This case has taken an odd turn: Remember the video that was posted on YouTube featuring Carlos Mencia being confronted by Joe Rogan and was taken down by Mencia because he claimed a copyright violation? According to Aaron Barnhart of the Kansas City Star, it turned out that the clip was actually taken down by Viacom – Mencia is under […]
And that’s what Program Partners, Merv Griffin, and the William Morris Agency will do this fall as five NBC O&O’s have agreed to clear the new game show for next fall. The stations are: WNBC-TV New York, KNBC-TV Los Angeles, WMAQ-TV Chicago, KNTV San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, and KXAS-TV Dallas. NBC Universal will sell the barter time within the program. (That’s […]
While nobody would notice here in Chicago since everybody (except when American Idol is on) watches ABC 24/7, TV Week is reporting that ABC’s ratings nationally have dropped from first to third in thirty-five days. The network is now tied with NBC in the money demo (adults 18-49). While ABC’s core shows are still strong (though Grey’s Anatomy and Ugly […]
If this comes to pass, they’d better hope the Republicans are in control of Congress and the White House in 2008. XM Press Release There will be a joint conference call and press conference to announce the deal at 7:30 am (CT) Tuesday. You can listen to it on Sirius Channel 122 and XM Channel 200, and available on each […]
Another one of Mark Shapiro’s prodigies goes bust: Michael Irvin is out as analyst on ESPN.
Before there was Fox vs. CNN, there was Fox vs. Tribune – a rivalry on the same level with the Bears vs. Packers, with both entities owning television stations in the top three markets. (Bill O’Reilly is no fan of the Tribune Co., occasionally blasting the company’s newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune – I wonder why he doesn’t blast its […]
Former WGCI mogul Marv Dyson was profiled by WBBM-Ch.2 on their newscast Saturday Night, detailing his 40-year career in the business – which included his start at WJPC-AM and moving on to WVON and later FM market leader WGCI. During his time at those stations, he helped groom personalities who later became urban radio’s biggest stars -a list that includes […]
No punches were drawn (rats), but comedians Carlos Mencia (Mind of Mencia) and Joe Rogan (Fear Factor, The Man Show) square off at The Comedy Store in L.A. over Mencia stealing Rogan’s jokes… And Rogan’s agent dumped him because of it… (not to mention he is now banned from The Comedy Store) But wait… This gets better. Video of this […]
She thinks can fly…. to another day and time. NBC is moving Crossing Jordan from Sundays to Wednesday where it will air at 8pm (CT). The late winter moves also affect the second airing of Deal or No Deal and The Apprentice. To see NBC’s press release on the changes, click here.
Or, more likely put it, Donald Trump appearing on WWE Raw with the head of the WWE, the only other billionaire just as clueless as Bill Wirtz – especially after that stupid wrestling match he put on between “Donald Trump” and “Rosie O’Donnell” a few weeks ago, not to mention letting Kevin Federline -yes, that Kevin Federline – pin WWE […]
I guess the wicked weather isn’t the only thing hammering Chicago… another person got canned today which scores the hat trick – this time it’s CoCo Cortez’s afternoon show at WLIT-FM. These things do come in threes…
CBS Corp. has sold its last remaining small-market station: It dealt WFRV-TV in Green Bay, Wis., and its satellite station WJMN-TV to Liberty Media Corp. for $170 million in cash and 7.6 million shares of CBS stock. This comes after CBS sold a bunch of medium-market stations to Ceberus Capital Management, including KUTV in Salt Lake City and KEYE in […]
Mike Stern of Q101 (WKQX-FM) and Tim Dukes of the Loop (WLUP-FM) are out, and Radio & Records is reporting on their front page that the positions are being combined into one. The alternative and classic rock formatted stations, respectively, have struggled in the ratings in the last few years – to the point that both stations have fallen out […]
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