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  :// WVBT pulls plug on skins season, to show Eagles-cowboys instead  | Thursday, December 31, 2009  In a move that reflects the nature of the Washington Redskins' season, WVBT Fox 43 had decided not to air Sunday's scheduled 4:15 p.m. game between the Skins and San Diego Chargers and instead televise the crucial NFC East clash between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys. (read more - The Virginian-Pilot)
| Wednesday, December 30, 2009 A Mediacom spokesman confirmed that the cable operator held a negotiation session in Washington Monday with a third-party mediator--"from outside the FCC"--in an attempt to resolve, so far without success, their retransmission consent dispute with Sinclair. (read more - Broadcasting & Cable)Editor's Note: According to Mediacom's website, WTVZ's signal is carried on their systems in Camden, Martin and Currituck Counties (including Moyock) NC and (a few households) in Chesapeake...
| Tuesday, December 29, 2009John Harlow (Jack Boston) leaves part-time duties at Max Media Country "97-3 The Eagle" WGH-FM Newport News/Norfolk to become the Chief of Public Affairs for the U.S. Army Garrison in Natick MA. Harlow spent 15 months at The Eagle and previously worked in the Norfolk market at Entercom's Modern AC "94.9 The Point" WPTE Virginia Beach.
 :// Comcast, MASN resolve carriage dispute MASN says Nats, Orioles will get carriage 'as early as 2010.' | Thursday, December 24, 2009Comcast and the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) have reached a settlement of their legal fight over carriage of the sports network. (read more - Broadcasting & Cable)
 Several new Classified Ads have been placed this month on VARTV including Allbritton Communications' "ABC13" WSET Lynchburg/Roanoke looking for a full-time Associate Director. 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..... (12/23/2009)
| Tuesday, December 22, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... It’s a celebration at CW 27! WGNT-TV’s longest running community affairs program, “Here & Now on The CW” is celebrating ten years of broadcasting during a special time. Friends and guests return to The CW 27 Studios in Portsmouth for an hour of review of some of the show’s favorite moments.(read more - CW27, WGNT)
| Monday, December 21, 2009The Daily Press is taking a holiday break on Christmas Day, when we won't publish a paper. Although our work force, like our readership, is diverse, a significant majority of both celebrate Christmas Day as the largest family holiday of the year, and we want to give our employees time at home. (read more - Daily Press)
| Monday, December 21, 2009We've learned that several big changes have been made at Piedmont Communications (WCVA/1490 Culpeper, WVCV/1340, WOJL/105.5 Louisa, WJMA/103.1 Culpeper) a bit earlier this month. Out at the cluster is President/GM John Schick and WJMA Afternooner Lee Richards. We also hear that there has been a 5% salary decrease across the board.
Jen Towner, former morning co-host of Cox Radio Hot AC "Mix 103-7" WMXB Richmond, has left the building to pursue other opportunities - including voice work from her home studio. Reach out to Jen at jentowner(at)verizon(dawt)net... (12/17/2009)
| Wednesday, December 16, 2009 Cox Communication NOVA has added 13 new HD channels to it lineup:BET HD on 763, ABC Family HD (774), Disney HD (775), Disney XD HD (776), msnbc HD (777), BBC America HD (778), Tennis Channel HD (784), HBO2HD (787), More Max HD (788), TMC HD (789), Encore HD (790), Starz! Edge HD (791), Investigation Discovery HD (792).According to Cox NOVA's Facebook page, "WGN will be moving from basic ch. 31 to basic ch. 43. For direct to set customers only, Galavision will be moving from ch. 89 to ch. 6, but for digital customers, it will remain on ch. 89. We will also be moving ShopNBC in Basic to Digital and it will remain on digital channel 29. A digital box, Clear QAM tuner will be required to continue receiving ShopNBC."
| Tuesday, December 15, 2009Gov-elect Bob McDonnell fancies the idea of an all-Virginia holiday season college basketball tournament. In a live radio interview on SportsPhone with Big Al on Richmond's ESPN950 Tuesday... (read more - Daily Press)
| Monday, December 14, 2009 A new station hopes to broaden the radio “pie” in the Danville area.Lakes Media LLC is set to bring the classic hits radio station — 1045 The Dan — to Danville area listeners via airwaves starting in January, when the 104.5 FM station will play 10,000 songs in a row, commercial-free. (read more - Danville Register Bee)
| Sunday, December 13, 2009Prince William Broadcasting's new WURA/920 Quantico/Fredericksburg is on the air testing its signal with Christmas music. The station has a CP (construction permit) to do 7kW during the day and 970 watts at night. WURA is in the pocess of changing hands from Prince William Broadcasting (PWB) to Capital Broadcasting. PWB (which is made up of five partner companies, Dale City Broadcasting 25.5%; Cleo Broadcasting 15%; Bay Broadcasting, Lexington Park Broadcasting and Moonglow Broadcasting each 11.33%.) is selling the station for $205,584.
| Thursday, December 10, 2009 ZGS Communications announced the launch of WZTD-LP Richmond, VA as a Telemundo affiliate, the first local Spanish-language television broadcast station in the market. ZGS is the largest independent owner and operator of television stations affiliated with the Telemundo network... (read more - RBR.com)Editor's note: We're not sure why this is making news currently. The station has been doing Telemundo since November 2007 but it will now have a local presence and cable coverage in the market...
| Thursday, December 10, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... The Game 102.1 FM / 1490 AM is proud to announce that the “757 Club Show“ which has been on Monday Nights at 7 p.m. will now air weekdays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Show, hosted by John DeCandido and Bartley Barefoot, will debut on Monday, December 14. (read more - 102.1 The Game, WXTG)
This Friday, former Clear Channel CHR "Q94" WRVQ/94.5 Richmond jocks Jeff Wicker, Betty Bodine, Kirby Carmichael and Billy Surf return to the station to do the 12 Hours Of Christmas; 6 a.m. thru 6 p.m. to raise money for Make A Wish Foundation. "Lite 98" WTVR and "102-1 The X" WRXL will also participate... (12/9/2009)
| Wednesday, December 9, 2009Cox Communications Inc. announced Tuesday that it will begin offering wireless phone service in Hampton Roads, entering the one business where it doesn't compete with big phone companies. (read more - The Virginian-Pilot)
Two week food drive Benefits the Central Virginia Foodbank | Tuesday, December 8, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Cox Radio Richmond (WKHK K95, WKLR 96.5, WMXB 103.7, WDYL Y101) wrapped up a two week 2nd annual “Feed Richmond” Food Drive on November 21st, to benefit the Central Virginia Foodbank (CVFB). During “Feed Richmond”, over 136,000 meals were donated to CVFB. (read more - Cox Radio Richmond)
| Tuesday, December 8, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... The results are in and the Richmond television market has witnessed a historic shift in late news. CBS 6 News at 11pm is the number one source for Central Virginians. According to Nielsen audience measurement in the October and November sweeps periods The South’s First Television Station gained significant audience for most of its Monday through Friday newscasts in the highly competitive Richmond television market. (read more - CBS6, WTVR-TV)
| Tuesday, December 8, 2009WSVG-AM Mt. Jackson VA, in the Winchester VA market, is getting an AM sister in a $50K deal for WAMM-AM Woodstock. The deal is unique in that it features two sellers. (read more - RBR.com)
| Tuesday, December 8, 2009CBS is canceling the soap opera As the World Turns after more than a half-century on the air. (read more - USA Today)
Light-rail construction to blame | Tuesday, December 8, 2009More than 10,000 Cox Cable customers were without cable, high-speed internet, and phone service after a fiber optic line was accidentally cut in Norfolk Monday. (read more - WAVY-TV)
| Monday, December 7, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... MASN, the television home of the Washington Nationals and the Baltimore Orioles, will launch a high definition overflow channel beginning in the spring of 2010, the network announced today.The launch of MASN2 HD will allow the network to televise every Orioles and Nationals game live and in high-def throughout the season. (read more - MASN)
| Monday, December 7, 2009Hampton Roads radio market vet Alex Dahm is filling in this week on Virginia Beach Educational Broadcasting Foundation's Christian CHR "Positive Hit Radio, The Current" WJLZ/88.5 Virginia Beach for Liz Lane. She was previously heard on Saga's Classic Hits "106.9 The Fox" WAFX Suffolk and Entercom's Modern AC "94.9 The Point" WPTE Virginia Beach. Dahm is on The Current all week from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
| Monday, December 7, 2009 Even more adjustments at Main Line Richmond as Sharon Matthews, previously heard on Davis Media's Triple A "92.3 The Tide" WTYD Deltaville/Williamsburg (mornings 2005/2006) and Max Media Hampton Roads the past three years, is the new morning host on Adult/Variety Hits "98-9 Lberty" WWLB Midlothian/Richmond. She replaces Jeff Beck who was fired last week.
| Sunday, December 6, 2009Main Line's "93.1 The Wolf" WLFV Etterick/Richmond adjusts its format to strictly Country (Fresh Country) from its Country/Rockish hybrid (Country That Rocks). Also middayer, Mike Levay, is off the station's website. Last week, the station jettisoned the syndicated morning show "Rick & Bubba" after airing on The Wolf just over two years.
| Friday, December 4, 2009Centennial Broadcasting's new Heritage Rock "The Bone 104.9/105.5" (WXNB/Strasburg/Front Royal //WXBN Berryville/Winchester) started carrying Compass Media Network's syndicated "Free Beer and Hot Wings" morning show today. It'll air weekdays in its entirety, 5-10 a.m.
Main Line's 70s-60s Hits WBBT/107.3 Powhatan//WARV/100.3 Petersburg drops the "107-3 BBT" positioner for "Big Oldies 107.3" with the URL bigoldies1073.com not active as of this posting... (12/4/2009)
| Thursday, December 3, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Studio Center Total Production, the Nation’s largest producer of radio and television commercials is proud to announce the return of audio producer, Curt Kroeger to head their Las Vegas studios. Kroeger, in his new position as Sr. Producer/Engineer, brings back to Studio Center 20 years of experience in Music, Television, Film and Audio Production. (read more - Studio Center)
| Thursday, December 3, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... The “countdown” is over at 104.9/105.5FM. The Shenandoah Valley’s newest radio station “104.9/105.5 The Bone” debuted today at 12pm. Previously known as Rock 104.9/105.5 Everything That Rocks, the station had adopted a temporary format “counting down” to 12pm Thursday. (read more - 104.9/105.5 The Bone, WXBN//WXNB)
| Thursday, December 3, 2009 Centennial Broadcasting's 104.9/Strasburg/Front Royal // 105.5/Berryville/Winchester tweaked the format today just after noon with Alice In Chains' "Them Bones." The stations will now be known as "The Valley's Rock Station, The Bone 104.9 - 105.5."The simulcast had been stunting the past several days, giving up on its "Everything That Rocks, Rock 104-9/105-5" which bowed in September 2007. Before doing Rock, the stations were doing "Real Classic Rock" since April 2002. Brand new call letters are also effective today -- 104.9 is now WXNB (formerly WWRT) and 105.5 is WXBN (was WWRE) as is a new website at rockthebone.com.
| Wednesday, December 2, 2009Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association's (HRETA) new radio station to be on 89.9 licensed to Gloucester Courthouse has taken the new call letters WHRX. WHRX will broadcast 450 watts at a height of 295.6 feet and will be a satellite station to sister WHRO-FM/90.3 Norfolk.
| Wednesday, December 2, 2009We hear that yesterday Main Line Richmond dropped 70s-60s Hits WBBT/107.3 Powhatan morning man Ozone and Adult/Variety Hits "98-9 Liberty" WWLB's (Midlothian/Richmond) Jeff Beck, and cancelled the nationally syndicated "Rick & Bubba" morning show on Country "93.1 The Wolf" WLFV Ettrick. No word on any replacements.
| Tuesday, December 1, 2009The deal between General Electric and Comcast over a majority stake in NBC Universal is complete, and there is nothing left to do but process paper, a source close to the merger told CNBC Tuesday. (read more - CNBC)
| Tuesday, December 1, 2009ABC says Charles Gibson will sign off from the World News anchor desk on Dec. 18. (read more - USA Today)
| Tuesday, December 1, 2009The University of Richmond's College Variety WDCE/90.1 wants to increase it's power to 2.3kW from just 100 watts using a directional antenna according to a recent FCC filing. The new application would greatly increase the station's coverage especially to the west, north and east from the school where WDCE's antenna is located... Main Line Broadcasting's 70s-60s Hits WBBT/107.3 Powhatan wants to change its COL (community of license) to Chester Courthouse and move it's antenna dead smack into the Richmond metro. Right now, they broadcast from a tower near the Rte 288 and Midlothian Turnpike intersection... Fifth Estate Communication's WHAN Ashland was granted a CP (construction permit) over 2½ years ago to change its COL to Victoria, move to 650AM from 1430AM and become a daytime-only station but doing 50kW. They would broadcast way out near Amelia Court House. Currently, they do 1,000 watts during the day but just 31 watts at night. In an application just filed with the FCC, WHAN now wants to change its COL to Powhatan, transmit a bit closer to Richmond (from near Fine Creek Mills) at 23kW during the day and 14kW during critical hours (sunrise to two hours after sunrise and from two hours before sunset until sunset, local time)...
| Tuesday, December 1, 2009Radio One Richmond OM Jeff Anderson checks in with us to share the loss of Urban (iPower92) WCDX air-personality DJ Peachez, who died following a very brief illness. (read more - AllAccess)
| Tuesday, December 1, 2009 It appears Cumulus Media has dropped the CHR format (All The Hits, Hot 100) on its 100.7 frequency in the Christiansburg/Radford/Roanoke area. In fact the call letters are no longer WFNR but were changed to WNMX on November 18. The station is currently airing all-holiday music as "Christmas 100.7."The station's website says, "Thanks for the taking us along - it was Hot while it lasted. Enjoy the sounds of the holidays while we build your new radio station." 100.7 had been doing CHR for just over five years. Do the new call letters mean New River Valley Mix??? Stay tuned...
| Monday, November 30, 2009Centennial Broadcasting's "Rock 104-9/105-5" WWRT Strasburg/Front Royal//WWRE Berryville/Winchester website says that the station will "evolve" at noon this coming Thursday as do on air announcements. A new format? Stay tuned...
Happy Thanksgiving! (11/26/2009)
| Thursday, November 26, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... The Nov 2009 sweeps period just concluded and WWBT/NBC12 is once again the clear Television News Leader in Central Virginia. From early morning to late night, NBC12 News is Central Virginia’s number one rated news. The largest audiences, weekdays for 12 News Today at 6am and 12 News at 6pm are equal to or more than the other 2 news stations combined. (read more - NBC12, WWBT)
| Thursday, November 26, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... This is an historic ratings period for WTKR NewsChannel 3. For the first time in 15 years, NewsChannel 3 has Hampton Roads highest rated newscast at 11 p.m.“We work really hard to offer Hampton Roads viewers a fresh alternative to local news.” said Tina Luque-Blacklocke, WTKR News Director. (read more - NewsChannel 3, WTKR)
Clear Channel AC "Mix 93.1" WSVO Harrisonburg went all-holiday music today... (11/25/2009)
| Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Richmond's new minor league baseball team, the Richmond Flying Squirrels, will be heard on Clear Channel Sports WRNL-A (Sports Radio 910)/Richmond for its first two seasons in the market. (read more - AllAccess)
NBC affiliate reports the best ratings throughout the day | Wednesday, November 25, 2009 WRC continued to dominate local TV news ratings during the November "sweeps," winning in every part of the day despite its chief rival's heavily promoted ticket giveaway and a widely publicized breast self-exam special report. (read more - The Washington Post)
Clear Channel AC "Q105" WQHQ/104.7 Salisbury went all-holiday music today... (11/24/2009)
| Tuesday, November 24, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... FM99 WNOR (98.7, Norfolk) is pleased to announce the return of Rod Fitzwell to the morning show. Longtime listeners of FM99 will remember Rod as the FM99 Sports Director, a position he held for 10 years until he decided to make a career change in 2005. Since then, Rod has been working for Pfizer as a PHCR in Advanced Pain Management and Neuroscience. Now, almost four years to the day he left, Rod is coming home to FM99 to follow his true passion, to entertain.FM99 is thrilled to welcome Rod back, and thankful that he is willing to step away from a very successful career to be a part of our team. We're glad he thinks, "It's great to be here!" Rod's return begins on Monday, December 7th on Rumble In The Morning!
| Monday, November 23, 2009 Wheeler Top 40 WXLK (K92)/Roanoke decided to use text voting for its current High School Survivor contest. The voting is done once a day, for four hours each day. The school logging the most text votes wins a concert featuring Boys Like Girls on December 17th. (read more - AllAccess)
| Monday, November 23, 2009When Robert W. Woltz Jr. walked up to the "cord-board" in Petersburg on his second day with the phone company, he stepped to a corner of the business world that has long since disappeared. (read more - Richmond Times-Dispatch)
| Sunday, November 22, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... The 13th Annual Mayflower Marathon presented by 106.9 The Fox (WAFX) and FM99 (WNOR) collected over 1,700 turkeys and enough donations of food and money to create over 403,000 meals for the Foodbanks of Southeastern Virginia and the Virginia Peninsula. Hundreds of Fox and FM99 listeners made their donations at the Pembroke Mall in Virginia Beach and at Sam's Club/Walmart in Newport News. Thanks to their generosity, thousands of people in Hampton Roads will enjoy a Thanksgiving meal and many more will benefit from the continuing support of the Foodbanks. Our thanks to everyone who contributed, especially all of the volunteers, and our friends at New Bell Moving and Storage for providing the Atlas Vans to hold the donations.
| Friday, November 20, 2009More than 3,000 Verizon customers in Chesapeake are still without phone service after last week's storm. Verizon officials say flood waters from the storm ruined the company's main lines in South Norfolk. (read more - The Virginian-Pilot)
| Thursday, November 19, 2009Red Zebra Sports (102.1 The Game) WXTG-A/F Virginia Beach, VA OM/PD Keith Bennett was let go yesterday. Bennentt, who was with the station when it flipped formats three years ago from Urban Hot 102.1 to Sports... (read more - AllAccess)
Food Drive to benefit Central Virginia Foodbank | Thursday, November 19, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Cox Radio Richmond (WKHK-K95, WKLR-96.5 KLR, and WMXB-Mix 103.7) will be holding three day live broadcasts at area Kroger stores from November 19-21st. The broadcasts are part of Cox Radio’s Feed Richmond, benefiting the Central Virginia Foodbank (CVFB). (read more - Cox Radio Richmond)
The FCC grants Bible Broadcasting Network's low-power translator W205CJ/Fredericksburg a power increase from a directional 3 watts to non-directional 19 watts and move from 88.9 to 88.7... (11/17/2009)
| Monday, November 16, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... When the November Nor’easter brought winds gusting to 75 mph, driving rain and tidal flooding to Hampton Roads and the Outer Banks of North Carolina, WAVY News 10 was On Your Side!On Thursday November 12, 2009, which was the peak of the storm, WAVY- TV dominated the Nielsen ratings... (read more - WAVY-TV 10)
Wheeler Broadcaster's AC "Q99" WSLQ/99.1 Roanoke becomes that market's second all-holiday music station this morning... (11/16/2009)
WDBJ/7 Roanoke is looking for a maintenance engineer. 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..... (11/16/2009)
| Monday, November 16, 2009Cox (Hampton Roads) maintenance and field techs continued to work throughout the weekend to repair plant damage caused by high winds and flooding to restore service to thousands of customers left without cable service. (read more - Daily Press)
Part of show us your cans food drive to benefit Central Virginia Foodbank | Monday, November 16, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Cox Radio Richmond’s WDYL-Y101,will be broadcasting day and night from November 16th through November 20th , for the 7th annual Show Us Your Cans. The event is part of Cox Radio’s Feed Richmond food drive and is presented by McGeorge Toyota. (read more - Y101, WDYL)
"Sunny FM" (WSNV/93.5 Salem/Roanoke, WSNZ/101.7 Appomattox/Lynchburg) went all-holiday music yesterday evening... (11/14/2009)
| Thursday, November 12, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... The Star Radio Group names Justin Bryant as PD of Rhythmic CHR WVBX, and Classic Rock, WWUZ. He replaces Victor Starr, who left the group to coordinate the Donnie Simpson morning show at WPGC in Washington DC. “I’m absolutely thrilled to be the new Program Director of Classic Rock 96.9 & 99.3 The Vibe! The stations are loaded with great talent & I’m looking forward to working with everyone involved to continue the growth of both stations!“Cluster OM, Paul Johnson added, “Justin came very highly recommended, and rose to the top after a lengthy and thorough search. We know he’ll add a nice fingerprint to these stations.” Bryant’s career includes APD/MD duties at WPXY/Rochester, NY, and PD duties at WWYL/Binghamton, NY & WBHT/Wilkes Barre, PA.
| Thursday, November 12, 2009Melissa Chase, bubbly radio host for Q94’s afternoon program and among the last local pop music radio personalities, has left Clear Channel to join Cox Radio’s The New Mix 103.7. (read more - Style Weekly)
Local TV LLC's "NewsChannel 3" WTKR Norfolk over-the-air signal has been knocked out... Storm related?(11/12/2009)
| Wednesday, November 11, 2009 We've learned that Melissa Chase, former APD/Afternoons at Clear Channel CHR "Q94" WRVQ/94.5 Richmond, leaves to do mornings at Cox Radio Hot AC "Mix 103-7" WMXB Richmond.Early last month, it was announced that morning co-host Jack Indigo was leaving to do afternoons as Jack Larkin on Peter & John Ministries' Christian Comtemporary "95-1 Shine FM" WRBS Baltimore. There's no word on when Chase starts at Mix and if current morning host Jen Towner will co-host. Back at Q94, Chris Kash is called up to do afternoons.
| Wednesday, November 11, 2009He’s previously run clusters in (Clear Channel) Norfolk, Richmond, Syracuse and Charleston, SC. Jordan’s latest job takes him to the Apple Valley in Washington state... (read more - Radio-Info.com)
Overnight, Belo Broadcasting rolled out new websites for the rest of their station group including WVEC (13/ABC) Hampton/Norfolk at WVEC.com... (11/10/2009)
| Tuesday, November 10, 2009Quantico VA is the town where a facility used by both the US Marine Corps and the FBI is situated – and it’s also home to a DIY AM radio station that is getting a brand new owner. The station already has call letters – WURA (920AM). (read more - RBR.com)
CBS O&O CW affiliates WGNT/Portsmouth, WUPA/Atlanta, WTOG/Orlando is looking for a web editor. 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..... (11/9/2009)
| Monday, November 9, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... The results are in and the 11 p.m. news on CBS 6 WTVR was the number one source for late news for Central Virginians in October. According to Nielsen audience measurement The South’s First Television Station gained audience for most of its daily newscasts in the highly competitive Richmond television market. (read more - CBS6, WTVR)
| Saturday, November 7, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... NNPS TV will televise the Division Six Eastern Regional Quarterfinal Football Game between Maury and Woodside on November 13th. These two teams played September 12th and Woodside won 29-12. (read more - Newport News Public Schools TV)
| Tuesday, November 3, 2009 SIRIUS XM Radio today announced its extensive holiday music lineup featuring five commercial-free specialty channels celebrating the most festive time of year.SIRIUS XM's holiday music channels will showcase traditional holiday songs, classical Christmas carols, Hanukkah music, country Christmas hits and contemporary festive music. (read more - PR Newswire)
Five day food drive to benefit Central Virginia Foodbank | Wednesday, November 4, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Cox Radio Richmond’s WDYL-Y101, along with McGeorge Toyota, is kicking off the 7th annual Show Us Your Cans food drive. The event is part of Cox Radio’s Feed Richmond food drive and will take place November 16th at 2:00 p.m. through November 20th at 6:00 p.m. (read more - Y101, WDYL)
Two week Food Drive to benefit the Central Virginia Foodbank | Wednesday, November 4, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Cox Radio Richmond (WKHK-K95, WKLR-96.5 KLR, WMXB-Mix 103.7) is teaming up with Kroger stores, Ashley Furniture, Whitten Brothers Dealerships and SunTrust Mortgage for the 2nd annual Feed Richmond food drive. Feed Richmond is going on now through Nov. 21st, to benefit the Central Virginia Foodbank (CVFB). (read more - Cox Radio Richmond)
"Someone" is looking for a morning show producer and a news person for an upcoming personality-driven morning talk show in Hampton Roads. 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..... (11/4/2009)
| Tuesday, November 3, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... WHAN-AM (1430) in Ashland announced today they have reached an agreement with Learfield Sports to be the exclusive radio home of the 2009 NCAA Men’s Basketball Champions, The University of North Carolina Tar Heels. The station will air 23 regular season games and the ACC Tournament. (read more - Hanover's Own, WHAN)
| Tuesday, November 3, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Studio Center Total Production, headquartered in Virginia Beach, VA, announces the hiring of Chris Arbisi as their newest audio producer at their New York City studios, located at 315 Madison Avenue. Chris comes to Studio Center with extensive experience in audio post production and music composition and performance. (read more - Studio Center)
| Sunday, November 1, 2009Harvey Hudson -- the longtime voice of Richmond radio, a founding partner in TVX Broadcasting Group and former vice president of Nationwide Communications and manager of WXEX-TV (Channel 8, now WRIC) -- died today at age 88 in a local hospital. (read more - Richmond Times-Dispatch)
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