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The Chris Plante Show is expanding! Westwood One announced Tuesday it will launch The Chris Plante Show to radio stations nationwide starting Monday, January 2, 2017. A third-generation media pro, Plante began his radio career at WMAL in 2005 after 17 years inside the Washington bureau at CNN, where he moved up the ranks from researcher and assignment editor to Pentagon correspondent. During his tenure at CNN, he crisscrossed the globe, covering events from Viet Nam and Albania to Jakarta. He was the director of the U.S. television network pool operations in Saudi Arabia for three months following Saddam Hussein’s...

Rank Program Network Day HH Rating Viewers (000) 1 WHEEL OF FORTUNE CTD MTWTF.. 5.8 9,052 2 JEOPARDY CTD MTWTF.. 4.9 7,337 3 TWO-HALF MEN-SYN (AT) WB MTWTF.. 4.3 6,838 4 ESPN NFL PRESEASON THU ESP …T… 3.9 6,173 5 JUDGE JUDY (AT) CTD MTWTF.. 4.2 5,888 6 ESPN NFL PRESEASON ESP M…… 3.6 5,523 7 FAMILY GUY-MF-SYN (AT) 2/T MTWTF.. 3.0 4,912 8 ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT(AT) CTD MTWTF.. 3.4 4,827 9 CSI NEW YORK-SYN(AT) CTD ……S 3.4 4,712 10 EVRY LVS RAYMOND-SYN(AT) CTD MTWTF.. 3.1 4,482 11 OFFICE-SYN (AT) NBU MTWTF.. 2.8 4,367 12 WHEEL OF FORTUNE WKND CTD ……S...

According to a report today in Broadcasting & Cable, the most likely replacement for The Oprah Winfrey Show when it goes off syndication in fall 2011 is something that will save local stations (or groups) money. “Oprah’s ratings have eroded so much that the image of Oprah is much stronger than the reality of Oprah, either as a news lead-in or as a money-maker,” says one station executive. “In many cases, Oprah is a stunning loss leader. There are people who are deeply thankful she is calling it quits.” The report includes a number of alternatives being discussed including more...

Rosie O’Donnell has teamed with syndication vets Dick Robertson and Scott Carlin to develop another daytime talk show, according to the Hollywood Reporter. With The Oprah Winfrey Show preparing to sunset next year, O’Donnell is hoping to launch a new yakker that could conceivably fill the bill in the fall of 2011. Dick Robertson, the former head of syndication of Warner Bros. Television, and Scott Carlin, who worked with Robertson there for years, have sealed a deal to distribute O'Donnell's new talk show, which will probably premiere in fall 2011. Robertson and Carlin worked closely with O'Donnell on her first...

On Discovery’s first-ever earnings call, Zaslav told analysts: “The current expectation is that after fall 2011 Oprah’s show will go off of. . . syndication, and she will come to OWN,” the cable network that Winfrey’s production company, Harpo, is creating in conjunction with Discovery. . . “In addition to providing her talent, and personal commitment, Winfrey will have full editorial control over the joint venture and will be responsible for OWN's programming, branding and creative vision,” Harpo and Discovery said in a press release at the time of OWN’s announcement. . . On the other hand, Oprah’s ratings have...

Older episodes of South Park are now available in edited form on conventional non-cable television. Click the link to find showtimes in your area. New episodes of our beloved unedited South Park will begin October 19. The 6th season DVD set will be available October 11. You can preorder it at Amazon and other sites.

Microsoft plans to make Really Simple Syndication a whole lot simpler. Really. The software maker said on Friday that it will build support for RSS into the next version of Internet Explorer, as well as into Longhorn, the Windows update scheduled to arrive next year. "We really think that RSS is going to be key to how people use the Internet in the future," said Gary Schare, a director of strategic product management for Microsoft's Windows unit. "Because of that we are betting really big on RSS in Longhorn by integrating RSS throughout the operating system." Most typically, RSS is...

Does anyone have their ear to the ground regarding "The Warroom" and the potential for nationwide syndication?

SCRANTON, Pa. - Illustrator Gary Cangemi is not a cartoon, but he felt like one when he conceived his pro-life comic character Umbert the Unborn. "The proverbial cartoon light bulb went off above my head," Cangemi said. Little did he expect the cartoon would draw the nationwide attention it has. Cangemi hopes the comic strip's success will translate into success for the pro-life movement. Cangemi created the comic strip in spring 2001. He had been working as a freelance graphic artist for 20 years, but he was dissatisfied with his work. "I hadn't really produced anything that I could look...

Do you spend a fair amount of time hitting 'refresh' to keep up to date with the current news from Free Republic. If so, you might consider this free & efficient alternative that will automatically keep you on top of the news, “FreeRSS”. RSS or ‘Really Simple Syndication’ is an internet format that lets news sites publish a index of current stories with brief descriptions and links to the main stories. Because the readers only view full stories if they are interested in the topic, this saves bandwidth and time. RSS feeds are available from almost every major news site...

<p>WASHINGTON (SH) - Shortly after the end of World War II, a friend I admire immensely borrowed $25,000 to begin his own engineering business. As a Seabee, he had survived the earliest hours of Iwo Jima, landing with his Marine colleagues in the bloodiest fight of that defining battle. He was anxious to get started with his life.</p>