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DCRTV Front - NYC - Contact Us - Mailbag - Advertise - Support DCRTV - DCRTV Plus Boards: RI Boston Radio - RI Providence Radio - RI Hartford Radio Baghdady Re-Signs With WTNH - 2/1 - Anchor Sonia Baghdady has signed a new contract with Hartford's Channel 8/WTNH, following a period of negotiations that included the station posting a job opening for her position..... WWLI & WRCH Top Ratings - 1/30 - WWLI tops the Providence radio ratings and WRCH tops Hartford in the latest batch of numbers..... CC Flips Hartford's 97.9 To Sports - 1/27 - Clear Channel launches Sports 97.9 in Hartford, bringing the format over from WPOP-AM, 1410. The FMer had been country WPKX, which can now be heard on 100.9 FM..... DirecTV To Continue Carrying 7 - 1/27 - Boston NBC affiliate Channel 7/WHDH's owner Sunbeeam and DirecTV have reached a carriage agreement which guarantees that the satellite TV providers' local subscribers won't face Super Bowl blackout on February 5th..... 25 Ups Wroblewski - 1/27 - Sarah Wroblewski joins Fox-owned Channel 25/WFXT as weekend meteorologist. Wroblewski joined the station last year as a fill-in meteorologist and environmental reporter. Prior to joining WFXT, Wroblewski spent five years at CBS's Channel 4/WBZ, where she was a weather reporter and weekend morning meteorologist..... WODS Tops Boston - 1/26 - Fueled by Christmas tunes, WODS topped the Boston radio ratings for the "holiday" period. More at radio-info.com..... DirecTVers Face Bowl Blackout - 1/25 - From TVSpy: As the New England Patriots prepare for the Super Bowl, DirecTV subscribers in Boston are fretting over a potential blackout of the game. Sunbeam Television, which owns Boston NBC-affiliate Channel 7/WHDH, is currently locked in a retrans battle with DirecTV and has pulled its stations from the popular satellite service until a new agreement is reached. Now the stakes have been significantly raised for the negotiations with the Super Bowl less than two weeks away..... Carabeo To 64 - 1/25 - Jan Carabeo will joins Hartford Fox-affiliate Channel 64/WTIC. She cmes from WSYR-TV in Syracuse, where she has been a general assignment reporter since 2010..... Salem Sells WBZS - 1/19 - Salem sells the Providence area's business news talker WBZS, 550 AM, to Starboard Media, which plans to put a Catholic-oriented religious format on the station. The reported sale price is $750,000..... Mel Goldstein Dies - 1/19 - From the Hartford Courant: Dr. Mel Goldstein had plans for the weeks ahead, cancer or no cancer. They included giving his daily weather reports on two radio stations and organizing a radiothon to benefit Connecticut Hospice in Branford. But on Wednesday, the 66-year-old former WTNH-TV meteorologist died at Yale-New Haven Hospital, 16 years after being diagnosed with multiple myeloma..... Man Hit By WHDH SUV - 1/17 - From TV Spy: A Channel 7/WHDH photographer hit a 25-year-old man while driving a station SUV early Tuesday morning. The man, who was trying to run across the highway when he was hit, is now in serious condition. The accident occurred around 2:30 AM on Tuesday as the WHDH photographer was on duty. The man apparently exited his disabled vehicle, which was parked in the breakdown lane, and attempted to cross the highway when he was struck by the WHDH SUV..... WXCT Simulcasts WSPR - 1/17 - Radio-Info.com tells us that Hartford-market WXCT, Southington CT, 990 AM, is now simulcasting sister station WSPR, Power 1270, out of Springfield MA. That means the Spanish Christian format is off WXCT, and it's simulcasting Springfield-market Spanish tropical WSPR..... 30 Expands Weekend Newscasts - 1/12 - NBC owned Channel 30/WVIT in Hartford is adding 90 minutes to weekend newscasts. Both the Saturday and Sunday morning newscasts on WVIT will now begin at 5:30 AM..... Globe To Print & Deliver Herald - 1/9 - The Boston Globe will print and deliver the Boston Herald, starting this month, as the tabloid seeks to cut costs and prepares to move from its headquarters in the South End, the two newspapers said. Under terms of the deal, the Herald will pay the Globe an undisclosed sum to print and distribute its editions in the Boston area, enabling the Herald to eliminate the jobs of 53 truck drivers and other delivery personnel through layoffs and buyouts. More at boston.com..... Wilbur Leaves XRV - 1/4 - Catie Wilbur leaves her program director and music director duties at Boston's adult alternative WXRV - a reported budget cut. Denver-based Mike Henry will take over music duties at the station..... Kim Carrigan Leaves 25 - 1/4 - Kim Carrigan is out of her morning anchor gig at Boston's Channel 25/WFXT after seven years. Her contract is not being renewed..... XKS Tops Boston - 12/29 - Contemporary hit WXKS-FM, Kiss 108, continues to stay on top of the Boston radio heap for the month of December. More at radio-info.com..... 7 Settles With Union - 12/28 - The union that represents the on-air personalities at Boston's Channel 7/WHDH has reached a contract agreement with the station after more than two years of contentious negotiations. The three-year deal will phase out fees paid to anchors and reporters for on-air appearances - a hotly contested issue during negotiations - in exchange for a 2 percent increase in their base salaries. More at boston.com..... Rockstroth To WLNE - 12/22 - Bob Rockstroth gets hired as the news director at Channel 6/WLNE in Providence. He resigned last February as the news director at Hartford's Channel 61/WTIC..... Jackie Bruno To NECN - 12/21 - Jackie Bruno, formerly Miss Massachusetts USA in 2008, becomes a news anchor at New England Cable News..... WPRO Tops Hartford - 12/6 - WPRO-FM tops Providence and WRCH tops Hartford in the November monthly radio ratings..... Kiss 108 Leads Boston Radio Ratings - 12/2 - Contemporary hit Kiss 108, WXKS-FM, tops the Boston radio heap for the month of November. More at radio-info.com..... Globe's Slack To Politico - 11/29 - Washington-based Donovan Slack leaves the Boston Globe, where she's been covering the White House, to join Politico to handle the Politico 44 blog, which covers President Obama..... Nassau Heads To Bankruptcy Court - 11/29 - The licenses for Nassau Broadcasting's 39 radio stations throughout the northeast have been "accepted for filing" by the FCC, giving the Princeton NJ-based firm "debtor-in-possession" status. TRI's Tom Taylor tells us that Nassau and its creditors seem to have quit wrestling over its fate, and they're all back in Judge Kevin Gross' federal bankruptcy court on December 20 to handle business like approving Rothschild as an advisor and investment banker..... Williams Voices NECN - 11/16 - Ted Williams, that homeless radio jock discovered in Columbus OH a while back, is now doing voiceover work for New England Cable News..... WODS & WROR Goes XMAS - 11/14 - Boston's WODS and WROR have both flipped to all-Christmas tunes..... 10 & 12 To Start 4:30 AM News - 11/11 - Channel 10/WJAR and Channel 12/WJAR in Providence move up the start of their weekday morning newscasts to 4:30 AM beginning November 28th..... Original WBZ Tower Come Down - 11/7 - The original broadcast towers for WBZ NewsRadio 1030 along I-91 in Springfield were taken down on Saturday. The towers sat on top of the old Westinghouse plant in Springfield for 90 years. New owners of the former Westinghouse buildings have been clearing the plant property making way for a redevelopment. More at boston.cbslocal.com..... Cox Sells 2 AMers To Sacret Heart - 11/1 - Cox sells two southern Connecticut AMs to Sacred Heart University. Sacred Heart will convert WSTC, 1400 in Stamford, and WNLK, 1350 in Norwalk, to non-commercial status. The two currently simulcast a commercial talk format. SHU already owns news/talk and classical WSHU-FM, 91.1 in Fairfield, and non-commercial WSHU-AM, 1260 in Westport. No price has been announced for the transaction..... NBC Sports To CT - 10/23 - NBC Sports has agreed to move from New York City to Stamford to take advantage of tax breaks, adding to a growing film and TV presence in the southwestern Connecticut city. AP has more..... 10 Sorry For Story Swipe - 10/23 - Media General's Channel 10/WJAR in Providence apologizes for swiping a story from the Providence Journal. More at turnto10.com..... Man Killed In Fall From Tower - 10/13 - An Iowa man has been killed in a 500-foot fall from a Boston-area radio tower. The 1,300 feet high structure houses the antennae for a number of Boston area FMers, including WBUR, WBZ-FM, WKLB, and WJMN. The man fell from the 500-foot level. He was a contract employee for American Tower Corporation. The Boston Globe has more..... Charlie Bagley Dies - 10/12 - Charlie Bagley, longtime Hartford TV weatherman for Channel 3/WFSB for 23 years until his retirement in 1994, died Sunday at his home. He was 82. More from the Hartfordite..... News Net For 50 - 10/11 - Channel 50/WZMY in Derry NH, which covers the Boston TV market, drops its My TV affiliation and goes independent with a news format. Carlisle One Media recently purchased the station and has given it the WBIN calls with a feed from the Iowa-based Independent News Network..... JBJ Leaves BMX - 10/10 - Jay Beau Jones leaves his program director gig at CBS's hot adult contemporary WBMX, 104.1 FM, in Boston..... WPRO Tops Providence, WWYZ Tops Hartford - 10/7 - WPRO-FM tops the Providence radio ratings for September. And WWYZ is tops in Hartford..... Jim Lokay To 5 - 10/6 - Jim Lokay gets hired by Boston's Channel 5/WCVB to be a weekend morning news anchor and weekday reporter. He comes from KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, where he was a traffic and transportation reporter..... Hearst Study: Local TV Big During Hurricane Irene - 10/5 - All Access reports that a Hearst survey shows that local broadcast television was the primary source of hurricane information when Irene hit the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast in late August. The study, which looked at the Boston, Baltimore, and Burlington NH markets where Hearst owns stations, showed that local TV was the source for first news on Irene for 39%, trailed by the internet with 16%, and all other sources, including radio, with 11%. Among the 40% of responding households that lost power, "A large portion of respondents indicated that, while they were without power, they turned to the radio for information," with 16% listening to a TV broadcast on the radio. But when power was restored, 50% said they returned to local TV as their information source, with 14% turning to the internet..... Kiss 108 Tops Boston - 10/5 - Once again, Kiss 108, WXKS-FM, tops the Boston radio ratings. The September monthly numbers are at radio-info.com..... Classical New England Debuts - 10/3 - From Tom Taylor's TRI newsletter: At Boston’s WCRB, the re-branding is “Classical New England”, and not much “WCRB.” Its parent says it “moves into the new season and beyond with a new name: Classical New England.” That comes as the Boston-based regional net expands into the Providence area thanks to a deal with Bryant University’s WJMF, Smithfield, RI at 88.7 (June 3 TRI). Now “Classical New England” can be heard on 99.5 (Boston-market WCRB, Lowell), the HD2 channel of WGBH (89.7), the Providence-market 88.7, and also signals in Beacon Hill and Nantucket. There’s a new lineup – Laura Carlo in mornings, followed by Alan McLellan, Cathy Fuller, and James David Jacobs. They’re slotting in “Performance Today” from American Public Media at 7pm. Cheryl Willoughby joins as music director, from Vermont Public Radio..... Pittman To Head Clear Channel - 10/3 - CC Media Holdings, the owner of radio giant Clear Channel Communications, names Bob Pittman as chief executive officer. Pittman is he co-founder and former CEO of music channel MTV, joined CC Media in November 2010 as an investor and the chairman of media and entertainment platforms. More at businessweek.com..... WEZN Ups Jolana Smith - 9/28 - Jolana Smith moves from weekend duties to the weekday midday host gig, along with the assistant program director post, at Bridgeport CT's adult contemporary WEZN..... BZ-FM Teams Gets CSN Daily Replay - 9/22 - Michael Felger and Tony Massarotti, the morning team on Boston sports talker WBZ-FM, 98.5, get an afternoon video replay on Comcast SportsNet beginning this fall..... Price Leaves WEZN - 9/21 - As a result of budget cuts, Marit Price exits as morning co-host at adult contemporary WEZN in Bridgeport CT..... Nassau Faces Involuntary Bankruptcy - 9/17 - Nassau Broadcasting Partners, a closely held company that runs radio stations in the northeast US, faces an involuntary petition for its bankruptcy from creditors owed more than $83.8 million including Goldman Sachs and Fortress Credit. Goldman said it's owed more than $69.8 million, Fortress made a claim for more than $11.2 million, according to the Chapter 7 petition filed in US Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington DE. The company, based in Princeton NJ, runs or owns radio stations in New Jersey, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. Bloomberg has more..... WWYZ Tops Hartford - 9/12 - Country WWYZ tops the Hartford market radio ratings. More at radio-info.com..... Reid Lamberty To HDH - 9/8 - Reid Lamberty becomes the top evening news anchor at Channel 7/WHDH. He replaces Frances Rivera, who recently left for an anchor gig at NYC's Channel 11/WPIX..... WEEI To Get 93.7 Relay - 9/8 - Starting Monday, Entercom will give Boston sports talker WEEI, currently on 850 AM, an FM relay on 93.7 by blowing up variety hits "Mike FM," WMKK..... Kiss 108 Tops Boston Radio Heap - 9/8 - Kiss 108, WXKS-FM, tops the monthly August radio ratings for Boston. More at radio-info.com..... Bob Case Joins Cash By Creative - 9/7 - Bob Case joins DC-based Cash By Creative as managing partner and executive vice president of operations. Case spent the past seven years as the senior vice president of Clear Channel's internal creative shop, the Creative Services Group. Prior to that, he was a Clear Channel vice president of programming, radio station owner, as well as market manager and on-air talent. CBC is the world's largest independent provider of creative and new business tools exclusively for radio sales. The firm, whose clients include CBS Radio, Mainline Broadcasting, and Maverick Media, is headed by Yaman Coskun, who is presidenr of Yamanair Creative Worldwide, which is CBC's parent company. Coskun was the the first creative director of Clear Channel's Hot 99.5, WIHT, in DC. More at CashByCreative.com..... Anne Craig To 8 - 9/7 - Anne Craig, who left NYC's Channel 5/WNYC in April, jumps to New Haven CT's Channel 8/WTNH to be a reporter and weekend news anchor..... Dan Hunts Leaves WWKX - 8/23 - Dan Hunt is the new program director at Beasley's rhythmic contemporary WRDW, Wired 96.5, in Philadelphia. He comes from like-formatted WWKX in Providence, where he was middayer..... RIPR Eyes 88.1 - 8/17 - Rhode Island Public Radio, the Wheeler School, and Latino Public Radio are nearing a deal that would reshuffle their spots on the AM and FM dials. The yet-to-be signed 10 year lease allows Rhode Island Public Radio to broadcast on Wheeler's 88.1 FM signal. In turn, Rhode Island Public Radio would lease its 1290 AM signal to Latino Public Radio for the next five years. More at www.publicbroadcasting.net..... FNX's Fletcher To Richmond - 8/16 - Dustin "Fletcher" Matthews has been named program director at Clear Channel's Richmond alt rocker WRXL. He comes from Boston alt rocker WFNX, where he's been morning host and assistant program director..... 9 AM News For WHDH - 8/16 - Boston's Channel 7/WHDH will start a 9 AM weekdaily newscast, which will replace "Regis And Kelly," which movies to Channel 5/WCVB..... Severin To 1200 - 8/16 - Jay Severin jumps to Clear Channel talker WXKS-AM, 1200, to do the 3 PM to 6 PM shift. He left crosstown Boston Greater Media talker WTKK, 96.9 FM, in April after getting suspended..... PRO-FM Tops Providence, WWYZ Tops Hartford - 8/12 - WPRO-FM tops the Providence radio ratings for July. More at radio-info.com. And, WWYZ-FM tops Hartford. More at radio-info.com..... XKS Tops Boston - 8/10 - Contemporary hit WXKS-FM, Kiss 108, again tops the Boston radio ratings. The numbers for July are at radio-info.com..... "Duncan" Leaves FNX - 8/8 - David "Duncan" Virr leaves Boston alternative rocker WFNX (101.7 FM) for Manchester VT, to become production director and afternoon host for alternative rocke WEQX (102.7 FM)..... Verizon Workers Call Strike - 8/8 - From the NY Times: Two unions representing 45,000 workers at Verizon Communications announced early Sunday that they were calling an immediate strike because of a lack of progress in contract negotiations. The strike involves Verizon telephone field technicians, call center workers, and cable installers from Massachusetts to Virginia and is expected to cause some delays in repairing and installing land line phones and Verizon's Fios television and internet service. Officials with the two unions, the Communications Workers Of America and the International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers, said Verizon was demanding far too many concessions - on health coverage, pensions, and other matters - and was not backing off many of them..... 7's Relerford To Chicago - 8/1 - Anchor and reporter Michele Relerford leaves Boston's Channel 7/WHDH for a gig in Chicago, probably at Fox-owned WFLD-TV..... 38 To Launch 10 PM Newscast - 7/28 - From the Boston Globe: Channel 38/WSBK will join the 10 PM news race in September. As part of its new partnership with MyNetworkTV, which will provide primetime programming on WSBK, the station plans to shift its half-hour 9 PM newscast to an hour later beginning September 19. In that time slot, the newscast will compete with ratings powerhouse Channel 25/WFXT and Channel 56/WLVI, which airs news from sister station Channel 7/WHDH. Kate Merrill will anchor the 10 PM newscast on WSBK, along with meteorologist Todd Gutner and sports director Steve Burton. WSBK is the sister station of Channel 4/WBZ. Both stations are owned and operated by CBS..... Lorch To Seattle - 7/22 - News anchor Matt Lorch leaves Channel 7/WHDH for KCPQ-TV in Seattle..... Steve Lacy To NYC - 7/21 - Reporter and weekend morning anchor Steve Lacy jumps from Boston's Channel 5/WCVB to NYC's Channel 5/WNYW, where he'll co-anchor the weekday morning newscast..... Mulaire Replaces Underwood At 25 - 7/18 - Shannon Mulaire moves to weekend anchor at Boston's Channel 25/WFXT. She replaces Sara Underwood, who left the Fox station to spend more time with her family..... 4's Rusconi To Cincinnati - 7/18 - Reporter Peg Rusconi leaves Boston's Channel 4/WBZ after 14 years to move to Cincinnati. Dan Hoard, her husband, has been named radio play-by-play announcer for the Cincinnati Bengals. Before joining WBZ-TV in 1997, Rusconi worked for Cincinnati's WKRC-TV..... WRCH Tops Hartford - 7/18 - Adult contemporary WRCH tops the Hartford radio ratings for June. More at radio-info.com..... Underwood Leaves 25 - 7/15 - Sara Underwood leaves her reporting and weekend anchoring gig at Channel 25/WFTX to spend more time with her family..... Rivera Joins NYC's 11 - 7/15 - Frances Rivera will join NYC's WPIX/Channel 11 at the end of August, co-anchoring the Tribune station's morning news. Rivera has been with Boston's WHDH-TV since 2001 and is an anchor of the weekday shows at 5 PM, 6 PM and 11 PM there..... 5 More For Siegel At 108 - 7/14 - Clear Channel's contemporary hit WXKS-FM, Kiss 108, signs morning man Matt Siegel to five more years..... Rivera Leaves 7 - 7/14 - News anchor Frances Rivera is leaving Channel 7/WHDH, and there are rumblings that she's heading to a TVer in NYC. She's been at WHDH 10 years..... Kiss 108 Tops Boston Ratings - 7/14 - Contemporary hit Kiss 108, WXKS-FM, tops the Boston radio ratings for June. More at radio-info.com..... Paige Named ND At 6 - 7/11 - Irene Mahoney-Paige has been named news director of Providence's Channel 6/WLNE. She comes from Hartford's Channel 61/WTIC, where she was executive producer..... WPRO Veteran Larry Kruger Dies - 7/5 - From 630wpro.com: With a corny but quick wit and best known as Salty Brine's longtime sidekick on the WPRO airwaves, Larry "Ice Cold" Kruger has died. He was 66. After wetting his feet, dabbling in radio while serving in the United States Navy, Kruger spent his early professional years in Springfield, MA. Kruger came to WPRO in 1973, starting off in the afternoons, then mid-days and finally joning Salty on the WPRO morning show in 1977. Larry Kruger remained a fixture on the morning show until Salty's retirement in 1993 and stuck around for two more years with John "Coach" Colletto..... DC's Knapp Adds Providence Duties - 6/22 - Toby Knapp, who is heard doing afternoons on Clear Channel's contemporary hit Hot 99.5, WIHT, in DC, adds morning duties at the company's hot adult contemporary WSNE in Providence. He replaces Kiss 108 morning man Matty Siegel at "Coast 93.3." Siegel will continue being heard on Boston's WXKS-FM..... Churchville Leaves WJAR - 6/22 - Lisa Churchville says she will leave her general manager gig at Providence's Channel 10/WJAR as of June 30. She joined the Media General station in 1997..... Herald Offers Buyouts - 6/20 - From politico.com: The Boston Herald, which was recently involved in a high-profile spat with the White House, is offering buyouts to all its employees. The scrappy tabloid has given its employees two weeks to make a decision before any layoffs come next month. “The staffing adjustments we’re making are a result of revenue pressure all newspapers are experiencing,” the paper’s publisher Patrick J. Purcell said in a statement. The Herald claimed in mid-May that it was excluded from pool coverage duty as a result of its decision to run a Mitt Romney op-ed on its front page in March. Its circulation stood at about 120,000 on weekdays, according to numbers released in May. Its main competitor, the Boston Globe, has a weekday circulation of about 300,000..... WLNE Cans ND - 6/16 - Channel 6/WLNE in Provience pink slips Dan Fabrizio, the news director for the Citadel Communications..... WSBK To Join MyNetworkTV - 6/16 - Boston's Channel 38/WSBK, which is an independent station owned by CBS, which also owns Boston CBS outlet Channel 4/WBZ, will be becoming a MyNetworkTV affiliate, NewsBlues reports..... WXKS-FM Tops Boston - 6/15 - Contemporary hit Kiss 108, WXKS-FM, tops the Boston radio ratings for the month of May. More at radio-info.com..... Kowalski To Denver - 6/10 - Ed Kowalski, who used to be news director of Boston's Channel 7/WHDH, gets named news director of Tribune's KWGN-TV and Local TV's KDVR-TV in Denver..... Brown To Entercom Boston - 6/2 - Jeff Brown is Entercom's new market manager for Boston. He comes from Entercom's Portland, Oregon cluster. Brown will oversee sports talker WEEI and classic hits WMKK..... Phil Redo To WGBH Radio - 5/26 - Phil Redo joins Boston's WGBH-FM as managing director of news. He comes from NYC's WNYC, where here he was vice president, and Greater Media's Boston radio cluster, where he was general manager..... Menna To Head CC Boston & Providence - 5/24 - Clear Channel Radio names Mary Menna market manager for Boston and Providence. Menna is a 22-year Clear Channel Radio Boston veteran who previously served as director of sales in Boston and Providence. Before that, she served as the general sales manager and national sales manager..... Parmesan To WWKX Mornings - 5/23 - Vezzy Parmesan joins rhythmic contemporary WWKX in Providence for mornings. He comes from rhythmic contemporary WZMX in Hartford. Parmesan will be teamed with Deanna Cruz, who moves from WWKX afternoons. Dee Garcia will replace Cruz in WWKX afternoon. She comes from rhythmic contemporary KWYD in Boise..... WCTZ Signs Off Forever - 5/20 - From Wikipedia: WCTZ used to be a Classic Hits station in Norwalk, Connecticut, broadcasting at 96.7 FM, until 12:00 AM Thursday, May 19, 2011, when the transmitter was turned off. It was turned off so the new antenna would begin broadcasting. There is no date which the new antenna will begin broadcasting the new "K-Love". It is now owned by Cox Radio. The FCC approved an allocations shift to Port Chester, New York in 12/06 which will allow the station greater access to New York City. WCTZ's former call letters were WKHL, marketed as "Kool 96.7", an oldies station. On 11/5/10, Educational Media Foundation announced that they will be purchasing WCTZ and moving the transmitter to the Trump Tower in New Rochelle, New York, serving as the K-LOVE affiliate for New York City with the call letters WKLV-FM. The last song on WCTZ was "Good Night" by "The Beatles" before going silent at midnight on May 19, 2011 in preparation for its move to New Rochelle, New York for its K-LOVE affiliation. It is expected that WZMR in Albany, New York will be taking the WCTZ calls to match its current format soon..... WRCH Tops Hartford - 5/20 - Adult contemporary WRCH tops the Hartford radio ratings for April. The numbers are at Radio-Info.com..... Argianis To WVIT - 5/19 - Garett Argianis, who left Hartford Fox-affiliate WTIC-TV earlier this year, has joined crosstown rival WVIT, an NBC station. Argianis worked at WVIT before WTIC, where he was named chief meteorologist in 2008..... WXKS Tops Boston's April Radio Ratings - 5/18 - From Tom Taylor's TRI newsletter: Boston - “The more-and-more mainstream rock WBOS hits the 4-share mark for the first time in PPM”, says Mr. Huff. He’s got a delicious bit of history – “The last time WBOS had a 4-share [in the diary era, of course], it had an all-disco format and Jimmy Carter was president. That was January-February 1979.” At the top, Clear Channel’s CHR "Kiss 108" WXKS-FM remains the only station above the 10-share level, followed by sister urban "Jam'n" WJMN (7.5-7.0-7.3). Red Sox Nation – baseball - propels Entercom's all-sports WEEI-AM, 3.5-3.1-4.0. CBS Radio’s rival all-sports “Hub” WBZ-FM rises 2.6-2.8-3.4, and its online stream makes the book with a 0.1 share. Clear Channel’s “Talk 1200” WXKS-AM, the former Rush Radio, is pretty flat, 0.4-0.3-0.4. The numbers are at Radio-Info.com..... NECN's Meyers To WLNE - 5/17 - Channel 6/WLNE in Providence puts Karen Meyers on the 5 PM, 6 PM, and 11 PM newscasts. She replaces Allison Alexander, whose contract was not renewed. Meyers comes from Comcast's Boston-based regional news channel NECN..... WJAR Debuts HD News - 5/17 - Channel 10/WJAR became Providence's first station to do high-def local news. The NBC affiliate debuted a new news set with its 6:30 AM newscast on Monday..... Globe Might Print & Deliver Herald - 5/11 - The Boston Globe is negotiating a contract to print and deliver its long-time rival the Boston Herald, according to executives from both companies. Under terms outlined today, the Herald would pay the Globe an undisclosed sum annually to print and distribute the tabloid in the Boston area. Because the Herald would no longer be delivering its own papers, the deal would result in the layoffs of the newspaper’s truck drivers. More at boston.com..... Phoenix Sells WPHX - 5/11 - Phoenix Media sells off WPHX in Sanford ME, which will end the relay of its alternative rocker WFNX from Boston. Andrew Hartmann is paying $1 million for WPHX. Phoenix will hold onto WFEX, another WFNX relay in Peterborough NH..... Kartunen Out At 7 - 5/5 - NewsBlues reports that just two years after moving from Miami's WSVN-TV to Sunbeam sister Channel 7/WHDH in Boston do to weekend news anchoring and weekday reporting, Dave Kartunen is out. He signed off Sunday and his bio has been removed from the station website..... Copyright Dave Hughes/DCRTV.....

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