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Contents - Contact Us - News Tips - News Archive - Mailbag - Twitter - Rant - Support Us Station List - Classified Ads - Advertise On DCRTV - RSS - NYC - Boston - DCRTV Plus NPR Techs To Protest Cuts - 3/12 - Broadcast engineers and technical personnel at National Public Radio, who are represented by the National Association Of Broadcast Employees And Technicians - NABET/CWA, will protest the DC-based broadcaster's demands for concessions and givebacks at a noon demonstration on Monday, March 15, outside NPR's 635 Massachusetts Avenue NW headquarters. The current contract expires on March 31st, and bargaining sessions are scheduled for March 16th and 17th. More at dclabor.org..... DCRTV Dave On "Out Of The Past" - 3/12 - Local media greats Lee Shephard and Chuck Langdon interview DCRTV Dave Hughes (wearing an old WHFS 102.3 t-shirt) in the latest edition of their Fairfax public access TV show about nostalgic Washington radio and TV, "Out Of The Past." Check it all out at vimeo.com..... Rove Bails On MAL - 3/12 - Andy Parks wasn't happy, to put it mildly. Republican mastermind Kark Rove bailed on a long-standing, highly-hyped WMAL interview on Friday morning. Parks, with a half-hour of radio time to fill, even suggested that a WMAL listener call in to impersonate Rove and go on the air. But never fear, righty talk WMAL is monitored closely by Washington's Republican establishment and GOP top dog Mike Pence, a Congressman from Indiana, called in to take Rove's place - at least for a few minutes. He was followed by "Karl From Springfield," who attempted an impersonation of Rove..... No Fios For Alexandria - 3/12 - The city of Alexandria has been indefinitely shut out of Verizon's popular Fios television and internet network, as the company has stopped expansion nationwide of the franchise agreements that allow it to install its fiber-optic network. Alexandria is the only major local jurisdiction without a franchise agreement for Fios. Alexandria Mayor William Euille plans to discuss the matter and the city's plans at a City Council meeting next week. The city is served by Comcast. The Washington Business Journal has more..... WaPo's Gardner To Cover Tea Partiers - 3/12 - The Washington Post moves Amy Gardner, who's been on the local news staff, to the paper's national desk to "train her sights on the emerging Tea Party movement and developments inside the Republican Party," according to the Politico..... Barry Wows 'Em At Tucker Party - 3/12 - Marion Barry stole the scene last night among the star-studded journos gathered for a book party at Tucker Carlson's pad. At FishbowlDC..... DCRTV's March Fundraiser - 3/12 - Have you helped support DCRTV lately? Ads pay only part of our costs. Your donation covers the rest. Please put a few bucks on plastic or mail a check. Click here. Make your donation $39 or more and get a year's worth of access to DCRTV Plus, which is loaded with local radio and TV memories, tribute pages, tech specs, audio/video clips, classic jingles and call letters, station histories, and much more. Today's Plus Flashback is a 1980s memory of Arch Campbell (right), who spent many years at Channel 4/WRC..... Win Clearwater Dies - 3/11 - DCRTV hears: Fans of DC's now-defunct commercial classical WGMS will be saddened to learn of the passing of Winfield "Win" Clearwater (left) on February 28th at age 83. He was a resident of Bowie. Before joining WGMS, Mr. Clearwater was the first Saturday night anchorperson for Channel 9, then WTOP-TV's "Newsnight" broadcast in December 1962. There is more at legacy.com..... Source: Big Friday Announcement From Big Tigger - 3/11 - Well, 3/11/10 has come and pretty much gone and no big announcement from WPGC as hinted yesterday on the CBS urban contemporary station's website. Now, DCRTV hears that PGC afternoon man Big Tigger (right) will make a "big announcement" at 5:55 PM on Friday. Might it be the big news of his big move to mornings? More in DCRTV's 3/10 newsblurb. Oh, WPGC did launch a revamped website at wpgc.com on Thursday..... Rev Down, Earnings Up At Clear Channel - 3/11 - Clear Channel, which owns 11 radio stations in the DC-Baltimore area, posted a 10 percent drop in Q4 2009 revenues to $712 million from $788.8 million. The San Antonio-based company saw net earnings of $147.3 million compared to a loss of $499 million in the year-ago period. Radio Online has more..... WaPo Sees Wave Of Support For Gay Photo - 3/11 - Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander says his blog post earlier this week detailing reader complaints about a photo of two men kissing on the front page of the Post last week has prompted a backlash. Phone calls, e-mails, and online comments are now running more than 10-to-1 in support of the decision to run the photo regarding DC's legalization of gay marriage. More at wapo.com..... Newseum Does Elvis - 3/11 - Why is DC's Newseum, which chronicles media stuff like the history of journalism and news gathering, including Elvis Presley among its many features? He was a media sensation - duh! AP has more..... "MTP" 1st Again - 3/11 - TVNewser tells us that NBC's "Meet The Press" won the battle of the DC-based Sunday morning political talk shows last weekend. As usual..... Medhurst & Miller On 105.7 - 3/11 - DCRTV hears that local radio vets Pete Medhurst and Joe Miller have made it into the weeknightly rotation at Baltimore sports talker 105.7 The Fan, WJZ-FM, in the 6 PM to 10 PM slot. Also, look for the pair to be doing Sundays from 4 PM to 7 PM on the CBS station. More as we hear it..... New Gig For Marc Clarke - 3/11 - DCRTV hears that former WERQ morning host Marc Clarke (right) and DC singer Precious Joubert have joined former WKYS Russ Parr show personality Marcel Thornton on "The Marcel Show," middays on internet radio station WMAR-FM at wmarfm.com..... 30 For Willard At "Today" - 3/11 - This morning was birthday-wisher Willard Scott's 30th anniversary with the "Today" show. And, this month, the DC radio and TV legend marks 60 years at NBC, half of them with WRC-TV and the old WRC-AM. "Today" put together a special segment with a retrospective of his time at the show. TVNewser has more..... Dems Seek To Yank Young Off FMD - 3/11 - A group of Democrats has started an e-mail campaign to get Frederick County Commissioner Blaine Young (left) off the air at Frederick news talker WFMD (930 AM). According to the Frederick News-Post, Republican Young was sworn in as a county commissioner on March 3. He has been an on-air personality for WFMD for 13 years and currently hosts a three-hour call-in political talk show at 3 PM weekdays. Since his nomination to fill the remainder of the term of Commissioner Charles Jenkins, critics have said he should not be allowed to have a political show when other commissioners and future political opponents do not..... Kate Hunter To Roll Call - 3/11 - Kate Hunter jumps from CQ to Roll Call to cover the US House. She replaces Jen Bendery, who now covers the White House for Roll Call..... New USA Today Gig For Nicholson - 3/11 - USA Today's Alexandra Nicholson jumps from the McLean-based newspaper's communications and media relations team to the newspaper's digital marketing team, where she'll name manager/social media strategist..... Another Funny Journalist Contest - 3/11 - April 8th is the date for the "Funniest DC Journalist" contest at the National Press Club ballroom. Details at press.org/comedy..... FCC: Comcast-NBCU Review Delayed More Than A Month - 3/11 - The Federal Communications Commission did not begin its review of the Comcast/NBC-Universal deal until March 5, according to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. According to prepared testimony for a Senate Commerce Committee hearing March 11 on the proposed deal, the chairman said that while the FCC received the transfer application - for NBC station licenses - and public interest statement on Janurary 28, the company asked the commission to wait until it had submitted "a supplemental economic report," which he said the FCC got last Friday. He said the FCC will soon put the deal out for public comment. B&C has more..... Has NBC Yanked "DC Housewives" Because Of Comcast Merger Plan? - 3/11 - It looks increasing likely that NBC-owned Bravo has pulled the plug on its planned "Real Housewives Of DC" reality show that it began filming here last fall. Could a video replay of the late 2009 controversy surrounding a program participant couple, the Salahis, and their infamous November crashing of a White House State dinner not be in NBC's best political interest now that the network is asking the feds to approve its proposed merger with cable TV giant Comcast? Lisa de Moraes has more at washingtonpost.com...... Beck & Massa Trounce Matthews - 3/11 - Glenn Beck, with his interview of staffer-groping Congressman Eric Massa on Tuesday, got almost nine times more viewers on his Fox News 5 PM program that did DC-based Chris Matthews over on MSNBC's "Hardball." Matthews has been doing his shows from Israel this week. TVNewser has more..... Ravens Get Great PPM Numbers - 3/11 - The Baltimore Ravens are among the NFL teams which get the best radio ratings according to a report from Columbia MD's Arbitron. The Chicago Bears top the list with a PPM-estimated 626,600 radio listeners for the average game. The Ravens make the list of top teams for in-game listening to a radio flagship with averages more than a 40 share among men aged 25-54..... HS Hoops On OCT's DKN - 3/11 - DC's Office Of Cable Television will televise the Abe Pollin City Title Games on the District Knowledge Network. The girls' game will air on Tuesday, March 16 at 7 PM, and the boys' game will air on Wednesday, March 17 at 7 PM. Both games will be re-broadcast on Saturday, March 20 at 12 PM and 7 PM. Participating teams will include the HD Woodson Lady Warriors and the Ballou Knights taking on the Elizabeth Seton Roadrunners and the DeMatha Stags. In DC, DKN is available on Comcast's 99, RCN's 18, and Verizon's 12..... SFMSports Covers Top MD Hoops Game - 3/11 - Baltimore-based SFMSports.Net will broadcast the Stephen Decatur Seahawks of Berlin MD as they take on Milford Mill during the MPSSAA State Semi-Finals at the Comcast Center. The basketball game will be simulcast live on talker WQMR (101.1 FM) in Ocean City and at www.sfmsports.net. Rick Charles and Mike Bradley will be calling the game..... Hanrahan To WTOP - 3/10 - DCRTV hears that Frank Hanrahan (right) rejoins all-news WTOP (via Metro Networks) as a part-time sports reporter. Hanrahan, who was heard on WTOP in 2005, has most recently been doing freelance work at sports talk WJFK, 106.7 The Fan, since he got cut in January from sports talk WTEM, ESPN 980, where he'd been the Redskins beat reporter during the '09 season. Update: A key source tells DCRTV that the new radio deal for Hanrahan is still somewhat premature. More as we hear it..... Orioles Vet Flanagan Joins MASN TV Team - 3/10 - DCRTV has tipped you. And now the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network officially announced today that Mike Flanagan will join the Orioles TV broadcast team as a color analyst. Flanagan, who spent more than 30 years with the Orioles as a player, coach, front office executive, and broadcaster, will debut on the April 15th game against the Oakland Athletics. Flanagan will join Gary Thorne in the TV booth for approximately half of the Orioles games during the 2010 season, replacing Buck Martinez, who jumped to the Toronto Blue Jays' TV team. Jim Palmer will continue to provide color commentary for the remaining Orioles games on MASN. More at masnsports.com..... Big PGC Changes Tomorrow? - 3/10 - DCRTV has been telling you that a big announcement from CBS Radio about urban contemporary WPGC (95.5 FM) is coming down the pike any day now. Now, when you go to wpgc.com you get a cryptic graphic of the 3/11/10 date (right). Could tomorrow be the big day? Will afternoon man Big Tigger be named the morning replacement for longtimer Donnie Simpson, who left the station in late January? Will someone else - Mo'Nique? - get morning drive? Someone new for afternoon drive if BT moves? Stay tuned..... DeMatha-Ballou To Air On 106.7 - 3/10 - CBS Radio sports talker WJFK, 106.7 The Fan, will air the DC City Title basketball game live from the Verizon Center on March 14. Tip-off is 5 PM. The event pits the area's top private school basketball team against the area's top public school team and, this year, will feature DeMatha and Ballou. BJ Koubaroulis and Stephen Ball, Washington Post writers and hosts of WJFK's preps sport show "Verbally Committed," will call the game with former Georgetown men's basketball coach Craig Esherick..... WaPo Taps Kissinger For China Visa Help - 3/10 - From the Politico: Ever since hiring veteran foreign correspondent Andy Higgins to cover China, the Washington Post has had trouble getting him a permanent visa to actually work in the country. So now, the DC City Paper reports that Chairman Don Graham is trying to get Henry Kissinger can help. Keith Richburg, who was bureau chief of the now-shuttered NYC bureau, is now in China for the Post..... McCain Returns To WashTimes - 3/10 - Robert Stacy McCain is back at the Washington Times in a freelance capacity, penning a political piece in Wednesday's edition. He left before last year's big round of layoffs..... Weather Change At 45? - 3/10 - A source tells DCRTV: Baltimore's Fox45 "WBFF has an opening for a meteorologist. Could it be Jessica Starr, who is leaving for a bigger market?"..... WaPo Fields Complaints Over Gay Kiss Pic - 3/10 - Last week, the Washington Post ran a front page photo of two men kissing along with an article about DC accepting license applications for same-sex marriages. But some readers took offense. One reader complained to Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander about the paper "promoting a faggot lifestyle." One reader canceled the Post subscription she's held since the 1960s, saying that "the picture on Thursday morning was an affront to the majority of your readership." Writes Alexander at washingtonpost.com: "The photo deserved to be in newspaper and on its website, and it warranted front page display. News photos capture reality. And the prominent display reflects the historic significance of what was occurring"..... No More Junks In Tokyo - 3/10 - Last month, CBS Radio cut off access to its internet streams outside the USA for its music stations. Now, this week, its news, talk, and sports stations join the foreign cutoff club. That means no more live listening to the Junkies on sports talk WJFK's 1067thefandc.com from Europe or Asia. Foreign listeners will still be able to download podcasts from various CBS Radio shows..... Guilty Plea In Letterman Extortion - 3/10 - In a move that spares David Letterman a potentially messy trial that would have focused on his affairs with "Late Show" staffers, a former CBS News producer pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempting to extort $2 million from the comedian. Howard Kurtz has more in the Washington Post..... Cablers Ask For FCC Help On TV Transmission Fees - 3/10 - Several major cable companies and a public interest group asked the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday to intervene in disputes over transmission fees to prevent broadcasters from withholding signals from subscribers. In a petition filed with the FCC, Time Warner, Verizon, Cablevision, and advocacy group Public Knowledge said that regulations governing transmissions from broadcasters to subscription-television providers are outdated and warned that last weekend's standoff between Cablevision and Disney/ABC will be repeated unless the FCC issues new rules. They also called on regulators to assign an arbitrator during stalled negotiations and to require broadcasters to maintain their signals if talks break down. More in the DC Post..... TVR's Maroney To Denver - 3/10 - Nearby news. Peter Maroney, president and general manager of Local TV-owned Richmond CBS affiliate Channel 6/WTVR, jumps to Denver to be GM for Local TV's KWGN-TV and KDVR-TV..... Support DCRTV's Advertisers - 3/10 - DCRTV thanks "Market Open Live," a local financial and business show heard weekday mornings on WWRC (1260 AM), for renewing its top banner display ad through April. More at marketopenlive.com. Also, two radio stations in Virginia's Northern Neck are looking for a general manager. At DCRTV's Classified Ads..... Senate: Drudge Plagued With Viruses - 3/9 - The Senate's official internet gatekeeper said that the Drudge Report, a conservative news aggregator, is "responsible for the many viruses popping up throughout the Senate." Fox News has more..... Arbitron Honcho To Be Grilled On Hill - 3/9 - Bill Kerr, CEO of Columbia MD-based Arbitron, will be meeting later this week with House Oversight And Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns to discuss issues surrounding the Portable People Meter radio ratings. Speaking at a Credit Suisse investor conference on Monday, Kerr said that at the meeting he wants to talk about Arbitron's proposal to gradually shift all PPM markets to address-based panel recruitment. FMQB has more..... 15 DC United Games For CSN - 3/9 - Comcast SportsNet will air 15 DC United soccer games this season. A clash with Eastern Conference rivals Red Bull New York on May 1 kicks off the regional television schedule. Additional highlights include a visit from Real Salt Lake, defending MLS Cup Champions, on June 5, and the team's first trip to Red Bull Arena on July 10. Home broadcasts are scheduled to air in high-definition. Dave Johnson and Thomas Rongen will call the games..... WaPo's Appelbaum To NYT - 3/9 - Binyamin Appelbaum, an anchor of the Washington Post's national business coverage for two years, is leaving the paper for the rival New York Times. So reports washingtoncitypaper.com..... Newsweek's Meacham To Do PBS Show - 3/9 - The editor of Washington Post-owned and DC-based Newsweek, Jon Meacham, is negotiating to add a television job to his schedule. He is in final talks to be the co-host of a new PBS Friday night public affairs series called "Need to Know," produced by NYC's WNET. More at nytimes.com..... WLIF Stays Tops In Balto - 3/9 - The radio ratings for the second week of February for Baltimore, full-day, age 12: 1) WLIF, 2) WWIN-FM, 3) WERQ and WPOC, 5) WWMX, 6) WRBS-FM, 7) WQSR, 8) WBAL-AM, 9) WZFT, 10) WIYY and WYPR, 12) WZBA, 13) WCBM, 14) WJZ-FM. More: 17) WCAO, 18) WBJC, 27) WXCY, 28) WTMD, 33) WEAA, 37) WOLB, 38) WWIN-AM and WJZ-AM and WRNR-FM, 45) WNST..... Frank Herzog To Retire - 3/9 - Veteran DC TV and radio personality Frank Herzog (right), 65, says he'll be retiring from his current gig as a WTOP radio morning news anchor. The longtime radio voice of the Redskins, who also served as a sports reporter and sports anchor for Channels 7 and 9, and who has been a frequent bit-part actor in movies filmed in Washington, announced his decision in a memo to WTOP staff on Monday. He says he wants to spend more time with his wife and grandchildren. Herzog is ending a 40-plus-year career that both started and ended at WTOP radio. He'd also called Bullets games during his career. DCRTV hears that Herzog will do a special one-hour "Ask Frank" call-in show with WTOP's Mark Segraves on 3/22. Herzog's last day at WTOP will be 3/31..... NBC4 Wins DC TV News Race For February - 3/9 - The ratings are in for the February TV "book" and NBC4 continues to be Washington's local news leader. Helped by impressive Olympics ratings, Channel 4/WRC produced commanding wins over the competition. Even with the loss of weatherman Bob Ryan, numbers remained steady. While morning show viewership was slightly down compared to the previous book, Channel 7/WJLA's morning product continues a dramatic downward trend, with key demos in last place. Noticeable gains for Channel 9/WUSA at 11 PM thanks to stronger CBS primetime programming. At 5 AM: NBC4 (1.8), Fox5 (1.5), CBS9 (1.0), ABC7 (0.8). At 6 AM: NBC4 (3.9), Fox5 (3.0), ABC7 (1.4), CBS9 (1.2). At 5 PM: NBC4 (3.6), Fox5 (2.7), ABC7 (2.1), CBS9 (2.1). At 6 PM: NBC4 (5.1), ABC7 (3.4), Fox5 (2.4), CBS9 (2.1). At 11 PM: NBC4 (5.5), CBS9 (3.3), ABC7 (3.2), Fox5 (2.5)..... More: Video Vault Shuttering - 3/9 - DCRTV first told you last week. Now the DC Post gets around to reporting that Alexandria's Video Vault, a cult movie rental favorite, will close in April after 25 years in operation..... Peterson & Campbell To Screen "Network" - 3/9 - Gordon Peterson and Arch Campbell, both of Channel 7/WJLA, will be appearing on "Reel Journalism" on Monday, March 22 at DC's Newseum. They will talk about the movie "Network" - a 1970s look at the TV news biz that forecast the likes of Glenn Beck and Keith Olbermann - with moderator Nick Clooney at 7:30 PM. The movie will screen at 8, followed by a Q&A. More at newseum.org..... WKJS Tops Richmond - 3/9 - Radio One's urban adult contemporary WKJS tops the Richmond radio heap. More at radio-info.com..... Aquino, Aquinas, Whatever - 3/9 - A correction in Tuesday's Washington Post: "A March 6 Washington Business article about a deal under which a private-equity investment firm would acquire RCN, a Herndon-based broadband company, referred to RCN chief executive Peter Aquino as Aquinas in some instances"..... Shales Does Oscar - 3/9 - TV critic Tom Shales found plenty of pretentiousness during Sunday's Oscar telecast. At washingtonpost.com. David Zurawik also gives us his Academy Awards take at baltimoresun.com..... Ed Gordon Returns To BET - 3/8 - Ed Gordon (right), who came to national attention as the anchor-host of news and interview shows on DC-based Black Entertainment Television two decades ago, is returning. Under the arrangement, Gordon will do news specials and a regular show that is "in development" for Viacom-owned BET, Gordon told Journal-isms..... WaPo Biz Desk Avoids DOE Inquiry Into Parent Company - 3/8 - From Romenesko: A recent Washington Post Company filing discloses that the Department Of Education has been conducting a "Program Review" of the Post Company-owned Kaplan University's main offices in Fort Lauderdale, "The Post business desk seemed not to notice any of this, but Post investors might want to," writes Barron's..... Blogger Sues MD Gov For Press Pass - 3/8 - Jay Liner's business card for the Baltimore Organ lists him as "founder and chief protagonist" of the Maryland news and commentary website. The Pikesville lawyer is a self-described boomer from the anti-Vietnam generation, a progressive who writes about "what piques his curiosity," from the slots debate to Baltimore County politics to Viagra commercials. But is he journalist? Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley's press office said no, denying him a State House press pass to cover the General Assembly session. Liner says yes, and has filed a lawsuit to force the O'Malley administration to issue him a press pass, so reports the MD Daily Record..... Politico Receives Fast Company Honor - 3/8 - Allbritton's three-year-old Politico political news website and newspaper gets a Fast Company nod for being "one of the top 50 most innovative companies in America"..... NBC Snags Notre Dame At MD - 3/8 - Jim Williams at washingtonexaminer.com tells us that Notre Dame will play Maryland in a home game for the Irish at Landover's FedEx Field. The football game means that Maryland will be the visitor and that NBC Sports will have the rights to telecast the game nationally in primetime on November 12, 2011..... WRNR-AM Named Top WV News Talker - 3/8 - DCRTV hears that the West Virginia Broadcasters Association has again honored Shenandoah Communications' news talk WRNR-AM (740) as its "Best News/Sports/Talk Station Of The Year" for 2009. It's the third time in four years the Martinsburg station has been so honored..... New Editor For Independent - 3/8 - Mary Kane gets named editor at the Washington Independent. She had been the paper's economics reporter..... Victoria Monroe To Nat'l Journal - 3/8 - Victoria Monroe jumps from her top ad sales gigs at CQ-Roll Call to join rival National Journal, where she'll be vice president for ad sales..... WTOP Keeps Big Radio Lead - 3/8 - All-news WTOP continues its huge lead for the second week of February. The DC market radio ratings, full-day, age 12+: 1) WTOP [1st in all dayparts], 2) WIHT [Kane 2nd], 3) WASH [L&L 7th] and WAMU, 5) WHUR [Harvey 4th], 6) WMMJ [Joyner 6th], 7) WETA-FM, 8) WWDC [Elliot 9th], 9) WBIG, 10) WRQX [Diamond 10th], 11) WMAL [G&A 8th, Rush 5th, Hannity 9th], 12) WPGC, 13) WKYS [Parr 16th], 14) WGTS and WPRS, 16) WMZQ, 17) WIAD, 18) WLZL and WTEM [M&M 19th, Korny 13th, Czaban 15th], 20) WVRX, 21) WJFK [Junks 13, Wise 20th, Arrington 21st], 22) WINC-FM, 23) WPFW and WFRE and WDCN and WBQB, 27) WAVA-FM and WFLS..... More: CBS Puts Balto, NYC, Philly Sportsers On 106.7's HD Radio Sigs - 3/8 - About a week ago, DCRTV told you that CBS Radio sports talker WJFK, 106.7 The Fan, started test relays of three CBS sister sports talkers on the digital HD Radio subschannels of 106.7. Now, today at noon, WJFK officially launches the additions. You can hear Baltimore's 105.7 The Fan, WJZ-FM, on 106.7's HD2, NYC's WFAN on 106.7's HD3, and Philadelphia's WIP on 106.7's HD4. Says WJFK afternoon host Lavar Arrington: "Having spent many years of my football career in New York and Pennsylvania I'm very familiar with WFAN and WIP and know they put out great programming - even if I didn't always agree with what they were saying. Hopefully they'll be kind to me now that they are broadcasting in my hometown." Adds CBS Radio VP/Programming Chris Oliviero: "Washington DC is home to a diverse range of sports fans, many originally from other parts of the Northeast, making WJFK an ideal home for this breakthrough quadcast. We're thrilled to offer local audiences various opinions and insights from the best sports stations up and down the East Coast"..... WaPo Nabs Reiss To Edit Politics - 3/8 - With Maralee Schwartz having wrapped up her three-month tenure as temporary political editor last week, the Washington Post has now tapped Steve Reiss to now take the helm on an interim basis. It's not the first time Reiss has filled in when needed in a major editorial role. He ran the Style section on an interim basis from December 2008 to May 2009. Since leaving Style, Reiss headed to the Post's newish Universal Desk where he's been social issues and education editor, so reports Politico..... Kane To Get Clubbed - 3/8 - Clear Channel's syndication arm, Premiere, will launch "Club Kane" on contemporary hit stations around the country come March 28. The Sunday evening 7-to-midnight music show will be hosted by Kane (right), who does mornings on Clear Channel's Hot 99.5, WIHT, in DC. According to a press release, Kane "will play chart-topping songs, debut new music, and take requests as he welcomes listeners to his on-air party. Broadcasting live from Washington DC, he'll also discuss pop culture, music, and entertainment, and feature candid conversations with music artists and celebrities"..... Riggo Battling Czabe For MASN Afternoons? - 3/8 - DCRTV hears that there's a lot of pressure on the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network about which local DC sports radio show to simulcast in afternoons. DCRTV told you last month that Bonneville all-newser WTOP was planning to launch an afternoon show in March from Redskins veteran John Riggins on its digital HD Radio signal. And that show would be also aired on MASN. Now, we hear that Redskins owner Dan Snyder's Red Zebra-owned ESPN 980, WTEM, is putting pressure on MASN to carry Steve Czaban and Andy Pollin's "The Sports Reporters." DCRTV wonders: Without MASN carriage, would the Riggins show be a viable entity with it airing only on WTOP's digital signal? Might Riggins be put on the signal of Bonneville sister talker WFED? Update: DCRTV hears that the new WTOP Riggins show is not a Bonneville project. Riggins and his producer, DC radio veteran Tod Castleberry, are leasing time on WTOP's digital signal. WTOP does use Riggins for pre- and post-game Redskins game commentary and analysis..... Phil Wood Joins WFED's Nats Team - 3/8 - Jim Williams looks at Nationals radio coverage at washingtonexaminer.com. The team returns to WFED (1500/820 AM) today at 12:50 PM for a pre-season outing with the familiar broadcast crew of Charlie Slowes and Dave Jageler, who return for their fifth year together. New this season will be the addition of the Washington Examiner sports columnist and DC sports radio veteran Phil Wood. During the regular season, Slowes and Jageler will once again co-host "Nats On Deck," which, new this year, will feature a Manager's show with Jim Riggleman. The post-game show, "Nats Talk Live," will be hosted primarily by Wood..... Marks Says No To 1370 - 3/8 - DCRTV hears rumblings that Baltimore sports talker Fox 1370, WVIE, talked to former 105.7 The Fan, WJZ-FMer Anita Marks about jumping over to them. She said no, we're told. Since leaving CBS Radio's WJZ-FM in January, Marks has been hanging around her hometown of Miami, doing work for sports talker WQAM. Update: 1370 afternoon driver Jerry Coleman says he has no knowledge that his station talked to Marks..... Grandy: Hollywood Trending Right With "Hurt" Victory - 3/8 - Arlington's Sandra Bullock and Baltimore's Mo'Nique picked up Oscars last night in LA. According to WMAL's Fred Grandy, a Hollywood veteran himself of "The Love Boat" fame, "The Hurt Locker" won as best picture because the movie biz was trending right and honoring "soldiers doing what they do." While the hugely popular "Avatar" lost because Hollywood was rejecting the "eco-friendly" and leftist, anti-military political messages in the film, Grandy added. More on the Academy Awards in the DC Post..... 9's Horlick: Better News From One-Man Bands - 3/8 - Howard Kurtz looks at cost-cutting in the TV news biz, including having reporters shoot their own video at Channel 9/ WUSA. Allan Horlick, WUSA's general manager, see benefits of using so-called "one-man bands": "One of the concerns we heard from the newsroom is that the quality has got to suffer," he says. "The quality goes up," and the staff generates more content than can fit in each newscast. But many veterans view the practice as a step down. Gary Reels left WUSA in 2008 for several reasons, but among them was the prospect of becoming a one-man band and taking a 40 percent pay cut as Channel 9 renegotiated deals with its unions to allow reporters to shoot and edit their own footage. Most reporters and anchors at local stations have been forced to accept salary reductions of 5 percent to 30 percent or more. More in the DC Post..... ABC Back On Cablevision - 3/8 - Nearby news. ABC returned to the televisions of Cablevision's 3 million NYC area subscribers late Sunday, allowing viewers to catch most of the Academy Awards. But the companies didn't say whether they had ended their tense and bitter impasse over how much the cable operator should pay Walt Disney Company, the parent company of ABC, for transmission fees. More in the Washington Post..... Cerphe's Up At EPR - 3/8 - Iggy Pop, Pretenders, a Robbie Robertson deep track, Radiohead, latest Sheryl Crow, classic Bryan Ferry, Chris Isaac, new Cheap Trick and Foo Fighters, an Irish Theme set with Bap Kennedy and Van Morrison, Sarah McLachlan, Angels And Airwaves, a David Bowie lost classic, new Vertical Horizon, Bob Mould, Raconteurs, and more in the latest edition of "Cerphe's Progressive Show" from DC rock radio legend Cerphe Colwell at EcoPlanetRadio.com..... Men Love TEM & JFK - 3/7 - DCRTV hears that Red Zebra suits are popping their buttons with pride over the great numbers for ESPN 980, WTEM's afternoon drive "Sports Reporters" show. In the latest radio ratings, the Steve Czaban-hosted program placed second, behind only all-newser WTOP, in the key demo of men aged 25-54. Over on rival CBS sports talker WJFK, Lavar Arrington with Chad Dukes placed "a respectable" 5th, we're told. So, despite the somewhat anemic numbers in the overall "beauty contest" age 12+ numbers, both DC area sports talkers appear to be attracting sizeable chunks of the testosterone demo that many advertisers, from carv dealers to beer marketers, like. And it looks like DC will be a two radio sports talker town for the forseeable future..... Cablevision Pulls Plug On ABC - 3/7 - Nearby news. From washingtonpost.com: Just past midnight, 3 million Cablevision viewers in the NYC area lost ABC's channels because of an impasse by the cable operator and broadcaster to resolve their feud over transmission fees. The companies immediately published press releases, blaming each other for the failure to reach a deal. Users on Twitter expressed their frustration, saying they shouldn't be deprived of ABC shows, including the Oscars on Sunday, because of a multi-million-dollar deal gone awry..... Shales Does Osborne - 3/7 - In the Washington Post, TV critic Tom Shales interviews Hollywood insider Robert Osborne, who introduces films on Turner Classic Movies. Not that there's anything wrong with that..... WaPo Revamps On Faith - 3/6 - The Washington Post redesigns its On Faith religious page, bumping it up to page B2 of Saturday's Metro section. The print feature combines the work of Post reporters with On Faith online offerings at washingtonpost.com..... Larry Weekley Dies - 3/6 - Larry Weekley, 84, a communications executive who retired in 1990 from the American Bankers Association, died of cardiac arrest February 24 at his home in Brinklow MD. Mr. Weekley was a reporter for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and editor of the Culpeper Star-Exponent before joining the Washington Post in 1964 as a business reporter. He left the Post in 1966 to become a senior information officer of Communications Satellite Corporation, known as Comsat. More in the Post..... RCN Gets Bought - 3/5 - Herndon-based cable operator RCN said Friday that it will be acquired by a private equity firm for about $570 million. Including the assumption of debt, the deal is valued at around $1.2 billion. An investment fund managed by Boston-based Abry Partners will purchase the company for $15 in cash per RCN share, which is a 22 percent premium over the stock's closing price on Thursday. RCN operates several cable TV systems in the DC area, including Washington, Montgomery County, and Falls Church..... WTOP Is 1st With Local News - 3/5 - Rant. I was doing one of my around-the-lake walks in Reston VA today and stumbled upon the recently-fire-damaged shell of a townhouse. Hmmm, I wondered, what happened? As soon as I got back to the DCRTV World HQ, I did a search of Google News for "Reston VA, fire" and up came one link - to wtop.com. Damn it, WTOP. You're good! More Rants..... Amanpour To ABC's "This Week"? - 3/5 - Updated. The Politico reports that ABC News is talking to CNNer Christine Amanpour as a possible host for the DC-based "This Week." A local ABC News source tells DCRTV: "ABC is in active conversations with her for 'This Week' gig. That does not mean she will get the job. Many at ABC think she is too liberal. Inside favorite is (Jake) Tapper, but West Coast is leaning towards Amanpour." More as we hear it..... 45's Durlach Again Wins NPPA Honor - 3/5 - Congratulations to Darren Durlach of Channel 45/WBFF, Baltimore's Fox45, who has been named the Ernie Crisp Television News Photographer Of The Year today by judges at National Press Photographers Association's 2010 Best Of Photojournalism Television contest. It's the second year in row that Durlach has won the top spot. More at nppa.org..... WFVA Hires Fredericksburg Councilman - 3/5 - Fredericksburg news talker WFVA (1230 AM) gives outgoing Fredericksburg Councilman Matt Kelly the 8 AM to 9 AM weekday slot, starting April 5. After eight years on city council, Kelly is not seeking re-election. His political term ends July 1. In addition to his "WFVA Town Hall" show, Kelly and WFVA News Director Ted Schubel will talk about local, state, and national issues from 7 AM to 8 AM on "Fredericksburg Today." WFVA is the Fredericksburg radio home of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, Laura Ingraham, Alan Colmes, and George Noory..... "Boredom" At JFK - 3/5 - A source tells DCRTV: "Boredom at WJFK? Word in the halls of The Fan is that the air personalities are bored with sports. Management won't let them deviate from sports and it's beginning to chafe some of the talent that want to be more free swinging like the Junkies. The Junkies are the only show that get to keep most of what they always have been. Funny, going topic to topic, and of course sports. To this listener, Mike Wise sounds like he'd rather be anywhere else, but Lavar sounds pretty good. It's obvious that Holden K is ready to kill himself, probably wondering why the hell he took this gig." In the last few ratings round-ups, CBS sports talk WJFK has been placing about 20th among the overall age 12+ demo, below rival sports talker WTEM, which is owned by Redskins owner Dan Snyder..... "John King, USA" To Debut On 3/22 - 3/5 - Finally, there's a premiere date and a name for John King's new 7 PM political show on CNN. "John King, USA" will debut March 22nd - with an "online preview" coming March 19th - according to a brand new promo that was just posted on CNN.com. The announcement comes from King himself, who tweeted out the video this morning. TVNewser has the details..... Movers & Shakers At RTDNF Dinner - 3/5 - From WBAL radio's Scott Wykoff: On a night when some of the biggest movers and shakers in broadcast journalism came together to honor their own, it was the First Amendment that was the star of the night. In Washington DC on Thursday night, the Radio Television Digital News Foundation honored Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, RTDNA President Emeritus Barbara Cochran, National Association Of Broadcasters Education Foundation President Marcellus Alexander and the NABEF, Harvey Nagler, vice president of CBS Radio News and David Westin, president of ABC News at the First Amendment Awards Dinner. It was the 20th anniversary of the awards dinner. More, including pics, at wbal.com..... ARLnow.com Joins DCRTV As Advertiser - 3/5 - DCRTV welcomes ARLnow.com as a new advertiser. Launched in January 2010 by a former TV news producer, ARLnow.com is the place for the latest news, views, and things to do around Arlington, Virginia. ARLnow.com seeks to distinguish itself with original, enterprising, up-to-the-minute local coverage. Some news: Last night it was the first outlet with pictures and videos from the Pentagon shooting. Content from ARLnow.com appeared on at least three major local media outlets, we're told..... SFM Focuses On HS, College Sports - 3/5 - PressBoxOnline.com takes a look at Baltimore-based SFMSports, which packages local high school and college sports for radio broadcast and web steaming/podcasts..... Jonathan Strong To Dally Caller - 3/5 - Jonathan Strong leaves Inside Washington's Inside EPA for a gig as a congressional reporter at the DC-based Daily Caller site..... Robert Morton Leaves TWT - 3/5 - More shrinkage at the Washington Times. Robert Morton, who'd been managing editor of the National Weekly Edition, is out. More soon..... WPC Reskeds Dinner - 3/5 - The Washington Press Club reschedules its 66th Annual Congressional Dinner for April 21 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. It was originally slated for February 10, but two-ish feet of snow caused it to be postponed. MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski will be co-emcees of the event..... Media Covers Pentagon Shootings - 3/4 - Local media, including the cable news nets, covers the shooting of two police officers near the Pentagon Metro station on Thursday evening. Developing. More at washingtonpost.com..... Harry Jaffe On Rise Of WaPo's Ezra Klein - 3/4 - Washington Post top editor Marcus Brauchli calls him "a new paradigm" for the face of journalism. So, how has 25-year-old Ezra Klein - the Post's first pure blogger on politics and economics - risen in the field so quickly? Harry Jaffe at washingtonian.com attempts to answer..... Lara Logan Gives Birth - 3/4 - DCRTV hears that Lara Logan, the chief foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News, gave birth to a baby girl this afternoon at DC's Sibley Hospital. This is Logan's second child with husband Joseph Burkett, we're told..... Yet More: 106.7 Picks Up Some Caps Games - 3/4 - Yesterday, DCRTV told you that some Washington Capitals games will be heard on CBS Radio's WJFK, 106.7 The Fan, starting with Saturday's game. Then, on Thursday morning, we heard that only the Caps games that don't conflict with WJFK's coverage of the Wizards and Terps will be carried on 106.7. Now, on Thursday afternoon, we also hear that the games that will air on WJFK are those which are conflicted with WFED's coverage of Nationals games. WJFK's games start with this Saturday's outing against the New York Rangers, along with games on 3/10, 4/1, and 4/11. The schedule of WJFK's Caps games, which will probably include some playoffs, is at 1067thefandc.com. Most Caps games will still continue to air on their flagship, Bonneville's WFED, 1500/820 AM..... Leon Harris To Emcee RTDNF Dinner - 3/4 - DCRTV hears that Channel 7/WJLA anchor Leon Harris will emcee a big Radio Television Digital News Foundation event tonight, 3/4, to honor the organization's President Emeritus Barbara Cochran, National Association Of Broadcasters Education Foundation President Marcellus Alexander, CBS Radio News Vice President Harvey Nagler, ABC News President David Westin, and NBC News anchor Brian Williams. The First Amendment Awards Dinner will be held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel..... Czarniak To Host TNT Auto Racing - 3/4 - From USA Today: In a breakthrough of sorts for female announcers, Lindsay Czarniak (right) will this season host TNT's pre-race and post-race shows. Czarniak is a sports anchor at NBC's Channel 4/WRC and has worked as a TNT NASCAR pit reporter. She replaces Marc Fein, who now works on the TNT-managed NBA-TV channel..... Pauley To Pitch For AARP - 3/4 - Grizzled NBC veteran Jane Pauley joins the DC-based AARP. She'll be heading back to morning television as a contributor for NBC's "Today" and will be featured in a monthly series called "Your Life Calling," with stories pertaining to seniors..... Broder Slams Milbank - 3/4 - The Washington Post's David Broder goes after colleague Dana Milbank for writing "remarkable fiction" about Obama. At washingtonpost.com..... Newseum In Talks For OJ Suit - 3/4 - The DC-based Newseum is in discussions to obtain the suit OJ Simpson wore the day he was acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and friend Ron Goldman. The Smithsonian turned down the donation. The National Museum Of Crime And Punishment has already expressed interest. The DC Post has more..... Z On ESPN's "Competent" Coverage Of MD Hoops - 3/4 - David Zurawik takes a break from his obsession with Kate Gosselin to blog about ESPN's "competent and thoroughly professional" coverage of Wednesday night's Maryland-Duke basketball match. At baltimoresun.com..... Source: Big Tigger To PGC Mornings - 3/3 - DCRTV has tipped you. And now a source tells us that WPGC will be moving Big Tigger from afternoons to mornings. More soon..... Mick Lee Gets PD Gig At Z104.3 - 3/3 - Clear Channel names Mick Lee program director and on-air personality at its new contemporary hit outlet in Baltimore, Z104.3, WZFT. He comes from CC's contemporary hit KKRZ in Portland, Oregon. DCRTV hears that Lee worked at CC's DC contemporary hit Hot 99.5, WIHT, for several weeks as program director before getting canned. He replaced local radio veteran Albie Dee..... VivaLaVoce To 90.9's HD2 - 3/3 - DCRTV tipped you back in January. Now, we get official word that classical music-formatted WETA-FM is launching VivaLaVoce, a radio service featuring classical vocal music - including choral, opera, and art song - on the HD2 digital HD Radio signal of 90.9 FM and via vivalavoce.org. Look for "Opera At 8" each evening as well as a "Vocal CD Pick Of The Week," drawn from recent classical vocal releases. VivaLaVoce is hosted by WETA-FM announcers David Ginder, Marilyn Cooley, John Chester, Nicole Lacroix, and Deb Lamberton. A similar classical vocal service was offered for a time by the old commercial classical WGMS, before it left the airwaves several years ago..... Bob Mathers Joins WTTR - 3/3 - Sajak Broadcasting hires Bob Mathers as station manager, program director, and morning host of Westminster's WTTR (1470 AM). After recent stints as owner/operator of an Alabama station, and as news anchor/editor at KOMO in Seattle, Mathers returns home to the Baltimore area. Mathers spent most of his career working for Baltimore area stations, including WPOC, WSBA, WAMD, WQSR, and WITH. "Wheel Of Fortune" host and Maryland resident Pat Sajak owns Sajak Broadcasting, which also owns WNAV (1430 AM) in Annapolis..... Young Keeps FMD Show Despite Political Gig - 3/3 - From the Frederick News-Post: Blaine Young will be sworn in Wednesday to begin his official duties as a Frederick County commissioner. When he does so, he should end his 3 PM weekday radio show. So far, Young and his bosses at Frederick news talker WFMD (930 AM) have said he will continue on the air until he files as a candidate. Both are taking advantage of a loophole in the Federal Communications Commission's "equal time" rule. Had Young officially declared his candidacy, he would be off the air right now, the News-Post adds..... Sinclair & ABC Delay Deadline - 3/3 - Baltimore-based Sinclair Broadcast Group and ABC have extended negotiations over affiliate agreements once again, pushing the would-be deadline back to March 31. If the two companies fail to reach an agreement, ABC programming could get dropped from some of the 40-ish TV stations owned by Sinclair. B&C has more..... TEM Names Galdi Skins Beat Reporter - 3/3 - Al Galdi gets named Redskins beat reporter at Redskins owner Dan Snyder's ESPN 980, WTEM. He's the station's morning drive sports news anchor and hosts the Redskins post-game show. Jim Williams, who has more at washingtonexaminer.com, tells DCRTV: "Galdi is one of the good guys who put in his time and has worked hard, now gets his chance to expand his role at ESPN 980"..... Discovery Says No To "Miss America" - 3/3 - Silver Spring-based Discovery Communications is ending its three-year deal to carry the "Miss America Pageant" on its TLC network. The word is that Discovery didn't want to pay what pageant officials were asking for an extension of the contract..... Atlantic Tweaks Site - 3/3 - The DC-based Atlantic tweaks its web redesign after its blogger stars complain. CJR has more..... DC Agenda Buys Blade Name - 3/3 - The local company that owns the DC Agenda, the gay newspaper that rose from the ashes of the Washington Blade late last year, has purchased the rights to its old name at an auction and is "strongly leaning" to restoring the Blade moniker to the weekly freebie tabloid. So reports NewsChannel 8's Bruce DePuyt via his twitter.com/news8newstalk account. In November, the Blade went out of business when its parent company, Window Media, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation. Without missing a (Bronski) beat, staff members formed the DC Agenda and continued publication. The Blade was launched in 1969..... WaPo Launches iPhone App - 3/3 - The Washington Post launches a $1.99 iPhone app. It includes articles, columns, blogs, and photo galleries which can be saved for offline reading in a "MyPost" folder. More at poynter.org..... WaPo Drags Down WaPoCo - 3/3 - How high would Washington Post Company stock be without the Washington Post? WPO shares, which closed at $432.02 Tuesday, could be trading well north of $800 without its print businesses. Fitz and Jen have more E&P..... WaPo Honcho Defends Biz-To-A Decision - 3/3 - Washington Post Company CEO Donald Graham defended his company's decision last year to put business news inside its paper's "A" section instead of giving it a standalone section in a speech Tuesday to the Economic Club Of Washington. So reports Talking Business News, just as the San Jose Mercury News announced that it is bringing back its standalone business section..... Greg Miller To WaPo - 3/3 - Greg Miller, who's been covering intelligence for the Los Angeles Times since 2002, will soon be joining the Washington Post's national security team, so reports the Politico..... Sun Does POC's DeYoung - 3/3 - The Baltimore Sun catches up with country WPOC (93.1 FM) morning "fixture" Laurie DeYoung, who was recently inducted into the Country Music DJ Hall Of Fame. "Laurie has just always been able to talk to her audience as a friend," says WJZ-TV's Marty Bass, who has been giving the weather reports and bantering with DeYoung on-air almost since the day she arrived in Baltimore and at WPOC in 1985..... Bicknell Back To CQ - 3/3 - John Bicknell, who left CQ in January, returns to become deputy editor for member information and research..... Helen Roumel Dies - 3/2 - Helen Roumel, 88, a former employee of the old Channel 9/ WTOP, died February 12 of a stroke at Collingswood Nursing And Rehabilitation Center in Rockville. From 1960 to 1980, she was a secretary at WTOP-TV, which later became WUSA-TV. In January 1961, dressed as a Greek goddess, Mrs. Roumel rode in a float during President John F. Kennedy's inaugural parade. The Washington Post has more..... Revenue Slump For Citadel - 3/2 - As it works through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring, Citadel Broadcasting reports that Q4 revenues were down 9.9% to $192.9 million. The company said its large market stations generally did better than those in medium and small markets. More from rbr.com. Locally, Citadel owns WMAL, WRQX, and WVRX..... WaPo Slow On WTOP Snow Ratings Piece - 3/2 - DCRTV first told you on Monday at noon that all-news WTOP had a huge lead in the local radio ratings for the first week of February due to the two mammoth snowstorms that hit the region. So, the Washington Post's Paul Farhi called around that afternoon to do a piece for the paper. However, it didn't appear in the Tuesday print edition. Instead, it surfaced on Tuesday afternoon at washingtonpost.com. "Funny, I did not see it in print edition of my paper this morning," a top TOPer who talked to the Post yesterday told DCRTV, "but a whole bunch of people sent me the link." Update: The print piece appears in Wednesday's Post..... WaPo.com Sees Snow Surge - 3/2 - Those early February snowstorms bumped the number of page views to slightly more than 300 million for the Washington Post's website for the month. That's the third-best-ever month for washingtonpost.com, behind only September and October 2008, each of which saw more traffic due to the presidential campaign..... Dowd To Fill-In On "This Week" - 3/2 - Chief strategist of the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign and current ABC News contributor and political analyst Matthew Dowd will fill the rotating moderator seat on ABC's DC-based "This Week" this Sunday, TVNewser has learned..... Rush To Sell NYC Pad - 3/2 - It looks like Rush Limbaugh is moving ahead with his threat to leave New York City. He's finally put his palatial Fifth Avenue apartment (right) up for sale. The cost of ridding NYC of Rush once and for all? $13.95 million. Gawker has more. Titantic righty Limbaugh is heard locally on WMAL, WCBM, and WFMD..... 4's "Daily Connection" To Air In NYC - 3/2 - B&C tells us that "Daily Connection," the time-filler, quasi-news show that airs on Channel 4/WRC at 2 PM, will expand to NBC sister WNBC-TV later this month..... Snow Boosts BAL Radio - 3/2 - Coverage of the early February snowstorms boosted news talk WBAL's ratings - from 9th to 5th place - in the latest Portable People Meter radio round-up for Baltimore. The "first week" of February numbers, full-day, age 12+: 1) WLIF, 2) WWIN-FM, 3) WERQ, 4) WPOC, 5) WBAL-AM, 6) WMMX, 7) WQSR, 8) WCBM, 9) WZFT, 10) WRBS-FM, 11) WIYY, 12) WYPR, 13) WZBA, 14) WJZ-FM, 15) WBJC. More: 19) WCAO, 29) WTMD, 30) WXCY, 35) WWIN-AM, 37) WEAA, 38) WRNR-FM and WRBS-AM and WJZ-AM and WOLB, 44) WNST and WVIE..... Re-Run For BAL's Ehrlich? - 3/2 - WBAL radio show host and former Maryland Governor Bob Ehrlich, a Republican, will soon announce whether he'll do a rematch with current Governor Martin O'Malley, a Democrat. Ehrlich talks to Channel 13/WJZ's Vic Carter at wjz.com..... Fortune Journalist Helped Romney With Book - 3/2 - From Romenesko: Fortune Washington Bureau Chief Nina Easton is one of the advisers and political experts who helped Republican Mitt Romney write "No Apology," according to the book's acknowledgments. Easton, a former Boston Globe deputy Washington bureau chief, says: "I offered some writer's advice on things like structure and how to better tease out themes in his writing." Fortune didn't respond to a request for comment, according to the Globe..... Gannett To End Wage Freeze At Newspapers - 3/2 - McLean-based media giant Gannett is ending the wage freeze at its newspapers, including USA Today, effective 4/1. The freeze was imposed on 4/1/09. E&P has more..... 5's Claudia Coffey To Louisville - 3/2 - NewsBlues tells us that Claudia Coffey, a reporter at Channel 5/WTTG since July 2006, is moving to WHAS-TV in Louisville as the ABC affiliate's new weekend anchor and weekday reporter..... Povich & Chung Nix DC Move - 3/2 - From the DC Post: You can take down the "Welcome Home" banner: Maury Povich and Connie Chung aren't moving back to DC after all. The veteran broadcasters - who were born here, raised here, and launched their careers here - decided last fall that they were ready to return after two decades in NYC signed a contract on a spectacular $9.million Tudor in Kalorama. But now the For Sale signs are back up at the seven-bedroom mansion. Povich tapes his daily show, "Maury," in Stamford CT. It's seen locally on Channel 50/WDCW. Back in the 1970s, Povich hosted the midday "Panorama" political talk show on Channel 5/WTTG..... Reese Nabs 6 At Wammies - 3/2 - The Washington Area Music Association doled out a spate of awards at the 24th Annual Wammies, Sunday night. The ceremony was held at the State Theater in Falls Church and blueswoman Patty Reese was the evenings big winner, nabbing six awards. There were some big upsets, too. Eric Scott topped Raheem DeVaughn for best urban/contemporary vocalist. Meanwhile, rapper Chistylez Bacon defeated MCs whose rhymes have made national waves, including Tabi Bonney and Wale. More at wapo.com..... Radio One Doesn't Rule Out DC Move - 3/1 - Last week, urban radio giant Radio One said it won't be relocating from Maryland's Lanham to a complex in DC's Shaw neighborhood known as Broadcast Center One. But now, the Washington Business Journal reports that Radio One, which owns WKYS, WOL, WMMJ, WPRS, and WYCB, could still move to someplace else in DC when its lease in Lanham expires at the end of 2011..... Comcast Adds iPhone DVR Function - 3/1 - Area cable TV giant Comcast has upgraded its iPhone app to let subscribers program their digital video recorders remotely - a feature DirecTV has touted in national marketing campaigns - but the remote DVR capability is currently available to only around 13% of the cable operator's customers. Multichannel News has more..... Atlantic's Sullivan Disses Atlantic Site Revamp - 3/1 - DC-based columnist Andrew Sullivan is not happy with the redesign of the DC-based Atlantic's website. At theatlantic.com..... Video Vault To Close - 3/1 - DCRTV hears that Video Vault, the Old Town Alexandria video shop that claims to have the worst movies in town, is closing due to the bad economy and, of course, Netflix, the increasing trend toward downloading films on the internet, and watching via cable TV's on-demand service. The Vault opened in 1985, back when VHS tapes were king, and has sported a wide range of foreign, indie, offbeat, and horror titles. We have the announcement from store owner Jim McCabe in DCRTV's 3/1 Mailbag..... Olympics Hockey Final Widely Watched Locally - 3/1 - The gold medal Olympics hockey game yesterday between the USA and Canada got big TV ratings in DC and Baltimore. Jim Williams has the details at washingtonexaminer.com..... More Rumblings Of Mo'Nique To PGC - 3/1 - All Access is now reporting the same thing that DCRTV first told you this morning - that Mo'Nique could be the new morning personality at CBS's urban WPGC (95.5 FM). AA claims that "there have been talks aimed at bringing" the actor, Baltimore native, and BET host over to PGC. AA also repeats the rumor, that DCRTV's reported for months, that Big Tigger could be moved over from afternoons to mornings at PGC. There were rumblings over the weekend of a "big announcement" coming from CBS-DC on Monday, but so far silence. More in the DCRTV newsblurb earlier today and as we hear it..... Big Snows Bring Big Ratings To TOP - 3/1 - Gigantic ratings for all-newser WTOP during the "first week" of February in the Portable People Meter radio ratings for the DC market. The period included 2/4 to 2/10, when two mammoth snowfalls hit the DC area. WTOP took substantial first place leads in all dayparts, often with more than twice the audience of second place WAMU. The full-week, age 12+ numbers: 1) WTOP [1st in all dayparts], 2) WAMU, 3) WIHT [Kane 3rd], 4) WETA-FM and WASH [L&L 8th] and WHUR [Harvey 4th], 7) WMMJ [Joyner 9th], 8) WMAL [G&A 6th, Rush 4th, Hannity 12th] and WRQX [Diamond 6th], 10) WWDC [Elliot 11th], 11) WGTS, 12) WBIG and WPRS, 14) WPGC [post-Simpson 13th], 15) WKYS [Parr 15th], 16) WIAD, 17) WMZQ, 18) WVRX and WTEM [M&M 17th, Korny 15th, Czaban 16], 20) WLZL, 21) WJFK [Junks 16th, Wise 22nd, Arrington 21st], 22) WINC-FM, 23) WYCB and WFLS and WQSR and WPFW, 27) WTNT and WWEG, 29) WAVA-FM and WBQB and WPOC and WACA, and WBJC and WDCN..... WashTimes Continues To Shrink - 3/1 - DCRTV hears about another cut at the Washington Times. A source tells us that the paper's marketing manager was let go on Friday. "She was at the paper less than a year and had relocated from Minnesota," we hear. "When you think about it, one could argue that there is not really a lot to 'market' at the Times these days. Talk amongst employees, both current and former, is about the severance package she was given." Also: As DCRTV has told you, there are more rumblings that the Times could sever its relationship with its morning radio show, "America's Morning News," which is heard on WTNT (570 AM). Syndicator Talk Radio Network could seek a new media partner for the show, we hear..... KHZ On YRE - 3/1 - DCRTV hears that WYRE (810 AM) in Annapolis is running "40 Years Of Top 40 On KHZ" via Ocean City's WKHZ (1590 AM)..... Mo'Nique To PGC Mornings? - 3/1 - DCRTV hinted over the weekend that big changes could be coming to CBS's urban WPGC (95.5 FM) today. Now, a source tells us that actor Mo'Nique Imes (right) will the new morning personality on the station. The Baltimore native hosts "The Mo'Nique Show," a late night talk show that premiered in 2009 on BET. PGC is running announcements for "Mo'Nique's Morning Takeover" on Monday. Is she the permanent host or is the station stunting before its rumored big Monday announcement? DCRTV has reported rumors that PGC afternooner Big Tigger could be moved to mornings. Mike Brooks, Bootsy Vegas, and Angie Corley were pink-slipped late last week. They'd been filling-in during mornings for longtime morning man Donnie Simpson, who left a month ago. More soon..... Wait For Riggins On WTOP - 3/1 - If you've been anxiously anticipating former Redskin John Riggins' new show on WTOP's digital HD Radio signal you'll have to wait a few more weeks. DCRTV told you earlier this year that the Bonneville all-newser was planning to put Riggins on 103.5's HD2 or HD3 in afternoon drive come March, with a possible TV relay on one of the regional sports networks like MASN. But we now hear that Riggins' show won't debut for another "two or three weeks"..... Z: New NBC 10 Sked Could Hurt 11's News - 3/1 - David Zurawik at baltimoresun.com: "After seeing the 'special sneak preview' of 'The Marriage Ref' Sunday night, I am thinking maybe Jay Leno in prime time wasn't such a bad idea after all. If this is NBC's idea of how to win viewers back at 10 PM, heaven help the poor affiliates like WBAL-TV that have to try and find an audience for their late newscasts on the heels of it"..... FCC Faces Shitload Of "Indecency" Complaints - 3/1 - The FCC's massive "indecency" backlog is consumed by complaints directed at cable networks and other content outside of the commission's jurisdiction. According to documents obtained by SNL Kagan through a Freedom Of Information Act request, the FCC Enforcement Bureau had 1.45 million complaints pending and 12,049 open cases on indecency at the end of 2009..... Cooper To Replace Couric At CBS? - 3/1 - From the Politico: With ABC's David Westin talking of "fundamental transformation," and CBS News cutting back, the NY Times takes a long look at how such major changes could affect the network news divisions. And in that piece, the Times reveals that there could be a big change coming to the anchor desk of the "CBS Evening News": "Already, outlines of consolidation are discernible. Several CNN stars contribute to '60 Minutes' on CBS. And CBS executives, mindful that Katie Couric's contract expires in a little over a year, have talked to Anderson Cooper of CNN about an anchor job, according to two TV veterans informed of the meeting." More: Cooper shoots down the rumor, so reports the Politico..... Kafanov To RT - 3/1 - FishbowlDC tells us that Lucy Kafanov has been spotted as an on-air analyst and producer for Russia Today. Before January, she was at WETA's "NewsHour"..... Robert Keith Dies - 3/1 - Robert C. Keith, 78, a former editor at the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service, died February 23 of emphysema at his home in Baltimore. Mr. Keith joined the Washington Post as an editor at its news service in 1963. He became director of the news service in 1975 and retired in 1977, after a heart attack. More in the Post..... CBS DC Big Announcement Monday - 2/28 - DCRTV hears that CBS Radio is planning a "big announcement" about its DC radio cluster for noonish on Monday. A new morning show to replace the departed Donnie Simpson at urban WPGC, or a format tweak? Or maybe something about one of CBS's other DC area stations - sports WJFK, hot adult contemporary WIAD, Spanish WLZL, or talker WHFS-AM? Stay tuned..... Brooks, Bootsy, Corley Gone From PGC? - 2/28 - A DCRTVer wonders: "Did Mike Brooks and Bootsy Vegas get released by WPGC from the morning show?" Another DCRTVer tells us: "Angie Corley and Mike Brooks both have been removed from WPGC's website, Bootsy Vegas was never on it." The three had been doing urban contemporary PGC's morning show since longtimer Donnie Simpson left about a month ago. Stay tuned..... Matthews Compares Republicans To North Korean Politicians - 2/28 - From Mediaite: While GOP head Michael Steele is busy comparing the recent health care summit to a "death panel" for Obamacare due to too much in-fighting, over on the left we have DC-based Chris Matthews on MSNBC calling out Republicans for all being on the same page about killing the health care bill? Apparently that makes them "the closest thing to Pyongyang democracy" that Matthews has ever seen..... Bob Ryan's Farewell To 4 - 2/27 - Bob Ryan says goodbye (right) to Channel 4/WRC after three decades at the NBC station. He bid farewell on NBC4's late Friday (early Saturday) news, after Olympics coverage. Video at nbcwashington.com. DCRTV has told you that Ryan is planning to jump to Channel 7/WJLA, but must sit-out a contract "cooling off" period first. No official word yet about his widely-speculated move..... CBS Puts Balto, NYC, Philly Sportsers On 106.7's HD Radio Sigs - 2/27 - Late last year, DCRTV told you that CBS Radio was planning to put some of its sister sports talkers on the digital HD Radio subchannels of its DC area sports talker 106.7 The Fan, WJFK. Well, as of today you can hear Baltimore's 105.7 The Fan, WJZ-FM, on 106.7's HD2, NYC's WFAN on 106.7's HD3, and Philadelphia's WIP on 106.7's HD4. Update: The additions are still in the testing mode. Look for a formal launch soon..... No "Idol" For Stern - 2/27 - Sirius XM shock jock Howard Stern won't be getting a judging gig at "American Idol." So reports Deadline Hollywood..... Control Room Probs For Sinclair Balto - 2/27 - Baltimore Media Blog reports that Sinclair has been having control room issues lately with its Baltimore TVers. Saturday's broadcasts of the "News At Ten" on Channel 45/WBFF, "Gossip Girl" on Channel 54/WNUV, and "Creature" on 45.2's ThisTV were "stuck" in mid-frame. A source tells BMB that Sinclair Baltimore's master control cannot handle broadcasting all three channels at the same time. Problems were also reported during Tuesday's "American Idol" on 45, BMB adds..... WaPo Mag Does 7's Leon Harris - 2/27 - Channel 7/WJLA anchor Leon Harris (right) makes the cover of this Sunday's Washington Post magazine in a piece about the rising ratings of the station's evening newscasts with the former CNNer at the helm. At washingtonpost.com. Plus a noon Monday Q&A at wapo.com..... Earlier Morning News For 9 - 2/27 - DCRTV hears that Channel 9/WUSA is moving up the start time for its morning news to 4:30 AM, come 3/8. Also, it's replacing the 9 AM half hour of local news with "Inside Edition"..... Big Losses For WaPo's Newsweek - 2/26 - Newsweek was redesigned last year in hopes of appealing more to the Economist reader, while targeting a demographic loved by advertisers - highly-educated, affluent, etc. So far, that move hasn't led to a turnaround in terms of revenue. The New York Post crunched the latest numbers from the Washington Post Company, Newsweek's parent, which "suggest the magazine lost $28.1 million in 2009, the first year of the process." The Politico has more..... Could O'Malley-Ehrlich Rematch Launch Radio War? - 2/26 - "The Kendel And Bob Show" has become a Saturday morning fixture on Baltimore's WBAL talk radio (1090 AM), offering Maryland's former first lady and former Republican governor a weekly forum to share their thoughts on everything from international affairs to domestic matters. Could "The Katie And Martin Show" with the current Maryland first lady and the current Democratic governor soon be airing on the same station? It's one of several ideas that have been kicked around by WBAL radio programmers in the likely event that Robert Ehrlich announces next month that he wants a rematch with Martin O'Malley. Ed Kiernan, general manager of WBAL, said he would like to keep the Ehrlichs on the air as long as possible and has asked some "terrific lawyers" to look at the station's options for complying with the Federal Communication Commission's equal time rule should Ehrlich decide to run. The Washington Post has more..... WWDC Veteran Donald Rice Dies - 2/26 - Donald Rice, 82, a radio engineer with WWDC and the Voice Of America, died of congestive heart failure February 18 at Montgomery General Hospital in Olney. He lived in Silver Spring. Mr. Rice, a native of Brunswick MD, joined WWDC radio in 1949, where he worked for the next 19 years, becoming operations manager. He then moved to the VOA as a radio engineer, working there until he retired in 1987. In addition, Mr. Rice co-owned and operated M&D Audio, in which he worked as an engineer for visiting sportscasters covering games involving the Redskins, Capitals, and Bullets. He sold the business in the 1990s. The Washington Post has more..... Comcast & NBC Honchos Face Barrage Of Questions On CapHill - 2/26 - Comcast Chairman Brian Roberts and NBC Universal President/CEO Jeff Zucker faced a barrage of questions Thursday in a marathon hearing in the House Judiciary Committee on their proposed $30 billion joint venture. The pair defended their records on diversity, and reiterated their pledges to keep NBC free and over-the-air and their programming available to competitive distributors. B&C has more..... NY Times Bolsters DC Bureau - 2/26 - From the Politico: While the New York Times lost several veteran Washington reporters in December's buyout, the paper is keeping its ranks from thinning out in the capital with a series of moves. Recently, the Times added Sewell Chan, Jennifer Steinhauer, and Ed Wyatt to the bureau, and has now filled the economics editor position that's been empty since Paula Dwyer decamped for Bloomberg News..... Nat'l Enquirer Eyes DC Bureau - 2/26 - The National Enquirer may open up a Washington office. Barry Levine, editor of the trashy celeb gossip tabloid, tells FishbowlDC that he'd serious consider Politics Daily's Emily Miller for the job of opening the DC bureau..... Opie To Be A Dad - 2/26 - Gregg "Opie" Hughes said on his Sirius XM "Opie And Anthony" show that he'll be a father in two months. Hughes and his wife Lindsay had kept the news a secret until yesterday. It's going to be a boy, expected in April. Opie and Anthony used to be heard on WJFK..... WaPo Ends Quinn's "Party" - 2/26 - Sally Quinn, whose first novel was titled "Regrets Only," doesn't have any second thoughts about the writing of her "dysfunctional family" drama in the Washington Post last week. "I have absolutely no regrets at all," Quinn told the Politico. While Quinn isn't sorry about writing it, others - from family members to online critics to the paper's top editor - are. Quinn said Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli told her that if he'd seen it first, he wouldn't have run the column explaining the "dueling weddings" of her son and stepson's daughter and squabbles among family members. And now Brauchli has decided "The Party" - her irregularly appearing print column launched in November - is over..... Stern To Hold Tiger Mistress Pageant - 2/26 - Howard Stern is looking to crown Tiger Woods' best mistress. The Sirius XM shock jock has confirmed that a beauty pageant featuring the disgraced golfer's many ex-lovers will take place on March 10. Four out of Woods' 13 alleged mistresses are set to compete for a $100,000 prize. The NY Daily News has more..... Calderone Queried - 2/26 - FishbowlDC fires off a bunch of dopey questions to hunky Politico political media scribe Michael Calderone..... Small Profit For Sirius XM - 2/25 - Sirius XM Radio posts a small profit for the fourth quarter of 2009 as it added subscribers and cut costs. The satellite radio broadcaster was on the brink of bankruptcy just a year ago, hurt by plummeting auto sales, which meant fewer of its radios were installed in new vehicles. It's turned that trend around, adding a net 257,028 subscribers in the fourth quarter. The company also says the results demonstrated the economic benefits of the merger of DC-based XM and NYC-based Sirius, which was completed in July 2008 after some controversy. In the quarter, it cut expenses in several areas, including on-air talent and customer call centers. AP has more..... Radio One Cancels DC Move - 2/25 - DCRTV hears that Radio One has cancelled the planned move of its HQ and DC area radio studio facilities from Lanham, in Maryland's Prince George's County, to DC's Shaw neighborhood. According to the Washington Business Journal, the decision has dealt a major blow to an already long-delayed mixed-use project backed by the city. The company, owner of 53 urban and gospel-formatted radio stations in 16 markets nationwide, had planned to return to the city where it was founded by Catherine Hughes more than 20 years ago, with Hughes herself testifying before the DC Council about her desire to return to DC. Radio One would have been the anchor tenant in Broadcast Center One, a project that was slated to bring 103,000 square feet of office space and 25,000 square feet of retail directly atop an entrance to the Shaw-Howard University Metro station, financed by $30 million in subsidies. In the DC market, Radio One owns WKYS, WMMJ, WPRS, WOL, and WYCB. More at washingtonpost.com..... "MTP" 1st Again - 2/25 - NBC's "Meet The Press" again takes the top spot in the battle of DC political talkers last Sunday. Dutifully reported by TVNewser..... NPR Honored For Photojournalism - 2/25 - DC-based NPR News has earned 15 honors in the 2010 White House News Photographers Association's "The Eyes Of History" awards. The annual awards, announced last week, recognize outstanding achievements in photojournalism. More at npr.org..... 12 O's Pre-Season Games To 105.7 - 2/25 - CBS's Baltimore sports talker 105.7 The Fan, the flagship station of the Baltimore Orioles, will broadcast 12 spring training games this season, beginning with the Orioles' spring training opener against the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday, March 3 at 1:05 PM. WJZ-FM will air all 162 Orioles regular season games in 2010, as well as the "All-Access" pre- and post-game shows. As DCRTV has already reported, Joe Angel and Fred Manfra will once again team up to call the action. Many regular season games can also be heard in the DC area on sports talker ESPN 980, WTEM, or its sister station, talker WTNT..... SFMSports & 1370 To Air BCCC Hoops - 2/25 - SFMSports.Net will air the Baltimore City Community College basketball Panthers, which won the Maryland state championship last weekend. SFMSports.Net will broadcast the Region XX Tournament, featuring the men on February 26 and the women on March 4th. The games will be aired live at the SFMSports.Net website at 3 PM, and re-broadcast on Baltimore's sports talk WVIE, Fox 1370, at 7 PM. "This is exciting. The BCCC Panthers have proven to be a force in the region, and now we can bring the action to Baltimore sports fans," says Steve Clendenin, SFMSports.Net's president and CEO. The play-by-play responsibilities will be handled Graham Whaples..... Vargas To Host "This Week" This Week - 2/25 - ABC News still hasn't selected a permanent replacement for George Stephanopoulos on "This Week," and on Sunday will give yet another network star a shot behind the Sunday show desk: Elizabeth Vargas of "20/20." So reports Politico..... WaPo's Haygood To Nat'l - 2/25 - From Politico: Washington Post reporter Wil Haygood leaves the Style section to join the Post's National news team led by David Finkel..... WLIF Tops Balto Radio Heap - 2/25 - The monthly January Portable People Meter radio ratings for Baltimore, full-week, age 12+: 1) WLIF, 2) WWIN-FM, 3) WPOC, 4) WERQ, 5) WWMX, 6) WQSR, 7) WIYY, 8) WRBS-FM, 9) WBAL-AM, 10) WZFT, 11) WYPR, 12) WZBA, 13) WJZ-FM, 14) WCBM, 15) WBJC, 16) WPGC, 17) WWDC, 18) WAMU, 19) WTOP and WHUR and WCAO, 22) WKYS, 23) WBIG and WIHT, 25) WRQX, 26) WFRE, 27) WASH and WXCY, 29) WGTS and WTEM and WMAL, 32) WLZL and WTMD and WRNR-FM, 35) WIAD and WEAA, 37) WJZ-AM, 38) WMZQ and WMMJ, 40) WWIN-AM and WAVA-FM and WETA-FM, 43) WOLB and WNST and WRBS-AM, 46) WPRS and WAFY and WVIE and WPFW..... Mickey's Mom Dies - 2/25 - DCRTV sends condolences to 98 Rock morning man Mickey Cucchiella on the passing of his mom yesterday..... WMET Sold - 2/25 - CTM Media Holdings is selling brokered WMET (1160 AM) in Gaithersburg to Huffines Media for $4 million - $1.3 million in cash and the remainder in a promissory note or cash at closing. "WMET has not been profitable for CTM and we believe that this sale is in the best interest of the company and our shareholders," says CEO Marc Knoller. More from marketwatch.com. Under previous owner IDT, WMET moved from 1150 to 1160 with a 50,000-watt daytime signal and attempted a political talk format with a DC-based studio and Doug "Greaseman" Tracht doing mornings. But the station, which continues to have a weak night signal, could not get any ratings traction. Since then, WMET has been selling its time slots and running mainly ethnic programming..... ESPN Punishes Kornheiser For Being Kornheiser - 2/25 - From NewsBlues: Tony Kornheiser "may be a rotten bastard, but his ESPN bosses are idiots for suspending him," writes Jack Shafer in Slate. "Kornheiser is one of those guys whose ugly side is his only side. But the fact that ESPN has suddenly taken to punishing (him) for being an oozing bag of pus and venom raises more questions about the network than it does about the employee... Much - but not all - of sports radio relies on frat-boy humor to carry the freight between serious discussions about teams, games, and players. If Kornheiser's TV network bosses are genuinely upset about what their employee said about another employee on the radio, they should fire him. But they won't fire him, because they aren't actually upset. The ESPN brass is punishing Kornheiser for being Kornheiser when they should be punishing themselves for running their network like a high-school locker room." Despite his two-week ESPN suspension, Kornheiser continues to do his 10 AM radio show on DC's ESPN 980, WTEM..... Politico Promotion & Additions - 2/25 - FishbowlDC tells us that Politico senior web producer Dianna Heitz is taking on a new role as assistant editor for the website. Additionally, Politico has added two new members to their web team - Alicia Lozano and Zeeshan Aleem. Lozano joins Politico after serving as an online desk assistant for PBS Newshour and Aleem has worked at BBC News, the Atlantic, the Independent and the American Prospect. He has also written about politics and foreign policy for the Huffington Post and AOL News..... Support DCRTV's Advertisers - 2/25 - DCRTV welcomes "The Mike O'Meara Show" to our family of advertisers. Check out the top banner on the Front, Mailbag, NYC, and Boston pages at dcrtv.com. DC radio legend O'Meara and his radio buddies Robb Spewak, Buzz Burbank, and Oscar Santana do a side-splitting one-hour podcast every day from the living room of O'Meara's home. Check it out at mikeomearashow.com..... Contract Delays Ryan's Jump To 7 - 2/25 - Paul Farhi at the Washington Post tells us that the reason Channel 7/WJLA isn't annoucing Bob Ryan's jump is because the longtime Channel 4/WRC weatherman has to sit out a non-compete clause in his contract. DCRTV first broke the news yesterday that Friday will be Ryan's last day at NBC4. His contract is expiring and there have been rumblings for weeks that Ryan will move to 7, but, as the Post reports, Ryan may have to stay off the air for several weeks, and potentially several months, due to a "cooling-off" period that can run anywhere from 60 days to six months. The Post adds that Ryan has been unhappy with an increased workload on the air at Channel 4, and his diminished presence on the station's website. NBC's WRC has been using weather data supplied by the NBC-owned Weather Channel's Weather.com on its site, which has reduced Ryan's profile online..... It's Official: Ryan Leaving 4, 7 Denies Nabbing Him (Yet) - 2/24 - DCRTV hears that Channel 4/WRC has issued an official memo today confirming that weatherman Bob Ryan's (right) last day at the NBC station will be Friday. "No mention of going to 7, but he is definitely leaving as of Friday," a source tells DCRTV. Earlier today, a reliable 4 insider told DCRTV that Ryan is jumping from 4, after 31 years there, to Channel 7/WJLA, with his last day at 4 being Friday. However, a spokesperson for 7 tells DCRTV: "We emphatically deny there is any deal between Mr. Ryan and WJLA-TV." A few weeks ago, DCRTV reported rumblings that Ryan might be making the jump. The word is that Ryan would do ABC7's 11 PM weathercasts, freeing up Doug Hill to concentrate on the 5 PM and 6 PM weathercasts and spend more time with his family in evenings. Read Ryan's farewell to 4 memo in DCRTV's 2/24 Mailbag. More at washingtonpost.com..... WaPo Cutting Quinn's Column? - 2/24 - "A newsroom source at the Washington Post has just confirmed that the very survival of Sally Quinn's dreadful column, 'The Party,' has been the topic of several high-level discussions at the paper this week." So reports Erik Wemple at washingtoncitypaper.com..... More: Angel & Manfra Return To O's Radio - 2/24 - The latest Baltimore sports media news, including the return of Joe Angel and Fred Manfra to the Orioles radio booth, and the search for Anita Marks' replacement at 105.7 The Fan, is at pressboxonline.com..... Levin Slams Beck - 2/24 - Conservative radio host Mark Levin, who does his national show from his Northern Virginia home and is heard locally on WMAL, has criticized Fox News personality Glenn Beck's widely publicized Conservative Action Political Conference speech this past weekend attacking Republicans. The Politico has more..... Olympics Beat "Idol" In DC & Balto - 2/24 - Washington and Baltimore TV viewers flock to the Olypmics on NBC, at the expense of "American Idol" on Fox. Jim Williams has the details at washingtonexaminer.com..... WTOP Takes Top In Pre-Blizzard January Numbers - 2/24 - All-news WTOP takes the top of the January monthly Portable People Meter radio ratings heap for DC. The ratings period ended 2/3, before DC's two mammoth snowstorms. So, expect WTOP to get even bigger numbers in the February book, with its wall-to-wall coverage of the storms that caused power outages for many. Full-day, age 12+: 1) WTOP [1st in all dayparts], 2) WAMU, 3) WIHT [Kane 4th], 4) WHUR [Harvey 3rd], 5) WASH [L&L 7th], 6) WETA-FM, 7) WMMJ [Joyner 6th], 8) WRQX [Diamond 8th], 9) WBIG, 10) WPGC [Simpson 8th], 11) WMAL [G&A 14th, Rush 4th, Hannity 12th], 12) WWDC [Elliot 13th], 13) WGTS, 14) WPRS and WKYS [Parr 11th], 16) WMZQ, 17) WIAD, 18) WTEM [M&M 18th, Korny 14th, Czaban 14th], 19) WLZL, 20) WVRX, 21) WJFK [Junks 17th, Wise 21st, Arrington 19th], 22) WINC-FM and WBQB, 24) WDCN, 25) WFLS and WPFW and WAVA-FM, 28) WWEG and WKDV and WERQ and WYCB and WAFY and WTNT and WFRE and WACA, 36) WQSR and WIYY, 38) WFMD and WILC and WBJC and WGRQ and WPOC and WGRX and WLIF and WJYJ, 46) WFED and WZFT and WWGB and WWMX and WZBA and WRBS and WKCW..... WaPo Posts Income Gain, Print Circ Continues To Slump - 2/24 - Job reductions and other cost-cutting steps helped the Washington Post Company's newspaper division to post a fourth-quarter 2009 operating income of $3.2 million, compared with an operating loss of $14.4 million a year earlier. However, daily circulation at the Post dropped 5.9 percent in 2009 and averaged 595,800 copies. Sunday circulation dropped 4.7 percent, and averaged 831,300 copies. More at yahoo.com and at washingtonpost.com..... WaPo: CP's Wemple A Critic Of Allbritton Web Venture He's Joining - 2/24 - Yesterday, Washington City Paper top editor Erik Wemple announced that he's jumping to Allbritton's new local news web venture. Now, the Washington Post reminds us: "In his City Paper column, Wemple often criticized the Post and its online operations. The Post's news site was headed by Jim Brady, who will be Wemple's boss at Allbritton. Wemple also had raised questions about the viability of Allbritton's local website, which he sarcastically referred to as 'PostKiller.com.' In an October column, he wrote that he doubted whether such an operation could be profitable, given that few online news sites have made money"..... Wemple's "Wisdom" On Allbritton's Local News Venture - 2/24 - Rant. When I talk to people I don't hear: "Gee, we really need another local news website." If you want local news, you can get it on the web in plenty of places. Of course, there's the gigantic Washington Post and the up-and-coming Washington Examiner. (The Washington Times just dumped local news, finding it unprofitable.) Five local TV stations, plus at least three radio stations, including the all-inclusive WTOP, as well as WMAL and WAMU. Along with a batch of suburban newspapers like the Gazette, the Times, and the Journal-Messenger. Not to mention a flurry of local news websites and blogs, a la dcist.com and washingtoncitypaper.com. So, you've got to wonder, like soon-to-be-former City Paper top editor Erik Wemple did last year, why Allbritton, which owns 7, NC8, and the Politico, is spending a whole lotta bucks to start a new local news website. Even if it is a relative success, it's gonna have a lot of local competition for ad revenue and eyeballs. And, unlike the launch of the national political news-based and highly successful Politico a few years back, it's not aiming at a big national audience (and defense contractor advertisers), but instead a much smaller local media pond. Hey, Wemple, who'll now be a top editor at the new Allbritton local news outfit, just because Allbritton stumbled onto a good thing with the Politico, it doesn't mean it's got a winner with yet another local news website. In fact, it's probably got a long, tough slog ahead of it, especially if this recessionary economy continues. Good luck, you'll need it. More Rants..... Oscar Sounds Off On O'Meara Podcast - 2/24 - Former WJFKer Mike O'Meara's new podcast gets a write-up at MarketingVox.com. The financial viability of internet-based radio shows is addressed by O'Meara's internet guru, Oscar Zeballos, who is also an O'Meara show sidekick as "Oscar Santana"..... 3 Gracies For NPR - 2/24 - American Women In Radio And Television serves up three Gracie Awards to DC-based National Public Radio. Including: "The Science Of Spirituality" from Barbara Bradley Hagerty, a series on drug addiction in Afghanistan by Kabul correspondent Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, and the Culturetopia podcast, hosted by Neda Ulaby and Linda Holmes..... Ed Henry Engaged - 2/24 - CNN White House correspondent Ed Henry announces his engagement to CNN weekend producer Shirley Hung..... New Well-Connected Agent For Matthews - 2/24 - NewsBlues tells us that MSNBC's Chris Matthews is now being represented by William Morris Endeavor Entertainment. His new agent? Ari Emanuel, brother of White House Chief Of Staff Rahm Emanuel..... Obit For LeRoy Tillman - 2/24 - The Washington Post runs its obit for LeRoy W. Tillman Jr., 54, a media spokesman and veteran news reporter and editor for the Associated Press, who had a passion for District politics and breaking news, died February 17 at his home in the District. He had a heart ailment. Mr. Tillman began his journalism career in the early 1980s as a producer for WMAL-AM, where he worked on the Ken Beatrice morning show and other programs for more than two years. In 1984 he moved to WTOP-AM, where he worked as an editor until he was hired by AP..... Obit For Walter Crawford - 2/24 - The Washington Post runs its obit for Walter Charles Crawford, 61, a photojournalist who had worked for Washington's Channel 7 (then WMAL, now WJLA) since 1982, who died of cancer February 14 at Reston Hospital Center. Mr. Crawford received multiple awards from the White House News Photographers Association, one last year for his work on flooding in Prince William County and another last week for lighting. He was also a still photographer and received honors for his work at the League Of Reston Artists show last year..... Rush Top Talker According To Talkers - 2/23 - Talkers Magazine is out with its annual "Heavy Hundred" radio talkers and Rush Limbaugh (left) is at the top, with Sean Hannity in 2nd, and Glenn Beck 3rd. Howard Stern is 32nd, Opie and Anthony 65th. As for DC/Baltimore-based talkers: Laura Ingraham 6th, Mark Levin 8th, Joe Madison 12th, Jim Bohannon 22nd, Bill Bennett 25th, G. Gordon Liddy 57th, Larry Young 63rd, Diane Rehm 69th, the Sports Junkies 75th, and John McCaslin 81st..... Cuts Coming To ABC News - 2/23 - TVNewser warns of "massive cuts," including buyouts, at ABC News, with 300 to 400 positions being eventually eliminated. And it's very likely ABC's Washington bureau will feel its share of the trimmings. More from Politico and Mediaite..... Olympics, O'Meara, WETA Doc Make WaPo Q&A - 2/23 - The Olympics, and how many area cable TV subscribers still don't get MSNBC and CNBC in HD, was a hot topic today at the Pop Culture Q&A at washingtonpost.com. Both NBC-owned networks are featuring coverage of the Vancouver games. Plus, some chatter about Mike O'Meara's new podcast and WETA-TV's "Washington In The '70s" documentary..... ESPN Suspends Korny For Storm Remarks - 2/23 - Sporting News is reporting that Tony Kornheiser (right) has been suspended as host of ESPN's "Pardon The Interruption" for comments he made on his radio show last week about Hannah Storm's wardrobe. Kornheiser apologized to Storm after making the remarks. An ESPN spokesman says he will be suspended "for some time," which is expected to translate into a few days. Kornheiser said Storm was wearing "a horrifying, horrifying outfit" and a "very, very tight shirt... She looks like she has sausage casing wrapping around her upper body," he added. "I know she's very good, and I'm not supposed to be critical of ESPN people, so I won't... but Hannah Storm... come on now! Stop! What are you doing?... She's what I would call a Holden Caulfield fantasy at this point." The columnist and broadcaster opened his ESPN 980 radio show the next day by saying, "I apologize, unequivocally... I'm a sarcastic, subversive guy... I'm a troll, look at me. I have no right to insult what anybody looks like or what anybody wears. That, I think, should go without saying." The suspension will not affect his ESPN 980 10 AM to noon show because the station, WTEM, is owned by Redskins owner Dan Snyder, not ESPN. More: Kornheiser's ESPN suspension is reportedly two weeks..... Wemple To Leave City Paper For Allbritton - 2/23 - Erik Wemple, the editor of Washington City Paper, will leave the freebie weekly in mid-March for a top editor gig at Allbritton's as-yet-unnamed DC area local news website, which is planned for a spring launch. Wemple, 45, started freelancing for City Paper in 1994, eventually moved into a staff position, and served as the paper's Loose Lips columnist from 1999 to 2000. He left in 2000 to work for the short-lived Inside.com and returned as editor of the paper in 2002. City Paper's parent company, Creative Loafing, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year before getting gobbled up by the Atalaya hedge fund. Allbritton owns Channel 7/WJLA, NewsChannel 8, and the Politico. More at washingtoncitypaper.com, at politico.com, and at bizjournals.com..... Allbritton Sees Rev Rise - 2/23 - Allbritton Communications, which owns Channel 7/WJLA, NewsChannel 8, and the Politico, reports a 3% increase in operating revenue during the fourth quarter of 2009. The DC-based company, which owns eight TV stations in seven markets, had net operating revenue of $55.2 million, up from $53.6 million in the same quarter a year earlier. Political advertising revenues decreased by $5 million to $3.1 million as a result of spending in the prior year by the presidential candidates leading up to the November 2008 general election, partially offset by advertising leading up to the Virginia governor's election in November 2009. More from tvnewscheck.com..... Rockin' Ron Smith - 2/23 - WBAL radio afternoon talker Ron Smith (right) will show off his love for indie rock and classic alternative when he hosts a special edition of the "Indie 97.9 Sample" on Hearst radio sister WIYY, 98 Rock. Listen in as Ron talks about some of his favorite songs and bands as he will take over the 98 Rock airwaves on Saturday, 2/27, from 6 AM until 10 AM. WIYY runs indie and classic alternative tunes 24/7 on its Indie 97.9 HD Radio digital subchannel and at indie979.com..... C-SPAN Will Air Janet Jackson Re-Hearing - 2/23 - From B&C: DC-based C-SPAN says the Third Circuit Court Of Appeals has agreed to supply it with the audio from the February 23 oral argument in its re-hearing of the FCC's fine of CBS stations over Janet Jackson's 2004 Super Bowl halftime reveal. A spokesman for the cable public affairs network says it will air the arguments in the evening of February 24 on C-SPAN Radio, WCSP (90.1 FM), and on its website, as well as February 28 at 7 PM on C-SPAN in its "America And The Courts" programming block. It could get a TV airing earlier depending on what else is going on on in C-SPAN's world. A jobs bill and health care are both on the docket this week on the Hill..... Another Radio Error In The WaPo - 2/23 - Yesterday, a DCRTV Mailbagger pointed out the error. Today, the Washington Post issues a correction: "The TV preview of WETA's 'Washington In The '70s' in the February 22 Style section incorrectly referred to Melvin Lindsey's nighttime radio show as airing on WKYS during that decade. Lindsey's show was on WHUR from 1976 to 1985 before it moved to WKYS"..... WBOP Drops Country - 2/23 - Nearby news. Harrisonburg VA's WBOP (95.5 FM) drops country for hot adult contemporary, with Bob and Sheri piped-in from Charlotte NC for mornings. As "My 95.5"..... TC & Lang To Cover Obama's Address At Hampton - 2/22 - DCRTV hears that DC radio veterans TC and Jay Lang will be doing commentary for Hampton University's May 9th commencement ceremony featuring President Obama. TC, a Hampton University alumni, was heard on the now-defunct "Real DC Morning Show" on WHUR, and has done "Real Talk" segments for WPGC and like articles for Heart And Soul magazine. Lang was heard on the now-defunct smooth jazz WJZW, and is currently station manager of the Hampton VA campus station, WHOV, which will air the graduation ceremony on-air and via whov881fm.com..... Changes At RNR-AM - 2/22 - Martinsburg WV's news talk WRNR-AM (740) is making changes to its "West Virginia In The Mornings" show with Tom Tucker. Morning news anchor and News Director Al McGilvray slides to noon to work with Sports Director Matt Miller on "Noon News Magazine." Current noon newsman Bob Thomas now works Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday mornings, while Tucker's "Eastern Panhandle Talk" co-host Hannah Geffert works the Thursday and Friday wake-up assignment. "Live At Five" news anchor Ethan Fischer remains at his late afternoon post..... LeRoy Tillman Dies - 2/22 - DCRTV hears: "A sad note. Former WMAL, WTOP editor and Associated Press reporter LeRoy Tillman has died. The death notice in the Washington Post says it happened suddenly at his home. He is survived by his mother, brother, sister, nieces, and nephews. His wife died quite some time ago. A memorial service is scheduled tomorrow"..... Angel & Manfra Return To Orioles Radio - 2/22 - Joe Angel, the radio voice for the Orioles for the past six seasons, confirmed Sunday that he will return to that role in 2010. Fred Manfra is expected to be back as Angel's partner, though the Orioles have yet to make an official announcement. "This is where I want to be," Angel told baltimoresun.com. "I've left Baltimore twice and come back twice, so this obviously is where I want to be. I'm ready to go." The Orioles are heard on WJZ-FM, 105.7 The Fan, and in DC on ESPN 980, WTEM..... 10 For FNR - 2/22 - Federal News Radio today celebrates its 10th anniversary as a news radio station and website. Despite the trend of falling revenues in radio, television, and print journalism, owner Bonneville says that FNR "is thriving in Washington DC, with a profitable product that grew its revenue by 44% in the last year alone." Says FNR Program Director Lisa Wolfe: "We were born during the dot com boom, survived the dot com bust, and have been a profitable venture since day one. We are the only radio station targeting a specific industry in our geographic area. In a market of 4 million people, roughly one quarter of the population in the DC Metro has ties to the federal government." The station is a primary outlet for federal managers and contractors seeking news and information about the business of the federal government. Available on WFED (1500/820 AM) and via federalnewsradio.com, FNR is also home to play-by-play sports and is the flagship station for Washington Nationals baseball and Washington Capitals hockey..... Cerphe & HFS Make WETA's '70s Doc - 2/22 - At washingtonpost.com, Hank Stuever reviews WETA-TV's "Washington In The '70s" documentary, which debuts Monday at 9 PM. Radio-wise, it features "Cerphe Colwell playing whatever he wanted on WHFS (and) Melvin Lindsey's deep voice turning you on every night on WKYS." Plus Connie Chung and Maury Povich, and the Washington Post's Ben Bradlee and Colbert King. Stuever adds: "Since there's already been so much done on Watergate... and a recent film about Marion Barry, could I have less of all that, and a little more go-go, a little more Metro, and a lot more WHFS?" By the way, we're told that DCRTV will get a closing credit mention for some of the local radio research we provided for the show. Catch a preview at weta.org..... Key 103 Looks For New Morning Host, Gunning To PD - 2/22 - DCRTV hears that Frederick hot adult contemporary outlet WAFY, Key 103, is looking for a new morning co-host. Check out the ad in today's DCRTV Classified Ads. The current morning co-host at Nassau's 103.1, Dave Gunning, has been promoted to program director..... Support DCRTV's Advertisers - 2/22 - DCRTV thanks the US Naval Institute at usni.org for renewing their ad through the end of March. If you're a media outlet in need of experts in defense, intelligence, and/or homeland security, they are the one to call. Your display ad on DCRTV gets placement on four heavily-viewed pages and gets seen by up to one million movers and shakers every month..... Older news goes to DCRTV's News Archive. Copyright Dave Hughes/DCRTV.....

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