Wiremania (Nov 12, 2011)

Music Wires

It's Official! UMG Buys EMI Music

TV Wires

FCC Reports Indicate UHF TV Growth, VHF Decline

Charlie Rose and Gayle King in CBS `Early' Plan

Is 'All My Children' Dead Online, Too?

Sports Wires

Sports USA Radio Network To Air Its 300th NFL Game Broadcast Sunday

Radio Wires

Centre Daily: In much of the Western world, the days of children gathering around radios, as Roger Taylor wrote in the hit Queen song "Radio Ga Ga" are long gone. In an age of iPods, iPhones and SiriusXM, antenna radio's once strong signal is fading rapidly - Staff Sgt. Brad Ruffin, 42, served in the Marines before joining the Army. This soldier is ready for battle. Yet while deployed to the Iraqi capital, one of his most important jobs has been entertaining U.S. troops and Iraqi citizens on American Forces Network-Iraq's Freedom Radio.

Gary Lycan: While we wait to hear if all the talk of Jim Ladd possibly joining KSWD 100.3 FM is more a reality than a dream, The Sound is making some noise all on its own + Mark Austin Thomas was let go as part of the reorganization at KABC 790 AM. Larry Van Nuys is handling news duties in morning drive.

Mutterings (November 11, 2011)

Thursday afternoon and evening, Clear Channel San Diego had four stations playing talk: AM 600 and 1360, FM 95.7 and 105.3. Only three were playing music: 93.3 and 94.1 playing contemporary pop, and 101.5 playing classic rock. 105.3 still plays active rock, but runs Charger talk and the play by play games. Could XTRA 1360 soon be simulcast on 101.5, while the formats of classic rock and active rock be fused together on 105.3?

Wiremania (November 11, 2011)

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Gary Lycan: While we wait to hear if all the talk of Jim Ladd possibly joining KSWD 100.3 FM is more a reality than a dream, The Sound is making some noise all on its own + Mark Austin Thomas was let go as part of the reorganization at KABC 790 AM. Larry Van Nuys is handling news duties in morning drive.

National Eas Test = National Disappointment.

Sports Wires

AdWeek: NFL is on record pace for NBC, Fox, down from last season on ESPN.

John Maffei TV/Radio Sports: ESPN pulling out all the stops for Carrier Classic. With no Chargers game Sunday, the NFL TV lineup in Southern California includes Saints-Falcons at 10 a.m. on Fox, the Broncos-Chiefs at 10 a.m. on CBS and the Giants-49ers at 1:15 p.m. on Fox. The Sunday night game on NBC is Patriots-Jets.

Tech Wires

Senate Votes Down Attempt To Block FCC Internet Regulation

https://pwnedlist.com/ - Have your accounts been compromised? Find out. PwnedList is a tool that allows an average person to check if their accounts have been compromised. No passwords are stored in our database.

Misc Wires

Yahoo Finance: Why Your Tax Bill Might Surge Next Year.

Yahoo News: Alabama county files biggest municipal bankruptcy.

How to spot the web's top 3 biggest scams

Weekend Sports on TV (November 11, 2011)

Boxing: Champion Diego Magdaleno vs. Emmanuel Lucero, for NABF super featherweight title, in Las Vegas, Fox Sports Net, 7; Middleweights, Michael Oliveira vs. Rudy Cisneros; champion Austin Trout vs. Frank LoPorto, for WBA super welterweight title, in El Paso, Showtime, 8

College football: South Florida at Syracuse, ESPN2, 5

College men's basketball: Michigan State vs. North Carolina, in San Diego, ESPN, 4

Golf: LPGA, Lorena Ochoa Invitational, second round, in Guadalajara, Mexico, Golf Channel, 1; PGA Tour Australasia, Australian Open, third round, in Sydney, Golf Channel, 5; PGA European Tour, Singapore Open, third round, delayed tape, Golf Channel, 10.

NHL: Dallas at Pittsburgh, NHL Network, 4

Soccer: Men, exhibition, France vs. USA, in Paris, ESPN2, 11:55am

Saturday, Nov. 11

Boxing: Welterweights, Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez; junior welterweights, Timothy Bradley vs. Joel Casamayor; junior welterweights, Mike Alvarado vs. Breidis Prescott; junior lightweights, Luis Cruz vs. Juan Burgos, in Las Vegas, Pay-Per-View, 6

College football:West Virginia at Cincinnati or Oklahoma State at Texas Tech, ABC, 9am; Florida at South Carolina, CBS, 9am; Nebraska at Penn State, ESPN, 9am; Michigan State at Iowa, ESPN2, 9am; Wake Forest at Clemson, ESPNU, 9am; Marshall at Tulsa, Fox Sports Net, 9am; Texas at Missouri, FX, 9am; Penn at Harvard, Versus, 9am; Michigan at Illinois or Miami (Fla.) at Florida State, ABC or ESPN, 12:30; Regional coverage, Texas A&M at Kansas State, ABC, 12:30; Auburn at Georgia, CBS, 12:30; Navy at Southern Methodist, Fox Sports Net, 12:30; TCU at Boise State, Versus, 12:30; Washington at Southern California, FX, 12:40; Tennessee at Arkansas, ESPN2, 3; Western Kentucky at LSU, ESPNU, 4; Notre Dame vs. Maryland, in Landover, Md., NBC, 4:30; Alabama at Mississippi State, ESPN, 4:45; Oregon at Stanford, ABC, 5; Idaho at Brigham Young, ESPN2, 6:15; Hawaii at Nevada, ESPNU, 7:15; Arizona State at Washington State, Versus, 7:30

Golf: LPGA, Lorena Ochoa Invitational, third round, Golf Channel, 1; PGA Tour Australasia, Australian Open, final round, Golf Channel, 5; PGA European Tour, Singapore Open, final round, delayed tape, Golf Channel, 10.

NHL: New Jersey at Washington, NHL Network, 4

Sunday, Nov. 13

Golf: LPGA, Lorena Ochoa Invitational, final round, Golf Channel, 1

NFL: Regional coverage, CBS and Fox, 10am; Regional coverage, CBS, 1; Regional coverage, doubleheader game, Fox, 1:15; New England at New York Jets, NBC, 5.

Wiremania (Nov 10, 2011)

Radio Wires

Radio Static: KOGO goes FM, country goes bye-bye

Boston Globe: For AM stations, future may be on the FM band: WBZ's strength, WEEI's sports programs have delayed the change in Boston, but younger listeners are mostly ignoring the older system.

Talent Mechanic: I feel like I say it over and over again; the best way to build listener loyalty is to provide content they can't find anywhere else.

Ron Jacobs: I was at KGB-San Diego in 1972 and "Mr. Pipes," Michael C. Gwynne and I were stonily speculating about things, specifically radio. I said, not for the first time, that one major head hassle with the medium that bothered me was that once one's jock shift was over, there was nothing to show for it!

TV Wires

Blurt: Is SWRV the MTV of Old?

Wiremania (Nov 9, 2011)

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Misc Wires

Roger Hedgecock To Move to KFMB (Nov 8, 2011)

See the TV report here

But since January 2 is a legal federal holiday due to New Year's Day falling on a Sunday, I don't expect Roger to do his first live show until January 3; expect reruns or special programming on January 2.

Roger's presence on 760 KFMB adds to the lineup of Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and Mike Slater.

The future of Rick Roberts, however, still remains in doubt. No word whether he will bolt for another station.

Roger Hedgecock Press Release (Nov 8, 2011)

NUMBER ONE TALK RADIO SHOW MOVES TO KFMB
The Roger Hedgecock Show to begin airing on Talk Radio 760 KFMB-AM after new year

(San Diego, CA) - For over 20 years, The Roger Hedgecock Show has dominated talk radio in San Diego. Starting January 2, 2012, the popular host will make Talk Radio 760 KFMB his new radio home.

"I am excited to join the KFMB family that has been a staple of the San Diego community for so long," said Roger Hedgecock. "I've been planning to bring our show to multiple platforms, and KFMB will make the perfect partner for doing that."

"KFMB has always been about mirroring our community, and Roger is synonymous with San Diego. No host reflects the views and concerns of San Diegans better than Roger", stated KFMB Program Director Dave Sniff.

KFMB Radio's General Manager Gina Landau said, "As we get closer to the 2012 election, we're thrilled to have Roger lead the conversation and coverage on 760 KFMB." Roger's presence on 760 KFMB helps to complete an already potent line-up that includes Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and Mike Slater.

Roger is widely known as "The Radio Mayor" because of his term as Mayor of the City of San Diego, which he served after six years on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. Combined with almost a lifetime living in San Diego, Roger brings a unique perspective to local, state and national issues resonating with people who live in the region. This is why Roger has long maintained and continues to increase his numbers as the highest rated* talk show in the area.

The Roger Hedgecock Show was syndicated nationally in 2009 and now the power and popularity of his show is being shared with Americans everywhere from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. weekday afternoons. His show is heard daily from San Diego to the East Coast and from the Gulf Coast to the Northwest. Bring the show to multi-platforms for his national audience will make it the first of its kind coming from the west coast.

Roger Hedgecock's popularity has long made him a media favorite well beyond his Southern California base. Prior to being nationally syndicated, Roger served as the #1 guest host for Rush Limbaugh for almost 10 years. Roger is frequently featured on Fox News and CNN as well as on C-Span's "Washington Journal".

Roger's wide appeal for media is well-deserved. While he enjoys high audience ratings as a talk-show host, he is clearly a man of action who frequently goes far beyond just talking about the issues. With a continuing campaign that he calls, "Hold Their Feet to the Fire," Roger has led hundreds of his listeners on a series of trips to Washington, D.C., encouraging them to take on the nation's political leaders as "citizen lobbyists." Roger also frequently takes his show on the road bringing his radio audience directly to where they can make the most impact throughout the country.

Mutterings (Nov 8, 2011)

During the Brian Suits show, Brian gave his e-mail address that contains the phrase "Suits at Clear Channel." His e-mail is something like briansuits @ clearchannel.com.

Could FM 94/9 be planning a format flip this Friday?

Wiremania (Nov 8, 2011)

Radio Wires

Fox Business: Sirius Trouble: Is Satellite Radio Headed for a Fall?

Daily Mail UK: Research shows that for the first time in history Radio 1's average listener is actually 32, according to research, up from 29 three years ago. And the audience for the breakfast show presented by 37-year-old Chris Moyles is even older, at an average age of 33.

Los Angeles Times: Rock radio DJ Jim Ladd talks about KLOS dismissal. Ladd logged a total of 20 years during three separate tours of rock 'n' roll radio duty at KLOS. A fixture on the Southern California airwaves, Ladd also chalked up nine years at the defunct station KMET-FM before it dumped rock for an easy-listening format dubbed "The Wave," as well as time at L.A.'s short-lived KEDG-FM ("The Edge") and at the station where he got his start in 1969, KNAC-FM in Long Beach.

Daily News: Radio: KLOS rock jock Jim Ladd says goodbye on KFI.

Radio Ink: Are you ready for some testing?!? On Wednesday afternoon! You'd be hard pressed to find anything, that will only last sixty seconds, that has been as heavily promoted as the national EAS test planned for Wednesday. The test of the Emergency Alert System was recently shortened to 30 seconds instead of the originally planned two and a half minutes. This will result in a total test time of approximately 60 seconds including the data burst tones. The test is being conducted by FEMA, in coordination with the FCC and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It's the first ever nationwide Emergency Alert System test and it will take place Wednesday at 2 p.m.

Sports Wires

LSU-Alabama Game Most-Watched College Football Game on CBS In 22 Years

Just In (Nov 7, 2011)