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  :// Morning DJ Scott returning to Richmond  | Friday, October 30, 2009  Randy Scott, a name familiar to Richmond radio listeners in the 1960s and '70s, is returning to the airwaves Monday.Scott, who hosted the morning show on WLEE in the heyday of AM radio, will helm "Breakfast in the Silver Diner with Randy Scott" on WZEZ (100.5-FM). (read more - Richmond Times-Dispatch)
| Wednesday, October 28, 2009 In an Oct. 15 letter, Cox Communications Government Relations Manager Steven Goad gave acting (Newport News) City Manager Neil Morgan a heads-up about upcoming rate changes for Hampton Roads customers, including those living in the city, set to start Nov. 15... (read more - Daily Press)
| Tuesday, October 27, 2009If it seemed like a new radio station materialized on the airwaves at lunchtime Monday, it wasn’t your imagination. Shortly before noon, Emory & Henry College flipped the switch that turned on the power to a 9,000 watt transmitter... (read more - Bristol Herald Courier)
| Monday, October 26, 2009Originally online 10/10/2009: In a move that sounds almost utopian, a new station will hit Roanoke airwaves sometime early next week. The Music Place, playing an eclectic combination of alternative pop and Americana music, will take over 101.5 on the FM dial, station manager Tom Kennedy said Friday. (read more - The Roanoke Times)
| Sunday, October 25, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Lake Gaston residents now have a new, consistently updated website with information important to their location and lifestyle. LakeGastonGuide.com is now available on the internet... (read more - LakeGastonGuide.com)
 Belo Broadcasting's WVEC/13 Hampton/Norfolk debuted an updated graphics package including station logo today with its 5 p.m. newscast... (10/21/2009)
| Wednesday, October 21, 2009Recently the FCC granted Stu-Comm's low power translator W218BZ Crozet to go from 10 watts to 195 watts and move from 91.5 to 101.1. It rebroadcasts the programming of Virginia Tech and Ferrum College's "Radio IQ" heard in the area on the digital subchannel WVTW-HD2/88.5 Charlottesville. The Board of Trustees of Eastern Mennonite University and the James Madison University Board of Visitors recently filed Petitions for Reconsideration for the new CP (construction permit) granted. There are no specifics to why they want the FCC's decision reversed. After Cox Radio's WDYL moved off of 101.1 (to 100.9), Stu-comm quickly filed an application for W218BZ to move from 91.5 to 101.1 and increase its power.
| Tuesday, October 20, 2009As a self-proclaimed evangelist for HD Radio, I (Caryn Mathes, WAMU GM) am often questioned about this technology and asked why I have inculcated it so deeply into the workings of WAMU in Washington. (read more - RBR.com)
| Monday, October 19, 2009 Entercom Urban AC "95-7 R&B" WVKL was the most listened to radio station (12+, All Persons, Mon-Sun 6a-Mid) in Hampton Roads during the Summer 2009 radio ratings period according to Arbitron. The ratings period covered June 25 thru September 16...
2. Max Media Country "97-3 The Eagle" WGH 3t Clear Channel Urban AC "105-3 KISS FM" WKUS Clear Channel Urban "103Jamz" WOWI/102.9 5. Entercom Rhythmic "Z104" WNVZ/104.5 6. Sinclair News/Talk WNIS/790 7. Max Media Contemporary Inspirational "Star 94.1" WXEZ 8. Max Media Classic Hits/AC "92-9 The Wave" WVBW 9. Sinclair Adult/Variety Hits "93-7 BOB FM" WNOB 10. Clear Channel Smooth AC "Smooth Jazz 107.7" WJCD
| Monday, October 19, 2009 Calvary Chapel (of Costa Mesa) has agreed to sell four full power and two translator stations (all licensed in NC) to Lynchburg-based Liberty University for $1.25M.The full power stations are WGPS/88.3 Elizabeth City (Class C2, 50kW) which puts in a listenable signal into South Hampton Roads, WPGT/91.1 Roanoke Rapids (Class A, 2kW), WJIJ/94.3 Norlina (Class A, 6kW) and WAJC/90.5 Zebulon (east of Raleigh; Class A, 1.2kW). Included in the sale is the right that Calvary Chapel's one hour program "The Word For Today" run daily. Just as in the announcement last week about Liberty picking up WVRI/90.9 Clifton Forge/Covington, Liberty wants to use the new North Carolina properties as satellite stations to it's flagship, "Victory FM" WRVL/88.3 Lynchburg.
| Monday, October 19, 2009Local TV LLC "CBS6" WTVR Richmond Producer Kristen Gubala is leaving the market for Atlanta. She's landed a similar position with FOX O&O "FOX5" WAGA. Gubala will be doing the station's weekend 10 p.m. newscasts and will fill-in three days a week on other newscasts. Her last day with WTVR is this Friday. Former WTVR employees Jennifer Haynes and Anthony Davis are also working in commercial broadcasting in the Atlanta market.
| Friday, October 16, 2009 Delmarva Educational Association's (DEA) Contemporary Christian K-Love WAZP/90.7 wants to increase the station's power from 13kW to 47kW using a directional antenna. DEA is in the process of selling the station to Educational Media Foundation who has been LMA-ing the station the past nine years.Though a quite increase in power, WAZP will only be full power (47kW) from the SE to the SW directions from their tower (located in Cape Charles). All other directions, the power will be reduced to nearly 50%.
24-Hour Olympic sports TV network now available on digital channel 4.2 | Friday, October 16, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Universal Sports, the preeminent multiplatform destination for Olympic-related sports programming, announced today the launch of its 24-hour television network in Hampton Roads and northeastern North Carolina.Universal Sports is now available over the air on WSKY digital channel 4.2. (read more - SKY4TV, WSKY)
Walt Disney Company prepares to sell six of its Radio Disney O&O's | Friday, October 16, 2009 It’s been nearly 2-1/2 years since it sold 23 of its mainstream-formatted stations and the ABC Radio Networks to Citadel. For strategic reasons, it kept its five ESPN-flagged O&O's plus the large fleet of Radio Disney stations. (read more - Taylor on Radio-Info)Editor's note: Disney has two Radio Disney O&O's in Virginia; WHKT/1650 Chesapeake and WDZY/1290 Richmond.
| Friday, October 16, 2009Hampton University's WHOV/88.1 has extended its "Gospel Express" until 1 p.m. weekdays. A station official says this is in light of the switch of Max Media's Comtemporary Inspirational "Star 94.1" WXEZ to 1310AM on October 5. WHOV is in "the planning stages of totally renovating, gutting and reconstructing our studios with new cutting edge equipment as we transition to HD over the next few months."
ATSC formalizes broadcast standard, clears way for retail sales next year | Friday, October 16, 2009 A fast-track effort by broadcasters, transmission vendors and consumer electronics manufacturers to create a technical standard for transmitting digital TV signals to cellphones and other mobile devices has come to fruition... (read more - Broadcasting & Cable)
| Thursday, October 15, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... “757 Club” announced today they will air Michael Vick’s first radio interview since returning to the NFL on their broadcast Monday October 19, 2009. (read more - Home Sports Management)
| Thursday, October 15, 2009 UNC-TV announces an exciting new service coming on November 1--UNC-EX, The Explorer Channel--featuring the best in travel, culture, science, nature, history, and outdoor adventure programming. UNC-EX will bring viewers programs that are exhilarating, intriguing, and fun.UNC-EX, like UNC-TV and UNC-KD, a channel featuring all children's programming, will be available free of charge to over-the-air viewers... (read more - UNC-TV)
| Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Oklahoma-based Ron Elmore Ministries has agreed to sell the CP (construction permit) of KCFF/90.9 Clifton Forge/Covington to Liberty University for $45,000. KCFF will be a Class B1 doing 17.5kW.Liberty wants to use KCFF as a satellite station for it's flagship station, "Victory FM" WRVL/88.3 Lynchburg. It has already applied for new call letters -- WVRI.
| Tuesday, October 13, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RLEASE... Spanish "Selecta 1050" WVXX Norfolk, Hampton Roads' Hispanic Music Station, held it's annual St Jude Radiothon in conjunction with BB@T and Goodwill Industries on October 8th and 9th from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day. We are proud to announce that in a down economy the Hispanic population of Hampton Roads donated $41,800, a 15-thousand dollar increase over last year.Ricardo Algeria and Mangu Powers, the morning and afternoon jocks at Selecta, had made a promise to their listeners that if they raised over $30,000 for the Radiothon they would shave their heads. At 11 a.m. yesterday morning, live on air, they both kept their promise and now look like a couple of Q-tips.
| Friday, October 9, 2009Centennial Broadcasting has announced the launch of a new commercial Triple A station in Roanoke, VA on Monday, October 12th. The station -- WVMP (101.5 The Music Place)... (read more - AllAccess.com)
| Friday, October 9, 2009 Late last week, Baker Family's "NewsTalk 810" WPIN Dublin/Blacksburg dumped the Fox News line-up and stunted with Disco music as "Studio 810."On Monday, WPIN became Classic Country "i81" using Citadel Broadcasting's "Real Country" satellite-fed format. WPIN is a daytime-only doing 4,200 watts.
| Friday, October 9, 2009 Virginia Beach Educational Broadcasting Foundation's Christian Rock/Hip-Hop "The Current" WJLZ/88.5 Virginia Beach (97.9/Portsmouth, 103.7/Chesapeake, 103.9/Norfolk) recently added 10+ year Hampton Roads radio vet, Kristi Michael, to its on-air lineup. Michael's show, "Musick with a K," airs Friday nights 7-10 p.m.; focusing on "the best in Modern and Indie Christian music."Due to budget cuts at Sinclair Communications last October, Michael was let go from Alternative "96X" WROX/96.1 Exmore/Norfolk.
Cox Radio Hot AC "Mix 103-7" WMXB Richmond is looking for a morning show co-host. 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..... (10/8/2009)
Perception Media Group is selling Bluegrass "990 The Ridge" WNRV Narrows-Pearisburg (Blacksburg-Christiansburg VA market) to New River Interactive Media for $72K. A LMA has started until closing... (10/7/2009)
| Tuesday, October 6, 2009Jack Indigo is leaving the morning show at Cox Radio Hot AC "Mix 103-7" WMXB Richmond to do afternoons as Jack Larkin on Peter & John Ministries' Christian Comtemporary "95-1 Shine FM" WRBS Baltimore. Larkin will be teamed up with existing afternooner Erin Branham. Larkin will also be heard weekend afternoons from 3-7 p.m. There is no word on his replacement at WMXB or if current Mix morning co-host Jen Towner will go solo.
Just saw a "Tommy & Rumble" (FM99 WNOR) ad on LIN TV's "FOX43" WVBT... oops?? (10/6/2009)
| Tuesday, October 6, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Centennial Broadcasting II of Fredericksburg, Virginia today announces the appointment of Jim Butler as Director of Sales for the market. Jim joins WBQB (B101.5), WFVA (NewsTalk 1230) and associated digital platforms after a highly successful 20 year run as Director of Sales at the cross town Free Lance Star Publishing Group’s cluster of radio stations... (read more - Centennial Broadcasting Fredericksburg)
| Monday, October 5, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... MAX MEDIA'S new ESPN Radio 94.1 FM began broadcasting at midnight on Monday, October 5, 2009.Formerly ESPN Radio 1310, ESPN Radio 94.1 FM with 40,000 watts is the most  powerful ESPN FM radio station in the commonwealth of Virginia. In addition, the new call letters are WVSP... "Great call letters, meaning Virginia Sports," noted PD Tony Mercurio. "ESPN Radio 94.1 will carry almost all of the programming from ESPN Radio 1310 except that the JMU football and basketball games and Admirals hockey games will be on STAR 1310 AM."
| Sunday, October 4, 2009 Jan Lang recently took the reins to Hampton University's WHOV/88.1 Hampton as station manager. Lang did and will continue to do fill-ins at Howard University's Urban AC WHUR/96.3 Washington DC. Previously, Lang spent 6½ years at ABC Radio/Citadel's "Smooth Jazz 105.9" WJZW Woodbridge/Washington DC before that station dropped the format for Oldies. He's no stranger to Hampton Roads radio either. Lang was with Clear Channel Norfolk for 8 years from 1993 to 2001. Lang said,"(W)e're gutting and renovating our studios, upgarding to HD and planning some exciting programming changes which will change the complexion of radio in Hampton Roads. I'm excited about the full support I'm getting from University President Dr. William Harvey & Dean Whitaker-Heck as this vision unfolds."
| Saturday, October 3, 2009 Those who watch WSET (Channel 13) might have noticed their signal coming in stronger Friday.That's because at 2:30 that morning, the Lynchburg-based station began broadcasting its digital signal on VHF frequency 13. (read more - The Roanoke Times)
| Thursday, October 1, 2009Welcome to Buffalo Wild Wings, where chicken is on the menu and Bobby Wilder is on the stage. Old Dominion's football coach has taken his radio show on the road this fall, performing with Ted Alexander in front of healthy crowds every Thursday night... (read more - The Virginian-Pilot)
| Wednesday, September 30, 2009News anchor Barbara Ciara and a local businessman have agreed to drop assault charges against each other. (read more - Daily Press)
| Wednesday, September 30, 2009A parachuting stunt that went awry has knocked out electricity to several hundred homes and businesses in Suffolk. City spokeswoman Debbie George says three people jumped with parachutes from the WVEC-TV tower in Driver around 6:40 a.m. Wednesday. (read more - WVEC) Editor's note: LIN TV's WAVY (10/NBC) and Local TV LLC's WTKR (3/CBS) both neglect to mention is was WVEC's "TV tower" in their newscasts and on their respective websites...
| Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Now that it's no longer a network, MyNetworkTV is out of the nightly ratings game.Nielsen informed its clients Tuesday that MyNetworkTV has stopped supplying program information to its daily reporting service effective this week. (read more - Variety)
| Monday, September 28, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... WTKR NewsChannel 3 kicks off premiere week by delivering first place ratings. Specifically, NewsChannel 3 At 11 won or tied for first place three out of the five nights during premiere week, September 21 through September 25. (read more - NewsChannel 3, WTKR)
Soft launch for network aimed at African-American adults | Monday, September 28, 2009 BET and MTV Networks are very quietly soft-launching Centric, a new basic-cable network aimed at African-American adults, on Monday (Sept. 28).BET is rebranding its nearly 32 million subscriber BET J network under the Centric moniker, which will target African-American viewers with music and lifestyle programming... (read more - Multichannel News)
| Friday, September 25, 2009 Sky Television's Independent WSKY (4) Manteo/Chesapeake is now referring themselves as "SKY4TV."The station was known as "SKY4" as soon as it signed-on on September 11, 2001. With it's analog antenna way down in North Carolina, many people thought of WSKY strictly as a North Carolina station. That was the reasoning to the transition to "Channel 4 Hampton Roads" three years ago along with a new logo. But, WSKY has never been able to shake the "SKY4" name so it returns, slowly, over the next several months. WSKY is carried on all the major cable systems and DISH. It's HD signal is available over-the-air and on Cox Cable and Verizon FiOS. The station's new web address is SKY4tv.com.
| Friday, September 25, 2009October 13 will be a historic day in the history of RTNDA - it will be the last day that the association is known by that name. As I'm sure you know you by now, RTNDA is changing its name to RTDNA--the Radio Television Digital News Association. (read more - RTNDA)
| Friday, September 25, 2009Before the game, it is a variety of up-tempo music — wrestling themes and rock songs, movie anthems and NFL jingles. Kickoff comes and it is a montage of sound bites from 80s movies. When the defense takes the field, “The Imperial March” from “The Empire Strikes Back” fills the air. After the game, you know the result from hearing “Celebration” or the instrumental of “Layla.” It’s a football Friday night in Currituck with Sam Walker running the PA. (read more - The Daily Advance)
| Wednesday, September 23, 2009 The future of television is arriving for consumers and businesses in parts of Culpeper as Verizon introduces FiOS TV over its revolutionary fiber-optic network here.Verizon FiOS TV is available now to homes in parts of Cardinal View, Elizabeth Crossings, High Point, Magnolia Green, Meadows Edge, Mountain Brook Estates, Mulberry Court Condos, Mulberry Greens and Pelham's Reach. (read more - Verizon)
| Monday, September 21, 2009Rocklin CA based Educational Media Foundation (EMF) continues its buying spree around the country by picking up Winston-Salem NC based Delmarva Educational Association's (DEA) WAZP/90.7 Cape Charles/Chesapeake. EMF has programmed the station with the Christian Contemporary format "K-Love" from its main station KLVR/91.9 Middletown CA since December 1, 2000.DEA will continue to have a Hampton Roads presence with Praise and Worship/Teaching "Word In Praise" WWIP/89.1 Cheriton/Cape Charles/Chesapeake. DEA is headed up by Nancy Epperson, the wife of Stuart Epperson, chairman of Salem Broadcasting Corporation. She also has interests in Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation, Truth Broadcasting Corporation among others. WAZP sells for $4M.
| Saturday, September 19, 2009 Jim Lawrence, the 16+ year meteorologist let go in January 2007 from LIN TV duopoly WAVY (10/NBC) Portsmouth WVBT (43/FOX) Virginia Beach, is doing morning fill-in work at Belo's WVEC (13/ABC) Hampton/Norfolk. Current weekend mornings meteorologist Julie Wilcox is out due to a fall. She's doing fine now, we hear. After leaving Hampton Roads, Lawrence went to his native Kentucky where he was the chief meteorologist for Max Media WNKY (40/NBC, CBS) Bowling Green. He was on WNKY from February 2007 to December 2008. Lawrence is now living back in Hampton Roads.
| Friday, September 18, 2009Richmond-based Media General Inc. is requiring employees to take more furlough days by the end of the year because of an ongoing slump in advertising revenue. (read more - Richmond Times-Dispatch)
| Friday, September 18, 2009When My Network TV launches the new fall season on September 28th, there will be a new affiliate in the Greenville-New Bern-Washington, NC market. WITN’s Weather Channel is evolving to become My TV – Eastern Carolina. (read more - WITN)
| Friday, September 18, 2009Local TV anchor Barbara Ciara, facing misdemeanor assault charges stemming from a confrontation outside a Norfolk courthouse last month, has had her court date pushed back so that all of the accusations in the scuffle can be addressed at the same time. (read more - Daily Press)
MAX Media also announces 1310-AM to become STAR-1310 | Friday, September 18, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... ESPN Radio 1310, Virginia’s first all-sports radio station, will become ESPN Radio 94.1 FM effective October 5, 2009, it was announced today by MAX MEDIA. Additionally, 1310-AM will become STAR 1310-AM on the same date. (read more - ESPN Radio 94.1, WVSP)Editor's note: Hampton Roads now has two full-time FM Sports stations (who would have ever thought that a few years ago?). ESPN Radio 94.1 will battle Red Zebra Broadcasting's "102.1 The Game" WXTG-FM Virginia Beach (and WXTG/1490) on the FM dial. No word yet on any call letter changes for the Max Media stations...
| Friday, September 18, 2009 A new anchorwoman will start a new 7 p.m. news broadcast on WSLS (Channel 10) that aims to be a discussion forum for the news of the day, station Vice President and General Manager Warren Fiihr said Thursday. The program starts Monday. (read more - The Roanoke Times)
| Thursday, September 17, 2009Max Media CHR "Hot 100.5" WVHT Norfolk taps Corey Moran for weeknights. Moran previously held APD/nights at Clear Channel CHR "102-3 KISS FM" WKKF Balston Spa/Albany NY until April of this year. Moran starts at Hot on Monday September 28.
| Thursday, September 17, 2009Local TV LLC's "CBS6" WTVR Richmond has a new page on their website, "CBS6 Video Vault." Over 200 uploaded local news clips from the 70s, 80s and 90s. New clips are being added weekly.
Just after midnight, Citadel Communications' new Classic Rock "105-9 The Edge" Woodbridge/Washington changed its call letters WJZW to WVRX... (9/17/2009)
Just after midnight, Sinclair Communications' Adult/Variety Hits "93-7 BOB FM" changed its original format call letters of WPYA (acquired 2/27/2004) to WNOB... (9/17/2009)
| Wednesday, September 16, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... On September 15, 1986, the Tony Mercurio Show began at the studio in Todd's Center in Hampton, on Mercury Boulevard. Yesterday marked the beginning of the 24th year of the show on Max Media's ESPN Radio 1310... (read more - ESPN Radio 1310, WGH)
| Monday, September 14, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... WAVY-TV 10 and its Partner On Your Side, Langley Federal Credit Union, are pleased to announce that the Operation School Supply campaign collected and distributed over 47,000 school supplies to students in 18 school districts on the Southside, Peninsula, Eastern Shore, and Northeast North Carolina. (read more - WAVY)
| Monday, September 14, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... September 2009 marks 60 years since WJMA AM first signed on the air in Orange, Virgina. "Now This" is a documentary on the first 35 years of WJMA radio. It will have its debut public showing at the September meeting of the Orange County Historical Society on the 28th. There is a trailer for "Now This" on YouTube. A web site with lots of old radio station photos and some audio clips is on-line at WJMA.radiohistory.net. A longer version with an additional 30 minutes of video and a second disc of "extras" will be released later this fall. Copies will be available at the branches of the Orange County Public Library.
Congratulations to "CBS6" WTVR Richmond Cheryl Miller on her 25th anniversary year at the station. View the video tribute... (9/14/2009)
O'Connor jailed earlier this month on sex crime and child pornography charges | Friday, September 11, 2009A judge has granted bond to a former local TV reporter jailed on child pornography and sex crime charges. (read more - The Northern Virginia Daily)
A reality check on employment | Monday, September 14, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... CBS 6 WTVR-TV is continuing to help Central Virginians ride out the recession with CBS 6 Joblink’s “Get Back to Work, Richmond! A Reality Check on Employment,” Tuesday September 29th, from 7:30a-1:00pm at the Jefferson Hotel. (read more - CBS6, WTVR-TV)
| Friday, September 11, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... WAVY-TV announces the 2009 Friday Night Flights season which officially kicks off here in Hampton Roads tonight. Friday Night Flights is the longest running and best high school football show in Virginia. (read more - WAVY)
| Friday, September 11, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... WTKR NewsChannel 3 took another step as Hampton Roads Emerging News Leader. The launch of NewsChannel 3 At Four this week secured another first for WTKR; providing Hampton Roads with the first and only local newscast at 4 p.m. (read more - NewsChannel 3, WTKR)
CW 27 & American Patriot Series Volume III Present The Pentagon Memorial | Friday, September 11, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... The Pentagon Memorial serves as both a reminder and a place of healing for the nation and for those whose lives were reshaped by the events of September 11, 2001. (read more - CW27, WGNT)
| Thursday, September 10, 2009Frank Batten Sr., retired chairman of Landmark Communications, now known as Landmark Media Enterprises LLC, died in Norfolk early this morning. He was 82. (read more - The Virginian-Pilot)
| Wednesday, September 9, 2009Stu-comm Triple A WNRN/91.9 Charlottesville has added former Cox Radio Alternative "Y101" WDYL Chester/Richmond PD/afternooner MoJo for music consulting and parttime on-air work. Mojo will be working with newly minted MD Melissa Goode; in from Towson University's Indie Rock WTMD/89.7 where she did on-air and special events work.
Apple releases new iPod Nano with built-in FM tuner and many more goodies today... (9/9/09)
| Monday, September 8, 2009Another general manager has exited the studio. Bill Scaffide, the general manager at WTVZ (Channel 33), left last week after three years in charge of the myNetworkTV affiliate. (read more - The Virginian-Pilot)
| Sunday, September 6, 2009 First Media Radio has made some on-air lineup changes at Urban "99-5 Jamz" WYTT Emporia/Roanoke Rapids. "Tessa & Baby J @ Night" started last Monday, replacing "The Wendy Williams Experience" with Wendy Williams weeknights from 6-10 p.m. Williams left radio to focus on her new TV talk show.Tessa & Baby J will be sending up segments from their top-rated morning show on Citadel Broadcasting's "Z93 Jamz" WWWZ Summerville/Charleston SC . The duo also host a syndicated countdown show which runs on several Citadel and on WYTT Saturday mornings at 9. Monday, September 14, 99-5 Jamz will be picking up the syndicated program "Slow Jams with R Dub" to fill late nights 10 p.m.-midnight; replacing automated slow jams. The station's new line-up looks like this: 6-10 a.m. -- Big Boy's Neighborhood
 | Sunday, September 6, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... CW 27, WGNT-TV is pleased to announce the promotion of Thomas Fortune, Jr., the station’s new interactive media manager. Fortune joined CW 27 in 2008 as the Web Editor for CW 27, CW 44 and CW 69. He graduated James Madison University in May 2008 with a Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Media Arts & Design with a concentration in Interactive Media, and completed a minor in Mathematics. (read more - CW27, WGNT)
All area markets, but one, remain the same | Thursday, September 3, 2009 Nielsen Media Research just announced a new list of Designated Market Area (DMA®) TV rankings for the 2009-2010 television season.The research company says the total number of television households within the US is now estimated at 114.867M (as of January 1, 2010), an increase of just 0.36% since last year.
| Wednesday, September 2, 2009 East Carolina Radio has named Scott Summers as its new PD and morning host for Country "Dixie 105.7" WRSF Columbia.Summers just recently took over nights at crosstown Hot AC "Beach 104" WCXL/104.1 Kill Devil Hills. All mentions of Summers from Beach 104's website were taken down this morning. He starts mornings on Dixie on Tuesday, September 8.
Diane Sawyer will replace 'World News' anchor in January | Wednesday, September 2, 2009Charles Gibson, who has served as anchor of "World News" since May of 2006, announced this morning that he will step down from the post at the end of this year and retire from full-time employment at ABC News. (read more - ABC News)
WDYL-FM Y101 changed its position on the radio dial on September 1st | Tuesday, September 1, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... WDYL-FM Y101, Richmond’s New Rock Alternative, announced today that its frequency officially changed from 101.1 FM to 100.9 FM today at 2pm.The dial position change is in conjunction with the transition to a new tower. (read more - Y101, WDYL)
Cox Radio Alternative "Y101" WDYL/101.1 fired up its new, bigger signal on 100.9 today at 2 p.m. Listen to how it went down... (9/1/2009)
| Tuesday, September 1, 2009Winchester Police investigators report TV 3 Winchester reporter Ryan O’Connor has been arrested and charged with numerous counts of child pornography. (read more - TV3 Winchester)
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