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Current Mailbag - Mailbag Archive Index - DCRTV Front Page - Support DCRTV DCRTV Mailbag - June 15 to June 20, 2007 Latest messages listed first..... \/ June 20 Messages \/ So-I was getting my hair cut today at Great Clips in Easton and they had Mix 1065 playing and I noticed Pat doing the VO. I also heard more CHR leaning songs as opposed to the gold goo goo dolls, etc that they rotated heavily. I also heard WLIF playing Beyonce and Love Shack the other day. Could there be a shift in the works as Mix migrates to CHR and LIF migrates to a true AC/HOT AC??? Steve (6/20/07) Dave's response: That would make sense..... Hi Dave, This is a graphic in reference to Jim's question about that wacky 666 child's medicine. cgi.ebay.com... Robb in Capitol Heights (6/20/07) (Wasn't Hal Bruno head of ABC News? I heard him IDed on the radio yesterday as head of some firefighter's organization.) Hal was the head of the ABC News Political unit and has been a volunteer firefighter in Silver Spring for many years (and he's a huge bluegrass music fan). Great guy, now involved with the Memorial for Fallen Firefighters and I still think he lives in this area, not Charleston. If he's around, Hello, Hal! Jim (6/20/07) Dave, have I been gone that long? I found one of the funniest guys on earth I knew during my WBAL internship days online....It's Kirk McEwen from Kirk, Mark and Lopez BUT then I also spotted Mark Ondayko with him at a new station in B-More 105.7 Talk.....so I was now looking for Lopez only to google something about him being DEAD? I know he had a form of cancer but this was shocking to me. Imagine that I could have been dead too on May 25th but Gosh life is so damn short...and precious. My condolences to his family. When did all this happen? Those guy's station 98 Rock was directly across the hall from our WBAL newsroom and they were Soooooooo nice! Kemi in Ontario (6/20/07) Dave's response: Lopez passed away in 2005. Kirk and Mark left 98 Rock in late 2006, and debuted on WHFS in February 2007..... (Regarding a previous message:) From the website of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (www.firehero.org): "Throughout his distinguished career as a political analyst and journalist, Hal Bruno has remained active in the fire service community. He served as an active volunteer firefighter over a period of 40 years. He currently serves as a director of the Chevy Chase, Maryland Fire Department, and a member of the Friendship Fire Association of the District of Columbia Fire & Rescue Service. He has written the monthly "Fire Politics" column for Firehouse magazine since the magazine was founded in 1976. A professional journalist for over 50 years, he retired in 1999 as Political Director of ABC News. Before joining ABC, he worked for Newsweek magazine for 18 years in several top editorial positions. He moderated the vice presidential debate during the 1992 campaign and frequently has appeared on national network political discussion panels. Mr. Bruno has won numerous awards for his work in journalism and the fire-rescue service. In 1995, the Congressional Fire Services Institute selected him as its “Fire Service Person of the Year,” and in 1999 he received the President's Award from the International Association of Fire Chiefs. He has been honored with the “Illini Achievement Award” by the University of Illinois and, in 1999, was named “Press Veteran of the Year” by the Chicago Press Veterans Association. Mr. Bruno is a charter member of the Board and served previously as Vice Chairman." (6/20/07) It's after 3 p.m. and the Washington Times still has YESTERDAY'S pages up on its web site. (6/20/07) Dave's response: I noticed that. I'm not talking about the content, but the DC Times' site is pretty hideous. Graphics often fail to load, and pop-ups/unders often fuck up one's browser while trying to read an article. But at least they don't have those horrid HP "turd ads" (that's what I call 'em) that block the top of articles for 30 seconds like the DC Post's website does..... Was watching some local news channel yesterday and a story regarding the fire in Charleston, S.C. was on. Up popped former ABC network correspondent Hal Bruno, guess he's retired and living in Charleston, S.C.? (6/20/07) Dave's response: Wasn't Hal Bruno head of ABC News? I heard him IDed on the radio yesterday as head of some firefighter's organization. Anyone know more? I am SOOOOO confused! I tried to go to Dictionay.com and found DICTIONARY spelled correctly????? That's just........ NOWHERE??? Now THAT'S really funny GRAMMAR...GRAMMER...eeek.ANG (6/20/07) Linda Kelly is doing as well as can be expected. She's a great lady.... (6/20/07) RE: "I randomly stopped into Dave & Buster's at Arundel Mills Mall last Thursday for dinner and was humored to see a 105.7 HFS "appearance" In defence of Kirk and the Promotions dept. of HFS, you must realize that Mr. Vader the GM of CBS Baltimore does not provide any money to the Promotions Dept. The poor Promotion Directors, when not piled up with BS Vader paperwork, have to make it work with ZERO money support and ZERO supprt from Management, all the Promotion moneys go to Lot O for Ravens, the O's and crappy TV Spots on JZ...so please do not bash Kirk or the Promotion people of HFS because it is nearly impossible to put together a decent appearence when you are not given money for good prizes and games, I bet the cheap basketball game was an old hoop they had to did out of the prize closet from 5 years ago...however you can take solice in the fact that because no promotion money is spent that Mr. Vaders bonus was higher then ever. Bob in Mt. Washington (6/20/07) Hey Brian (Stelter of TVNewser) and Dave, You might want to forward this to (FishbowlDC's) Pat Gavin -- he posted the wrong Chris Matthews video clip! bigheaddc.com... Rob (6/20/07) WAMU 88.5 to join webcasters in "Day Of Silence" June 26 vocuspr.vocus.com (6/20/07) Good story on what local TV used to be..... www.indystar.com (6/20/07) (From DCRTV's Classified Ads:) NOTICE OF JOB OPENING - Date: June 20, 2007 - Job Title: News Anchor/Reporter, Contact: WNAV Sajak Broadcasting Corp., Deadline: July 15, 2007... Job Description: Full service AM station in Maryland’s capital city has an opening for a full time news anchor/reporter. You will be responsible for on-air newscasts, outside news reporting, remote assignments, generating and researching local news stories, interviews, and production. Must have knowledge of topics of interest to our audience to include: politics, the environment, business, and local sports. Must be competent on digital equipment, computer use, and flexible hours. Tapes/CD’s and résumé’s (NO CALLS) to: Jane Schlegel, News Director, WNAV Radio, Radio Park, PO Box 6726, Annapolis, MD 21401... Or a résumé and a short (2 minutes, max!!!) mp3 to jobs@wnav.com. (6/20/07) I randomly stopped into Dave & Buster's at Arundel Mills Mall last Thursday for dinner and was humored to see a 105.7 HFS "appearance" set-up on their entertainment stage featuring Kirk McEwen. This is a gig that was apparently advertised on station spots and on the station website as a weekly event for the month of June. There were about two dozen people in the dining area and another handful in the bar area. There was clearly no one there because of the presence of "Baltimore's #1 Morning Show DJ". I've seen several such promos in my life, and realize you're not always going to attract a huge crowd, but I think the lack of concern at this appearance is the same reason the KMS sucks. The setup was basically a table with two small HFS banners and a tinsel table skirt that was falling off. The HFS crew also provided the music.... a powered speaker hooked to a CD player playing an entire Bob Marley greatest hits CD (would it have been so hard to throw 15 songs on a CD-R?), and the icing on the cake - in a multi-million dollar sports arcade…they brought a $5 mini basketball set for a "contest" (shoot a basket, get some crappy prize). It was so sad that they finally announced "You don't need to play a game, just come up and get a prize". Whatever appearance fee Kirk was getting was certainly too much, ditto for their HFS contract. Note to D&B: I would have had a better time with some satellite music and a free drink. (6/20/07) Seeing the picture of Linda Kelly, brings back the good old days. I seem to remember, and I hope I am in error, that she was ill. Does anyone know how she is doing these days. - Bob in College Park (6/20/07) Congrats to PQ who correctly answered my trivia question, who recorded "Tongue in Cheek". The band was Sugarloaf. I agree, that was a great tune. In fact, it was a better song than Green Eyed Lady, although it's one of my favorites. Ed Jones, Bel Air MD (6/20/07) Kemi, just stop. You're a second-rate hack, and if you'd like to find out what that is, YOU can go to "dictionay.com" for a definition and the correct spelling (try using your spellcheck, nitwit). Journalist, my ass. Dave, I'm begging you: Limit this Kemi 'tard to one post per day. THAT would definitely get you a donation from this lurker. (6/20/07) That's a very valid point re: the live absence of all the Junkies on the air this morning. Where were the other two? Frankly, given EB and Lurch's oft-stated penchant for getting "hammered," (recall EB's recent car wreck), it is fair to wonder whether the "sickness" was illness or booze. (6/20/07) Ed Jones: "Tongue in Cheek" was the follow-up to "Green Eyed Lady" by Sugarloaf. That was GREAT single that got a lot of airplay but just didn't click, a real "turntable hit." PQ in PA. (6/20/07) I hate to say it but the word is GRAMMAR, not grammer. -- Carl in Olney (6/20/07) "Sentance, Grammer"........ writing in the media is important but in your 2 posts you mispelled "GRAMMAR" Go to Dictionay.com and find the right spellings. Though Americans are the only ones in the world known to spell "short-cut" English, examples like "rite" for right, "thru" for through, and so on, you have the nerves to insult a Nigerian, an english speaking BRITISH (I think they created ENGLISH...duh!) colonized country. Unfortunately my kids discovered on our move back home that many things were spelt wrong in America because they had never seen them spelt like that....(Proper English). Pls go to www.tribune.com.ng, Nigeria's pioneer newspaper and read the story up there about the labor strike over gasoline and see how "labor and liter" are really spelt! You may look like a fool when you travel abroad and see how everyone writes the date too. Today is 20/6/07 IN CANADA. Good day and let's go back to broadcasting issues on this mailbag. Kemi Lane, Ontario, Canada (6/20/07) Answer to my trivia question, who recorded "A Piece of Paper" was Gladstone. Congrats to Joyce Conroy who had the correct answer. I finally stumped Rusty (smile). Rusty stumped me with who sang lead on Sail on Sailor. I always thought it was Brian Wilson. Now another one, who recorded "Tongue in Cheek". Clue: This song didn't go above the mid 60's on the Hot 100 in 1971. This band had a top 10 hit in 1970 and another one in 1975. Ed Jones, Bel Air MD (6/20/07) Tony Kornheiser, pontificating on the essence of "genius," indirectly compared Bob Woodward to Albert Einstein on this morning's Washington Post Radio show. Almost heaved my Cheerios! Tony, please don't hype your paper. We know it owns your soul, but it makes for a dreadfully boring show, especially now that you don't have Idol and the Sopranos to endlessly talk about any longer. (6/20/07) (Dave's response: Hey, contact Rusty about receiving your "DCRTV surfboard." I have no connection with his offer.....) Rusty can simply make a DCRTV donation on my behalf! (Dino, Desi & Blondie...rotflmao) (6/20/07) Nothing at all to do with local TV, but have you actually noticed just how much power is being put into simple computer-based video editors? The kind nearly ANYONE can buy? You will now: www.break.com (6/20/07) Dave's response: Don't know if I should run that link without Tom Chiusano's approval..... To be precise, Boy Scout Troop 666!" For a scout troop sponsored by a church? One of the adult leaders told me the number came from a popular radio jingle for some sort of patent medecine back in the 40's or maybe even the 30's. It was called Satan's salve. It was quite popular due to the high alcohol content during prohibition. (6/20/07) 72 members of congress oppose the Sirius/XM merger. Wow....72 out of 435 representatives and 100 senators. That's a whopping 13.4%. I think they need a little more support than that! (6/20/07) (Dave's response: You know, 106.7 ought to run O&A live at 6 AM some morning (instead of a Junks' rerun) and see what happens. Might generate some interesting buzz for the station....) I don't think their boy, CK, would allow that. (6/20/07) "While I'm on the subject Boy Scouts sell Christmas trees in front of the other large church also on Nebraska Ave., opposite American University. To be precise, Boy Scout Troop 666!" That's true. I bought my tree from them one year and asked about the number. 666? The sign of the devil? For a scout troop sponsored by a church? One of the adult leaders told me the number came from a popular radio jingle for some sort of patent medecine back in the 40's or maybe even the 30's. Can anybody here shed more light on this? Jim (6/20/07) A Rumor: Could we see "Triple X Oldies"? With 1) Snyder's purchase of Dick Clark productions and its "American Bandstand" library, 2) the ratings challenges of his weak-signaled Sports Talkers competing against relatively full-signaled WTEM, 3) the lack of a full time Oldies station in DC, and 4) Snyder's deal to put Redskins on WBIG, a flip to 50s-60s-70s Oldies at Triple X might make sense. The station's signal problems would be less acute because the audience would essentially have no other station to turn to (BIG isn't really "Oldies" anymore) and therefore seek out the weak signals, It might make CC (Snyder's new partner for Redskins Games) happy to remove a competitor to WTEM, and would likely be cheaper to run than the Sports format, which has some expensive local talk programming. And with WBIG carrying the games, Triple X is less important as a flagship for the Redskins, as most people will probably listen on 100.3. Not saying it's going to happen... just a thought that it might make sense. (6/20/07) "Dave's response: "Sentance"? Just showing that you're "educated," too, Paul?" You caught that "error" yet why haven't you questioned this woman and her grammer? It looks like one of those Nigerian scam emails. Can we also stop "Name That Tune" please? Are there not message boards for people stuck in the past? Perhaps we write about the 1969 Orioles or the 1973 Senators. (6/20/07) Dave's response: Just saying - if you're going to slam someone for being uneducated, don't have misspellings in your own post..... A reply for the anonymous poster who threw a fit when an innocuous question was asked re: "Wednesday's Child": No shit, Sherlock. -Love, MontCo (6/20/07) I just clicked over from Czabe at his 6:40 commercial break to see what the Junks were up to. A few minutes later Brett mentions that because EB and Lurch are sick, they are running a best of. Uh, isn't there two other hosts? Two hosts with a decade of experience each, plus brett and CK adding comments periodically isn't enough to fill air time? That's pathetic. Most shows are one and two man acts but these guys can't pull it off for one day? Reaaaal professional Donkeys. Well, Czabes back from his break.-peace. (6/20/07) Dave's response: You know, 106.7 ought to run O&A live at 6 AM some morning (instead of a Junks' rerun) and see what happens. Might generate some interesting buzz for the station..... Because someone asked: Rita "Whiskey & Cigarettes" Cosby is rumored to be a contender for Rosie's slot on "The View", along with Kathy Griffin and Ricki Lake. She also had throat surgery in Central America somewhere nearly a year ago so that her vocal chords could sound better. -Silvie, Waldorf- (6/20/07) "Hey everyone, This might be of interest to you as this is what Im interested in doing now in the media. Stories that will capture your attention. Think the system is fair, Judge for yourself. I will be blogging remotely from anywhere BUT most importantly, I want your comments" - I thought Nigeria was an English speaking country and journalists were educated. This is the worst sentance structure and grammer. Is Kemi related to any princes that have millions of dollars they need to sneak out of the country? Paul (6/20/07) Dave's response: "Sentance"? Just showing that you're "educated," too, Paul? To anyone (or one particular tight ass) that begins their posts with “obviously you libs” Allow me to say … “Fuck you asshole”. Signed a Volvo driving lib. (6/20/07) (regarding the SUV radio ad) The organization behind it is The SUV Owners of America. According to their website, they'd like to hear from people whose lives were saved by driving an SUV or truck. (I love that - save your life, but help kill the planet!) They even have their own special "bill of rights" www.suvoa.com (I wonder if their national flag is like the usual red, white and blue - but with fifty little white gas pump nozzles in the blue field, instead of stars?) Here's the ad, in case you missed it on the radio www.suvoa.org (6/20/07) Once Daniel Synder and his group gets their hands on Dick Clark Productions, I wonder what they are going to do with that restaurant chain Dick Clark's American Bandstand Grill? That part of the pie is not exactly doing great business as the ones in both in Michigan ( the one featured in that Michael Moore flick Bowling for Columbine ) and the one just outside of Philadelphia are now defunct. Dittos with the one just outside of Kansas City. That place just closed last month and quite suddenly too. I believe there is an AB Grill in the airports in Salt Lake City and Indianapolis but Iheard both they are still open and they are not. I do remember when these places first opened there were plans to open a whole bunch of them across the country including a few in this region ( Fairfax, Fredericksburg, Rockville, Baltimore and Martinsburg ) but of course that never did happened. Back to Dick Clark Productions on the TV end, somewhere awhile back I read his company owns the rights to just about everything that aired on Philadelphia's old WFIL-TV channel 6 at the time that station was the flagship for his American Bandstand ( everything prior to that show's move to LA in 1964 ). I do remember last year when someone uploaded a clip of the old Philadelphia classic TV kids show Sally Starr on You Tube only to have that clip removed "at the request of Dick Clark Productions". Same thing happened when someone uploaded a clip of an old WFIL station ID from the early 60s. A friend of mine told me there is no way Clark owns this WFIL-TV stuff from that period of time other than Bandstand itself. Of course I disagree. If Clark did not own those rights, his production comapny wouldn't have had the power to take down those clips off of YouTube Another thing about Clark, just before his stroke I remember a story going around about how hi was pissed that a pic of him was featured in a book. I think it was some history book about an amusement park in Cincinatti ( Kings Island? Coney Island Cincinatti ? ). Back in the days when rock'n' roll concerts did the amusement park circuit ( guess some still do this day ), Clark put on a show there and some fan took a pic of Clark signing autographs. That pic made that book, but from what I heard Clark tried to sue to get that pic taken out even though it was a pic done by a fan, not by some memebr of the local media. Guess Clark doesnt want his pic taken unless it is done by his own people. Anyway Not sure if he succeeded of not since it wasn't long after I heard this i when he had his stroke. I myself can't see him winning that round. (6/20/07) /\ June 20 Messages /\ \/ June 19 Messages \/ 400 North Capitol Street. So what? You show me where that view of the Dome delivers anything in the way of ratings and revenue locally or nationally. The only 'benefit' received is to the egos of those who got paid to sit in front of that view. It isn't anything that can't be down now with a fixed camera. Besides, with HDTV, the level of detail probably made the city look dirty. (6/19/07) Since we're on bad commercials....are those Don Beyer commercials actually done by Don Beyer himself? They are consistently bad bad bad bad bad. I wouldn't drive a Volvo if I won a free one but even if I were going to buy one, those commercials would make me find another Volvo dealer. And PLEASE tell me that isn't really Mike O'Meara...(searching for a positive) ummmm at least his back isn't hairy (6/19/07) (regarding a previous post) "Looks like there is a new morning show out of chicago on Smooth Jazz 105.9. Someone named Ramsey Lewis." In 1965, the jazz instrumental, 'The In Crowd', by The Ramsey Lewis Trio reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album of the same name was recorded live at DC's own Bohemian Caverns, at it's original locale at 11th & U Street in 1962. Here's more about Ramsey Lewis www.answers.com and more about the Caverns www.bohemiancaverns.com (6/19/07) Is it any wonder MSNBC's ratings are in the tank? OK we get it. You don't like Bush. But enough already! I can’t take more than a minute or two of it before I’m tuning back out. I’d like to have an alternative to Fox that doesn’t sound like TV’s version of Air America. And content not withstanding, Keith Olbermann is unwatchable. He just reeks of smugness. Even worse than O’Reilly, and that’s saying a lot. (6/19/07) Looks like there is a new morning show out of chicago on Smooth Jazz 105.9. Someone named Ramsey Lewis. Fernando Carlos wasn't on this morning, and there is press release on the website. Also, I was flipping around today, and listened to WJFK for the first time in a few weeks. I have to say, the station sounds better than it has in quite awhile. Don and Mike were on a roll today, and the production and imaging during the breaks was actually interesting and well done. I heard 2 promos for big contests they are doing... it actually sounded like a real radio station. (6/19/07) Dave's response: Regarding WJZW's new morning show, we covered it in a 6/6 newsblurb on our Front Page..... Chris Matthews Drops a Loud "Shit" on Live TV bigheaddc.com (6/19/07) Glad to hear about the Emmy for the Teenarama documentary. I grew up during the Teenarama years and remember it being the local "Black American Bandstand"..It was a great place for teenagers to go after school, be on t.v. and do the latest dances. (6/19/07) O.K..Got a couple questions about this Tracey Neale adoption story. 1) She's been wanting to do this since she was 5 years old??!!! How many kids at 5 years of age think about adopting kids?..2) She'll now be a "single" 40 year old mom?..HMMM..Didn't she just get married a few years back?.. (6/19/07) Dave's response: I know this has nothing to do with anything, but where the hell is Tom Sater these days? I noticed that LIVE 105.7's Ed Norris got a free plug on WJZ 13 News tonight with him criticizing the current Baltimore mayor and crime-fighting in the city. Anyone know when Norris's probation is up? God knows he's not gonna tell any O'Malley "SECRETS" before his probation is over! :-) (6/19/07) Mike O'Meara spied at a local picnic. Looks like he's losing some weight. (6/19/07) Hey everyone, This might be of interest to you as this is what Im interested in doing now in the media. Stories that will capture your attention. Think the system is fair, Judge for yourself. I will be blogging remotely from anywhere BUT most importantly, I want your comments. Tell your friends! www.investigativenewswoman.blogspot.com. In 48 hours the DNS servers will have gone thru so the new address will be www.investigativenewswoman.com. You MUST put the "www"....BUT log on now and read some astonishing stories. DOC TEAL, I think you're gonna like what Im up to.Gimme a feedback pronto! Remember, E-mail it to your friends!!!!! Kemi (6/19/07) RE: [ " How has "Wednesday's Child" gotten away with excluding caucasian kids? " ]....... Dumbass. You've never read anything about how disadvantaged/poor kids (usually minorities) are the most difficult to get out of foster care and permanently adopted ? No? Then climb back under your rock. (6/19/07) To the person that guessed "Blondie Chaplin" on my trivia question, you're absolutely right. You see I was watching a Beach Boys thing on PBS over the weekend and they erroneously announced that Billy Hinsche (of Dino, Desi & Billy) sang the tune. Though Billy did tour with the band, sang it in concert, but didn't sing it on the "Holland" release. And to the winner, you get a DCRTV surfboard! Rusty Gibson (6/19/07) Dave's response: Hey, contact Rusty about receiving your "DCRTV surfboard." I have no connection with his offer..... Prediction: What goes around comes around. Dick Clark & Friends destroyed the former RKO Radio Networks. Now Dan Snyder will do the same to DCP. (6/19/07) Please find attached the letter from the Regional Director to the former TVS employees which were mailed out of Region 5 today..... Dear former TVS employees: You have heard a lot about the CNN/TVS case now set for trial by the National Labor Relations Board. NABET Local 11 and Local 31 have been the exclusive collective bargaining representatives of employees working at CNN's New York and Washington, D. C. bureaus in bargaining units that were certified by the NLRB following secret ballot elections. Thereafter , for many years CNN and NABET executed and maintained collective- bargaining agreements covering terms and conditions of employment of these employees. This past March, the General Counsel of the NLRB authorized me to issue an unfair labor practice complaint against CNN and TVS. As a CNN and/or former TVS employee , you are entitled to know the basic allegations contained in the complaint. The complaint alleges that CNN and TVS , as joint employers under federal labor law, were obligated to bargain with NABET-CWA Locals 11 and 31 before terminating the TVS contracts transferring bargaining unit work , and discharging TVS employees. The complaint also alleges that CNN was a successor employer to TVS with certain other obligations, and that CNN unlawfully limited its hiring of former TVS employees. To remedy CNN's unlawful conduct, the complaint seeks an Order requiring CNN to recognize and bargain with NABET Locals 11 and 31 , to give jobs to any former TVS employees found to have been unlawfully terminated or refused a job, and to restore all of the more favorable terms and conditions of employment including all seniority benefits, that were in effect when CNN took its unlawful actions. No doubt, CNN will contact you in an effort to convey its side of the story. After all, CNN is in the news business, and it has the right to communicate its position to you. This matter is set for trial this fall. The trial is a search for truth. The truth is found when witnesses testify under oath before an Administrative Law Judge in a formal proceeding, free from interference , restraint or coercion. Over the next few months , NLRB attorneys may contact you to discuss the facts giving rise to this case. Your voluntary cooperation with the NLRB is protected by federal law. It is unlawful for an employer to take action against you for speaking to an NLRB attorney or for testifying in NLRB proceedings. If you have any questions or concerns about this matter, please do not hesitate to contact one of the NLRB attorneys assigned to this case: Thomas P. McCarthy (and) Carol A. Baumerich... - Wayne R. Gold, Regional Director, NLRB Region Five (6/19/07) re: the content is so offensive as to...obviously you libs are either too young to remember the late 70's or were too stoned. MYFB! We'll drive what we please. Besides the bigger trucks are so much safer they your one lung putt putt's. (6/19/07) Dave's response: Hey, I don't give a shit what you drive, just don't fuckin' tailgate me - especially when I'm in a goddamn line of slow moving-traffic. Sheesh..... Saw the nice Tracey Neale item & recently heard a legit question: How has "Wednesday's Child" gotten away with excluding caucasian kids? -MontCo (6/19/07) Apparently, Campbell Brown is going to CNN. Whatever happened to Rita Crosby? Haven't seen her on the air since the Anna Nicole court case in the Bahamas. She had a show on MSNBC in primetime and it vanished and now she isn't even covering any stories. (6/19/07) NTS Aircheck Today - You''ll appreciate the headline: Dan Does Know Dick..... "Apparently Dan Does Know Dick: NFL Washington Redskins owner and Red Zebra Broadcasting head honcho Dan Snyder has purchased a majority interest in Los Angeles-based dick clark productions (dcp)..." (6/19/07) The SUV ad sounds as if it were written and directed by the same folks who bring you the DanActive commercials. And I agree that, beyond the poor production, the content is so offensive as to make me want to smash my compact into one of those lumbering gas guzzlers. (6/19/07) (NBC moving ops to Nebraska Ave gives their news set a full window view of what, the cathedral next door? Well, maybe they want a cathedral in the background of the news set as a gift for President Bush; a"Holy War" look to the news when they report on the dozens of Americans killed each week in Iraq...) I think that you'll find the cathedral a lot further away than next door, way over on Wisconsin Avenue, assuming that you mean the National Catherdral. There is a church (Presbyterian?) nearby. While I'm on the subject Boy Scouts sell Christmas trees in front of the other large church also on Nebraska Ave., opposite American University. To be precise, Boy Scout Troop 666! (6/19/07) "To be exactly accurate; except for writing "Montreal" instead of "Ontario" in her post, Kemi Lane is mostly correct" Wrong. If she's going to live in Canada, she needs to know the difference between Montreal (a city which is in the province of Quebec) and Ontario, a province. BTW Montreal in 310 miles from Buffalo; DC is 310 miles from Buffalo. I guess we "border" on Buffalo too. So take off, you hosers! (6/19/07) The war over cable customers is escalating. Verizon has started to urge Millennium Digital Media customers to switch service before the federal government approves Comcast Cable’s takeover of Millennium’s Anne Arundel County operations. To read the rest of this article, please click on the link below: www.examiner.com (6/19/07) Anyone notice the Washingtonpost.com site was down today about 2:45? I was having cable installed and we thought the modem was broken as it couldn't go to my homepage... Til we went to other sites and it worked. Kevin Litten, Editor in chief, The Diamondback (6/19/07) Dave's response: WaPo.com worked for me at 2:55 PM. It's kind of difficult to tell whether a site's really down. I've had times when I've been unable to reach dcrtv.com via my Comcast connection. Then, thinking my server provider is down, I find that can access the site via my backup dial-up service. Frequently, the inability to reach a website, or websites, can be caused by a DNS server (which looks up and connects with an internet address) glitch via your own service provider. These outages can resolve themselves within seconds, minutes, hours, or days. Very confusing and frustrating..... Did Dick Clark exploit rock music for his own monetary gain? You're a freaking idiot. Does everyone who plays any kind of music have to like it? Do we get paid to play it? Does the government give you a check every month because you're to stupid to hold a job? Yes....oh...I know him...He does like it...Probably one of the most deceit people anyone could ever meet. (6/19/07) Nice (Washington Post) typos Capt. Abut - (From DCRTV:) Dan Snyder Buys Dick Clark ... "announcethat" (and) "sealed sealed" a two-year deal with actor Tom Cruise... (6/19/07) Dave's response: First of all, DCRTV does not have an army of highly paid proofreaders like the Washington Post does. And, second, I think the problem is with you. Seeing double could be a symptom of a brian tumor. Er, a brain tumor. Ha ha ha..... "Thank you Washington Post Style section for publishing that great shot of Tracey Neale's "twins" today!" Damn she's hot! I wonder if she wants a daddy for those two kids she's adopting? (6/19/07) Completely agree with your rant on the SUV/gasoline add. Nearly vomited at the part about people being killed because of smaller cars. If this add is serious, it is one of the most obnoxious to come down the pike in a while. Shawn in DC (6/19/07) Dave's response: While I didn't address the content of the ad (and I do agree with you there), it just strikes me as odd that a lobbying group would spend so much dough on a radio campaign that sounds soooooo laughably bad. I mean, how much trouble would it have been to produce spots that sound conversational..... 400 North Capitol Street is the only commercial building in DC with a full window view of the US Capitol dome. NBC moving ops to Nebraska Ave gives their news set a full window view of what, the cathedral next door? Well, maybe they want a cathedral in the background of the news set as a gift for President Bush; a"Holy War" look to the news when they report on the dozens of Americans killed each week in Iraq. Rock On! (6/19/07) Geez, Dick Clark is selling off everything these days! I believe he sold off a lot of his memoribilia last fall at auction. What gives, is Mr. Clark estranged from his children? Wonder what the tax bill is going to be on all this stuff! I for one have not been so enamored of Mr.Clark, did he really like rock music or just exploited it for his own monetary gain? I believe the late comic Bill Hicks called Mr. Clark the auntiechrist? So really with this sale you got the auntiechrist giving it up to an even more wicked devil. Does this sale mean the end of Mr. Clark making his annual appearances at Times Square? And what about Clark's American Bandstand Theater in Branson, home of Paul Revere &The Raiders plus Gary Lewis & The Playboys, will that likely be shuttered for one of Lil' Danny's swell idears?...........Wasn't Tracey Neale married at one time or another? Wonder if she's ever seen Wednesday's Child on channel 4? I guess it's more popular for celebs these days to go overseas......Keep on a Rockin' in the semi-free world. Will DCRTV Dave be at the Morrissey concert at Wolftrap? (6/19/07) Dave's response: If someone'll give me free tickets, I'll go. Maybe someone at Wolftrap would like to do a "trade"..... Fundraising time at WJLA tonight - preempting some admittedly lame repeats of ABC shows: a 17 year old movie called "Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?" so Allbritton can get some more local ad revenue. (6/19/07) For about 10-15 minutes during last night's Nats-Tigers game, the MASN feed on DirecTV looked like it was on videophone. Angelos' 1980s Radio Shack equipment on the fritz again. (6/19/07) Kiss Dick Clark Productions good-bye. The hand of the DEVIL has purchased it. The end of an era! (6/19/07) Dave's response: No no no! Rupert Murdoch's the devil..... What ABC News Didn't Tell You: Big Head DC's Interview With "DC Madam" Deborah Jeane Palfrey bigheaddc.com (6/19/07) Thanks for the spelllng correction on Arthur Arundel. He had a first-class operation at WAVA--the area's first all-news station and among the first in the nation. Sure beat what WTOP is now newswise. Wish WAVA had stayed like that. Station got worse with each ownership change. OTOH, I miss the formats of just about every other radio station that existed at that time -- explains why I listen to satellite now. WETA is probably the only terrestrial station left that IMNSHO is worth listening to. (6/19/07) I'm pretty sure Denise Oliver is a Los Angeles-based radio consultant. Know for a fact she's still hot. (6/19/07) (re: Canada vs. Kemi). The basic cable TV in Montreal carries the NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox/CW, and PBS affiliates from Burlington, Vermont, and Plattsburgh, New York. Perhaps the cable in Toronto carries the networks from Buffalo, or some other American TV market. (6/19/07) since you're obsessed with all things kornheiser blog.washingtonpost.com (6/19/07) re: "Who sank lead on the Beach Boys classic "Sail On Sailor"? (hint, he was part of a 1 hit wonder 60's pop group & not an original Beach Boy)" Really? I didn't know that Blondie Chaplin was "part of a 1 hit wonder 60's pop group"?? (6/19/07) re:"Kemi's been through a very rough time in Nigeria"---I don't believe her for a second. Drama queen. (6/19/07) To be exactly accurate; except for writing "Montreal" instead of "Ontario" in her post, Kemi Lane is mostly correct. Ontario does border Minnesota and Michigan (but not, actually, Wisconsin I don't think). Thunder Bay, Paul Schaffer's home town, is a few miles from the Minnesota border, in fact. So except for a typo (which does happen to all of us now and then) she is correct. And from Toronto, one can get all the Buffalo stations, and certainly on Rogers Cablevision. Of course, when a Canadian network has the same show at the same time, the Canadian presentation is shown on the cable channel supposedly carrying the Buffalo station. But stick an antenna on the roof and you can get 2, 4, 7, etc. -- Carl in Olney (6/19/07) To John in Stafford and everybody else, before I found this link www.zoominfo.com about Denise Oliver I thought she was at WIYY besides WWDC and I was right. She was great as a DJ. (6/19/07) Thank you Washington Post Style section for publishing that great shot of Tracey Neale's "twins" today! I can't believe the editors didn't "nip" it in the bud when they were making up the page last night. Dave, I don't know if you could link to it but it's a great incentive-builder for your dcrtv-plus page. Keep up the great work! (6/19/07) Dave's response: Here's a scan from the print rag (left). Enjoy..... AH, Dave c'mon, doncha know parody when you hear it? Rant about the spot from "SUV Owners of America." So, where did you hear it, I want to tune in. (6/19/07) Dave's response: It's running every five minutes on WTOP..... Noticed they were taking down the WAVA tower yesterday. Although I ever liked the station since it dropped its all-news format in the late '70 when Arendell sold both the AM & the FM (and they'll continue spewing their homophobic venom from another site), I hated to see the tower go. Was nice to see the three towers out my window in the distance, especially at night, since they were kinda ruined for daytime viewing when the international orange was dropped for white -- now only two [the old AT&T Long Lines (now just AT&T) and the Dumont (now WETA-FM) towers. And that AT&T one looks like it has lots of rust on it. Hope its days aren't numbered as well. Shot some stills and video to reminisce. Now a good chunk of the AT&T site (much of it sold to a developer) that had the offending anchor and radials will host 16 or so multi-million dollar homes, probably to be occupied by NIMBY yuppies who will rail against the remaining two towers in the area. The owners of the WAVA tower wanted to replace it with a magnificant self-supporting one; but NIMBYs prevailed. Bet you most the anti-tower NIMBYs moved over there after any towers there were built. They were always vocal at County Board meetings everytime anything was to be done with either the WAVA or the WETA towers. (Hey there's a large estate in my neighborhood that could be perfect for a tower site at Wilson & McKinley, hint, hint--maybe build a tower and preserve the buildings). Now a good chunk of the AT&T site (much of it sold to a developer) that had the offending anchor and radials will host 16 or so multi-million dollar homes, probably to be occupied by NIMBY yuppies who will rail against the remaining two towers in the area. When AT&T wanted to sell that land, the County should have bought it for a park and left the "offending" anchor and radials in place. Perplexes me that the original owners of the WAVA tower never got it on paper regarding the guy anchors and ground radials with AT&T Long Lines at the time. Handshake agreements were passe even back in WARL days. (6/19/07) Dave's response: It's "Arthur Arundel." I worked for his local newspaper chain fresh out of college. Nice man and a good Democrat. And his employees even got a free turkey every Thanksgiving..... "The best part is the fact that I can watch local ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX affiliates from Buffallo, NY which borders Montreal. We border Wisconsin and Minnesota." In your dreams, maybe! No, it does't! MASN? Don't you mean the Angelos TV Network? It is a mess. (6/19/07) Dick Clark Productions also produces "Boston Legal." www.imdb.com... Will we see Bill Shatner next in the owner's box at FedEx? (6/19/07) RE: "The best part is the fact that I can watch local ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX affiliates from Buffallo, NY which borders Montreal. We border Wisconsin and Minnesota." This is why most Canadians think Americans are idiots! Buffalo is no where near Montreal. Toronto is not near Wisconsin and Minnesota. Did you show up at the border in June with a parka and snowshoes? I'm not a "Kemi hater", but jeezus, pick up a friggin' map; especially if you're in the media! (6/19/07) Dave's response: Maybe she's talking about the province of Ontario, which does kind of sprawl way out westward, toward Wisconsin and Minnesota. Well, kind of..... Re: "If a station gets paid for a news(?) segment should they have to report that or we don't need no stinking ethics rule applies?" It sounds like you saw a "video news release" or VNR. The Center for Media and Democracy has a very good report about the use and pervasiveness of VNRs here: www.prwatch.org. (6/19/07) Dave, thanks for your continued support and comments on this mailbag with regards to that hater who would rather see me disappear from DCRTV. Due to medium internet speed in Nigeria, I could not post a lot in the last year. My love especially to posters Rusty Gibson and Joyce Conroy of WHFC who really care and understand a media employee/Journalist's life is not safe in many countries. Look at the late Daniel Pearl...(pls see the movie with Angie Jolie) and also close to home Dave....remember our late friend Nick Berg whose head was cut off in Iraq? The person who sat in front of this board at my station and the board are both GONE! The employee dead! It could have been me.Hopefully when the hater reads my 6/16 post they will "relate." ....And yes! Toronto does look like DC and NYC mixed into one. 5 Rock stations, 4 News/Talk and 1 Hip-Hop Urban station.The best part is the fact that I can watch local ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX affiliates from Buffallo, NY which borders Montreal. We border Wisconsin and Minnesota. Watched Desperate Housewives last nite and Oprah today. Cheers...Kemi Lane, Toronto, Canada (6/19/07) Daniel Snyder, D.C.'s favorite media tyrant.......I mean tycoon, is at it again, adding to his Hollywood cache by buying Dick Clark Productions (American Bandstand, The Golden Globes, New Year's Rockin' Eve, Bloopers, etc.). www.variety.com... Hezi, Balto, Md. (6/19/07) BTW, what's happened to Frank Herzog? He was doing a lot of fill in on TOP, and was supposed to by the second anchor several days a week on mid days . . . but I haven't heard him in a couple of months. Anybody know what's up with him? (6/19/07) Dave's response: I heard him on WTOP just yesterday..... Hey lets not take too many shots at our friends at MASN. I agree the coverage of the Orioles firing of Sam Perlozzo was not the best that MASN could have come up with, but at least they got it on. I for one enjoy the Nats pre and post game shows with Johnny Holliday and Ray Knight. Those Two guys are terrific together. You get Baseball talk, insight, interviews some funny stuff between the two, and it's clear they want to Nationals to win!!! Head and shoulders above what the Orioles put out. It's great to have baseball back in Washington, and I think all of us Nats fans should be happy MASN has stepped up with good coverage. Enjoy it!!!! (6/19/07) Denise Oliver was also a dj on DC101 in the 70's. She was damned good at it. I didn't hear the Don & Mike Show today. What is she doing now? JOHN IN STAFFORD (6/19/07) Saw a "Going Green" segment on channel 4's 5pm news(?) yesterday. The segment was about the wonderful things Disneyland is doing for the environment. It smelt like a commercial. If a station gets paid for a news(?) segment should they have to report that or we don't need no stinking ethics rule applies?... What is the record for channel 4 rerunning the same story? I believe I've seen same thing occur on other channels.....Did Shawn Yancy win the Ted Baxter Award for News(?) Journalism at the recent local emmys. Lets see she does two shakes of the head horizontally and then one veritcally or is it the other way around for each story.......and Greaseman gets a mention in the latest issue of Blender, with The White Stripes on cover, but I kinda think grease won't be too happy with why he's mentioned.....is Flannie gone in Baltimoron spork's fans?.....Do you think "Pacific Ocean Blue" wil ever get released on cd? (6/19/07) /\ June 19 Messages /\ \/ June 18 Messages \/ Re: "Buzz Burbank in a tight shirt. Yum." C'mon, Dave, keep it clean--this place is the Mailbag, not the Malebag--behave! ;-)P lol.. -MontCo (6/18/07) Check Out - Music News - Britney May Sue Over 'Outrageous' Billboard... news.aol.com... this is where Kapugi/Kane and Toby Knapp came fromKapugi still has in put (6/18/07) "You don't really look like Yoko Ono, that much." - On his Monday show, Don Geronimo on NYC rock radio veteran Denise Oliver. Didn't she work as program director at DC101 and bring Howard Stern to the rocker in the early 1980s? (6/18/07) To the unsigned individual that pointed out my typo, well you know what happens when you "ass-u-me", right? Rusty (6/18/07) Here's another one off your list: Buzz sold me parsley. (6/18/07) Dave's response: Damn him! But he probably was wearing a tight t-shirt. Yum..... I disagree. Bonneville needs 103.9 to bolster TOP's rating. TOP lost coverage and ratings in Northern VA when 107.7 went to Wash Post Radio, and now it needs the Frederick signal to maintain ratings strength. JT (6/18/07) Just got through watching the O's presser on Perlozzo getting fired. A second rate manager got fired by second rate team, and it was shown on second rate network, MASN. If you think CSN looks like public-access, then the MASN broadcast of the presser looked like a high-school production. Bad lighting and no direction during the telecast. This goes along with their other bad programming from El Riggo's z-fest, Anita (does she anything about sports?) Marks, and two of the worst shows ever put on a regional sports network, O's and Nats Access. And the pre and post games shows are just barely different. The only reason they have any numbers is the baseball games. Looks like King Peter's midas touch is at work again on and off the diamond.. Sincerely DCSPORTSTV (6/18/07) RE: [ " Please, let's put this to bed! The plots generated by recnet that were attached to a previous message do not factor in terrain " ]....... Correct, the recnet plots don't take into account terrain which is much more favorable from TV Hill towards DC than from Kingsville, MD due to Baltimore city's high skyline and terrain. So I fail to see how terrain would impede this new signal. From TV Hill there is practically not a single obstruction towards DC. If anything, it would improve it above and beyond the recnet plots. Yes, I've read the FCC app. I'm sure the numbers are correct, but I can't see how it's possible the signal towards DC will be worse after this upgrade despite some of the claims. I guess we'll see quite soon, since this will be an easy upgrade to an existing tower. (6/18/07) Rusty Gibson (I assume inadvertently) wrote “Who sank lead on the Beach Boys classic 'Sail On Sailor'?” HAHAHAHA!!! Good one!!! (6/18/07) Kemmi, My prayers and thoughts are with you and your loved ones. I'm so glad you've found refuge in such a beautiful city as Toronto! Rusty Gibson (6/18/07) Dave's response: Isn't that where they filmed "Talk To Me," the new movie about Petey Greene? Must look a lot like DC..... Oooops. Kane and the Hot 99.5ers missed the publicity boat on this one - www.thesmokinggun.com (6/18/07) ("Kemi Lane, Toronto, Canada") Now there's a name I thought I'd never see again... (6/18/07) Dave's response: Kemi's been through a very rough time in Nigeria. Read her 6/16 posts on the Mailbag..... Dave, when you say “There's something's wrong when the DC area's top-rated TV station - Channel 4/WRC - wins only two awards,” your analysis is off. Channel 4’s paltry award total reflects all the cost-cutting they’ve done. They don’t invest in their product, their news gathering operations have been gutted, they recycle news to the point that some stories run for two, sometimes even three days in a row with minimal updates. Morale is horrible. Management – from whom loyalty is expected – treats employees like used Kleenex, tossing them away on a whim. Viewership trends are a lagging indicator; already the numbers, when extrapolated, show some cracks. Look out below. (6/18/07) Congrats to the entire staff of the News Department at radio station WBAL1090AM that trained me as a News Intern during my schooldaze on their winning the "overall excellence" award from the RTNDA and also my girl Anne Kramer on her winning story. Anne has always been a DAMN GOOD REPORTER! This station knows the essentials in NEWS and Im not just saying that because they taught me news but because it is the damn truth.. Can someone pls wake up Mr Arbitron to check on his numbers? Kemi Lane, Toronto, Canada (6/18/07) Despite what you say , the local Emmys are not for sale and no one is buying them. They are earning them. I would like to point out that 87 Emmys were awarded. No offense meant to the hard working folks at WTTG, but 16 hardly sounds like a sell out to me. WTTG does submit a substantial number of entries but as the saying goes, 'You can't hit a home run if you don't get up to bat.' Unless you are too myopic to notice, there is a lot of excellent work done at many outlets, tv stations and otherwise, in our community. Entries and results are given the utmost scrutiny by our Chapter and I don't think you will find a more conscientious Awards Committee anywhere. For someone who spends a lot of time writing about the broadcast community, it might be fitting to be more supportive of its efforts. Fran Murphy, President, National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter, National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (6/18/07) Dave's response: I'm sure that many of the Emmy award winners are solid journalists and richly deserve their awards. But there's something wrong when the DC area's top-rated TV news station - Channel 4/WRC - wins only two awards, and the less-watched competition wins so many more. Perhaps there could be a better, more fair nominating process that would recognize all (!) deserving TV personalities, and not just those who work for stations that submit truckloads of entries..... Rick Taylor's Roots Rock Radio Show rrradio.com (6/18/07) (Last time a decent FM stick in Frederick sold it was for 10 million). 103.9 isn't worth anywhere near $10 Million, but you are missing the bigger point. It isn't like WTOP needs 103.9 (remember when they moved to the FM dial?). Radio one didn't need a Frederick stick, considering they were putting together a black/urban gospel station. so I would say the earlier poster is correct...sounds like the Mormons could have gotten about $10 Million more on the total deal...but decided to sell to Radio One instead. Interesting. BA (6/18/07) "Stern ranked #13 on the new Forbes list of the most important & influential celebrities in America." Let me guess, Paris Hilton is somewhere on the list too? Nothing against Stern but for all his "importance and influence", he has next to no impact on the lives of 99.5% of the people in this country. (6/18/07) Hey Ed Jones: I do know who recorded "A Piece of Paper". It was "Gladstone". I promise, Ed, that I didn't cheat on this one. "A Piece of Paper" was played on WLPL and I also feature it on "Oldies Block Party" from time to time. To Johnny Dark: Hey JD, was this song played on WCAO. Some pretty heavy lyrical content in that song (i.e. abortion, etc.). I lived in Harford County at the time and could not get WCAO. I do know WLPL played it. Blessings. Joyce Conroy (WHFC) P.S. "A Piece of Paper" is featured in Dick Bartley's 70's collection. (6/18/07) Uh, er, um, Dave? You may wanna re-think the inclusion of Mr. Herzog on your list. 'Nuff said. (Terrific voice of the Redskins, though!) -MontCo (6/18/07) Sorry Ed, I know nothing of "A Piece Of Paper". But I have one for you. Who sank lead on the Beach Boys classic "Sail On Sailor"? (hint, he was part of a 1 hit wonder 60's pop group & not an original Beach Boy). Rusty Gibson (6/18/07) RE: WSMJ's construction permit: Please, let's put this to bed! The plots generated by recnet that were attached to a previous message do not factor in terrain, so they can be misleading. Please, please, please go look at WSMJ's application directly. In particular, select the allocation study link towards the end of the document, then scroll down to allocation study map #9. It shows clearly that there will actually be SLIGHTLY LESS interference to WPRS in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties and just a tiny bit more interference to WPRS in Anne Arundel County. No conspiracies, writings on the wall, or anything. This well-engineered move actually serves to reduce interference amongst a host of short-spaced stations while improving WSMJ's service to Baltimore. Regards, Dave Loudin (6/18/07) Re: ("Okay then, if O&A have "no cache" - a point with which I don't disagree - then who does have that pull, that certain something? Imus' gaffe spoke more to the FCC and race than about the I-man himself, and Stern certainly isn't on anyone's radar outside of a Sirius listener ... Does anybody who cracks a mic these days actually matter?") Stern ranked #13 on the new Forbes list of the most important & influential celebrities in America. I'd say that puts him on the radar outside of Sirius. (6/18/07) (Radio One buys 104.1 for $38 Million. Assuming this report is accurate...WOW, what a major FU from Bonneville to Red Zebra. From reports on this site, it seems that Red Zebra was going to pay Bonneville between $45 and $50 million it sounded like that price would have included 103.9...but even if that is true, 103.9 isn't worth the $7-$12 million difference) Yes it is. Last time a decent FM stick in Frederick sold it was for 10 million. (6/18/07) Radio One buys 104.1 for $38 Million. Assuming this report is accurate...WOW, what a major FU from Bonneville to Red Zebra. From reports on this site, it seems that Red Zebra was going to pay Bonneville between $45 and $50 million (it sounded like that price would have included 103.9...but even if that is true, 103.9 isn't worth the $7-$12 million difference). AND, with the announcement that the skins games are going to air on on WBIG, it is clear that even Red Zebra would admit that they desperately need a better signal (rumor is RZ is still a buyer...looking for a seller). Talk about failed radio ventures...Red Zebra deserves careful consideration for the top spot. JC (6/18/07) Dave's response: Well, maybe Mormon-owned Bonneville gave Radio One a price break because it will be doing the Lord's work by featuring gospel music on 104.1..... Have you ever heard a negative comment about Donnie Simpson? I don't remember reading any. (6/18/07) Dave's response: You're right. I'll ad him to the list. And, what the hell, I'll throw in Frank Hardin, Frank Herzog, Gordon Peterson, JC Hayward, Wendy Rieger, Dave Durian, Carl Kassel, and Buzz Burbank..... Hello All Mailbaggers. To Rusty Gibson, once again I'm late in responding to your trivia question. It was already answered when I checked "The Bag". "It's for You" had gotten moderate airplay in KC on Dial 71 WHB. I've got one for you or whoever wants to answer this one: Who recorded "A Piece of Paper"? I don't recall if it hit the Hot 100, but it was a big hit in KC back in 1972. To Joyce Conroy, I remember Winners and Losers. That was a pretty good song that was a follow up to "Fallin' in Love". I have "Fallin' in Love", and I too haven't seen a copy of Winners and Losers since it's release. Ed Jones, Bel Air MD (6/18/07) Re: "the whole American/DC music/media/cultural scene just seemed so much more "alive" and "vital" back in the 1970s and 1980s and even the early 1990s." I agree; I would add the mid and late 60s to that. My own observation is that the whole country has slid into a depression (emotional, not financial). I would place the start of it around the start of the first Bush administration and it is still worsening. (This is not necessarily to blame any one administration; the lack of any real leadership over these past 20 years may be a symptom and not a cause.) Corporate oppression? Perhaps. Safe and bland are apt descriptions and certainly would lead to depression. Sadly, I don't see any potential change in our situation on the horizon. (6/18/07) Super Slow Mo is the speed at which Comcast is working to add MASN in the Northern Shenandoah Valley. Sam Perlozzo may want to think about relocating out here if he loses his job, he'll never have to worry about accidentally seeing the O's or Nats. Charles in Winchester (6/18/07) RE: WSMJ 104.3 & WPRZ 104.1....... Do you think Bonneville saw the writing on the wall, killed WGMS 104.1/George 104.1 and pulled the deal with struggling Radio One for this reason ???..... (see pic)...... Yeah, once again the signal strength numbers the FCC uses don't lie (the signal strength towards DC is substantially weaker), but the BEFORE / AFTER signal plot picture tells a more interesting story. As they say in the real estate biz, it's location, location, location. :-) (6/18/07) From reading this site, I was under the impression that the Washington Post doesn't cover Urban radio...so I was VERY surprised to see another article in the Business section of the Washington Post. I guess they do cover Urban radio...humm? (6/18/07) Dave's response: The Post does a good job covering the business side, a la the financial dealings of Radio One. But they don't pay attention at all to the programming side of things, a la WKYS and WPGC-FM. Not a word about Olivia Fox returning to KYS or Big Tigger to PGC. Both are fairly major local radio personalities. Nothing on the administrative changes at either station. The Post is a very good newspaper. The main news section, the business section, even the sports section - all solid. The weak link is, clearly, the Style section. Some good stories, but the overall editing, a la spotty local media coverage, is pretty lame. And don't get me started on that pathetic "gossip" column..... The conspiracy theorists should calm down...the reason the Post didn't give the WJFK/Terps announcement the attention many of you think they should have is because NOBODY CARES about it! (6/18/07) Wow, MASN has added "Super Slo-Mo" to its broadcasts...in super lo-def. You know Angelos, if you concentrated on what baseball fans ACTUALLY WANTED in a local sports network instead of being another rich Union-Thug lawyer, then maybe you would have a successful team with a decent fan base. Why don't you try spending some money on High-Definition cameras instead of showing us the latest Orioles f*ck up in Super Slow Motion? Way to upgrade MASN to the 1980s! Maybe someday you can join the rest of us here in the 21st Century! (6/18/07) ('Maybe it's just me getting older. But the whole American/DC music/media/cultural scene just seemed so much more "alive" and "vital" back in the 1970s and 1980s and even the early 1990s. Whoops, I guess I got carried away here. I will now get off my soapbox.....') No, no, no - preach on, Brother Dave. Let everyone under 25 know that there actually was a 'real world' before 'Real World'. Aging Gracefully From Down Yonder, Eric In Alabamastan (6/18/07) Is Bill Parris still running KHZ on WYRE? I flipped on 810 and heard Spanish Friday. I think it is a unique idea to mix top 40 and new unsigned artists on the am, might breathe some life back into that band. (6/18/07) /\ June 18 Messages /\ \/ June 17 Messages \/ Note to Tim Russert: We get it your dad was great, now can you move on to actually being head of the NBC DC operation. You are a good host for "Meet the Press" but hardly a manager up to GE standards. (6/17/07) DCRTV Dave wrote "there are only two guys who I've never heard a negative comment about ... (OK, maybe a third - Ed Walker.)" Concerning that third guy: Lee Chambers' fantastic WPGC tribute site now features a Washington Post article from September 1954 profiling a very young Ed Walker who had landed a gig at the fledgling Morningside AM station. www.amandfmmorningside.com... In fact, Lee has recently uncovered a wealth of historical newspaper articles about the station(s) which will be trickling onto the site over the course of the coming weeks. Check back often. (6/17/07) Heh heh...I just spent a few minutes up on radiolocator.net and just for fun, punched in to see the predicted daytime contour for 700 WDMV. It shows fringe coverage more than a hundred miles north almost all the way to State College, PA! I sputtered a little when I saw that, but then noticed the website's disclaimer which reads, "This image is intended solely for entertainment purposes." Sure made ME laugh. (6/17/07) Everybody forgot! HAPPY FATHERS DAY! To all of the radio dads. Hope you had a good day. HAPPY FATHERS DAY! Doug (6/17/07) (Re: O&A's return to XM was reported with the silence it deserved and reflective of the fact that these two guys have no cache in the radio industry anymore [6/16]) ... Okay then, if O&A have "no cache" - a point with which I don't disagree - then who does have that pull, that certain something? Imus' gaffe spoke more to the FCC and race than about the I-man himself, and Stern certainly isn't on anyone's radar outside of a Sirius listener ... Does anybody who cracks a mic these days actually matter? (6/17/07) Dave: One thought that came to mind today and your reply to the guy commenting that FCC Killed radio confirmed to me was does anyone have a favorite radio station anymore? Like Borders, all of radio in this town is pasteurized and homogenized. I have fond memories of WEEL, WPGC, WRC and dx'ing to WCFL and WABC and others as a boy. Kind of like people say, you can never go back home. (6/17/07) To the guy criticizing Campbell Brown, she put in her time and deserved a shot. As for Lester Holt, NBC had better back up the Brinks truck to his bank and give him whatever he wants because when Couric hits the skids, he becomes the hottest anchor commodity in the market, even more than Anderson Cooper. Finally, with Amy…she's just waiting for the other show to drop on Vierra and the job is hers. I expect Merideth to be back on "The View" by this time next year. - Bob from College Park (6/17/07) To "Capt." Tom Conroy, Brother you really look happy in your new digs. And my Mom can attest that B-99 is a good station down there in that part of the planet. Continued success to you (well deserved of course!). And a Happy fathers Day to all of the Dads in "MailbagLand"... My love to "Sister' Joyce, Rusty Gibson (6/17/07) Dear Jazz Fan: During the week ahead on www.jazzradiodc.com our featured artist are as follows... June 18 to June 22... Monday - Johnny Griffin, saxophonist... Tuesday - Richard "Groove" Holmes, organist... Wednesday - Tom Harrell, trumpeter... Thursday - Red Holloway, saxophonist... Friday - Rosemary Clooney, vocalist... We're on the internet right now (24 hours a day) at www.jazzradiodc.com with our new and improved music player... it's easier to get to our most recent shows or download a podcast. In the DC area you'll find us on the radio Monday through Friday from 4 pm to 5 pm EST in Washington DC on WMET AM 1160. Listen often and tell a friend. Your comments and suggestions are welcome. We're here to promote jazz and keep this great art form alive and growing. Visit our website for what's happening in Washington DC and please check out our expanded photo gallery of the jazz scene in DC. On the internet you can check out a show you may have missed the day it originally aired or listen to it again. I suggest you check the website often because new shows are added daily. Please note we are a commercial venture and do accept advertising. If you would like to know more about selling your product or service on www.jazzradiodc.com please contact me by e-mail at cdf@jazzradiodc.com. Thanks, Carl David (6/17/07) Re: WSMJ move: While WSMJ 104.3 is going to a higher antenna closer to WPRS 104.1, they are installing a VERY directional antenna. The stated 13+ kW is to the east. There is less than 2kW toward the DC are, even as low as 1.3kW over a wide arc. There are a number of very directional FM stations in the DC/Balto area. The stated powers are only in the "best" direction, which is a narrow arc in some cases. Look up some stations on the FCC's FM Query. (6/17/07) I gotta say, as an O&A fan, those guys are on a downward slide. Sure the O&A pests make them look strong, but it is all an illusion. They are clearly in the twilight of their careers. They just seem "flat"...I really think the FCC killed a lot of radio... (6/17/07) Dave's response: Don't want to sound too much like an "old guy" here, but it's kind of sad. It used to be that the music scene was so alive with lots of cool independent record shops all over the DC area, a la Penguin Feather, Waxie Maxies, and Kemp Mill. And the great Tower Records. And loads of cool small independent other kinds of shops in Georgetown. And cool locally-owned and operated radio, from Georgetown's WGTB to the old free-form WHFS and Warrenton's WEER, as well as the old WKTK and WAYE. Howard Stern on DC101 and later WJFK. And Don and Mike in their youthful prime back on WAVA. Real local bookshops like Olssons (which, thankfully, still survives). There's a certain "sameness" in every Barnes And Noble or Borders, whether it's in San Francisco or Gaithersburg. So much of the cool past is gone, now. Yeah, downloading audio files is more convenient then getting off your ass and wading through the stacks of platters. And, sure, XM's got half a dozen cool rock channels (yeah, lots of tunes, but little "station" personality). And amazon.com's got just about every DVD or CD in print. Comcast offers a half dozen different versions of MTV, but, you know what - they all lack the vitality and spunk of the very first years of MTV in the early 1980s. It just quite ain't the same. The excitement's missing. So much has gone (or is quickly going) "corporate" - and that also means "safe" and "bland." It's just not the same, any more. I don't know. Maybe it's just me getting older. But the whole American/DC music/media/cultural scene just seemed so much more "alive" and "vital" back in the 1970s and 1980s and even the early 1990s. Whoops, I guess I got carried away here. I will now get off my soapbox..... R&R recently had a great story about the dreams, (or nightmares) of broadcasters. Many years ago, my dream had to do with taking a new job, but going into a studio where I could not find a song anywhere, nor could I use the equipment. Certainly there were many dreams of sleeping thru sign-on of a daytime AM. After the change at WCAO in 1991, I pretty much got away from music radio for a number of years. When I moved to SW Va and got back into the business, it was a huge change. No more carts, albums, or CD's. Everything changed, with Scott System, voice-tracking, no mod monitors in the studio, and a big learning curve. Almost the same as dream #1. I bet you have your stories too! Tom Conroy (6/17/07) Hy "Vincent in Triangle", "He's Gonna Step On You Again" was part of WEEL's playlist back in August of 1971 and was recorded by an unknown (as far I know) named John Kongos. Rusty Gibson (6/17/07) I don’t know if it’s been mentioned yet, but I see that Smooth Jazz 104.3 has been granted a construction permit to move from the White Marsh/Perry Hall area to TV hill in Baltimore. They are nearly doubling their HAAT to 965 feet but are coming down to 13K watts from 32K watts. I didn’t think they could move due to being short spaced from Praise 104.1. Any comments? (6/17/07) Another "name the artist/tune," and again it's from 1971. The song was called "He's Gonna Step On You Again," and got some airplay on WEEL in Fairfax, although I don't recall WEAM, WPGC or WINX playing it. Do you know? -- Vincent in Triangle (6/17/07) I have little to no sympathy for Campbell Brown not being chosen to replace Katie Couric. And I think it's quite unprofessional to put her displeasure out there in the media..Ya didn't get the job. Deal with it or move on, which maybe she's now decided to do. I personally find her quite annoying and totally unwatchable on the weekend morning show.She and Lester Holt just don't do it for me. However, the news that Campbell may be going to CNN must make Amy Robach quite elated since she's been filling in quite a bit for Campbell on the weekends..But, hey Amy, calm down..I'm sure you can handle the weekend gig. BUT, I think you're trying a little bit tooo hard to get that position.. (6/17/07) Don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but it appears that WGTS (91.9 FM) is operating a translator on 106.1 in the Baltimore area. Reception down I-95 between the beltways is rock solid until Laurel, and can be DX'd at the Capital Beltway. Anybody know the specifics of this translator? -dave of www.wgay.fm (6/17/07) Somebody's said something bad about Bill Trumbull and Bill Mayhugh? Why let me at them! And what about St. Don Geronimo, the listener's friend.....and I think Albie Dee is onederful I've broken out my old stash of Natty Bo and gotten sh9tfaced many a night playing the It's me! It's me! It's Albie Dee game (6/17/07) /\ June 17 Messages /\ \/ June 16 Messages \/ I believe Bob Duckman "The Duck" as he called himself was P.D. at XTRA 104 and went on to do some part-time work at Oldies 100 and WQSR also. (6/16/07) Congrats "PQ" in PA you nailed it. It was indeed "Springwell" that recorded "It's For You" though 3 Dog Night did a decent job with it as well (so did Cilla Black). Rusty Gibson (6/16/07) RE: [ " In the DC market it had WTOP-TV (9), WTOP-AM (1500), and WTOP-FM (96.3). It sold (donated or traded away) all three outlets in the 1970s. And the old Washington Star newspaper owned WMAL-TV (7), WMAL-AM (630), and WMAL-FM (107.3)..... " ]...... And in the Baltimore market, the late Hearst newspaper The Baltimore News American owned WBAL-AM (1090), WBAL-FM (97.9), & WBAL-TV (11) and The Baltimore Sun owned WMAR-TV (2) & WMAR-FM (106.5). I guess Baltimore is an anomaly in that Hearst was never forced to divest any of the 3 properties (in violation of FCC rules?) unlike in most other markets. Anyone know why that was? (6/16/07) Dave's response: The Washington Post wasn't "forced" to sell its TV and radio properties in the DC market. Obviously, it felt that the FCC was leaning in direction of prohibiting co-owned newspaper and broadcast outlets in the same market and voluntarily unloaded its local stations. While the AMer got sold, the FM was donated to Howard University, and the TV was traded to the Detroit News for its station there. There are a number of cases, like the New York Times continuing to own its it radio stations in NYC (WQXR-FM and WQXR-AM, later WQEW), which remained "grandfathered" on a more-or-less defacto basis..... O&A's return to XM was reported with the silence it deserved and reflective of the fact that these two guys have no cache in the radio industry anymore. (6/16/07) Re: "These guys recorded an old Lennon/McCartney composition that never did much on the charts in the early 70's called "It's For You", name the group." That group would be Springwell. That single was actually pretty good but stiffed-out in late '71. I have a promo copy of it somewhere. PQ in PA. (6/16/07) Re your 6/10 rant: Actually, one reason you'll never hear a New York Times Radio format on WCBS is that The Times has owned its own radio station, WQXR, for more than a half-century. Just as the New York Daily News no longer needed legendary AM station WNEW (Eleven Three Oh) to carry its news bulletins once The News created its own TV station (WPIX) (it later bought the radio station at 101.9 in the mid-1960s.) Of course, Eleven Three Oh then created one of the great local radio or TV news departments in New York history. (6/16/07) Dave's response: NYC's 1130 AM was once owned by Metromedia, which did the fantastic nostalgic format of WNEW-AM on the frequency. And 102.7 FM was Metromedia's fabulous rocker WNEW-FM. Which CBS managed to sink. As for the Washington Post, it, too, owned stations. In the DC market it had WTOP-TV (9), WTOP-AM (1500), and WTOP-FM (96.3). It sold (donated or traded away) all three outlets in the 1970s. And the old Washington Star newspaper owned WMAL-TV (7), WMAL-AM (630), and WMAL-FM (107.3)..... Dave - I'd also like to wish Bob Duckman a happy 40th radio anniversary. It's quite an accomplishment, especially considering the sweeping changes radio has and continues to go through. You'd have to travel far & wide to find a better broadcaster, nicer guy and mentor than Bobby D. Hey Duck, thanks again for stopping by Col. E. Brooke Lee Junior High School in Silver Spring with that yellow WINX Corvette. You've been and continue to be a true inspiration for many of us. Finally, "If you see Bob Duckman, tell Bob to have a happy day from all of us at Metromedia Stereo for Washington D.C." Loo Katz (6/16/07) Dave's response: In the 10 years of doing DCRTV, there are only two guys who I've never heard a negative comment about - Johnny Holliday and Bob Duckman. (OK, maybe a third - Ed Walker.) But that really says something special - that a handful of folks can remain so beloved in such a cutthroat business..... Hey Ed Jones. Since we're back on the "Name the Artist/Tune" thing, I have one for you. These guys recorded an old Lennon/McCartney composition that never did much on the charts in the early 70's called "It's For You", name the group. Rusty Gibson (6/16/07) Congratulations to Bob Duckman. I loved WASH's "Sunday Night Thing of the Past" especially when Bob was hosting. Bob interjected some great information about the performers and I can remember when excerpts were featured from WASH FM's early days. I forgot the name of the broadcaster who would repeat things over and over like he was speaking to the hearing impaired. Kemi Lane: Welcome back and so glad that you are okay. After reading your post, it makes me proud and glad to be living in the USA. To Ed Jones: Ed, I was going to say "Three Dog Night" on your last trivia question. You can see how far off base I was. One of my favorite songs from Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds was "Winners and Losers". It's hard to find a copy of it. The song reached Number 21 on BB in 1975 and I believe it was played extensively on WLPL. Blessings. Joyce Conroy (WHFC) (6/16/07) Dave, Im back from my 1 year stint at home in Nigeria but almost got killed after the election rampage 2 weeks ago where the political hoodlooms sprayed bullets on the state owned $150 million TV transmitters and the $85 million AM and FM radio transmitters.They bursted into the live studios, vandalized cars etc...Make sure DCRTV readers see these stories cos press freedom in America is often taken for granted. www.journalism.co.za... allafrica.com... Refresh your browser after clicking on them. 6 of my colleagues and members of our staff were killed and 10 severly hurt from machete cuts stabbed from head to toe! See what we go thru in 3rd world countries with the issue of press freedom? I was on F**king duty that day and got off early for some reason called sore throat and went home. Sad some of my pals were not so lucky. I now live in Toronto, Canada and hope to resume work soon in both my Pharmacy and Broadcasting professions. Looking for a health Reporter gig here. Meanwhile everyone can catch up with me at www.myspace.com/pharmamedia and view all the great broadcasting memories in Baltimore, Atlanta and Nigeria. Always yours, Kemi Lane (Former Editor of Atlanta media site Keminications.com) (6/16/07) Dave's response: Wow, sorry to hear about that. It's received almost no coverage here in the USA. Although, I have noticed that the NTA, Nigerian Television Authority feed via Fairfax's MHz Networks and digital Channel 56/WNVC, carried on on Comcast's digital channel 677 in the DC area, is now sporting a "technical difficulties" message. I guess that's because of the strife back in Nigeria. So sad..... Who cares what AM 700 and 1160 do in the daytime? They could be making hot monkey love in a church and no one would notice. Both are lightbulbs at night. The whole point is the nighttime signal, that's where WAGE & WXTR's AM upgrades can help them the most. Both stations could end up more powerful at night in much of the DC market than WTWP 1500 or WTEM 980 or possibly even WMAL in WXTR's case. With 1500's nighttime signal mostly so far east of the DC market, maybe The Washington Post should consider just simulcasting BBC radio for the Welsh coast of the UK! HAha! PS: The local signal colors (red & orange) are baseball team colors Dave, but I'm sure you knew that. :-) (6/16/07) The new proposed WAGE AM 1190 FCC app doesn't propose a new nighttime signal from its new proposed Dulles location (the 50,000 watt daytime signal will be a MONSTER from there though, completely blanketing the Washington market and a good bit of Baltimore too), so I thought...... Hey, let's see... (see pic) This is based on the WBIS 1190 FCC already approved nighttime signal for Baltimore at 7000 watts. Keep in mind, DC is farther from New York's WLIB than Baltimore is. Of course, I'm not a broadcast engineer, nor do I play one on TV, and as always, please, no wagering. :-) PS: The Baltimore signal plots are purple and orange, the DC plots Burgundy and red. Enjoy. :-) (6/16/07) Dave's response: Hey, both 700 and 1160 have great daytime AM signals into the DC metro and look at how great they do in the ratings - NOT! Love those pro football team color coded plots. Way cool..... Dave, maybe you should rename your WJFK/Maryland sports blurb as "After decades of being on the radio, University of Maryland sports broadcasts will LEAVE the central Maryland airwaves and move exclusively to DC & VIRGINIA!" :-) (6/16/07) Norman North: You're absolutely right!!!! One Good Woman was recorded by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds. Once again, I couldn't stump you knowledgeable posters. I'll have to go deep again with another musical trivia question. Ed Jones, Bel Air MD (6/16/07) The Washington Post mentions the WJFK-FM/Terrapins deal on page E2... Saturday's page E2. That's just sad. Everett W. www.washingtonpost.com (6/16/07) Dave's response: Buried in the 15th paragraph at the very bottom of a sports "News And Notes" column two days late - if that's not an "almost non-mention" I don't know what is..... HAHAHAHA! Someone with a really good computer editor did this video clip of how Rosie O'Donnell REALLY left "The View". Freakin' hysterical. www.break.com (6/16/07) Eastern Shore Radio Sucks - Somebody bring back JJ "Hitman" McKay (6/16/07) www.youtube.com... As I approach the big "5 0" soon, I thought I'd share this with all of my co- "Baby Boomers" in "MailbagLand" from the early 60's. And the voice of Linus was legendary TV producer Sheldon Leonard. Enjoy the memories from a time when the world wasn't so horrible. Rusty Gibson (6/16/07) Why all of this horrible credence to O&A? As "Opie" should march his non talented ass back to the "Andy Griffith Show". They fucking suck! (6/16/07) Dave's response: Ooops, wrong Opie. The one you're talking about is the famous movie director of such pics as "The DaVinci Code" and "Apollo 13." Not bad for that little kid from Mayberry..... Who is the world made the decision for Maryland to drop WMAL for WJFK??? I'll give you one guess. Most likely by someone with no knowledge whatsoever about Radio or a Radio stations signal!!! WJFK's signal is almost nonexistent in Maryland. I live in College Park and can hardly pick up that station. I believe the University deserves better than that what they are getting. My dial is always set to the Terps station for Football and Basketball...now I'm not so sure. Can anything be done, can anyone be called or e mailed? Does anyone at Maryland really care??? (6/16/07) Opie & Anthony do benefit by getting attention they might not get just because CBS is pushing them in place of Howard Stern. If Howard ever returned to regular radio, they'd be kicked to the curb in a second. Howard Stern made a good decision for himself, going to Sirius, financially, as well as for the freedom to control the content of his show without threats of FCC fines. Maybe satellite radio will last long enough that he can finish his career off without considering a return to regular radio, where he would probably still demolish his competition. JOHN IN STAFFORD (6/16/07) For the record, the Albie Dee bashers must never have met him. Albie is one of the nicest guys around in DC radio, and if you'd shook his hand, you'd know. Back off. (6/16/07) Dave's response: I think I've said it before - Albie Dee, Don Geronimo, and Jack Diamond - one common soul sharing three (no so) different legendary area radio personalities..... Dave, The most entertaining, hilarious thing on the web, tv or radio is the current saga of Bonneville ego masturbation going on in the mailbag. As you know, you and I have not usually agreed. I feel that you must be backed up on this issue. You are calling out the company that cut the throat of its own cash cow in front of everyone by adding a self inflicted competitor. Where else in American radio history has one company handed over three market exclusive formats in a top ten market inside a year? At least everybody takes a good long lunch over on Idyho. Geniuses. (6/16/07) Hope all is good with you! I've got an event this summer that I thought you might be interested in...it's a screening of "Dance Party: The Teenarama Story," a documentary about the local African-American dance show from the 1960s that aired on Ch 14, D.C.'s first black-oriented station. Thanks a lot. Take care, Amy Bertsch, Office of Historic Alexandria..... Dance Party: The Teenarama Story, Saturday, July 7, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Alexandria Black History Museum, 902 Wythe Street, Alexandria, Va., 703-838-4356 www.alexblackhistory.org - A film screening, panel discussion, and dance demonstration for "Dance Party," a documentary examining the teen television dance show phenomenon of the 1960s. Panelists, including Dr. Joseph Gathings, former "Teenarama" executive producer and director, will explore factors contributing to the African American teen show's popularity while it aired live on D.C.'s WOOK-TV from 1963-1970. The film will be followed by a dance demonstration. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free! (6/16/07) /\ June 16 Messages /\ \/ June 15 Messages \/ True, O&A aren't the best--BUT--some of Stern's former daily listeners burned out. O&A benefit. Stern '07 is the (old/frail/lazy) King. -MontCo (6/15/07) I liked listening to Sam Litzinger on 1500 AM, WTWP, Washington. Too bad his mic was connected to a vacuum. So to speak. (Not a vacuum cleaner. A vacuum.) Coming up next: Full-time Brokered Radio on the former WTOP, with transmitter on University Boulevard, Wheaton. Listeners in London, England, will love the infomercials. (6/15/07) For what it's worth . . . WVIE-1370 in Baltimore has juggled its weekday lineup. Laura Ingraham remains from 9 AM-12 noon, but Dr. Laura has been moved up to the 12 noon - 3 PM slot, meaning that WVIE is no longer running her live. New to the 3-6 PM slot is consumer advocate Clark Howard, who to the best of my knowledge has not been on Baltimore or DC anytime recently. Sally Jessy Raphael (7-9 PM) and Dr. Joy Browne (9 PM - 12 midnight) round out the schedule, with the 6 PM hour used by different local shows. The loser was Tammy Bruce, booted to the doldrums of Saturday night. BTW, have Clark Howard and Dr. Neil Clark Warren been in the same room together? Just a thought. (6/15/07) Dave's response: I still think that Dr. Neil Clark Warren and Robb Spewak from the Don and Mike show are the same person. Even though they're probably about 25 years apart in age..... (But Bonneville's recent moves.....to get "in bed" with the Washington Post are among the dumbest radio moves ever seen in the DC radio market. In my humble opinion, anyway.....) Dave, you are the first guy to complain about how dull and unexciting radio is in DC. So Bonneville tries a bold experiment, and you are all over them. Nobody should try anything new or different because they will be subject to the constant wrath of of Dave Hughes. they should be applauded for trying something different. I suspect the print partner, not the radio partner, is the reason it is a generally dull radio station. heck, it's a dull newspaper. The Bonneville guys sure know how to get ratings on WTOP. Dave, I disagree with your frequent anger at Bonneville but I still love your site. Lem (6/15/07) Dave's response: I know, you hate me but love the site. I get that all the time..... Funny how the return of O&A went largely unnoticed by the media. When will the legion (or is it platoon) of pests realize that their heroes are merely legends in their own minds. The broader media industry cares little about them and the (laughable) 5,000 cancellations XM clocked speak volumes for the lack of interest in the program. (6/15/07) The 106.7/105.7 choice for U of MD Terps sports is certainly a curious one. When I lived in the U of Maryland dorms many many years ago, one of the things I remember (because I had a brand new $400 stereo & 5 foot high speakers in my room) was that 105.7 (QSR/Q105), 105.9 (WCXR), 106.5 (WMKR?), & 106.7 (WBMW?) were all difficult to pick up in my dorm room without static. Add to that WYPR 88.1 Baltimore upgrading its power towards the campus and potentially interfering with WMUC and geez, did they not consult even one engineer on this? Sounds like the brilliant people that don't & didn't care about WMUC or RTVF at Maryland have made another brilliant move. DOH! PS: Radio-locator plots are theoretical. That 106.7 plot does not take into account the enormous adjacent channel interference from 106.5. Yes, the signal really is that strong in those places, but if you could plot a static-free line over top of that map, you'd be shocked. Nope you don't have to have a cheapo radio to experience this problem. PREDICTION: In a year's time, they'll release a press release stating the ratings are higher (using fuzzy math like the O's & CBS did). Can't wait. :-) (6/15/07) WBAL 11 in Baltimore is ruining the U.S. Open Golf coverage. They are such label whores they have to plaster their logo on the top right of the screen and it blocks the players score. (6/15/07) “This trio had a top 10 hit in 1971”…could it have been the prestigious law firm of Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds? Norman North (6/15/07) I grant that the Post not mentioning the new Maryland radio affiliation is completely inexplicable. It's not the first omission of its kind, though. The Washington Post didn't mention Virginia Tech switching affiliations to Triple X ESPN Radio or for that matter, George Mason men's basketball broadcasts being dropped to make room for VT. (I had to ask around myself to find out that last bit of news.) The Post's sports department is getting harder and harder to defend. Everett W. (6/15/07) Shall I help you pack and alert the media Mr. Tony? Will you be taking the rest of the Korny Morning Zoo with you or should I plan on more grubby faces around the feed bag in the back of the Bonneville barn until you come to rescue the waifs? WFAN is such a nice place to work Mr. Tony. I'm sure you'll find no problem in finding a nice place to live in New York. What's that you say? You'll be doing the show from your bedside in the Kornheiser Estates? My my Sir, what's next? A remote camera above the dining room table so you can do PTI, MNF and whatever else strikes you, from home? Shall I get Nigel his backbrace and you your arm sling Mr. Tony? It must be hard for him to carry your ass while you pat yourself on the back so often. Good luck in New York Tony! So long! See ya! Adios! Gotta Go! Geeeeesh what a marooooon! (6/15/07) (Regarding WJFK nabs the Terps on page C2 of today's paper:) our paper being The Washington Times. (6/15/07) Is Dennis Murphy going to be the sideline reporter for Maryland football and basketball on WJFK? I don't know if he's willing to do things like don a pants suit to get on the air anymore........Boy Comcast Mid Atlantic is desperate for programming ain't it? Seemed to have increased the infomercial load and surfed by one night and saw they had women's professional softball on. I just can't get into that sport as politically incorrect as that is these days. Just something about some gal grabbing and adjusting her hoo-ha and then spitting between swings at bat that I find most unappealing......Robin Meade sure seems to be missing a lot days in the last few months, is she okay? Of course I could say same for El Gordo of the El Gordo y La Flaca show.....I'll jump on bandwagon, what the heck was Bonneville thinking that WaPo could program a radio station sucessfully. How long is the contract tween Bonneville and WaPo? (6/15/07) Rush just argued that just about anything mankind does to rape andillage the environment is OK and good for the world. So does that mean if a giant sinkhole opens up in the front yard of Rush's Florida mansion to reveal a toxic waste pit, that's OK too? It's funny watching Rush go from a dumbass to being really really stoooopid. (6/15/07) Hello, Fellow Posters. Last night in my travels, I heard Jason Kidd doing the 7 to 12 midnight shift on MIX1065. I thought he was on XM's Hits Channel during the same time period. Could he be voice tracking his MIX show from XM? I've posted a trivia question on Monday which was: Who recorded One Good Woman. A clue: This trio had a top 10 hit in 1971. Once again, One Good Woman was a top 20 hit in the KC area in 1972, where I hail from. However, this song did not hit the Hot 100. I'm waiting for your guesses. Ed Jones, Bel Air MD (6/15/07) Dave, Just want to mention many of us remember (and I may have copies filed away somewhere) when other groups of self appointed radio geniuses called the move to all sports in New York and Philadelphia, a dumb move. Then there were those who predicted this new station in Los Angeles, K-T-W-V, THE WAVE, was a waste of an FM frequency in such a rich revenue market (took a couple of years to pop and make the really big bucks). In fact one of the most respected program directors in the business today makes fun of himself for predicting in the late 1980's that AM Talk radio was DEAD! There are other examples but I don't suspect they would resonate with you. Looking at the success of Bonneville and those behind Washington Post Radio one suspects they are as dumb as those before them who took the risk and spent the money to create new formats and break away from copycat programming too many in our industry embrace. (6/15/07) I believe that in his very young years, Rick King was a weekend member of the WEAM Team. I hung around WMUC after he graduated, but people there who knew him would talk about his engineering genius. Roddy Freeman (6/15/07) Rick King is the consummate engineer and one of the most dedicated. It seems he's been at WMAL forever but he was the same as the chief engineer of WMUC at Maryland in it's carrier current days in the '60's. Simply the best. (and not a bad jock in his day.) Best wishes! Bob Duckman (6/15/07) "I'm one bitching about WMAL going off the air at night. Unfortunately I can't pick up any other AM station that has George's show or else I would shut up and change the dial." Try CKLW 800AM out of Windsor, Ontario WGY 810 from Albany, NY or WRVA 1140 from Richmond. They all come in great in NoVA. Stay@Home Dad (6/15/07) Dave's response: I usually find best non-DC reception of George Noory to be found on Cleveland's 1100, Charlotte's 1110, or Philadelphia's 1210..... (Regarding the Terps on JFK:) It made our paper today, on C2. (6/15/07) Dave's response: The Post? The C2 page in my copy of today's rag has "Ask Amy," an article on mens' pants, and thing on performance art from Venice. Even a search of "WJFK" on the Post's website fails to find anything on yesterday's radio deal..... I wanted to send you an FYI that I think FTVLive is a little late on WUSA joining other Gannett stations that use so-called backpack journalists. I'm pretty sure the station already had a one-man-band in use... From what I've heard.. this has been a HUGE issue boiling among the reporter/photog ranking union members... (6/15/07) Dave's response: Anyone know more? (Dave's response: Hey, I slam everybody) Thats kinda the point...you may slam"everyone", but in the past few months you "slam" Bonneville a disproportionate amount...and there doesn't seem to be a good reason. you reference Clear Channel and CBS. Think about those groups...the have 8 and 5 stations respectively. Bonneville has 2 that you talk about (constantly), 3 in total (WFED seems to be spared your wrath). You may think that WGMS was a mistake, but other would disagree...it has been argued that it was an unfortunate casulty of Bonneville's decision to position WTOP on the FM dial...arguably a smart move that you would only see from a private company...and from a company that must have thought that the very little money WGMS made paled in comparison to the monster cash flow that WTOP produces. All that notwithstanding, there have been many other dumb moves in DC radio...but yet those companies don't seem to be receiving the attention you give to Bonneville. For someone so concerned about getting attribution for "breaking news stories", you are losing credibility with your subjectivity. Maybe that is why the Post doesn't give you attribution. Maybe not. (6/15/07) Dave's response: Ah, what a good idea! I should "ration" my criticism in accordance with the number of local stations a company owns. So, I guess I should slam Clear Channel (which owns eight DC stations) about twice as much as ABC/Citadel (which owns three). Hmmm. As for me being objective? Never. DCRTV is my site and it will always be full of my opinion - and yours..... (Last I checked there's not one frequency in the market that reaches 1 million cume, much less "millions") You are correct that nobody reaches millions, but in the Spring and Fall when the TSA Cume is calculated, WTOP consistently has a CUME of 1 Million. A few times their CUME has been close to 1.2 Million. Kane and others are just using a little theater of the mind with the audience...this is radio after all...and it works really well. You don't think that Jack Diamond only has 13 arbitron rated listeners (or whatever # he says)? JC (6/15/07) What's up with Albie Dee? Is he going to fill in on every station in the market? I heard him doing nights on The Globe! The usually full of life Albie sounded like someone let the air out of his balloon. Deflated and stale trying to do his "act" while introducing terrible music. Someone needs to blow up The Globe. They are terrible. As for Albie, someone please find this guy a job. He's stretching even for his talents. Bebe (6/15/07) Saw a post from Uncle Johnny, wow! Where are you playing radio now? Last I heard it was Miss108. Still remember the live broadcast from Merriweather on Q-107, those were the days. (6/15/07) dave, much has been written in the mailbag about your hyper focus on Bonneville...but I have to say that your rant today kind of swings me towards agreeing with them. What did Bonneville and the Post do to you? The print version of the Post has run many stories about Red Zebra over the last year...both good and bad. RZ would be deemed a competitor to WTWP. WMAL gets its fair share of reliable source coverage. WMAL is certainly a competitor to WTWP. And just last week the Post printed an article about WTWP that I am sure nobody over at Idaho ave was happy about. It is becoming obvious that you have some "beef" with Bonneville. (6/15/07) Dave's response: Hey, I slam everybody - Clear Channel, CBS, ABC, Red Zebra. And Bonneville. I have often praised WTOP's Jim Farley and even made him our "Person Of The Year" one year. But Bonneville's recent moves to blow up classical WGMS, a top-rated station, and to get "in bed" with the Washington Post are among the dumbest radio moves ever seen in the DC radio market. In my humble opinion, anyway..... I cannot believe you mentioned Dr. Gene Scott! That show was riveting TV in the pre-cable days. His legacy still lives www.drgenescott.org ...If you never saw this guy click here: www.youtube.com (6/15/07) Dave's response: I believe I met and got yelled at by the infamous Gene Scott. In the late 1970s, during my summer breaks from James Madison University, I worked at the Reston Sheraton, mainly driving the shuttle van to and from Dulles Airport. I met many famous people doing this, including the second man on the moon, Buzz Aldrin. Well, one morning, one of the front desk people asked me to go up to a room to check on a guest who was not answering his "wake up" call. After banging on the door, it was opened by a man looking a lot like Gene Scott. I don't remember exactly what he said, but it wasn't very pleasant. I was later told that he was in town for a religious conference and to talk with the folks who owned Channel 66, which then featured religious programming 24/7..... WMAL should have never gotten the rights to Coast to Coast when they KNEW they would be off the air doing engineering. They should have waited for the upgrade to be completed then introduced the upgrade by carrying Coast to Coast. In the mean time they should have programmed reruns of Rush or other day time programming. (6/15/07) Well the "MySpace" clone, that Booger`s buddies push so hard, just reached 10,000 people! It will be a million before long. Juuuust kidding. I don`t even listen to that douchebag, but he consistently keeps pissing people off, from what I read online. What a great skill to have. Things must be going great at the TLC Laser Eye Center studios (don`t ask me, but thats what station`s id sounds like these days). Jeff, it is time to go, there are other stations around the country that need to be ran to the ground. Your job in DC s done. Oh and for God`s sakes, please take your overweight entourage with you, we want Mark, Kris, Ron, KT, Albie and Julian back. (6/15/07) Accessing a free broadcast of the Maryland Terrapins season opener against Villanova on September 1 could be exceeding difficult for many fans. The "television" feed will be on ESPN360, an Internet outlet that's inaccessible to most area residents. As for radio, WHFS-FM/105.7 will likely have to pre-empt in Baltimore due to an Orioles' conflict, leaving the Terps to weak sister station WJFK/1300. Of course, the new Washington, D.C. area affiliate WJFK-FM/106.7 has its own well-documented propagation problems in the Free State. We could get into MASN/Triple X debut levels of ugliness on this one. Everett W. (6/15/07) RE: [ " Other taped events had been previously broadcast " ]... Let me re-phrase that (no "tape recording" existed obviously)..... Other presidential events had been broadcast previously before that date. (6/15/07) Rick King leaving WMAL. Wow! I worked with Rick in the 1980's when I was doing nights on Q107. Rick was a true gentleman and a pleasure to work with. Best of luck to you, Rick! Uncle Johnny (6/15/07) I drive in from the Winchester, VA area and have really grown to love the Bob & Tom Show. It would smoke the Junkies and Eliot in the AM drive if some intelligent broadcaster would put it on in the DC market. I lose the signal just west of Leesburg and usually switch to either WTOP for traffic or WJFK for the Junkies, but I would keep Bob & Tom all the way to Reston if I could. Any good reason why one of the most popular AM drive shows in the country can’t find a home locally? There is almost nothing worth listening to besides traffic and weather on the ‘8s’. (6/15/07) Yes, Kane does fake just about everything on his show. He makes up stories all the time because he leads a very boring life. He is a good little follower of Booger though so he's kissing the right ass at 1801. My favorite is when he tells the listeners that "they" (the actor that Hot pays for the bit) is on-air to "millions of listeners". Last I checked there's not one frequency in the market that reaches 1 million cume, much less "millions". It does fit his style of lying and faking bits though so what can you expect? And I do agree with you Dave, the DC101 weekend DJ's are a joke! But what can you expect for $5 an hour? You figure that they'll pay these actors who sound like great "listeners" for Kane's show, why not throw them a couple of more bucks and have them host the weekends? (6/15/07) Hello, all - If you missed (Thursday's) Q&A Cafe with Tina Brown, here are some clips of the interview where she discusses her book, "The Diana Chronicles," Princess Diana, and other subjects... The full interview is up our website nathansgeorgetown.com, at the Q&A Cafe TV link... On Katie Couric: youtube.com..... On Mohammed and Dodi al Fayed youtube.com..... On Becoming an American Citizen youtube.com..... On Princess Diana Crash Photos youtube.com..... - Carol (6/15/07) I'm one bitching about WMAL going off the air at night. Unfortunately I can't pick up any other AM station that has George's show or else I would shut up and change the dial. If they want to do work when no one's listening, pick the weekend after Ric Edelman's show. The afternoon/evening tripe is horrendous. I'd bet there are a lot more people listening to George talk about UFO's than listening to the booooooooooooooooring money/computer/infomercials. Not a sermon, just a thought. (6/15/07) The fact that the Terps are moving to WJFK in DC should be FAR from a shocker. A group called "Terrapin Sports Marketing" is the exclusive sponsorship sales partner and multimedia rights holder of Maryland Athletics. They delivered the Baltimore rights right into CBS Radio Baltimore's laps a few years ago and are doing the same now in DC. Who owns Terrapin Sports Marketing???? --- you got it, CBS. umterps.cstv.com (6/15/07) Since you folks brought up Kane. Where to start ? First of all, I feel bad for the hispanic girl who used to work with Mark and Kris. Not sure what the appropriate comparison would be here, but it just has to suck. To be putting up with a self-absorbed, chauvinistic pig and the "damn we don`t have anyone, but it used to be 4 people on the show, so now we need people to fill the empty spots, but somehow pay them nothing" sidekicks. The girl, actually, is an ay-okay, but this is a major market morning show we are talking about here. Where did this chick come from? I know they needed to find somebody quick, but come on? Back to Kane, overly cocky, not at all entertaining, unoriginal, really really boring and most of all, he is REALLY trying. His best, whatever that is, but lets see here. I wake up at 5am for several years now. I am on the road at 5:30 and used to always flip between WTOP and Mark & Kris. I never was a die-hard fan of 99.5 and their "let us play Justin Timberlake 38 times a day" playlist, but that Mark, Kris, news guy and Teapot had the kind of chemistry, that could be clearly heard. Yeah, they had days, when Mark was a complete dick to everyone and Kris would not quit with her smart remarks, but it was ENTERTAINMENT. On the contrary, we now have a "Is it 10AM yet?" morning show, where the main objective is to try and bullshit enough to stretch it for four and a half hours and THANK GOD for Justin Timberlake and his music, because now they can play a lot more of it during the morning show. Since they have NOTHING to talk about and what the hell is the deal with this Jerry Springer rip off, where he reveals to a crying girl on the radio, that her boyfriend is gay and is cheating on her with entire DC and Baltimore population. Why do I want to hear this? It is bad enough I am stuck on 270 and my workday didn`t even start. Also, don`t little boys and girls listen to this? They are a "myspace" generation already, they don`t need their fragile minds fucked even more. This can go on and on. Whoever made the decision to restructure this 99.5 station should be ashamed of him/herself. The morning show is terrible, whatever that thing is that yaps after the morning show until 3PM is just as bad, that Tony guy does okay and then of course there is the "Freek" show, which is a repeat of the same bullshit we heard in the morning. Just not as bad and the timing is more appropriate. Sad, sad thing. I wonder how long all of them will actually last? I don`t know anyone in the right mind who would like this kind of radio. P.S. Paris Hilton is in jail. How come Kane is not trying to bail her out? a) She is a woman b) Hot 99.5 spent all the money they had on TV commercials c) a and b. (6/15/07) RE: [ " On this date in 1922, Warren G. Harding became the first president heard on radio, as Baltimore station WEAR broadcast his speech dedicating the Francis Scott Key memorial at Fort McHenry. " ].............. Not quite... that was not the 1st time a U.S. President was heard on the radio. Other taped events had been previously broadcast, but it does have a claim to fame as it is widely considered to be the 1st time a President did a live remote broadcast via radio. Additionally, the broadcast was achieved by stringing wire all the way around Baltimore's Inner Harbor from Fort McHenry to the radio station's transmitter on the banks of the harbor. That station shortly afterward became WFBR AM 1300 and was Baltimore's first radio station (experimentally, not licensed). It was also the Orioles radio broadcast station the last time the team won the World Series in 1983 (Remember "Orioles Magic" anyone? That was the extremely successful WFBR promo campaign). And sadly, that station is now named after a Washington DC station (or a U.S. President, take your pick) as WJFK 1300 and, ummm, IT SUCKS!...... BRING BACK W F B R CBS SCHMUCKS! (6/15/07) Actually, WMAL has been going off the air at night as a sort of 'flashing the lights' tribute to the very soon to retire (like, today) Rick King, who has been THE engineer and historian of the station for more years than I have been in radio. As a grand finale, Rick has been there every day, evening and overnight of the past three years, shepherding along the 10kW daytime upgrade and addition of IBOC (aka HD Radio) capabilities. Rick has steadfastly reviewed each and every morsel of information, each and every detail of the details related to this process and his dedication to delivering perfection in reception has been held in high regard. While the deadline for this project is the end of this month, with Rick leaving now, a full court press was put forth to make sure that we finished this with him, rather than without. I am pleased to have been able to work with Rick, (and you too Dave Sproul), Tom Shedlick and the rest of the WMAL staff and vendors over the past three years on this project. We appreciate the cooperative efforts and patience of WMAL programming and management in accomodating the unfortunate necessity of signal interruption. The antenna system work supervised by Cavell and Jones, with components by Kintronics and electronics by Harris, was tested at full power one night recently, with IBOC carriers on,,,and it passed with beautiful symmetry. So instead of complaining, please realize that all of this was worth it, a tremendous expense and effort, to deliver a better signal to the listener. We just got it done a little sooner so Rick could pass the baton with the satisfaction that the WMAL transmitter plant, which he babied with parental zeal, has evolved into the new digital age under his care. EAB, Comm-Struction and Services, LLC. (6/15/07) /\ June 15 Messages /\ Jump to the Mailbag Archive Index.....