Guess who gave advice recently to the staff at Fox News Chicago? None other than Shepard Smith of Fox News, who, in a meeting with several news staffers, anchors, producers, and managers, completely ripped the station’s efforts, notably the station’s new 10 p.m. newscast, The Ten. Smith said that the newscast should have more music, move at a faster pace, […]
My Name Is Earl also goes to TBS NBC Universal sold its (somewhat) popular sitcom The Office to TBS and to several Fox-owned television outlets today. Fox stations will clear the show in ten markets, including WFLD/WPWR in Chicago. TBS will air repurposed episodes this fall and will strip the program in 2009. TBS adds the show to its stable […]
First it was Washington, D.C., now its Philadelphia that’s suffering the news blues. While ABC-owned WPVI still leads all local newscasts, ratings for the four major stations in the market are down in the key 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. time slots. Not only that, the article points out that local news ratings are down nationwide – including here in […]
Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder has acquired the company founded by Dick Clark in 1957 for $175 million. Now let’s see Snyder ruin that like he did the Redskins.
From Broadcasting & Cable: CBS has signed Anna Nicole judge Larry Seidlin to do a daily syndicated show to debut in the fall of 2008. Gee, who saw this coming?
On June 26th, U.S. Internet streamers and webcasters will shut down their services for a day to protest the rise in internet royalty rates webcasters would have to pay to keep the music flowing. As you probably know by now, the Copyright Royalty Board has approved the major rate increase, which would put the majority of webcasters out of business […]
Hard to believe that a fine-looking woman like Rocsi Diaz – who’s now on 106th & Park on BET -once worked for Power 92 (WPWX-FM) in that dumpy neighborhood in Hammond (The station’s studios is right off Calumet Ave. – the only notable building on the entire street. I often pass it on my way to get ripped off at […]
The era of the movie host has comes to an end in Cleveland: Chuck Schodowski is retiring from WJW-TV after 47 years at the station, which included stints as an engineer and director, but most notably for hosting movies with Bob Wells (Hoolian and Big Chuck) and later with John Rinaldi (Big Chuck and Little John). On Friday, a one-hour […]
St. Sabina Church, whose pastor is Rev. Michael Pflager, has begun a billboard campaign to urge residents in the Chatham, Englewood, and Auburn Gresham neighborhoods on the South Side to get rid of negative hip-hop music which demeans women, contains foul language, and promotes a violent lifestyle. Artists listed on the billboard (with the names printed on a trash can) […]
This is the reason why the CW and MyNetworkTV are sticking around: ABC sunk to a record low in adults 18-49 last night overall, headlined by an insipid reality show, Fast Cars and Superstars: The Young Guns Celebrity Race.
This bill is co-sponsored by Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.). But don’t be fooled by the “D” – he represents one of the most conservative districts in Cook County, and his dad, who he replaced, wasn’t exactly a big fan of the late former mayor Harold Washington. Interesting to note that he’s not sponsoring legislation along with the other Chicago Democrats […]
CBS-owned WBBM-TV 5 p.m. newscast’s lead story today and on the front page of their websiteat the same time: http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_167144811.html On a day when there were several anti-violence marches all across the city, a bunch of brawlers take center stage at Wrigley. No wonder these guys are in last place in the ratings. Great month for journalism, huh? People dying […]
From The Citizens Voice, a newspaper in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton market on the “explosion” that “killed” WWE Chairman Vince McMahon Monday night just outside Wilkes-Barre, Pa.: “Vince lives on,” [Wilkes-Barre Township Police Chief Robert Brozowski] said. “I wish him a speedy recovery. I’m sure he’s sitting in a nice hotel room in Trump Plaza laughing like a bastard.” Judging by the […]
The 2007 NBA Finals will go down as the least watched finals ever – The San Antonio Spurs-Cleveland Cavilers matchup drew just a 5.5 Nielsen household rating last night, and a 6.2 for the entire series, in which the Spurs swept the Cavs in four. Along with record-low ratings for the World Series (between Tigers-Cardinals) last fall and the Stanley […]
… in Minneapolis, that is. KTTB-FM, or B96 in Minneapolis was sold by Radio One to Northern Lights Broadcasting for $28 million. Like our B96 (WBBM-FM) here in Chicago, Minneapolis-St.Paul’s B96 is an rhythmic/CHR outlet, but it is the only station in the market (or the state for that matter) to have a hip-hop/urban music format. Radio One, which targets […]
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