NBC4's Twitters

To all those naysayers who questioned whether TV journalists could translate their keen sense of self-importance to the Internet, we have some news. In fact, recent developments suggest NBC 4 may be abandoning production of their time-consuming television news broadcast altogether to pursue Web activities full-time.


http://www.theotherpaper.com/articles/2008/10/24/front/doc490082560816d823416358.txt

WHIO's Weekend Sportscaster Gone

Margaret Brosko likes to tell the stories, not be one.

"It's not about me," Brosko said Thursday, Oct. 23, after confirming that this will be her last weekend as a sports anchor after three years at WHIO-TV (Channel 7). "The best part of this job is telling the stories.

"It has been great in Dayton, a market where fans value the stories of high school, college and pro athletes. I've been in areas where they only cared about high schools, or college or the pros, but not all three.


http://www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/local/2008/10/23/ddn102308broskoweb.html

Former 10TV Anchor Dave Kaylor Returns for Political Season

Former WBNS-10TV anchorman Dave Kaylor has returned to the station for a series of special reports about the 2008 political season.

"Battleground Ohio: The Voters' Voice" travels the state to must-win areas across Ohio to get a pulse on the voters and the issues that are most important to them.


http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2008/10/23/story_kaylor_returns.html?sid=102

Some Time Warner Cable Customers to be Hit With Rate Increase

Time Warner Cable customers with the lowest tiers of service will be charged a rate increase come November.

Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) said Wednesday it planned to raise rates for customers with the basic cable and expanded basic cable service tiers. Those customers will get a 10 percent to 12 percent increase beginning next month.


http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2008/10/20/daily30.html

DirecTV Offers Local HD Programming From Dayton

DirecTV Wednesday began offering local high-definition programming in Colorado Springs-Pueblo, Colo., Davenport, Iowa-Rock Island/Moline, Ill. and Dayton, Ohio.

The nation’s largest satellite provider now offers local HD programming to nearly 85% of U.S. TV households.

http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6607770.html

Former WSYX Anchor in Her Element at FBN

Liz Claman is running on adrenaline—and Ensure.

The Fox Business Network anchor is spending a lot of time at the office these days. The nation's imperiled financial systems and the Treasury's controversial $750 billion rescue package have mainstreamed business news and upended the lives of the reporters who cover it. Claman drinks a protein-spiked beverage meant for osteoporosis-prone seniors because she doesn't have time to eat


http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6606554.html

Time Warner Cable and LIN Still Negotiating

Time Warner Cable and the company that owns Dayton television station WDTN, the city's NBC affiliate, are still trying to reach agreement on a dispute that knocked WDTN's signal off Time Warner's local cable service Oct. 2.

LIN TV Corp., owner of WDTN, and Time Warner Cable have been negotiating seven days a week to try to resolve the issue, spokeswomen for both companies said Monday, Oct. 20.


http://www.daytondailynews.com/b/content/oh/story/business/2008/10/20/ddn102008ch2web.html

TV Stations Donate to Charity

Parents as Teachers, a program for children up to kindergarten age that promotes school readiness by involving the children’s first teachers, parents, recently received more than $26,000 in grants.

Parents as Teachers parent educator Nancy Booth said she is excited about the grants and believes it will help the program - which offers home visits, screenings, group meetings and referrals to community resources - help more families. The program also helps families by providing Thanksgiving assistance and holding a Christmas party as well as one annual birthday party for each child in the program.

http://bgdailynews.com/articles/2008/10/20/news/news5.txt

WLWT Brings in New Faces

Viewers will see some of their favorite faces in new places on WLWT-TV Monday, when Channel 5 breaks up the main Sandra Ali-Sheree Paolello-Derek Beasley team at 6 and 11 p.m.

At 11 p.m., Paolello will anchor solo with a new meteorologist, Valerie Abati, who worked for Fox's WXIX-TV a year ago, and sports anchor Ken Broo.


http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081019/ENT/810190329/1175

TV Switch Already a Pain for Kentuckians

The pains of the switch to digital television already are apparent, a few months before it happens.


Kentucky residents have been calling stations with general questions, but some are now questioning why their recently purchased digital converter boxes won't pick up popular stations such as CBS affiliate WKYT-27.


It turns out it's not the box, it's the antenna.


http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/560647.html

New Anchor at WKEF and WRGT

WKEF and WRGT have added a new anchor. Malcolm Maddox has joined the station, and is currently working as the station's weekend anchor. Maddox comes to Dayton from Birmingham where he worked as a reporter/photographer at WIAT, CBS-42.


http://cincydaytonmediacenter.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-anchor-at-sinclair-dayton-wkef-and.html

The Bottleneck: Curse of Public Broadcasting

WOUB has tons of content being produced by students - they're just not being posted to the website. Instead, the Athens Midday instructor, Mary Rogus, has them posting to a blogger account. Go to athensmidday.blogspot.com to check it out.


http://radioanngal.blogspot.com/2008/10/bottleneck-curse-of-public-broadcasting.html

William Lanesey to Run WXIX

William Lanesey is the new vice president and general manager at Raycom Media Fox affiliate WXIX Cincinnati.

It’s a return to Ohio for Lanesey, who spent more than one-dozen years at WCMH Columbus.

Lanesey’s last post was at Tribune Broadcasting The CW outlet KPLR St. Louis. He departed in mid September when KPLR and Local TV’s KTVI announced that they would both work out of KPLR headquarters and share resources, and KTVI boss Spencer Koch was given overseeing duties at both stations. Lanesey ran KPLR for 10 years.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6601111.html?nid=4266&rid=

The Columbus Dispatch Cancels AP

The Dispatch today gave notice to the Associated Press that it is canceling its contract effective Jan. 17, 2011.

In a letter to Eva Parziale, AP's Ohio bureau chief, The Dispatch said:

"After decades of a strong relationship with the Associated Press, The Columbus Dispatch must serve notice of service cancellation effective Jan. 17, 2011.


http://blog.dispatch.com/blog-36/2008/10/dispatch_gives_notice_of_cancellation_to_ap.shtml

Chris Bailey's Goodbye Message...Again

Well... my reunion tour of WKYT is over with and now it's time to get back to my normal job in Huntington. The past few days have been amazing for me as I could have never imagined my coming back would cause such a stir with the KYT viewers. I am truly touched by the volume of e-mails and calls the station has received this week hoping I was back for good. While I am sure the majority of those people do not read this blog... I want to say thanks to each of them anyway.

http://kyweathercenter.com/2008/10/16/major-pattern-change-means-colder-weather.aspx?ref=rss

For John Boel This Too Will Pass - From the 'Ville Voice

John Boel’s DUI arrest is not unique among new anchors. Many of the writers who’ve commented on this site have expressed either empathy for Boel or hope that he loses his job. I found a similar situation in New Orleans that shows a station exhibited some compassion while dealing firmly with the matter.

See if this sounds familiar. Norman Robinson is one of the top anchors in the New Orleans market, 17 years in the chair at WDSU, and known as an agressive reporter and take-no-prisoners interviewer. He’d been in the middle of stories like Hurricane Katrina, and is known for an emotional reaction when he interviewed racist politician David Duke.

On a June Saturday, Robinson crashed his personal vehicle, got out of his car, and pissed on the ground. This occurred in sight of a police officer. He blew a .131 on a breathalyzer. So what did the station do?

First, Robinson took a leave of absence for just over a month. Then he returned to work, but went another month before going back on the air. That was in August. On the night he returned, he expressed his apology on the air. And now he seems to have put the episode behind him, and WDSU has salvaged the career of one of its stars.

WDSU, by the way, is a Hearst station, the same ownership group as WLKY. It looks like it’ll be awhile before we know if Boel can work his way back to the air.

For Robinson, it took two months.



http://thevillevoice.com/

WTVQ Changing Up Evening Anchors

Lexington's ABC affiliate announced a new evening news team Monday and the NBC affiliate added a new face to its morning show.

WTVQ-36 named Tom Kenny and Megan Skaggs as its evening anchor team and WLEX-18 hired a Milwaukee anchor and reporter to join Dia Davidson on mornings.

http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/562809.html

WLKY News Anchor John Boel Arrested on Suspicion of DUI

WLKY News Anchor John Boel was arrested Sunday in Shelby County, Kentucky while driving on Interstate 64.

He was charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence first offense and with possession of an open alcohol container.

Boel was taken to the Shelby County Jail and later released on his own recognizance.

According to the arrest report, he refused to take a breath test. Boel has a court date scheduled for Nov. 25

http://www.tvspy.com/shoptalk.cfm?page=1#anchor

WOSU to Air Congressional Debates

WOSU 820 AM and WOSU TV will air live coverage of Ohio's 12th and 15th Congressional District debates at WOSU@COSI, to be moderated by WOSU's Mike Thompson. The 15th Congressional District debate between Don Elijah Eckhart, Mary Jo Kilroy, and Steve Stivers will air at 8 p.m. Thursday (10/16). The 12th Congressional District debate between David Robinson and Pat Tiberi will air at 8 p.m. Thursday (10/23). Both events are sponsored by WOSU Public Media and the Columbus Metropolitan Club.

http://www.progressohio.org/page/community/post/nationofgandhis/CHvb

Will WWE Smackdown Air on a Major Affiliate in Lexington

Professional wrestling's Friday Night Smackdown, which is nothing but fuzzy images or a black screen to Lexington residents now, may soon have a home on a major network affiliate.

http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/556937.html

The Ville Voice Comments on Alleged Media Bias

Softballs for Palin: A Cincinnati station got an interview with Sarah Palin, and gave her plenty of insightful questions, like — What do you tell people who are “freaking out” and “Will you run for President in 2012?”

http://thevillevoice.com/2008/10/15/a-few-items-that-just-arent-right/

Columbus Dispatch Columnist Says Viewers Don't Miss the CW

Maybe as a TV critic I shouldn't admit this, but I have no idea what's happening on 90210.

Or Gossip Girl, America's Next Top Model or Everybody Hates Chris.

In my defense, I'm not totally to blame.

Like many other cable customers in central Ohio, I subscribe to Time Warner. For two weeks, the area's largest cable provider hasn't carried the CW, home to these and other shows.

http://dispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2008/10/15/1A_MOLLY1015.ART_ART_10-15-08_D1_M1BJE2E.html?sid=101

Channel Blackouts May Not be Over

More station blackouts may be looming for cable subscribers here and across the country, industry experts warn.

The recent loss of LIN TV stations, including Dayton's WDTN-TV Channel 2, from Time Warner Cable's lineup is only the latest skirmish between cable operators and television stations that want money for allowing cable operators to retransmit their programming.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/b/content/oh/story/business/2008/10/14/ddn101408channel2.html

7th Congressional District Debate Hosted by WBNS-TV

It's the No. 1 concern state Sen. Steve Austria, R-Beavercreek, has heard while traveling through Fairfield and other counties in the 7th Congressional District the past few months - the sagging economy.

http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081014/NEWS01/810140308/1002

Cable Operators and TV Networks Standoff

The growing standoff between cable operators and TV networks over retransmission fees has its roots in government regulation and the changing telecommunications industry.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/b/content/oh/story/business/2008/10/14/ddn101408channel2inside.html

WKRC Goes JVC

Newport Television, the 56-station group controlled by private equity firm Providence Equity Partners and run by broadcast veteran Sandy DiPasquale, is making a large investment in “ProHD” HDV-format cameras from JVC to transition its local news production to high-definition.

http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=546844

Geoff Cornish Comes to WTVQ

Geoff Cornish, who has been doing weather at KOAM and KFJX, has taken a weekend weather position at WTVQ 36, the ABC affiliate in Lexington, Ky.

Cornish had been with KOAM since August 2006.

http://rturner229.blogspot.com/2008/10/cornish-takes-weather-position-in.html

Chris Bailey Returns to WKYT...Sort Of

Chris Bailey's back at WKYT ... kind of.


The morning weatherman who recently moved to a West Virginia station began a four-day stint Sunday night as a temporary fill-in because two of WKYT's three meteorologists are off.


Bailey swapped jobs at the end of June with Todd Borek of WSAZ, which broadcasts in Huntington and Charleston, W.Va.

http://www.kentucky.com/702/story/554064.html

WLWT's Weather Plus Might Go All Local

WLWT-TV's Weather Plus on digital Channel 5.2 and the Internet will lose half of its programming by year's end, when NBC cancels the 4-year-old service. NBC News soon will start programming the Weather Channel, partially owned by NBC Universal.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081012/ENT/810120312

Former WKYT Reporter Sues for Age Discrimination

Former WKYT-27 reporter Jerry Sander filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against the CBS affiliate, alleging he was improperly fired because of his age.

http://bluegrassbeat.bloginky.com/2008/10/08/ex-wkyt-reporter-sues-station-for-age-discrimination/

WLWT Splits Up Anchor Team

After almost three years together, WLWT-TV is breaking up the Sandra Ali-Sheree Paolello anchor team at 6 and 11 p.m.

Paolello will anchor solo at 11 p.m. starting Oct. 20, with Ali anchoring alone at 6 p.m., says Brennan Donnellan, news director.

"We don't see it as a dramatic change. Our anchors are still our anchors. We just want to tailor shows more specifically to them (at 6 and 11 p.m.)" he says.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081009/ENT/810090313/-1/rss

Confusion in LIN Markets Over Time Warner Blackout

Viewers are equal parts confused, irritated and angry that LIN and Time Warner Cable (TWC) failed to reach a retransmission consent agreement late last week, resulting in 15 LIN stations being blacked out on Time Warner systems. TWC handed out some 50,000 antennas over the weekend to help viewers get the local picture. Many found the old-school technology insufficient. “Watching the Colts on Rabbit Ears yesterday was terrible but at least we got to watch it,” one viewer wrote to WISH Indianapolis.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6602141.html?industryid=47169

Smarter Strategies With Talent Blogs

If you take a look at a typical blog on a television news web site, you'll find a familiar pattern to the posts. The anchor or reporter starts out with a flurry of posts where she dutifully chronicles all the exciting exploits of her day. A few viewers might weigh in with supporting comments and little mini-discussions can ensue. Then, things start getting busy around the newsroom and the posts become less frequent. Before you know it, the posts get shorter until they dwindle to a once-a-month entry with just a few sentences.


This problem is not the reporter's fault. She is a busy person with a crazy schedule and blogs like these take time. The problem lies with how the blog is set up and run. Far too many stations implement a flawed plan that dooms talent blogs to failure.

http://www.tvspy.com/shoptalk.cfm?page=1#iboqx

ABC's Charles Gibson Coming to BGSU

Charles Gibson has made the news lately almost as much as he reports it, thanks to his heavily-criticized moderation of the April Obama-Clinton debate and much-discussed interview with Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin last month.

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081005/ART18/810050297/-1/ART

WPSD Anchor and ND Out

Paula Bridges, WPSD-TV's 6 and 10 pm anchor, is no longer with Channel 6, apparently having quit. She has not been on the air for a week now and is no longer posted on the station's website.

http://www.wkyxwngo.com/local-news-details.asp?NewsID=7968

FCC Chair gives Old College Try For Localism

As a way for TV broadcasters to meet their localism obligations, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is proposing that they fund residency programs for recent journalism graduates that would cover state government news and produce investigative reports for them, according to broadcasters and others who have been briefed on the plan.

http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2008/10/01/daily.1/

Digital Delivers if You Prepare

This month, my friends, I wish to dispense with my usual opinions on local issues to bring your attention to something which everyone needs to be aware of.

Digital television, or DTV, is coming on February 17, 2009 ... whether you are prepared or not.

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/oct/04/makingthe-switch/

ThinkTV Hosting an Ohio Election Forum

The public is invited to an Ohio Election Forum to discuss race, gender and age in relation to the upcoming election.

The forum is from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 7, and hosted by the Dayton Daily News, WMUB-FM, and ThinkTV.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/10/04/ddn100408forum.html

"Comment on Kentucky" Will Feature 3 Political Reporters

Joining host Ferrell Wellman on this weekend's "Comment on Kentucky," a public-affairs show of the Kentucky Educational Television network, will be three political reporters.

http://polwatchers.typepad.com/pol_watchers/2008/10/comment-will-feature-3-political-reporters.html

WLWT Helping Children with the Ruth Lyons Children's Fund

WLWT is making sure children in Greater Cincinnati have a reason to celebrate during the holiday season and throughout the year with the Ruth Lyons Children's Fund.

http://www.wlwt.com/asseenon5/5053504/detail.html

WDTN Dropped From Time Warner

About 300,000 Time Warner Cable subscribers in the Miami Valley didn’t have access to the local NBC affiliate as of early Friday morning.

Negotiations between LIN TV Corp., parent company of WDTN Channel 2, and Time Warner did not yield a result before the Thursday midnight deadline, but both parties continued talks Friday.

“We’re still negotiating in good faith,” said Pamela McDonald of Time Warner Cable in Cincinnati.

http://xeniagazette.1upmonitor.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=161153&TM=3724.241

WTWO Signal Range

Blog on WTWO DT range
http://mywabashvalley.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=439&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=&sid=84f80fb61869a1dcac926c5cb89c07a0

Standoff Between Time Warner and LIN Affects Stations in Dayton, Terre Haute

Officials on both sides of the dispute between Time Warner Cable and LIN TV Corp. believe negotiations could extend well past business hours Thursday.

LIN TV Corp. (NYSE: TVL), the parent of local NBC affiliate WDTN-TV Channel 2, is continuing negotiations with Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) to reach a long-term agreement that would allow the cable provider to broadcast WDTN past the midnight deadline Thursday, when the current cable carriage agreement expires between the two.

http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2008/09/29/daily38.html

WWHO Gone from Time Warner in Columbus

Central Ohio Time Warner subscribers hoping to see America's Next Top Model last night instead got the Starz Kids & Family Channel.

Time Warner Cable dropped WWHO-TV (Channel 53) yesterday morning after the company and the station's owner failed to reach a contract agreement.

WWHO carries the CW network, which offers such shows as America's Next Top Model, Everybody Hates Chris, 90210 and Gossip Girl. Time Warner carries the network mostly on Channel 13 in central Ohio.

http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/10/04/CW_-_TIME_WARNER.ART_ART_10-04-08_B3_AABGQJ8.html?sid=101

WXIX Gets New GM

William Lanesey of St. Louis will lead WXIX-TV (Channel 19) into the digital TV age.

Lanesey, from the Tribune's KPLR-TV, was named vice president and general manager Wednesday, a day after John Long was fired.

Long, who did the "Consider This" 10 p.m. news commentary, had managed the Raycom station for six years.

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081002/BIZ01/810020338/1175/ENT

NPR's "Talk of the Nation" to Broadcast From WOUB Radio Studio

"Talk of the Nation," a National Public Radio program hosted by Neal Conan, will broadcast live from the WOUB Radio studios in Athens on Thursday, October 9. The program will air from 2 - 4 p.m.

http://www.woub.org/about/index.php?page=47&item=1077

A Report on Social Media Day in Columbus

Today was a day full of social media discussions with several strong take-aways. I started the day out at the Ohio Digital Government Summit held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.

http://andrew-miller.com/2008/09/30/social-media-day/

Nielsen Blunder Postpones Cable Ratings

A Nielsen snafu in measuring viewers for The Weather Channel and Fuse has resulted in the delay of some cable ratings, including the scheduled release of third-quarter numbers set for Tuesday.

Nielsen apologized for “recent errors in our Cable Dailies processing” for Saturday through Monday in a client memo Tuesday. As a result, the ratings firm said its audience estimates for Saturday, Sept. 27, won’t be available until the end of today, Tuesday.

http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6600675.html