Wendy Williams Renewed In 80% Of U.S.

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Debmar-Mercury has renewed The
Wendy Williams Show in 80% of the country, including 18 of the top 20 and
37 of the top 40 markets, the company said today (March 16).

Stations from the Lin, Tribune, Local TV, Sinclair,
Raycom and Granite groups join the Fox Television Stations, which last fall
gave the talk show a two-year renewal in top markets.

Wendy launched nationally on the Fox-owned stations
and other major groups in July 2009 for the current season, following a
successful six-week, four-market preview on Fox stations in summer 2008. It is
sold on a cash-plus-barter basis, with 10 minutes local and four minutes
national advertising time available.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.