Chargers Game Blacked Out (Aug 14, 2010)

The Wires (Aug 14, 2010)

Multichannel News: Cox Opens VOD Door To TiVo. Cox Communications will give customers who own TiVo's latest digital video recorders access to its entire video-on-demand library -- but for now, the MSO won't be offering a TiVo-based service or set-top itself

Gary Lycan: "It's the first time I've been canned by cell phone," e-mailed award-winning broadcast news journalist Michael Linder on what happened Aug. 6 when he learned he was being dropped by KABC 790 AM.

Who Da Guy Hawaii: 93 KHJ: Inside Boss Radio - Excerpt # 15: Chuck Blore: "After Boss Radio came on KHJ, I tuned in on The Real Don Steele for the first time one afternoon. First Morgan, now I was given another ticket to Wonderland. New guy, new approach and new respect. Steele wasn't at all like Morgan. But he too, had it put together in a way I could never have imagined and made the whole thing work like magic" + Tom Murphy: "Robert W. Morgan used to say that Don Steele could do more with a grunt than most of the rest of us could do in five minutes. I took offense at that because I could grunt, too. But Don did things so quickly. In two seconds he would slide in so much".

All Access: Is A Performance Fee An Inevitable Reality?

Meet The San Diego Chargers Radio Network Team! Josh Lewin, Hank Bauer, Mike Costa, and Jim Laslavic are on board for another season of play-by-play radio broadcasting of the San Diego Chargers games on XTRA and ROCK.

NFL Exhibition on TV (Aug 13, 2010)

Thu, Aug 12: CAR @ BAL  	M&T Bank Stadium  	
5:00 PM  	ESPN   	    	 122 (CAR)   124 (BAL)

Sat, Aug 14: CHI @ SD	  	Qualcomm Stadium  	
6:00 PM  	8  	    	 129 (CHI)   91 (SD)

Mon, Aug 16: NYG @ NYJ  	New Meadowlands Stadium  	
5:00 PM  	ESPN   	    	 125 (NYG)   124 (NYJ)

Thu, Aug 19: NE @ ATL 	 	Georgia Dome  	
5:00 PM  	5   	    	 126 (NE)   124 (ATL)

Fri, Aug 20: PHI @ CIN  	Paul Brown Stadium  	
5:00 PM  	5   	    	 125 (PHI)   124 (CIN)

Sat, Aug 21: DAL @ SD  		Qualcomm Stadium  	
6:00 PM  	8  	    	 121 (DAL)   147 (SD)

Sun, Aug 22: MIN @ SF  		Candlestick Park  	
5:00 PM  	7   	    	 125 (MIN)   124 (SF)

Mon, Aug 23: ARI @ TEN  	LP Field  	
5:00 PM  	ESPN   	    	 124 (ARI)

Thu, Aug 26: IND @ GB  		Lambeau Field  	
5:00 PM  	ESPN   	    	 126 (IND)   124 (GB)

Fri, Aug 27: SD @ NO  		Superdome  	
5:00 PM  	8   	    	 122 (SD)   124 (NO)

Sat, Aug 28: DAL @ HOU  	Reliant Stadium  	
5:00 PM  	8   	    	 154 (DAL)   124 (HOU)

Sun, Aug 29: PIT @ DEN  	Invesco Field at Mile High  	
5:00 PM  	5   	    	 125 (PIT)   124 (DEN)

Thu, Sep 02: SD @ SF  		Candlestick Park  	
7:00 PM  	8  	    	 126 (SF)

The Wires (Aug 13, 2010)

Advertising Age: Daytime TV's New Entries Push Soaps Toward Drain.

Minneapolis Star Tribune: An Associated Press-Univision poll finds many U.S. Hispanics who mainly speak English are turning to Spanish-language TV and radio. The main appeal: sports and entertainment, a cultural connection and a nagging feeling among some Latinos that English-language media portray them negatively.

Robert Feder: Nearly 50 years after Dick Biondi first sang "The Pizza Song" - better known as "On Top of a Pizza" - the hit novelty record has been released on CD for the first time. The song, written as a parody to "On Top of Old Smokey" and recorded by Biondi in 1961, became an instant success, selling more than 11,000 copies and helping establish the skinny young disc jockey on WLS-AM (890) as the undisputed nighttime star of rock 'n' roll radio in Chicago.

Radio In Sights: Is Radio Dying, Growing, or What? You've seen the comments by new media pundits and radio critics: Radio's dead - No one listens to radio - Everybody knows that the iPod/Satellite/Internet/iPhone/whatever killed radio - Why would anyone still be listening to radio? And on and on. There's blood in the water, and anybody who has an agenda, anyone who has something to sell to "solve" radio's problems thinks now's the time to take their shot.

Now and Then: Yearly Trends Show Radio's Condition As Stable -- Radio is in ICU but the condition of the medium is not on life support or even critical, it's stable, according to a year-to-year comparison of different ratings companies. Harker Research came up with the idea of comparing one year trends in PPM markets, Arbitron diary markets and with recent Nielsen numbers.

It's Official: 91X Hires Oz Mediana For Mornings. He Returns To 91X To Host Music In The Morning. OZ previously was at 91X as MD/on-air from 1987-1993. Tom Taylor of radio-info: Only 86 FM stations have hiked IBOC/HD Radio power levels in the three months it's been allowed. The reality is, a lot of broadcasters want it and think they need a more robust signal to be heard on car and home receivers. But (speculates the NAB Tech Check newsletter) raising power now would require more "cap-ex" - capital expenditure on equipment, and coming off a year when radio's revenue dropped an RAB-estimated 18%, budgets are super-tight. iBiquity understands that reality. The FCC approved the higher levels in January and began letting stations file for them on May 10. Now three months later, the NAB's Tech Check does a census of stations and finds 51 commercial and 35 non-commercial stations running with greater power. Only six of the 86 have hiked digital power to the maximum. Originally, the Commission allowed the In-band, on-channel HD Radio signal to run at just 1% of the analog power, and that's where the vast majority are today. iBiquity figures about 2,078 stations have converted to its digital audio broadcasting system, counting both AMs and FMs. Only the FM stations are being allowed to raise power.

Kurt Hanson: RAIN 8/12: KPIG says their subscription-only, commercial-free streaming is profitable. Freedom, CA-based Adult Alternative KPIG-FM in March shut down its free, ad-supported streams, saying the amount of listening plus record industry royalty fees made the free streams cost-prohibitive. Rather, listeners would have to pay a $5/month subscription fee to hear the station (albeit commercial-free). Mapleton Communications, which owns KPIG, tells Inside Radio the move has been a great success so far. "We went from not making money to being profitable in 60 days," the news source quotes CEO Adam Nathanson.

Radio World: California FM Interference Dispute in Holding Pattern. KATY(FM)'s complaint about alleged IBOC interference to its analog signal from KRTH(FM) is in a holding pattern due to the death of KATY consulting engineer Elliott Klein.

July 2010 PPMs Now Released: Highlights: Who Cares?

John Maffei: TV/Radio Sports: Fox will give Padres' national attention in S.F. this weekend. ARTICLE: It's by far the best matchup of the weekend, one of only two in the major leagues featuring a pair of 60-win clubs

The Wires (August 12, 2010)

Randy Dotinga: Rock 'n' roll and product placement. Listen closely to the radio and you might hear products and companies being mentioned outside of the commercials. Here's a quiz to test your knowledge of the cars, companies and beverages that appear in famous songs.

NY Daily News: After insisting for some eight decades that artists were fairly compensated for radio play by the promotional value of that airtime, the radio industry may be on the verge of an about-face .

Robert Feder: For the last word on the National Radio Hall of Fame, let us bow to the King of All Media, Howard Stern, who was snubbed for the fourth time last week by the Chicago-based broadcast shrine. Although he consistently urged his fans not to vote for him, Stern blasted the outcome anyway on his Sirius XM show Monday. Saying "everybody else sucks," he called it "almost ludicrous" that he lost in the national/active category to retired NPR news anchor (and Chicago Public Media luminary) Carl Kasell.

The Wires (Aug 11, 2010)

All Access: Former Senator Ted Stevens Killed In Alaska Plane Crash

Gary Lycan: KBRT 740 AM Christian talk broadcaster Rich Buhler has been released from an Orange County hospital after having been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

PC World: Google and Verizon Communications have released a proposal that suggests the U.S. FCC should enforce network neutrality rules and fine broadband providers up to US $2 million for violations.

New Jersey News Room: Alex Rodriguez and Rush Limbaugh are faring far better than Tom Hicks and Red McCombs these days -- Talk radio on the AM dial has been a savior for some radio stations that could not compete with the FM dial and then satellite radio. But most of AM talk radio is inane conversation featuring babblers whose sole job is to inflame people and hold their attention between radio commercials.

All Access: Google-Verizon Broadband Plan Draws Criticism

All Access: Mapleton's KPIG To Leave Its AM Home In San Francisco

Multichannel News: AT&T iPhone App Lets U-verse TV Subs Take Some Shows To Go. AT&T introduced its first mobile "TV Everywhere" service, with the debut of an iPhone app that lets U-verse TV subscribers download and watch full TV episodes.

ESPN's San Diego affiliate, XHMORE at 98.9, says "Adios." I'm stealing the headline thought of San Diego Union-Tribune writer Jay Posner, who wryly says the station "probably set some kind of radio record for lack of promotion during most of the past eight years." It also never added much if any local content, which the folks in Bristol prefer. The cancellation by Mexican owner MEC Communications is effective at the end of this month and as Posner says, it leaves ESPN scrounging for affiliate. ESPN's Dan Quinn says an interim hope is to persuade XHMORE to keep the lineup going a bit longer. But the extra-short notice makes you wonder what MEC wants to do with the Tijuana-licensed Class B signal. Still unclear - what happens to ESPN Deportes - XESPN at 800.

Inside Radio: Terrestrial attracts more listeners online. With help from the World Cup, radio had more online listeners in June. It was the first time terrestrial operators added online listeners in three months. But the biggest growth comes among the web pureplays who now comprise one-quarter of the top 20 broadcasters.

Multichannel News: Can Cable TV Cut Down on Kilowatts? Excerpts: As TV viewers watch efforts to go green on the screen, cable operators are starting to make strides to cut their own use of energy. Delivering TV signals is enormously energy-intensive. Electricity is one of the largest operating costs for cable-system operators across the U.S. As a whole, the cable industry can recover an estimated $100 million to $200 million per year in electricity costs just by consuming energy more efficiently. And that's before pursuing sustainable energy options. Like many other industries, the pursuit of sustainable energy in cable is somewhere between "turn off the lights when you leave" and full-on sustainability measures - solar panels, wind turbines, the works. The commitment is there; the timing is early. "Consumers expect us to be more efficient, inside our house, and inside theirs," said Stephen Pagano, executive vice president of special projects for Time Warner Cable. In case you haven't noticed, "green" is no longer even vaguely synonymous with tree-hugging, tie-dye and recycled cereal boxes. Fortune 75 companies have "chief sustainability officers"; Wal-Mart is planning for 100% renewable energy. It's big business everywhere. Cable's energy usage is spread across four segments: The home (set-tops, cable modems); the plant (amplifiers, power supplies); the headend (servers and more servers); and the fleet. A look at the state-of- the-state of "cable and green" follows. Read the full story at the link.

The Wires (August 10, 2010)

New York Post: Keith Olbermann has been dropped by NBC's Sunday Night Football - MSNBC says it was distracting him from his work on the cable channel.

Las Vegas Journal: Radio stations adjust to new technology, competition - Listeners tune in, tune out or turn off -- "We're running less commercials," said Tony Bonnici, vice president/general manager of Las Vegas-based Lotus Broadcasting, which owns six stations, including KOMP, KXPT-FM, 97.1 and KBAD-AM, 920. "We went from running 30s and 60s (seconds) to more 10s and 15s. People once ran 18 minutes of commercials an hour. Now it's 12 and 10. Our worst enemy is ourselves, when we get greedy and add more clutter. Listeners will compromise to a degree, but when we ask too much of them, they go away".

WS Radio: GM Paul Menard says that SignonSanDiego.com hopes to build out to over 50 shows in the coming months with local programming via the new "Internet Air Waves" - The shows are promoted by The San Diego Union-Tribune and SignonSanDiego.com.

Multichannel News: Pay TV Piracy Avoiding Actionable Neglect (Or Worse)

Stop Radio Monopolies group on Facebook: There’s a Facebook page to “stop radio monopolies”, started by L.A. owner Saul Levine. Saul is incensed by Clear Channel’s comments in an FCC rulemaking suggesting that it and others be allowed to own more than the current eight stations in a market the size of Los Angeles. He was quoted on LARadio.com calling that a potential “disaster that will destroy what is left of the broadcast industry.” Levine, who owns "Go Country" KKGO, urges the FCC to go the other way and reduce both the caps and the “sub-caps” that specify how many AMs and how many FMs you can own in a particular market. (In L.A., no more than five AMs or five FMs).

Tom Taylor radio-info: A $12 million sale of a Southern California AM began with a time brokerage deal. Media broker Mark Jorgenson handled the deal for seller Salem Communications, and he says Korean Gospel Broadcasting has been buying time on KXMX, Anaheim (1190) since 1991. Now it's filing to buy the facility outright for $12 million. KXMX runs 20,000 watts daytime and 1,300 watts at night, both directional. It covers most of the L.A. market in the daytime and Orange County by night. Korean Gospel is apparently borrowing most of the money from a senior lender, and yet Salem retains a security interest “in all assets securing the senior debt." But not the license, which can't be held as security. Korean Gospel also agrees to pay Salem $1 million in a three-year seller note.

Chargers Season 2010

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PRESEASON opponent time tv

SAT. AUG. 14 CHICAGO BEARS 6:00 pm (8), Sirius 91
SAT. AUG. 21 DALLAS COWBOYS 6:00 pm (8), Sirius 147
Fri. Aug. 27 at New Orleans Saints 5:00 pm CBS (8), Sirius 122
Thur. Sep. 2 at San Francisco 49ers 7:00 pm (8), Sirius TBA

REGULAR SEASON opponent time tv

Mon. Sep. 13 at Kansas City Chiefs 7:15 pm ESPN (8), Sirius 127
SUN. SEP. 19 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 1:15 pm CBS (8), Sirius 125
Sun. Sep. 26 at Seattle Seahawks 1:15 pm CBS (8), Sirius 91
SUN. OCT. 3 ARIZONA CARDINALS 1:15 pm FOX (5), Sirius 127
Sun. Oct. 10 at Oakland Raiders 1:15 pm CBS (8), Sirius 126
Sun. Oct. 17 at St. Louis Rams 10:00 am CBS (8), Sirius 90
SUN. OCT. 24 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 1:15 pm CBS (8), Sirius 125
SUN. OCT. 31 TENNESSEE TITANS 1:05 pm CBS (8), Sirius 127
Sun. Nov. 7 at Houston Texans 10:00 am CBS (8), Sirius 122
Sun. Nov. 14 BYE
MON. NOV. 22 DENVER BRONCOS 5:30 pm ESPN (8), Sirius 126
Sun. Nov. 28 at Indianapolis Colts* 5:20 pm NBC (7), Sirius 125
SUN. DEC. 5 OAKLAND RAIDERS* 1:05 pm CBS (8), Sirius 125
SUN. DEC. 12 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS* 1:15 pm CBS (8), Sirius 127
THUR. DEC. 16 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS 5:20 pm NFLN (5), Sirius 126
Sun. Dec. 26 at Cincinnati Bengals* 5:20 pm NBC (7), Sirius 125
Sun. Jan. 2 at Denver Broncos* 1:15 pm CBS (8), Sirius 123

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