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25 years ago: The deal heard around the world

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Terence | Permalink 0

25 years ago this week, Fox’s Rupert Murdoch changed the TV world by inking a deal to trigger the biggest affiliation switch in history. It goes back to [..]

Industry Pieces, Various ABC, Atlanta, Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, CBS, Chris-Craft, Cleveland, Connie Chung, Dan Rather, David Letterman, Denver, Detroit, Disney, Fox, Gabrielle Carteris, Group W, Indinapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, KDNL, KNTV, KRON, KYW, Laurence Tisch, Miami, Milwaukee, NBC, New Orleans, New World, NFL, Peoria, Philadelphia, Raleigh-Durham, Rupert Murdoch, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Scripps, South Bend, Tampa-St. Petersburg, The CW, The WB, UPN, WAGA, WBRC, WCAU, WCIX, WDJT, WFOR, WGPR, WITI, WJBK, WJW, WJXT, WSVN, WTVJ, WTVT, WVUE, WWJ-TV

Grab Bag: CBS in lead to snare Cubs’ radio rights

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off

* As first reported by Ed Sherman in Wednesday’s Chicago Tribune, CBS Corp. is the leading candidate to land the radio rights to the Chicago Cubs in [..]

Various Blue Bloods, CBS Radio, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Bulls, Chicago White Sox, Dave Savini, Derrick Rose, Detroit, Elementary, Emily Barr, Graham Holdings, Group W, Jimmy DeCastro, Juan Pablo, KSAT, KYW, Miami, Mike Love (Chicago radio personality), NCIS, NFL Network, Philadelphia, Post-Newsweek, San Antonio, Soul 106.3, Survivor, The Bachelor, The Big Bang Theory, The Score, Thursday Night Football, WBBM-AM, WCAU, WCIX, WDIV, WGN Radio, WGN-TV, WPLG, WSCR, WSRB, WSVN, WTVJ

T Dog’s Grab Bag: Sports-talk war escalates with Finfer defection

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off

* The first shot has been fired in the Chicago’s new sports-talk wars: Robert Feder reports that Tribune’s new Game has stolen Ben Finfer away from CBS’ The [..]

Advertising, Chicago Media, Radio, SciFi, Television 101.9 The Mix, 7-Eleven, Alex Quigley, America Now!, Ben Finfer, Bill Rancic, Cartoon Network, Dallas (2012 TV Show), David Kaplan, Disney XD, Evening Magazine, Group W, Howard Griffith, Julie DiCaro, KISS Chicago, Leeza Gibbons, Lucasfilm, New York City, PM Magazine, Ratings, Raycom, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Steve Stone, Syndication, The Game (WGWG), The Score, The Simpsons, TNT, Trifecta Entertainment, V103, Warner Bros., WBBM-AM, WCIU, WGCI, WKQX, WKSC, WLS-AM, WNYW, WSCR, WTMX, WVAZ

Lou Scheimer: An Appreciation

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off

Another surviving member of the Saturday Morning cartoon wars has passed on. Lou Scheimer, who helped found Filmation with Hal Sutherland, passed away at the age of 84 [..]

Industry Pieces, Various Animation, Ark II, Bugzburg, Classic Media, DreamWorks Animation, Fat Albert, Filmation, Ghostbusters (1975), Ghostbusters (1986), Gilligan's Planet, Group W, Hal Sutherland, Hanna-Barbera, He-Man, Joseph Barbera, Lou Scheimer, Mighty Mouse, Norm Prescott, Pittsburgh, She-Ra, Star Trek: The Animated Series, Superman (1966), The Adventures of Waldo Kitty, TimeWarner, Tom & Jerry, Turner Broadcasting, William Hanna, WLS-TV

Swearin’ Super Bowl Sunday

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off

Super Bowl XLVII down from last year, but still pulls in an audience; CBS to be investigated for F-bomb; and so is WMVP for unrelated incident The [..]

Broadcast Networks, Chicago Media, Radio, Sports, Television Al Michaels, Anaheim, Baltimore, Baltimore Ravens, Belo, CBS-Owned Stations, Dennis Rodman, ESPN 1000, Group W, KDOC, KPIX, Los Angeles, New Orleans, PTC, Ratings, San Francisco 49ers, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Super Bowl, WJZ, WMVP, WWL

Marty Wilke jumps to WBBM-TV as GM

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off

As first reported by Robert Feder at Time Out Chicago Friday morning, WGN-TV general manager Marty Wilke is exiting the Chicago CW affiliate and heading to CBS-owned WBBM-TV [..]

Chicago Media, Local TV (Chicago), Television Bruno Cohen, CBS 2, CBS-Owned Stations, Group W, KBCW, KPIX, KSTW, Marty Wilke, Monsters And Money, Sacramento, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Seattle, Steve Farber, WBBM-TV, WGN-TV

The Grab Bag: Conan, “Archer” receive contract extensions

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off

– One up, one down: Archer just received a vote of confidence from FX as the cable net green-lighted the animated series for a fourth season for [..]

Cable, Chicago Media, FCC/Politics/Government, Local TV (Chicago), Radio, Sports, Syndication, Television Adam Reed, Annie Kelly, Archer, Beavis and Butthead, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Bulls, Chuck Woolery, Conan O'Brien, CSN Chicago, Debmar-Mercury, Detroit, Detroit Red Wings, Dr. Martin Luther King, FX, Good Vibes, Group W, Indiana Pacers, Jeremy Lin, Karen Gollrad, Matt Thompson, MTV, NBA, NBCUniversal, New York Knicks, NHL, Radio, Ratings, Rosa Parks, Scott Miller, Sealab 2020, Sealab 2021, Stephen Colbert, Steve Harvey, TBS, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Vancouver Canucks, WIQI

Return of the big pay day in syndication? Not so fast.

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off

With the second cycle sale of Two and a Half Men to the Tribune and Sinclair station groups for seven – count ‘em – seven years, and mega [..]

Chicago Media, Industry Pieces, Local TV (Chicago), Syndication, Television Decatur, Dr. Joy Browne, Dr. Keith Ablow, Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil, Evening Magazine, Fort Wayne, Fox-Owned Stations, Group W, Indianapolis, KPIX, KSTP, LIN Broadcasting, Live With Regis & Kelly, Milwaukee, Modern Family, PM Magazine, PTAR, Robb Weller, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Syndication, The Big Bang Theory, The Morning Blend, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Twin Cities Live!, WAND, WANE, WISH, WTMJ-TV

WLS-TV to replace "Oprah" with live, local morning show

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off

In news first reported Tuesday morning on Robert Feder’s blog at Vocalo, ABC-owned WLS-TV has announced plans to replace The Oprah Winfrey Show, which departs first-run syndication on [..]

Chicago Media, Local TV (Chicago), Local TV (Outside Chicago), Syndication, Television ABC-Owned Stations, Detroit, Dinah Shore, Disney-ABC Domestic Television, Emily Barr, Fox-Owned Stations, Group W, KABC-TV, Kathie Lee Gifford, Kelly & Company, KTTV, Live Well, Live With Regis & Kelly, Los Angeles, Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas, Morton Downey Jr., New York City, Oprah Winfrey, Phil Donahue, Philadelphia, Regis Philbin, Syndication, The Oprah Winfrey Show, WABC-TV, WBBM-TV, WFLD, Windy City Live, WLS-TV, WPVI, WXYZ

"Marie" dropped – before it begins

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off

After speculation that Marie Osmond’s new talk show would not go forward, Program Partners made it official today. The daily talk-show strip was to premiere on September 14 [..]

Syndication, Television Bugzburg, Crosswords, Family Court, Filmation, Group W, Marc Berman, Program Partners, Syndication, WCIU, Westinghouse

WNBC drops "Live at Five" for "LX: New York"

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Terence | Permalink 1

After nearly three decades, the curtain drops on one of New York City’s hollowed traditions. Live at Five, the one-hour newscast on NBC-owned WNBC-TV which aired at – [..]

Broadcast Networks, Journalism, Local TV (Outside Chicago), Syndication, Television America, Donahue, Eye on L.A, Group W, Jeopardy, Judge Judy, KABC-TV, KCBS-TV, Live at Five, Los Angeles, LX. TV, NBC-Owned Stations, NBCUniversal Television Distribution, New York City, Nothing But Crap, PM Magazine, The Oprah Winfrey Show, WCBS-TV, Wheel of Fortune, WNBC

Program Partners offers new shows

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Terence | Permalink Comments Off

Program Partners is offering two new strips in syndication this fall – both coming from north of the border. The company already offers several first-run dramas which have [..]

Syndication, Television Ambush Makeover, CBC, Classic TV, Cold Squad, Couch Potatoes, Crosswords, CTV, Deal or No Deal, Global, Group W, Inside The Box, NBC 5, NBC-Owned Stations, Program Partners, ReGenesis, Remote Control, Style By Jury, Syndication, TVtropolis, W Network, WMAQ

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