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 :// WSLS first local (Roanoke) station to broadcast news in HDTV  | Wednesday, October 31, 2007  On Wednesday, October 31st, WSLS 10 became the first area TV station to air local news updates in HDTV.“It looked fantastic”, said WSLS Chief Engineer Ricky Williams. (read more - WSLS)
 Entercom WPTE/94.9 Norfolk is now doing Live Rock on its HD2 channel..... (10/31/2007)
| Wednesday, October 31, 2007WTKR-TV, Channel 3, is shaking things up with a series of ads poking fun at a competing station. The spots lampoon news reporter Andy Fox at WAVY-TV, Channel 10, and his station's "10 On Your Side" promotional campaign. (read more - Daily Press)
| Wednesday, October 31, 2007Raycom Media controlled "CW Richmond" WUPV/65 Ashland/Richmond quietly launched the weekend edition of "The CW News at 10" this past weekend. Minnie Roh, who continues to free lance for Raycom's "CBS6" WTVR's weekend evening newscasts, anchored the Channel 65 newscast.
| Wednesday, October 31, 2007Radio One moved the call letters "WTPS" to its 1240/Petersburg frequency this past Friday. The call letters now matches the station's moniker -- The People's Station. The previous calls were WROU. The WTPS call letters come from a Radio One station in South Florida that the company has agreed to sell to Salem Communications. As its former sister station in South Florida, the "new" WTPS has an Urban Talk format.
| Wednesday, October 31, 2007On Friday, November 9, Free Lance Star Country 93.3 WFLS's Mike Vincent will wish Fredericksburg one last fond farewell as he gets ready to pack up for California. Entercom Country "95.7 The Wolf" KBWF San Francisco will be Mike's new home starting November 16th. "This will be a very bittersweet move to the Bay Area," Mike said, "the talent, the management, promotions, news team, everyone under the Free Lance Star roof have brought so much to my professional and personal life that have moved me in more ways than I could ever express. It has been an honor to share the stage with such talented people at WFLS, WYSK, and WWUZ. Mike added "KBWF is a dream come true. It's true personality radio combined a real slick presentation and real genius programming behind it all, and being behind the audio console is like being behind the wheel of a 12 cylinder Ferrari!" One final note : Mike has recently announced that he is finally engaged to be married. An August 2008 wedding is planned.
Entercom WVKL/95.7 Norfolk is now doing the Blues format, as The Delta," on its HD2 channel. It appears it's canned and not done in-house. More to come..... (10/30/2007)
| Tuesday, October 30, 2007 Tony Mercurio, Program Director of ESPN Radio 1310, announced that the NFL "battle of the unbeatens" between the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts will be carried on WXEZ 94.1FM. ESPN Radio 1310 carries the NFL package, but due to a conflict, this Sunday's game will be moved. (read more - VARTV Press Room)
| Tuesday, October 30, 2007WAVY-TV has hired a new main news anchor to replace longtime anchor Les Smith, who resigned in April. Tom Schaad, a Pittsburgh native who most recently worked in Orlando, Fla., will join WAVY in early December... (read more - The Virginian-Pilot)
| Monday, October 29, 2007Doc Thompson has joined Clear Channel "NewsRadio 1140" WRVA Richmond as its new afternoon host today. He replaces Mac Watson who exited this past summer for Bonneville News/Talk KTAR/92.3 Glendale/Phoenix AZ. Thompson is not new to WRVA. From 2003-05, he served as producer, imaging director, and fill-in host.
| Saturday, October 27, 2007 XM Satellite Radio will kick off the holiday music season on Thursday, November 1 with "Holly: An XM Holiday Channel" on XM channel 103. It's mainstream holiday music. "Holly blends contemporary holiday music with just a touch of the classics for the perfect mix of Christmases present and memories from Christmases past," states XM on its website.XM will be adding an additional five channels of holiday music come Monday, November 19 thru Christmas day. To make room for those new channels, XM is putting XM17 (US Country), XM29 (U-Pop), XM80 (The Move), XM90 (Fuego), and XM113 (XM Pops) on hiatus.
The Talk of the Town Media Group gets the town talking | Saturday, October 27, 2007FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... If a tree falls and no one hears it, does it make a sound? This age-old metaphor sums up the frustration most small businesses experience when trying to stand apart from its competitors. In today's fast paced and fickle economic climate creativity and out of the box thinking is the only way to go. (read more - VARTV Press Room)
| Friday, October 26, 2007Since Thursday, Oct. 18, research by News Leader editors has turned up significant evidence that News Leader sports reporter Blair J. Parker fabricated at least four stories and plagiarized from other stories on the Internet. (read more - Staunton The News Leader)
| Friday, October 26, 2007A Bristol Virginia Baptist preacher arrested at a Johnson City car wash in July pleaded guilty Thursday to a drunken driving charge. (read more - Bristol Herald Courier)
| Friday, October 26, 2007  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Congressman Eric Cantor (R-7th District) will be visiting the studios of American Family Radio's 89.7 WAUQ-FM and 88.1 The "Love" Station (WRIH-FM) to discuss the relevance of voting and how we can hold our candidates accountable. He will also discuss qualities to look for in a candidate and stress the importance of getting out the vote. (read more - VARTV Press Room)
| Thursday, October 25, 2007Privately held Raycom Media appears close to buying the television assets of insurance and investment firm Lincoln National Corp., two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters. (read more - Reuters) Editor's note: If this does happen, what would Raycom do in Richmond? Raycom owns "CBS6" WTVR Richmond and controls "CW Richmond" WUPV (65) Ashland. Lincoln Financial owns "NBC12" WWBT Richmond.
| Wednesday, October 24, 2007Country music radio station 97.3 The Eagle has been knocked off its perch by 95.7 R&B for the top spot in the latest Arbitron ratings survey. (read more - The Virginian-Pilot)
Lincoln Financial's "NBC12" WWBT Richmond has jumped on the new graphics package bandwagon. They launched a new news set yesterday..... (10/24/2007)
Keep track of all the Comcast channel line-ups changes in the Valley and Central Virginia at ComcastBigNews.com. Richmond is not included on that website but just recently in customer's monthly billing statements Comcast states that TV Guide, Oxygen, Hallmark and CMT will only be available on the digital starter channels beginning November 20..... (10/23/2007)
| Monday, October 22, 2007Mid Atlantic Network's Talk WINC/1400 Winchester debuted a new local show called "Winchester Morning Magazine with Michael Haman" from 6-10 a.m. Harman recently left the News Director position with Cumulus Macon Broadcasting. The station has also shuffled its on air schedule: WOR's Dr Ronald Hoffman now has the 9-10am spot and Neal Boortz takes over 10-12 noon. They replace Laura Ingraham. Evenings are now Mark Levin 6-8 p.m. and Dennis Miller takes over 8-10p. Michael Reagan was previously heard in those time slots.
| Monday, October 22, 2007Clyde Bass, Market Manager/General Manager for Main Line Richmond (WWLB/98.9, WBBT/107.3, WLFV/93.1), was let go abruptly last week. He was the second MM/GM to be fired by Main Line in past 14 months. Bass was with the cluster for just five months... On a side note, before Bass was let go, he hired John Kolesa as the new General Sales Manager over for 70s-60s Hits "107-3 BBT" WBBT/WARV and Country "93.1 The Wolf" WLFV. Kolesa was formally a Local Sales Manager in Charlottesville.
| Monday, October 22, 2007 NewsBlues says LIN TV WAVY (10/NBC) Portsmouth/Norfolk has hired Tom Schaad as the station's primary evening news anchor. Schaad replaces Les Smith who abruptly quit the station after 22+ years on the afternoon of April 24. Early September of this year, Schaad was shown the door at Hearst-Argyle's "NewsChannel 2" WESH (NBC) Daytona Beach/Orlando after 11+ years there. He was most recently that station's morning news anchor.
Radio Disney O&O WHKT/1650 Chesapeake has an immediate opening for a Station Manager. (10/22/2007)
Cable, Internet prices to rise | Sunday, October 21, 2007The expansion of Comcast’s video-on-demand library and 17 new high-definition channels are two of the reasons Comcast Corp. cites for increasing its rates next month. (read more - Charlottesville The Daily Progress)
| Saturday, October 20, 2007 COMING UP at 6 p.m.... (Breaking-news sound effect) - A local television station pokes fun at its competitors. And, later, the cure for cancer, long-awaited world peace and a consumer report that will surprise you about which detergents really get out the toughest stains. (read more - The Virginian-Pilot) Editor's note: WTKR is running three promos "poking fun" at WAVY, two 10-second spots and a 30-second promo (on YouTube)...
| Saturday, October 20, 2007In an on-air shake-up, WTKR-TV has declined to renew the contracts of two veteran newscasters, while adding three new faces. Priscilla Monti and Lisa Godley will be leaving the station by mid-December, when their contracts run out. (read more - The Virginian-Pilot)
| Friday, October 19, 2007Comcast Corp. actively interferes with attempts by some of its high-speed Internet subscribers to share files online, a move that runs counter to the tradition of treating all types of Net traffic equally. (read more - Richmond Times-Dispatch)
| Thursday, October 18, 2007Nationally acclaimed talking heads Sean Hannity, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Glenn Beck, George Noory, and Clark Howard will be on hand Saturday for Talkfest 2007 at the Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk. Local morning talk show host Tony Macrini will also be a featured guest. (read more - Hampton Roads Lifestyles Magazine)
| Thursday, October 18, 2007Birach Broadcasting of Southfield, Michigan won the Tuesday bankruptcy auction for the licenses and assets of Virginia Beach, Virginia AM Radio Stations WVAB-1550 & WBVA-1450 with a competitive bid of $345,000 cash. (read more - VARTV Press Room)
| Thursday, October 18, 2007NewsBlues says that Hearst-Argyle's WLWT (5/NBC) Cincinnati just picked up former Waterman "NBC29" WVIR Charlottesville reporter Kristina Cruise. She will be co anchoring the morning show at WLWT while the permanent co-anchor there takes a one-month leave of absence (her 11-year-old daughter has a skin disease and will be traveling to the Dead Sea for treatment.). Cruise was hired by WVIR from a small Tennessee TV station to do weekend weather in 2003.
| Wednesday, October 17, 2007Residents in Manassas Park are a major step closer to having a real alternative for their television services, thanks to a vote Tuesday evening (Oct. 16) by the City Council authorizing Verizon to offer its FiOS TV service here. (read more - Verizon)
| Wednesday, October 17, 2007Jim Cook, also known lovingly by loyal WVTF listeners as Jim C., died Friday. His funeral was held today (10/15). (read more - WVTF)
| Tuesday, October 16, 2007 After a 10-month radio hiatus, Jason Paige has moved up the dial by eight-tenths of a MHz (previously with Clear Channel CHR "Q94" WRVQ/94.5 Richmond) and joined Cox Radio Country "K95" WKHK/95.3 Colonial Heights/Richmond. Paige will be covering weekend shifts and filling in as needed. Paige told us, “The opportunity presented itself to get back on the air with K95, and I couldn’t resist. I’m looking forward to working with Buddy, Bill and everyone at K95 and Cox Radio Richmond.”
| Tuesday, October 16, 2007Having served as president of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association during the tumultuous 1990s and now taking a turn as chairman of the trade association and as a director of Comcast, Decker Anstrom may forever be perceived as a cable guy. (read more - TVNEWSDAY)
| Tuesday, October 16, 2007NewsBlues says that Lincoln Financial "NBC12" WWBT Richmond sports reporter Jory Rand is headed for Pittsburgh. He has been hired by CBS Television O&O KDKA (2/CBS) as a reporter/anchor. Rand, who has been at WWBT for just over three years, starts at KDKA after the New Year.
| Tuesday, October 16, 2007 Comcast customers will see an increase in their monthly bills beginning Nov. 7. The average bill will go up by “less than 5 percent,” according to Comcast spokeswoman Jaye Linnen.“Price adjustments reflect the increased value of our services,” Linnen said. (read more - Harrisonburg The Daily News Record)
| Monday, October 15, 2007 nTelos announces the new generation of television is now available to a number of residents of Botetourt and Augusta counties and Waynesboro. Powered by Microsoft Mediaroom, Microsoft's award-winning multimedia software platform, nTelos Video provides an alternative to cable and satellite TV, offering video entertainment services with more than 200 all-digital channels and 18 high-definition channels at no extra charge. (read more - nTelos)
| Monday, October 15, 2007DIRECTV, the nation's leading satellite television service provider, is now offering 72 national HD channels - significantly more than any other television provider in the nation. This is the first wave in DIRECTV's unprecedented expansion of HD services that is building towards up to 100 HD channels by year-end... (read more - DirecTV)
| Monday, October 15, 2007 Verizon today launched two new channels on Verizon FiOS TV, A&E in high definition (A&E HD) and the new FOX Business Network, giving customers additional choices for entertainment and business news. The channels are available in all Verizon FiOS TV markets. (read more - Verizon)
| Sunday, October 14, 2007 Monday morning, October 15th, at 5:00 a.m. Monticello Media will launch a new live, local morning show on NewsTalk 1260 AM WCHV featuring Joe Thomas. The show will feature local news, sports, weather and traffic as well as interviews and conversations about the issues and events important to residents of the greater Charlottesville and Albemarle County area. (read more - VARTV Press Room)
| Friday, October 12, 2007FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... WAVY-TV announces that the 2008 Jefferson Award recipients will be honored at a luncheon on October 26, 2007 at the Chesapeake Conference Center. The Jefferson Awards give honor and recognition to the committed volunteers who serve the Hampton Roads’ community. (read more - VARTV Press Room)
| Friday, October 12, 2007Radio listeners in Chase City and Mecklenburg County can now turn to 90.1 WMVE for their favorite public radio programs. The station is a part of WCVE Public Radio, which is based out of Richmond... (read more - WCVE.org)
| Friday, October 12, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Friday evening, October 12, 2007 at 5:00pm Tom@107.5 moved into Charlottesville. Tom is a new radio station at 107.5 FM that is unlike anything available in the Charlottesville market because Tom plays Anything. Anytime. (read more - VARTV Press Room)
WQDR Raleigh PD and voice over talent Lisa McKay is looking to get 2008 off to the right start! It’s budget time and how would you like to have an imaging talent on your station for $300/month UNLIMITED! Listen to her audio here: (www.lisamckayvo.com) and be the first PD/OM to holler at her voice pimp Pauly (Pauly@themcdanielgroupllc.com) and the contract is yours! (10/12/2007)
| Friday, October 12, 2007As he promised in our (TVBR) story this week (10/9/07 TVBR #197), David Nicholson, Tower Innovations EVP/COO, has responded to claims made by WSKY-TV Norfolk President Glenn Holterhaus regarding the race for time the station is in getting its collapsed broadcast tower rebuilt. (read more - TVBR)
We hear the very last department head from the previous owners of WTKR (3/CBS) Norfolk, The New York Times Company, was fired yesterday. The current owners, Local TV LLC, let go the station's Chief Engineer Jerry Garvin on Wednesday..... (10/11/2007)
| Thursday, October 11, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Sony Pictures and 106.5 The Beat want you to get down with Chris Brown and the cast of his new movie, THIS CHRISTMAS. We are looking for the best amateur singers in Richmond/Tri-Cities Area to take part in the THIS CHRISTMAS Singing Challenge hosted by 106.5 The Beat’s own iilscout pacino. (read more - WBTJ flyer)
| Thursday, October 11, 2007  After eight years with WTKR (3/CBS) Norfolk, reporter/anchor Priscilla Monti's contract with the station is not being renewed. Monti joined the station from Belo's WVEC (13/ABC) Hampton/Norfolk in December 1999.We also know reporter/anchor Lisa Godley will be let go when her contract expires. Although not stated in her station bio, we believe Godley has been with WTKR a bit longer than Monti. Godley and Monti will be gone from WTKR by the end of the year. On the flip side, the station owner, Local TV LLC, has hired three new on-air people. Sara Morris is WTKR's new weekend evening anchor, replacing Bob Matthews who is back to weekday reporting. Morris hails from Cox Television's "K-Fox 14" KFOX El Paso TX. Laila Muhammad is Channel 3's new weekend morning anchor from Media General's WNCT (9/CBS) Greenville NC. And finally, Marie Coronel is a new general assignment reporter from Nexstar's "NBC25" WHAG Hagerstown MD. We hear WTKR will roll out a new graphic look and music package next week to complete the on-air look overhaul that began with the updated set that debuted last month. Whew... Stay tuned.
| Thursday, October 11, 2007FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... In what’s believed to be a first for the broadcasting industry, radio listeners across the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill metropolitan region will help decide which Christmas tunes they’ll hear on leading stations this holiday season. The Triangle’s first Carolina Christmas Music Survey takes place on Thursday, October 11th, at 10:00AM, live on Y-102.9 (WWMY-FM) and 102.3 (WWNF-FM). (read more - VARTV Press Room)
| Wednesday, October 10, 2007Jim McKernan will join Bonten Media Group as vice president and general manager of Bonten’s Tri-Cities Tennessee/Virginia operation that comprise WCYB (NBC), WEMT (Fox) and WCYB-DT (CW). (read more - TVNEWSDAY)
| Wednesday, October 10, 2007FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Bankruptcy Trustee R. Clinton Stackhouse, Jr. has applied to the U. S. Bankruptcy Court in Norfolk, Virginia for approval to sell the licenses and assets of Virginia Beach AM Radio Stations WVAB-1550 and WBVA-1450 to TL Communications, Inc. for $275,000. TL Communications is represented by Terry Suggs, also known as Terry Love. (read more - VARTV Press Room)
The City of Norfolk has a Public Relations Assistant opening. Work involves providing video, graphic, and internal/external communications support to the department’s Public Information and Education unit including the City's TV48. (read more - City of Norfolk)..... (10/10/2007)
Entercom Rhythmic "Z104" WNVZ/104.5 Norfolk alum Mike Klein scores weekends at Clear Channel CHR "Z100" WHTZ/100.3 Newark/New York. Klein can talk about all the good times at Entercom with alum JJ Kincaid who holds down weekday afternoons on The Z..... (10/9/2007)
| Tuesday, October 9, 2007Jeff Brown has been named Vice President/Market Manager of Entercom Norfolk (WPTE/94.9, WVKL/95.7, WWDE/101.3, WNVZ/104.5). Brown was most recently Director of Sales for Entercom Denver (KQMT/99.5, KOSI/101.1, KALC/105.9, KEZW/1430).
| Tuesday, October 9, 2007 A two-year, DTV upgrade project came crashing to a halt last March for independent WSKY-TV Chesapeake, VA (Norfolk-Hampton-VA Beach DMA), when winds (only 40 mph) knocked down a 1,036-ft tower it was building for its Ch. 4 DTV signal (it had been up to 760 feet when it fell). The tower is located just south of the Virginia border in (South Mills), NC. (read more - TVBR)
| Tuesday, October 9, 2007 Public radio is taking on Christian radio in a lawsuit over who has the right to use the name, The Current.Minnesota Public Radio, which runs a progressive music station called The Current, filed a federal lawsuit against a Virginia Beach Christian radio station that operates Positive Hit Radio, The Current. (read more - The Virginian-Pilot)
On Friday October 5, Norfolk State University's Urban "Hot 91" WNSB Norfolk started broadcasting in HD Radio..... (10/8/2007)
Agreement includes the Ion network plus its two digital services Qubo and Ion Life | Monday, October 8, 2007 Ion Media Networks has signed an affiliate distribution agreement with Mediacom Communications to deliver Ion’s suite of programming channels—Ion Television plus its two digital channels Qubo and Ion Life—to Mediacom cable customers nationwide. (read more - TVNEWSDAY)Editor's note: MediaCom has a handful of small systems in eastern North Carolina...
| Monday, October 8, 2007From Cox Hampton Roads:
WCVE to launch digital TV channel (and digital radio stations) | Friday, October 5, 2007On Nov. 5, Richmond's Community Idea Stations plan to launch their first digital TV channel, MHz WorldView. What does this mean to TV viewers? (read more - Richmond Times-Dispatch) Editor's note: Richmond's WCVE-DT and sister station WHTJ-DT Charlottesville are launching identical programming on November 5...
| Thursday, October 4, 2007 Monticello Media closed today on the purchase of six Charlottesville radio stations from Clear Channel Communications.The stations include: WCYK-FM, 99.7, Country, WCJZ-FM, 107.5, Adult Contemporary, WSUH-FM 94.1 and 102.3, Classic Hits, WHTE-FM,101.9, Contemporary Hit Radio/Top 40, WCHV-AM, 1260 News/Talk, and WKAV-AM, 1400, Sports. (read more - VARTV Press Room)
| Thursday, October 4, 2007 Allbritton Communications’ ABC affiliate in Washington, WJLA, has launched Local Point TV in the digital sub-channel segment of the broadcast spectrum and carried on Comcast 205 and FiOS 867. (read more - TVNEWSDAY)
| Wednesday, October 3, 2007Monticello Media has yanked the jocks off the air on Hot AC WCJZ/Charlottesville. It also has dropped "Mix for "FM 107.5." The company took out the web address "love1075.com" last month. Let the speculation begin.
| Wednesday, October 3, 2007 Cox Communications and Turner Networks announced an agreement today that will allow Cox to offer TBS in HD and CNN HD in Cox markets. “We are thrilled to complete this agreement for the addition of 2 more strong brands to our HD lineup... (read more - BusinessWire)
| Wednesday, October 3, 2007 Mark Majors, the host of "Crime Talk" on Davidson Media Group's "All News 990" WLEE Richmond, launched a new show on Monday, "Around Town with Mark Majors."The show will air Monday through Friday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and "will feature the latest news, weather, sports, newsmakers, events, grand openings, special guests, etc. that's going on in and around the Richmond Metro." Majors will continue to host "Crime Talk" but that will be done within the new program's 3-hour broadcast.
| Tuesday, October 2, 2007 Star Radio Group has just launched Urban AC "The Vibe 93.3" as an HD2 side-channel on WFLS/93.3 Fredericksburg.The new station has its own website at TheVibe933.com. The audio of The Vibe is also being streamed from that website.
Richmonder helped establish WTVR in years after WWII | Monday, October 1, 2007A memorial service for Walter Augustus Bowry Jr., who was instrumental in establishing Richmond's WTVR, the South's first television station, will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Tabernacle Baptist Church, 1925 Grove Ave., in Richmond. Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery. (read more - Richmond Times-Dispatch)
| Monday, October 1, 2007Max Media Sports "ESPN Radio 1310" WGH Newport News/Norfolk has moved "The ODU Football Update," featuring head football coach Bobby Wilder, to 5 a.m. this Wednesday. The show, which normally airs at 6 p.m. on Wednesdays, will be moved this Wednesday due to conflicts with the Major League Baseball playoffs airing on the station. "Coach Wilder and I both thought this would be a unique idea for the ODU fans," said Tony Mercurio, host of the show. "This will be an opportunity for fans to hear the ODU coach bright and early this Wednesday," noted Mercurio.
Belo's "13NEWS" WVEC (ABC) Hampton/Norfolk will introduce new on-air graphics for its newscasts tomorrow. It's a soft launch that will happen during the 5 p.m. newscast..... (9/30/2007)
| Sunday, September 30, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... "We regret to inform you of the fate that has befallen The Tube Music Network. October 1, 2007 The Tube ceased its national broadcast. Viewers, Artists... your support of The Tube has always been highly valued and appreciated. The collective efforts of this team, fueled by the letters we received from viewers, sustained THE TUBE as it struggled through the financial limitations that ultimately contributed to its incapacitated state."The Tube was carried on Raycom Media's WTVR/Richmond channel 6-3. Sinclair Broadcast Group (WTVZ/33 Norfolk) dropped the net January 1st.
| Sunday, September 30, 2007Afternoon host Mike Maniscalco on Clear Channel "Sports Radio 910" WRNL Richmond exited the station Friday. He's accepted the morning show host position at Capitol Broadcasting's soon-to-be-launched Sports "99.9 The Fan" WCMC Creedmoor/Raleigh. Maniscalco will also host the Peter Laviolette show, the head coach of the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes. Maniscalco said," The decision to leave was not an easy one, as Richmond has become home. But the opportunity in Raleigh is one I could not pass up. We have built a great station at Sports Radio 910 and I feel that I am leaving the station in better standing than when I arrived. I thank the listeners and callers who took a chance on me and made my job the best in Richmond and Clear Channel for giving me the opportunity. I hope I have raised the bar just a little bit and the station continues to grow. Richmond and Sports Radio 910 will always be special to me."
| Friday, September 28, 2007 Sinclair Communications expanded its "The Late Late Night Rock Show" to six nights a week beginning last week. The longtime Saturday night show hosted by Kyle and Ross is now heard from 10 p.m. to midnight. According to 96X's website, "(the) show is unique in that we play music that you don't normally, if ever, hear on the radio. We do our best to cover it all - from the newest indie artists to all the classics hiding in our monster record collection."With the expansion of "LLNR" during the week, the nationally syndicated show Loveline hosted by Dr Drew Pinsky and Ted Stryker has moved to the midnight-2 a.m. slot during the week and remains 10 p.m.-midnight on Sunday nights.
| Friday, September 28, 2007Lincoln Financial's "NBC12" WWBT Richmond has hired anchor/reporter, Ryan Nobles. He has been anchoring the weekend news for WWBT, replacing Sean Lewis who left for Chicago. Nobles jumps back into TV news after being out of the business for over two years. He was the director of the Oneida County (NY) Youth Bureau since April 2005... Gray Television's "CBS19" WCAV Charlottesville anchor Lisa Ferrari has been seen on Raycom Media "CBS6" WTVR Richmond. She's only there to do some fill-in work....
| Friday, September 28, 2007GideonTV Network is broadcasting Christian messages worldwide via the internet on users’ PC’s, mobile devices, and Internet-enabled Television sets. Based in Hampton, VA, GideonTV is committed to spreading the Gospel through the new media-incorporating web 2.0 structural design. (read more - VARTV Press Room)
| Thursday, September 27, 2007Entercom Norfolk announced that OM Don London has been upped to General Manager of the cluster (Modern AC WPTE/94.9, Urban AC WVKL/95.7, AC WWDE/101.3, Rhythmic WNVZ/104.5). London replaces VP/GM Chris Wheat who abruptly left the cluster recently to take the Market Manager position with Cumulus Indianapolis. Wheat was with Entercom Norfolk for just ten months, replacing the fired Skip Schmidt.
Morning Associate Producer Molly Arnold for Raycom Media's "CBS6" WTVR Richmond has resigned her job. Most recently the station's Noon Producer, Arnold will exit CBS6 next Friday, October 5 to pursue a career outside of TV news..... (9/27/2007)
| Thursday, September 27, 2007We hear that Raycom Media's "CBS6" WTVR Richmond will roll out new on-air graphics on Monday, October 1. The new look will also trickle down to the station's website at WTVR.com... Belo's "13NEWS" WVEC (ABC) Hampton/Norfolk will also have a new look coming next month. A soft launch will happen during the 5 p.m. newscast.
| Thursday, September 27, 2007Earlier this month, VARTV reported that non-profit Praise Communications agreed to sell its Christian Contemporary "Praise Radio" WPRZ/1250 Warrenton to Metro Radio for $1.1M. We now know the current religious format will be tossed for Spanish this weekend according to the station's website at praisecommunications.org. The new owners already own two Spanish/Spanish-brokered stations in Northern Virginia -- "La Campeona 1420 AM" WKCW/1420 Warrenton and "Radio Universal" WKDV/1460 Manassas. New call letters are coming soon. Not part of the sale was the intellectual property of the station. Praise had put up the "WPRZ" call letters for sale. And there was a taker. For an undisclosed amount, Rocklin CA-based Educational Media Foundation (EMF Broadcasting) has gotten the rights to the WPRZ calls. EMF runs the Christian Contemporary "K-Love" and Christian Rock "Air 1" formats on over 300+ frequencies across the country.
| Wednesday, September 26, 2007Norfolk Police are investigating the armed robbery of an off-duty Virginia Beach police officer early Wednesday. The officer and 13News Reporter Patrick Terpstra were walking on Shirley Avenue in Ghent when two men with a gun approached them. (read more - WVEC.com)
| Wednesday, September 26, 2007Cox Communications Fredericksburg and Fairfax County added the NFL Network HD to their cable systems today. The football net can be found on channel 718.Cox also said it will launch NHL Network on October 30. That channel features around-the-clock hockey coverage including live games. Right now, it's only on the air in Canada. Cox NoVa is implementing some rate adjustments beginning October 1. See on the changes at cox.com/fredericksburg.
Almost a dozen classified ads have been posted on VARTV this month! Click "Classified Ads" on the left navigation panel for complete details.If your station/organization has any positions available (media oriented), get them on VARTV! You would be surprised who's reading..... (9/26/2007)
| Tuesday, September 25, 2007 iBiquity, which licenses the HD Radio technology and Clear Channel Roanoke VP/Market Manager Dave Carwile, announced today that Rock WROV/96.3 Martinsville/Roanoke is now broadcasting in digital. The sign-on is the 1,500th radio station in the country to do so digitally.VARTV reported back in June, that sister Country "104.9 The Bull" WZBL Roanoke was the first station in the cluster to broadcast in HD Radio. Both Clear Channel stations are multicasting. The Bull is doing Smooth Jazz on HD2 and Alternative Rock can be found on WROV-HD2.
Educational Media Foundation's translator W237CL/95.3, transmitting at 10 watts from Candler Mountain in Lynchburg, is now on the air. It's relaying the company's Christian Contemporary format -- K-Love..... (9/25/2007)
We hear that Clear Channel "Sports Radio 910" WRNL Richmond afternoon host Mike Maniscalco is leaving the station for Raleigh at the end of the week..... (9/25/2007)
| Tuesday, September 25, 2007The adage "hurry up and wait" may describe what's happening with the Old Dominion football program, but coach Bobby Wilder already is making waves - radio waves. Although the school's fledgling team won't launch until 2009, apparently some things just can't wait. Wilder is on ESPN 1310 each Wednesday at 6 p.m... (read more - The Virginian-Pilot)
| Wednesday, September 26, 2007 Are the new owners of Clear Channel's Charlottesville cluster, Monticello Media, thinking about spinning the format wheel on two of the stations? The domain names "love1075.com" and "1023thebuzz.com" were recently taken out by the companyMonticello Media is currently doing Hot AC "Mix" on 107.5 (WCJZ/Charlottesville) and 102.3 is one half of the 60s-70s "SuperHits" format combo on 102.3 (WSUH/Crozet). Stay tuned..... (9/24/2007)
| Sunday, September 23, 2007Local TV LLC "NewsChannel 3" WTKR (CBS) Norfolk Peninsula reporter Giovanna Bechard will exit the station soon. Bechard and her husband Brian, a photographer at LIN TV's WAVY (10/NBC) Portsmouth/Norfolk, will be heading to the same station in Portland ME, closer to home for the couple.
| Saturday, September 22, 2007Main Line General Sales Manager (GSM) Bill Keeler resigned his position to begin his own business-to-business coaching and consulting firm here in Virginia. Keeler was with Main Line for only 16 months servings as the GSM for Country "93.1 The Wolf" WLFV and 60s-70s Hits WBBT//WARV. No replacement has been named... In late August, VARTV reported that Variety Hits "98-9 Liberty" WWLB Midlothian/Richmond GSM, Mike Young, was exiting the station after two years to return to Tampa FL. The cluster has announced that Sandy Jimerson has been hired as the new GSM of WWLB. Jimerson has been out of radio for a couple of years but was previously an Account Executive for Cox Radio's Classic Rock "96.5 The Planet" WKLR Fort Lee/Richmond...
Sinclair Communication's planned upgrade of WNRJ/106.1 Poquoson to move its antenna to Portsmouth hits a speed bump courtesy of their good friends at Tidewater Communications (TCI, WNOR, WAFX, WJOI). TCI filed an informal objection to the move on September 7. More to come..... (9/21/2007)
| Friday, September 21, 2007 WCAV CBS19 in Charlottesville is pleased to announce the official launch of “CBS19 News Weather Now,” Charlottesville’s first 24-hour Digital Weather Channel. CBS19 News Weather Now has been on the air since the beginning of September on Digital Channel 19.2. Currently it is available over-the-air digitally, but will be made available to Comcast Digital Cable Customers in late October on Channel 209. (read more - VARTV Press Room)
| Friday, September 21, 2007Stu-Com Variety WNRN/91.9 Charlottesville previously announced that MD/midday host Jaz Tupelo is resigning October 5. She's heading back home to Massachusetts for a position at Saga Communications' Triple A combo "93.9 The River" WRSI Turners Falls/Northampton // WRSY/101.5 Marlboro VT. Once Tupelo exits, Ronda Chollock will take over as the station's Music Director. WNRN welcomed Triple A vet Jerry Girard to the staff last week. He assumed Tupulo's 10 a.m.-noon shift and is now the station's News Director. Girard was with Sea-Comm controlled Triple A WUIN/106.7 Carolina Beach/Wilmington as that station's MD.
VerStandig's WBHB/105.1 Bridgewater/Harrisonburg goes in a new direction for the fifth time in five years. The format wheel lands on Mainstream Rock as "Rock 105.1." WBHB will now do battle with Clear Channel's "98 Rock" WACL/98.5 Elkton/Harrisonburg..... (9/20/2007)
Hampton Roads stays even, Richmond slips one notch   | Thursday, September 20, 2007Arbitron announced today a new list of Metro Population estimates (12+ persons) for radio markets for the Fall 2007 to Summer 2008 ratings periods which starts today...
| Thursday, September 20, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Free to get a better job. Free to work. Free to be you at the Inaugural CW27.com Career Watch Expo presented by CW 27, WGNT-TV and the Urban League of Hampton Roads, Inc. Join us on Friday, September 28, 2007 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Chesapeake Conference Center, 900 Greenbrier Circle, Chesapeake, Virginia. (read more - VARTV Press Room)
| Thursday, September 20, 2007Antoinette Essa, the former face of “12 About Town,” NBC 12’s local arts and activities calendar, is now the face of disaster. Essa left Channel 12 after years of helping Richmonders plan their weekends. (read more - Richmond Style Weekly)
| Thursday, September 20, 2007 Mid Atlantic Network's "Real Classic Rock" WWRE/WWRT Winchester segued to Rock at noon today. Operations Manager Jeff Adams and morning jock Joe Sanchez discussed the new format on-air. The station is now known as "Rock 104-9/105-5, Everything That Rocks."The simulcast combo is in the process of being acquired by Centennial Broadcasting. The market already has another rocker, Clear Channel's "99.3 The Fox" WFQX Front Royal/Winchester.
Somar Communications recently changed the call letters of Rock "97-7 The Rocket" Lexington Park from WYRX to WRKZ..... (9/20/2007)
| Wednesday, September 19, 2007Commentary: We just saw the ratings for the local TV stations in Hampton Roads for yesterday. Even though it is just one day's worth, Local TV LLC's "NewsChannel 3" WTKR (CBS) Norfolk has A LOT of work ahead of them. WTKR's evening newscasts from 5-6:30 p.m. were hammered by the news on LIN TV's WAVY (10/NBC) and Belo's WVEC (13/ABC). Channel 3 rated so low it came in 6th(!) place at 5 and 6 but was in 4th place at 5:30. The audience rating/share for Channel 10 and 13 combined at 6 p.m. was 19.54/34.8 to WTKR's anemic 1.13/2. Besides WAVY and WVEC, programming on WVBT (43/FOX), WGNT (27/CW) and WTVZ (33/MNT) bested the news on WTKR. The station is doing better as a whole for M-F, September.
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007Clear Channel heritage Rocker WROV/96.3 Martinsville/Roanoke promotes nighttimer JD to the station's Music Director position. JD continues his on-air duties at WROV, voicetracks nights at Alternative sister "102-1 The X" WRXL Richmond and is also a member of the Richmond-based band Madrone, providing vocals and guitar for the group.
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Former WRVQ PD now WQDR, Raleigh PD Lisa McKay is ready to expand her empire do some commercial v/o and imaging. Check out her website at www.lisamckayvo.com. Lisa is represented by former WHTE/WUMX PD and WRVQ APD/MD Pauly Madison. Contact Pauly (Pauly-at-themcdanielgroupllc.com) to book Lisa! Pauly “Madison” McDaniel recently launched TMGproductions (formerly ReaLife Productions)… to see what he’s been up to, including audio from the MIX HD imaging package just produced for Clear Channel’s Format Lab… go to www.themcdanielgroupllc.com.
| Monday, September 17, 2007JD Slade recently assumed the morning duties at Piedmont Communications' Country WJMA103.1 Culpeper. Former morning man, Kerry James, left to pursue non-broadcast employment. Slade began his radio career as Bob Wade in 1974 at WJMA, then located in Orange. Slade has worked at WTON Staunton, WCVA Culpeper and WUSL, WYSP and WIFI in Philadelphia.
| Monday, September 17, 2007Brian Holland, who replaced Pat Murphy as PD at Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting's (CPB) WPMH/670 Claremont, exited the 20kW Talker a few weeks ago. After a three days absence, Holland was back with CPB, acting as consulting GM to the cluster's Richmond station, "The Truth" WLES/580 Bon Air/Richmond. A new PD has not been named at WPMH... Holland joined WPMH in February at the request of Murphy, who exited shortly thereafter. It was Holland who supervised the 20kW gospel flip to news/talk with programming like Dennis Miller, Dave Ramsey, Rollye James and Mark Levin.
| Sunday, September 16, 2007 Assignment Desk Manager Pam Harris leaves Raycom Media's "CBS6" WTVR Richmond "after years of hard work and dedication to the CBS affiliate," says our source. She has accepted a position at Randolph Macon College in Ashland. Harris' last day is this Friday, September 21...Associate Producer for "Virginia This Morning" Anthony Davis leaves the station after 6½ years. Davis was "responsible for booking a lot of the well-known celebrities on the CBS6 local talk show." Sources say Davis is headed down I-85 to work in the #9 market, Atlanta. His last day is Tuesday, September 25... Photographer Greg Abernathy is leaving WTVR next week after five years. Abernathy is moving to Comcast Sports Net in Washington DC. "He’ll have a chance to work full-time in sports, something he’s really wanted to do."
| Friday, September 14, 2007After three years, today is Mac Watson's last day as afternoon talk-show host at WRVA-AM. Starting Monday, he'll have a similar job at (Bonneville) KTAR-FM in Phoenix, a bigger radio market. We gave Watson the chance to get in a last word with his Richmond audience. (read more - Richmond Times-Dispatch)
| Friday, September 14, 2007Fans and fanatics of hard-edged rock will gather Saturday at the Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater for a nearly 10-hour music festival known as the Lunatic Luau. This year marks the 11th year that local rock radio station WNOR FM99 has organized the event, which has become the station's signature promotion. (read more - The Virginian-Pilot)
| Thursday, September 13, 2007FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...There will be a huge party this Saturday, September 15, 2007, as the “Tony Mercurio Show” celebrates its 21st anniversary on ESPN Radio 1310. (WGH-AM). Public is invited to attend. The party will be at Dominion Floor Covering, 1911 George Washington Memorial Highway, Yorktown, from noon-3 p.m. (read more - VARTV Press Room)
| Wednesday, September 12, 2007Eastern Mennonite University's News/World Variety WEMC/91.7 Harrisonburg (run by James Madison University) has requested from the FCC to move its antenna 10 miles to the NNW of its current location and increase its power and antenna height. Currently, the station is a Class A doing just 1.85kW at 190 feet. They are requesting to be a directional Class B, doing 9.5kW at 653 feet, adding significant coverage further up and down I-81... Educational Media Corp's (EMC) Bluegrass/Bluegrass Gospel "Gospel FM" WWED/89.5 Spotsylvania/Fredericksburg has requested a big increase in power -- from just 380 watts to 10kW and to move their antenna 62 feet higher up on the current tower location. This is all contingent on WTVR-TV/6 Richmond shutting down its analog TV signal on February 17, 2009. If that date gets pushed back, so does EMC's request... Emory & Henry College's Alternative "The Buzz" WEHC/90.7 Emory has requested to move its antenna location off-campus to a spot about one mile SSW of the school and increase its power from 500 watts to 10kW. The new antenna height will be double its current 92 feet... Virginia Tech's Variety WUVT/90.7 Blacksburg has requested to move it's antenna off-campus to a new location a mile away from and increase the antenna height from 141 feet to 429 feet. WUVT wants to be licensed as a Class C3 (from Class A) and increase its power from 3kW to 10kW... Sweet Briar College's Alternative WNRS/89.9 Sweet Briar/Amherst (mostly relaying WNRN/91.9 Charlottesville) wants to become a Class B, move to 89.5 and do 20kW of power at 623 feet. They currently do 30 watts at 1,942 feet. The new request for the antenna location would be 25 miles to the east of Lynchburg. Currently, it's12 miles north of the city...
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007It's all over for WDUF/1120 Duffield, near Kingsport TN. Owner Deanna Smith turned in the license to FCC, the station was already shut down and the call letters have been deleted. We reported five months ago, that Smith had gone to court to take over her incapacitated father and late mother's Duffield Broadcasting, the former licensee of the station. Smith told the Court that she was granted the option by her parents to buy the station for $1 if her 2001 loan of $22,500 to her mother and the station was not repaid, which she says it wasn't. The station went silent for good November 2006.
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007East Carolina Radio Group has upped Alternative "98X" WOBX-FM/98.1 Manteo, 60s-70s Hits "102.5 The Shark" WERX Columbia PD Cuervo Curtis to the cluster's OM (Operations Manager) position. Curtis replaces Tom Charity who slides into the GSM (General Sales Manager) slot for the cluster. In addition to his PD duties at WOBX-FM and WERX, Curtis will oversee Country "Dixie 105.7" WRSF Columbia, Classic Rock "95.3 The Rock" WOBR Wanchese, Soft AC "Mix 96" WKJX/96.7 Elizabeth City, and Spanish combo "1240 y 1260, La Gran D" WCNC Elizabeth City//WZBO Edenton... whew.
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 Positive Alternative Radio wants to move the antenna of radio station WJYA/89.3 Emporia farther north, increase its power and antenna height. The new signal would have decent coverage from mid-Richmond on south.WJYA, which relays Christian Contemporary "Virginia's Positive Hits" WPER/89.9 Culpeper, is currently a Class A doing just 2kW at 508 feet. The station is requesting to become a directional Class B and do 23kW at 604 feet.
The FCC slaps Radio Wise's Southern Gospel WNVA/1350 Norton a fine of $4,000 for "failure to maintain and make available a complete public inspection file." (9/11/2007)
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Two Rivers Communications, Inc. announced the appointment of Chris Coleman as Operations Manager of its radio properties WIGO-FM and BAY-FM (WKWI). Prior to joining Two Rivers, Coleman was with Millennium Radio Group in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where he was assistant program director and afternoon personality for 9 years. (read more - VARTV Press Room)
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007Where were you six years ago this morning? At work? School? Stewing in traffic? I (The Virginian-Pilot's Kerry Dougherty) was in my bathroom. With Tony Macrini. (read more - The Virginian-Pilot)
| Monday, September 10, 2007 Effective immediately, Cox Radio Country "K95" WKHK/95.3 Colonial Heights/Richmond Kay "Kaybo" Thomas is out of afternoon drive. Tara Hunter, formerly at crosstown Main Line Broadcasting Country "93.1 The Wolf" WLFV Ettrick/Richmond, is in. In addition to afternoons at K95, she'll voice-track nights on Hot AC "Mix 103.7" WMXB.Jessica Lee is out at Alternative "Y101" WDYL/101.1 Chester/Richmond after just 16 months due to budget cuts. She was doing afternoons and was the station's Music Director. PD Eric Robert Kaye slides from middays to afternoons and assumes the MD duties, Twitch moves from nights to middays and weekender Angie gets weeknights...
Could radio legend JJ "Hitman" McKay be coming back to Bay Broadcasting's Classic Rock "K-ROCK 106.5" WKHW Pocomoke City to replace the nationally syndicated Mancow's Morning Madhouse? Stay tuned..... (9/10/2007)
| Friday, September 7, 2007Former Entercom Norfolk Vice-President and General Manager Chris Wheat abruptly left the cluster recently to take the Market Manager position with Cumulus Indianapolis. Wheat was with Entercom Norfolk for just ten months, replacing the fired Skip Schmidt. Before coming to Hampton Roads, Wheat was the Market Manager for cross-town Clear Channel Indianapolis. He was with that cluster for over 20 years.
Starts football call-in show Wednesday on ESPN 1310 Radio | Thursday, September 6, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...Ted Alexander, news and sports reporter for WTKR New Channel 3, and Tony Mercurio, the sports director at ESPN Radio 1310, will lead the radio announcer teams for Old Dominion University men’s and women’s basketball game broadcasts, respectively, on 94.1 FM and coaches shows on ESPN Radio 1310, as announced today by the ODU athletic department. (read more - VARTV Press Room)
| Thursday, September 6, 2007In a world of 24/7 cable programming and round-the-clock highlights and scores, there is a school of thought that says local TV sportscasts are as relevant as the rotary dial and rabbit ears. (read more - The Virginian-Pilot)
Arbitron has yet to receive the Fall 2007 Station Information Profile (SIP) from Sinclair Communications WNRJ/106.1 Poquoson/Norfolk while all the other stations SIPs in the cluster were submitted on August 9. Just saying..... (9/5/2007)
We mentioned yesterday that Royal Broadcasting's 60s-70 Hits WZRV/95.3 Front Royal/Winchester switched to Dial Global's satellite-fed format service from ABC Radio Networks. Well, sister Country WFTR/1450 Front Royal made the same switch. WFTR was using ABC Radio Networks' "Real Country" format but is now using Dial Global's "Mainstream Country" format..... (9/5/2007)
| Tuesday, September 4, 2007Clear Channel CHR "98-3 KISS FM" WKSI Stephens City/Winchester program director JB Wilde has exited the station and heads to sister CHR "104.5 The Cat" WLKT Lexington-Fayette KY for similar duties. In addition to programming WLKT, Wilde will also be heard in the afternoons from 3-7 p.m. He starts at The Cat on Monday, September 17.
| Tuesday, September 4, 2007Jamie Thomas Clark, the owner of (Country) WHEO Radio (1270) in Stuart, was indicted Tuesday on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography. (read more - Martinsville Bulletin)
Agreement with Bonneville brings the nation’s capital back into the No Spin Zone | Tuesday, September 4, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Westwood One announced today an agreement with Bonneville Communications for The Radio Factor with Bill O’Reilly to air in Washington DC and surrounding areas. Beginning Thursday, September 20th, The Radio Factor with Bill O’Reilly will air on WWWT Monday-Friday 1pm-3pm ET. WWWT can be heard on 1500AM, 820AM and 107.7FM. (read more - VARTV Press Room)
Dick Broadcasting's CHR WKZL/Greensboro APD/MD/middayer Mike Klein leaves the station after two years, to pursue other programming and on-air options within Top 40, Top 40/Rhythm Crossover, Hot AC and Rock/Alternative. Reach him at (757) 572-5543 or kleinkzl@gmail.com Mike will be working weekends at Clear Channel CHR "Hot 99-5" WIHT in DC until he finds his next job..... (9/4/2007)
| Tuesday, September 4, 2007  Gray Television's "CBS19" WCAV Charlottesville (simulcast on sister ABC16 WVAW-LP Charlottesville) "Good Morning Charlottesville" anchor Whitney Holmes is exiting the station after three years this Friday. She has accepted a reporting/anchoring position with Young Broadcasting's WATE (6/ABC) Knoxville TN. Holmes helped launch the station's morning show just over two years ago. In the same breath, Autria Godfrey has been named the new anchor for "Good Morning Charlottesville." She's been CBS19's weekend anchor since last year.
| Tuesday, September 4, 2007 FOR RELEASE... Virginia Beach, VA – 97-3 the Eagle (WGH-FM) has been nominated by the Country Music Association as Large Market Radio Station of the Year. The CMA nominees were announced today (August 30, 2007) on WVEC-TV from New York on “Good Morning America” and on CMT during a special “CMT Insider.” (read more - VARTV Press Room)
Red Zebra Broadcasting recently applied for the "WXTG-FM" call letters for its Sports "102.1FM The Game" Virginia Beach. It wants to move the current 102.1 "WXTG" call letters to the soon to be acquired WLRT/1490 Hampton..... (9/4/2007)
| Tuesday, September 4, 2007 Royal Broadcasting's 60s-70 Hits "Oldies Radio 95.3" WZRV Front Royal/Winchester drops "Oldies" from its name but stays in the format.The station, "Your Greatest Hits, The River 95.3" as its called now, is the same format musically, but have switched to Dial Global's satellite-fed "The Oldies Channel" format service (minus all the generic bumpers) from ABC Radio Networks' "Oldies Radio" format. The change was made this morning at 5 a.m.
| Tuesday, September 4, 2007Local TV LLC "NewsChannel 3" WTKR (CBS) Norfolk reporter Rick Holmes is leaving the station at the end of the month. Holmes moves much closer to home (Franklin MA) by accepting a reporter/anchor job at Cablevision's cable-only "News 12" based in Edison NJ., 25 miles outside of New York City.
| Monday, September 3, 2007 Starting this past Labor Day weekend, the MY 80's format that runs on Clear Channel's WRVQ/94.5 Richmond HD2 channel will feature a different 1980's Casey Kasem Countdown... every weekend. These restored shows count down from around number 30 to number one. This past weekend, "My 80's" featured the countdown from August 28, 1982. Next weekend, from that same week in 1985.The countdowns can be heard Saturdays noon to 2:30 p.m. and Sundays 9 a.m. to 11:30am. If you don't have an HD radio, these shows can be heard on the stream at Q94Radio.com, at the HD link.
| Sunday, September 2, 2007Sheriff Tex Davis, a one-time Norfolk disc jockey who altered rock 'n' roll and country music history, died Wednesday in Nashville after a long period of declining health. He was 93. (read more - The Virginian-Pilot)
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