June 21, 2005
Dec 22nd, 2006
Terrestrial broadcasters’ heavy investment into their digital/online operations has sparked stunning growth. The number of unique visitors to terrestrial operators’ Web sites is up more than 110% year over year . .
December 21, 2006
A January 1, 2006 prediction that Mr. & Mrs. Britney Spears wouldn’t be blissfully celebrating Thanksgiving and/or Christmas together as husband and wife doesn’t exactly qualify one for Prognosticator Par Excellence status.
December 11, 2006
Bob Grant delighted his fans with an hour of vintage Grant talk last Thursday on WFNY (92.3 FM), but program director John Mainelli cautions that it isn’t likely to become a daily thing.
12-05-2006
The nearly two-year-old “Springer on the Radio” experiment is over, and so may be the liberal talk radio format in Cincinnati.
Nov. 30, 2006
As of Dec. 11 Product First’s nationally syndicated “Ed Schultz Show,” distributed by Jones Radio Networks (JRN), will move to a new noon-3 p.m. (ET) Mon.-Fri. time slot from its current 3-6 p.m. slot.
November 26, 2006
Imagine Rush Limbaugh coming to the Texas Senate as its newest member. Say hello to Dan Patrick, a Houston radio talk show host and campaign novice who defeated three veterans with almost 70 percent of the vote and no runoff in the March GOP primary
November 12, 2006
There was a time when “Coast to Coast AM,” the late-night syndicated talk radio show dedicated to paranormal activities and political conspiracies, didn’t get much respect.
11/8/2206
Radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh says Republicans are to blame for their own demise at the polls by failing to run a campaign trumpeting conservative values.
Nov. 07, 2006
Westwood One announced Tuesday (Nov. 7) it is expanding its syndicated talk portfolio with the national launch of The Phil Valentine Show on Jan. 2.
November 6, 2006
From Cher, Madonna and Beyonce to Sting, Prince and Usher – the music industry has been awash with one-name artists.
November 5, 2006
While some like-minded Hub radio hosts say John DePetro was wrongly fired by WRKO for calling gubernatorial candidate Grace Ross a “fat lesbian,” the button-pushing shock jock insisted yesterday he won’t stay unemployed for long.
October 23, 2006
Whenever news breaks — on the fall campaign trail, in North Korea, in the most trivial corners of Hollywood — thousands of pundits have something to say. What most of them don’t have is somewhere to say it.
October 17, 2006
On an overcast Friday morning last month, White House aides ushered an influential group of conservative radio hosts into the Oval Office for a private audience with the president.
16 October 2006
Less than two weeks after their last-ditch proposal to purchase Air America Radio and avert a bankruptcy was rejected by its management, Sheldon and Anita Drobny have instead decided to launch a rival, Franken-free liberal talk network.
October 13, 2006
The WOR Radio Network has announced that Ken and Daria Dolan, billed as “America’s First Family of Finance.” are being reunited to host their two-hour weekend show on personal finance.
October 13, 2006
Air America Radio filed for bankruptcy reorganization Friday, in the latest patch of turbulence to befall the liberal talk radio network that launched two years ago headlined by the comedian and author Al Franken.
October 12, 2006
On the morning of Oct. 2, Tony Snow did six back-to-back television interviews from the White House lawn, and one phrase came back to haunt him.
October 6, 2006
Mike Gallagher, a nationally syndicated talk-radio host, turned over 55 minutes of his program yesterday morning to representatives from a fringe Christian group in exchange for a written promise that its members would not picket the funerals of the five Amish girls killed on Monday by a gunman inside their Pennsylvania schoolhouse.
October 2, 2006
Those with memories stretching back a few decades instantly summon images of the bombastic Jackie Gleason when hearing the nickname “The Great One.”
September 26, 2006
Greater Media has announced that veteran Talk personality Jay Severin will be returning to afternoon drive on Boston’s 96.9 FM Talk / WTKK on October 9th.
Sep. 21, 2006
To stimulate consumer interest in its line of American-built cars, General Motors has turned to radio and Sean Hannity. Beginning Sept. 25, Hannity will serve as the spokesperson for GM’s You’re A Great American Car Give-Away, offering radio listeners the chance to pick and win one of five GM vehicles.
September 15, 2006
After Al Franken said publicly that his paycheck had stopped coming, Air America Radio acknowledged that it has recently had some cash flow problems and has been forced to layoff several employees, but insisted there were no plans to declare bankruptcy.
September 13, 2006
Citing three independent sources, the left-leaning website ThinkProgress.org is reporting that Air America Radio will announce a major restructuring on Friday, which is expected to include a bankruptcy filing.
September 12, 2006
Jane Fonda, Rosie O’Donnell and Gloria Steinem team up for a new radio network and NBC’s Today, not surprisingly, is ready to promote it.
September 11, 2006
IF Sean Hannity has his way, talk-radio titan Bob Grant will return from his WABC “exile” soon.
September 11, 2006
There are copious and intriguing reasons why Thom Hartmann is anything but your typical talk show host.
Sep. 11, 2006
Radio talk show host Laura Schlessinger has a lot to say, and she can still surprise you when she speaks.
Sep. 05, 2006
Buckley news/talk WOR/New York has debuted WOR Interactive, a new division of the company that has launched a newly redesigned Web site for the station at www.wor710.com.
August 30, 2006
He got the radio bug when he was 16, and has been on the air ever since.
Aug. 29, 2006
The ABC Radio news/talker will move Talk Radio Network’s Laura Ingraham to a new weeknight slot on the station and bring in KMBZ/Kansas City host Jerry Agar . .
August 23, 2006
Reagan has lived in Seattle since 1994, but since he’s an intensely private guy, he always kept a low profile.
Aug. 21, 2006
Pre-eminent sports broadcaster Bob Costas has signed a deal to return to radio with the September 14 debut of his new Premiere Radio Networks’ syndicated weekend show, “Costas On The Radio.”
August 15, 2006
In casting the definitive Hollywood movie about American politics, your intriguing frontrunner chief executive possibilities would most likely include Michael Douglas, Martin Sheen, Geena Davis and Denzel Washington.
Aug. 14, 2006
Radio bad-boy Howard Stern sure knows how to put somebody’s money where his mouth is.
Aug 08, ‘06
Yishai Fleisher and Alex Traiman host a talk show on Israeli current events and politics every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 3:00PM – 5:00PM Israel time on Israel National Radio.
August 1, 2006
Bill Hampton, EVP of the independently syndicated Dave Ramsey Show, reports that as of August 10 Ramsey’s show will no longer be heard on the 21 Salem Communications that currently air the Nashville-based talk show.
August 01, 2006
If you woke up with Whoopi Goldberg at 5 yesterday morning on WKTU (103.5 FM), you probably had a pretty good morning.
July 28, 2006
Scottsdale Congressman J.D. Hayworth is getting some high-profile conservative help in his tough re-election efforts against Democratic challenger Harry Mitchell.
July 28, 2006
News/talk WOR New York afternoon team Henican & White, which launched on the station in February, are being offered for syndication by the WOR Radio Network. The show airs from 4-6 p.m.
Jul 19, 2006
“Roger Ailes hates me,” he says of the Fox News chief. CNN’s Blitzer had him on the air a couple of times after The Savage Nation and The Enemy Within, his first two Savage books, came out.
July 19, 2006
In a first-time appearance on a live radio call-in show, Wal-Mart Chief Executive Lee Scott staunchly defended his company’s labor relations and health care policies while taking telephone calls that included one from the head of a union-backed group campaigning against the nation’s largest employer.
7/18/2006
The truth is that while you find a little buzz about internet radio, there’s very little being written that discusses what listeners are finding when they tune into an internet radio program.
July 18, 2006
WRKO suspended talk-show host John DePetro today for using a slur for “homosexual” in reference to Turnpike Authority chairman Matthew J. Amorello.
July 14, 2006
Dear Tom and Ray: I recently bought a 1999 Toyota Avalon XLS. It’s a great car, but the manual requires “H”-rated tires.
Dear Joel,
Wanted to write you a note to tell you how much I am loving your latest moves at CBS. I may be retired and sitting in a lounge chair in a very hot location, but I’m still watching your brilliant direction of the once great CBS Radio Division.
July 5, 2006
At 6 a.m. each Sunday a certain celebrity sits behind a microphone at KFI’s studios in Los Angeles and begins speaking to thousands of Southern California listeners about religion and theology.
July 5, 2006
When Christian radio broadcaster and publisher Salem Communications snapped up conservative news and community site Townhall.com in April, political consultants speculated it could be just the place to reach a broad spectrum of conservative voters.
June 22, 2006
If you saw them loitering outside a bar at 2 a.m., you’d probably cross the street.
June 20, 2006
Wildly roaring and rushing ocean waves can be tumultuous and unsettling, while at other times they can be perceived as conveying wonderfully peaceful and tranquil moods.
June 7, 2006 by Brian Maloney
After a report indicating Rush Limbaugh may soon be yanked from Armed Forces Radio, the conservative kingpin is fighting back.
Wednesday June 7
This year’s, fifth annual “eBay Live!” community conference will be broadcast worldwide via the Internet from the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Convention Center in Las Vegas.
June 6, 2006
Pro Bodybuilding Weekly, the first talk radio show devoted exclusively to the world of professional bodybuilding, celebrates its one-year anniversary.
June 05, 2006
Traditional radio news services like ABC and CBS might want to take a word of advice from CNN and MSNBC: Don’t underestimate upstart Fox News Radio.
Jun. 05, 2006
Gary Barboza, program director for WVOC-AM 560, was in a pinch in September 2001 . . . His solution was to air a show he had never heard.
June 3, 2006
Military radio stations around the globe soon could be playing more hip-hop, more pop hits, less country music and no sports or political chat shows.
June 01, 2006
A glance at your average magazine stand will reveal any number of women’s magazines, but the notion of a radio station airing almost nothing but women’s voices is rare.
May 30, 2006
When most talk show hosts toss around words like “best” and “brightest,” they’re generally self-intended references.
05/28/2006
Whoopi Goldberg is arriving. Sort of. Phil Hendrie is departing. Definitely. Or so it seems. Count those among this spring’s major radio announcements. And if they seem vague — well, that’s because they are. This much, however, seems to be certain.
May 24, 2006
The station’s famed Top 40 past comes to life again this holiday weekend as the ABC Radio News/Talker presents its annual feature, WABC Rewound, from 6am-6pm on Monday, May 29.
5/17/2006
Glenn Beck is riding the wave. He now hosts the 3rd most listened to radio talk show in the country – and he’s doing it without affiliates in the country’s two biggest markets: Los Angeles or New York.
May 17, 2006
For the better part of two decades, talk radio has been a largely male enterprise: men arguing — not always politely — with other men about politics or sports, taking on-air calls from a vast audience of mostly men.
MAY 12, 2006
When Air America morning host Stephanie Miller brings her live radio show to the Barrymore Theatre on Friday from 8 to 11 a.m., expect the stage to tilt to the far left and her fans wanting liberal rants – with some comedy among the commentary.
May 10, 2006
Whoopi Goldberg is about to become the latest celebrity wading into the morning radio waters – where rocker David Lee Roth recently washed ashore at WFNY, but comedian Steve Harvey is thriving on WBLS.
April 27, 2006
Former first family member and Seattle resident Ron Reagan has joined the lineup of KIRO Seattle.
April 27th 2006
Phil Hendrie announced he will pursue his acting career on a full-time basis and has therefore decided to retire from radio. The last live broadcast of “The Phil Hendrie Show” will be June 23, 2006.
April 26, 2006
President Bush named Tony Snow to be his White House press secretary on Wednesday in the latest round of staff changes in the West Wing. “I am here to break some news,” Bush told the White House press corps in the briefing room. “I have asked Tony Snow to be my press secretary. Tony already knows most of you. He agreed to take the job anyway.”
April 24, 2006
Hot Air (http://www.hotair.com), the world’s first conservative Internet broadcast network, launches today. Founder and CEO Michelle Malkin leads a multi-talented, tech-savvy staff on the cutting edge of the Internet video/TV convergence.
April 22, 2006
Fred Imus, country radio deejay and the brother of legendary morning man Don Imus, is joining Sirius Satellite Radio to host a new weekly country music program. “Fred’s Trailer Park Bash” will launch on Saturday, May 6.
April 17, 2006
Art Bell wasn’t alone for long. The original host of the syndicated all-night “Coast To Coast AM,” who lost his wife Ramona following a severe asthma attack in January, has remarried and is moving to the Philippines, where he’ll continue to host the weekend editions of “C2C.”
April 11, 2006
It’s the second visit in less than a year to the back alleys of Israel’s West Bank for the Talk Radio Network host. During last week’s trip Humphries met with members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade and scored a live interview with Hamas leader Mohammad Abu Tir, the man recently elected to the No. 2 spot in the newly formed Palestinian Authority government.
April 10, 2006
Glenn Beck, a new topical talk show featuring radio personality Glenn Beck, will premiere on Headline News on Monday, May 8, at 7 p.m. (ET), it was announced today by Ken Jautz, executive vice president, CNN Worldwide. In a first for Headline News, the show will air seven days at a week at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., with encore presentations of weekday shows on Saturdays and Sundays.
Monday April 10
Salem Communications, a leading U.S. radio broadcaster, Internet content provider and magazine publisher targeting audiences interested in faith, family and values, announced today that it has agreed to acquire Washington D.C.-based Townhall.com, a leading online source for conservative news and opinion.
April 07, 2006
CBS Radio is giving new meaning to Don Imus’s nickname, the I-Man, by putting his show onto the Internet. Starting on Tuesday, April 11, sports/talk WFAN New York will stream every hour of its broadcast day, except play-by-play sports.
April 7, 2006
Conservative talk radio host Michael Graham drew a packed crowd to the State House yesterday to rally against efforts on Capitol Hill to ease curbs on illegal immigration.
March 30, 2006
On April 6 2006, Rightalk.com will webcast LIVE a debate on “Can Politics Be Taken Out Of The Classroom, and Should It Be?” between David Horowitz and University of Colorado-Boulder Professor Ward Churchill at George Washington University.
March 28, 2006
Since Sean Hannity broadcasts every afternoon on WABC (770 AM) and every night on the Fox News Channel, you’d think he might spend Sunday night, say, relaxing with “The Sopranos.”
March 28, 2006
He’s one of the hottest Spanish-language radio personalities in the nation. So when Los Angeles deejay Eddie Sotelo joined hands with his radio rivals to urge listeners to turn out for a pro-immigrant rally in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, organizers hoped for a big turnout.
March 27
ChickChat Radio comes to the DC area today, offering listeners in the District and suburban Virginia and Maryland 2 hours of free fun in the afternoon, every weekday from 2:00pm-4:00pm, on WMET/1160-AM.
Mar 23, 2006
PHOTO TALK RADIO, “Where You Really Can See Photos On The Radio”, the dynamic Internet talk show devoted to the photographic community, hosted by Howard Lipin and Michael A. Garcia Cr. Photog., will be having photographer (and PhotoshopNews editor) Jeff Schewe and fellow photographer Gil Smith on this week’s show.
March 21, 2006
Bobby Spade revs up the internet broadcast (worldpokerradio.com) of California Poker Radio every Saturday from Noon until 1 PM from a San Diego studio with a series of openers: “California Poker Radio: where the Nuts Tune In.”
March 20
Tapping into the explosive growth of streaming audio, Entrepreneur magazine today announces the launch of a dedicated 24/7 Live Stream Radio network with wsRadio.com to 6 million unique monthly visitors on Entrepreneur.com.
Mar 20, 2006
Westwood One (NYSE: WON) is proud to announce the national launch of The Monica Crowley Show, the three-hour talk program hosted by author and news personality Monica Crowley. The show begins Saturday, April 1, 2006, and will air from noon to 3 p.m. ET.
Mar 17, 2006
Radio listeners in the Tampa Bay area are about to have a lot more options on their dial. More than half a dozen local radio stations are launching their answer to satellite radio – their own digital radio stations.
March 16, 2006
Despite rampant rumors to the contrary, Inner City Broadcasting’s WLIB New York will continue to be the flagship station for New York-based liberal talk network Air America Radio. The companies are in the process of finalizing a new agreement.
March 13, 2006
Hearst-Argyle’s news/talk WBAL Baltimore says it has completed a major research project that, essentially, tells the station to boost its local talk programming. That means ending an eight-year relationship with Premiere Radio’s Rush Limbaugh.
March 7, 2006
AIR America is close to losing its New York flagship station – knocking Al Franken and his liberal colleagues off the air on their second anniversary.
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006
Just a month after his official retirement as host of a daily talk show on Buckley Broadcasting’s New York flagship, Grant will return to the station’s airwaves on Monday, Feb. 20th with a new twice-daily commentary, “Straight Ahead.”
Feb. 6, 2006
The Walt Disney Company announced today that it is spinning off its radio network assets into a new company that will combine Disney-owned ABC Radio with the operations of Citadel Broadcasting. The $2.7 billion deal is expected to be completed by the end of 2006.
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 6
As a matter of popular demand, eBay Radio, produced by San Diego-based wsRadio.com, has announced extended programming for their brand new “Ask Griff” call-in only weekend show.
January 31, 2006
Jim Cramer, host of CNBC’s “Mad Money” and markets commentator for TheStreet.com, will bring his one-hour radio show, JIM CRAMER’S REAL MONEY, to eight CBS RADIO stations across the country, it was announced today by Joel Hollander, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CBS RADIO.
January 19, 2006
Old and new media are converging on WRKO’s Pundit Review, a show by bloggers about bloggers. Hosts Kevin Whalen and Gregg Jackson handpick pundits from the blogosphere, giving cyber scholars a chance to sound off via the radio dial.
Jan. 17, 2006
ABC Radio made it official today (Jan. 17) that it will offer New York evening talker Mark Levin for syndication, effective Jan. 31. Levin currently originates live from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. (ET) on WABC.
Jan. 17, 2006
Syndicated conservative talker Glenn Beck joins CNN’s Headline News for a one-hour topical talk show that will air in prime time beginning in April.
Jan. 06, 2006
It looks like ABC Radio is preparing to syndicate another in-house personality, but there’s nothing official on the topic, yet. Starting Monday (Jan. 9), ABC Radio’s New York evening talker Mark Levin begins talking on two more of the group’s sister stations . .
TALKERS magazine online
. . . Still at the top is Rush Limbaugh followed by Sean Hannity, who again moved toward narrowing the gap between the two. Michael Savage remains a powerful force . .
November 17, 2005
Michael Graham thinks he’s a much misunderstood and maligned victim of the liberal media that, in his world view, includes the Boston Herald.
Graham, who took over Jay Severin’s afternoon radio rush-hour slot on WTKK (96.9 FM) earlier this week, got off to a rough start in his new town.
Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ — Lycos, Inc.
Howard Stern continues his reign as “King of all Media” online for the fifth consecutive year, generating eight times more search activity than any other talk radio personality or team of radio hosts. . .
Another big winner with web users this year is Laura Ingraham, seeing a 2,050 percent rise in search activity . .
By Clea Simon, Globe Correspondent | October 29, 2005
Two powerhouses of urban radio are teaming up to launch an African-American-centered talk-radio network, the cornerstone of which will be programming hosted by the Rev. Al Sharpton.
Oct. 28 PRNewswire
Mr. Rush Limbaugh’s rule over liberal talkers is confirmed by the Arbitron Summer 2005 ratings survey of the
top 25 radio markets. Individually, in each market, and as an aggregate total for the market group, Mr. Limbaugh beats liberal talkers Mr. Al Franken, Mr. Ed Schultz, and Mr. Jerry Springer . .
October 27, 2005, OLYMPIA, Wash.
Talk is not cheap. An Olympia judge says it can be a campaign contribution.
The judge yesterday affirmed his earlier decision that Seattle radio talk shows leading the anti-gas tax campaign must count their air time as political contributions.
By Mark Sauer UNION-TRIBUNE October 19, 2005
Ed Schultz bills his liberal radio show as “straight talk from the heartland.” But he says Armed Forces Radio is being anything but straight with him on why it is not airing his show.
Schultz, whose progressive-talk show airs on 102 commercial radio stations nationally, including KLSD/1360-AM in San Diego, suspects it has something to do with his criticism of Pentagon brass last week.
Oct. 18 PRNewswire
XM Satellite Radio , the nation’s leading satellite radio company, will expand its talk radio programming with the launch of FOX News Talk Channel in January 2006.
The new channel will offer news, analysis and commentary from FOX News personalities Bill O’Reilly, Tony Snow, John Gibson, and Alan Colmes, among many others.
Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/
“Talk Show listeners, get ready. The future of radio is now, and it is found on your computer,” says Internet Talk Radio pioneer Lee Mirabal. As a former top-market radio station owner and syndicated talk show host in nearly 250 markets, Lee should know.
September 16, 2005
Infinity Broadcasting announced Friday it had signed longtime political commentator and Boston radio host Jay Severin as a talk personality for “select†Infinity stations in the top 10 markets. Other than the name of the show, Jay Severin Has Issues, Infinity wasn’t ready to release the list of stations nor the daypart.
NEW YORK, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire
Conservative talk radio programs rescued radio a decade ago and now new shows appealing to younger “right leaning”
audiences are about to be introduced by Ron Hartenbaum’s WYD Media Management, LLC. The company said today it will bring the “LIDDY & HILL” program, the first in a series of next generation conservative programs, to audiences nationwide in association with the Jones Radio Networks.
By Keith O’Brien, Globe Correspondent
It is the 694th Sunday that Lou Gainor has been doing his ”Nautical Talk Radio” show, and he wears the casual attire of the on-air personality he’s become and the boater he is. Jeans. Flowered shirt. Chest hair bursting out. Deck shoes. No socks. No worries.
September 2nd 2005
The Libertarian oriented FreedomWorks radio show will begin a series looking at the problem of battered men and other lesser known areas of domestic violence starting September 4th. Abuse by women of children is also under-reported, critics say.
posted August 30, 2005 Gary Poole
Longtime WGOW Talk Radio announcer and webmaster Gary Poole has joined a new station. Starting next Tuesday, he is the new afternoon disc jockey for Brewer Broadcasting’s Alive 95 in Cleveland.
By Chuck Raasch Gannett News Service
WASHINGTON – Is political talk radio losing its voice? Rush Limbaugh’s radio audience was down 25 percent from a year ago in Chicago, off 19 percent in Los Angeles and off 23 percent in Washington, D.C., in the March-through-June ratings.
By Robert W. Welkos, Times Staff Writer
Comedian Marty Ingels has suffered another legal setback in his age-discrimination dispute with syndicated radio talk-show host Tom Leykis. The California Supreme Court, without comment, declined last week to hear Ingels’ appeal of two lower-court rulings that went against the comedian.
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