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DCRTV Front - Contact Us - Mailbag - Advertise - DCRTV Plus - Support DCRTV Voice Cans Musto - 5/17 - Longtime film critic Michael Musto is the latest layoff casualty at the rapidly sinking Village Voice. Gawker has more..... Buyouts At NY Post - 5/17 - Nearly a dozen reporters have been offered buyouts at the New York Post. So reports capitalnewsyork.com..... 5 Moves Lewis To Weekends - 5/15 - Antwan Lewis, a reporter at Channel 5/WNYW who has anchored early morning newscasts since January, becomes the Fox station's new weekend evening co-anchor with Christina Park..... WLTW Tops NYC Radio Heap - 5/14 - The monthly April radio ratings for NYC are analyzed by radio biz newsletter author Tom Taylor: Like the lights that bathe the city from the Empire State Building, Clear Channel’s AC “Lite” WLTW serenely floats at the top of the ratings (February 7.6 to March 7.8 to April 7.2). Sister CHR “Z100” WHTZ (5.1-5.6-6.0) is bidding to swipe the #2 spot from CBS Radio’s classic hits WCBS-FM (6.1-6.4-6.2). Z100's 6-share is its first time at that level since last August. Urban WBLS, the former Inner City station now owned by YMF Media, seems to have a solid claim on fourth place (5.5-5.3-5.6). While the Hurricane Sandy plateau for CBS-owned all-news “1010 WINS” continues (4.7-4.5-4.7). All shares in this Day 1 section are age 6+ AQH for the total broadcast week. Arbitron’s “April” survey ran March 28 through April 24. And please note that in yesterday’s 5pm Eastern Ratings Email from this NOW newsletter, CBS Radio’s all-sports “Fan” WFAN-AM/FM was missing from the data supplied by Arbitron. Its rival, Disney-owned “ESPN 98.7” WEPN-FM was flat, 1.3-1.2-1.3..... KYW & WBEB Top Philly Radio Heap - 5/14 - The monthly April radio ratings for Philadephia are analyzed by radio biz newsletter author Tom Taylor: It’s not lonely at the top, not when you share it with somebody else. This month CBS Radio’s all-news KYW (8.6-7.8-7.0) and Jerry Lee’s AC “B101” WBEB (7.2-6.9-7.0) are neck-and-neck with the 6+ shares. There’s almost a tie for third place between CBS Radio’s classic hits WOGL (5.5-5.6-5.9) and CC’s urban AC WDAS-FM (a softish 6.4-6.3-5.8). Beasley’s country WXTU (4.6-4.6-5.1) crosses the 5-share mark for the first time in a while. Nice month for an upbeat rival of B101 – Clear Channel’s hot AC “Mix 106.1” WISX goes 3.2-3.5-3.8..... 10's Wilson To Indy - 5/10 - Reporter Lori Wilson leaves Channel 10/WCAU to be evening news anchor at WISH-TV in Indianapolis..... Giants Stay On WFAN - 5/10 - CBS Radio signs a multi-year renewal dealm to carry the New York Giants on sports talker WFAN, 101.9 FM/660 AM..... Powe Replaces Smith At 40 - 5/8 - J. Roger Powe has been named interim general manager at Channel 40/WMGM, the NBC affiliate in Wildwood-Atlantic City. The station's general sales manager since 2005, he replaces Ron Smith, who plans "to take it easy for awhile" after a decade as WMGM's general manager..... Spencer Joins 10 - 5/8 - George Spencer joins NBC-owned Channel 10/WCAU in Philadelphia as a general assignment reporter. He comes from Orlando, where he has been an anchor and reporter at WFTV-TV since 2008..... JRZ Unveils Lineup - 5/6 - Classic hits/oldies WJRZ, 100.1 FM, in Manahawkin NJ reveals its new lineup: 5:30 AM Matt Knight, 10 AM TJ Bryan, 2 PM Glen Kalina, 7 PM Barbara Farragher, midnight Ricky A..... Rush Could Leave WABC At End Of 2013 - 5/6 - Last year, DCRTV ran speculation that Rush Limbaugh (left) may end his affilation agreement with Cumulus, which runs the righty talk titan on its stations in 40 markets, including NYC's WABC-AM, plus NYC, DC, Chicago, and Dallas. Now, Politico reports more rumors that Cumulus and Limbaugh could end their deal at the end of 2013. Limbaugh is considering the move because Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey has blamed the company's advertising losses on Limbaugh's controversial remarks about Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown law student. In February 2012, Limbaugh referred to Fluke as "a slut" because she had called on congress to mandate insurance coverage of birth control. The subsequent controversy over those remarks resulted in a significant advertising boycott. "It's a very serious discussion, because Dickey keeps blaming Rush for his own revenue problems," a source tells Politico. "Dickey's talk stations underperform talk stations owned by other operators in generating revenue by a substantial margin. It's not a single show issue... it's a failure of the entire station. And trying to blame Rush for that is not much of a business partnership." Limbaugh is syndicated by Premiere, which is owned by Clear Channel, which recently bought NYC news talker WOR, his likely new local radio home..... 4's John Noel Hospitalized - 5/6 - John Noel, a longtime reporter at Channel 4/WNBC, has been hospitalized with brain cancer. He was first diagnosed with the disease last year and has been undergoing treatment at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, NewsBlues reports..... Houseman Leaves 11 - 5/3 - John Houseman leaves his assistant news director gig at Channel 11/WPIX after more than 20 years at the Tribune station..... Grauert Jumps From 5 to 11 - 5/2 - Julie Grauert will be Tribune-owned Channel 11/WPIX's morning traffic reporter. She comes from Fox-owned Channel 5/WNYW..... QXR To Get North Westchester Relay - 5/2 - New York Public Radio has acquired WDFH, 90.3 FM, in Ossining NY in Northern Westchester County from Hudson Valley Community Radio for $400,000. The freeform format would be dropped in favor of a simulcast of NYC's classical WQXR, 105.9 FM. WDFH currently operates with 53-watts. As part of the asset purchase agreement, NYPR has agreed to file with the FCC an application to increase power to 250-watts. More at radioinsight.com..... DeLucia To 10 - 5/1 - Reporter Matt DeLucia joins NBC-owned Channel 10/WCAU. He comes from Las Vegas, where he has been a reporter and fill-in anchor at KVVU since 2009..... Barnett Leaves 3 - 4/30 - Her contract not renewed, news anchor Susan Barnett is leaving CBS-owned Channel 3/KYW. More at philly.com..... ABC News Makes Investigative Hires - 4/29 - ABC News hires James Gordon Meek from the New York Daily News to join its Washington bureau as an investigative producer. Also, the New York Post's Josh Margolin will join ABC as senior investigative reporter. More at politico.com..... New Wilmington Bureau For PVI - 4/25 - The Wilmington bureau for Philadelphia's ABC-owned Channel 6/WPVI, has a new home after 26 years in the same place. More from TVSpy..... NYT Sees Income & Ad Slump - 4/25 - The New York Times Company reports that its first quarter net income was $3.1 million, down from $42.1 million in the period a year earlier. Ad revenue dropped 11.2%. Print advertising revenue declined 13.3% and digital advertising revenue dropped 4%. However, circulation revenue was up 6.5%. More at nytimes.com..... Maxwell Leaves 7 For 4 - 4/24 - After 10 years as a general assignment reporter at ABC-owned Channel 7/WABC, Jen Maxfield has joined rival Channel 4/WNBC, which is owned by NBC..... Thiele Leaves Salem NYC - 4/23 - Peter Thiele resigns as program director of Salem's NYC area righty political talker WNYM, 970 AM, and NYC area religious talker WMCA, 570 AM, effective in early May. He joined the stations in 2007 from the Christian broadcaster's San Francisco radio cluster, where he served as operations manager..... WJRZ Drops AC For Classic Hits - 4/22 - Greater Media flips Manahawkin NJ's WJRZ, 100.1 FM, from adult contemporary to classic hits of the 1960s through 1980s..... Bonics Joins WRDW - 4/18 - Beasley names Bonics as the night host at rhythmic contemporary WRDW, Wired 96.5, in Philadelphia. He comes from WKST in Pittsburgh..... Sportcaster Bob Wolff Makes Library Donation - 4/18 - The New York Times profiles Bob Wolff, a longtime sportscaster who is being honored by the Library Of Congress next week for his donation of 1,400 audio and video recordings of sportscasting. Wolff called some of sports' most iconic games, including the 1958 NFL championship between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants. He remains active at age 92, working for News 12 Long Island..... Philly Rags Raise Paywall - 4/16 - Philadelphia's newspapers launched subscription sites Monday: Inquirer.com and PhillyDailyNews.com. Philly.com, which will continue to feature content from both papers, will remain free. More at poynter.org..... WLTW Tops NYC Radio Heap - 4/16 - The March monthly NYC radio ratings. From Tom Taylor Now: The rich get richer, as so often happens in Gotham City. Clear Channel’s AC “Lite” WLTW goes from a January 7.2 to a February 7.6 to a March 7.8, with age 6+ AQH share. CBS Radio’s classic hits WCBS-FM lines up second, 6.2-6.1-6.4. While Clear Channel’s CHR “Z100” WHTZ remains third, 5.4-5.1-5.6. There’s some slippage for YMF Media’s urban WBLS (5.7-5.5-5.3). Likewise for SBS-owned Spanish Tropical “Mega’ WSKQ, 4.5-4.4-4.1. While it’s the lowest topline share since June 2009 for CBS Radio’s “92.3 Now” WNOW (2.1-2.3-1.9). In the sports competition, it’s the CBS simulcast “Fan” WFAN-AM/FM (3.7-2.5-2.4), Disney’s WEPN-FM (1.6-1.3-1.2), and Disney’s Spanish sports “ESPN Deportes” WEPN breaking back into the standings with a 0.2. Cumulus's new country WNSH placed 18th.... KYW Tops Philly Radio Heap - 4/16 - The March montly Philadelphia radio ratings. From Tom Taylor Now: Three straight #1 books for CBS all-newser KYW (7.8-8.6-7.8). Jerry Lee’s AC “B101” WBEB, is second, 6.8-7.2-6.9. CC’s urban AC WDAS-FM is third, 6.6-6.4-6.3. While Greater Media’s rock WMMR (4.7-4.9-5.6) rises to fourth place. That ties it with CBS Radio’s classic hits WOGL 5.3-5.5-5.6..... Foxx To Program WNSH - 4/15 - Cumulus picks John Foxx to be program director for NYC's new country outlet, WNSH, 94.7 FM. He'll continue programming the company's hot adult contemporary WPLJ, 95.5 FM..... Dick Morris To Debut On WPHT - 4/12 - Political pundit and former advisor to President Clinton, Dick Morris, makes his radio show debut on April 15th on CBS Radio news talker WPHT, 1210 AM, in Philadelphia. Morris is seen regularly as a political commentator on Fox News. He'll be doing the 2 PM to 6 PM slot..... Robin Rieger Leaves 3 - 4/12 - Robin Rieger is leaving Philadelphia's Channel 3/KYW after 17 years as a general assigmment reporter. She says she wants to spend more time with her family. Before joining KYW-TV, she was a news and traffic reporter for Metro Traffic in Philadelphia..... Stern Loses $300M Lawsuit Against Sirius - 4/11 - Radio shock jock Howard Stern (left) has struck out in his attempt to revive a $300 million lawsuit against SiriusXM for allegedly cheating him out of promised stock bonuses. On Thursday, a New York appeals court refused to overrule a New York judge's ruling in April 2012 that Stern deserved additional stock compensation if Sirius exceeded certain subscriber target projection. Sirius had exceeded the targets, but only when customers directly gathered through the merger with XM were counted. Before jumping to Sirius in 2006, Stern was heard on NYC's WXRK and Philadelphia's WYSP. More at hollywoodreporter.com..... Jail Time For Man Who Lasered 3's Chopper - 4/11 - A Philadelphia man will see three months in jail for shining a laser beam at the Channel 3/KYW news chopper last year. The chopper for the CBS owned station captured video of the incident when it happened last July while flying over Northeast Philadelphia. TVSpy has more..... Rendell Presides Over WPVI Reporter's Wedding - 4/11 - Ed Rendell, the former governor of Pennsylvania, presided over the private wedding ceremony on April 10th of Channel 6/WPVI reporter Annie McCormick to Harrisburg lobbyist A.J. Marsico. McCormick and Marisco met when she anchored weekends at Channel 21/WHP in Harrisburg. She joined Philadelphia's WPVI last year..... Effron To Be 11's ND - 4/9 - Mark Effron has been named vice president and news director of NYC's Channel 11/WPIX, a Tribune Company station. He'd worked at MSNBC, where he was former vice president of news and daytime programming. Effron has also worked for the Post-Newsweek stations, holding leadership roles at WFSB in Hartford and WDIV in Detroit. Most recently, he was the general manager and executive producer of "The Takeaway," a public radio show produced by WNYC and Public Radio International..... MMR To Celebrate 45 - 4/5 - FMQB tells us that in celebration of its 45th year as a rock station, Philadelphia's WMMR, 93.3 FM, will feature music and clips from its archives in April during longtime midday host Pierre Robert's noontime show. The weekends will feature "WMMR@45" flashbacks imaging and many historic highlights. WMMR signed on the air on April 29, 1968. The first song played by the legendary Dave Herman was "Flying" by the Beatles..... Francesa Re-Inks Contract With WFAN - 4/2 - Mike Francesa signs a multi-year contract extension with CBS's NYC sports talker, WFAN, which will keep him in afternoons "for several years to come." As part of the agreement, Francesa will also bring his long running Sunday morning "The NFL Now" show to CBS Sports Radio this fall..... Afia & St. Clair To Hot 107.9 - 4/1 - Shamara Afia and Laiya St. Clair are the new "PMS - Philly's Morning Show" team on Radio One's urban contemporary Hot 107.9, WPHI, in Philadelphia. They replace the Rickey Smiley. Afia comes from Beasley's rhythmic contemporary WRDW, Wired 96.5, in Philadelphia. St. Clair is a former WPHI morning show personality who'd been with CBS's urban contemporary WPGC in DC..... WSNJ Carries LA Angeles - 4/1 - Deep within Philadelphia Phillies territory, Bridgeton NJ talk/variety WSNJ, 1240 AM, will carry Los Angeles Angels games this season..... Radio One Plans WRNB Flip - 4/1 - Radio One has let go the entire airstaff at Philadelphia's WRNB, 100.3 FM, as it plans to drop the urban adult contemporary format for "old school" R&B and rap. The flip is expected at 5 PM Monday..... Bob Teague Dies - 3/29 - Bob Teague, 84, who joined Channel 4/WNBC in 1963 as one of the city’s first black television journalists and went on to work as a reporter, anchor, and producer for more than three decades, died March 28 of lymphoma at his home in New Brunswick NJ..... NBC Buys WWSI - 3/28 - NBCUniversal has agreed to pay $19 million for Telemundo affiliate Channel 49/WWSI in Philadelphia and turn it into a duopoly with Channel 10/WCAU. NBCUniversal also owns Telemundo..... 5 NYC Stations Make Top Billing "Top 10" - 3/27 - Hubbard all-newser WTOP in DC is the top ad revenue billing radio station in the whole country for the third straight year. It billed $64.6 million in 2012, up from $60 million in 2011. That's according to just-released stats from Chantilly VA-based BIA/Kelsey. Clear Channel's contemporary hit KIIS in LA was number two at $56.8 million. LA is the second largest radio market, DC is eighth. Coming in third was contemporary hit WHTZ in the largest market, NYC, with $48.2 million, also a Clear Channel station. In fourth, CBS's all-news WCBS-AM in NYC with $47.2 million, with Clear Channel's news tallk KFI in LA at $46 million. Rounding out the top 10: CBS all-newser WBBM-AM in Chicago at $45.7 million, Clear Channel's adult contemporary WLTW in NYC at $43 million, CBS all-newser WINS in NYC at $41.5 million, CBS's sports talk WFAN in NYC at $41 million, and CBS's alternative rock KROQ in LA at $39.3 million..... Name Change At WIOQ - 3/26 - Prolifik, night host at Clear Channel's contemporary hit Q102, WIOQ in Philadelphia, will now be known as Mike Adam..... Jim Dolan Joins WBEN - 3/26 - Greater Media names Jim Dolan general sales manager for Philadelphia's adult hits WBEN, 95.7 FM. He comes from Comcast Spotlight in Baltimore..... NASH-FM Debuts Strong In NYC - 3/19 - From Tom Taylor Now: NYC's WNSH (94.7 FM), probably the most closely-watched station in the country, debuted a scant ten days before the January 31 start of Arbitron’s “February” PPM period. From a standing start – doing a complete audience changeover from the previous Christian teaching/music format – it attracts a February-book cume of 728,000. The opening 1.6 share with age 6+ AQH makes a mid-2 share goal for the New York market seem very doable, and there’s news outside the Big Apple, too. The onetime WFME/now-Nash scores a 1.7 share on Long Island. And in Middlesex-Somerset-Union, it tied another country station at a 1.0 share. That’s Press-owned “Thunder Country” WKMK, which is going to have to share its thunder with “Nash". NYC's two main all-sports stations were softer in the February numbers, with CBS-owned WFAN-AM/FM moving 3.1-3.7-2.5 since the Holiday book. Disney’s WEPN-FM slipped 1.8-1.6-1.3. While Spanish “ESPN Deportes” WEPN again didn’t make the book. At the top you’ve got Clear Channel’s “Lite” WLTW, from a Holiday-book 11.3 to a 7.2 and now up a bit to 7.6. CBS Radio’s classic hits WCBS-FM remaining second, 6.6-6.2-6.1. YMF Media’s urban WBLS holding third place, 5.9-5.7-5.5. CC’s top 40 Z100 WHTZ is fourth, 4.6-5.4-5.1. And CBS’ all-news “1010 WINS” gains in share, 4.2-4.5-4.7. SBS gets some new juice into Spanish contemporary WPAT-FM – gaining 1.3-2.1-2.4 for its best topline number since January 2011..... KYW Tops Philly Radio Heap - 3/19 - From Tom Taylor Now: In the Philadelphia February numbers, KYW-AM, the CBS all-newser, takes a second straight turn at #1, up 6.8-7.8-8.6. It’s ahead of Jerry Lee’s AC “B101” WBEB, which adjusts from an all-Christmas 15.9 to 6.8 to 7.2. Clear Channel’s urban “Power 99” WUSL (3.7-4.0-4.4) draws its best number ever in the market that’s had PPM longer than anywhere else. Merlin Media’s talk “IQ 106.9” WWIQ is steady, 1.8-2.5-2.5..... Sacred Heart Plans Fairfield County Service - 3/18 - Sacred Heart University has split its NPR news/talk programming service to feature local inserts dedicated to Fairfield County CT. The new service will be heard on 1260 WSHU Westport, 1350 WNLK Norwalk, 1400 WSTC Stamford, 106.5 W293AU Derby, and 91.1 WSHU-HD2 and branded as "WSHU Fairfield County Public Radio." More at radioinsight.com..... Al Gardner Exits WWIQ - 3/15 - Al Gardner leaves his morning co-hosting duties on Merlin talker WWIQ, 106.9 FM, in Philadelphia. Lionel and Michele Murillo remain on "Philly's Morning News"..... Time Warner To Replace NY1 Name - 3/15 - Time Warner Cable plans to rebrand its NYC news channel NY1 as "TWC News." The change will will reinforce that if subscribers drop Time Warner for Verizon or satellite they will lose their beloved New York news channel. More at nydailynews.com..... New Duties For KTU's Rob Miller - 3/14 - Rob Miller, program director at Clear Channel's rhythmic contemporary WKTU, 103.5 FM, in NYC, also becomes adult contemporary format brand manager for the radio firm..... CBS Hires Dick Morris For Philly Radio Gig - 3/14 - Dick Morris, the former Fox News contributor who became synonymous with the fact-denying right-wing echo-chamber during the 2012 elections, has been tapped to host an afternoon show on CBS Radio news talker WPHT, 1210 AM, in Philadelphia. Morris is taking the spot left vacant by Michael Smerconish, the radio personality and MSNBC political analyst, who is moving his show to SiriusXM in April. More from Politico..... Jim Kingsland Dies - 3/12 - Jim Kingsland, who was news director at Bloomberg Radio business news talker WBBR, 1130 AM, has died after a battle with severe diabetes. He was 29. Kingsland also worked for CNBC, Fox Business Network, and Shadow Traffic..... Hennessey Leaves 2 - 3/12 - Sean Hennessey, a veteran reporter at Channel 2/WCBS, is leaving TV for a teaching job at his alma mater, Boston College..... 2's Dahler To CBS - 3/8 - Channel 2/WCBS anchor Don Dahler is joining CBS News as a correspondent. He will be a New York-based correspondent for "CBS Evening News" and "CBS This Morning"..... Pacifica Raises Emergency Funds For WBAI - 3/7 - The Pacifica Foundation has launched an emergency campaign to raise funds to keep NYC's WBAI, 99.5 FM, on the air. Blaming its fiscal issues on escalating rent costs, the financial recession, and Hurricane Sandy, WBAI has had a series of issues in recent years. More at radioinsight.com..... London Joins 10 - 3/6 - Jacqueline London joins Channel 10/WCAU to be an anchor and reporter. She spent 10 years at Orlando's WKMG-TV, which she left in 2010..... Smerconish To POTUS - 3/6 - Michael Smerconish, who frequently fills in for Chris Matthews on MSNBC's DC-based "Hardball" politics show, is jumping from traditional broadcast talk radio to satellite radio. The Philadelphia-based radio talk show host, who is syndicated in more than 80 markets nationally, will move his three-hour program to SiriusXM's POTUS politics channel on April 15, airing weekdays at 9 AM, with a repeat at 6 PM..... Maxx Gets Promoted At JBR - 3/6 - Charlie Maxx gets elevated to the program director post at Wilmington DE adult contemporary outlet WJBR, 99.5 FM. She continues co-hosting the Beasley station's morning show..... FUV Makes Lineup Changes - 3/4 - NYC adult alternative WFUV moves evening host Corny O’Connell to morning host and adds Carmel Holt to the lineup in middays, moving Darren DeVivo to evenings. In addition, assistant music director Russ Borris had been named music director, replacing Rita Houston who was recently promoted to program director..... Now Makes Changes - 2/26 - CBS's contemporary hit WNOW, 92.3 FM, in NYC shift its talent. Ty Bentli remains in mornings. Micki Gamez takes the 10 AM to 2 PM slot. Zann now airs from 2 PM to 6 PM, with Toro in the 6 PM to 10 PN slot. And Eutopia airs from 10 PM to 2 AM..... DCRTV Job Ad: CSN Seeks Digital Journalist To Cover Ravens - 2/25 - From DCRTV's Job Ads: Can YOU become the premiere beat reporter covering the world champion Baltimore Ravens? Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic seeks a Digital Media Journalist to dominate team coverage with superior writing skills; excellent on-camera delivery; and tireless work ethic. Minimum of 5 years' experience as a beat reporter; extensive NFL contacts; bachelor's degree. Send resumes to LCotton@comcastsportsnet.com..... Tiffany Hill Leaves WBEB - 2/25 - Adult contemporary WBEB, 101.1 FM in Philadelphia sees Tiffany Hill exit the morning show. Midday host Jenn Ryan will now be paired in mornings with Michael Chew. Night host Andrea Duffy will move up to middays, while Jessie Jordan moves to nights..... WNSH Adds Ford & Addy - 2/22 - Radio Insight tells us that Cumulus country 94.7 Nash-FM, WNSH, NYC has brought on its first two on-air personalities. Kelly Ford, who departed country KYGO Denver last August after 20 years, will take the midday shift. The new afternoon driver is Jesse Addy, who comes from Detroit's adult contemporary WDVD..... Morrison Resigns From 2 - 2/20 - Rob Morrison has reportedly resigned as an anchor at Channel 2/WCBS. Police in Connecticut accused Morrison on Sunday of attempting to strangle his wife, Ashley Morrison, a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch. More from mediabistro.com..... 2's Morrison Faces Charges - 2/19 - Channel 2/WCBS news anchor Rob Morrison faces domestic abuse charges. Darien CT authorities responded to the couple's home at 1:30 AM Sunday after Morrison’s mother-in-law called police. Morrison is accused of choking his wife, Ashley Morrison, a CBS MoneyWatch anchor. Police said he became "increasingly belligerent" over the evening and used both hands to choke her. He is charged with second-degree strangulation, second-degree threatening and disorderly conduct. TVSpy has more..... WLTW Tops NYC Radio Heap - 2/19 - The January radio ratings for NYC, full-day, age 6+: 1) WLTW, 2) WCBS-FM, 3) WBLS, 4) WHTZ, 5) WINS and WSKQ, 7) WAXQ, 8) WKTU and WXNY, 10) WFAN, 11) WCBS-AM, 12) WWPR, 13) WWFS, 14) WPLJ, 15) WABC-AM, 16) WQHT, 17) WNYC, 18) WNOW and WPAT, 20) WEPN..... KYW Tops Philadelphia Radio Heap - 2/19 - The January radio ratings for Philadelphia, full-day, age 6+: 1) KYW-AM, 2) WBEB, 3) WDAS-FM, 4) WOGL, 5) WMGK, 6) WXTU, 7) WMMR, 8) WIOQ, 9) WRFF, 10) WIP, 11) WUSL, 12) WRDW, 13) WISX, 14) WRNB, 15) WHYY and WPEN, 17) WWIQ, 18) WPPZ, 19) WBEN, 20) WPHI and WPHT and WRTI..... ZXL To Carry Phillies - 2/18 - Classic rocker WZXL, 100.7 FM, in the Atlantic City area will carry all Philadelphia Phillies games this season..... Rossi Upped At WSTW - 2/15 - Contemporary hit WSTW in Wilmington has promoted midday personality and music director Mike Rossi to program director. He's has been with the Delmarva-owned station for 25 years and has been serving as acting program director..... WFUV Ups Houston - 2/14 - NYC's adult alternative WFUV promotes Rita Houston from music director to program director. She replaces Chuck Singleton, who was previously named general manager of the station. Houston joined the station in 1994.... Cox Sells CT Outlets To Connoisseur - 2/13 - Cox announced last summer that it was selling its radio holdings in six markets as part of its plan to focus on larger markets, cross-media collaboration, and heightened impact in fewer markets. It began shopping the stations around and now announces that Connecticut-based Connoisseur will acquire some of the stations. Including Southern Connecticut's WPLR-FM, WEZN-FM, WFOX-FM, and contract rights for WYBC-FM..... Fennell Upped At WUSL & WDAS - 2/12 - Clear Channel names Edwin "Eddie F." Fennell as assistant program director and music director for Philadelphia's urban contemporary WUSL, Power 99, and urban adult WDAS-FM, 105.3. Fennell began his career at WUSL as an intern in 2001 and worked his way up as a producer, part-time on-air personality, and assistant in programming and imaging..... Aditi Roy Leaves 10 - 2/11 - Channel 10/WCAU weekend morning anchor Aditi Roy is leaving Philadelphia for the West Coast. In 2011, she did fill-in work as a correspondent for the NBC News in Los Angeles..... CC Philly Ups Fuscaldo - 2/7 - Clear Channel Philadelphia names Anthony Fuscaldo vice president of sales for the six-station cluster. Fuscaldo was general sales manager..... Shelby Whitfield Dies - 2/6 - Shelby Whitfield, who was the sports director of DC-based AP Radio in the 1970s, before joining news talk WABC radio in NYC, died on February 5th at age 77. More at dignitymemorial.com..... Clear Channel Ups Rivieccio - 2/4 - Marc Rivieccio has been promoted to director of marketing for Clear Channel's six-station NYC radio cluster. He's been with CCNY since 1999, when he started as an intern at WKTU..... Santos To Now FM - 1/30 - Nadine Santos is the new assistant program director and music director at CBS's contemporary hit 92.3 Now FM, WNOW, in NYC. She previously worked a Clear Channel's urban contemporary WWPR, Power 105.1, and at Music Choice..... Woolsey Leaves QXR - 1/29 - Midge Woolsey leaves her hosting duties at NYC classical outlet WQXR, 105.9 FM. She joined the station, back when it was on 96.3 FM, in 1993..... Brian DeMay Leaves JBR - 1/28 - Brian DeMay leaves the program director/afternoon drive on-air gig at adult contemporary WJBR in Wilmington DE. Due to budget cuts, we hear..... Sally Starr Dies - 1/28 - One of Philadelphia’s iconic TV show hosts is gone. Sally Starr passed away Sunday. She turned 90 on Saturday. “Our Gal Sal” started out in country music, but most of us knew Sally Starr for her daily “Popeye Theatre” which aired for a quarter century on Channel 6, originally WFIL and later WPVI, ending in 1971. More from philadelphia.cbslocal.com..... Kelly Back With Scotto On 5, Price Out - 1/25 - Greg Kelly will be reunited with Rosanna Scotto starting Friday morning as the host team on Channel 5/WNYW's "Good Day New York." Dave Price, who returned to the Fox-owned station and the show in June, is leaving in which he and station insiders describe as an "amicable departure." More at nydailynews.com..... Country For NYC's 94.7 - 1/21 - After a week of stunting, the format wheel stops at country for Cumulus's just-acquired 94.7 near NYC, now dubbed WRXP, "NASH-FM 94.7." More from radioinsight.com..... Grooves Gone From WRDW - 1/18 - Grooves, the afternoon host and music director of rhythmic contemporary WRDW, Wired 96.5, has left the Philadelphia station. He will still produce his syndicated weekly "In The Mix With Grooves" show, which will continued to be heard on WRDW..... 3's Green To CBS - 1/18 - Anne-Marie Green, a reporter CBS-owned Channel 3/KYW since 2004, joins CBS News to anchor the network's early morning newscasts, including "Up To The Minute" and "CBS Morning News"..... Vollmar To 29 - 1/15 - Danielle Vollmar leaves Dallas's KDAF-TV to return to her hometown of Philadelphia to do weekend weather at Channel 29/WTXF..... WFME Says Goodbye To 94.7 - 1/11 - From radioinsight.com: Family Radio bid farewell to 94.7 WFME at 3:40 PM Friday afternoon. After a few minutes of dead air as the programming source was moved to Cumulus’ studios at 2 Penn Plaza in Manhattan, the station returned to air under the WRXP call letters in a shadowcast of new sister 95.5 WPLJ. The audio of 94.7 is about 15 seconds ahead of 95.5 with many tweaks being made to the audio processing as Cumulus prepares its new acquisition for whatever’s next..... Crowley To WNYM & WMCA - 1/10 - Jerry Crowley, the former manager of NYC talker WOR, when it was owned by Buckley, jumps to Salem's political talker WNYM and Christian talker WMCA..... Jim McCarthy Dies - 1/9 - Jim McCarthy, who was once the Washington bureau chief for NYC all-newser WCBS radio, died Monday at age 77. McCarthy covered Congress and the White House for CBS-owned WCBS, AM 880, starting in 1967. Prior to that, he had been an hourly news anchor at the Mutual Broadcasting System. He left CBS in 1980 and went on to become a city councilman in Wilkes-Barre PA, where he owned Tavern On The Hill. The tall, lanky McCarthy was known for his sense of humor and amusing anecdotes. More at donswaim.com and citizensvoice.com..... Cuddy, Borneman To WOR - 1/8 - Clear Channel picks Tom Cuddy, the former longtime vice president of programming for Cumulus's hot adult contemporary WPLJ, as program director of its recently acquired news talk WOR. Also, market veteran Steve Borneman will be station manager of WOR..... Jolana Smith To WFAS - 1/8 - Jolana Smith joins Westchester County's adult contemporary WFAS-FM and talker WFAS-AM as director of programming..... Bryant To Head Cumulus NYC - 1/8 - Kim Bryant is named market manager for Cumulus's New York City radio cluster, including WPLJ, WABC-AM, and WFME, which Cumulus is buying from Family Stations. She comes from international cable channel Cinemoi where she headed marketing and sales..... 10's Dave Parker To Little Rock - 1/8 - Dave Parker, the assistant news director at NBC-owned Channel 10/WCAU, heads to Little Rock to be news director at Gannett's KTHV-TV, a CBS affiliate..... WWIQ Cuts Mendte - 1/2 - Merlin's Philadelphia talker WWIQ, 106.9 FM, says goodbye to morning co-host Larry Mendte, fueling rumors that the station may be for sale. Radio Insight has more..... New Channel From XPN - 1/2 - The University Of Pennsylvania's adult alternative WXPN, 88.5 FM in Philadelphia, has launched a channel devoted to contemporary and heritage singer and songwriters, ranging from Bob Dylan and Joan Baez to Neko Case and Mumford And Sons. Hosts will include XPN’s Michaela Majoun, Helen Leicht, and Dan Reed. Singer-Songwriter Radio will be broadcast via 88.5's digital HD-2, and streamed online..... McKay To Do Traffic For WABC, WPLJ - 1/2 - Former Merlin Media traffic reporter and WEMP assistant program director Jeff McKay joins Radiate Media as the morning traffic reporter for Cumulus news talker WABC-AM and hot adult contemporary WPLJ-FM..... WFAS All Talk Again - 1/2 - WFAS, 1230 AM, in White Plains NY returns to fulltime talk. For the past year, Cumulus tried mixing in adult contemporary music on this longtime local channel. It's now a mix of local and syndicated talk, including Clark Howard, Geraldo, and John Batchelor..... 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