th] and WIYY [M&A 6th], 12) WQSR, 13) WZBA and WCAO, 15) WJZ-FM [N&D 12th], 16) WHUR, 17) WBJC..... Might Sinclair Buy 24? - 5/15 - TVNewscheck tells us that Baltimore-based Sinclair Broadcast Group has extended for five more years Fox network affiliations for 19 stations that Sinclair owns or programs, including Sinclair's Baltimore flagship, Channel 45/WBFF. The new agreement goes into effect January 1, 2013. For the WBFF renewal and for an option to buy Fox's Baltimore MyTV network affiliate Channel 24/WUTB, Sinclair agreed to pay Fox "a maximum" of $52.7 million. Sinclair has nine months to exercise its option on WUTB, between July 1, 2012, and March 31, 2013. In addition to owning WBFF, Sinclair operates Baltimore's CW affiliate, Channel 54/WNUV..... Dave TV: Buzz Burbank, JC Hayward, Jake Einstein, More - 5/15 - Buzz Burbank leaves Mike O'Meara. Some classic radios. TCM runs "Cry Terror" with some old NBC newsers, including Roy Neal. And lots of cool local radio and TV history photos from the DCRTV archives, including Channel 9's JC Hayward and Bob Dalton, WHFS's David, Damian, and Jake Einstein, plus Eddie Gallaher, Channel 13's Buddy Deane, WPGC, Jamie Bragg, Tom Gauger, and much more in today's edition of "Dave TV" at DCRTV's Dave TV page..... Burbank Says Adios To O'Meara's Show - 5/15 - Buzz Burbank (right) is leaving Mike O'Meara's daily podcast. The "newsman," whose real name is Mike Elston, met Don Geronimo when Geronimo was working in Chicago in the 1980s. In 1991, Burbank moved to the Washington area to join Geronimo and O'Meara's "Don And Mike" show on then "guy talker" WJFK, 106.7 FM. Burbank continued with O'Meara on WJFK after Geronimo left the show in 2008, and followed O'Meara to his mikeomearashow.com podcast in late 2009, after WJFK flipped to sports talk. Burbank, who's had health problems but stresses that he's fine now, says he wants to spend time developing his own longer-form news-oriented podcast. Burbank will be leaving O'Meara's show at the end of May..... Barbash To Reuters - 5/15 - Fred Barbash jumps from CQ Roll Call, where he was managing editor of CQ Weekly, to Reuters to be domestic policy editor. He's a veteran of the Washington Post and Politico..... NPR's Reber To CIR - 5/15 - Susanne Reber, who built and led DC-based NPR's first investigations unit, has joined the Center For Investigative Reporting to lead its national and international investigative and enterprise reporting projects. She'll also be in charge of CIR's team of health and environment reporters. Romenesko has more..... DC Pub Broadcasters Tackle Grad Rates - 5/15 - DC area public broadcaster WETA, Channel 26 and FM 90.9, has joined a major national public media initiative - "American Graduate: Let's Make It Happen" - aimed at improving high school graduation rates. Locally, American Graduate DC brings together WETA and public media stations WAMU, 88.5 FM, and Channel 32/WHUT to combat the high school dropout crisis in the DC area. Efforts include a Teacher Town Hall with WAMU's Matt McCleskey on June 5 at the WHUT studios. More at AmericanGraduateDC.org..... Toned Down Stern On NBC - 5/15 - Washington Post TV critic Hank Stuever finds that longtime radio shock jock Howard Stern, once heard on WJFK, has become a "beloved uncle" on NBC's "America's Got Talent." At washingtonpost.com..... Larry Kramer Named USA Today Publisher - 5/14 - MarketWatch.com founder and "true pioneer of digital media" Larry Kramer has been named president and publisher of Gannett's McLean-based USA Today. He spent two decades as a journalist, including reporter and editor gigs at the Washington Post. Romenesko has more..... Area ACers Compared - 5/14 - Radio Info's Sean Ross takes a virtual trip down I-95 and gives a listen to a batch of area adult contemporary and hot adult contemporary stations, including Baltimore's Mix 106.5 and 101.9 Lite FM, DC's Mix 107.3 and 97.1 WASH, plus Fredericksburg's B101.5, WBQB. At radio-info.com..... ABC: Tapper Not Jumping To CNN - 5/14 - ABC News is shooting down a Mediabistro report that DC-based Jake Tapper might jump to low-rated CNN. "Being the White House correspondent for ABC News is a dream job, one I'm focused on 100%. I couldn't be happier where I am right now," Tapper says..... Sunday: 7 Wins At 11 Despite Jim & Doreen On 4 - 5/14 - OK, so NBC-owned Channel 4/WRC brought in its main weeknightly news anchor team of Jim Vance and Doreen Gentzler to do Sunday's 11 PM show. Obviously, a concession to the all-important May ratings "sweeps" by the longtime leader in the DC TV news race. So, did it work? Well, we hear that Channel 7/WJLA won last night's 11 PM news battle with a 1.7 rating in the age 25-54 demo. Channel 4 was second (by a whisker of Vance's grey beard) with a 1.6. Channel 9/WUSA placed third with a 1.2, and Channel 5/WTTG was fourth with a 1.0..... WTOP Partners For Trombone Feat - 5/14 - DC all-newser WTOP is joining with Arena Stage to bring together more than 500 trombone players on Friday, June 1, at the Washington Nationals Park to set the world record for largest all-trombone orchestra. The trombonists will gather to play "76 Trombones" in celebration of Arena Stage's production of "The Music Man." The event benefits FAME, the Foundation For The Advancement Of Music And Education. More at constantcontact.com..... PressBox Launches Gaming Site - 5/14 - Baltimore sports newspaper and website PressBox launches MarylandGaming.net, which will cover casino gambling, lotteries, wagering on sporting events, private games, and horse racing, along with the latest legislative and political initiatives affecting the gaming industry. "We are excited to add another vehicle for our followers and the Maryland sports community where PressBox will serve as a main information resource," says John Coulson, managing partner and vice president of sales and marketing at PressBox. "The gaming industry is growing rapidly, and we believe MarylandGaming.net enables us to provide a key platform covering that industry and its newsmakers." The recent national spotlight on the Maryland lottery, the state's strong horse-racing heritage - highlighted by the annual running of the Preakness, and the arrival of various casinos, especially the soon to open gambling facility at Arundel Mills Mall, have sparked the heightened interest in the gaming field, according to a release for the new site. Veteran Baltimore Sun journalist Bill Ordine will serve as the site's lead columnist. Ordine has written about gambling for more than two decades, including authoring a casino travel column for the Philadelphia Inquirer..... Alarm Interrupts 9 Newscast - 5/14 - In the 5 AM hour Monday, an alarm interrupted Howard Bernstein's weather segment at Channel 9/WUSA. We're told that it was caused by a basement water leak that resulted in the temporary evacuation of WUSA's Broadcast House in northwest DC. The Gannett-owned station switched away from its local newscast to CBS News for about five minutes. "We came back on around 5:25," writes Bernstein at DCRTV's Facebook page. "A first for me in over 20 years in broadcasting." We have video in DCRTV's 5/14 Mailbag..... Talkers Talks To TOP's Augenstein - 5/14 - From talkers.com: "Things have changed, at least technologically, since WTOP, Washington reporter Neal Augenstein joined the heritage all-news outlet in 1999. The newsroom was still equipped with reel-to-reel tape recorders and the portable bag phones that weighed as much as 15 pounds. Since 2010, Neal has earned the distinction of being the first major market radio reporter who does all of his field production on an iPhone or iPad. This week Talkers TV presents the final installment of an exclusive three-part feature on the inner workings of all-news giant WTOP with an interview with Neal Augenstein in which he explains the theory behind and the method of using Apple's smart phone as an extremely innovative and convenient tool for gathering, producing and presenting news in a multimedia venue"..... Ombud Defends WaPo Romney Bullying Story - 5/13 - Washington Post ombudsman Patrick Pexton says that his paper's Mitt Romney prep school bullying story holds up to scrutiny. At washingtonpost.com..... Balto Cops Can 45's "Fugitive Files" - 5/12 - Baltimore Police are still angry at Channel 45/WBFF for a recent incident in which a man sought in a high-profile assault walked into the Fox affiliate's studio, apologized on camera, and left without authorities being notified. So, the police department has refused to continue producing "Fugitive Files," which had aired for five years during Sinclair-owned 45's Friday newscasts. The segments, which summon the public's help in solving crimes, have helped nab more than three dozen wanted suspects since 2007. More at baltimoresun.com..... Economist's DC Chief Killed In VA Car Mishap - 5/11 - Peter David, the Economist's Washington bureau chief, died in a car accident Thursday. He was 60. David had been with the London-based magazine for 28 years. The car accident occurred at 9:45 PM on I-64 in Albemarle County VA. David was riding with three others, all of whom were taken to Charlottesville's University Of Virginia Medical Center. The driver of the other car was charged with reckless driving. David was the only casualty. More at politico.com..... Marion Barry Seeks Communications Director - 5/11 - The District Of Columbia's often-controversial and always-colorful "mayor-for-life" Marion Barry is hiring. For $46,350 to $75,000 per year one brave soul can serve as the communications director for Barry, now a DC councilman. ABC News has more..... Dave Gunning To Do Middays On WINC-FM - 5/11 - Dave Gunning (right) returns to Winchester's hot adult contemporary WINC-FM, 92.5, where he worked in 2007. He will be doing middays - the 9 AM to 1 PM shift, including the "Retro Cafe" show at noon. He'll also do Saturday evenings, from 8 PM until midnight. Gunning was program director and afternoon driver for Frederick's hot adult contemporary WAFY, Key 103.1, until his resignation last December. At WINC-FM, Gunning replaces Paula Kidwell, who is joining Notaviva Vineyard in Purcellville. She will still be heard occasionally on the Centennial station..... WaPo "Self-Destructive" - 5/11 - Dividends, share buybacks, and an anti-paywall website stance have help bleed dry the self-destructive Washington Post. So charges Ryan Chittum at the Columbia Journalism Review..... AC Radio Personality Murdered - 5/11 - Nearby news. From philly.com: A South Jersey talk radio personality was found fatally shot Thursday in a bedroom of her Atlantic County home. Police discovered April Kauffman's body in her home in Linwood NJ. She was shot several times. No arrests have been made. Kauffman co-hosted a weekly program on Atlantic City area news talker WOND, 1400 AM..... WaPo Slammed For Romney "Hit Piece" - 5/11 - Matt Lewis at dailycaller.com: "A question emerges in reading the Washington Post piece on Mitt Romney today: How can Romney's old pal Stu White tell the Washington Post that he has 'long been bothered by the Lauber incident' - and then later admit to ABC News that he was 'not present for the prank' and 'was not aware of it until this year when he was contacted by the Washington Post'?" More questions about the story have been raised at weeklystandard.com. This morning, WMAL's morning show came to the conclusion that the article about the GOP's presumptive presidential nominee bullying other students in his prep school days in the mid-1960s was a "hit piece"..... Lau To Atlantic - 5/11 - Kimberly Lau joins the DC-based Atlantic magazine in the newly-created role of vice president and general manager for Atlantic Digital. She comes from Hearst, where she was vice president of business development and partnership relations for its magazine and website division..... 4 Leads DC TV News Race - 5/10 - Channel 4/WRC takes the lead in the DC TV news race for the May "sweeps" ratings period. In the current P25-54 MF demo numbers. 4:30 AM: 1) WRC 4 and WUSA 9, 3) WTTG 5, 4) WJLA 7. 5 AM: 1) WRC 4, 2) WTTG 5 and WUSA 9, 4) WJLA 7. 6 AM: 1) WRC 4, 2) WTTG 5, 3) WUSA 9, 4) WJLA 7. 5 PM: 1) WRC 4, 2) WJLA 7, 3) WTTG 5 and WUSA 9. 6 PM: 1) WRC 4, 2) WUSA 9, 3) WJLA 7, 4) WTTG 5. 11 PM: 1) WRC 4, 2) WJLA 7, 3) WTTG 5, 4) WUSA 9..... Slim Chance For DC City Paper Sale - 5/10 - The Chicago Reader weekly alternative freebie tab is likely to be sold to the owners of the crosstown Chicago Sun-Times for $3 million, leaving the Washington City Paper as one of the last from the Creative Loafing bankruptcy still owned by hedge fund Atalaya. And even though DC's weekly alternative freebie tab has been up for sale for a while, the list of possible purchasers is pretty slim. So reports DC Porcupine..... Reber Leaves NPR - 5/10 - Susanne Reber, NPR's deputy managing editor of investigations, is leaving the DC-based public radio organization. No word about where she's heading, reports poynter.org..... WaPo Doesn't Run Romney Story In Print Edition - 5/10 - The Washington Post did not publish in its Thursday print edition a story about Mitt Romney's prep school days, with an account that included disturbing recollections from former classmates about the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's behavior toward two students perceived to be gay. Instead, Post print subscribers were greeted Thursday by a piece touting President Obama's newly stated support for marriage equality. Michael Calderone at huffingtonpost.com tells us that Post editors were concerned about placing the Romney story on the front page alongside pieces about Obama voicing his support for same-sex marriage. Even though the Romney article appeared only on the Post's website, some critics saw the timing of the story as evidence of media bias, suggesting that the motive had to do with making Romney look intolerant just as Obama had voiced his support for same-sex marriage..... Liberty Seeks Control Of SiriusXM - 5/10 - Having been stymied by the Federal Communications Commission last week in its gambit to take over Sirius XM Radio, Liberty Media is bumping up its stake in the company to 45.2% from 40%. The two companies have been locked in a struggle for control since March, when Liberty started the high-stakes corporate chess match with a request to the FCC for control of the operating licenses SiriusXM needed to broadcast its satellite radio service. Liberty argued that its 40% ownership, along with five out of 13 seats on the board, meant it had "de facto" control of SiriusXM. More at latimes.com. NYC's SiriusXM includes the DC-based operations of the former XM..... WaPo's SocialCode Nabs Diggers - 5/10 - SocialCode, a social media advertising firm and subsidiary of the Washington Post Company, has hired 15 members from the engineering team at the social news site Digg. More at washingtonpost.com..... DeMint Continues CPB Defunding Campaign - 5/10 - Senator James DeMint is continuing his efforts to defund the Corporation For Public Broadcasting. Republican DeMint, a veteran critic of public radio and TV funding, is fighting to defund the organization and penning op eds in opposition to the government funds, which supply about 15% of noncommercial station budgets. More at broadcastingcable.com..... Billy Zero Gets Moody - 5/10 - DCRTV hears that Baltimore area native Billy Zero, who worked at legendary alternative rocker WHFS from 1994 to 2000, and later at DC's XM Satellite Radio - Unsigned, Fred, XMU - through 2008, is now custom programmer at Mood Media, where he programs in-store music for some of the largest retails brand in the country, including Macy's and the Sports Authority. His website is at billyzero.com..... DC Newser Raises Funds For Torah Documentary - 5/10 - Former Channel 4/WRC and Channel 5/WTTG news producer Dan Cohen has spent the past 10 years putting together a documentary - "An Article Of Hope" - on how a miniature torah, which survived a Nazi death camp, was carried by a member of the Columbia space shuttle, which disintegrated over Texas. And he's trying to raise funds for the final leg of its production on kickstarter.com..... DC Radio & TV Museum Changes Name - 5/10 - The Washington area's Radio And Television Museum officially changed its name to the National Capital Radio And Television Museum at a ceremony yesterday at its Bowie facility. Local leaders, including Bowie Mayor Frederick Robinson, were on hand for the proclaimation and the unveiling of a new logo (right). The museum is at 2608 Mitchellville Road and is open Fridays 10 AM to 5 PM, and Saturdays and Sundays 1 PM to 5 PM. More at ncrtv.org..... WaPo Admits 2nd Beastie Error - 5/10 - In its recent obit about the death of Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, the Washington Post got the date of death wrong. And now, in its May 10 issue, the Post admits a second error about Yauch. It's issued a correction apologizing for getting Yauch's picture wrong in a "referral box" in the Style section on May 5. The image was of another Beastie Boy, Adam Horovitz..... Hagerstown Honors Scally - 5/10 - Hagertown honors longtime Channel 25/WHAG weatherman Lou Scally by putting his name on a street sign. The street behing his house is now named "Lou Scally Alley." Scally has also been heard doing mornings on news talker WJEJ, 1240 AM. More from the Hagerstown Herald-Mail..... Dave TV: CBS's JFK Sin, More Korny At 980, No WNEW Traction, More - 5/9 - Preacher Dave delivers his sermon on the "sin" of CBS-DC: Moving WJFK out of Fairfax. And, how I really miss Don and Mike on the DC radio dial. I listen more to the Gamut on 103.5's HD3. Some changes to WMAL's morning show? Two more years for Tony Kornheiser at ESPN 980. And, I look at trends in the latest batch of DC and Baltimore radio ratings, including the continuing lack of traction for new all-newser WNEW. A new development in the tragic suicide of a longtime Leesburg radio personality. All this and more in today's "Dave TV" at DCRTV's Dave TV page..... Fairfield Leaves WaPo For NYT - 5/9 - Hannah Fairfield leaves the Washington Post, where she's been director of graphics, to join the New York Times, to be senior graphics editor..... Sehgal Leaves NPR For NYTBR - 5/9 - Parul Sehgal leaves NPR, where she's been book editor, to join the New York Times Book Review..... Izadi Leaves WAMU For Nat'l Journal - 5/9 - Reporter Elahe Izadi leaves American University news talker WAMU, where she's run wamu.org's DCentric blog, to join the National Journal's Influence Alley..... Patch Upswing For AOL - 5/9 - AOL, which still has a major presence in the Dulles area, has posted a 5% rise in advertising revenue and a 14% drop in subscribers to its internet access business. Even though overall domestic display ad sales declined by 1%, AOL says its Patch sites, dozens of which cover local news in the DC-Baltimore area, featured significantly more traffic and advertisers. More at poynter.org..... Change At WaPo's TV Arm - 5/9 - Alan Frank, the president and chief executive officer of Post-Newsweek Stations, the television broadcasting division of the Washington Post Company, will retire at the end of 2012 after 12 years. He will be replaced by Emily Barr, the general manager of ABC-owned WLS-TV in Chicago. Post-Newsweek owns TV stations in Detroit, Houston, Miami, Orlando, San Antonio, and Jacksonville. More at marketwatch.com..... Baier Re-Ups With Fox News - 5/9 - Fox News Channel has extended the contract of DC-based Bret Baier, the network's top political news anchor, through the 2016 presidential election season. The contract renewal is unusual because Baier's contract was extended just 18 months ago, and was not due to be renewed again for another 18 months, the NY Times reports..... More Problems For OWN - 5/9 - More bad news for Oprah Winfrey's OWN network, which is operated and distributed by Silver Spring-based Discovery Communications. It isn't slated to break even financially until mid-2013. More at washingtonpost.com..... NBC Plans DC Comedy - 5/9 - NBC is planning a new sitcom about political Washington, "1600 Penn." Baltimore's Jason Winer is the co-creator, director, and executive producer. The other creators and executive producers are Jon Lovett, a former White House speech writer, and Josh Gad, from "The Book Of Mormon." More at washingtonpost.com..... FAIR Stages DC Radio Event - 5/8 - The Federation For American Immigration Reform's "Hold Their Feet To The Fire" event features about 50 radio talk show hosts from around the country camped out at the Phoenix Park Hotel on Capitol Hill on May 8 and 9, from 6 AM to 7 PM. With radio hosts discussing immigration policy with members of Congress, state legislators, law enforcement officials, and other policy experts..... Former CCDCer Charged With Soliciting MoCo Students - 5/8 - A Montgomery County former high school instructor is charged with soliciting students for sex, touching students, and exposing himself to them. Aaron Lamere, 39, who was a media services technician at Northwood High School in Silver Spring until March, allegedly possessed child pornography and engaged in sexual conduct with three male students at Northwood between October and February, according to the Washington Examiner. DCRTV hears that Lamere was a producer for Clear Channel's contemporary hit Hot 99.5 and country WMZQ in the early 2000s..... 2 More For Korny At 980 - 5/8 - A listener tells DCRTV that Tony Kornheiser said on his ESPN 980 show today that he has re-upped for two more years with WTEM. He'll be off for the summer beginning at the end of June and be back in the fall, he added. Former Washington Post sports columnist Kornheiser, who still does his late afternoon "PTI" show for ESPN, is heard on Red Zebra sports talker WTEM daily from 10 AM to noon..... Chronicle Apologizes For Fired Writer - 5/8 - The editor of the DC-based Chronicle Of Higher Education has apologized and severed the publication's relationship with the writer of a blog post about black studies that "did not meet the Chronicle's basic editorial standards for reporting and fairness in opinion articles." More at poynter.org..... WAMU Again Tops DC Radio Heap - 5/8 - The local radio ratings for the "third week" of April, full-day, age 12+. DC: 1) WAMU, 2) WTOP, 3) WASH and WIHT, 5) WHUR, 6) WMMJ and WMZQ, 8) WBIG, 9) WPRS and WWDC, 11) WRQX, 12) WGTS and WKYS, 14) WIAD, 15) WPGC, 16) WETA-FM, 17) WMAL, 18) WLZL and WJFK, 20) WTEM, 21) WINC-FM, 22) WFRE, 23) WDCN, 24) WAVA-FM and WBQH, 26) WAFY, 27) WFLS, 28) WFED and WBQB and WERQ and WGRQ, 32) WPFW and WWEG and WNEW-FM and WOL and WQSR. Baltimore, same demo: 1) WERQ, 2) WWIN-FM, 3) WLIF, 4) WPOC, 5) WZFT, 6) WWMX, 7) WBAL-AM, 8) WYPR, 9) WCBM, 10) WQSR, 11) WIYY, 12) WRBS-FM, 13) WZBA, 14) WHUR, 15) WCAO, 16) WJZ-FM, 17) WBJC, 18) WPGC, 19) WTOP, 20) WKYS..... 24's Jenel Boston To Utica - 5/8 - NewsBlues reports that Jenel Boston, a writer, producer, and anchor at Baltimore's Fox-owned My TV affiliate, Channel 24/WUTB, has been hired as the morning news anchor at Utica NY's NBC affiliate, WKTV-TV..... Rush's Fluke Rants Cost Cumulus $4M - 5/8 - Tom Taylor, in his Tuesday TRI radio business newsletter, tells us that Cumulus took a $4 million "hit" from sponsors yanking ads because of Rush Limbaugh's rants about Georgetown University student Sandra Fluke's stand on contraceptive funding issues. Limbaugh is carried on 38 Cumulus stations, including WMAL, 105.9 FM/630 AM. Cumulus ad revenues dropped 3.5% in the first quarter of 2012..... Investigation Links Former WAGE Personality To Missing Fire Dept Funds - 5/8 - A Loudoun County criminal investigation, still ongoing, has determined that close to $500,000 in funds are missing from the Middleburg Volunteer Fire Department. According to Leesburg Today, the money was allegedly embezzled over the last three years by Paul Draisey (right), the department's treasurer. Draisey, 55, a longtime radio personality at Leesburg's now-defunct news talker WAGE, died of a gunshot wound on April 16. At the time, the Loudoun sheriff's office said it did not suspect "foul play" in the death. Investigators now believe it was a suicide. More at statter911.com and at washingtonpost.com..... More About Kirk Litton's New Gig - 5/8 - Last month, DCRTV told you that local radio veteran Kirk Litton was leaving Radio One-DC after many years as regional sales director and account executive to become an owner and operator of a newly-created radio station group in Columbia SC. Now, we hear more. Litton is teaming with Thomas Davis, who also owns stations in Norfolk VA and Wilmington NC. Litton and Davis's new companies will be called Triple M Broadcasting and Hometown Columbia. The stations include adult contemporary WWNU and classic country WWNQ..... Senate Confirms FCC Nominees - 5/8 - The US Senate has vote to confirm Republican Ajit Pai and Democrat Jessica Rosenworcel to seats on the Federal Communications Commission. The nominees have been in suspended animation since their October 31 nominations. Senator Charles Grassley recently released his "hold" from an unrelated dispute with FCC Chairman Genachowski..... Johnny Holliday Holds Golf Fundraiser - 5/8 - The seventh annual Johnny Holliday Scholarship Classic was held Monday at Bretton Woods Golf Club in Poolesville MD to benefit the Youth Leadership Foundation. Members of the media and sporting world on hand for the charity event held by the longtime DC radio and TV veteran, including Redskins great Larry Brown, University Of Maryland head basketball coach Mark Turgeon, former Terps head coach Gary Williams, the voice of the Washington Wizards Steve Buckhantz, former WPGC morning man Donnie Simpson, Washington Capitals voice Al Koken, WTEM's Rick "Doc" Walker, Montgomery County Police chief Tom Manger, and more..... Atlantic Unveils Quartz - 5/8 - Kevin Delaney, editor-in-chief of DC-based Atlantic Media's new global business news enterprise, today unveiled the name of the new brand. It will be called Quartz and can be found online at qz.com..... Dave TV: WaPo Slumps, 13 Cuts O's, 20 For Edelman, More - 5/7 - The meandering Washington Post still doesn't know what it is in this internet age. Fallout from Channel 13/WJZ's cut of the Orioles' Sunday 17th inning game. Twenty years for Ric Edelman on WMAL. New old ownership for Hagerstown's classic rock Eagle 106.9. Also, 98 Rock's Mickey's expensive coffee spill. And more in today's edition of "Dave TV" at DCRTV's Dave TV page..... WaPo Social Reader Sinks, Too - 5/7 - More bad news for the Washington Post. Forbes tells us about a big decline in users of the Washington Post Social Reader, an app that encourages Facebook users to read and recommend articles from the Post's website..... WaPoers Meet In Secret, Discuss Slumping Paper - 5/7 - From adweek.com: "Washington Post staffers are buzzing about a secret meeting between some 10 big-name Post journalists including Dana Priest, David Finkel and Carol Leonnig, and Steve Hills, the president and general manager of the newspaper. The April 17 meeting was highly unusual for two reasons - the executive editor, Marcus Brauchli, wasn't present, and the participants agreed not to talk about it. They approached Bradley Graham, a former Post reporter (no relation to Post Company chairman Don Graham) and Hills friend, who agreed to host the get-together at his Bethesda mansion... Over sandwiches around the dining room table, the journalists expressed concern about the loss of newsroom resources"..... WTOP To Reward Worst Commute - 5/7 - Hubbard all-newser WTOP debuts "Commuter Idle," a morning drive contest allowing listeners in the most congested region in the country to share their nightmare commutes for the chance to win prizes Contest entries will be accepted this week at wtop.com. Entrants are required to submit a story describing their commute. The top ten entries will be featured on-air with Mike Moss and Bruce Alan as well as online, and will be narrowed down to three finalists based on listener voting. The top three will be featured the week of May 21 and the grand prize winner will be announced May 25. The winner wins $1,000 in gas money and a limo ride to and from work. The runners up each will receive $150 in gas cards..... 13 Cuts Orioles For "60 Minutes" - 5/7 - Baltimore's CBS-owned Channel 13/WJZ attracted the wrath of many Orioles fans Sunday when it cut off the end of the battle with the Red Sox at 7 PM to go to the network's "60 Minutes." The game, which started at 1:30 PM and was in the 16th inning, was also being shown on the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network. The Orioles won in the 17th inning. "We were both pretty disappointed that we couldn't watch the end of the game. "It was a classic. And they cut it off. It is going to go down in baseball history, and we missed it," a viewer told the Baltimore Sun. WJZ viewers were alerted via a lower-screen crawl before 7 PM that the game's conclusion would be on MASN. More at PressBoxOnline.com..... Edelman Celebrates 20 On WMAL - 5/7 - This morning, Ric Edelman celebrated his 20th year on news talker WMAL, making his DC area-based financial advice show the longest-running on the station. Edelman tipped his hat to former afternoon show hosts Chris Core and Bill Trumbull, who gave him his start on the then ABC-owned station. Edelman's nationally syndicated personal finance show, "The Truth About Money," airs on WMAL from 10 AM to noon Saturdays..... Did Cumulus Bid For WWEG & WAFY? - 5/7 - Tom Taylor, in his Monday TRI radio biz newsletter, tells us that Cumulus, which owns DC's WMAL and WRQX, submitted a $5 million bid in bankruptcy court for Nassau's WWEG, WAFY, and WARK in the Hagerstown-Frederick area. Of course, as DCRTV told you last week, the stations went to Frederick-based Manning. More: DCRTV hears that Connissieur Media of Westport CT submitted the back up bid for the stations - not Cumulus. More as we hear it..... Manning To Keep Formats & Jocks At WWEG & WAFY - 5/7 - DCRTV hears that there won't be any major format changes at Hagerstown's classic rock WWEG, 106.9 The Eagle, and Frederick's hot adult contemporary WAFY, Key 103.1, other than some minor tweaking of the music and "formatics." Look for a more active programming approach, as "the stations has been on autopilot for years," we're told. As DCRTV reported last week, Frederick-based Manning Broadcasting is assuming ownership of the stations from bankrupt Nassau Broadcasting. The WWEG situation is a take back, since Manning sold the station, then WARX, to Nassau several years ago. Look for Fred Manning, brother of Manning head Gene Manning, to manage the properties. We also hear that Manning will keep all current jocks on both stations and honor all existing contracts..... Another Whoops From The WaPo - 5/6 - A correction in Sunday's Washington Post: "The May 5 obituary of Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys incorrectly reported his date of death. He died May 4 not April 6. Also, the earlier version incorrectly referred to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame as the Rock Hall Of Fame"..... Mike Burke To Florida - 5/5 - DC radio veteran Mike Burke, who worked at WHUR and WTOP, heads to Port St. Lucie FL's adult urban contemporary/R&B oldies WFLM..... Mickey's Spill Knocks 98 Rock Show Off Air - 5/5 - 98 Rocker Mickey Cucchiella (right) spilled a cup of coffee into the Hearst rock station's studio console board Friday, knocking the WIYY morning show off the air for about 20 minutes. And causing "mounting static and rising hysteria from Mickey as the board melts," according to baltimoresun.com..... DCRTV Job Ads - 5/5 - A DC-based conservative talk radio show needs an associate producer. Comcast Spotlight is looking for an account exec. Baltimore's WBAL radio is looking for a parttime overnight producer/board op. DC's WFED wants a web writer/editor. Winchester's WINC-FM is looking for an announcer/assistant program director/music director. And, DC's ESPN 980 wants an experienced sales person. All at DCRTV's Job Ads. Reach thousands of local media movers and shakers through DCRTV..... Dubow's Suit Stops Mansion - 5/5 - The Washington Post reports that residents of upscale Great Falls VA have managed to stop a planned 25,424-square-foot mansion modeled on the Palace Of Versailles. It's next door to to former Gannett boss Craig Dubow, who filed a lawsuit against the plans..... O'Meara Ride Will Benefit Charity - 5/5 - Area radio veteran Mike O'Meara is back with his motorcycle ride to benefit Fisher House, which aids members of the military and their families. On Saturday, June 9th, the "Ride For The House" Poker Run begins at Patriot Harley Davidson in Fairfax. The destination is an awards party at Jimmy's Old Town Tavern. Riders head to scheduled stops to receive a total of five cards. Best poker hand wins. You can register at mikeomearashow.com. More info is at YouTube..... Caps' Rookie Radio Voice - 5/5 - Paul Farhi profiles John Walton, the Washington Capitals' rookie play-by-play radio announcer, at washingtonpost.com. "Joe Beninati, who handles the Caps' TV announcing on Comcast SportsNet, may be the better-known broadcaster, but Walton has endeared himself to his own little fan base with passionate descriptions that put listeners on the rink's glass"..... More: WaPo Slumps - 5/5 - The bad news has been leaking out from other sources all week. And now, Saturday's Washington Post reports that its ad revenue and circulation are down again. At washingtonpost.com..... Balto Media Covers Trials - 5/5 - Several big trials send Baltimore's TV and radio news stations into overtime coverage, so reports the Baltimore Sun..... Slump Continues At WaPo - 5/4 - More bad news for the Washington Post. According to paidcontent.org, the locally-based media company continues to struggle, nearly doubling its newspaper division's operating loss with drops in print circulation and advertising - and digital ad sales aren't picking up the slack. The Post reported an an operating loss of $22.6 million for the first quarter of 2012, compared to an operating loss of $12.8 million in the first quarter of 2011. Increased pension costs and nearly $2 million in separation costs for those laid off or bought out in the first quarter contributed to the increased loss. Digital revenue slipped 7% to $24.2 million for Q1, compared with $26.2 million for Q1 last year. Online display ad revenue dropped 11% year over year while online classified ad revenue for washingtonpost.com was down 1%..... Nassau's WWEG & WAFY To Manning - 5/4 - Radio-Info tells us that Nassau's classic rock WWEG, Eagle 106.9, in Hagerstown, and hot adult contemporary WAFY, Key 103.1, in Frederick, will be transfered to Frederick-based Manning Broadcasting for $6.4 million. Along with Hagerstown news talker WARK, 1490 AM. In 2008, Manning sold WWEG (then WARX) to Princeton NJ-based Nassau for $18 million. Earlier this year, Manning sued Nassau for failure to pay on a $3.5 million promissory note along with the original sale of WWEG, so reports All Access. In the suit, Manning claimed that Nassau owed it $1,082,812. The liquidation of Nassau stations across the northeastern USA is currently before a Wilmington DE bankruptcy court. Cumulus and Townsquare have submitted bids for Nassau stations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey..... Upswing For Clear Channel - 5/4 - Clear Channel's first quarter 2012 revenue jumped 3%. More at FMQB. Locally, Clear Channel owns or operates more than a dozen radio stations..... Orr To Cover Movies For Atlantic - 5/4 - The DC-based Atlantic magazine names senior editor Christopher Orr as principal film critic for theatlantic.com. Orr will contribute weekly movie reviews, along with other content, to the publication's website..... 85 Print Jobs Cut In VA - 5/4 - Nearby news. Digby Solomon, publisher of the Newport News Daily Press, says consolidating the Daily Press Media Group's printing at Media General's Hanover County VA plant was "the most viable business option" for the Tribune Company-owned papers. About 85 people who work at the Daily Press' plant in Newport News will lose their jobs. Richmond-based Media General prints its Richmond Times-Dispatch as well as several other papers, including Prince William County's News And Messenger, at its Hanover plant. More at poynter.org..... Radio On Upswing For Radio One - 5/4 - Silver Spring-based Radio One said its core radio business was up 6.4% in the first quarter of 2012. CEO Alfred Liggins said that the African American-targeted company's sales have been led by recovery in its Midwest markets, ratings-related growth in Atlanta, and a revamped cluster in Detroit. Also, Baltimore saw an upswing in ad revenue. No word about the performance of the firm's DC stations, which include WKYS and WMMJ. For the quarter, though, Radio One reported a net loss of $79.2 million compared to a net loss of $64.2 million a year earlier. "National revenues in larger markets continue to be weak, and I expect that trend to continue until we see some lift from political revenues later in the year," he stated, adding that Radio One's radio revenue for the second quarter is pacing up double digits. More at rwonline.com..... 4 Strong In May News Sweeps - 5/3 - The May DC TV news ratings book is underway. Channel 4/WRC does well in mornings, while Channel 7/WJLA struggles at 4th. Bad book for Channel 5/WTTG's early evenings, while Channel 7 remains remains strong at 11 PM. The male/female demo "sweeps" to date, P25-54. 4:30 AM: 1) WUSA 9, 2) WTTG 5, 3) WRC 4, 4) WJLA 7. 5 AM: 1) WTTG 5 and WRC 4, 3) WUSA 9, 4) WJLA 7. 6 AM: 2) WRC 4, 2) WTTG 5, 3) WJLA 7 and WUSA 9. 5 PM: 1) WRC 4, 2) WJLA 7, 3) WUSA 9 and WTTG 5. 6 PM: 1) WRC 4, 2) WJLA 7, 3) WUSA 9, 4) WTTG 5. 11 PM: 1) WJLA 7, 2) WRC 4, 3) WTTG 5, 4) WUSA 9..... Discovery Buys Digital Video Company - 5/3 - Silver Spring-based Discovery Communications has entered into an agreement to acquire San Francisco-based digital video provider Revision3, which handles distribution of online video content. Revision3 has more than 23 million monthly viewers across 27 digital channels. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. More from multichannel.com..... 7 To Drop Retro TV For Live Well - 5/3 - A few days ago, DCRTV told you that DC's ABC affiliate, Channel 7/WJLA, would be adding the digital subchannel of the health and fitness network Live Well come July 1. Well, now we get confirmation that it will replace the Retro TV network, which shows vintage TV programs. WJLA will continue carrying its locally-based Weather Now on its other digital subchannel. DC area fans of classic TV will still have Antenna TV, which is carried on one of Channel 50/WDCW's digital subchannels..... New Morning Team For WGTS - 5/3 - DCRTV hears that Jerry Woods and Blanca Vega will co-host the morning show at Christian contemporary WGTS, 91.9 FM, starting June 11th. The DC area station's current morning team of Brennan Wimbish and Becky Alignay will move to other dayparts - Wimbish to evenings and Alignay to middays. Vega current does night on WGTS, while Woods is a Chrisian radio veteran who comes from stations in Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Idaho, and Washington state. General Manager John Konrad says that the pairing of Woods and Vega will "round out an all-star staff for WGTS 91.9 and Washington DC listeners. We are excited about the creative spark these two personalities will bring to the station." Woods and Vega will be assisted by morning show producer Spencer White..... WashTimes Going Cheap - 5/3 - You can get six months of the print Washington Times five days a week for just $15, instead of its cover price of $90 at livingsocial.com..... TV Down, Internet Up At Comcast - 5/3 - One year after taking control of NBCUniversal, Comcast posted a quarterly profit that exceeded analyst expectations and signaled progress at the struggling NBC broadcast network. Comcast, which is the largest cable provider in the United States and a major player in the DC-Baltimore area, lost 37,000 TV subscribers in the first quarter of 2012. But added 439,000 broadband internet subscribers. The Philadelphia-based firm reported a nearly 8% jump in the overall price paid by subscribers for cable, internet, and phone services. The NY Times has more..... Glitch Knocks Out Comcast DVRs - 5/3 - More Comcast news. Many Comcast subscribers in the DC-Baltimore area, and up and down the East Coast, could not access the playback features on their DVRs Wednesday night. According to a Comcast message board, the problem affected some subscribers in Virginia, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Florida, and elsewhere. Locally, the problem impacted Comcast subscribers in Reston, Prince William, Arlington, and Columbia. Mainly those with Scientific Atlanta/Cisco equipment. Comcast techs tell DCRTV that the problem, which was caused by a software glitch, did not prevent the DVR's ability to record programs. And it was fixed in many systems by Thursday morning..... New DCRTV Advertiser: Boxador Music - 5/2 - DCRTV welcomes a new advertiser! Boxador Music is a new Baltimore-based company that creates royalty-free, custom music and provides a variety of other audio services. Whether you need music for advertising, websites, promotional videos, or special events, Boxador can handle it using industry standard equipment, including Pro Tools. Boxador can also provide custom music for your office, waiting room, or phone systems. Other services offered by Boxador include voice-overs, mixing, as well as mastering of audio, and audio editing. Boxador Music is owned and operated by local musician and audio engineer Greg Wimmer, who is a graduate of the University Of Baltimore and the Sheffield Institute For The Recording Arts, with an Audio Engineering Certification. He has worked with numerous artists, including Baltimore's own Mike Ruocco (Plunge, SR-71, Cinder Road). More at boxadormusic.com..... New Middayer At KYS - 5/2 - Coka-Lani Kimbrough is the new midday host at Radio One's urban contemporary WKYS, 93.9 FM. She's worked at DC's WPGC, Baltimore's WERQ, Philadelphia's WUSL, Miami's WMIB, and Tampa's WBTP..... Armendariz Leaves TBD - 5/2 - DC Porcupine tells us that editor Rebecca Armendariz, who was working for both TBD and sister site wjla.com, has put in her two week's notice. Leaving transportation blogger John Hendel as TBD's last employee. Allbritton's TBD was started several years ago with lofty intentions of being a rival to major local news sites like washingtonpost.com and wtop.com. It originally employed several dozen editors, writers, and bloggers..... 7 To Carry Live Well - 5/1 - Allbritton's Channel 7/WJLA, DC's ABC affiliate, will launch the Live Well network via a broadcast digital subchannel come July 1. The ABC-owned service features shows on healthy eating, weight loss, and home decorating. Live Well is already carried by Baltimore's ABC affiliate, Scripps-owned Channel 2/WMAR..... CBS Radio Looks For New DC Ad Sales Head - 5/1 - A shake-up at CBS Radio in Lanham. DCRTV hears that Shari Gonzalez is no longer director of ad sales for CBS's DC radio cluster. She will go back to being general sales manager for WPGC only. Gonzalez held both titles for the past year or so. CBS-DC is looking for a new director of sales, we're told. In addition to WPGC, CBS's DC cluster includes WJFK, WLZL, WIAD, and WNEW-FM/AM..... 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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