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 :// Clear Channel Media and Entertainment Norfolk names Matt Derrick Operations Manager  | Tuesday, April 30, 2013FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Clear Channel Media and Entertainment Norfolk announced today that Matt Derrick has been named Operations Manager, effective immediately. Derrick will oversee all operations for Norfolk's four-station cluster. (read more - CCM&E Norfolk)
| Friday, April 26, 2013Gee Communications' 10kW Classic Country "Virginia's Country Legend" WSVS/800 Crewe is up for sale. The station has been on the air since 1947. Any interested party or group may contact hkeller@wsvsam.com or visit wsvsam.com for additional information.
| Tuesday, April 23, 2013Jay Warren, anchor at WSLS Channel 10 is leaving the Media General NBC affiliate at the end of the week. Warren, 42 said it was time for change. (read more - The Roanoke Star)
| Tuesday, April 23, 2013Max Media Hot AC "Beach 104" WCXL Kill Devil Hills NC Production Director/Afternooner Piper announced on air yesterday that she is leaving. Her husband is becoming a police officer in his hometown in New York. Piper started with Beach 104 co-hosting mornings in March 2006. She heads to New York in two weeks.
| Monday, April 22, 2013James Steele, Program Director and wearer of many other hats at Sinclair Communications, was let go today. Steele still images Emmis's KROX/KGSR/KLBJ-FM in Austin TX. Reach out to Steele at SteeleProduction@gmail.com.
 John Elliott, better known as Matt Nicholls to Richmond radio listeners, passed away yesterday at the young age of 58... (4/22/2013)
Nearly a dozen new classified ads were placed on VARTV in the past 30 days! 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..... (4/19/2013)
Celebrating Public Radio Music Month | Friday, April 19, 2013  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... April is Public Radio Music Month. In celebration, WRVS-FM 89.9 is searching for the best unsigned talent in northeast North Carolina and Hampton Roads.(read more - 89.9, WRVS)
| Friday, April 19, 2013Comcast has decided to start encrypting its basic cable signal. If you have a cable box, this will mean absolutely nothing to you, but if you run the coaxial cable straight out of the wall into the back of the TV, you're going to have to get a digital converter... (read more - AdWeek)
| Thursday, April 18, 2013 Ladies and gentlemen, we have a rock-off (in Richmond).Cuing up Led Zeppelin’s “Rock and Roll,” a new radio station let loose at noon today with the lyric, “It’s been a long time since I rock-and-rolled.” (read more - Style Weekly)
| Thursday, April 18, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... WTKR NewsChannel 3 wins two regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) announced the winners today, honoring WTKR NewsChannel 3 with awards for both Best Investigative Reporting and Best Newscast. (read more - NewsChannel 3, WTKR)
| Thursday, April 18, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Katie Cook and Barry McKay of Virginia Beach both made it to the finals of a four-month nationwide talent search, “The Next Great Voice Talent.”(read more - Studio Center)
| Thursday, April 18, 2013The Radio Television Digital News Association has been honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. (read more - RTDNA/Region 12)
| Thursday, April 18, 2013Deirdre Blake of WNTX–AM in Fredericksburg has been recognized by the Virginia Associated Broadcasters as the state’s best radio news anchor for the third straight year. (read more - The Free Lance-Star)
| Wednesday, April 17, 2013Clear Channel is preparing to return the Classic Rock “Planet” brand to Richmond, VA.106.9 W295BF Midlothian, which Clear Channel purchased from Liberty University of $50,000 in March, has applied for a license to cover for its upgrade from 10 to 145 watts with a relocation to 96.1. When it signs-on it will do so as Classic Rock “96.1 The Planet“. (read more - RadioInsight)
| Wednesday, April 17, 2013FredFM, a radio station with a unique mix of music and programming, will begin streaming live at listen.fredericksburg.com and on air at 96.5 FM on Tuesday. (read more - The Free Lance-Star)
| Saturday, April 13, 2013Two separate traffic incidents took the lives of two pedestrians in neighboring counties Friday morning, Virginia State Police said. (read more - The Roanoke Times)
| Friday, April 12, 2013FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Hot 100.5 (WVHT-FM) will officially kick-off summer in Hampton Roads with a star-studded lineup for the first-ever Hot Summer Fiasco on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at the nTelos Wireless Pavilion. Artists appearing at the event include Carly Rae Jepsen, Icona Pop, Cher Lloyd, MKTO, Nikki Williams and Classified. (read more - Hot 100.5, WVHT)
| Thursday, April 11, 2013Max Media Classic Hits "92-9 The Wave" WVBW Suffolk/Virginia Beach "is proud to sponsor NASCAR Late Model driver - Casey Wyatt in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series this year at Langley Speedway." This is Max Media's second car entry in this series. Country "97-3 The Eagle" WGH Newport News/Virginia Beach has also been the sponsor for Greg Edwards and the "97-3 The Eagle" Chevrolet that took The Eagle to Greg's 3rd championship last year at the track.  The next race for the Late Models is April 20th at Langley Speedway in Hampton and 16 races this year at the track.
| Thursday, April 11, 2013FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Studio Center Total Production will conclude its nationwide voice-over talent search, Studio Center’s Next Great Voice Talent, tomorrow, 9am to 5pm, at the Grand Finale event at 240 Business Park Drive, Virginia Beach. (read more - Studio Center)
| Thursday, April 11, 2013 Timber Ridge Ministries agreed to sell its Class B licensed Southern Gospel "Southern Light 91.3" WTRM Winchester to Tupelo MS-based American Family Association (AFA). The sale has now closed. The price tag of $1.1M includes two translators in Pennsylvania -- W211AA/90.1 Harrisburg and W215AA/90.9 Millersburg (19 mi north of Harrisburg).AFA runs two formats, one Talk and one Inspirational music, so it's uncertain what format WTRM will go to. AFA has a big signal in NE NC (WBKU/91.7 Ahoskie) and two stations in Richmond (WRIH/88.1 and WAUQ/89.7).
| Wednesday, April 10, 2013Cox Communications Inc. raised its cable rates this month, including an increase of 21.6 percent for the monthly rental of a digital TV receiver. (read more - The Virginian-Pilot)
Radio Disney is heard in Richmond on WDZY/1290 | Tuesday, April 9, 2013Radio Disney has launched a new morning show as it revamps its programming lineup. (read more - The Hollywood Reporter)
| Tuesday, April 9, 2013Frankie Jupiter has joined WDBJ, the CBS affiliate in Roanoke-Lynchburg, Va. (read more - TVSpy)
| Wednesday, April 3, 2013 After 20 years with Verstandig Broadcasting's "NewsRadio 550" WSVA, Bill Phipps moves to Gamma Broadcasting's Classic Country "Real Country 96.9" WSIG for afternoon duties. Jonathan "JR" Ruppel recently moved from afternoons to co-host mornings with Dawn Marie. He continues as the station's Operation Manager.
| Tuesday, April 2, 2013General Sales Manager David Bandas, who has had "13 great years" at Clear Channel Richmond, is leaving after a "long storied career" and is taking his talents to Denver, to be Director of Sales for Max Media Denver.
Over a half dozen new classified ads were placed on VARTV last 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..... (4/2/2013)
| Monday, April 1, 2013FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Lockwood Broadcast Group announced today that it has signed an agreement with subsidiaries of TTBG LLC to acquire WCWG-TV, licensed to Lexington, NC (Greensboro DMA #46) for an undisclosed purchase price. The transaction will close later this year upon receipt of FCC approval. (read more - Lockwood Broadcast Group)
| Monday, April 1, 2013Entercom's Soft AC "2WD" WWDE/101.3 Hampton/Virignia Beach is now known as "The New 101-3, 2WD... We Make Your Workday Go Faster." The "switch" occurred at midnight.
| Thursday, March 28, 2013Television viewers in far Southwest Virginia will no longer be able to watch Roanoke’s PBS station due to the loss of state funding. (read more - The Roanoke Times)
| Thursday, March 28, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Hot 100.5 (WVHT-FM) has reached a social media milestone by achieving 60,000 “likes” on their Facebook Fan Page. This makes Hot 100.5 the most loyal radio listening Facebook fans in Hampton Roads. (read more - Hot 100.5, WVHT)
| Tuesday, March 26, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Real Country 101.7 announced today that John DeTerlizzi has been hired as the station’s Director of Sales & Promotions. He will lead the station’s sales team and have responsibility for the company’s promotions and branding initiatives beginning April 1, 2013. (read more - Real Country 101.7, WLQM)
| Friday, March 22, 2013Clear Channel Media & Entertainment Alternative WRXL (XL102)/Richmond names Tamo Sein as MD/afternoons. Sein joins XL 102 on Tuesday, March 26th. (read more - AllAccess)
Stations include "NewsChannel 3" WTKR, WGNT/27 and "CBS6" WTVR... | Friday, March 22, 2013Oak Hill Capital Partners has put its Local TV LLC stations on the block. Station staffs are being alerted across the Local TV footprint. (read more - Broadcasting & Cable)
| Thursday, March 21, 2013Three Richmond-area television stations have had their broadcast signal power reduced by problems with the antenna they share. (read more - Richmond Times-Dispatch)
| Wednesday, March 20, 2013Nationally syndicated afternoon radio host Michael Baisden, heard locally on (snip), Tweeted this morning that he is leaving radio. His final day is next Friday, March 29. (read more - Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Editor's note: Baisden is heard on CCM&E Urban AC "92-1 Kiss FM" WKSA in Hampton Roads, Radio One Urban AC "99-3, 105-7 Kiss FM" Richmond, Mel Wheeler Urban AC "Vibe 100.1, 97.7" Roanoke/Lynchburg and Howard University Urban AC 96.3 WHUR in DC...
| Tuesday, March 19, 2013For nearly a decade, Benita Adams lit up the WVEC-TV Channel 13 newscast with her fluorescent smile, animal-print fierceness and an occasional oversized flower pin adorning her tops. (read more - The Virginian-Pilot)
| Monday, March 18, 2013Mitch Scott, the outgoing president of local radio company Great Scott Broadcasting and a beloved philanthropist in the Ocean City area, lost his battle with leukemia Sunday. He was 56. (read more - Salisbury The Daily Times)
Clear Channel Media & Entertainment's CHR "Now 105" (105.3) Windsor/Norfolk has changed its call letters from WVMA to WNOH... (3/13/2013)
| Wednesday, March 13, 2013Matt Lincoln is the new sports director at WPEC, he takes over for Pat Marphy who retired on Monday. Linco(l)n comes to WPEC from WWBT NBC12 in Richmond, Virginia. He was that station’s sports director and weekday anchor. (source: sfltv) Editor's note: Lincoln's last day at Channel 12 was Friday, March 1. He was with them for 2˝ years...
| Tuesday, March 12, 2013Mason, who exited Clear Channel Media & Entertainment's Rock "XL102" WRXL/102.1 Richmond mid-February after 2˝ years, just debuted tonight on Cox Media's "Rock 96.5" WKLR Fort Lee/Richmond. He'll be LIVE weeknights 6 p.m. to midnight.
| Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Sinclair Communications's Country "US106-1" WUSH Poquoson debuted the Nashville-based "The Bobby Bones Morning Show" this morning at 6. With the show's addition to WUSH, PD/morning host Brandon O' Brien moves to afternoons (3-7 p.m.). Dave Parker, who was heard noon to 6 p.m., takes the station's midday slot -- 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Kristi Michael keeps nights at 7 p.m. to midnight (was 6 p.m.-10p.m.)... Alternative "96X" WROX/96.1 Exmore/Norfolk has re-added Michael to their line-up; middays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Former middayer Lee Foster will now be heard at night from 7 p.m. to midnight. Mornings are still held by Nick Chappell and afternoons by PD James Steele. Pointed out, with the occasional voice-track here and there, 96X is live from 6 a.m. to midnight.
| Saturday, March 9, 2013Sports reporter Ali Lucia with LIN Media's WAVY (10/NBC) Portsmouth, "FOX43" WVBT Virginia Beach is leaving the station. The huge hockey fan has accepted a position with the National Hockey League's Dallas Stars. Lucia arrived at the duopoly just two years ago from Minnesota. She tweeted earlier this month, "Enjoying my last month in Virginia."
| Friday, March 8, 2013(Clear Channel Media & Entertainment's) WSVO Mix 93.1, The 80’s ‘Till Now, announced today that Chris Carmichael has been named its new Morning Show Host, beginning March 11, 2013. (read more - Mix 93.1, WSVO)
| Friday, March 8, 2013It was pointed out to me that the piece posted on Wednesday about Benita Adams's exit from WVEC-TV contained an error. Adams was with the station for ten years NOT 20 years as first posted. VARTV used an article published about Adams in The Virginian-Pilot in 2009 for station tenure. The information in that piece is incorrect. The correct information is now shown in the initial post on VARTV.
| Thursday, March 7, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... ESPN 950 WXGI announced today that for the ninth consecutive year it will provide radio coverage of the Colonial Athletic Association Men’s Basketball Tournament, March 9th through 11th at the Richmond Coliseum. The three days of action will be broadcast on-air, online and via multiple mobile apps. (read more - ESPN 950, WXGI)
| Thursday, March 7, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... 92.9 TheWave (WVBW-FM) and 7-Eleven on Newtown Road at Greenwich Road in Virginia Beach are raising donations for Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters on Friday, March 8th from 5:00 AM to 1:00 PM. (read more - 92-9 The Wave, WVBW)
| Wednesday, March 6, 2013Clear Channel Media & Entertainment's "KCY Country" WKCY/104.3 Harrisonburg has added the new Nashville-based nationally syndicated "The Bobby Bones Morning Show." The addition displaces PD Chris Carmichael to middays (10 a.m. to noon).
| Wednesday, March 6, 2013 Belo WVEC (13/ABC) Hampton 10-year morning traffic reporter Benita Adams has been let go by the station. She joined Channel 13 in 2003.A post on the station's Facebook page stated, "she is no longer with WVEC. It was a management decision back in January." A post on Adams' Facebook page made it appear that she was blind-sided by the decision. Adams has been replaced by Chesapeake native Ashley Smith who was crowned "Miss United States" in 2011. Smith started her on-air career with Chesapeake's cable-only channel "WCTV."
| Monday, March 4, 2013ABC 13's (WSET, Lynchburg/Roanoke) Jamey Singleton is out of the hospital and at a rehab center in Rocky Mount recovering from the serious car accident that left him in intensive care for several days. (read more - ABC13, WSET)
| Saturday, March 2, 2013FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... It’s On! WGNT27. Hampton Roads just can’t get enough. Compared to February 2012, WGNT27 increased ratings in every time period between 8am and 10pm. (read more - WGNT)
| Saturday, March 2, 2013East Carolina Radio's Urban "96-7 The Block" WKJX Elizabeth City fills middays with Karen Parker Chesson. Parker-Chesson was most recently with the City of Norfolk as the police department's spokesperson. Her last radio stop was with Entercom's Urban AC "95-7 R&B" WRNB Norfolk. The Block PD Brion O' Brion says, "I am VERY happy to have her be a part of my team here. We hosted the morning show together on WVKL in VA Beach. Her experience and knowledge of radio will help take WKJX/96-7 The Block to the next level." "KPC" starts with The Block tomorrow.
| Friday, March 1, 2013WAVY-TV (Channel 10) has announced that Nicole Livas will join Tom Schaad to anchor its weekday newscasts at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. (read more - The Virginian-Pilot) News Archives..... |
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