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 :// Piedmont GM steps down, replacement just announced  | Wednesday, October 31, 2012Late last month, Piedmont Communications (WJMA/103.1 Culpeper, WOJL/105.5 Louisa, WCVA/Culpeper//WVCV/Orange) GM/CE Gary Harrison left his position. He stays on at Piedmont as the cluster's chief engineer but more of his time will be spent with the technical staff at Virginia Tech's Public Radio WVTF/Roanoke. Kevin Dalton has just been announced as the new GM. Dalton previously was with AP Radio as Director of Sales.
| Wednesday, October 31, 2012Centennial Broadcasting Winchester Director of Programming/Operations Brian Beddow has exited the cluster. Beddow is now a Program Director at SiriusXM in Washington DC. The cluster is now seeking his replacement.
| Wednesday, October 31, 2012AAA WNRN-FM/Charlottesville, VA, taps veteran AAA programmer Dave Benson as General Manager and Program Director, effective immediately. (read more - Radio Online)
| Wednesday, October 31, 2012Entercom/Norfolk VP/Operations Don London has announced the promotion of Top 40/Rhythmic WNVZ (Z104) midday personality Natalia Soniak to APD, keeping her on air-duties. (read more - AllAccess)
| Monday, October 29, 2012Derrick Lewis will be joining Winchester, VA ABC affiliate TV3 Winchester as reporter. TV3 Winchester is the sister station to Harrisonburg, VA ABC affiliate WHSV. (read more - TVSpy)
| Friday, October 26, 2012Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corp (CPBC) is releasing "K-Talk 1650" WHKT Portsmouth/Chesapeake Operations Director/format architect Rodney Suiter. He could return to his stage film and tv career after appearing in the Virginia Stage Company's season opener "Fences." Suiter's last day at WHKT is Wednesday, October 31.
| Friday, October 26, 2012  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Harvey King, Operations Manager, with WXGM 99.1 is celebrating 30 years with the station this month. He started in 1982 part-time when the station was WDDY-AM. In 1988, the AM changed formats and call letters to WXGM. And in July, 1991 – transitioned to the FM dial as XTRA 99.1 FM. Harvey has done afternoon drive since the beginning. In addition to performing his duties as Operations Manager, he enjoys a huge following from listeners in the community!
 WVIR (29/NBC) Charlottesville subchannel CW29 (29-3, CW Plus) is now seen in hign-definition (720p)... (10/25/2012)
Deon Guillory joins (Gray Television) WHSV (3/ABC) in Harrisonburg as an anchor and 11 p.m. general assignment reporter. He was most recently a reporter, producer and anchor at WWBT in Richmond. (TVSpy) (10/24/2012)
| Wednesday, October 24, 2012Note: We did receive this on time. Just got lost on our end...  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Radio station WJVR-FM is a new Hot AC radio station serving the Alleghany Highlands of western Virginia. This new station takes place of WXCF-FM, Mix 104 which moved its city of license from Clifton Forge, VA to Big Island, VA near Lynchburg in February. WJVR-FM will use the moniker of 101.9, The River: Playing Today's Best Music and All of Your Favorites From The Last 40 Years."This has been a long-time coming," says Jay Montana, Program Director of The River. "Our audience has been stuck with one station in the area that plays Country music and we have been told, quite abruptly, that not everyone enjoys Country music and they really enjoyed having a choice. Now, that choice is back and I couldn't be more excited." WVJR-FM - 101.9, The River will also be the local affiliate of Virginia Tech athletics, covering VT Football and Basketball. The official website of The River can be found at www.1019TheRiver.com.
| Monday, October 22, 2012East Carolina Radio Urban "96-7 The Block" WKJX Elizabeth City/Nags Head NC brings aboard DJ Kane for weekend duties. DJ Kane's stops include WANM 90.5 Tallahassee FL, 100.7 The Beat Tallahassee FL, and 97.9 KJMZ, Lawton OK. Program Director Brion O' Brion is glad to have DJ Kane on his team, and DJ Kane has already began his air shifts. Send your congrats to DJ Kane at: djhurrikane@gmail.com.
| Monday, October 22, 2012Allbritton's "ABC13" WSET Lynchburg/Roanoke has hired Angela Hatcher to work as a reporter in the Lynchburg newsroom. Hatcher spent six years as a reporter and anchor at crosstown Media General WSLS (10/NBC) before leaving in 2011. She spent the last year doing public relations work for Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest, and most recently served as an Executive Producer/Host for Blue Ridge PBS (WBRA/15). Hatcher replaces Lauren Compton, who left WSET last week for a reporting job at LIN TV's WAVY (10/NBC) Portsmouth/Norfolk. She is a Hampton Roads native and is returning home after three years in Lynchburg. Compton started at WAVY today.
| Thursday, October 18, 2012 Jenn Creasey and Thomas Powell love the Lord so much that they’d be willing to shout it from the rooftops, but instead they get to broadcast from their Christian radio show located in the heart of Virginia Beach. (read more - The Virginian-Pilot)Editor's Note: A station official sent us the following... "Thank you to the Beacon for the great article about our amazing morning team, but we must correct an item. CurrentFM is NOT an all volunteer station. Many times nonprofit/ministry is confused with volunteer. We are not! Some of our staff do hold other positions in their churches."
A half dozen new classified ads placed 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..... (10/16/2012)
| Monday, October 15, 2012 Two big announcements out of Belo's WVEC (13/ABC) Hampton/Norfolk today.First, the station canned its News Director, Rich Lebenson, after 7+ years of service there. No announcement on his replacement. Second, Channel 13 names its new President and GM; VP/GM Brad Ramsey from Gray Television's Charlottesville Newsplex ("CBS19" WCAV, "ABC16" WVAW, "FOX27" WAHU). Ramsey started out at Gray's station in Harrisonburg (WHSV 3/ABC) in 2000 as a sports anchor/reporter eventually taking the GM at TV3 Winchester (WHSV) reigns in January 2006. He had been with the Charlottesville Newsplex since July 2008 as Vice President and General Manager. Ramsey, who starts November 5, replaces Tod Smith who is now at sister station WWL (4/CBS) New Orleans.
| Monday, October 15, 2012FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... This morning at 7:30am 96X announced this years line up for its annual concert event, the 96X Winter Meltdown. (read more - 96X, WROX)
| Monday, October 15, 2012 Mel Wheeler Urban AC "Vibe 100.1/97.7" WVBE/WVBB Roanoke has picked up Nigel "Big Dose" Christopher as the station's Promotions Director and will also handle middays.Dose was most recently with Clear Channel Norfolk for 10 years in various on- and off-air positions until being let go at "92.1 KISS FM" WKSA Moyock/Norfolk in March 2011. He came to Hampton Roads from Atlanta in 2001 to start up the East Coast's first all Hip-Hop station "92.1 The Beat" WBHH. Dose starts at Vibe next Monday; October 22.
| Thursday, October 11, 2012Charlottesville, Va.'s C-Ville Weekly saw that the websites of its alt-weekly peers were filled with design flaws that kept users from finding their best content, which spurred editors to break from the pack... (read more - NetNewsCheck)
| Wednesday, October 10, 2012Entercom Urban AC (95-7 R&B) WVKL/Norfolk midday air personality Theressa Brown scored a market-exclusive interview with Michelle Obama, America's First Lady. (read more - AllAccess)
| Wednesday, October 10, 2012The death of a Fauquier County reporter whose body was found inside her burning home in July has been ruled a homicide, the Fauquier County sheriff’s office said Tuesday. (read more - The Washington Post)
| Monday, October 8, 2012Morning anchor Kerri Furey is leaving WAVY-TV, she said during this morning’s broadcast. This is her last week, she said, adding that the move is a positive one. (read more - The Virginian-Pilot)
| Wednesday, October 3, 2012LIN Media WAVY (10/NBC) Portsmouth meteorologist Jeremy Wheeler introduced the station's newest and fourth meteorologist yesterday afternoon; Tiffany Savona. Savona gets the full-time weekend evenings spot that Mike Goldberg was helping out with for the past many months. Savona comes from Central Texas station "NewsChannel 25" KXXV Waco where she was the morning and midday meteorologist. She starts this weekend.
Scotty Bowers, Director of Hampton City Schools TV stations and long time employee with WVEC-TV/Radio in the day, passed away over the weekend... (10/1/2012)
| Monday, October 1, 2012 At 10 a.m., Clear Channel Media & Entertainment Alternative "102-1 The X" WRXL Richmond began using its old positioner "XL102, Richmond's Rock Station." The station used "XL102" from 1976 until September 2002 when they went to "102-1 The X."WRXL's name change comes on the heels of Cox Media's slight adjustment of WKLR's playlist to include 90's rock titles and it's new positioner "Rock 96.5." For now, no music changes at XL102.
OVER a dozen new classified ads placed 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..... (9/28/2012)
| Thursday, September 27, 2012As election day looms, the campaign ads are filling television airwaves around the country. The AP's Lee Powell profiles one not-so-big market, Roanoke, Virginia, that's setting national records for the volume of spots. (more - Associated Press)
| Thursday, September 27, 2012Richard Robert Chamberlin, Senior Chief, Retired, U.S. Coast Guard, RMCS - passed away on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 from natural causes as a result of a massive, devastating stroke. (please read more - Facebook Fans of Dixie 105.7)
| Monday, September 24, 2012Gray Television's WHSV (3/ABC) Harrisonburg has added the Me-TV diginet to it's OTA (over-the-air) lineup on channel 3.4 (Comcast channel 2). Me-TV (Memorable entertainment television) programs classic TV from the 1970s and 1980s. WHSV programs "MyValley," a MyNetworkTV (MNT) affiliation, on 3.4. Outside of MNT programming WHSV will use Me-TV displacing another classic TV diginet called "this tv."
| Monday, September 24, 2012Melanie Woodrow will be joining the nationally syndicated show “The Doctors” as an investigative reporter. (read more - TVSpy)
| Sunday, September 23, 2012Virginia Tech has signed-on WQIQ/88.3 Spotsylvania/Fredericksburg as a satellite of its News/Talk "Radio IQ."
| Sunday, September 23, 2012They rage on about bloated debt, deflated hope and extremist agendas. Their words supposedly turn off most viewers – but are delivering millions of dollars to TV stations. (read more - The Virginian-Pilot)
Our thoughts and prayers to the family, friends and co-workers of East Carolina Radio Country "Dixie 105.7" WRSF Columbia/Outer Banks vet "The Senior Chief" Rick Chamberlin who is on life support after suffering a stroke Thursday... (9/23/2012)
| Saturday, September 22, 2012 Wireless carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. announced that it plans to start building its fastest mobile network in Hampton Roads.The network known as 4G LTE, which stands for fourth-generation long-term evolution, allows users of 4G mobile devices to access top speeds... (read more - The Virginian-Pilot)
Verizon Wireless has expanded its 4G coverage in the Harrisonburg market according to a press release today... (9/20/2012)
| Wednesday, September 19, 2012A Verizon hub housed in Norfolk caught on fire Wednesday evening, causing undetermined outages. (read more - WAVY-TV)
| Wednesday, September 19, 2012Former WTKR (3/CBS) Norfolk photojournalist turned (Media General) WSLS (10/NBC) Roanoke Sports Reporter/Anchor Chris Whitley has exitted the station. He spent many years in Hampton Roads (at WTKR and WVEC) before joining WSLS in 2004. Whitley is now with Comcast Spotlight, the local advertising sales division of Comcast Cable.
| Wednesday, September 19, 2012 "More music mornings" are gone from Clear Channel Media & Entertainment CHR "The New 105-3" WVMA Windsor/Norfolk as they have plugged into the "Elvis Duran and The Morning Show" this morning. This is Duran's 2,137th affiliate (just kidding BUT it's a lot).The show is based at sister CHR "Z100" WHTZ/100.3 Newark/New York.
DC overtakes Philly for #7  | Tuesday, September 18, 2012Arbitron just announced a new list of Metro Population estimates (12+ persons) for radio markets for the Fall 2012 to Summer 2013 ratings periods...
ROCK 96.5 adds 90’s titles | Monday, September 17, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Cox Media Group-Richmond (CMG-Richmond) unveiled a station renovation yesterday.WKLR FM became Rock 96.5…Richmond’s Home for Rock by adding rock songs from the 90’s to its current playlist of classic rock songs from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Artists include Aerosmith, Pearl Jam, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Stone Temple Pilots, Guns N’ Roses and AC/DC. (read more - Rock 96.5, WKLR)
| Sunday, September 16, 2012We asked what wanted and you answered the call... more rock! Welcome to Rock 96.5... Richmond's Home for Rock, where you'll hear great classic rock from the 60'(s), 70's and 80's, and now the best in rock from the 90's! (read more - Rock 96-5, WKLR)
We've learn that veteran "NewsChannel 3" WTKR (CBS) Norfolk photojournalist Mike Feigh (retired in the summer of 2009) past away last night of a heart attack... (9/15/2012)
| Friday, September 14, 2012Local TV LLC "NewsChannel 3" WTKR (CBS) Norfolk general assignment reporter Alize Proisy has left the station. She was seen today on Gray Television's WITN (7/NBC) Washington/Greenville NC reporting news for that station's Jacksonville news bureau. Proisy was a reporter in that market last summer at Bonten Media Group's "NewsChannel 12" WCTI New Bern/Greenville eventually joining Channel 3 in August 2011. Proisy's exit appeared to be quick. After a reader inquiry just two weeks ago on her WTKR Facebook fan page, she stated that she was still with the station, reporting for the morning newscasts. That post is now gone as is her WTKR bio. Her new bio for WITN is already LIVE.
| Thursday, September 13, 2012 You may have noticed that HD radio reception stinks. That’s if you've noticed HD radio at all. But proponents say they are fixing the problems, so maybe by the time most people buy cars with HD radios in them, the issues will be solved. (read more - NBC News)
Includes DC and Hampton Roads | Tuesday, September 11, 2012Continuing its aggressive momentum in delivering a top-tier network experience for customers, Sprint (NYSE:S) announced today that the 4G LTE network build is under way in more than 100 additional cities... (read more - Sprint)
| Monday, September 10, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Real Country 101.7 WLQM proudly announces the addition of Dan Preston to the on-air lineup at Western Tidewater’s country station. He will host the “Dan Preston Morning Show” weekdays from 6:00AM to 10:00AM beginning Monday, September 17, 2012. (read more - Real Country 101.7, WLQM)
| Friday, September 7, 2012Local television icon, Stan Sweet passes away. He was known for many things including his weather forecasts, but his personality is what drove everything he did. (read more - WSLS)
| Friday, September 7, 2012FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... WVEC 13News, the ABC affiliate in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, has just wrapped up their annual school supply drive. The Write Stuff campaign, sponsored by The Salvation Army, Chick-fil-A, Farm Fresh and Grand Furniture was very successful... (read more - 13NEWS WVEC)
| Friday, September 7, 2012Cox Media Group's (CMG) Alternative/Hot AC "103-7 The River" WURV Richmond afternooner Dash adds Music Director duties. Dash replaces Kevin Begley who left for CMG's cluster in Milford CT in July
| Thursday, September 6, 2012LIN TV's WAVY (10/NBC) Portsmouth is bringing back "WAVY News 10 at 7 (a.m.) on FOX43" this coming Monday. The newscast originally started airing on sister station "FOX43" WVBT Virginia Beach in February 2009 only to be cancelled eleven months later to make room for "The Hampton Roads Show." "WAVY News 10 at 7 on FOX43" will feature on-air personalties WAVY uses from 4:30 to 7 a.m. on channel 10 - Don Roberts and Cheryl Tan anchoring, and weather with Jeremy Wheeler. The new newscast will go up against Local TV LLC's "WGNT News" ("CW27" Portsmouth) featuring "NewsChannel 3" WTKR (CBS) Norfolk news personalities. FOX43 will continue to air the nationally syndicated morning show "The Daily Buzz" from 6-7 a.m. and then 8-9 a.m.
| Thursday, September 6, 2012Sam Brock will join KNTV, the NBC owned station in the San Francisco Bay Area, next week. In his new role as a reporter, he will lead the station’s “Reality Check” franchise... (read more - TVSpy)
| Tuesday, September 4, 2012 Lakes Media Top 40/WMPW (Amp 103.7)/Danville, VA, has flipped its format to Country Legends 103.7.Additionally, Country Legends will also be found on the AM dial at 970. (read more - AllAccess)
| Tuesday, September 4, 2012Prolifik is now voicetracking nights at Clear Channel Media & Entertainment's CHR "The New 105-3" WVMA Windsor/Norfolk. His home station is sister CHR "Kiss 95-7" WKSS Hartford CT. Prolifik also VTs stations in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte and CCM&E's Premium Choice channel "WiLD."
Includes multiple stations in Virginia | Tuesday, September 4, 2012 Dial Global and the NBC Sports Group are rolling out the debut of NBC Sports Radio 9/4, live with a lineup of veteran personalities and Super Bowl Champs hosting weekday and weekend programming. (read more - RBR.com)
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