Longtime co-anchor will continue in that role with Sabrina Squire at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., and solo on the 6:30 p.m. CW broadcast.

Recent job cuts at Clear Channel Communications radio stations are a symptom of the economic pressures on the radio industry that also are driving the airwaves toward more generic programming, some broadcast industry experts say.

The Supreme Court is giving tentative approval to government regulation of the use of even a single curse word on live television.

The oldest television station in the South now officially belongs to one of the newest media companies in the country. Local TV Holdings closed on the deal with Raycom yesterday, acquiring the CBS affiliate WTVR from Raycom in exchange for the Birmingham, Ala., Fox affiliate WBRC. Because the Birmingham station is in a larger market than the Richmond station, Raycom is also paying a sum of cash, reported by TVNewsday.com to be $85 million.

Charles Barkley is taking a leave of absence from the broadcast booth. Turner Sports made the announcement today, hours after police said Barkley—an analyst for the TNT network and a former NBA star—was legally drunk when he was arrested Dec. 31 on suspicion of drunken driving in Scottsdale, Ariz. Test results show Barkley, 45, had a blood-alcohol level at .149, nearly twice the legal limit of .08 in Arizona.

Ariel King wants to be a magazine writer, but for now, playing DJ will suffice. King, 17, is one of 50 students in the radio broadcasting and journalism program at Highland Springs Technical Center, where she is in regular rotation as a DJ on the student radio station.