Front Page - Mailbag - News - Rants - Daveland - DCRTV Plus - Support DCRTV By Dave Hughes dcrtv@dcrtv.com 5/16 - I analyze the DC April monthly radio ratings, with WAMU on top, WTOP in third, and how Cumulus and CBS are falling flat on their asses. More on the Washington Post's awful Style section with Paul Farhi and Lisa de Mayonnaise. And yet more on WMAL's increasingly unlistenable morning show. All in today's "Dave TV"..... 5/15 - Buzz Burbank leaves Mike O'Meara. Some classic radios. TCM runs "Cry Terror" with some old NBC newsers, including Roy Neal. And lots of local cool radio and TV history photos from the DCRTV archives, including Channel 9's JC Hayward and Bob Dalton, WHFS's David, Damian, and Jake Einstein, plus Eddie Gallaher, Channel 13's Buddy Deane, WPGC, Jamie Bragg, Tom Gauger, and much more in today's edition of "Dave TV"..... 5/9 - Preacher Dave delivers his sermon on the "sin" of CBS-DC: Moving WJFK out of Fairfax. And, how I really miss Don and Mike on the DC radio dial. I listen more to the Gamut on 103.5's HD3. Some changes to WMAL's morning show? Two more years for Tony Kornheiser at ESPN 980. And, I look at trends in the latest batch of DC and Baltimore radio ratings, including the continuing lack of traction for new all-newser WNEW. A new development in the tragic suicide of a longtime Leesburg radio personality. All this and more in today's "Dave TV"..... 5/7 - The meandering Washington Post still doesn't know what it is in this internet age. Fallout from Channel 13/WJZ's cut of the Orioles' Sunday 17th inning game. Twenty years for Ric Edelman on WMAL. New old ownership for Hagerstown's classic rock Eagle 106.9. Also, 98 Rock's Mickey's expensive coffee spill. And more in today's edition of "Dave TV"..... 5/2 - I look at the latest batch of DC radio ratings and the continuing news battle between WAMU, WTOP, and WNEW. Plus, I get quoted in the Washington Business Journal on the matter. Oh, WAMU's Bluegrass Country ties with WNEW in the early April ratings. And more: Channel 7/WJLA to add the Live Well network to its line-up of subchannels. Will it replace Retro TV? All this and more in today's "Dave TV"..... 4/27 - I take a look at some NYC radio news in today's "Dave TV." ESPN will start NYC's first FM sports talker, bumping a longtime urban outlet into a merger movement with another urban outlet. But wait, how will CBS, which runs NYC's top sports talker, WFAN, react? It's an AMer, but will it soon move to FM, to better compete with the ESPN outlet? And, locally, will the upcoming Capitals playoff run boost 106.7 The Fan's anemic ratings? All this and more in today's "Dave TV"..... 4/26 - Is the presence of new all-newser WNEW responsible for a slight dip in the ratings of old all-newser WTOP? Or are other forces at work, like a local "news drought." Plus, NYC to get an FM sports talker. Also, some recollections about DC radio veteran Mike O'Meara, who is planning his second annual motorcycle "poker run." And more in today's "Dave TV"..... 4/25 - Even though new all-newser WNEW isn't showing much traction yet in the DC radio ratings, is it responsible for old all-newser WTOP's drop from first to third in the latest batch of numbers? And why do I feel the need to jump in the shower every time I listen to WMAL's morning show. Argh! All this and more in today's "Dave TV"..... 4/20 - Brian Wilson sings about dogs and Bryan Nehman shills for HBO on the awful WMAL morning show. The Washington Post's Paul Farhi makes more mistakes and also trails blogger Erik Wemple on yet another story. And yet more blunders at new CBS all-newser WNEW. Oh, maybe sportsy WJFK could generate some much-needed publicity by voting one Junkie "off the 106.7 island." All this and more in today's "Dave TV"..... 4/19 - Channel 26/WETA to start a British show broadcast TV channel. The Washington Examiner runs a somewhat deceptive ad about local broadcast digital TV. We say goodbye to a Loudoun County radio great. Another Washington Post screw-up. And much more in today's "Dave TV"..... 4/18 - I provide some expert analysis of the monthly March and first quarter 2012 DC radio ratings, including how a public radio news talker, WAMU, takes the top spot. And how CBS, with five major FMers in the DC market, has no stations in the "top 10." Also, more of my criticism of the Washington Post, which increasingly looks like a mediocre newspaper. All in today's "Dave TV"..... 4/16 - The continued decline and fall of the Washington Post, which reports that actor Rob Lowe was seen in a DC restaurant with "impossibly dewy skin." Huh? And, why WPGC's ratings continue to slump but advertisers still love 'em. Plus, local advertisers love being heard on WTEM, ESPN 980's Redskins broadcasts, making the sports talker a top revenue biller in the market. And much more in DCRTV's "Dave TV"..... 4/13 - More on Hubbard-owned WTOP's continued superstation status in the Washington market. And what its rivals - CBS's WNEW and Cumulus's WMAL - are doing wrong. Plus, yet another WNEW blunder. And, I've got a present for WMAL's Chris Plante. All this and more in today's "Dave TV"..... 4/11 - I look at some DC radio ratings trends, including all newser WTOP dropping from first to second place on a regular basis, with public radio news talker WAMU taking the top spot more often. And the continued rise of 94.7 Fresh FM - the only bright spot for CBS Radio in the DC market. All this and much more in today's "Dave TV"..... 4/10 - The Washington Post takes four days to report big news about Channel 9's JC Hayward. Another rant about how poor the Post's Style section is. Rush Limbaugh loses his Philadelphia station. Will Washington be next? And more in today's "Dave TV"..... 4/10 - I "live listen" to FishbowlDC's Betsy Rothstein on WMAL this morning..... 4/9 - Some "new" voices on new CBS all-newser WNEW, including Greg Tantum and Jeff Wyatt. Some cool Titantic radio memories at the National Capital Radio And TV Museum in Bowie. I take a listen to the cool new Gamut music channel on WTOP's HD3. Too many Nationals ads in the Washington Post for comfort. Channel 9 veteran JC Hayward battles cancer. And DC radio news great Bill Stabler dies. All in today's "Dave TV"..... 4/4 - I look at the changing of the guard at Cumulus's DC radio cluster, with longtimer Jeff Boden out and former CBSer Sam Rogers now in charge. And what the change means for news talk WMAL and hot adult contemporary WRQX. Will there be more cuts at both stations? Programming changes? Why did Boden leave? Can Rogers fix things on Jenifer Street? All this and more in today's special edition of "Dave TV"..... 4/1 - CBS pulls the plug on new all-newser WNEW and will flip the station to a fully-staffed oldies outlet like the firm's WCBS-FM in NYC. Also in the April 1 edition of "Dave TV": More of my thoughts on "merging" the Washington and Baltimore radio markets. Another rant on the Washington Post's Paul Farhi. Channel 4/WRC loses another sports reporter to ESPN. Plus, more on Mike O'Meara's big show and Jim London's final tribute..... More "Dave TV" episodes: March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 All original material on this website is copyright by Dave Hughes/DCRTV.