3 Dayton Radio Stations Could Go to New Clear Channel Owner, WKRC Sale Still Pending

WASHINGTON — Clear Channel Communications Inc., the nation's largest radio station owner, said it will sell radio stations in 42 markets as part of a deal with federal regulators to allow the company to complete its $19.5 billion sale to private investors



http://www.daytondailynews.com/b/content/oh/story/business/2008/01/25/ddn012508clearchannelweb.html

ThinkTV to Air PBS Series Featuring Dayton Woman

University of Dayton administrator Kathleen Henderson will be featured in a PBS series about African American genealogy. “The series is about history, African-American perspectives,” Henderson said. “It is just part of my passion.”
Henderson was selected out of 2,000 applicants to be featured in “African American Lives 2,” which will be shown Feb. 6 and 13 from 9 to 11 p.m. on ThinkTV16/WPTD.

http://www.flyernews.com/article.php?section=News&volume=55&issue=24&artnum=02

Letterman Seeks Stupid Pet Tricks in Cincy

Time to get stupid!
Dave Letterman's "Stupid Pet Tricks" talent scout is coming to Cincinnati for open "Late Show" auditions April 12 at the Everything Pets expo at the Duke Energy Center downtown.

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080127/ENT/801270326/1025

Non Compete a Non Issue for Popular Kentucky Anchor

When you see former WLKY reporter and weekend anchor Bill Alexander popping up on WDRB-TV, it will mark a truly unusual move in the TV business. Most on-air staff, especially anchors, have non-compete contracts that prevent them from taking jobs at other stations in the same market.

http://thevillevoice.com/2008/01/28/non-compete-not-hardly/

Great Old Weather Video of WHAS Circa 1995

Thought this videocast was cool. Check out the related links below the player for more interesting video from WHAS.


http://www.louisvillevideocasts.com/2007/12/02/whas-tv-1995-severe-weather-images-compilation/

KET to Premiere HD Documentary on Lincoln

On March 1, KET will premiere Lincoln: “I, too, am a Kentuckian,” a "Kentucky Life" special hosted by Dave Shuffett, which follows the life and career of Kentucky's most famous native son.

http://www.kypost.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=e0dc6f17-d47e-4265-8f01-ac03b1db58d1

WKYT Snaps Up Local Traffic Reporter

CBS affiliate WKYT-27 will announce Tuesday afternoon that it has snapped up local traffic guru Officer Don Evans from rival WLEX-18.
Former WLEX sports anchor Ryan Lemond will also be joining WKYT as a fill-in sports anchor and reporter.

Belo Reduces Value of WHAS-TV

Belo Corp. (Latest price: BLC) has reduced the value of WHAS television in Louisville by $22 million, the company announced.

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080125/BUSINESS/80125012

FCC's Proposed Localism Rules

The Federal Communications Commission today took a big step toward requiring [DOC] local TV and radio stations to increase local programming content and appoint advisory boards to consult them on community issues

http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=2&aid=136418

KET to Host the ABC's of HDTV

Studies show that many Americans are still unaware of the coming digital television transition and how it will affect them. To help educate Kentuckians about this landmark event in television history, a new KET production, The ABCs of HDTV, explains the basics of digital television, how to access it, how KET is using the technology and how the government-mandated nationwide shutoff of analog television broadcasting in February 2009 will affect viewers.

NBC Changes Mind About Pilot Season

Diverging from some of its peers, NBC has announced it will not cut its development roster for next season, opting instead for a vastly reduced — if not eviscerated — pilot production slate.

CW and Fox to Cut New Shows

First, it was writer-producer rosters that studios started axing, ostensibly in response to the strike. Now, some studios have started scaling back not just shows currently on TV, but development slates for upcoming seasons.

Dayton Photographer Helps Car Crash Victims

A man was transported by CareFlight to a Dayton hospital after a crash that snarled traffic in both directions on U.S. Route 68 south of Urbana Friday afternoon.

New Media and Blogging for Influence with Journalists

In a recent study by Omnicom Group’s Brodeur and Marketwire about how journalists use blogs, it was found that blogs are are a regular source for journalists for improving the speed of reporting news as well as guiding tone, but not for improving quality:

Media Reform to WOUB?

It's no secret that the commercial media are all too typically mere divisions in larger corporations, the media themselves are becoming increasingly consolidated, already under-resourced news departments are losing support, and local media across the country are reducing their direct coverage of local and regional events, as they rely on feeds from above. As a result, the range of perspectives and analysis of important events are becoming less diverse.

"The Bob Newhart Show"s Suzanne Pleshette Dead at 70

WOSU and COSI Partner for an HD Facility

In early 2005, WOSU, the Columbus, OH-based PBS member station, signed an agreement with Center for Science and Industry (COSI), a popular science center, to construct a digital, HD media facility within the 320,000sq-ft COSI building.

WXIX Has Own Amazon Page

Check it out!

New Media, New Newsrooms

Stations overhaul and redefine their newsrooms to tackle the Web.

Does The FCC Need an Overhaul?

Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin said Tuesday that he didn't think the FCC needed major reforming, as has been suggested by some on Capitol Hill.