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Contents - Contact Us - News Tips - News Archive - Mailbag - Rants - Support DCRTV About DCRTV - RSS - NYC/Philadelphia - Boston/Hartford/Providence - DCRTV Plus Dave's Cable Page - Station List - Twitter - Facebook - Classifieds - Advertise On DCRTV Voice Marketplace - Show & Personality Marketplace - Coming Soon: Editorial Services TRN Takes Control Of WashTimes Radio Show - 9/3 - DCRTV hears that "America's Morning News," the morning radio show from the sinking Washington Times, is no longer being done at the Washington Times building in northeast DC. The nationally-syndicated show has moved to new studios in DC area, we're told. It looks like syndicator Talk Radio Network has taken complete control of the show, which is heard on Red Zebra's WTNT (570 AM)..... Rumor Du Jour: Korny Leaving WTEM? Nah - 9/3 - A couple of interesting posts in DCRTV's 9/3 Mailbag indicate that Tony Kornheiser may be ending his 10 AM to noon show on Red Zebra's ESPN 980, WTEM. One post: "It must be contract negotiation time for Tony Kornheiser (right) because he's been making veiled references to not being around and played a special Billy Joel song at the end of today's show. Did he only sign a one-year deal last year when he came back?" And, another post: "Didn't hear today's show... But Tweets indicate this may have been TK's last show (until the next last show somewhere else)." It's no secret that Red Zebra, owned by Redskins owner Dan Snyder, has been the scene of some major exits and big cuts of late. The most recent is the departure of WTEM head Bruce Gilbert to CBS Radio in Dallas. Update: A Red Zebra suit tells DCRTV that Kornheiser will be back doing his show on Tuesday, and even will do some Redskins pregame show work for 980. Also, Red Zebra just built a new studio for Kornheiser..... Dave Wellington Gone From DC101 PD Gig - 9/3 - DCRTV hears that Clear Channel says adios to Dave Wellington, who has been program director for DC rocker DC101 and Baltimore classic hits outlet WQSR, 102.7. "Clear Channel Washington and I have amicably decided to part ways," says Wellington. "I've thoroughly enjoyed the last two years programming Jack FM, WQSR, and DC101, WWDC... Currently, I'm looking at all available programming and on-air opportunities, both within Clear Channel and at other broadcasting companies." Before coming to DC, Wellington spent four years programming CBS rocker WBCN in Boston. He's also worked at radio stations in Las Vegas and Detroit..... Source: Jarvis Out In PEPCO PR Retooling - 9/3 - A source tells DCRTV that former Channel 4/WRC reporter Debi Jarvis (left) will be among the casualties during a round of management and public relations cuts this fall at DC and Maryland electricity supplier PEPCO. "Many high-level executives to be impacted," we're told. Replacing Jarvis will be part of the company's efforts to completely change its "consumer communications plan" after several bouts of lengthy power restoration delays following summer storms..... Ernie Baur Retires - 9/3 - Ernie Baur, a veteran sports producer and director at WJLA, WUSA, WTTG, Home Team Sports, and now executive producer at Comcast SportsNet, is retiring this week. He was a copy boy for Sam Donaldson, directed Channel 7's "AM Washington" with Ed Walker, covered breaking news with Gordon Peterson, directed Glenn Brenner, Sonny Jurgensen, and Sam Huff, worked on the field for six national Super Bowl broadcasts, co-produced the "Warner Wolf Show," and gave birth to Wolf's signature "Let's go to the videotape" call. Dan Steinberg has more at washingtonpost.com..... Comcast Spends Big Bucks For NBC Merger PR Push - 9/3 - Johnnie Roberts at thewrap.com: "Comcast is hoping that federal regulators are, like Comcast itself, in a giving mood. To reinforce a $100-million blitzkrieg of 80-plus lobbyists and an untold numbers of PR spinmeisters, the cable giant is counting on its charitable ties to cherry-blossom festivals and small-town baseball leagues to help win consent for its proposed $30 billion merger with NBC Universal"..... Ryan Questions Media & Gov Earl Warnings - 9/3 - Erik Wemple pens a downright dippy piece at TBD.com about how Channel 7 and TBD meteorologist "Robert Thomas Ryan... would like to raise a question about just how government instrumentalities and perhaps the media have treated this Atlantic beast" - Hurricane Earl, which is now racing up the Atlantic coast..... Stern Teases Leaving Sirius XM - 9/3 - In his TRI radio biz newsletter Friday, Tom Taylor tells us that Howard Stern (left) said on his show that he's "pretty sure" that he'll be leaving Sirius XM satellite radio when his five-year deal is up in December. But, then again, he might re-negotiate the terms of his employment with his old CBS Radio mentor/protector and now Sirius XM head Mel Karmazin and work fewer hours. Stern says he's still interested in doing radio - but maybe not for Sirius XM, he says. He's been having conversations with "alternative media." A subscription service would be very appealing to a guy who once made lots of money doing pay-per-view shows, Taylor adds. But is there anything substantial enough to come near his $100 million-or-so combination of cash and stock from Sirius? Another negotiating point is contract length. Howard says Sirius XM wants a second five-year deal. He's not crazy about that. Stay tuned. Before jumping to Sirius in 2006, Stern was heard locally on DC's 106.7 and Baltimore's 105.7..... More: 50's Head To NYC - 9/3 - DCRTV told you Thursday that Eric Meyrowitz was leaving his gig as head of Tribune's Channel 50/WDCW for a like job at the company's WPIX-TV in NYC. And we also told you that Lisa de Moraes would have a day-late exclusive-like write-up in Friday's DC Post. And we were right. Ashley Messina, WDCW's head of ad sales, is now interim general manager at the DC CW affiliate..... Dibble Did "Shake Things Up" - 9/3 - Just-ousted color commentator Rob Dibble gave the Nationals what they wanted. Jim Williams writes at washingtonexaminer.com that Dibble "was hired by the Washington Nationals for their MASN broadcasts because he was the Reds 'nasty boy.' He was a broadcaster who would pull no punches and had an edgy personality. He was here to shake things up." And he did..... Comcast Offers DKN Programs On Demand - 9/3 - DC's Office Of Cable Television and Comcast launch DKN On Demand, an educational programming initiative that gives Comcast digital TV customers in the DC area access to District Knowledge Network programs. Through the end of the year, DKN On Demand will offer nearly 20 hours of programming from DKN's GED Connection, a multimedia series offering preparation for the General Educational Development exam..... DCRTV Plus Labor Day Sale - 9/3 - It's back through Labor Day! Get DCRTV Plus for just $29 for two years. The regular rate is $39 for one year. The special is for new subscribers, plus renewals and extensions for existing subcribers. DCRTV Plus is loaded with DC and Baltimore radio and TV memories, tribute pages, tech specs, audio/video clips, classic jingles, station histories, and more. Check out a button featuring DC TV legend Milt Grant (right), who once hosted a dance party show on Channel 5, in DCRTV Plus Photo Gallery 32..... "MTP" Stays 1st - 9/2 - NBC's "Meet The Press" took the top spot last week in the battle of the Sunday DC-based talkers. CBS's "Face The Nation" placed second among total viewers nationwide, with ABC's "This Week" third, and Fox's "Fox News Sunday" fourth..... Metro Traffic: No Cuts With TOP Loss, Baden In Demand - 9/2 - A top Metro Traffic official downplays the loss of Bonneville all-newser WTOP, which DCRTV reported yesterday is ending its traffic and weather news deal with the Westwood One-owned firm come February. John Frawley, Metro's executive VP of broadcast operations, stresses that, while WTOP is a major client, his company has many other local and regional clients and will not need to perform any layoffs or cuts due to the loss of WTOP. In fact, we're told that a number of area radio stations have expressed an interest in acquiring morning traffic diva Lisa Baden (right), a Metro Traffic employee who is currently heard on WTOP. Frawley tells DCRTV that his firm survived the loss of about 1,000 radio stations a few years ago when Clear Channel switched to its own in-house traffic service, and it will survive the loss of WTOP, too..... Miniter Settles WashTimes Suit - 9/2 - Richard Miniter, the former Washington Times editorial page editor who filed a discrimination complaint last November against the paper saying he was coerced into attending Unification Church mass wedding, has settled his suit. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but Miniter said in a statement: "I am very, very happy with the equitable and just result." According to the Politico, the paper's current owner, Preston Moon, has had to get his financial ducks in a row - including dealing with pending lawsuits - as part of the newspaper's sale process, which began last week..... WETA To Unveil Breakfast Documentary - 9/2 - "Breakfast In Washington," a new local documentary from WETA, premieres October 4 on WETA-TV and WETA-HD. The one-hour production offers "a scrumptious look at nearly two dozen favorite area restaurants and eateries that embrace the morning meal and reveals the best places to start your day in Greater Washington," according to a station release..... Reinhard To Nat'l Journal - 9/2 - Beth Reinhard becomes chief political correspondent at the National Journal. She comes from the Miami Herald, where she was top political writer and contributed to its Naked Politics blog..... CSN Unveils College Football Sked - 9/2 - Comcast SportsNet unveils its 78-game schedule of 2010 regional and national college football coverage, featuring the country's top conferences, including the CAA, ACC, Big 12, Pac-10, and SEC. The Bethesda-based network will also provide weekly encore presentations throughout the season featuring the most recent games from the region's ACC teams - Maryland, Virginia, and Virginia Tech. CSN opens its 2010 college football schedule tonight at 8 with Northern Illinois at Iowa State. CSN's NCAA football schedule also features eight games from the CAA, including JMU and Richmond, which are produced by CSN. An additional 11 CAA games will air on the sister Comcast Network..... Ravens TV Ratings Up - 9/2 - Ravens preseason TV ratings up. Rob Dibble gone from the DC Nats and Baltimore-based MASN. And more Charm City sports news in this week's sports media column from your friendly webmaster at PressBoxOnline.com..... TBD Mad At WaPo Over Discovery Gunman Feed - 9/2 - Yesterday, during the gunman incident at Discovery Communications, the Washington Post provided live video coverage on its website using a feed from Allbritton's TBD.com, which operates TBD-TV, formerly NewsChannel 8. There are are complaints that the Post obscured the rival TBD branding on the feed, which was co-branded with the NC8 logo. More at thenextweb.com..... 50's Meyrowitz To NYC - 9/2 - Eric Meyrowitz leaves his gig as vice president and general manager of Tribune's Channel 50/WDCW to take on the same title at Tribune's NYC station, Channel 11/WPIX. Both are CW affiliates. Meyrowitz is a native of New York and has served as head of WDCW since 2004. Meyrowitz joined the local sales department of WDCW (then WBDC) in 2000, and served as general sales manager at the station from 2002 to 2004. Prior to DC50, Meyrowitz served as national sales manager for Channel 11/WBAL in Baltimore from 1997 to 2000. Lisa de Moraes will report this news in tomorrow's Washington Post..... More On Discovery Gunman - 9/2 - The news of a gunman at the Discovery Channel's headquarters in Silver Spring traveled fast on Wednesday, but none of it came through radio, TV, or newspaper websites, at least not at first. The story unfolded first in "hiccupping fits and starts" on Twitter. So reports the DC Post. Also, the slain gunman had a grudge against Discovery. He believed that the world would be better off without people and that the Discovery Channel was part of the problem. Also in the Post..... CSN Bans Wise - 9/2 - Washington Post sports columnist Mike Wise, who is just starting a one month suspension from his rag because he made some fake news postings via Twitter on his WJFK, 106.7 The Fan radio show earlier this week, is also banned from Comcast SportsNet. SportsBusinessDaily.com reports that Wise won't be seen on CSN's 5 PM "Washington Post Live" sports show while he is on suspension from the Post..... More On TOP Dropping Metro Traffic - 9/2 - More on the news that DCRTV broke yesterday that all-news WTOP plans to expand its news operation to include traffic and sports and drop Metro Traffic's service come February. From DCRTV's 9/2 Mailbag: "A number of people will lose their jobs over this. Particularly part-time weekend staff. This will likely signal the end of their 24 hour operations at the (Metro) DC 'hub.' Most days there seemed to be only one or two people there on the weekends anyway. On the other hand, anyone that is hired by Bonneville for WTOP traffic, will likely see a significant pay raise over the pittance that Metro is paying them now thanks to their union negotiated pay reductions"..... Surprise: MAL Drops Talkers For Coverage Of Discovery Hostage Crisis - 9/1 - Citadel news talker WMAL (630 AM) has not been known lately for interrupting its piped-in afternoon righties - Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity - to cover breaking local news. Well, things are changing. Newly-installed Assistant Program Director Bill Hess tells DCRTV that, with today's gunman and hostage crisis at the Discovery Communications HQ in Silver Spring, WMAL dropped the last hour of Rush (who was away on vacation, anyway) and all three hours of Hannity and "offered live and local coverage for four hours as events unfolded." Adds Hess: "Anchored by (late morning host) Chris Plante and (News Director) John Matthews, our coverage featured live updates from the scene and analysis from hostage negotiators and others." ABC Radio carried WMAL coverage on its national Special Events channel. And notorious conservative Plante even "unveiled the suspect's manifesto in the 3 PM hour," Hess says..... Nats Fire Dibble After Strasburg Comment - 9/1 - AP is reporting that the Washington Nationals say Rob Dibble (right) will no longer work as a TV analyst for the team's games, a split that comes after the former reliever made comments critical of rookie pitcher Stephen Strasburg. Dibble lashed out at Strasburg last week for not pitching through pain. Dibble said on Sirius XM Radio that "you can't have the cavalry come in and save your butt every time you feel a little stiff shoulder, sore elbow." Strasburg has since been diagnosed with a torn elbow ligament and will have surgery Friday. He will be sidelined 12 to 18 months. Two days after making those comments, Dibble was absent from the broadcast both on MASN, the network that televises the games. At the time, MASN said Dibble had requested "a few days off." The DC Post has more..... WTOP To Staff Up For Traffic & Sports, End Deal With Metro Traffic - 9/1 - First here! DCRTV hears that Bonneville's top-rated all-news WTOP radio plans to expand its news department by taking "in-house" all traffic and sports news reporting. Currently, like many DC area radio stations, WTOP uses Westwood One's Metro Traffic, based in Silver Spring, for many traffic and sports news reports. Right now, WTOP does its own in-house traffic only during afternoon drive, with veteran traffic reporter Bob Marbourg. A source tells DCRTV that WTOP will end its contract with Metro, which employs morning traffic diva Lisa Baden, in February 2011. WTOP is in the process of staffing a 24-hour traffic center in its Idaho Avenue newsroom, and is planning to "invest heavily in people and resources to make sure we have the best possible sports and traffic products," according to an internal memo from station head Joel Oxley obtained by DCRTV. Oxley adds that he has nothing but praise for the quality of Metro's traffic and sports reports, and that the decision to take the services "in-house" is a matter of "economics." More soon..... Gunman Killed After Taking Hostages At Discovery HQ - 9/1 - Police in Maryland say a gunman entered Discovery Communications headquarters in Silver Spring at 1 PM Wednesday and had taken several people hostage. The man also had something strapped to his chest. Shots were reportedly fired in the building's lobby. The gunman, who has been identified as James Lee, had a manifesto posted at savetheplanetprotest.com. He'd been charged with disorderly conduct in 2008 after an environmentally-related protest at the Discovery building. In a 6 PM press conference, police said they shot and killed Lee, 43, and released all hostages, who are said to be safe. Police continued combing the building for explosive devices. More at washingtonpost.com and wtopnews.com. By mid-afternoon, all local DC TV newsers - 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9 - and WTOP radio were wall-to-wall with the story, along with CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News..... Erica Hilary Back On 107.3 - 9/1 - No, it's not a rerun of an old show. Erica Hilary is back on Jack Diamond's morning show on Citadel's Mix 107.3, WRQX. Doing traffic and news reports for "a couple of days," we're told. She's still under contract to the station until November, we hear. So no word, yet, on a new local gig for her. Stay tuned..... New Classified Ads - 9/1 - WTOP is looking for a director of traffic operations. WRNR in Annapolis wants an account executive. And, MainLine Broadcasting in Hagerstown is looking for a radio sales manager. Those are the latest DCRTV Classified Ads. For just $25 you can reach many thousands of movers and shakers via the DC and Baltimore area's top source of media news, gossip, and commentary..... Cerphe To 105.9? - 9/1 - DCRTV hears the DC rock radio legend Cerphe Colwell (left) was seen this morning at the offices and studios of Citadel's 105.9 The Edge, WVRX. Does Operations Manager Kenny King have Cerphe in mind for the currently vacant afternoon slot at the classic rocker? Cerphe's last DC radio gig was at CBS's 94.7, then WARW/WTGB, which dropped classic rock to become Fresh FM in April 2009. Cerphe's a vet of the old progressive rock WHFS, as well as WAVA when it was a rocker, plus DC101 and the eclectic WBMW, before it became talker WJFK..... WaPo Prepares iPad App - 9/1 - The Washington Post plans on rolling out its iPad app "in the coming weeks," following major papers like the New York Times and Wall Street Journal in creating a product for the Apple device. Ken Babby, the Post's chief revenue officer and general manager for Washington Post Digital, announced via an internal memo the formation of a mobile leadership team and its plans to launch the "highly anticipated" iPad app. The Upshot at yahoo.com has more..... Radio One Denies Firing KYS's Glover For Fenty Support - 9/1 - Radio One denies that it fired Anwar "Big G" Glover because he's supporting DC Mayor Adrian Fenty in the upcoming primary, so says today's Urban First newsletter at Radio-Info.com. WKYS (93.9 FM) Program Director Neke Howse also denies that the urban contemporary/hip-hop station's owner, Radio One, was feeling pressure from DC Council Chairman Vincent Gray - a fellow Democrat who is challenging Fenty for the top DC gig - to do something about Big G. But, Glover is off the air until after the September 14 Democratic primary. He's an actor who appeared in HBO's "The Wire," and he did a TV spot and personal appearances on behalf of Fenty. Earlier this week, the Washington Post reported that WKYS fired Glover. More in DCRTV's 8/30 newsblurb..... WaPo Suspends Wise For Fake News Twitter Postings - 8/31 - FanHouse.com tells us that Washington Post sports columnist Mike Wise (left) has received a one-month suspension from the Washington Post for fabricating a story on Monday in an attempt, he said, to demonstrate the declining standards and credibility of the sports media. In the end he damaged his own credibility. "My bosses at the Post feel I need a month to think about the severity of my actions," Wise said at the beginning of his WJFK, 106.7 The Fan radio show on Tuesday. Wise explained on the radio that by posting inaccurate information - a false claim that he had been told the NFL would suspend Ben Roethlisberger for five games, he thought he was demonstrating how easily other outlets will pick up and pass along inaccurate information. "I tried to showcase the absurdity of bad journalism," Wise said. "I could give you 10 reasons why I did this and what went wrong in the execution. I made a horrendous mistake, using my Twitter account that identifies me as a Washington Post columnist. Wise said he hopes he hasn't damaged the Post's credibility - or his own. "Our worst moments should not define us," said Wise, a columnist who often delights in ripping others for their worst moments. "I'm paying the price I should for careless, dumb behavior." The Post's internal memo about Wise's suspension is featured in DCRTV's 8/31 Mailbag. Post media critic Howard Kurtz has more at washingtonpost.com. Post ombudsman Andy Alexander has more at washingtonpost.com..... New CSN Gigs For Donaldson, Sorenson, Hillary - 8/31 - Julie Donaldson joins Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic as an anchor and reporter for "SportsNite." She comes from Boston's WHDH-TV and NYC's SportsNet New York. Also, CSN anchor and reporter Jill Sorenson becomes CSN's Capitals reporter, replacing Lisa Hillary, who, as DCRTV has reported, relocates to CSN Philadelphia to serve as Flyers reporter. Hillary assumes the role previously held by John Boruk, who becomes an anchor and reporter for CSN Philly. Sorenson returns to the role of Capitals reporter after serving as an anchor and reporter for CSN for five years. She worked at Channel 4/WRC from 2000 to 2004. Hillary joined CSN in 2007 following gigs as a reporter and anchor with several TV outlets in Canada. More from the DC Examiner..... Moon Rebuys WashTimes For $1 - 8/31 - The Reverend Sun Myung Moon is regaining control of the Washington Times after allies of the South Korean spiritual leader agreed to acquire the paper for just $1 and assumption of most if its debts, according to an internal memo. The memo contradicts rumors that a feud among the Moon's sons over control of the Washington Times prompted the father to buy it back for tens of millions of dollars. The deal is financially similar to the one the Washington Post cut in selling its money-losing Newsweek to businessman Sidney Harmon. More from Paul Bedard at usnews.com..... Shapiro Does Dibble - 8/31 - Washington Post sports media columnist Len Shapiro asks whether TV color commentator Rob Dibble's comments were a firing offense and wonders what decision the "Nationals brain trust will make." At washingtonpost.com. Dibble "made a huge mistake going on his Sirius satellite radio show last week and saying that (phenom pitcher Stephen) Strasburg ought to 'suck it up,' implying that the kid ought to play hurt the way players of Dibble's generation often did," Shapiro writes. Since then, Strasburg will be out more than a year for major arm surgery and Dibble's been off MASN's broadcasts, taking "vacation" time. So far, no word from MASN about a suspension or firing regarding Dibble..... WWIN & WLIF Tie For 1st In Baltimore - 8/31 - The Baltimore radio ratings for the third week of August, full-week, age 12+: 1) WWIN-FM and WLIF, 3) WERQ, 4) WPOC, 5) WZFT, 6) WIYY, 7) WWMX, 8) WRBS-FM, 9) WBAL-AM, 10) WQSR and WJZ-FM, 12) WCBM, 13) WZBA, 14) WYPR. More: 16) WCAO, 24) WBJC, 27) WEAA, 33) WTMD, 35) WJZ-AM and WRNR-FM, 39) WTTR, 41) WOLB and WWIN-AM, 43) WVIE, 46) WRBS-AM and WNST.... BIG Brags That It's DJ-Less - 8/31 - "Bigger, better. Just you and the music. Bigger than ever." The new jockless classic hits/rock WBIG, 100.3 FM, and a redesigned website at TheBigDC.com. No DJs. Just smarty pre-recorded liners in between the songs, a la the "Jack" format heard via Clear Channel's sister classic hits WQSR, 102.7 FM, in Baltimore. Yesterday, DCRTV told you that WBIG canned its last living human personality, morning man Jon Ballard..... SFMSports Unveils HS Radio Sked - 8/31 - Maryland's SFMSports.net will run more than 52 regional high school football games in 2010. In Baltimore, the sports network will feature a game of the week, including several WCAC and MIAA match-ups. The games will be broadcast Fridays at 6:40 PM on Fox 1370, WVIE, as well as at SFMSports.net. Plus, the "City Versus Poly" rivalry at M&T Bank Stadium on November 6. On the Eastern Shore, SFMSports.net will cover the Stephen Decatur Seahawks on Ocean City's WQMR for the fourth year. Also, it will air 10 Easton Warriors games via Easton's WEMD, and 10 Indian River Indians games via Ocean View's WZEB..... Stuever On Beck's Rally Recap - 8/31 - Washington Post TV critic Hank Stuever watched Glenn Beck (right) "bathe in his own afterglow" on his Monday Fox News Channel show, which offered a rosy, religious recap of Beck's Saturday rally in DC. Writes Stuever: "Beck was happy and yet he was sad. He seems to have come away from Saturday's rally more convinced of end times, or something close: 'I believe we're approaching a last call, all aboard,' he said. 'I had nightmares last night, because I felt maybe I wasn't clear enough. The message I feel I'm supposed to give you is get behind the shield of God.' In this mode, the purpose-driven Beck gave in to a sense of being exhausted, weary of having to do the Lord's work and explain himself over and over to the lamestream media who simply refuse to accurately spread his message. That you still are not clear on what the message is is not Glenn Beck's fault. It's everyone else's"..... More: Ballard Bounced From BIG - 8/31 - Tom Taylor in his Tuesday TRI On Radio-Info newsletter has more on the canning of Jon Ballard yesterday: "Fired 'Big 100.3' Washington DC morning man Jon Ballard gets a friendly reception when he calls DC101 - until the mic is shut off. It's 'phonecall-interruptus,' I guess. DC101 wakeup personality Elliot Segal had a nice on-air conversation going with Ballard about how he'd just been laid off at Clear Channel sister station classic hits WBIG-FM (100.3). Then out of nowhere, the chat was replaced by a Foo Fighters song, says DCRTV.com. Sounds like management didn’t approve. It's one thing to call a rival station after you've been blown out, but it's more delicate when you call somebody else in the same cluster. There's no indication Ballard was blasting the company that just fired him. They were talking about how much stuff he had to clean out of his work space at Big 100.3. Also apparently gone from the Big morning show - newsman Bill Stabler"..... More: Ravens & CSN Do Deal - 8/31 - More on the Ravens' new deal with Comcast SportsNet, and more Baltimore sports media news in this week's sports media column from your friendly DCRTV webmaster at PressBoxOnline.com..... TNR: PGC Days Prepared Beck For Rally, Fame - 8/30 - The New Republic looks at Glenn Beck's DC radio days in the 1980s at WPGC as preparation for his Saturday "Restoring Honor" rally. "It was there that Beck met another young DJ named Bruce Kelly, who became his first mentor in the art of publicity. For the next two decades, Beck labored in the fiercely competitive world of zoo-style 'top 40' morning radio, where DJs fought dirty for attention - from local media coverage to top billing at charity events"..... BAL Radio Unveils iPhone App - 8/30 - "Maryland's most trusted news source," WBAL radio, unveils its iPhone app. You'll be able to listen to Baltimore's 1090 AM while viewing news headlines, then tap the headline to read the full story. Also with the app, you'll be able to send comments to show hosts and get a look at your commute via traffic cameras. Download it at itunes.apple.com..... Wolfson-Stevenson, Smith, Giles Join WTOP - 8/30 - DC all-newser WTOP hires Paula Wolfson-Stevenson, who comes from the Voice Of America where she was a White House correspondent. She is a freelancer training to write, report, edit, and anchor. Also, Max Smith joins WTOP as a freelance writer and reporter. He comes form CBS Radio in NYC. And, Ben Giles joins WTOP as freelancer training in operations and as an assistant editor..... CSN Version Change For Lisa Hillary - 8/30 - Lisa Hillary, who spent a lot of time covering the Washington Capitals, leaves the DC version of Comcast SportsNet for the Philadelphia version of Comcast SportsNet. OnFrozenBlog has more..... Mike Wise's Fake Tweets - 8/30 - Washington Post sports columnist and WJFK radio show host Mike Wise decided to play a little joke - with Twitter messages about made up stuff that he couldn't know anything about. Like: "Donovan McNabb will start Sept. 12, I'm told." So reports Mike Prada at SBNation.com. Wise later apologized in a Tweet: "I tried to test the accuracy of social media reporting. Probably not the best way to go about experiment." More from Dan Steinberg at washingtonpost.com..... Hirsh: Newsweek To Nat'l Journal - 8/30 - Michael Hirsh joins the National Journal as a chief correspondent covering economics and foreign policy. He comes from Newsweek, where he also covered economics and was the magazine's Washington website editor..... Stabler Also Gone From BIG - 8/30 - DCRTV hears that Clear Channel also axed WBIG morning newsman Bill Stabler at the end of his shift today. Along with morning personality Jon Ballard (see newsblurb below). Stabler did newscasts on WBIG for five years, working through three format changes and four program directors. He replaced longtime WBIG news anchor Ira Melman, who was dumped by Clear Channel in September 2005. Prior to working for WBIG, Stabler anchored news for NBC, WMAL, and WTOP..... Ballard Gone From BIG - 8/30 - DCRTV hears that Jon Ballard (right) has been cut loose from Clear Channel's classic hits WBIG (100.3 FM), where he did morning drive. A DCRTVer tells us that at 9:10 this morning, Ballard called into morning man Elliot Segal's show at Clear Channel sister rocker DC101 (101.1 FM) to say that he had been canned from WBIG. "As they began discussing how much stuff Jon had to clean up from his office, Elliot went into a Foo Fighters song mid-conversation. Music continued there after," we're told. More at Elliot show website EITMFans. Ballard spent nearly 12 years at Clear Channel's DC radio complex in Rockville, originally doing afternoons at DC101 for eight years, and then moving down the hall to WBIG. "I'm gonna take some time to catch up on my sleep, but am ready for any and all opportunities - anywhere," he tells radio trade pub All Access. DCRTV wonders: WBIG rival, Citadel classic rocker 105.9 The Edge, WVRX, is looking for a new afternoon man. Might Ballard head there? That station recently moved afternoon man Kirk McEwen to mornings to be paired with DC radio veteran Mike O'Meara. Stay tuned..... TOP Again Tops DC Radio Heap - 8/30 - The DC market radio ratings for the third week of August, full-week, age 12+: 1) WTOP [1st in all dayparts], 2) WHUR [Harvey 4th, Baisden 2nd], 3) WIHT [Kane 7th], 4) WAMU, 5) WMMJ [Joyner 3rd], 6) WETA-FM, 7) WASH [L&L 5th], 8) WMZQ, 9) WMAL [GG 8th, Rush 7th, Hannity 8th], 10) WIAD, 11) WWDC [Elliot 12th], 12) WLZL [Biagi 19th] and WRQX [Diamond 10th], 14) WPRS and WBIG [Ballard 13th], 16) WKYS [Parr 13th], 17) WPGC [BT 18th], 18) WJFK [Junks 11th, Wise 15th, Arrington 14th], 19) WVRX [K&M 21st], 20) WGTS and WTEM [M&M 17th, Korny 19th, Czaban 18th], 22) WAVA-FM, 23) WBQB, 24) WINC-FM and WPFW and WFRE..... KYSer Says He Was Fired For Supporting DC Mayor - 8/30 - The Washington Post reports that DC Mayor Adrian Fenty continued his efforts to reach out to the city's go-go community by coming to the defense of singer Anwan "Big G" Glover, who said he lost his job Friday as a radio personality on WKYS (93.9 FM) for refusing to curtail his vocal support of the mayor. Glover, an actor who has appeared in HBO's "The Wire" and "Treme," said the urban station's Radio One management gave him an "ultimatum" because he was featured in a Fenty campaign radio ad. At a news conference, Glover and Fenty said the station had violated his First Amendment rights. Glover and Fenty suggested that Vincent Gray, Fenty's opponent, was behind his ouster, but Gray said he does not know Glover..... WaPoCo's Graham Lobbies CapHill For Kaplan - 8/30 - Washington Post Company Chairman Donald Graham recently abandoned his hands-off approach to the company's cash cow, making several trips to Capitol Hill to lobby against proposed regulations that threaten earnings at Post Company's Kaplan for-profit college business. The WSJ has more..... WETA Expands Forum Network - 8/30 - WETA is expanding its Forum Network, part of the public TVer's ongoing collaboration with the national Forum organization, a consortium of online educational content. WETA Forum Network features a wide range of Washington lectures and conversations online via weta.org/forum. And, WETA's new partnership with the Smithsonian Associates, a division of the Smithsonian Institution, permits the public TV station to record and video stream exclusive Smithsonian lectures. These lectures increase the depth of lecture videos available through WETA Forum Network, a free public service of WETA..... Dibble In Danger Of Losing MASN Gig - 8/30 - Nationals color commentator Rob Dibble wasn't in the MASN broadcast booth over the weekend. He's apparently taking some more time off after making a controversial comment about injured phenom pitcher Stephen Strasburg early last week. MASN still denies that Dibble's been suspended or fired, but many sports columnists say he probably won't be back. Like Steven Biel at bleacherreport.com..... Barbash To CQ - 8/30 - Fred Barbash joins CQ/Roll Call to be deputy managing editor of CQ Weekly. He comes from the Politico, where he was a senior editor. Before that, he worked at the Washington Post..... More: Old Moon To Restore WashTimes? - 8/30 - Another week and there's more speculation about the future of the Washington Times. The Politico reports: "If the proposed sale of the Washington Times goes through, it will represent the return of the paper's old guard, ousted by the current owner last autumn in a bitter family dispute. Tens of millions of dollars in subsidies from the other businesses of its founder, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon - money that has propped up the paper from since the start - will likely come back, too. But whether the sale would also return the Times staff to its former size or bring back its much-missed sports section is less clear"..... Milbank To WaPo Ed Page - 8/30 - Dana Milbank, who has been writing the "Washington Sketch" feature for nearly six years, is moving to the Washington Post's editorial page, where he will be free to opine at will. But Milbank says his writing will still be rooted in "reporting and observation." The Post has more..... Radio/TV Marti Head Resigns - 8/30 - Radio/TV Martí director Pedro Roig resigned Friday after more than seven years at the head of the often controversial US government stations that broadcast to Cuba. The twin stations have spent an estimated $500 million over the years broadcasting news and entertainment to Cuba, but they have been dogged by complaints of meager audiences, biased politics and journalism, and cronyism. Roig's resignation letter was addressed to Walter Isaacson, chairman of the DC-based Broadcasting Board Of Governors, the government agency that supervises US international broadcasters such as Voice Of America. The Miami Herald has more..... Z On Beck - 8/30 - "The brand of American history taught by Glenn Beck Saturday at his rally would not pass muster in a mediocre middle school. And in terms of what came across on TV, there were no moments of great emotional resonance or release until perhaps the finale of bagpipes playing Amazing Grace' and a closing prayer," pens Baltimore Sun media critic David Zurawik. "And yet, beyond the huge crowd that attended the event in Washington, something important and even profound was taking place at Beck's 'Restoring Honor' rally: The Fox News host was attempting to sieze a mantle of moral authority earned and ultimately paid for with his life by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King. And, sadly, I think in the eyes of some viewers, Beck might have succeeded"..... Emmys For Baltimoreans - 8/30 - Baltimore natives get their share of Emmys at last night's award ceremony. More from David Zurawik at baltimoresun.com..... Our TV Future: Power To The People - 8/29 - I went over to my sister's place yesterday. Her Reston apartment complex was having a end-of-the-season pool party catered by Famous Dave's - great food - and there was a Comcast booth there. I kind of felt sorry for the Comcast guys, who pretty much talked among themselves most of the time. Ah, not far away, a DirecTV truck was in the parking lot, with a crew installing a dish for someone. And there were some Verizon Fios trucks parked nearby, too. Their crews have been wiring the complex and plan to start offering service in early fall. And then, of course, there's a whole slew of new TV services popping up on the internet every day, with loads of cool new ways to watch them. Way beyond the traditional TV set or any one company's control. You know, if Comcast wants to buy NBC, let 'em have it. NBC and broadcast network TV is already outdated. It's the past, baby. And, in couple of years, it won't even be here. At least not the way it is now. Ditto with "cable TV." CDs are already gone, with DVDs soon to follow. When we get cheap internet access to our cars, you can say goodbye to most traditional corporate-owned radio stations, too. Ah, competition and technology - strange and wonderous! As John Lennon sang back in the early 1970s: "Power To The People." Right on! So, hang on, the future's coming even faster than anyone can realize. More Rants..... Newsweek Vet Jayne Brumley Ikard Dies - 8/29 - Jayne Brumley Ikard, a political journalist who served as one of Newsweek magazine's first female bureau chiefs and went on to become a prominent Washington hostess after her marriage to US Representative Frank Ikard of Texas, died August 27 at the Georgetown Retirement Residence in Washington. She was 83 and had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The Washington Post has more..... WaPo Continues To Be Error Prone - 8/29 - Lots of small, "copy" errors continue rearing their ugly heads in the Washington Post, so says ombudsman Andy Alexander at wapo.com. No mention of the recent Post TV listings that had the two Redskins preseason games erroneously listed for Channel 5/WTTG - with no correction after either mistaken incident..... Milbank On Beck - 8/29 - Washington Post political columnist Dana Milbank on the new "owner" of the civil rights movement - Fox News personality Glenn Beck. At wapo.com..... Cable Nets Differ In Coverage Of Beck Rally - 8/28 - In Saturday's DC Post, Paul Farhi looks at how the cable news networks have been handling preliminary coverage of Fox News personality Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" political rally, which takes place today on the Washington mall. More: TVNewser has details about the cable news networks' actual coverage of the rally..... Support DCRTV's Advertisers - 8/28 - DCRTV thanks Mike O'Meara for renewing his top banner display ad through the end of the year. Download his daily podcast at MikeOmearaShow.com. Ditto with Diploma Plaque Laminators, which offers laminated wooden hand-made diploma and certificate wall plaques. More at DiplomaPlaqueLaminators.com. Also, don't forget to check out Social Media Creators at SocialMediaCreators.com, the Vinyl District at TheVinylDistrict.com, plus Tom Robinson and Fairfax Home Values at FairfaxHomeValues.net, and get this week's free home values report. And, don't forget, DCRTV's got some great rates for right column ads. Interested? E-mail us at dcrtv@dcrtv.com and put "DISPLAY AD" on the subject line..... 4 Continues To Dominate DC TV News Ratings - 8/27 - Channel 4/WRC's newscasts again dominated DC TV in August with total viewers. At 4:30 AM: 1) WRC (up 69% year-to-year), 2) WUSA, 3) WTTG, 4) WJLA. At 5 AM: 1) WRC (up 21% year-to-year), 2) WJLA, 3) WTTG, 4) WUSA. At 6 AM: 1) WRC (up 16% year-to-year), 2) WJLA, 3) WTTG, 4) WUSA. At 4 PM: 1) WRC (up 14% year-to-year), 2) WJLA/"Oprah," 3) WTTG/"Judge Judy," 4) WUSA/"Doctors." At 5 PM: 1) WRC (71% advantage over WJLA, up 18% year-to-year), 2) WJLA, 3) WTTG, 4) WUSA. At 6 PM: 1) WRC (63% advantage over WJLA, up 18% year-to-year), 2) WJLA, 3) WUSA, 4) WTTG. At 11 PM: 1) WRC (15% advantage over WTTG's 10 PM news, 57% advantage over WUSA at 11 PM), 2) WUSA, 3) WJLA, 4) WTTG..... Rebecca Sheir To Host 88.5's "Metro Connection" - 8/27 - Rebecca Sheir, WAMU's special features reporter, will be the new host of the American University station's "Metro Connection." She replaces David Furst, who has hosted and produced the program since 1999. Sheir has been with WAMU, 88.5 FM, since 2009, covering news. Before moving to Washington, she reported for KTOO in Juneau, Alaska, where she hosted and produced the "AK" show on for Alaska Public Radio. Furst has been with WAMU since 1997, working as a reporter and on local segments for "Morning Edition," as well as with "Metro Connection"..... Dibble Taking Vacation As Controversy Blows Over - 8/27 - DCRTV hears that Nationals color commentator Rob Dibble (right) is taking a few days off after a comment that he made earlier this week got him into a bit of trouble. Dibble ranted on his Sirius XM afternoon show that phenom Stephen Strasburg should "suck it up" regarding a sore arm, equating the young pitcher to being a crybaby. Dibble didn't know that, come today, Strasburg would be out for more than a year because of some serious surgery needed on that arm. A source denies that Dibble was suspended. DCRTV is told that Dibble will be back at work in the MASN booth this weekend. More from mlb.fanhouse.com..... Bennington Loses Appendix - 8/27 - DCRTV hears that Ron Bennington, co-host of the "Ron And Fez" show heard on Sirius XM and long long ago on WJFK, recently had an attack of appendicitis, and is back at work after docs ripped out the ruptured organ..... WTEM Gives McNabb Show - 8/27 - From DCRTV's 8/27 Mailbag: "On WTEM's 'Sports Fix' yesterday, Kevin Sheehan announced that Redskins quarterback Donovan McNabb will have his own show for 45 minutes every Tuesday during football season. I assume the format will be similar to last year's Jim Zorn show with Sheehan and Thom Loverro being the actual hosts asking questions"..... Error For Examiner's Tapscott - 8/27 - Mark Tapscott at the Washington Examiner editorializes on the Washington Post's Thursday "Story Lab" piece on the spate of rumors earlier this week about the alleged demise of the Washington Times. Whoops. Tapscott says the piece was penned by venerable media critic Howard Kurtz when it was actually the product of journalistic hitman Ian Shapira..... USA Today To "De-Emphasize" Print, Cut 130 Jobs - 8/27 - McLean-based USA Today, the nation's second largest newspaper, is making the most dramatic overhaul of its staff in its 28-year history as it de-emphasizes its print edition and ramps up its effort to reach more readers and advertisers on mobile devices. The makeover outlined Thursday will result in about 130 layoffs this fall, USA Today Publisher Dave Hunke told the Associated Press. That translates into a 9 percent reduction in USA Today's work force of 1,500 employees. Hunke didn't specify which departments would be hardest hit. The management shake-up affects both the newspaper's business operations and newsroom. Like most newspapers, Gannett's USA Today has been cutting back in recent years to offset a steep drop in advertising that is depleting its main source of income. To compound the problem, fewer readers are paying for newspapers as free news proliferates on the web, AP adds..... Bankruptcy For Blockbuster - 8/27 - After dominating the home video rental business for more than a decade and struggling to survive in recent years against upstarts Netflix and Redbox, Blockbuster is preparing to file for bankruptcy next month, according to the LA Times..... The Foreclosure Post - 8/27 - Rant. The largest section in Friday's print Washington Post? The "E" Classified section, which is 44 pages, of which a staggering 43 pages are housing foreclosure notices. By comparison, the main "A" news section is just 22 pages. Makes you wonder just how "recession proof" the DC area really is. Hmmm. More Rants..... Sirius XM To Carry Beck Rally - 8/27 - Fox News personality Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" political rally on the Washington mall will air live on Sirius XM's Patriot Channel Saturday starting at 10 AM. Patriot carries Beck's weekday national radio show, which is heard locally on CBS talker WHFS (1580 AM). The event will also be carried on CSPAN..... 7 To Launch 4:30 AM Newscast - 8/27 - Months after three local DC TV newsers debuted 4:30 AM newscasts, Channel 7/WJLA is joining the early news party. The DC Post reports that "Good Morning Washington" will start at 4:30 AM beginning Monday, with "GMW" newscaster Alison Starling in the anchor seat..... WaPo's Michael Shear To NYT - 8/26 - Michael Shear, a White House reporter for the Washington Post, is joining the New York Times. Shear leaves the Post after 18 years with the paper. At the Times, he's expected to write primarily online as the lead voice for the paper's politics blog, the Caucus. More at yahoo.com..... WTOP Saves Portable Potties In Montgomery Parks - 8/26 - Today's NTS Media Online radio news biz newsletter reports that Bonneville all-newser WTOP's logo is now seen on signs and banners installed on portable toilets in local parks throughout Montgomery County, as a sponsor that has allowed the Parks Department to retain the facilities in the wake of severe budget shortages. "We haven't seen any other news organization in town 'get off the pot' like WTOP has," says WTOP VP/News-Programming Jim Farley. "We're helping a cash-starved park system that was leaving people with literally no place to go! And who better to do this than the radio station that 'gets people going' in the morning? It's our 'TOP POT' and we're encouraging other news organizations - Hey! NPR - to also 'get off the pot' and help out the parks and people in need!" The portable potties were slated to be removed from more than 80 parks in the county until WTOP and other sponsors came to the rescue..... WaPo Investigates Latest WashTimes Rumor Mill - 8/26 - DCRTV is a player, along with the Washington Post, the Washington City Paper, the Huffington Post, the Washington Examiner, the Politico, and DCist, in a washingtonpost.com "Story Lab" piece on the latest batch of rumors earlier this week about the ongoing soap opera at the struggling Washington Times, which is either near closing or about to be re-bought by its founder, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon..... DCRTV New Advertiser Alert - 8/26 - DCRTV welcomes two new display advertisers! First, there's DJ Knight and his "60 Min De Rock" Spanish and English rock music show on WDCN, La Nueva 87.7. Listen each weekday at 7 PM for the latest Latin rock and classic Anglo rock. More at LaNueva877.com. Also, the folks at Annapolis progressive rocker WRNR, 103.1 FM, are looking for a new account executive. For more details, check out wrnr.com. Please support DCRTV's advertisers because they support DCRTV..... Miller Leaves Newsweek - 8/26 - Mark Miller, Newsweek's editorial director, is the latest to leave the Washington Post Company's just-sold newsweekly. More at wwd.com..... "MTP" Remains In 1st - 8/26 - Once again, NBC's "Meet The Press" topped the Sunday morning DC-based political talkers last week. CBS's "Face The Nation" placed 2nd in total viewers, while ABC's "This Week" was 2nd witih adults aged 25-54. Fox's "Fox News Sunday" was 4th..... Eisner To Head Tribune? - 8/26 - Former Walt Disney Company Chief Executive Michael Eisner is in discussions that could lead to his return to the media spotlight - as chairman of now-bankrupt Tribune Company. The Chicago-based media company's largest creditors are having preliminary conversations with prospective candidates who could operate Tribune once it emerges from bankruptcy. The Chicago Tribune has more. Locally, Tribune owns the Baltimore Sun and Channel 50/WDCW..... Free Transcripts For WAMU Shows - 8/26 - Public radio news talker WAMU (88.5 FM) announces that transcripts of "The Diane Rehm Show," "The Kojo Nnamdi Show," "Metro Connection," and "The Animal House" will be available to listeners at no cost at wamu.org. Previously, transcripts were available only by order and for a fee. The transcripts, through Aegis, will also be searchable through a number of research portals, including Lexis-Nexis and Factiva. They are available for programs airing on or after August 25..... Kammerer Debuts On 4 - 8/26 - NBC-owned Channel 4/WRC debuts its new "chief meteoroligist" Doug Kammerer (left) this week. His new gig at 4 was announced in June. Kammerer grew up in Herndon and attended Herndon High School (same as your friendly webmaster). He has earned the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist seal from the American Meteorological Society, and he holds a degree in meteorology from the University Of Northern Colorado. Kammerer's latest TV gigs were in Philadelphia, where he worked at Channel 3/KYW and Channel 10/WCAU. He replaces Bob Ryan, who bolted in the spring for a late news weather gig at Channel 7/WJLA after almost three decades at WRC...... More On Beck's DC Rally - 8/26 - The DC Post has more on the big DC political rally this weekend by Fox News personality Glenn Beck..... Kurtz On Garrett's Fox Exit - 8/26 - Howard Kurtz has more on yesterday's bombshell that White House correspondent Major Garrett is leaving Fox News. In the DC Post..... More Kiddie Abuse From TLC - 8/26 - Lisa De Moraes tells us that TLC, a network owned by Silver Spring-based Discovery Commmunications, is planning yet another exploitative reality show about a family with a whole lot of little kids. In the DC Post..... No More Skins Shirts For Czarniak - 8/25 - Channel 4/WRC sportscaster Lindsay Czarniak's no longer wearing Redskins owner Dan Snyder's shirts. That's what Dave McKenna tells us at washingtoncitypaper.com..... Big TV Numbers For Skins Preseason Games - 8/25 - The Washington Redskins announced today that the team's television ratings for the two preseason games against the Buffalo Bills and the Baltimore Ravens have reached an all-time high. Combined ratings for Comcast SportsNet and Channel 4/WRC, which both carried the games, produced an average 14.925 rating and a 30 share in the DC market. More at footballnewsnow.com..... Fox's Major Garrett Heads To Nat'l Journal - 8/25 - Major Garrett jumps from Fox News to the National Journal to be its Congressional correspondent, reporting and providing analysis across all of National Journal Group's publications. He's been chief White House correspondent for Fox, where he spent eight years. Garrett will join Sue Davis, recently hired from the Wall Street Journal, to lead National Journal's Congressional coverage. White House correspondents Wendell Goler and Mike Emanuel will assume joint coverage of the White House beat for Fox News. The Politico has more..... Cox Adds Red Zone - 8/25 - Cox announces the addition of the NFL Network's Red Zone channel, which provides game day live coverage of all pro football game touchdown action. Cox cable subscribers in Fairfax County and Fredericksburg can add the high-def channel for $39.95 per season if they already subscribe to the "Sports And Information Pak." It'll start airing on Cox come September 12 on channels 264 and 600, and in HD on 773. Area cable giant Comcast started carrying NFL Red Zone last season. It's part of Comcast's "Sports And Entertainment" package, which costs an extra $9-ish a month..... WTRI Asking Price: $1.2M - 8/25 - Got $1.2 million? You can buy Brunswick MD's WTRI (1520 AM). "Don't think they'll get that much," says a local radio guru. New ground system and five acres of real estate at transmitter site are included in the sale, according to radiotvdeals.com. The station, which is owned by a group headed by former DC101 and 98 Rock personality Buddy Rizer, has most recently been relaying Thurmont MD talker WTHU. Over the years, WTRI, which is halfway between Leesburg and Frederick, has been airing classic country, big band/nostalgic standards, and brokered Spanish..... More: 25 Expands News Ops Into Loudoun - 8/25 - DCRTV has already told you that Hagerstown's Channel 25/WHAG is expanding its news operations into Northern Virginia, including Loudoun County. Now, there's more at the station's website - your4state.com..... 106.5's Dennis To Fill-In At 94.7 - 8/25 - DCRTV told you yesterday that Nikki Landry is out as afternooner at CBS's 94.7 Fresh FM, WIAD. Now, we're hearing that Maria Dennis, who does middays at CBS's Baltimore sister Mix 106.5, WWMX, will fill-in on Landry's old shift at 94.7. Meanwhile, Landry has started her own biz, Nikki Landry Productions, which handles voicetracking, voiceovers, and imaging, at NikkiLandryProductions.com..... Daddy Moon Close to Re-Buying WashTimes - 8/25 - The Washington Post reports Wednesday that just four years after giving the Washington Times to his eldest son, the Unification Church's leader, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, is considering paying millions of dollars to buy back the conservative newspaper he founded in 1982. Moon wants to buy the Times back from his son Preston Moon, who has threatened to shut down the foundering broadsheet altogether, said Charles Sutherland, the Times's former director of development and promotions, who was laid off in May. The Post mentions "an unsourced story on the media news and gossip website DCRTV.com Monday said that the site 'hears that the Washington Times is close to closing,' but Unification Church and Times sources said the paper's future is far from clear." Still, the Post's Ian Shapira piece adds that some former staffers who remain close to key Times executives said reports of an imminent shutdown last week were at least partly true. "I heard that they were moving to shut it down, but those reports could have also been disinformation coming out as a negotiating stance," said a former Times staffer. "No money's being spent on anything. Everything's frozen." The Post also reports that the Times' circulation has dropped from 80,000 to 40,000 since the Times' layoffs in late 2009, along with the elimination of home delivery, the newsstand price hike to $1, and the end of the weekend edition. The Politico has more, including the report of a preliminary sale agreement..... Emily Miller To Human Events - 8/25 - Emily Miller will no longer be a contributor to the Washington Times. Instead, we hear that she'll be senior editor for the conservative news site Human Events, where she'll cover political investigations..... Bethesda's Big Fish Lands G4 Deal - 8/25 - G4, the Comcast-owned cable network that works tirelessly to attract young geeky guys, has purchased 10 episodes of "Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan," which is produced by Big Fish Entertainment, the same Bethesda-based production company that brings us TLC's "DC Cupcakes." The DC Post has more..... Howard U Joins ABC's "News On Campus" - 8/25 - Howard University is the latest school to join "ABC NewsOn Campus" program, which creates bureaus at universities around the country, staffed with journalism students who work with ABC News producers to report local stories. Candace Smith, a senior broadcast journalism major, has been named Howard University's bureau chief. Smith interned with ABC's "Good Morning America" in NYC and Channel 5/WTTG. So reports the DC Post..... Sun Restores Sunday Mag - 8/24 - The Baltimore Sun is bringing back its Sunday magazine come September 12. More from baltimorebrew.com..... Fresh Jettisons Landry - 8/24 - DCRTV hears that Nikki Landry (right) is gone from her afternoon gig at CBS chick rocker 94.7 Fresh FM, WIAD. Contract not renewed, we're told..... FCC Smacks WWEG With $4K Fine - 8/24 - The Federal Communications Commission hits Nassau classic hits WWEG (106.9 FM) with a $4,000 fine for a contest rule violation. The Hagerstown station known as "The Eagle" ran a Father's Day contest in 2008 which was announced to be open until June 13. But a listener who attempted to enter that day was told by a station employee that the winner had been picked the day before. The FCC says that the contest was not "substantially" as advertised..... Schuster At Politico - 8/24 - DCRTV hears that David Schuster was seen meeting with biggies at Allbritton's Politico today. Will the DCer, who's been on "temporary leave" from MSNBC since his flirtation with CNN a while back, soon be working in Rosslyn? Stay tuned..... Scarborough Back To Radio "Soon" - 8/24 - Radio-Info.com tells us that Joe Scarborough announced on Twitter: "We are going to be on WABC radio airwaves soon. Mika and I are very excited! More details to come." Citadel-owned WABC-AM in NYC was the flagship station for Scarborough's radio show with Mika Brzezinski. The show unexpectedly went on hiatus in April, as Citadel released a statement on April 26 saying the show would return, and would be expanded to three hours. Citadel's DC talk sister, WMAL, carried a tape-delayed evening version of the late morning show. Joe and Mika continue to do their politics-heavy morning TV show for MSNBC. More: Mediaite is reporting that the new show could be on Saturday mornings..... WWIN-FM Tops Balto Radio Heap - 8/24 - Radio One's Magic 95.9, WWIN-FM, tops the Baltimore radio ratings for the second week of August, full-week, age 12+: 1) WWIN-FM, 2) WLIF, 3) WPOC, 4) WERQ, 5) WRBS-FM, 6) WWMX, 7) WZFT and WIYY, 9) WBAL-AM, 10) WQSR, 11) WJZ-FM, 12) WZBA, 13) WCBM, 14) WYPR. More: 21) WBJC and WCAO, 27) WEAA, 31) WTMD, 35) WJZ-AM and WRNR-FM, 38) WOLB and WWIN-AM, 41) WTTR, 44) WLIF STREAM and WVBV, 49) WNST..... 5's Roby Chavez Ties Knot - 8/24 - The Washington Examiner reports that Channel 5/ WTTG reporter Roby Chavez married Chris Roe on Saturday evening at the Woodrow Wilson House. The gay couple has been dating for five years..... CC To Keep Frederick's 105.5 - 8/24 - All Access tells us that Clear Channel wants to hold on to a 105.5 FM low-power translator in the Frederick area, despite the still-planned sale of its Frederick radio duo - news talker WFMD (930 AM) and country WFRE (99.9 FM). Clear Channel's AMFM Radio is removing the W288AB facility, which relays WFRE, from the Aloha Station Trust "because WFRE was set to be spun off, but ownership of the translator does not violate ownership caps," so reports All Access. Stations that Clear Channel plans to eventually unload got placed in the Aloha (Hawaiian for goodbye) trust..... Z: Ehrlich Media Campaign "Broken Record" - 8/24 - Media critic David Zurawik at baltimoresun.com gives us his take on the Maryland gubernatorial media war between Democrat Martin O'Malley and Republican Bob Ehrlich. Including this: "Every Saturday when Ehrlich was still on radio station WBAL, it seemed as if a caller or a businessperson was brought on to say how bad O'Malley was for small business and how they allegedly had or were about to move to Pennsylvania or Florida because of O'Malley. The Ehrlichs couldn't play that broken record often enough"..... More On Latest WashTimes Crisis - 8/24 - The Washington Examiner reports DCRTV's story of yesterday that the Washington Times may be close to publishing its final edition if an offer from a last minute buyer isn't approved. The Examiner adds that the paper has downsized considerably because of economic difficulties. In December, the Times laid off several top editors, along with its entire sports section and several other reporters. It also stopped publishing the Sunday edition, and reduced the number of copies it prints. The Examiner says that several calls and an e-mail to the Times' publicist were not returned..... Post Profiles CNN's Crowley - 8/24 - The Style section does what it does best - profiling celebrity journalists. Today it's CNN's Candy Crowley. At washingtonpost.com..... Matthew Cooper To Nat'l Journal - 8/24 - Matthew Cooper joins the National Journal Group as a managing editor. He has served as White House correspondent for US News, deputy Washington Bureau chief for Newsweek, and deputy Washington Bureau chief and White House correspondent for Time. He's also worked for Washington Monthly, the New Republic, Conde Naste Portfolio, TheAtlantic.com, and TPM.com..... KJS Tops Richmond - 8/24 - Radio One's urban adult contemporary WKJS tops the Richmond radio ratings. More from Radio-Info.com..... 50's "NewsPlus" Beats Sunday Talkers - 8/23 - Channel 50/WDCW tells us that the Sunday morning airing of "NewsPlus With Mark Segraves" was the top-rated program in the DC TV market among men aged 25-54 in its time period. The 10 AM edition of "NewsPlus" on August 22 generated higher numbers in the target demo than "Chris Matthews," "Meet The Press," "This Week," and "Face The Nation," WDCW claims..... Kermit The Frog To Smithsonian - 8/23 - The latest donations to the Smithsonian's National Museum Of American History will include puppets created by the late Jim Henson, including the original Kermit The Frog. Jane Henson, co-founder of the Muppets and founder of the Jim Henson Legacy, will be joined by "Today Show" weatherman Willard Scott at the museum Wednesday morning to make the donations. More at bizjournals.com..... Source: WashTimes Close To Running Final Edition - 8/23 - Another DCRTV exclusive. DCRTV hears that the Washington Times is close to closing. A source tells us that Reverend Moon's son, Preston, was prepared to close the Times as recently as last Friday. A press release was reportedly ready for distribution when an apparent last minute and revised offer to buy the paper was submitted, we hear. Sources say that the younger Moon and another board member of TWT are "finished" with the paper and that they couldn't care less about any amount of money that is offered. "It is now about showing Daddy Moon who has the bigger cajones," a source tells DCRTV. " If this offer - and it is a reasonable one - is rejected, the paper could close its doors this week, just shy of 30 years in the Nation's Capital." According to a source with knowledge of the situation: "The paper has large debt load but there is a buyer. Normally, this would be a good thing for a seller. In the zany world of the Moon family, and the son's disregard for the family's wishes, it looks like the final edition is imminent." More soon..... Maura Clancey Dies - 8/23 - DC-based CSPAN is mourning the death of Maura Clancey, 50, the public affairs network's first research director. Recently, she worked for Statistical Research and Knowledge Networks..... TOP Tops DC Radio Heap - 8/23 - The DC market radio ratings for the second week of August, full-week, age 12+: 1) WTOP [1st in both drivetimes], 2) WHUR [Harvey 3rd, Baisden 3rd], 3) WIHT [Kane 5th], 4) WAMU, 5) WASH [L&L 6th] and WMMJ [Joyner 3rd], 7) WETA-FM, 8) WMAL [GG 9th, Rush 6th, Hannity 10th] and WMZQ, 10) WRQX [Diamond 7th], 11) WPRS, 12) WLZL [Biagi 18th] and WBIG, 14) WWDC [Elliot 10th], 15) WKYS [Parr 15th], 16) WPGC [BT 16th], 17) WIAD, 18) WVRX [K&M 21st], 19) WTEM [M&M 13th, Korny 16th, Czaban 17th] and WJFK [Junks 16th, Wise 18th, Arrington 20th], 21) WGTS, 22) WINC-FM, 23) WPFW, 24) WBQB and WFLS and WAVA-FM, 27) WFRE and WERQ, 29) WTNT and WWUZ and WFED and WDCN..... Michael Falcone To ABC - 8/23 - Michael Falcone leaves Huffington Post for ABC News' DC bureau, where he'll be deputy political director and political reporter. He will also author ABC's "The Note" political blog. Before joining Huffington Post, Falcone covered national politics for the Politico and the New York Times before that..... Jared Allen To FD - 8/23 - Jared Allen, who has covered Congress for the Hill, joins PR firm FD, where he'll be assistant vice president..... Joynt Does "Antiques Roadshow" - 8/23 - DC media guruette Carol Joynt gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the Saturday taping of PBS's "Antiques Roadshow" at the Washington Convention Center. At nysocialdiary.com..... More KT Harris On 105.9 - 8/23 - DC radio veteran KT Harris is filling in, again, during the midday slot on classic rocker 105.9 The Edge. Via the miracle of voicetracking. That's normally the territory of Suzie Ansilio. The Citadel station is looking for a new afternoon personality..... More: New 45 Nat'l Sports Show Launches In September - 8/23 - DCRTV has more on the news we reported yesterday that Sinclair's Channel 45/WBFF in planning to launch its national weekly one-hour sports show, "The Real Score," on September 12. In DC and other markets where Sinclair doesn't own stations, the Sunday morning program will air on stations owned by News Corporation/Fox, including Channel 20/WDCA. It'll be hosted by Fox 45 news anchor Jennifer Gilbert..... Z Watches Half Of Ravens Game - 8/23 - Rant. Breaking news from Baltimore Sun TV critic David Zurawik: "I only had time to watch the first half Saturday night of the Baltimore Ravens preseason game with the Washington Redskins, but I enjoyed the broadcast team of Gerry Sandusky, Stan White, and Qadry Ismail." Hey, at least Zurawik isn't penning yet another update on Kate Gosselin or shilling for a cable TV show that he gets free preview discs for. More Rants..... Baby For Kane - 8/23 - Hot 99.5 morning man Kane has a new daughter. Mrs. Kane (aka Natasha) gave birth to Sophie on Thursday..... Citadel Honcho Makes Sure He's Rolling In Dough - 8/23 - Tom Taylor in his Monday TRI radio biz newsletter tells us that CEO Farid Suleman is quite well taken care of by Citadel - both while he's working and in retirement. For example, the company's 2010 Equity Incentive Program awards Suleman with $43 million - 1.9 million shares of stock - if he stays through the vesting of all his shares, until June 3, 2012. Pens Taylor: "He drove a hard bargain to get Citadel through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and he's been equally effective in lobbying for himself." Locally, Citadel owns WMAL, WRQX, and WVRX..... New Gig For AP's Sonya Ross - 8/32 - Sonya Ross is the Associated Press's new "Race/Ethnicity And Demographics" editor. She has been the AP DC bureau's urban affairs reporter and a member of the White House reporting team..... New 45 Nat'l Sports Show Launches In September - 8/22 - A few months ago, DCRTV told you that Sinclair's Channel 45/WBFF was planning a national weekly one-hour sports show hosted by news anchor Jennifer Gilbert. Now, we hear that it will launch on September 12 and be carried on WBFF, Fox 45, at 10:30 AM Sundays. "The Real Score" show will also be carried in most major markets, including via many of Sinclair's other 60-ish TVers..... Leonsis Talking To Comcast About New Sports Net? - 8/22 - Ted Leonsis, the man who owns the Capitals, Wizards, Mystics, and the Verizon Center, has owning his own sports TV network on his mind. "No one single sports owner in the region and few in the country have more entertainment content, so it really is only a matter of time before he and his likely partner Comcast are working on something new," reports Jim Williams at washingtonexaminer.com..... "Antiques Roadshow" Comes To DC - 8/22 - PBS's "Antiques Roadshow" pulled into the Washington Convention Center Saturday. More in the DC Post..... Ombud Praises WaPo Disclosure Policy - 8/22 - Ombudsman Andy Alexander shills praise on the Washington Post's policy of disclosing the parent Washington Post Company's holdings when the newspaper's own operations make the news. At washingtonpost.com. DCRTV wonders: How about Mr. Alexander looking at potential conflicts when the Post does (or doesn't) cover news involving its large advertisers, including communications firms that could impact its parent company's cable TV holdings? Hmmm..... Ravens & CSN: Long Range Deal? - 8/21 - Jim Williams at washingtonexaminer.com has more details about the news DCRTV reported yesterday - the deal reached between the Baltimore Ravens and Comcast SportsNet to carry five Ravens TV shows on the regional sports network. Both sides are exploring a long range deal, Williams tells DCRTV..... MSNBC Planning DC Sniper Special - 8/21 - MSNBC Films is planning a special that will reexamine the 2002 Washington DC sniper killings. Called "I Married The Beltway Sniper," the film will feature an interview with "Mildred," the ex-wife of sniper John Allen Muhammed. TVNewser has more..... 7 Says 5's News Is Better - 8/21 - Rant. I like John Henrehan. He's not only one of the best reporters at Fox 5, WTTG, but one of the best on DC TV. Period. And I'm glad he's getting proper recognition from the rival news folks over at Channel 7/WJLA. Because the Allbritton TV station's new news website, TBD, is linking to Henrehan's myfoxdc.com story on Metro stranding some passengers in Greenbelt. So what? WJLA is incompetent and didn't send a reporter to cover the situation that it felt warranted top placement on its TBD website? WJLA is lazy and simply didn't bother covering it? Or that WJLA really thinks that WTTG is a superior news operation? Whatever. Allbritton's "honesty" about the lackings of its own WJLA local news operation is somewhat "refreshing." Let's see it it pays off with deservedly slumping news ratings for ABC 7. Ponderous, man, ponderous. More Rants..... "Friend" DCRTV On Facebook - 8/21 - OK, fans of DCRTV, if you haven't yet "friended" us on Facebook, now is the time to do so. You pushed us over the 2,000 level yesterday, now it's onward to 3,000! Please go to facebook.com/dcrtv. Thanks..... Ravens Do Deal With CSN - 8/20 - The Baltimore Ravens today announced that their seasonal television shows, produced internally by Rave TV, will be seen throughout the Mid-Atlantic region via Bethesda-based Comcast SportsNet. The Ravens ended their TV deal with the Baltimore-based Mid-Atlantic Sports Network in early August. The weekly shows, including "1 Winning Drive," "The John Harbaugh Show," "Game Plan Wednesday," "Ravens Report Thursday," and "Purple Passion Friday" will air on CSN at 4:30 PM and midnight most weekdays. As we've previously reported, the shows will also air on Channel 11/WBAL's WBAL Plus channel at 7:30 PM and midnight each weekday, starting September 8. In addition, all five shows will also air on CSN periodically during primetime, when the network does not have a live event scheduled..... Heather Smith To Produce MAL Mornings - 8/20 - Heather Smith is the new producer of WMAL's morning show, "The Grandy Group." She replaces Ann Wog, who recently left for a producer gig at Boston talker WTKK. Smith has produced nationally syndicated talk shows with Laura Ingraham, G. Gordon Liddy, and, most recently, Lars Larson. She also worked with the late Tony Snow at Fox News Channel and handled other assignments at FNC..... Local TV Gears Up For Redskins-Ravens Match - 8/20 - Redskins TV and Ravens TV will go head-to-head during Saturday night's preseason game between Baltimore and Washington. Redskins fans can watch the game on Channel 4/WRC and Comcast SportsNet, while Ravens fans can catch the game on Channel 11/WBAL and Channel 50/WDCW. More from Jim Williams at washingtonexaminer.com..... Comcast Confident About NBC Merger Approval - 8/20 - Hey, it's been bought and paid for on Capitol Hill, right? NewsBlues has learned that top executives at Comcast and NBC Universal are so confident that their proposed merger will be approved by the Feds, they have already started circulating the new benefits package to NBC's owned TV stations, a la DC's Channel 4/WRC, for review. Comcast is the largest cable TV company in the country, and the dominant cable TV and internet provider in the DC-Baltimore area..... Radio One Head In Favor Of Comcast-NBC Merger - 8/20 - Alfred Liggins, head of Lanham-based Radio One, comments in favor of the Comcast-NBC merger. His firm's TV One African American programming network is carried by Comcast and is partly owned by Comcast. More in the DC Post..... iPhone Field Production For TOP's Augenstein - 8/20 - NTS Media Online talks to WTOP news reporter Neal Augenstein, who now does almost all of his field production on his iPhone, instead of using his "big kit" or laptop..... "Last Call" For Tim Alberta - 8/20 - Tim Alberta jumps to the National Journal Group to become the editor of Hotline's "Last Call." He's been an assistant editor and web producer at the Politico..... DC's 106.7 Drops HD Radio Relay Of Baltimore's 105.7 - 8/19 - CBS DC sports talker 106.7 The Fan, WJFK, has dropped sister Baltimore sports talker 105.7 The Fan, WJZ-FM, from among the three out-of-market CBS sports talkers it carries among its digital HD Radio subchannels. The WJZ-FM signal has been replaced with KRLD-FM, 105.3 The Fan, from Dallas. "It's football season, so we shuffled our HD 'Fan Sports Network' to cover each city in the NFC East - Washington, Dallas, NYC, and Philly," says JFK Program Director Chris Kinard. WJFK continues its relays of Philadelphia's WIP and NYC's WFAN..... Comcast Slams Allbritton's Anti-Merger Filing - 8/19 - Last week, Allbritton, which owns Channel 7/WJLA and TBD/NewsChannel 8, submitted a filing to the Federal Communications Commission requesting that it impose conditions on the proposed Comcast acquisition of NBC Universal, which owns WJLA's local TV rival, Channel 4/WRC. Comcast has responded to the Allbritton filing. According to a copy of the document obtained by TVNewser, Comcast tells the FCC that the Allbritton filing is "without merit" and says it violated the FCC's established procedures for submitting documents that take issue with the proposed deal: "Allbritton improperly seeks to use this proceeding to extract concessions from Comcast while refusing to engage in reasonable negotiations, as the parties have in the past. In support of this transparently opportunistic purpose, Allbritton concocts a theory of harm that is belied by several important details about the parties' business relationship and discussions that Allbritton failed to disclose. The Commission should reject this misuse of the transaction-review process"..... Lindy Says Adios To Atlanta - 8/19 - Scott Lindy, who programmed Clear Channel's country WPOC and was operations manager for the firm's Baltimore cluster from 1997 to 2002, is out at Clear Channel's Atlanta cluster, where he was operations manager and programmed country WUBL and talker WGST since he rejoined the firm in 2009. In between the Clear Channel gigs, he worked at Sirius Satellite Radio..... WYPR To Host "Marketplace" Coverage - 8/19 - Baltimore NPR affiliate WYPR (88.1 FM) is going to be the production home for national education coverage provided by correspondent Amy Scott on public radio's "Marketplace." More at baltimoresun.com..... Format Tweak For Key 103? - 8/19 - We're hearing rumblings that a format change or tweak may soon be coming to Nassau's adult contemporary Key 103, WAFY, in Frederick. This year, the station celebrates its 20th anniversary and the birthday bash could signify a change to a "hotter" adult contemporary sound, possibly to better compete with CBS DC's ratings-rising 94.7 Fresh FM, WIAD, for more female pairs of ears, we're told. As "New Key 103"? Stay tuned..... "MTP" Stays 1st - 8/19 - NBC's "Meet The Press" continued its 1st place position last Sunday. CBS's "Face The Nation" was 2nd in total viewers, while ABC's "This Week" was 2nd in adults age 25-54. Fox's "Fox News Sunday" was 4th among both groups..... USAToday.com Publisher To Retire - 8/19 - Jeff Webber, the publisher of McLean-based USA Today's USAToday.com, will retire in November. He's been with the Gannett news organization for 25 years, overseeing the website for the past decade. AP has more..... Gannett To Launch Local Sports Sites - 8/19 - More news about McLean-based Gannett. The firm is bringing its HighSchoolSports.net to its Gannett Digital Network and will create 100 hyperlocal local sports sites that will be co-branded with its community newspapers. More from paidContent.com..... Cancer A Player In Berset Story - 8/19 - NewsBlues updates us on a story yesterday that Channel 45/WBFF sports anchor Kristen Berset (right), a former Miss Florida beauty queen, was turned down for a sports gig by a Philadelphia TV station because its news director didn't think sexy pictures of her on the web were appropriate for a news personality. The sad fact of the matter is Berset has given up wearing those slinky bikinis. In 2009, four months after she started work at WBFF, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was just 27. "Even then, I didn't expect the doctor to tell me I had cancer. It was definitely a tough day, so much information and so many emotions came rushing in at once," Berset told NewsBlues. "But I quickly realized that there was no reason to wallow in self pity." She underwent a bilateral mastectomy with immediate reconstruction, a procedure that dramatically reduced the chance of the cancer recurring. "It was the best decision," she now says. "I bounced back rather quickly. In fact, I was back to work 10 days after my surgery." Last October, she had her final reconstructive surgery. "This experience has been life changing in a positive way. I learned a lot about myself. I am a stronger person than I realized. A couple of months ago, something inside me clicked. I realized I am still alive and healthy again. I have an amazing job that I truly enjoy"..... Radio One Stock Heads Down - 8/19 - Tom Taylor via his TRI radio biz newsletter tells us that Lanham-based urban radio giant Radio One's stock its closed to its 52-week low. It's fallen from $5.28 a share in early May to 81-cents. This week, Radio One disclosed that it extended its forbearance period with lenders until September 10 and is having serious talks with bondholders. It really needs to persuade the owners of its 2011 and 2013 bonds to swap their debt for a new issue. We also learned this week that senior lenders issued a payment block on an August 15 interest payment. That's bad - more pressure on Radio One. Management expresses confidence that things will work out and that it's "viable." But if the stock keeps trading below a buck, Radio One's back in front of NASDAQ with de-listing issues. It's pressure Radio One head Alfred Liggins doesn't need. The firm owns WKYS, WMMJ, WERQ, WWIN, WPRS, WOL, WOLB, and WYCB. Graphic (right) from TRI..... Support DCRTV's Advertisers - 8/18 - DCRTV welcomes back area voice man Pat Garrett for taking out a right column ad through October. Pat launches into the fall book with a new website at PatGarrettCreative.com and some new clients, including WMIL Milwaukee, WDAI Myrtle Beach, WARF-AM Akron, WMAN Mansfield OH, and re-ups with WTOP Washington and WJZ-TV Baltimore. Contact Garrett at Patg343@aol.com or 410-507-2227. Also, we welcome Sky Television for renewing their right column ad for the upcoming year. For almost 20 years, Sky Television has been the market leader in Washington DC and Northern Virginia installing DirecTV systems - from basic tenant space to entire buildings or facilities. From HDTV to IPTV and beyond. If you can dream it, they can design, engineer, and install..... Ravens Still Trying To Get Coach's Show Carried Regionally - 8/18 - While the Ravens have a deal with WBAL Plus to carry the Ravens' shows in the Baltimore market, they're still talking with other area outlets to carry some of the team's seasonal shows to the Mid-Atlantic region, especially Coach John Harbaugh's show, now that the relationship with MASN has ended. More on that and other Baltimore sports media stories in this week's online column from your friendly webmaster at PressBoxOnline.com..... Glassman's Show Lands Local Outlets - 8/18 - Jim Glassman's new "Ideas In Action," a Sunday public affairs show for public television gets some local affiliates. Come September 5th, the program will be seen on Channel 32/WHUT at 9:30 AM and via Maryland Public Television at 8:30 AM. In the past, Glassman hosted "TechnoPolitics" for PBS, "MoneyPolitics" for Channel 7/WJLA, and "Capital Gang Sunday" for CNN. He was a weekly columnist for the Washington Post from 1993 to 2004, a former publisher of the New Republic, a former president of rhe Atlantic Monthly, and a former co-owner and editor of Roll Call. The show tapes at DC's Newseum..... Z Not Sad At Dr. Laura's Radio Exit - 8/18 - Despite her claims, Dr. Laura is no "media victim." Baltimore media critic David Zurawik pens a not-so-fond farewell to the radio personality who was once heard on his city's WCBM. At baltimoresun.com..... Van Slyke Voices BIG - 8/18 - Rich Van Slyke adds five new voiceover clients, including Clear Channel's classic hits WBIG (100.3 FM)..... Newsmax To Bolster DC Bureau - 8/18 - Newsmax plans to add about a half dozen staffers in its Washington DC bureau. The conservative media outlet's revenues last year were in the $34 million range and are expected to hit $50 million this year. The NY Post has more..... Tim Windsor Joins Patch - 8/18 - AOL's Patch names Baltimore's Tim Windsor as editorial director of its south region, as it cements a senior management team for the hundreds of its planned local news websites. AOL plans about a dozen community websites in the DC-Baltimore area. Windsor has been director of digital strategy at Johns Hopkins University. Before that, he was vice president and general manager of Baltimore Sun Interactive..... Laura Leaving Radio - 8/18 - Dr. Laura Schlessinger, who isn't heard on any major radio stations in the DC-Baltimore area, says she's leaving radio. Last week, she got slammed for saying the "n-word" on the air. More from eonline.com..... 45er Loses Philly Gig Because Of Sexy Photos - 8/18 - From NewsBlues: Luscious former Miss Florida, Kristen Berset, who has anchored weekend sports at Sinclair flagship WBFF-45-Fox in Baltimore for the past 18 months, auditioned for the weekend sports vacancy at CBS-owned KYW-3 in Philadelphia and, according to Philly.com gossip gal Marnie Hall, the tryout went well. Until News Director Susan Schiller "Googled" Berset and found a treasure trove of slinky bathing suit photos (a la right) that Schiller felt were inappropriate for a 'legitimate' journalist. Anyway. After due consideration, Schiller gave the coveted sports gig to Lesley Van Arsdall, who anchors the Sunday morning news on KYW-TV and had some football sideline experience on Philadelphia Eagles' pregame broadcasts on KYW-AM. According to insiders, Schiller told Van Arsdall, "The job is yours. Just don't screw it up." Guess what? Van Arsdall says she's leaving on maternity leave in the middle of football season..... Some MALers Eye 105.9 - 8/18 - It's no secret that some WMALers would love to get on FM, a la the Citadel talker's sister 105.9, currently a classic rocker. Still, it appears that some top honchos at Citadel are willing to give 105.9 The Edge, with its new morning team of Kirk McEwen and Mike O'Meara, more of a chance to build ratings. That station, which turns one-year-old this month, hasn't shown much traction in the overall age 12+ numbers, but it has scored well with some key male demos, often even placing above DC's two sports talkers with men in some dayparts. Put there's pressure on Citadel to relay WMAL on FM. Just this week, Atlanta's longtime AM news talker WSB started an FM relay. While it ranks 3rd with an AM-only signal, it's hoping to "pull a WTOP" and jump to 1st with an FM signal, too. You'll recall that DC all-newser WTOP, which always got good ratings, jumped into the stellar ratings category with its move to FM. At first, it ran its signal on FM and via its old 1500 AM outlet. But eventually, it became FM only. And now it's got a huge first place lead in the DC radio market. WMAL, which usually places between 10th and 15th in the DC radio ratings, could become a solid "top 10" player if it added an FM signal, some say. Public radio news talker WAMU, which has always been on FM, is always among the top DC radio stations, and usually way ahead of WMAL. "I do acknowledge that DC is a FM dominant market," a top WMALer tells DCRTV. But it appears that he needs to sell that argument to his bosses at Citadel..... Radio One Seeks Help In Credit Crunch - 8/18 - From Radio Ink: Lanham-based Radio One reports in a filing with the Securities And Exchange Commission that it's amended and extended a forbearance agreement with creditors while it works out its default on some terms. Under the agreement, Radio One will bring in a restructuring adviser who will, with Radio One managers and a financial adviser, meet with lender representatives by August 27. Also, an agent for the lenders has delivered a payment blockage notice that stopped an August 15 payment of interest on notes due 2013. There's a 30-day grace period before nonpayment constitutes a default. Radio One's lenders, led by Wells Fargo, "have not accelerated the indebtedness" under the company's senior credit facility. The company said in the SEC filing that it "continues to actively pursue various financing alternatives with its lenders" and with holders of its 2011 and 2013 notes. Locally, Radio One owns WKYS, WMMJ, WERQ, WWIN, WPRS, WOL, WOLB, and WYCB..... Examiner Elevates Carney - 8/18 - Timothy Carney gets named by the Washington Examiner to be senior political columnist, joining Byron York and Michael Barone on the paper's politics page. Carney was formerly lobbying editor for the Examiner..... Matthew Dowd To Nat'l Journal - 8/18 - Political analyst Matthew Dowd joins the DC-based National Journal as a columnist and "strategic adviser." Dowd's biweekly column will appear in the magazine and on the new National Journal website, which launches in October..... WaPoCo Stock Faces Downgrade - 8/18 - Moody's Investors Service warned that it may downgrade the Washington Post Company because of proposed changes in federal education policy that could hurt Kaplan, the company's biggest division. More in the Post..... Salahis Do HBO, Comcast Screws-Up - 8/18 - The Salahis do HBO and Comcast screws-up a TV poll. More from Lisa de Moraes in the DC Post..... Murdoch Backs Repubs - 8/17 - Righty media baron Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, which owns Fox News and Fox TV stations, including DC's Channel 5/WTTG, gave $1 million to the Republican Governors Association. The Politico and the DC Post have more..... LIF Tops Balto Radio Heap - 8/17 - The Baltimore radio ratings for the first week of August, full-week, age 12+: 1) WLIF, 2) WWIN-FM, 3) WPOC, 4) WERQ, 5) WWMX, 6) WRBS-FM, 7) WZFT, 8) WIYY, 9) WZBA and WBAL-AM, 11) WQSR, 12) WYPR, 13) WJZ-FM, 14) WCBM. More: 24) WBJC, 29) WEAA, 32) WTMD, 34) WRNR-FM, 37) WJZ-AM and WTTR, 39) WWIN-AM, 43) WOLB, 47) WVIE..... "New Blood" At MAL - 8/17 - Rant. OK, so WMAL is bringing some "new blood" to its programming department (see newsblurb below). Here's what Bill Hess needs to do: 1) Create a live and local afternoon drive show. Sorry Sean Hannity, but you'll air tape-delayed after 6 PM. If WMAL is to regain its stature as the top radio talker in the Nation's Capital, it needs to do its own afternoon drive show. 2) Put some liberals into the mix, including on the "Grandy Group" morning show. Yes, WMAL is right-leaning station, but mix it up a bit. More lefties, more blacks, more women would make the station "more like Washington." 3) Get on FM. Washington is an FM market and has been since the 1970s. And the best place to do that is by taking over co-owned 105.9. Have the station air on both AM and FM! That move alone would boost WMAL's audience by 30 percent. People under age 30 don't even know there's an AM band. Sure, I like Mike O'Meara (lefty) and Kirk McEwen (black) on classic rocker 105.9's morning show, but, hey, they would be cool additions to WMAL's talk lineup. 4) Restore WMAL's fulltime news department. Don't "shop it out" to Metro Traffic, like the station now does on overnights and weekends. Revamp the WMAL website to make it look like a leader in DC news, traffic, and weather. 5) Do a deal with the Politico or the Hill and become "the official radio station" of one of those resource-heavy Capitol Hill news organizations. Hey, Bill, you've got your work cut out for you. Now it's time to perform. WMAL can a be a great station once again. It's not too late. More Rants..... Bill Hess Joins WMAL - 8/17 - DCRTV hears that DC radio veteran Bill Hess has been named assistant program director of Citadel righty news talker WMAL (630 AM). His most recent gig was programming lefty talk network Air America, before it went belly-up in January. Before that, Hess worked at Clear Channel, where he programmed talker WTNT, adult contemporary WASH, and classic hits WBIG. In his WMAL gig, he will assist Operations Manager Drew Hayes, who is defacto program director of the station. Hayes is based in Chicago, where he programs Citadel's sister news talker, WLS-AM. Hayes took the programming reins at WMAL in May, when the station canned Paul Duckworth. Duckworth has since landed a programming job at a Dallas news talker..... More Duties For Nat'l Geo's Bellows - 8/17 - The DC-based National Geographic names Melina Gerosa Bellows, currently executive vice president for children's publishing, as chief creative officer for Nat Geo Kids And Family..... Revenue Up At Radio One - 8/17 - Lanham-based urban radio giant Radio One - which owns WKYS, WMMJ, WERQ, and WWIN - sees an increase in net revenue. More at MarketWatch..... Ravens Work To Replace MASN - 8/17 - PressBox has the latest on the Ravens' search for new TV partners now that the team has divorced MASN. Including a bigger relationship with Channel 11/WBAL, which will now carry the Ravens' nightly TV shows come September on WBAL Plus..... Fox Newser Beck To Hold DC Rally On MLK Speech Anniversary - 8/17 - From the Washington Post: Social activists and civil rights leaders, among them the Reverend Al Sharpton, are planning marches and demonstrations on August 28 to coincide with a rally organized by Fox News personality Glenn Beck (right). Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally, with former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin among the scheduled speakers, will take place on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, 47 years to the day after Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have A Dream" speech there. Beck said that the purpose of the event is to restore the country's "values" and to pay tribute to military families. Beck said he believes it was "divine providence" that the rally was scheduled on the anniversary of the King speech. More: Fellow Fox Newser Greta Van Susteren says that Beck should not hold his DC rally on that date. More from the Politico..... A Correction For Kurtz - 8/17 - Paul Farhi's got company. Howard Kurtz also makes mistakes. A correction in Tuesday's Washington Post: "Howard Kurtz's Media Notes column in the July 26 Style section, about competition between the websites TMZ and Radar Online over coverage of actor Mel Gibson and other celebrities, incorrectly said that TMZ is part of AOL. TMZ was founded by AOL and Telepictures, part of the Warner Brothers Television Group, but is owned solely by Telepictures now that AOL is separate from Time Warner"..... Discovery To Pump More Dough Into Oprah Network - 8/17 - Silver Spring-based Discovery Communications is going to increase its funding of the yet-to-debut Oprah Winfrey Network by nearly $90 million. In return, Oprah has agreed to host or star in a show that will air on OWN, which will replace the Discovery Health network in 2011. The DC Post has more..... NAB Ups Jones - 8/17 - The DC-based National Association Of Broadcasters promotes Kris Jones to vice president of media relations. He had been director of media relations..... New PD For 980 - 8/16 - DCRTV hears that Chuck Sapienza has been named program director of ESPN 980, WTEM. He's been the producer of John Thompson's show..... More: Brian Wilson's Toledo Condo Not Foreclosed - 8/16 - Update. DCRTV hears that an early version of a Toledo Blade story reports that a Toledo area condominium owned by Brian Wilson (left) has been foreclosed on and is scheduled for sheriff's sale in September. However, we're now told that the Ohio residence will undergo a regular, non-foreclosure sale. Wilson, a longtime Baltimore radio veteran, now does his show for Toledo news talker WSPD from Lynchburg VA, near where he recently bought a new home. Earlier this year, Wilson said that the Toledo climate was ruining his health. A source close to Wilson says that the Blade has a vendetta against him..... WTOP To Host MD Gov Debate - 8/16 - DC all-newser WTOP will host and carry an October 29 debate between Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley and his challenger, former Governor Bob Ehrlich. Still no word if the two candidates will agree to any debates via any Baltimore media outlets. More at baltimoresun.com..... Jay Cottrell To BAL Radio - 8/16 - One of top local sports talk producers, Jay Cottrell, has landed at WBAL radio, where he'll be handling the evening "Sportsline" program with Brett Hollander. More at washingtonexaminer.com..... 25 To Expand News, Add NOVA Bureau - 8/16 - Hagerstown's Channel 25/WHAG is adding daily local news programming to better cover its Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia service area. A total of 11 hours of news per week, including additional coverage weekdays at 5:30 PM, Monday through Saturday at 7 PM, Saturday and Sunday at 6 AM, and Sunday at 9 AM. The NBC affiliate is also expanding its noon newscast to an hour. In addition, WHAG is opening a news bureau and marketing office in Northern Virginia to further support its expansion of its local news, web, and mobile services to "key areas of the growing Washington DC market," a station statement says. WHAG is carried by Verizon's Fios system throughout Northern Virginia, including the close-in DC suburb of Fairfax County..... James Kilpatrick Dies - 8/16 - James J. Kilpatrick, 89, a fiery advocate of racial segregation as a Richmond newspaper editor in the 1950s who became a sparring partner of liberals on the television show "60 Minutes" and a syndicated columnist who offered conservative views on subjects ranging from politics to proper use of the English language, died August 15 at George Washington University hospital. He had congestive heart failure. His stature as a writer, lecturer, and commentator on public-affairs shows led to his appearances on the "60 Minutes" segment "Point-Counterpoint" in the 1970s. Kilpatrick was also a commentator on the old WTOP-TV, Channel 9, where he was one of the panel members of the weekly political talk show "Agronsky And Company." The Washington Post has more..... Stormy Weather Good News For TOP - 8/16 - The radio ratings for the first week of August (actually late July) show that the area's stormy weather and power outages gave a big boost to all-news WTOP, which is already far-and-away the top station in the DC market. Righty talker WMAL and chick rocker WIAD surge into the "top 10," with WJFK clearly taking the sports talk lead over WTEM. No traction yet for the new McEwen-O'Meara morning show on classic rock WVRX. The full-week, age 12+ numbers: 1) WTOP [1st in all dayparts], 2) WIHT [Kane 4th] and WHUR [Harvey 3rd, Baisden 3rd], 4) WAMU, 5) WASH [L&L 6th], 6) WMMJ [Joyner 5th], 7) WETA-FM, 8) WMZQ, 9) WMAL [GG 7th, Rush 7th, Hannity 8th], 10) WLZL [Biagi 16th] and WIAD, 12) WPRS, 13) WPGC [BT 11th] and WWDC [Elliot 13th], 15) WRQX [Diamond 9th], 16) WBIG, 17) WKYS [Parr 15th], 18) WJFK [Junks 9th, Wise 17th, Arrington 16th] and WVRX [K&M 21st], 20) WGTS, 21) WTEM [M&M 19th, Korny 19th, Czaban 19th], 22) WFLS, 23) WFRE, 24) WBQB and WPFW and WINC-FM, 27) WFED and WERQ, 29) WWEG and WAVA-FM, 31) WDCN and WIYY..... Big DC Expansion For Bloomberg - 8/16 - FishbowlDC tells us that Bloomberg News is hiring in a big way for Washington. Bloomberg Government - BGov - currently has around 20 editorial positions posted on its HR site but is actually looking to hire more than 100 journalists and analysts in the coming months. BGov will cover the business implications of government actions - namely legislation, regulation and government spending. They are "looking for journalists interested in pioneering a different form of journalism - combining reporting with in-depth analysis of data and policy," says a Bloomberg spokesperson..... Comcast "Teasers" Anger Subscribers - 8/16 - Rant. Local cable giant Comcast is currently advertising "Digital Starter Service" plus HBO for just $29.95 a month. The catch is that it's only for new subscribers and only for a six-month introductory period. The same level of service for existing subscribers costs something like $100 a month, with HBO alone being $20 a month. Doesn't Comcast know that super sweet "teaser" offers like this create a palpable level of rage among its current subscribers, who only get "rewarded" with steep annual rate hikes? Sheesh. More Rants..... Kurtz: TBD Success To Be Determined - 8/16 - Howard Kurtz gives us his take on Allbritton's new local news operation TBD in Monday's DC Post: "No website could live up to the months of hype that preceded TBD. At the moment it resembles a sleek, coolly designed, high-tech house with several unfurnished rooms - and a market value yet to be determined." DCRTV notes that the Post normally puts Kurtz's Monday media pieces on the front page of Style. Today's piece about TBD, which is gunning for the same local audience as the Post's washingtonpost.com, gets placement inside the print section. Kind of petty..... NPR's Sagal Has Bike Mishap - 8/16 - Peter Sagal was absent from last weekend's NPR current-events quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me" because the host was involved in a bike accident Wednesday near his home in LaGrange, Illinois. Peter Grosz filled in on the show that tapes Thursdays at Chase Bank Auditorium in Chicago. Sagal is doing OK, although his bike helmet was cracked in the mishap. The show is heard locally on WAMU and WYPR..... Delmarva B'casting Chairman Dies - 8/16 - Jack Buckwalter, who was was chairman of the board of Steinman Enterprises, which owns the Lancaster (PA) Newspapers group and Delmarva Broadcasting, which owns a batch of radio stations on the Eastern Shore and in Wilmington DE, died August 11 at age 79. More at lancasteronline.com..... Ambinder & Madhani Join NJ's WH Team - 8/16 - Marc Ambinder, currently the politics editor of the Atlantic, and Aamer Madhani, currently a correspondent with USA Today, will lead National Journal's new White House team..... Lining Up For Cupcakes - 8/16 - They're lining up by the hundreds at Georgetown Cupcake since the store's gotten a show on TLC. The DC Post has more..... MASN's Dibble Sorry For Jest About Women - 8/15 - MASN Nationals commentator Rob Dibble apologized on-air Sunday for comments he made last week about a group of women behind home plate. "Those ladies right behind there, they haven't stopped talking the whole game," Dibble said in the sixth inning of Wednesday night's Nats broadcast. "They have some conversation going on. Right here," he said, circling the offenders on the screen. "There must be a sale tomorrow going on here or something... Their husbands are going man, don't bring your wife next time." More in Dibble's blog at masnsports.com..... New Site For 1370's Coleman - 8/15 - Jerry Coleman, host of Baltimore sports talker Fox 1370's afternoon drive "Sports With Coleman" show launches a new website - SportsWithColeman.com. It features video interviews, podcasts, and blogs on the Ravens and Orioles, plus local and national sports. Along with updates at twitter.com/sportswcoleman..... Pacifica Yanks PFW Manager - 8/15 - A year after Pacifica ousted the station manager of its Washington outlet, Pacifica officials on Friday dismissed the interim Station Manager Grigsby Hubbard and interim Program Director Bob Daughtry of WPFW (89.3 FM). But during a meeting Saturday called to discuss the resulting turmoil, Daughtry was reinstated, according to participants in the meeting at the "jazz and justice" station. "But in classic lefty-radio form, the firings have inspired the station's volunteer-dominated and famously independent-minded corps of programmers to organize meetings, examine by-laws, and otherwise protest the national network's meddling in the affairs of the local station, which is located one story down from Washington City Paper in Adams Morgan," so report Michael Schaffer and Erin Petty at washingtoncitypaper.com. More from Richard Prince at Journal-isms..... WaPo Fumbles Metro Brawl - 8/15 - Ombudsman Andy Alexander says the DC Post dropped the ball on coverage of last weekend's brawl on the Metro subway system..... Balto TVers Set To Rake In Record Political Ad Cash - 8/15 - This year's race for Maryland's governor has the managers of Baltimore's TV stations smiling, as political ad TV spending in the Charm City market could top $20 million. More at baltimoresun.com..... Journalist With DC Ties Arrested For Sex Crimes - 8/14 - An Ivory Coast native with DC ties, Hugues-Denver Akassy, 42, who claims to be a French-language TV journalist, was charged with sex crimes in NYC. AP has more..... Did DC Police Improperly Escort Salahis? - 8/14 - The DC police could get into hot water for giving a escort to the Salahis during the taping a few months back of the second episode of Bravo's "Real Housewives Of DC," which airs this week. The DC Post has more. Update: Show producer Half Yard Productions says an editing issue made it only seem as if the police were providing an escort when they weren't..... Short Sellers Hit WaPoCo - 8/14 - Short sellers boost bets against the Washington Post Company's stock. More at washingtonpost.com..... Losses Mount For Blockbuster - 8/14 - Movie rental chain Blockbuster, which has been trying to avoid filing for bankruptcy protection amid tough competition from rivals like Netflix, said its second-quarter net loss widened. More at sfgate.com..... Expansion Plans For Rob Douglas - 8/14 - DCRTV already told you that former WBAL radio talk show host Rob Douglas, now based in Colorado, has teamed with Cari Hermacinski to create "The Cari And Rob Show." The right-of-center political talk program airs weekdays from noon to 2 PM ET. Listen via stream, on-demand, and podcast at CariAndRob.info or via radio affiliates in Colorado and Utah. Now we hear that, starting September 7th, the show will be adding a new affiliate, talker KEXO in Grand Junction, Colorado. Also on that date, the show will expand from two to three hours..... WRC Leads Storm Coverage - 8/13 - The local TV news ratings for Thursday afternoon's storm coverage. At 4 PM: 1) WRC, 2) WTTG, 3) WJLA, 4) WUSA. At 5 PM: 1) WRC, 2) WJLA, 3) WUSA, 4) WTTG. At 6 PM: 1) WRC, 2) WJLA, 3) WUSA, 4) WTTG..... More On Allbritton Campaign Against Comcast-NBC Pairing - 8/13 - The DC Post has more on that Allbritton campaign against the Comcast-NBC merger. In ads running on WTOP and in his Politico, Allbritton Chief Executive Robert Allbritton says Comcast and NBC have bought up influence in Washington and urged regulators to consider how the merger could affect local broadcasters - he owns WJLA and TBD/NewsChannel 8 - who depend on Comcast to carry them. Allbritton tells the Post that Comcast has "hired every lobbyist in town" to talk up the merger and a speedy review. Allbritton has a huge stake in the merger, as Comcast carries his broadcast properties WJLA and TBD/NC8 on its systems locally, and WJLA competes directly against NBC-owned WRC..... TV & Radio Ramp Up For "New Look" Skins - 8/13 - Jim Williams looks at the changes in TV coverage as the "new look" Washington Redskins - with a new coach and QB - start their preseason schedule tonight via Comcast SportsNet and Channel 4/WRC. On the radio side, even though ESPN 980 will carry the games, rival sports talker 106.7 The Fan will offer a pregame and postgame show called "Washington Game Day Uncensored" with LaVar Arrington and Bill Rohland, with the hour before kickoff handled by the Sports Junkies. One thing that won't change - Sonny Jurgensen, Sam Huff, and play-by-play man Larry Michael will call the games on ESPN 980. More at washingtonexaminer.com..... No "Porn" Allowed On Public Access TV - 8/13 - TBD looks at some DC area public access TV groups, including Arlington Independent Media and Greenbelt Access Television, and finds that almost anything goes - except for "porn and gambling"..... Syndie Deal For Diamond? - 8/13 - All Access is reporting that Mix 107.3, WRQX morning man Jack Diamond (right) "is being courted for a syndication deal." And that McVay Media, headed by Mike McVay, will handle the national radio spread of the DC radio veteran. McVay also syndicates Donnie Osmond's new radio show..... Scully Loses Mother - 8/13 - Condolences to CSPAN Senior Executive Producer/Political Editor Steve Scully on the August 5th death of his mother, Betty. She was 90..... Allbritton Asks FCC To Reject Comcast-NBC Merger - 8/12 - Allbritton Communications, owner of DC's ABC affiliate Channel 7WJLA and TBD/NewsChannel 8 in Washington, has asked the FCC to impose conditions on the Comcast/NBC merger to protect its regional cable news channel and to delay its decision on the deal until it can fully vet the implications of Comcast's distribution power in markets where it will have NBC owned stations - like DC with Channel 4/WRC - as well as cable systems. B&C has more..... More: 50 To Air 3 Ravens Preseason Outings - 8/12 - DCRTV tipped you yesterday. And now we get official confirmation from DC's Channel 50/WDCW that it will air three Baltimore Ravens preseason games, including the Ravens-Redskins match at FedEx Field on August 21, the Ravens-Giants on August 28, and the Ravens-Rams on September 2. The games were to have been shown in the DC market on MASN, but the Ravens ended their deal with the regional sports network in early August. The August 21 Redskins-Ravens game will also be seen on Comcast SportsNet and Channel 4/WRC..... WWIN-FM Tops Balto Radio Ratings - 8/12 - Radio One's adult urban contemporary Magic 95.9, WWIN-FM, tops the Baltimore radio ratings for the month of July. Full-week, age 12+: 1) WWIN-FM, 2) WLIF, 3) WPOC, 4) WERQ, 5) WWMX, 6) WZFT, 7) WIYY and WQSR, 9) WBAL-AM, 10) WRBS-FM, 11) WCBM, 12) WZBA, 13) WYPR, 14) WPGC, 15) WJZ-FM, 16) WWDC, 17) WCAO, 18) WRQX and WKYS, 20) WAMU and WTOP-FM, 22) WHUR and WIHT and WBIG, 25) WBJC, 26) WASH, 27) WRNR-FM and WEAA, 29) WGTS and WXCY and WLZL, 22) WMZQ and WMAL and WTEM, 35) WTMD, 36) WWIN-AM and WJZ-AM, 38) WFRE and WIAD, 40) WMMJ and WOLB, 42) WETA-FM and WTTR, 44) WVBV and WVRX and WPFW and WWEG and WVIE and WAVA-FM and WFED..... "Kid" Covers Skins For JFK - 8/12 - Dave McKenna talks to Grant Paulsen, the new Redskins beat reporter for 106.7 The Fan, WJFK. Paulsen, just 22, appeared at age 10 with former sportscaster Ken Broo on Channel 9/WUSA doing "Ken And The Kid" football picks, which were picked up by David Letterman. Paulsen has attended every Skins game since 1999. More at washingtoncitypaper.com..... WBAL Plus To Air Ravens Shows - 8/12 - The good news: The Ravens have found a new home for their TV shows, a la "1 Winning Drive," "The John Harbaugh Show," "Ravens Game Plan," "Ravens Report," and "Purple Passion" now that is has divorced from MASN. They'll be seen on the WBAL Plus digital subchannel of Channel 11/WBAL's signal. The shows will air Monday through Friday at 7:30 PM and at midnight, starting September 7. WBAL Plus can be found on-air at 11-2 and via Comcast's 208 and Verizon Fios's 460 in the Baltimore area. And that's the bad news. So, far no TV coverage of the shows outside the Baltimore market, like in DC, Northern Virginia, Harrisburg, Richmond, Norfolk, parts of the Eastern Shore, and via DirecTV and Dish Network - where MASN also reached. You can watch the shows via BaltimoreRavens.com..... Ravens Do Deals With DC's WTOP, WFED, WDCW - 8/11 - The Baltimore Ravens have added Bonneville's DC all-news WTOP's digital HD Radio 103.5 FM subchannels - not its main signal - and the main signal of Bonneville's DC news talker WFED, 1500 AM, to its roster of seasonal radio affiliates. Also, Tribune's DC TVer Channel 50/WDCW will carry the Ravens' three final preseason games now that the team has ended its deal with the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network. The team's first preseason game Thursday will air nationally on ESPN and on Baltimore's Channel 13/WJZ. The remainder of the games will air on Baltimore's Channel 11/WBAL, along with WDCW. Meanwhile, Ravens top exec Mark Burdett said the team plans to announce next week where their five weekly television shows will air since the MASN split. Comcast SportsNet and WBAL Plus, a digital channel of WBAL-TV, are among the top candidates to run the programs. The Washington Business Journal has more..... New Classified Ad - 8/11 - The Shenandoah Valley's WSVG is looking for a talk radio host and salesperson. That's the latest DCRTV Classified Ad. For just $25 you can reach many thousands of movers and shakers..... July: TOP Continues To Dominate DC Radio Heap - 8/11 - All-news WTOP continued its huge lead in the DC radio ratings for July. It got a 10.9 share of all listeners, age 12+, full-week, during the summer month. That's a spectacular nearly 2-to-1 advantage over second place WMMJ. The rankings: 1) WTOP [1st in all dayparts], 2) WMMJ [Joyner 2nd], 3) WIHT [Kane 5th], 4) WHUR [Harvey 4th, Baisden 2nd], 5) WAMU, 6) WASH [L&L 6th], 7) WETA-FM, 8) WMZQ, 9) WPRS and WBIG and WLZL [Biagi 17th], 12) WKYS [Parr 10th], 13) WRQX [Diamond 8th] and WPGC [BT 16th], 15) WMAL [GG 9th, Rush 8th, Hannity 16th], 16) WWDC [Elliot 12th], 17) WIAD, 18) WVRX [K&M 19th], 19) WJFK [Junks 13th, Wise 20th, Arrington 19th] and WGTS, 21) WTEM [M&M 20th, Korny 19th, Czaban 20th], 22) WBQB, 23) WFLS, 24) WINC-FM and WPFW and WWEG and WAVA-FM, 28) WFRE and WERQ, 30) WDCN and WFED, 32) WAFY and WIYY and WQSR and WBQH and WILC, 37) WJYJ and WLIF and WWRC and WPOC and WWMX and WGRX and WTNT and WGRQ and WBJC and WRNR-FM. In the male, age 25-54 demo, full-week: 1) WTOP, 2) WLZL, 3) WVRX, 4) WAMU, 5) WMMJ and WIHT, 7) WWDC, 8) WJFK, 9) WHUR, 10) WASH and WBIG, 12) WKYS, 13) WTEM, 14) WRQX, 15) WPGC..... TBD Does KYS's EZ - 8/11 - Radio personality EZ Street works for WKYS 93.9 FM, which calls itself DC's source for "what's hot in the hip-hop community." But man can not live on Jeezy and Weezy alone. TBD has more..... Czabe's AM Show To Air On 570? - 8/10 - Jim Williams tells DCRTV that Steve Czaban's new national morning show for Sporting News Radio will air in the Washington market on Redskins owner Dan Snyder's WTNT, 570 AM, which mainly airs political talk. Czaban's new DC-based show starts later this month. Czaban will continue doing his afternoon local show for Snyder's sports talker WTEM, ESPN 980. Williams has more at washingtonexaminer.com. Update: WTNT, which currently carries the Washington Times morning radio show, is denying Williams' report..... CSN To Air 4 Skins Preseason Games - 8/10 - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic begins coverage of the Washington Redskins four-game 2010 preseason schedule on Friday, August 13, at 7:30 PM when they host the Buffalo Bills. The network's high-def broadcasts will feature expanded game-day coverage on "Redskins Kickoff" and "Redskins PostGame Live." Coverage of the preseason games will be led by veteran play-by-play announcer Kenny Albert and legendary former quarterback Joe Theismann, who will serve as analyst. Former Redskin Rick "Doc" Walker will provide in-game reporting from the sidelines. Mike Patrick will handle play-by-play duties for Albert when the Redskins host the Baltimore Ravens at FedEx Field on August 21..... Patch Comes To DC Area - 8/10 - DCRTV hears that AOL is about to unveil several Patch hyper-local news sites in the DC area, including Annandale, Annapolis, Burke, Hyattsville, Woodbridge, Wheaton, and Reston, which launches on Thursday at reston.patch.com. That's a move-up from its planned late August launch date..... Grease Loses FL Gig - 8/10 - It looks like Doug "Greaseman" Tracht (right) is officially out of his gig at Jacksonville classic rocker WFYV, as the station switched to a more music-intensive sound. Yesterday, DCRTV reported that Tracht was going to be taking some time off from WFYV. A lot of time, apparently. Tracht, who was a "top 40" DJ at legendary Jacksonville AMer WAPE in the late 1970s, moved to rocker DC101 in 1982 (and got suspended for making a tasteless joke in 1985). And, in the 1990s, he worked at the old classic rock WARW (where he got fired for making a tasteless joke in 1999) and had a syndicated radio show on a few area stations a few years back. With a return to DC101's Saturday mornings as his most recent local radio gig. There are rumblings that he might end up at Citadel's classic rock 105.9 The Edge, which has an opening for an afternoon personality. Last we heard, Tracht still maintained a mansion in the hills of Potomac MD..... Confirmed: New SNR Show For Czabe - 8/10 - DCRTV tipped you last week. And now we get official confirmation that ESPN 980's Steve Czaban (right) will be hosting a morning show for Sporting News Radio, where he'll be joined by 980's Scott Linn, plus producer Steve Solomon and news update anchor Al Galdi. The DC-based show starts later this month and will be produced by Mission Media Group. Czaban will continue hosting the afternoon "Sports Reporters" show for ESPN 980, WTEM. From 2003 to 2009, he hosted a morning show for Fox Sports Radio. No word if ESPN 980 will carry Czaban's new show. It currently runs ESPN's "Mike And Mike" in mornings. Update: DCRTV hears from a WTEM source that the station has no plans to run Czaban's new morning show and will stick with Mike and Mike..... New Site & Gigs For Pat Garrett - 8/10 - DCRTV hears that Baltimore and DC voice great Pat Garrett launches into the fall book with a new website at patgarrettcreative.com and some new clients, including WMIL Milwaukee, WDAI Myrtle Beach, WARF-AM Akron, WMAN Mansfield OH, and re-ups with WTOP Washington and WJZ-TV Baltimore. Contact Garrett at Patg343@aol.com or 410-507-2227..... Older news goes to DCRTV's News Archive. Copyright Dave Hughes/DCRTV.....

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