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Can you name the Top 5 ?

(Rochester NY (May 7, 2008) - Growing up, who didn’t, at one point or another, look at their television and think to themselves, “wow, I wish my mom was that cool”? The top mom that Americans would like to have had when they were growing up harkens back to the “simpler” days of the 1950s. The Beaver’s mom, June Cleaver of Leave it to Beaver tops the list. TDGA goes light-hearted for a few days to share some stories about our favorite… Moms. (Click on the headline above for this feature Report.)

When the headlines you read tell you to help insure your own job security through staying up with all that's required of Traffic personnel in a rapidly changing industry, may we suggest Membership In TDGA. Click on the headline above for a list of new (or renewing) members beginning with January 1^st. (We’ll update it each business day as a way of welcoming both new and renewing members.)

Hughes

Liggins

(Washington DC – May 8, 2008) - Radio One, Inc. today provided clarification with respect to certain stock transactions recently executed in the names of Catherine L. Hughes and Alfred C. Liggins, III. These transactions were the result of variable pre-paid forward sales transactions executed on April 25, 2006 in which the executives agreed with a brokerage firm to sell certain shares on a fixed date. At the time of the arrangement, Ms. Hughes and Mr. Liggins pledged shares to the broker with all or a portion of the shares to be sold at the end of a two year period depending on the stock price. TDGA Members can access more details by clicking on the headline above.

Coastal Wilmington To Be FCC's Test Site For How Consumers Cope With Analog to Digital TV Transition

(Washington DC – May 9, 2008) - Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin today announced Wilmington, NC, will be the first market to test the transition to digital television (DTV) in advance of the nationwide transition to DTV (on February 17, 2009) .The commercial broadcasters serving the Wilmington television market have voluntarily agreed to turn off their analog signals at noon on September 8, 2008.  Beginning at 12:00 pm on September 8, 2008, these local stations, WWAY (ABC), WSFX-TV (FOX), WECT (NBC), WILM-LP (CBS), and W51CW (Trinity Broadcasting) will broadcast only digital signals to their viewers in the five North Carolina counties that comprise the Wilmington NC television market. TDGA Member Brenda Covey at WWAY will be letting us know how the test impacts Traffic in the coming months. Click on the headline above to get details of the FCC announcement.