The Wires (Jan 2, 2010)

SOSD: Jay Posner... Lynch has a better view of the Chargers from the booth.s

John Maffei: Flush This Bowl Setup

Steve Carney, L.A. Times: Carson Daly, former KROQ DJ and MTV 'Total Request Live' host, says it will be music first, talk second on his KAMP-FM morning show

Associated Press: Fox, Time Warner Cable announce broadcast deal The Fox television network and Time Warner Cable reached a programming deal in principle on Friday, after leaving millions of people in the lurch about whether they'd be able to see an anticipated college football bowl game and other shows on cable TV.

Conflicting Information Regarding Mikey (Jan 1, 2010)

From the Mikey Show... "A bunch of people have told me they hope my first day on the new show will be January 4th. I actually thought it was going to be that day too but it is so important to me that the show be right from day one. I only get one chance to make a first impression. If it's not right, I would trip out. I would be so weirded out. As of now, it looks more likely we will start up the new show during the 2nd week of January or maybe even the week after. Sooner is better, but only if it can be a funny, engaging, unpredictable, entertaining show. It's so hard to put this all together during the holidays and also make sure the people are available and have time to give their current jobs the heads up. I also hope to be able to tell you what station we will be on very soon. I want to just announce it all now but I can't. That will be so soon though. I hope you can hang with me a little bit longer."

So, is Mikey going to be on a local station or not, guys? What station is Mikey talking about? Will it be called The New Mikey Show on whatever new station, while the old Mikey Show supporting cast would have to call themselves The _____ Show?

The Wires (Jan 1, 2010)

OC Register: Once upon a time, not too long ago, we used to talk about local (or what the industry calls terrestrial radio) and satellite radio. And perhaps on a few occasions, we would mention Internet radio. Today, the new media landscape has exploded into a variety of content delivery platforms that challenge local radio and frustrate radio sales reps who look for every possible way to entice advertisers to spend money on local stations

NY Times: Early fans of the iPhone bemoaned that, unlike many of its competitors, their favorite "do anything" device couldn't do one obvious thing: play local radio stations. They didn't get it. FM tuners are passé. Why include tuner technology to play a few dozen stations when you can harness thousands of radio stations over the Internet?

PC World: AT&T told the FCC that the death of landlines is a matter of when , not if, and asked that a firm deadline be set for pulling the plug

Mel Phillips: The New Year will bring more challenges for terrestrial radio.

TV Tech: News Corp. Rejects Kerry's Call to End Retrans Dispute with TW News Corp. has turned down a request from Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) to take immediate steps to resolve a retransmission dispute between Time Warner Cable and Fox broadcast and cable channels before the current contract runs out at end of the year.