Monday round-up

Off to a late start, thanks to some on-deadline stuff for print, but here goes:

--NBC confirms that Jimmy Fallon will take over the Late Night slot from Conan O'Brien in 2009, which was such a poorly kept secret that it's sort of like confirming that we need oxygen to breathe. Lots more NBC stuff today; I could link to all the releases, but it's easier just to send you here.

--Cancellation news, including the depressing but not unexpected loss of Fox's underappreciated Back to You. Follow the links within the links and find out that CW's similarly underappreciated Aliens in America and Fox's promised-more-than-it-delivered New Amsterdam have also been axed.

--The New York Times does the Denton music scene with a story that appears to be unaware of the "Fort Worth" part of "Dallas-Fort Worth."

--Rumors -- always difficult to substantiate in gossip-heavy radio circles -- abound about a possible format change at KTYS/96.7 FM "The Twister." But this item from All About Country.com, which I'm doing a cut-and-paste on so you don't have to register, lends the latest rumor some credence:

Is Citadel’s ‘Twister’ in Dallas Arlington Gonna Be Blown Away?
During Thursday mornings conference call, CEO Farid Suleman mentioned that something was going on format-wise at Country KTYS/96.7. “The Texas Twister” has been used by ABC to help sister Country KSCS/96.3, which just had a low 2.3 share 12+ share in the Winter Arbitron. The format change talk came as a big surprise to GM Victor Sansone and crew.

--Robert Philpot