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Radio Disney Listening Up in '09

Radio Disney’s network for kids, 'tweens and families continued to gain listeners in 2009. The network’s ratings, up 11 percent over 2008, reaches 22.2 million listeners 6 and older, and 6.8 million Kids 6-14, according to a Radio Disney analysis of Arbitron’s custom Radio Disney Ratings Studies for April and August.

NBC Local Site Strategy Sees Soaring Sessions

One year after NBC Local Media relaunched and reoriented its TV station Web sites with a hyper-local focus, the strategy is paying off. According to figures NBC released Wednesday (Nov. 4), the number of visitors to the 10 Web sites doubled from 6 million in Nov. 2008 to 12 million in Oct. 2009.

Radio Vet Forester Launches Firm

Radio and public relations veteran Amir Forester officially launched Tuesday (Nov. 3) Forester Public Relations.

Nielsen: Broadcast Radio Still Has Reach

Contrary to popular belief, consumers are not trading broadcast radio for new media. Far from it. Of all audio segments, broadcast radio reaches more than 77 percent of users daily compared to 11.6 percent for MP3 players and iPods.

Report: Radio Web Revenue to Grow 12% in '09

Radio stations’ renewed efforts to concentrate on online radio are paying off. According to updated projections from SNL Kagan released Monday (Nov. 2), radio online revenue will grow by double digits this year to $441 million, a 12 percent increase over 2008.

Meredith Relaunches 10 Local Sites

Legislators Seek Performance Rights Truce

Broadcasters: FCC Shouldn't Consider Multicast Grab

San Diego U-T, Local ABC Station to Share Content

CBS Radio to Extend Brands Beyond Local Markets

NBCU's WNJU Reorgs News Ops

New York Knicks 'Declare' New Marketing Push

Randall Mays Steps Down as Clear Channel President

Top Radio Players Reorg to Get More Targeted

ABC Multicasts Live Well HD Channel

Montoya in as SVP eMedia for Nexstar

Cox Cross Media Forms Local Solutions Group

JiWire Appoints David Courtney CEO

Jelli Strikes Deal With Triton

ESPN Radio/Greater Media Deal Latest in a Trend

Sirius XM Creates Monty Python Channel

NBCU Local Names Greg Scholl President of Platforms

CBS TV's KYW Ditches Local News for 'Talk Philly'

Nexstar Launches Campaign Promoting Advertising

N.Y. Accreditation Deadline Looms for Arbitron's PPM

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Freshman Series Update

2009-11-06

Two new series to-date, NBC's Mercy and The Vampire Diaries on The CW, have been given their walking papers. Ten, meanwhile, have been renewed for the full season. We have the full scoop here.

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Mr. TV: Putting the 'V' in DVR

Other than Lost, the last science fiction show I really got into was cheesy daytime serial Dark Shadows, and that was 40 years ago. Full disclosure: I was actually a member of a local Dark Shadows fan club.

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J.J. Abrams to Direct NBC's Undercovers Pilot?

TNT Picks Up Off-Net Syndication Rights to The Mentalist

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Hallmark Channel Sees 7% Drop in Ad Sales

Scripps Acquires 65% of Travel Channel

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