CBS Radio’s SportsRadio 94WIP and the Philadelphia Phillies have agreed to extend their broadcast partnership for exclusive live play-by-play coverage of Phillies games.
The Phillies radio broadcasts have aired on CBS Radio Philadelphia stations since 2004 and have aired on 94WIP for the past five seasons. Scott Franzke, Larry Andersen, and Jim Jackson will continue to call the games on 94WIP.
“We’re thrilled that SportsRadio 94WIP is continuing the partnership as the radio home of Phillies baseball,” said David Yadgaroff, Senior Vice President and Market Manager, CBS RADIO Philadelphia. “The Phillies have become part of the fabric of WIP and we’re excited for the 2017 season to begin.”
“We are excited for the return of Phillies baseball, and along with that, our radio broadcasts on SportsRadio 94WIP,” said David Buck, Phillies Senior Vice President, Marketing and Advertising Sales. “CBS RADIO is a long-time partner of ours, and we look forward to working with them, once again, to bring the very best coverage to our fans, starting with spring training and continuing throughout the 2017 season.”
“Leading Off” will continue on 94WIP as a half-hour pregame show prior to Phillies coverage. “The Final Out” will continue as the half-hour postgame show, which immediately follows Phillies coverage.
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94WIP will also continue to host regular broadcasts from the NovaCare Broadcast Booth inside of Citizens Bank Park.
The Phillies are among nearly 30 professional sports teams featured on CBS RADIO stations across the country. As the leader in sports radio, the division of CBS is home to such legendary MLB teams, including the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, and Detroit Tigers, among others.
After a more than 20-year run on the nationally-syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show (TJMS), funnyman J. Anthony Brown is leaving the show. His comedic take on social issues and pop culture has been a staple for radio listeners in more than 100 markets across the country.
“I want to thank all the listeners and fans for embracing me for more than 20 years on the Tom Joyner Morning Show. You were a captive audience, and your support and feedback encouraged me to be a better comic and a better social commentator, reflecting the world around us,” said Brown. “I am eternally grateful to Tom Joyner and the morning crew for the years of friendship and laughs, in sickness and in health. I thank you for the opportunity to showcase my talents, and allowing me to have a voice on morning radio.”
Back in January of this year Brown walked off the show,then returned.
Radio Facts, the premiere urban radio and music industry site, received this statement from Reach Media concerning J. Anthony Brown’s departure from the Tom Joyner Morning Show today.
“J. Anthony Brown has been a great contributor and a part of the Joyner Morning Show (TJMS) family for many years. J’s current contract was set to expire at the end of 2016. J requested to be released from his contract a month early, and we agreed to his request. We appreciate all that J has done for the TJMS and wish him the best in the future.
To continue the excellence in entertainment that the TJMS is known for, the show will feature top, live comedic and celebrity talent to serve as co-hosts on a rotating basis until a permanent decision is made.”
Premiere Networks announced Monday that Delilah, the most-listened-to woman on radio, has joined the American Forces Network (AFN).
Effective immediately, Delilah now airs weeknights at 7 p.m. in Japan, Korea and Central Europe on AFN RADIO's Today's Best Hits Adult Contemporary channel. The announcement comes on the heels of Delilah’s induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame on November 17.
The top-rated show featuring Delilah's distinctive blend of story-telling, sympathetic listening and encouragement – all scored with adult contemporary music – is now available to 400,000 American service men and women, Department of Defense civilians and their families stationed at bases and American Embassies and Consulates in 175 countries and 200 U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command ships at sea.
“It will be a very merry Christmas this year for our U.S. military serving overseas as they listen to Delilah weeknights on AFN RADIO wherever they are,” shared Scott E. Stover, Radio Director for the American Forces Network. “We’d like to thank Delilah and Premiere Networks for partnering with AFN RADIO to serve those that serve so far from home during the holidays.”
Since World War II, AFN has enjoyed the generous support from all major broadcast networks, syndicates, public radio services, and individual stations and program producers throughout the U.S. AFN RADIO programming originates at the American Forces Network Broadcast Center in California.
There are 12 different, full-time AFN RADIO satellite services and 10 AFN360 streaming channels distributed to overseas AFN affiliates, base cable TV systems, and AFN Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite dish users. Three of the AFN RADIO satellite services are available to U.S. Navy ships deployed.
An attorney for a former Playboy playmate pleaded not guilty on her behalf Monday to charges that she secretly photographed a 70-year-old woman in the nude in the shower area of a Los Angeles fitness center.
According to the LA Times, Dani Mathers, 29, faces a misdemeanor count of invasion of privacy, having been accused of posting an image of the woman on her Snapchat social media account in early July. In addition to the photo, Mathers included the comment, “If I can’t unsee this then you can’t either.”
Mather’s posting sparked public outrage as well as a national discussion about “body shaming.” Los Angeles City Atty. Mike Feuer said he hoped the case sent a message to others about such behavior.
Prosecutors often use invasion of privacy charges against peeping Toms and people who conceal cameras to take sexually suggestive photos of women. But legal experts said this marks a rare instance in which authorities have brought charges against someone over photos making fun of someone’s weight.
Outside of court Monday, defense lawyer Thomas Mesereau said Mathers regrets the events and apologizes for her behavior and he expects the matter to be resolved in a fair manner.
Mesereau has said his client did nothing illegal. “She never tried to invade anyone’s privacy and never tried to violate any laws,” he said.
Los Angeles police began an investigation in July after receiving a report of “illegal distribution" of the image. L.A. Fitness officials reported the posting to police as well, officials said. Because of the incident, Mathers lost her gig with the Heidi and Frank Show on KLOS 95.5 FM.
(Reuters) -- Heavy metal rockers Metallica soared to the top of the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Monday, edging out new records from R&B singer Bruno Mars and country singer Miranda Lambert.
"Hardwired ... to Self-Destruct," Metallica's 10th studio album, sold 282,000 albums, 34,000 songs and was streamed 9.3 million times, totaling 291,000 album units according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan for the week ending Nov. 24.
Billboard said "Hardwired," driven by the strength of physical album sales, was the third-largest album debut of the year, behind Drake's "Views" and Beyonce's "Lemonade."
Mars' "24k Magic" debuted at No. 2 with sales of 231,000 album units, while Lambert's "Weight of These Wings" opened at No. 3 with 133,000 album units.
The Billboard 200 album chart tallies units from album sales, song sales (10 songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams equal one album).
On the Digital Songs chart, which measures online song sales, hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd held steady at No. 1 with "Black Beatles," selling 138,000 copies in the past week.
In 1913...actor/announcer Harry Bartell was born in New Orleans. With his rather youthful sounding voice, Bartell was one of the busiest West Coast character actors from the early 1940s until the final end of network radio drama in the 1960s.
He was the Petri Wines announcer who interacted with “Dr. Watson” on 1940’s episodes of “The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,” and in the ’60’s was the announcer on CBS Radio’s “Dear Abby.” His TV acting credits include Gunsmoke and Dragnet plus Get Smart, I Love Lucy, Wild Wild West, and The Twilight Zone.
He died Feb. 26 2004 at age 90. In 1917...announcer George Walsh was born in Cleveland. He became known as the voice of “Gunsmoke” after he introduced the western series on CBS radio for nearly a decade, then followed the show to television as its announcer. He was a newscaster at KNX-AM (1070) from 1952 to 1986. Walsh was the voice of “Music ‘Til Dawn,” featuring mainly classical music which aired overnight from 1952 until about 1970.
He died of congestive heart failure Dec. 5 2005 at age 88. In 1917...country singer/songwriter Merle Travis was born in Rosewood Kentucky. He was first heard regularly on WLW radio Cincinnati as a member of The Drifting Pioneers. His writing successes include 16 Tons, Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette, & Petal from a Faded Rose. His big singing hit was the Re-enlistment Blues in From Here to Eternity.
Merle suffered a fatal heart attack Oct 20, 1983 and died at age 65.
In 1918...radio/TV host & humourist Herb Shriner was born in Toledo. He hosted Herb Shriner Time, a quarter-hour daily on CBS Radio in the late 40’s. He found TV success as host of the 50’s quiz show Two for the Money. He died (as did his wife) in an car accident April 23 1970 when the brakes on his vintage Studebaker failed. Shriner was 51. In 1927...legendary sportscaster Vin Scully was born in the Bronx NY.
His 60-plus-year tenure with the Brooklyn & LA Dodgers is the longest of any broadcaster with a single club in professional sports history. Scully has called six World Series championships and 14 National League pennants for the club.
Vin Scully cica 50s
After serving in the United States Navy for two years, Scully began his career as a student broadcaster and journalist at Fordham University. While at Fordham, he helped found its FM radio station WFUV (which now presents a Vin Scully Lifetime Achievement Award each year), was assistant sports editor for Volume 28 of The Fordham Ram his senior year, sang in a barbershop quartet, played center field for the Fordham Rams baseball team, called radio broadcasts for Rams baseball, football, and basketball, earned a degree, and sent about 150 letters to stations along the Eastern seaboard. He received only one response, from CBS Radio affiliate WTOP in Washington, which made him a fill-in.
Scully was then recruited by Red Barber, the sports director of the CBS Radio Network, for its college football coverage. Scully impressed his boss with his coverage of a November 1949 University of Maryland versus Boston University football game from frigid Fenway Park in Boston, despite having to do so from the stadium roof. Expecting an enclosed press box, Scully had left his coat and gloves at his hotel, but never mentioned his discomfort on the air. Barber mentored Scully and told him that if he wanted to be a successful sports announcer he should never be a "homer", never listen to other announcers, and keep his opinions to himself.
In 1950, Scully joined Barber and Connie Desmond in the Brooklyn Dodgers radio and television booths. When Barber got into a salary dispute with World Series sponsor Gillette in 1953, Scully took Barber's spot for the 1953 World Series. At the age of 25, Scully became the youngest man to broadcast a World Series game. Barber left the Dodgers after the 1953 season to work for the New York Yankees. Scully eventually became the team's principal announcer. Scully announced the Dodgers' games in Brooklyn until 1957, after which the club moved to Los Angeles. In 1929...NBC begins use of the chimes.
The NBC chimes came to their familiar configuration and sound after several years of on-air development. They were first broadcast over NBC's Red and Blue networks on November 29, 1929. However, there are disagreements about the original source of the idea. One story is that they came from WSB in Atlanta, Georgia, which allegedly used it for its own purposes until one day someone at NBC's headquarters in New York City heard the WSB version of the notes during a networked broadcast of a Georgia Tech football game and asked permission to use it on the national network.
NBC Xylophone circa 1930
The company tested the chimes during 1927 and 1928, when it experimented with several possible combinations of notes. The first sequence consisted of the seven notes G-C-G-E-G-C-E. However, since the original NBC chime was an actual set of four-note chimes made by the J.C. Deagan Company, which the announcer would play 30 seconds before the end of every half-hour to signal the end of a program, it was left to the announcers to play this trademark sequence without error, which was unavoidable with such a lengthy cue. The chime sequence was shortened to G-C-G-E and then, on November 29, 1929, the cue was shortened for the final time, and the three well-known notes G-E-C were heard on NBC radio for the first time.
Despite the relative simplicity and efficiency of the new, shorter chime sequence, problems still existed in other musical aspects of the sequence, such as the tempo, rhythm, and volume at which it was played, as well as the musical tone of the set chimes. Therefore the NBC chimes were mechanized in 1932 with a unit that could play the sequence perfectly and consistently. Richard H. Ranger, a former Radio Corporation of America (RCA) engineer who also invented an early form of the modern fax machine, invented the NBC chime machine that generated the notes by means of finely tuned metal reeds that were plucked by fingers on a revolving drum, much like a music box.
The technical purpose of the mechanical chimes was to send a low level audio signal of constant amplitude that would be heard by the various switching stations manned by NBC and AT&T engineers, but not disturb the listening audience. This would serve as the system cue for switching the myriad local stations between the NBC Red Network and NBC Blue Network feeds as scheduled, as well as signalling the pause for local station identification immediately thereafter. In essence, it was the audio equivalent of a traffic signal. Because of fears of offending commercial sponsors by cutting their live network programs off mid-sentence, the mechanized chimes were always rung by an announcer pushing a button in conjunction with the program’s conclusion; they were never set to an automatic timer, although heavy discussions on the subject were held between the Engineering and Programming departments throughout the 1930s and 1940s.
On November 20, 1947, NBC filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to make the chimes a registered service mark for identification of radio broadcasting services, the first such audible service mark to be filed with that office. Registration was granted on April 4, 1950; the registration number was 0523616, serial number 71541873. This registration expired on November 3, 1992, as NBC Radio became part of broadcasting history. However a separate service mark registration was made in 1971 for identification of television broadcasting services (serial 72349496, registration 0916522). While this registration is still active, the chime was heard for the final time on the NBC television channel in 1976, the 50-year anniversary of the chime; the chime is now used only for various smaller purposes on the network.
The Fourth Chime
The variant sequence B - D + G = G, based on a G-major arpeggio in second inversion, was known as "the fourth chime". An NBC Interdepartment Correspondence memo, dated April 7, 1933, documents the conception and initial purpose of the fourth chime.
The memo states "In anticipation of the Spring and Summer months, when many in key positions will not always be available at home telephones, the following Emergency Call System will go into effect on Monday morning, April 16."
The memo goes on to say that whenever a fourth tone is heard on the network chimes rung at 15-minute intervals, it will indicate that someone on an attached list is wanted. Upon hearing this fourth chime, all personnel on the list are instructed to call in to the PBX operator to ascertain whether or not the Emergency Call is for them. The chime would continue at 15-minute intervals over stations WEAF and WJZ until the wanted person communicated with the PBX operator. The list contained the names of the following NBC executives:
The "fourth chime" was also used to notify affiliates and their employees of pending urgent programming. This variant saw such use during wartime (especially in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor) and other disasters, most notably the Hindenburg disaster in 1937. According to NBC historians, the last official use of the "fourth chime" was in 1945, shortly after the end of World War II. However, according to a handwritten note appended to an NBC internal memo originally dated 1964 on the history and usage of the standard chime, this chime variant was used one final time in 1985 to symbolize the merger with GE.
John Gary
In 1932...singer John Gary was born in Watertown NY. He got his start singing on Don McNeill’s Breakfast Club on ABC Radio. Gary had his own TV variety show, starting as a summer replacement for Danny Kaye. He produced 23 albums for RCA. As an inventor he secured two patents on underwater propulsion devices.
John Gary died Jan 4 1998 at age 65.
In 1933...one of the earliest police ‘true crime’ radio dramas Calling All Cars debuted on the CBS West Coast network. The writer was William N. Robson, who later would be the celebrated producer of Suspense.
In 1941...the passenger ship, "Lurline", sent a radio signal after sighting a Japanese war fleet in the Pacific.
In 1964...Dean "Dino On Your Radio" Anthony debuted on Top40 WMCA 570 AM, New York. Anthony was one of the famous WMCA jocks from the 1960s, but he spent even more years building WHLI into a fine popular-standards station. He was a host there right up until his death.
In 1969...the Beatles' "Come Together," single went to #1 on Radio.
In 1985...voice actor Bill Scott (Bullwinkle J. Moose, Dudley Do-Right) suffered a fatal heart attack at age 65. Scott never received an on-screen credit for his voice acting on any of the Ward series
Gene Rayburn
In 1999...Gene Rayburn, host of the TV game show Match Game and a host on the NBC Radio Weekend Show 'Monitor', died at 81.
Before appearing in television, Rayburn was a very successful actor and radio performer. He had a popular morning drive time radio show in New York City, first with Jack Lescoulie (Anything Goes) and later with Dee Finch (Rayburn & Finch) on WNEW (now WBBR). Radio history pegs Rayburn's pairings with Lescoulie and Finch as the first two-man teams in morning radio. When Rayburn left WNEW, Dee Finch continued the format with Gene Klavan.
Rayburn later landed the lead in the Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie when Dick Van Dyke left the production to star in his eponymous classic sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show. Listen to an aircheck from 1964 with Rayburn hosting NBC Radio Network's weekend Monitor Show. Click Here.
In 2001...Singer/songwriter Beatle George Harrison died of lung cancer at the age of 58. Speaking outside his home northwest of London, Paul McCartney said, "I am devastated and very, very sad." Ringo Starr, speaking from Vancouver, British Columbia said, "We will miss George for his sense of love, his sense of music and his sense of laughter."
In 2008...legendary "Boss Radio" programmer, Bill Drake, died of lung cancer. He was 71.
Bill Drake
Born Phillip Yarbrough, he chose his last name from among his relatives' surnames, because it rhymed with "WAKE", the station in Atlanta, where he worked as a programmer and disc-jockey in the late 1950s. Later, Bartell Broadcasting, who owned WAKE that he had programmed to number one, transferred him to KYA in San Francisco, which also became number one.
It was later at KYNO in Fresno, California that he met Gene Chenault, who became his business partner. Together, the pair developed highly influential radio programming strategies and tactics, as well as working with future "Boss Jocks".
Drake-Chenault perfected the Top 40 radio format, which had been created by Todd Storz, Gordon McLendon and other radio programmers in the late 1950s, which took a set list of popular songs and repeated them all day long, ensuring the widest possible audience for the station's music. Jingles, news updates, traffic, and other features were designed to make Top 40 radio particularly attractive to car listeners. By early 1964, the era of the British Invasion, Top 40 radio had become the dominant radio format for North American listeners.
Drake streamlined the Top 40 format, using modern methods, such as market research and ratings demographics, to maximize the number of listeners. He believed in forward momentum, limiting the amount of disc jockey chatter, the number of advertisements and playing only the top hits, as opposed to less-organized programming methods of the past. Drake created concepts such as 20/20 News and counter programming, by playing music sweeps, while his competitors aired news. Drake-Chenault controlled everything from the specific DJs that were hired, to radio contests, visual logos, promotions and commercial policy. Drake essentially put radio back into the hands of programming, instead of sales. Drake hired the Johnny Mann Singers to produce the Boss Radio jingles, ensuring a bright, high-energy sound that engaged the listener, while providing a bridge from song to song.
After turning around the fortunes of Fresno's KYNO, Drake applied similar tactics to take KGB, from 14th to 1st in San Diego. KGB's owner, Willett Brown, suggested to his fellow RKO board members, that Drake could turn KHJ around.
In the Spring of 1965, Drake-Chenault were hired to turn KHJ in Los Angeles, from a financial and ratings loser into a success. Drake hired Ron Jacobs as program director, Robert W. Morgan in the mornings and "The Real Don Steele" in the afternoons. KHJ quickly jumped from near-obscurity, to the number one radio station in Los Angeles. Although it was criticized, "Boss Radio" moved faster and sounded more innovative than the competition, making it the #1 choice over competitors in Southern California.
Bill Drake also programmed KFRC in San Francisco, WOR-FM in New York, KAKC in Tulsa, WHBQ in Memphis, WUBE (AM) in Cincinnati, WRKO in Boston and 50,000 watt CKLW, in Windsor, Ontario, across the Detroit River from the city of Detroit.
Super Bowl champion and former New York Giant Chris Canty has joined WEPN ESPN 98.7 FM’s Hahn & Humpty (noon – 3 p.m. ET), hosted by Alan Hahn and Rick DiPietro, as the newest member of the weekday program.
He will also remain as a host for NY’s Game Day on Sundays (8 – 11:30 a.m.). Canty has been a guest contributor on various 98.7FM shows since ending his playing career last year.
“I couldn’t be more excited to join the 98.7 ESPN team,” said Canty. “After spending my ‘first career’ on the field, I’m looking forward to sharing my experience and perspectives with New York sports fans.”
Tim McCarthy, senior vice president & general manager ESPN New York, added: “Adding Chris — a former New York Giant and Super Bowl Champion who grew up in the Bronx — is a great addition to our lineup. Chris brings tremendous football credibility to the station.”
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Canty, a defensive end, was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in 2005 and signed with the Giants in 2009, playing four seasons in New York. He was a member of the 2011 Super Bowl XLVI-winning Giants and most recently played for the Baltimore Ravens from 2013 – 2015. In college, Canty starred at Virginia, twice earning second-team All-ACC team honors.
Cumulus Media announces that it has appointed radio programming professional Dayton Kane as Program Director for Green Bay, WI, radio stations Classic Hits WOGB 103.1 FM and Triple-A/Alternative WKRU 106.7 FM.
Kane returns to northeast Wisconsin after a stint in Milwaukee, where he was Program Director for E.W. Scripps’ WKTI-FM.
Kane was previously Program Director and Morning Host of WKSZ and WKZG for Woodward Communications in Green Bay. He has held Program Director and on-air talent positions for stations including: WIFC-FM in Wausau, WI; KYRX-FM in Marble Hill, MO; KBXB-FM in Sikeston, MO; and WYZM-FM in Madison, WI.
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Mike Thompson, Vice President/Market Manager for Cumulus Media-Green Bay said: “We’re very fortunate to add a broadcasting talent such as Dayton to the Cumulus Green Bay team. With his in-market experience, he’ll be able to take WOGB and WKRU to new heights while reinvigorating both stations with fresh ideas and energy.”
Kane said: “I'm looking forward to getting back to the Green Bay market! I can't wait to take WOGB and WKRU into an exciting future with the help of Jimmy Clark, Mike Thompson, Mark Sullivan and all of the resources Cumulus has to offer."
In changing of the guards at the White House, the broadcasting industry sees an opportunity in their ongoing quest to toss out the Federal Communication Commission’s rules on media cross-ownership that bar media companies from owning newspapers and TV stations in the same market.
According to USAToday, the National Association of Broadcasters, a trade group for TV station owners, "is cautiously optimistic a Trump FCC will take a fresh look at reforming outdated local broadcast ownership rules,” said Dennis Wharton, NAB's executive vice president of media relations. “These are 'I Love Lucy' era rules in a 'Modern Family' world.”
The rules, devised in 1975, specifically prohibit media companies from owning a newspaper and a TV station in the same local market. Companies are also barred from owning more than one top-4-in-ratings TV station in any market.
The FCC drafted the rules to prevent heavy concentration of local media market shares from being held by one company, asserting that such dominant ownership can inhibit diversity of opinions and raise prices for advertisers. Media companies have fought for years to loosen or eliminate the rules, arguing that they're outdated in the digital era and limit business diversification needed to enrich their revenues.
The FCC, which is directed by five commissioners appointed by the U.S. president, reviews the rules every four years to ensure they’re still relevant. After completing the review in August, the agency, in a partisan 3-2 vote, chose to retain the rules for the next four years, but provided an exception for "failed or failing newspapers" to receive investment from a TV business in their market.
The prevailing assumption on K Street is that President-elect Donald Trump -- even though he has publicly stated his opposition to AT&T's proposed $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner -- will look to loosen industry regulations.
NBC's Chuck Todd on Sunday criticized Donald Trump's top aide, Kellyanne Conway, for continuing to put blame on the media when attempting to defend the president-elect, according to The Hill.
During an interview Sunday on NBC's "Meet The Press," Conway defended Trump amid questions about his businesses and how he will avoid conflicts of interest.
When asked if the president-elect should put the country ahead of "himself and ahead of his children," Conway said Trump has put "the country ahead of everything else." (Time market 7:00 in Video)
"Just running and, indeed winning and becoming the president of the United States, he has shown that he does this," Conway said.
"He didn't need to run. All the usual motivators are illusive to him, the power, the money, the fame, the position ... He did it because he loves the country."
Conway then criticized the press for its coverage of President Obama when he was elected eight years ago.
"I went back and looked at what all the press clips and the conversations on shows like this were eight years ago. It was basically debating just how cool Barack Obama is," she said.
"So we should at least, if we're not going to do that about President-elect Trump, we should, at the very least, trust him to do the right thing."
"I understand every major pushback is going to be to blame the media," Todd shot back. "That's a crutch. I get it. And I'm used to it."
Facebook users are two-and-a-half times more likely to read fake news fed through the social network than news from reputable news publishers, according to a detailed analysis of news consumption traffic conducted by Web analytics firm Jumpshot.
According to MediaPost, the analysis examined more than 20 popular fake news sites and three reputable ones (The New York Times, CNN and the Huffington Post) and found Facebook referrals accounted for 50% of the user traffic to the fake news sites, but only 20% of the traffic to the reputable ones.
With 79% of its traffic generated from Facebook, “Occupy Democrats” was the No. 1 fake news publisher in terms of referrals from the social network, followed closely by “American News” (78%), and “Addicting Info” (73%).
By comparison, Huffington Post ranked highest among the actual news sites measured, with 29% of its traffic emanating from Facebook, followed by The New York Times (20%) and CNN (11%).
As interesting as the volume of Facebook fake news consumption patterns are, the composition of fake news users is even more revealing. Surprisingly, fake news consumption was equally divided among red and blue states, but the demographic least likely to click on a fake news feed are Millennials.
In fact, Jumpshot’s analysts found that Millennials are 16% less likely to click on a fake news story from Facebook than the general population.
The analysis, which examined Facebook news referrals among U.S. computer browsers between Sept. 11 and Nov. 15, found that women are far more likely than men to consume fake news feeds.
As they did in October, News/Talk and Sports continued to garner higher-than-average shares of listening from the national radio audience during the November ratings period. Nielsen points out that the November survey this year covered Oct. 6 to Nov. 2, 2016.
These results show that the News/Talk format registered the highest shares of listening since the same month four years earlier. What’s more, because of the way the survey schedule worked out this year, the November 2016 book did not include the actual U.S. election (Nov. 8), unlike the November 2012 survey did (the 2012 election happened on the second to last day of the November survey). With all that in mind, it’s interesting to assess News/Talk’s strong performance this year and to anticipate what may lie in store for the format once the December survey is out.
As for Sports radio, November was another high-performing month corresponding with the annual fall upswing for the format that we track each year. Notably, Sports stations across the U.S. stayed hot this month with Millennial listeners (those aged 18-34) by matching October’s record high 4.2% share.
A Denver TV station Sunday denied a report that it had refused an Emmy-winning journalist's request for additional security after she received death threats over one of her stories.
According to Fox News, Heidi Hemmat claimed that KDVR Fox 31 had stopped paying for personal security at her home because of concerns over the cost of employing undercover Denver police officers. Her claim was initially made on her website, and then picked up by Mediaite. KDVR General Manager Joan Barrett called Hemmat's accusations "unequivocally false" in a statement to FoxNews.com late Sunday.
"We took Heidi's concerns very seriously and provided her with support, security and an attorney, for which Heidi expressed her appreciation," Barrett said.
On her website Thursday, Hemmat blamed her departure from the station on fallout from a four-part investigative piece on a Denver businessman's alleged dumping of customers' documents that held their personal information and other alleged misdeeds. Consumer fraud charges were filed against the subject of Hemmat's story.
"Shortly after he learned about the charges against him, that were a direct result of me, I got a call from his psychiatrist," Hemmat wrote. "She told me he was 'homicidal' and was planning to kill me. The psychiatrist thought the threat was so credible, she broke HPPA laws (the laws that protect medical records of psychos, such as the theater shooter -- James Holmes) to warn me."
According to Hemmat's KDVR report, Muhammed Murib was charged with fraud after allegedly charging people for unnecessary parts through his business, AAAA TV Electronics Repair and Vacuum.
Murib was ordered to close his repair shop, although the business could still sell new merchandise.
Tens of thousands of Cubs fans sought out hometown voices Pat Hughes and Ron Coomer on Chicago flagship radio station WSCR 670 AM when their team won their first World Series championship since 1908.
Pat Hughes and Ron Coomer
According to The Chicago Tribune, the Cubs' 10-inning Game 7 victory on Nov. 2 averaged around 145,600 listeners, at least double what a regular-season broadcast averaged this year, according to Nielsen Audio data obtained Tuesday and industry sources.
It's estimated close to 643,000 people in the Chicago area listened to at least some of Game 7 on The Score, despite the fact an average of more than 3.2 million television viewers in the Chicago market were reportedly watching the game on television in any given quarter-hour.
It was not clear in these numbers how many fans synced up the audio and video to enjoy both simultaneously, swapping Hughes and Coomer for Fox Sports announcer Joe Buck and analyst John Smoltz.
Mitch Rosen, WSCR's operations director, stated: "What made (the Cubs) even more impactful was the halo effect for the entire station," Rosen said. "All of our shows showed tremendous growth throughout the season and throughout the postseason."
WSCR in fact rose to second place in the Chicago market for the survey period. Its 6.1 percent share of the audience age 6 and older trailed only the all-news simulcast WBBM 780 AM WCFS 105.9 FM (6.5 percent share). WVAZ 102.7 FM was third (5.7) and WTMX 101.9 FM fourth (5.3).
In the corresponding period a year earlier — with the Cubs airing on WBBM-AM and having their postseason end in the National League Championship Series — WSCR finished tied for No. 20 with a 2.2 share.
Music industry companies in the content sectors donated nearly $7 million to Hillary Clinton and less than $140,000 to Trump. Vivendi, Sony Music Entertainment and the Warner Music Group – big players in music – donated nearly $750,000 to Hillary and $17,850 to Trump.
According to Brian McNicoll writing at Townhall, they supported Clinton because they want some changes made to copyright law, and they obviously thought she was more favorably disposed to a pay-for-play arrangement.
With regard to music, the two largest music collectives – ASCAP and BMI – control the rights to 90 percent of all compositions. They license songs to bars, restaurants, stores, even elevators and distribute the funds to those who own the rights to the songs.
The government allows these two organizations to control so much of this highly profitable market because it brings order that otherwise would be impossible to obtain. Some compositions are owned by dozens of people, which could make obtaining rights extremely difficult if not impossible.
But businesses are able to license through ASCAP and BMI and avoid infringement suits, and songwriters have entities large enough to enforce their rights.
In return for giving ASCAP and BMI monopoly power, the Department of Justice maintains antitrust consent decrees with the two organizations that restrict monopoly pricing.
Under the consent decrees that govern these businesses – which date to the 1940s – ASCAP and BMI need reach agreement with only one of the co-owners to license a song to a radio station or retail store so long as the fees from the license are properly distributed to all other owners. These are not exclusive agreements – other rights-holders could enter into agreements with other such organizations.
These rights organizations want to impose what’s called fractional licensing, which would require restaurants that seek to play licensed music to come to agreement with every rights holder to a given work. Given the millions of works a restaurant has to license to avoid infringement suits, fractional licensing would lead to dramatically higher prices for music licenses and make it nearly impossible to license the rights to some music.
How will Trump handle this? Nobody knows for sure, writes McNicoll. The consent decrees are legal – they were upheld by a federal court as recently as last summer – and they do work. They’ve brought unprecedented order and growth to an industry with a long history of anticompetitive behavior.
In 1917...Elliott Lewis was born in New York City. He was extremely active during the Golden Age of Radio as an actor, producer and director, proficient in both comedy and drama. These talents earned him the nickname “Mr Radio,” while his first wife Cathy Lewis, was dubbed “Mrs. Radio.” Elliott’s most famous role was that of the hard-living, trouble-making left-handed guitar player Frankie Remley on NBC‘s The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show. He suffered cardiac arrest and died May 23 1990 at age 72.
George Hay
In 1925..."The Grand Ole Opry" debuted on WSM, Nashville under the name "Barn Dance". The first artist to perform on the show was fiddler Uncle Jimmy Thompson.
It didn't settle on a name until June 1928. The Opry got its name by an unusual coincidence: Soon after Program Director George D. Hay started his show, WSM radio joined the NBC radio network. Since the program followed a performance on the network called the Metropolitan Grand Opera. So, Hay decided to call his program the Grand Ole Opry.
Hay was born in Attica, Indiana. In Memphis, Tennessee, after World War I, he was a reporter for the Commercial Appeal, and when the newspaper launched its own radio station, WMC, in January 1923, he became a late-night announcer at the station. His popularity increased and in May 1924 he left for WLS in Chicago, where he served as the announcer on a program that became National Barn Dance.
On November 9, 1925 he moved on to WSM in Nashville. Getting a strong listener reaction to 78-year-old fiddler Uncle Jimmy Thompson, Hay announced the following month that WSM would feature "an hour or two" of old-time music every Saturday night. He promoted the music and formed a booking agency.
In the 1930s the show began hiring professionals and expanded to four hours; and WSM, broadcasting by then with 50,000 watts, made the program a Saturday night musical tradition in nearly 30 states. In 1939, it debuted nationally on NBC Radio. The Opry moved to a permanent home, the Ryman Auditorium, in 1943. As it developed in importance, so did the city of Nashville, which became America's "country music capital". The Grand Ole Opry holds such significance in Nashville that its name is included on the city/county line signs on all major roadways. The signs read "Music City | Metropolitan Nashville Davidson County | Home of the Grand Ole Opry".
Membership in the Opry remains one of country music's crowning achievements. Such country music legends as Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Marty Robbins, Roy Acuff, the Carter family, Bill Monroe, Ernest Tubb, Kitty Wells and Minnie Pearl became regulars on the Opry's stage. In recent decades, the Opry has hosted such contemporary country stars as Dolly Parton, Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Josh Turner, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Dierks Bentley, Blake Shelton and the Dixie Chicks. Since 1974, the show has been broadcast from the Grand Ole Opry House east of downtown Nashville, with an annual three-month winter foray back to the Ryman since 1999.
The Grand Ole Opry is broadcast live on WSM-AM at 7 p.m. CT on Saturday nights.
The Opry can also be heard live on Willie's Roadhouse on channel 59 on Sirius XM Satellite Radio. A condensed radio program, America's Opry Weekend, is syndicated to stations around the United States. The program is also streamed on WSM's website.
ABC broadcast the Grand Old Opry as a monthly series from 1955–56. PBS televised annual live performances from 1978 to 1981. In 1985, The Nashville Network began airing an edited half-hour version of the program as Grand Ole Opry Live; the show moved to Country Music Television (expanding to an hour in the process), and then to the Great American Country (GAC) cable network with its Opry Live show currently on hiatus.
In 1932...Groucho Marx performed on radio for the first time.
In 1960...The CBS Radio Network expanded its hourly news coverage from 5 to 10 minutes.
In 1960..."Are You Lonesome Tonight" by Elvis Presley peaked at number one on the pop singles chart.
In 1987...Pat St. John debuted on WNEW-FM, New York City. He was previously at WPLJ.
In 1993...radio & TV host Garry Moore died of emphysema at age 78. He successfully combined genial humor with a pleasant personality and relaxed style that made him a favorite with audiences, both radio & TV, whether in a variety format or on panel shows. (I’ve Got a Secret, To Tell the Truth.)
In 2011...Comedian/Radio personality (Opie and Anthony) Patrice O'Neal died of complications from a stroke suffered the previous month at the age of 41.
