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  :// Sinclair: Time Warner Cable won't pay a dime for our programming WTVZ/33 could be dropped in parts of NE NC  | Tuesday, December 28, 2010  Sinclair Broadcast Group says Time Warner Cable refuses to engage in any further retransmission-consent negotiations and as a result its stations will no longer be carried on the operator's systems after midnight on Jan. 1.The broadcast station group said that Time Warner Cable has rejected its most recent monthly license fee offer averaging 10 cents per subscriber. (read more - Multichannel News)
 :// Local News on Cable on Cox to shut down | Tuesday, December 21, 2010 We've learned that Local News on Cable (LNC5), a joint venture between Belo's WVEC/13 (ABC) Hampton/Norfolk, Cox Communications Hampton Roads, and The Virginian-Pilot, is ceasing operations on December 31. LNC5 is owned by Belo.The cable-only news channel launched in late February 1997 (as LNC4 on Cox Cable channel 4, later moving to channel 5 after the addition of WSKY/4 IND to the channel line-up). LNC5 stopped airing the LIVE "Pilot 13 News" newscast at 10 p.m. back in January 2009 after the channel started losing money in 2008. From that point on, the channel simply aired recycled WVEC newscasts. In a statement to Cox customers, they said, "It has not yet been determined what content will air on channel 5 after December 31. Once this decision has been made, Cox will inform customers of this new programming."
| Tuesday, December 21, 2010 The Federal Communications Commission has found in favor of a low-power TV station seeking carriage from the regional cable operator. WGBS-LD, licensed to Carrolton (Hampton), Va., sought carriage on Charter systems serving Isle of Wight County in Southern Virginia. Charter initially said no dice, saying WGBS’s signal didn’t meet the FCC standard for carriage. (read more - Television Broadcast)
| Monday, December 20, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...92.9 The Wave (WVBW-FM) is honored to announce that Paul McCoy, co-host of The Morning Wave, had made the list of LIVE! with Regis and Kelly's "Top 100 Men of Radio Co-host for a Day Search".After a successful week earlier this year with "Women of Radio", LIVE! with Regis and Kelly solicited for viewers across the country to nominate a male radio broadcaster... (read more - 92.9 The Wave, WVBW)
| Friday, December 17, 2010Long time Norfolk/Virginia Beach radio personality Keith Bennett lands at TRN (Talk Radio Network) in DC as a producer/production guy. Bennett most recently was OM/PD/Production with Red Zebra Sports "102.1 The Game" WXTG with previous stops at defunct WLRT/1490 Hampton as PD/Afternoons and on air at Saga Communications Rock "FM99" WNOR/98.7 Norfolk.
| Wednesday, December 15, 2010According to his Facebook page, Clear Channel Soft AC "Lite 98" WTVR/98.1 Richmond afternooner Adam Stubbs says he was laid off from the station on Tuesday. Lite 98 has replaced Stubbs with a computer, Clear Channel's "Premium Choice," where one DJ voice-tracks multiple radio stations around the country.
| Monday, December 14, 2010It’s seven in the morning, and you’re commuting to Hampton from Norfolk. The traffic is stacked up as you approach the tunnel, and you don’t know if you’ll make it to your first meeting on time. (read more - Tidewater Women)
| Friday, December 10, 2010The owner of a local religious broadcasting company has been arrested on federal charges of bilking investors out of more than $750,000 and using most of the money for personal and business expenses, including buying a 36-foot boat. (read more - The Virginian-Pilot)
Three week food drive benefits the Central Virginia Food Bank | Thursday, December 9, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Cox Media Group – Richmond (WKHK K95, WKLR 96.5, WHTI Hot 100.9, WURV 103.7 The River) wrapped up the three week 3rd Annual “Feed Richmond” Food Drive on November 20th, to benefit the Central Virginia Food Bank (CVFB). During “Feed Richmond,” 181,893 meals were donated to CVFB. (read more - Cox Media Richmond)
| Thursday, December 9, 2010Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association's (WHRO) newly acquired 90.1/Nassowadox signal is back on the air today with continuous traditional Christmas music. It's also getting new call letters -- WHRE. Those call letters were up for grabs when TBN's O&O dropped them in favor for "WTPC." In addition to WHRO-FM, there's WHRE, WHRV, WHRF, WHRX, WHRG and WHRJ.
 Howard Stern announced this morning that he has signed up for a new 5-year deal to stay with SiriusXM... (12/9/2010)
| Wednesday, December 8, 2010Former "CW27" WGNT/Portsmouth Chief Engineer George Randell, has landed a new job as Director of Engineering for Network Operations for NorthStar Studios based in Nashville TN. Randell was with Channel 27 for over 28 years before losing his job when Local TV LLC purchased the station this past summer and consolidated his position with "NewsChannel 3" WTKR (CBS) Norfolk.
| Tuesday, December 7, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... ESPN 950 WXGI announced today (12/6) that it has begun streaming its on-air programming on the most popular cellular smartphones, including the Blackberry, Droid and I-Phone. (read more - ESPN 950, WXGI)
He announced games to Richmond area for more than 40 years | Monday, December 6, 2010Frank P. Soden’s work was admired in central Virginia and beyond. The voice that broadcast professional, collegiate and high school sporting events to Richmond-area audiences for more than four decades has fallen silent. (read more - Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Hindlin Broadcasting (Andy Hindlin) closes on the purchase of Spanish "Select 1050" WVXX Norfolk from Golden Door Broadcasting (Davidson Media Group). Sale price was $600k... (12/2/2010)
| Thursday, December 2, 2010 Natasha Ryan is leaving Southwest Virginia for the Pacific Northwest. Ryan, who has anchored WDBJ-TV's 11 p.m. newscast for almost five years, is leaving Roanoke to become a general assignment reporter and substitute anchor for NBC affiliate KING-TV in Seattle. Her last broadcast on Channel 7 will be Jan. 7. (read more - The Roanoke Times)
WTKR/3 Norfolk and WTVR/6 Richmond are on the list | Wednesday, December 1, 2010 As announced in August, Tribune Broadcasting is launching a new network next month featuring classic TV programming. The company now says Antenna TV will launch on its O&Os and other stations covering more than 50 million US television households.The launch date has been moved two days earlier, to New Year’s Day rather than Monday, January 3rd. When the clock strikes midnight Antenna TV will kick off 2011... (read more - RBR.com)
| Wednesday, December 1, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... CBS 6 welcomes special guest, Dr. Mehmet Oz, of the hit program, “The Dr. Oz Show”, to the 9th annual CBS 6 Healthy Lifestyle Expo. Central Virginia’s largest one day health expo returns on Saturday, February 5th, to the Richmond Convention Center, 9am-4pm.(read more - CBS6, WTVR)
| Tuesday, November 30, 2010 Sprint today (11/29) officially unleashed the power of 4G – enabling fast mobile downloads, wireless video chat and turbo-charged mobile Web browsing up to 10 times faster than 3G service1 – in Los Angeles, Miami, Washington D.C., Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio. (read more - Sprint)
| Monday, November 29, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... WVEC 13 News, Hampton Roads Local News Leader has secured first place as the most-watched local television station in Hampton Roads, according to the Nielsen Company’s November ratings. (read more - WVEC/13)
Early last week, a retirement party was held for Les Woodie who spent the last 48 years at Altavista radio station WKDE/1000... WOW! (11/27/2010)
| Saturday, November 27, 2010Local TV LLC's "NewsChannel 3" WTKR (CBS) Norfolk reporter Dan Tordjman has left the station. He's headed for Charlotte where his girlfriend is a producer in the market. Torddman had been with Channel 3 since September 2008... Lin Media's (WAVY/10 NBC Portsmouth, WVBT/43 FOX Virginia Beach) weekend sports anchor Ahmed Fareed has knock it out-of-the-park. He's leaving the duopoly for an on-air position with MLB Network based in Secaucus NJ. Fareed leaves the area at the end of next month...
WVBT FOX43 shows strength at 10PM | Friday, November 26, 2010FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... WAVY News 10, the Station On Your Side, is once again the number one choice for morning news in Hampton Roads during the November sweeps ratings period according to Nielsen Media Research. (read more - WAVY/10, WVBT/43)
**two unbeatens play for State Playoff berth when Dinwiddie travels to Hanover** | Friday, November 26, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... WHAN-AM (1430) is proud to announce the securing of broadcast rights to the Central Region Division Five Regional Championship Game on Friday, November 26th! The Championship will pit two undefeated area powerhouses, when the #2 seed Dinwiddie Generals travel to face the #1 seed Hanover Hawks... (read more - WHAN/1430 Hanover)
106.9 The Fox and FM99 hosted Hampton Roads’ largest food drive | Friday, November 26, 2010FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Over 340,000 meals were donated during the Mayflower Marathon Food Drive, hosted by Classic Hits 106.9 The Fox (WAFX) and FM99 (WNOR). (read more - WNOR/98.7, WAFX/106.9)
| Thursday, November 25, 2010News-7 anchor Natasha Ryan is on her way from the Star City to the Starbucks City. She says it will be "an emotional goodbye," but not until after the holidays. (hear more - NewsTalkRadio 960, WFIR)
| Wednesday, November 24, 2010Jack Taddeo has been tapped as Interim GM for Entercom Norfolk (WPTE/94.9, WVKL/95.7, WWDE/101.3, WNVZ/104.5). He replaces Jeff Brown who's now overseeing Entercom Portland (OR).
Entercom Soft Rock "2WD" WWDE/101.3 Hampton/Virginia Beach went all-holiday music early this morning... (11/23/2010)
| Friday, November 19, 2010  Eric Mastel, President of Max Media Hampton Roads (WVBW/92.9, WVSP/94.1, WGH-FM/97.3, WVHT/100.5, WGH/1310), was let go today.The bigger shocker is who's been brought in to handle the cluster's GM duties... Dave Paulus, the former GM of Saga Communications Norfolk (WNOR/98.7, WAFX/106.9, WJOI/1230), who left the market two years ago to become VP/Director of Sales for Clear Channel West Michigan (11 radio stations between Grand Rapids and Muskegon). Paulus starts at Max Media on Tuesday, November 30.
| Friday, November 19, 2010 Star Radio Group's Top 40/Rhythmic "99-3 The Vibe" WVBX Spotsylvania/Fredericksburg welcomes Don Black as the new host of “The Morning Vibe With Don Black & Niche” beginning Thursday, Decmber 12.Black was mostly recently PD/afternoons at Independence Media's CHR "98-5 Kiss FM" WPIA Eureka/Peoria IL (until March 2010) and replaces John Blaze, who exited in September. PD Justin Bryant says “I can’t wait for Don to join our team! His skills & experience will help continue the growth of 99-3, The Vibe!”
Verizon boasts 150/35 Mbps tier is fastest residential broadband in U.S. | Monday, November 22, 2010 Verizon is blowing past cable's top broadband speeds with the debut of a FiOS Internet package that delivers 150 Megabits per second downstream and 35 up -- although at around $200 per month the service will likely have limited appeal. (read more - Multichannel News)
| Friday, November 19, 2010Clear Channel has announced that Tommy Griffiths will be hosting mornings on Clear Channel Classic Rock "Big 100.3" WBIG Washington DC. Griffiths was part of the Tommy and Rumble morning show at Saga Communications' Active Rock "FM99" WNOR/98.7 Norfolk for almost 20 years until resigning in August 2009. Since this summer, he had been the morning host at Scranton Times' "Rock 107" (WEZX/106.9 Scranton, PA//WPZX/105.9 Pocono Pines, PA// WBZX/107.1 Hancock, NY) but for only three months. Griffiths starts at WBIG on Monday, December 6.
Food Drive to benefit the Central Virginia Food Bank | Friday, November 19, 2010FOR IMMEDAITE RELEASE... Cox Media Group-Richmond (WKHK K95, WKLR 96.5, WHTI Hot 100.9, WURV 103.7 The River) will be holding day-long, live broadcasts at area Kroger stores from November 18-20th. The broadcasts are part of Cox Media Group-Richmond’s Feed Richmond, benefitting the Central Virginia Food Bank (CVFB). (read more - Cox Media Richmond)
| Thursday, November 18, 2010 The region's largest cable television provider launches a long-planned wireless telephone service in Hampton Roads on Friday, just in time to capitalize on what's expected to be the best holiday sales season in years.Atlanta-based Cox Communications hopes to entice thousands of its existing cable, Internet and phone-service customers to sign on for the new mobile phone service. (read more - Daily Press) (read more - The Virginian-Pilot)
| Thursday, November 18, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... CW RICHMOND announces that they will televise seven ACC men’s basketball games from the Raycom Sports/ACC Network during the 2010-11 season, featuring the first Duke-North Carolina game of the season on Wednesday, February 9 – live from Duke’s historic Cameron Indoor Stadium. (read more - CW Richmond, WUPV)
The 14th Annual Mayflower Marathon | Thursday, November 18, 2010FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Classic Hits 106.9 The Fox (WAFX) and FM99 (WNOR) host the 14th Annual Mayflower Marathon Food Drive from 5:30am on Friday, 11/19 until 3pm on Sunday, 11/21. (read more - FM99 WNOR, 106.9 The Fox WAFX)
Congrats to James Steele for getting his APD stripes at Sinclair's Alternative "96X" WROX/96.1 Exmore/Norfolk. This is in addition to the 100 other things Steele is responsible for at Sinclair... (11/17/2010)
| Wednesday, November 17, 2010 It's rare for TV stations to change their call letters, unlike radio stations which do so frequently when they change formats.Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) has now taken full control of full-power Channel 21 in Virginia Beach. In doing so, it changed the call letters from WHRE to WTPC on November 15. The last TV station in Hampton Roads to change its call letters was WPXV/49 Norfolk back in 1998 from "WJCB."
| Monday, November 15, 2010 Like any other network, particularly the advertiser-supported kind, The Country Network wants to be in every TV home in the country.The upstart multicast channel has taken another modest step toward that ultimate goal and to its more immediate target of reaching between 25% and 30% of homes early next year by signing four Young Broadcasting stations (including WRIC/8 Petersburg/Richmond) as affiliates. (read more - TVNewsCheck.com)
Clear Channel run "Sunny FM" (WSNV/93.5 Salem/Roanoke, WSNZ/101.7 Lynchburg) is the first station in Virginia to go all-Holiday music. Keep track of all the changes on the right side of VARTV... (11/12/2010)
| Friday, November 12, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Main Line Broadcasting(WLFV-93.1 The Wolf, WWLB 98.9 Liberty andWBBT-Big Oldies 107.3) will once again team with the United States Marine Corps Reserve to help put a smile on a child’s face this holiday season with the 2010 Toys for Tots Campaign. (read more - Main Line Broadcasting Richmond)
| Friday, November 12, 2010This Saturday's (11/13) football game between James Madison University and The College of William and Mary pairs two broadcasters who got their start in sports broadcasting at WJMA in Orange. David Taylor and Clint Estes both started at WJMA while in high school in the mid-1970s. After graduating from Emory and Henry College in 1977, Estes returned to WJMA to broadcast Orange County High School football games until the station ended the broadcasts following the 2006 season. After WJMA he did play-by-play and color for Fork Union Military Academy, WINA in Charlottesville, and WKTR in Earlysville. Sports is a part-time interest for Clint Estes, his full-time job since graduation from college has been as a teacher and administrator with the Orange County Public Schools. David Taylor attended James Madison University, graduating in 1985. He remained at JMU doing sports promotion and some sports play-by-play and color. He is currently the Director of Marketing at JMU. The JMU/William & Mary game is in Harrisonburg this Saturday with a 1:30 kickoff. You can hear the game on WSVA (AM 550) or streamed on the internet at: jmusports.com.
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 SIRIUS XM's holiday music channels will showcase traditional holiday songs, classical Christmas carols, Hanukkah music, country Christmas classics and contemporary seasonal music. (read more - SiriusXM Satellite Radio)
| Thursday, November 11, 2010Thomas Wolfe was so wrong. You can go home again. Erica Greenway did it. The Virginia Beach native recently gave up anchoring three daily newscasts at WVVA in Bluefield, West Va. to join WTKR in Norfolk. How could she say no when Channel 3 called? (read more - VEER magazine)
WTVZ/33 Norfolk included | Tuesday, November 9, 2010 The Country Network (TCN), a country music video television network located on Music Row in Nashville, TN, has begun broadcasting in twelve additional markets. This release follows the prior announcement of the initiation of telecasts in the first ten markets. (read more - PR Newswire)
| Friday, November 5, 2010 Media General announced today (11/4) that Marilyn L. Hammond has been named president and market leader, North Carolina, effective January 1, 2011. Dan Bradley has been named president and market leader, Ohio/Rhode Island, effective immediately. In her new role, Ms. Hammond will succeed James R. Conschafter, who will become president and market Leader, Virginia/Tennessee. (read more - Media General)
| Friday, November 5, 2010Church of the Valley founding pastor James L. "Jay" Ahlemann (owner of WAZT) and his wife have filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy (liquidation) in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. (read more - The Northern Virginia Daily) Editor's note: The stations of WAZT have been up for sale for the past month...
| Thursday, November 4, 2010 Two Richmond DJs have been wiped clean from the airwaves... Sharon Matthews, morning host on Main Line's Adult/Variety Hits "98-9 Lberty" WWLB Midlothian/Richmond, resigned from the station on Wednesday. She came to Liberty just this past December from the Max Media Hampton Roads cluster and previously did mornings at Davis Media's Triple A "92.3 The Tide" WTYD Deltaville/Williamsburg...Mikki Spencer, the afternoon drive host for Radio One's Gospel "Praise 104.7" WPZZ Crewe/Richmond, is off the air. Spencer had been with Radio One for quite awhile previously doing mornings at the cluster's defunct Urban Oldies "Magic 105.7" WJMO and moving to Praise mornings six years ago. Here's a video interview with the Times-Dispatch less than two months ago...
Previously with Entercom Norfolk | Wednesday, November 3, 2010Brown spent the last three years overseeing Entercom's interests in Norfolk as the VP/Market Manager, and that was the fourth market where he has seen duty for Entercom. (read more - Radio-Info.com)
| Wednesday, November 3, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Clear Channel Norfolk and Clear Channel Richmond welcomes programming vet Kashon Powell to the position of Virginia Director of Urban Programming. Kashon is inbound from CC Philadelphia and will oversee programming for heritage brands WOWI (103 Jamz) and WKUS/WKSA (92.1 and 107.7 Kiss FM) in Norfolk and WBTJ in Richmond. (read more - Clear Channel Virginia)
Includes DC, Hampton Roads and Richmond | Wednesday, November 3, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced the expansion of its 4G mobile broadband network to six additional metro areas, and introduced two new products designed to tap into its 4G service. (read more - T-Mobile)
| Tuesday, November 2, 2010Traffic Director's Guild of America's CEO Larry Keene is reminding all in the media biz that Traffic Director's Day is on Tuesday, November 2nd (the date coincides with the first commercial broadcast on KDKA on November 2, 1922). (read more - RBR.com)
Includes WVEC/13 | Monday, November 1, 2010While retransmission battles between Fox and DISH Network and Fox and Cablevision were grabbing headlines, a smaller negotiation between DISH and television group Belo Corporation was settled quietly... (read more - RBR.com)
Three week food drive to benefit the Central Virginia Food Bank | Monday, November 1, 2010FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Cox Media Group – Richmond (WKHK K95, WKLR 96.5, WHTI Hot 100.9, WURV 103.7 The River) is teaming up with Kroger, SunTrust Mortgage and area Buick – GMC Dealerships for the 3rd Annual Feed Richmond food drive. Feed Richmond is going on now through Nov. 20th, to benefit the Central Virginia Food Bank (CVFB). (read more - Cox Media Richmond)
Hampton Roads and Richmond stay the same, Roanoke up one  | Monday, November 1, 2010Arbitron announced several days ago a new list of Metro Population estimates (12+ persons) for radio markets for the Fall 2010 to Summer 2011 ratings periods...
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