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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..... WPST Makes Changes - 3/9 - Changes at Nassau's hot adult contemporary WPST (94.5 FM) in Trenton. Dave McKay, who's program director, joins the "Chris And The Crew" morning show. Also, interactive Jelli programming will air at 10 PM, with night host Shin moving to the 7 PM slot..... 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..... WEPN Makes Sked Changes - 3/9 - NYC sports talker WEPN, 1050 AM, makes some schedule changes, effective 4/5. Seth Everett will host the 10 AM hour, with the syndicated Colin Cowherd moving up to the 11 AM to 1 PM slot. Jody MacDonald, formerly of WFAN and WPEN, jumps into the early afternoon slot with former middayer Brandon Tierney. During afternoon drive, Michael Kay loses an hour. Also, "The Leadoff Spot" with Ryan Ruocco, will air at 5 AM to discuss the previous night's games..... Tre Black Dies - 3/9 - Tre Black died Sunday of an apparent heart attack, ending a an on-air and voiceover career that had him heard in some of largest markets, including NYC via urban WWPR (105.1 FM)..... ABC Back On Cablevision - 3/8 - 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..... Cablevision Pulls Plug On ABC - 3/7 - Just after the stroke of midnight, 3 million Cablevision viewers in the NYC area lost their ABC 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. More at washingtonpost.com..... WNET To End "Worldfocus" - 3/6 - Due to the bad economy, NYC's WNET is pulling the plug on its "Worldfocus" evening newscast. More from TVNewser..... 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 palacial 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 WABC-AM and WPHT.....Gonzoles & Sikahema Do WPEN Show - 3/2 - Sports writer John "Gonzo" Gonzoles and former Eagle Vai Sikahema for new show will do a 10 AM show on Philadelphia sports talker WPEN, 97.5 The Fanatic. Gonzales has been with the station as a guest on the Mike Missanelli show, while Sikahema does sports anchoring and reporting for Channel 10/WCAU..... Cablevision Could Drop 7 - 3/2 - There'll be no Oscars this Sunday. And you won't be "Dancing With The Stars" either when season 10 debuts in a few weeks. That is - if you get local ABC on Cablevision. Cablevision customers in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Long Island, Westchester County, and elsewhere could lose WABC/Channel 7 at 12:01 AM Sunday in the latest big money showdown between a cable company and a network. The dispute centers on whether Cablevision should start paying fees to carry WABC-TV as part of its basic package. There's more in the NY Daily News..... 3's Maria LaRose To TWC - 3/2 - NewsBlues tells us that Maria LaRosa, morning weather reporter at Channel 3/KYW, has been hired by the Weather Channel as an on-camera meteorologist..... WNYG Sold - 3/1 - All Access tells us that Multicultural Radio is seiing WNYG (1440 AM) in Medford NY to Radio Cantico Nuevo for $150,000. The station, previously licensed to Babylon, has a construction permit to move to Medford, further east on Long Island..... No "Idol" For Stern - 2/28 - Sirius XM shock jock Howard Stern won't be getting a judging gig at "American Idol." So reports Deadline Hollywood..... 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 WXRK and WYSP..... Greater Media Signs With Metro Traffic - 2/26 - Greater Media's Philadelphia radio cluster signs a deal with Metro Traffic to supply traffic and news information for classic rock WMGK, rocker WMMR, adult hits WBEN, and sports WPEN-FM/AM..... 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..... 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..... Weather Boosts Newsers In NYC & Philly - 2/25 - In New York, all-newser WCBS-AM surely wasn’t up 3.8 to 4.1 to 4.5 (total week age 6+ AQH) and into a tie for third place because of the baseball Yankees. It was likely the region’s January snowfalls. In Philly, all-news KYW’s 6.5-7.1-7.3 rise since the December book probably has something to do with the weather. Check on the January monthly PPMs at Radio-Info.com..... Peconic Inks Deal For WLIU - 2/24 - The Southampton News reports that Long Island University announced this week that it has inked an agreement with Peconic Public Broadcasting for the purchase of the only locally-based public radio station, WLIU, 88.3 FM, and now Peconic is set to begin moving the station's broadcasting studios from the Stony Brook Southampton campus, possibly to the landmark former Rogers Memorial Library building in the center of Southampton Village, in the next few days. The signing of the contract of sale is an all-important, but not final, step in the months-long effort by staff and supporters of WLIU to save the station and its programming format and keep its broadcasts in and about the East End community. Peconic, a non-profit corporation founded last summer by WLIU supporters specifically for the purchase of the station, still must complete the sale. The group made an initial $158,000 down payment on the $850,000 sale price on Monday morning. The balance must be paid by June 30, according to the contract..... Rape Charge For Former 7 Sportscaster - 2/24 - Former Channel 7/WABC sportscaster Marvell Scott was charged Tuesday with raping a terrified 14-year-old runaway - and claims he's being framed. More from the NY Daily News..... Bankruptcy Costs Weigh On Philly Media Holdings - 2/22 - From Romemesko: Its bankruptcy case has cost Philadelphia Media Holdings $26 million in past year. These costs swamped what otherwise was a $15 million operating profit in 2009 for the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, and "that's disgraceful," says Philadelphia Media Holdings CEO Brian Tierney. He and associates filed for bankruptcy a year ago today. More at philly.com..... Mendte To Do Commentary For 11 - 2/19 - NewsBlues tells us that, starting tonight, former Channel 3/KYW anchor Larry Mendte will do commentaries on Tribune and Local TV LLC-owned stations, about 30 of them, including Channel 11/WPIX in NYC, where he will be seen five nights a week..... WLIU "In A Fight For Its Life" - 2/18 - From the Independent in East Hampton: Though the major players continue to voice optimism, there are strong indications National Public Radio affiliate WLIU (88.3 FM) is in a fight for its life. Though ownership pushes for donations and has led the public to believe it can save the radio station by making contributions, the problem is far more complicated - the station is a money losing machine. Housed at the Southampton campus of what is now Stony Brook University, WLIU is still owned by Long Island University, which sold the campus to SUNY-Stony Brook more than three years ago. Part of the deal allowed the station to stay on campus for three years. After granting the radio station two extensions, Stony Brook has issued an ultimatum to vacate the campus by March 31. WLIU is the only National Broadcasting Radio affiliate on Long Island..... JR Nelson Dies - 2/17 - JR Nelson, who had once been heard on Z100, WHTZ, has died. He'd been suffering from cancer and heart problems. He was part of Scott Shannon's old "Morning Zoo" show at Z100, and also worked at Cleveland's WMMS..... McGowan Leaves WEZN - 2/17 - Mike McGowan leaves the the morning gig at adult conteporary WEZN (99.9 FM) in Bridgeport CT. No word on his replacement..... Daily News' Bunch Joins Media Matters - 2/16 - Journalist and author Will Bunch is joining Media Matters as a senior fellow and will be contributing to the progressive media watchdog's blog, County Fair. Bunch, in a release, said he'll be working with Media Matters "in support of my new book, 'The Backlash,' which looks at how the conservative media is driving the tea party movement.” He'll continue at the Philadelphia Daily News, where he writes the "Attytood" blog. The Politico has more..... Pulse 87 Returns Via Web - 2/16 - Although it's no longer on 87.7 FM, NYC dance music outlet Pulse 87 lives on via the web at the new pulse87ny.com..... Mosey Debuts On 29 - 2/16 - SallyAnn Mosey, a former reporter at Channel 6/WPVI and Channel 4/WNBC, debuted Monday as the new morning traffic and weather reporter on Channel 29/WTXF's "Good Day Philadelphia." She replaces Sue Serio, who joined the morning show in 1997 and has now quietly moved to weekends at Fox29..... CBS Shares Sports Talent Between 2 & WFAN - 2/11 - Tom Taylor at Radio-Info.com tells us that Channel 2/WCBS’s Samantha Ryan used to be the overnight anchor of WFAN (660 AM) before her TV gig, and she and Otis Livingston will be heard on WFAN, ID’d as Channel 2 sports talent. Going the other way, WFAN gets what programmer Mark Chernoff calls “visibility on the sportscasts at Channel 2, plus a ticker across the screen” during the sports segment of the evening news. Expect to see and hear more of this. CBS big cheese Les Moonves is asking radio boss Dan Mason and his TV counterpart to tour their markets together, soliciting ideas about local synergy and probably proposing a few of their own. (Their road show is due in Philadelphia soon.) It’s not hard to imagine the TV sports departments in CBS radio+TV markets such as Philly, Detroit, Boston, Chicago, Baltimore, and Dallas working with their local “Fan” or “Ticket” or “Sports Hub"..... Income Up For NYT - 2/11 - The New York Times Company stayed ahead of the continued decline in advertising with deep cost-cutting in the fourth quarter, the company reported on Wednesday, as it posted net income of $90.9 million, up from $27.6 million in the period a year earlier. More at nytimes.com..... Stern To Replace Cowell On "Idol"? - 2/5 - "American Idol" producers are eager to hire Howard Stern to replace Simon Cowell as the show's tough-talking judge, the NY Post reports..... Comcast To Launch Xfinity Brand - 2/4 -  Comcast plans to rebrand its cable TV, internet, and phone services as Xfinity TV, Xfinity Internet, and Xfinity Voice in 11 markets starting next week. Comcast will remain the name of the parent company. A Comcast spokesman said that last year's switch from analog to digital cable laid the groundwork for the switch to Xfinity by freeing up bandwidth for new services, including 100 megabit-per-second broadband, additional high-def channels, and a larger On-Demand catalog. More at comcast.com and seattletimes.nwsource.com.....AirAm Has $17M In Liabilities - 2/4 - The media has been pouring over the Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing court papers to see who is an unsecured creditor for lefty radio network Air America, which went belly-up in January. Air America lists assets of $1,549,910 and liabilities of $17,152,302..... Citadel Hopes To Erase $1.4B In Debt - 2/4 - Speaking of bankruptcies, Citadel Broadcasting has filed its Chapter 11 reorganization plan with the court, which it's hoping will extinguish $1.4 billion in debt. The firm, which owns locals WABC-AM and WPLJ-FM, hopes to have about $72 million cash on hand by the end of April. More from Reuters..... 4 To Start AM News At 4:30 - 2/3 - Channel 4/WNBC will start its morning news "Today In New York" program a half-hour earlier starting March 1, when it will kick off at 4:30 AM. B&C..... Prior Leaves WKTU - 2/2 - Diane Prior exits the midday post at urban adult WKTU (103.5 FM) in NYC..... Metro Traffic Plane Lands On NJ Turnpike - 2/1 - AllAccess tells us that a Metro Networks plane reporting traffic for CBS's all-news KYW-AM and Channel 3/KYW in Philadelphia made an emergency landing on the New Jersey Turnpike during morning rush hour on Monday. The Cessna plane leased by Metro from Out One The Blue landed on the turnpike's northbound lanes near Cherry Hiill NJ at about 6:45 AM. Neither the pilot nor a passenger were injured in the incident, which caused a backup of several miles. More at philly.com..... Joe Kelly Adds PD Duties - 2/1 - FMQB tells us that Joe Kelly, program director at country WPUR in Atlantic City-Cape May, adds similar duties at hot adult contemporary sister WSJO. Kelly takes over for Eric Johnson, who will concentrate on the programming of talker WKXW in Trenton..... Minervini Fills In On MSG - 2/1 - DCRTV hears that Long Island native Craig Minervini filled in for Howie Rose as play-by-play announcer on Sunday's MSG Plus broadcast between the New York Islanders and the Florida Panthers. Minervini worked for MSG Network during the late 1980's as Craig DeGeorge on World Wrestling Federation monthly broadcasts from Madison Square Garden..... Tom Brookshier Dies - 1/30 - Former Philadelphia Eagles star Tom Brookshier has died at 78. The Eagles said he had cancer and died Friday night. Brookshier was an All-Pro defensive back who played on the Eagles' 1960 championship team. He had 20 interceptions in seven seasons with the team, earning All-Pro honors in 1959 and 1960. After he retired, Brookshier announced NFL games for CBS. He teamed with Pat Summerall to form CBS's top telecast team. He was also heard on the old WCAU (now WPHT) radio. He is one of seven Eagles to have his number retired. ESPN has more..... WLTW & WBEB Win Holiday Radio Ratings Race - 1/28 - WLTW tops the NYC radio heap. Ditto with WBEB in Philly. In the "Holiday" 2009 PPMs..... Engineering Cuts At ABC - 1/27 - ABC's Broadcast Operations And Engineering group laid off dozens of employees. The bulk of the cuts came from the group's NYC work force, including many individuals from ABC's studios on West 66th Street. The Observer has more..... Changes For WDHA - 1/26 - North Jersey active rocker WDHA (105.5 FM) is making a few changes. Current midday personality Kim Mulligan will join Jim Monaghan on the morning show, and WDHA veteran Terrie Carr will return to the station for middays..... Clear Channel Talking To Stern - 1/25 -  Tom Taylor at Radio-Info.com reports that radio giant Clear Channel is talking to Howard Stern (left), with the shock jock's contract expiring soon at Sirius XM. There've been rumors-a-plenty that Stern might return to terrestrial radio, which he left in 2005 for satellite radio. Stern used to work for CBS Radio and was heard on WXRK in NYC and WYSP in Philadelphia.....Ken Matz Dies - 1/25 - DCRTV hears that Ken Matz, 63, has died of throat cancer in Florida. Matz, who was also known as "Gary Smith," also worked at Channel 10/WCAU plus other TV stations in Baltimore and Miami, and at radio stations across Pennsylvania, including Harrisburg's WFEC and Philadelphia's WIBG and KYW. More from philly.com..... CACI Demands NYT Retraction - 1/22 - Arlington VA-based CACI International is demanding a retraction and correction to an editorial published in the New York Times on 1/11. "In the process of commenting on a matter involving a private security contractor, the Times editorial falsely characterized CACI's personnel who worked in Iraq as mercenaries," a CACI statement says. "The editorial then asserted that CACI personnel were involved in 'proven incidents of abuse in 2003 and 2004 in the Abu Ghraib prison' and implied that they had committed crimes for which they have not been held accountable." CACI says the statements are "maliciously false." More at caci.com..... Steve Harvey To Host "Family Feud" - 1/22 - National morning radio man Steve Harvey will be hosting TV game show "Family Feud" starting this fall. He takes over from John O'Hurley. Harvey is no stranger to TV, having starred in sitcoms "The Steve Harvey Show" and "Me And The Boys," plus other video work..... More: Stern Leaving Satrad? - 1/22 - More rumblings that Howard Stern will end his money-laden deal with Sirius XM satellite radio and jump back to "regular" terrestrial radio. At FMQB..... AirAm To Shut Down - 1/21 -  DCRTV hears that lefty talk radio Air America is shutting down. Company Chairman Charlie Kireker notified staffers today that the company will be filing for bankruptcy and terminating programming. All current employees will be paid through today. A severance package will be offered tomorrow to fulltime current employees with more than six months of tenure. More from Politico.....Ken Duffy To WABC Radio - 1/21 - Fox News Radio's Ken Duffy jumps to Citadel talker WABC-AM to anchor weekday afternoon newscasts..... Party Ends At 87.7 - 1/21 - FMQB tells us that Island Broadcasting announces it is ending WNYZ-LP/New York's "Party FM" station at 87.7. In a statement, JVC Media President/CEO John Caracciolo announced, "Effective immediately, we will no longer simulcast our Party FM programming on WNYZ 87.7 LP-TV. There were a few factors that went into our decision to terminate our agreement with WNYZ. The FCC contemplating the fate of low-power TV 6 as a radio signal was one. It's soon expected conversion to digital was another. It's hard to invest in a radio station when you don't know if the government will shut it down tomorrow. Spending time, manpower, and dollars to grow a property with a very limited lifespan does not fit our business model." The Party format will still be heard in Suffolk and Nassau Counties..... FCC Forbids Cable From Denying Sports To Rivals - 1/21 - The Federal Communications Commission has voted to prevent cable operators from withholding sports programming from competing paid television providers such as DirecTV and AT&T. DirecTV has complained that Comcast has used the policy loophole to shut out competitors from the Philadelphia market, where it owns coverage of the Philadelphia 76ers, Philadelphia Flyers, and Philadelphia Phillies. Comcast dominates that programming through its Comcast regional sports network. More at washingtonpost.com..... George Jellinek Dies - 1/20 - Radio-Info.com tells us that George Jellinek has died at 90, after a long career associated with classical music - especially singing - in New York City and beyond. He was the music director of WQXR, then owned by the New York Times, before he retired in 1984. He hosted "The Vocal Scene" for WQXR for 36 years, and he was also heard on the intermission segments of the Metropolitan Opera’s nationally-broadcast Saturday performances..... FAN's Giannotti To Pittsburgh? - 1/19 - Gregg Giannotti, a midday producer and fill-in host on CBS Radio sports talker WFAN (660 AM), is leaving NYC to host a sports talk show in another market. There are rumblings that he could be moving to Pittsburgh, where CBS is starting a new FM sports talker..... Ann Allen To WHYY-FM - 1/18 - Ann Allen, a former Air America and WNYC (93.9 FM/820 AM) news anchor, becomes anchor of the local "Morning Edition" on Philadelphia's WHYY (90.9 FM). She replaces Brenda Jorett..... Former Inquirer Editor Dies - 1/18 - Steven Lovelady, 66, a former Philadelphia Inquirer managing editor whose sharp prose shaped Pulitzer Prize-winning stories, died of cancer yesterday in Key West, Florida. More at philly.com..... WCBS-AM Top Biller - 1/18 - CBS all-newser WCBS-AM the top-billing station in the NYC market in 2009. More from crainsnewyork.com..... NYT Prepares To Charge For Website - 1/17 - The New York Times is finally ready to start charging users for access to content online, according to New York magazine. The paper has allegedly agreed on a "metered" system that will ask users to subscribe after a certain amount of free content..... Village Voice Faces Bankruptcy - 1/15 - The Village Voice, a New York City alternative newspaper, could soon face U.S. Bankruptcy Court proceedings after its parent, Village Voice Media LLC, lost a $15.9 million judgment for ad-price fixing. Bloomberg has more..... Dominic Carter Sentenced - 1/15 - The NY Daily News reports that a Ramapo judge has sentenced former NY1 anchor Dominic Carter to 30 days in jail for attempted assault..... Sirius XM Touts Arbitron Study - 1/14 - A recent Arbitron study of Sirius XM finds that "listenership is larger than previously estimated and scores much higher on key demographic criteria compared to the general population and AM/FM radio listeners," according to the satrad firm. More at prnewswire.com..... Judge Slams Lane's Suit Against 3 - 1/14 - A Common Pleas Court judge has struck down ex-CBS3, KYW-TV anchor Alycia Lane's lawsuit against her former colleague Larry Mendte and bosses at CBS Broadcasting, but the legal battle wages on. More at philly.com..... Ed Beach Dies - 1/14 - Ed Beach, the host of a popular jazz radio show in the 1960s and 1970s, who attracted listeners in New York and elsewhere with his sonorous voice, eclectic taste, vast erudition and pleasurably irascible temperament, died on 12/25 in Eugene, Oregon. He was 86 and lived in Eugene. Mr. Beach died of natural causes, his son, Mark, said. “Just Jazz,” Mr. Beach’s show, played on WRVR (106.7 FM in New York), the radio station of Riverside Church, from 1961 to 1976. It was rebroadcast in several other cities. The NY Times has more..... Court Endangers FCC Indecency Policy - 1/14 - A federal appeals court in NYC seems poised to toss out a government policy that can fine broadcasters for using even a single curse word on live television. All three judges on a panel of the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan Wednesday kept a government lawyer on the defensive with dozens of questions suggesting that the current policy violates the First Amendment. The judges then reserved decision. AP has more..... Art Rust Dies - 1/13 - Art Rust Jr., pioneering black New York City sportscaster, had died at age 82. After getting his start on WWRL, he worked at WABC-AM. He also worked at WBLS and at Channel 4/WNBC, in addition to authoring several books, including a biography with boxing great Joe Louis..... Graves To WSTW Mornings - 1/13 - Spencer Graves joins that "Dana And Nancy" morning show on Wilmington's hot adult contemporary WSTW (93.7 FM). He continues doing his weekend show on Delmarva's co-owned WDEL-AM..... Chapter 7 For Former Pulse Operator - 1/13 - Radio-Info.com tells us that former Pulse 87.7 New York operator Mega Media goes into Chapter 7 liquidation. The federal bankruptcy court judge approves the motion converting Mega Media's Chapter 11 status (protection from creditors) to Chapter 7, after the company says it's unable to re-structure its debt. Mega lost its right to program New York-market low power TV WNYZ-LP about two months ago. That was the end of Pulse as an over-the-air station. 87.7 is now occupied by Long Island-based JVC Media..... More Missanelli On WPEN - 1/13 - Radio-Info.com tells us that Mike Missanelli has renewed his contract to anchor afternoon drive for Greater Media's sports-talk "Fanatic" in Philadelphia. That's WPEN-AM (950) and WPEN-FM at 97.5, with the FM just added into the simulcast late last year, giving Missanelli two frequencies to hammer on rival Howard Eskin at CBS Radio's WIP-AM (610)..... WRKS Sues Hughley - 1/12 - A New York City radio station is suing DL Hughley's reps for threatening to yank the comedian off the air in a pay dispute. Hughley's lawyers claimed Emmis's urban contemporary WRKS, 98.7 Kiss-FM, owed their man roughly $359,000 for his successful 6 AM to 10 AM weekday show, launched in July. Some quick negotiations kept Hughley on the show while the money problems are ironed out. The NY Daily News has more..... WJBR Tops Wilmington - 1/12 - WJBR takes the top spot in the Wilmington radio ratings. Radio-Info.com has all the numbers..... WDBY Goes Country - 1/11 - Danbury CT's WDBY flips from hot adult contemporary Y105 to country as "Kicks 105.5." The Cumulus station is licensed to Patterson NY..... Gary Froseth Dies - 1/11 -  Longtime news anchor and editor at Washington DC's WTOP, Gary Froseth (right), has died. Froseth has been a member of the WTOP news team for 16 years. During his long news career, he's worked for KFI and KFWB radio in Los Angeles, KYW radio in Philadelphia, and was news director of WOWO radio in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and at KDKA radio in Pittsburgh. According to wtop.com, Froseth passed away in Managua, Nicaragua. He was in Managua as part of a delegation from his hometown of Gettysburg PA. He is believed to have suffered a heart attack. His wife of 32 years, Paulette, was with him. A service will be held in Gettysburg.....Fox To Pay Palin - 1/11 - The NY Times tells us that former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is joining Fox News Channel to be a paid political commentary contributor..... Star & Bucwild Start Web Show - 1/11 - Star and Bucwild, the former syndicated morning duoat NYC's rhythmic contemporary Power 105, WWPR, and later dance-oriented Pulse 87.7, will resurface together on Shovio.com, hosting a weekday evening show starting tonight at 8 PM..... FUV Finishes Tower Work - 1/7 - FMQB tells us that adult alternative WFUV (90.7 FM) has completed work on its new main broadcast tower, making the station more widely available in the NYC metro area..... Artie Lange Attempted Suicide - 1/7 - The NY Post reports that troubled comic Artie Lange landed in the hospital after stabbing himself nine times in an apparent suicide attempt. Lange's frantic mom called 911 Saturday morning after she entered his Hoboken apartment and found the bloodied funnyman. Lange sustained six "hesitation wounds" and three deep plunges. A source close to Lange's management team confirmed that the Howard Stern Sirius XM sidekick stabbed himself, adding that his mother had come to visit him that day to drop off food. Surgeons managed to save Lange despite heavy bleeding. "We all have our demons," Stern said on-air this week, referring to Lange's past battles with addiction..... Mosey Lands Fulltime Gig At 29 - 1/7 - SallyAnn Mosey, a former reporter at Channel 6/WPVI and Channel 4/WNBC, jumps to Channel 29/WTXF to do morning weather and traffic. She's been freelancing at Philadelphia's Fox station since summer..... Rush Limbaugh: The Musical - 1/7 - Heads up, Dittoheads and Feminazis. Rush Limbaugh is about to get the Second City treatment, from the team that last year set Rod Blagojevich's woes to song. The theater is set to announce next week a February premiere for "Rush Limbaugh! The Musical," a tuneful send-up of the right-wing radio talker with talent on loan from God. The Chicago Sun-Times has more..... Food & HGTV Shows To Air On Tribune TVers - 1/6 - Scripps is taking its battle with Cablevision to the next level, offering selected Food Network programs over the air in the NYC market this weekend. Scripps pulled its Food Network and HGTV channels from Cablevision at midnight on 1/1 after it could not reach a carriage agreement with the cable firm. Scripps said "Iron Chef America: Super Chef Battle," which features an appearance by First Lady Michelle Obama, will air on broadcast stations WPIX in New York City and WTXX in Hartford on 1/10 at 8 PM. HGTV's "HGTV Dream Home Tour 2010" will air on WPIX on 1/8 at 3 PM. WPIX and WTXX are owned by Tribune Broadcasting, which also owns a minority interest in the Food Network. Multichannel News has more..... Citadel Makes Allentown Changes - 1/5 - George King has been named operations manager of Citadel's Allentown radio cluster, as well as program director of country WCTO. Also at Citadel-Allentown, Laura St. James is named program director of adult contemporary WLEV..... Artie Lange Hospitalized - 1/4 - Radio Online tells us that NYC-based Sirius Radio satellite radio personality Howard Stern's sidekick, Artie Lange, 42, has been hospitalized in New Jersey for an undisclosed ailment. In a statement his publicist said, "We can confirm that Artie is in the hospital. Artie has chosen to keep all information on this matter between him and his doctor"..... Fox & Time Warner Do Deal - 1/2 - Time Warner Cable, which owns a batch of cable systems in the NYC area, and Channel 5/WNYW-owner Fox have reached a deal to keep carrying Fox Networks programing after the companies negotiated through New Year's Day to avoid a blackout of TV shows like "The Simpsons" and college and NFL football games in 13 million US homes. The cable carrier and Fox announced the deal late on Friday after an 11th-hour contract extension following months of negotiations that failed to produce a deal ahead of the 12/31 deadline. However, Cablevision, which also owns a batch of NYC area systems, dropped HGTV and Food Network in a dispute with Scripps. More from Reuters..... Copyright Dave Hughes/DCRTV.....  |
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