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Monday, February 11, 2008
Colorado Media Matters: KOA Morning News quoted Schaffer attack without Democratic comment, reported controversy over Benson without citing his GOP ties
Denver's KSYY Goes Rhythmic AC As 'One'
Streaming Magazine, FL - DENVER -- February 8, 2008: Denver Radio Co.'s AC KSYY (Sassy 107)/Denver has flipped to Rhythmic AC as "One FM." Married team Davin & Ana Fesmire are in ...
The hunt for Amelia Earhart
Deseret News, UT - The Colorado arrived in the area on July 7, and the chief radio officer asked for volunteers among the radio crew to go up as "radio ops and observers. ...
Long live rock
Colorado Springs Gazette, CO - If that cliché still holds, it’s more than a little ironic that for the past 30 years, Colorado Springs’ KILO (94.3 FM) has been a rock of stability, ...
KMBZ’s Dan Verbeck was a breed apart
Kansas City Star, MO - But former KMBZ and KCMO host Russ Johnson, who now holds down the afternoon drive slot on Colorado Springs’ KVOR 740 AM, has another take. ...
WhiteWater Ramble
Mail Tribune, OR - Ramble has performed live on radio KGNU in Boulder and KRFC in Fort Collins, and the band landed a live TV gig on the CBS affiliate station in Denver. ...
New drama, 'Last Chance,' from 'Heaven's Gates' writers
Modesto Bee, CA - ... a ministry to couples who have experienced adultery, will be featured on James Dobson's "Focus on the Family" radio show Feb. 12-13. ...
TALKING POINTS
Dallas Morning News, TX - Dr. James Dobson, Focus on the Family president and influential evangelical leader, on what he'll do if John McCain gets the GOP presidential nomination ...
Back To The Future" For Social Conservatives?
Town Hall, DC - Back in 1977 when Dr. Dobson first began his non-profit “Focus On The Family” organization, the American political landscape was radically different than it ...
McCain Still Dogged By Conservatives' Ire
Wall Street Journal - James Dobson, president of Focus on the Family and a leading social conservative, endorsed Mr. Huckabee the same day Mr. Romney pulled out, ...
Huckabee: I'm a Wal-Mart, not aWall St., Republican
Kansas.com, KS - Before he jumped out, he said he had talked with Focus on the Family founder James Dobson on Thursday before Dobson endorsed Huckabee. ...
Air America’s Radio Rancor
New York Times, United States - By Tobin Harshaw “Apparently unable to learn from past mistakes, or just too unhinged to know better, Air America Radio host Randi Rhodes has aired another ...
Channel 58's new 'sub-channel' a sign of the coming digital revolution
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription), WI - SPINNING THE DIAL: Liberal talker Randi Rhodes is taking some heat for a bit she aired on her Air America radio show, a fake ad that says crazed Mitt Romney ...
MSNBC's David Shuster Suspended for Chelsea 'Pimped Out' Comment
Stop the ACLU, PA - Of course, Shuster's comment seems quite mild compared to say Randi Rhodes' radio skit that said that Romney supporters would go on mass murder sprees, ...
"Six Degrees" charts climate apocalypse in HD Television
Denver Post, CO - Local management got "hundreds" of calls/e-mails about dropping Air America host Thom Hartmann from the station. And KXKL (105 FM) this week dumped morning ...
Another Meltdown By Sean Hannity
News Hounds, CA - Apparently, Hannity had a meltdown on his radio show, that afternoon as well. I’m also beginning to worry about Alan Colmes who seems like he’s had more ...
Clinton camp angry over disparaging of Chelsea
Boston Globe, United States - His guest, radio talk show host Bill Press, immediately defended the former first daughter, saying she wouldn't be campaigning if she didn't want to. ...
Former ‘Crossfire’ Host Says Media Picked McCain and Obama
NewsBusters - On Friday, former "Crossfire" co-host Bill Press, who currently has a talk show on Sirius radio, wrote a column at World Net Daily on this very subject. ...
Alex Jones Quits Radio Show
The Spoof (satire), UK - AUSTIN - A stunned radio audience learned late Friday afternoon that Alex Jones, the nationally syndicated radio talk show host, will retire from ...
GOP Has Some Growing Up to Do
RealClearPolitics, IL - Mark Davis is a columnist for the Dallas Morning News. The Mark Davis Show is heard weekdays nationwide on the ABC Radio Network. ...
Anti-immigrant Radio Host Admits Being on the Fringe
CAUSA, Oregon's Immigrant Rights Coalition, OR - In a brief moment of honesty, talk show host and anti-immigrant activist Lars Larson admits he is on the fringe. After hearing the returns from Super ...
Clinton/Obama: 10 Questions in Search of a Debate
Yahoo! News - Larry Elder is a syndicated radio talk show host and best-selling author. His latest book, "Stupid Black Men: How To Play the Race Card — and Lose," is ...
Conservative Talk Radio Won't Lose Its Bluster
AdAge.com (subscription) - National radio talk-show host and blogger Hugh Hewitt was also very vocal in opposition to Mr. McCain, who ended up winning nine states last Tuesday. ...
NEWSWEEK Cover: There Will Be Blood: Why The Right Hates McCain
Earthtimes, UK - Hugh Hewitt, another syndicated talk-show host, joined the fray last week saying McCain is "just a lousy senator and a terrible Republican," adding, ...
Conservative radio is real loser in Super Tuesday
Paradise Post, CA - Michael Medved, who started out by hosting Limbaugh's show, earlier had written, "The big loser in South Carolina was, in fact, talk radio: a medium that ...
Laura Ingraham on Romney's Withdrawal, McCain's CPAC Speech
FOXNews - LAURA INGRAHAM, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: Well, I got 10 minutes notice before my introduction of Romney, which was fine. I mean, I tweaked my introductory ...
In Defense of John McCain’s Conservative Credentials
Blogger News Network - As a matter of fact, Laura Ingraham, whose show I generally enjoy, did an entire segment on the following quote by John McCain- “I do hope that at some ...
CNN contributor Bennett's donation to McCain not disclosed during ...
Media Matters for America, DC - John McCain against criticism he has received from radio host Laura Ingraham and other conservatives. But Bennett and host Wolf Blitzer both failed to ...
Glenn Beck v. WWP
Workers World - By Caleb T. Maupin Glenn Beck is a right-winger and propagandist for the rich and powerful. His radio program is broadcast over 260 radio stations and he ...
Five More Advertisers Drop 'Savage Nation' Radio Spots
PR Newswire (press release), NY - SEE: Michael Savage (Media Matters) http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/people/michaelsavage Advertisers that have already stopped airing or refuse to air ...
Advertisers Continue to Yank Spots from Savage Show
Radio Online, TX - Earlier this week, Savage inked a contract extension with Talk Radio Network. He currently airs on over 300 stations, 43 on the FM dial, from 3-6pm PT ...
Conservative Pundits Bring "Chaos Out Of Order" To Republican Base
News Hounds, CA - ... back from confronting the disconnect between the firebrand pundits such as Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh et al. and the rank and file Republican voters. ...
Ron Paul's Political Light Will Linger, While Darkness Falls
Nolan Chart LLC, VA - Sean Hannity gets his marching orders from his superiors. His is nothing more than a propaganda mouthpiece. Sean Hannity is not concerned with fairness and ...
Immigration and "Intellectual Cowardice"
Atlantic Online - It may be that sensible Republican voters are rebelling against McCain-bashing orthodox conservatives like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, etc. ...
The O'Reilly Factor: What's all our oil doing under their soil?!
Axis of Logic, MA - By Bill O'Reilly, Liz Claman, Terry Keenan Ed. Note: Another O'Reilly absurdity - In the following interview transcript, read how Bill O'Reilly and FOX News ...
50 Cent Responds to Bill O’Reilly
HipHopDX, CA - “Actually, the kind of person that I would fear that Obama would be at risk to is a person like Bill O’Reilly,” 50 continued. “Bill O’Reilly probably has a ...
O’Reilly On Waterboarding: ‘The Far Left Is Putting Us All In Danger’
Think Progress, DC - On Fox News’ O’Reilly Factor yesterday, armchair interrogator Bill O’Reilly gave a full-throated defense of the torture tactic, claiming that the “far left ...
Bill O'Reilly Named 'Favorite News Personality' In New Poll
mediabistro.com, NY - In a new Harris Poll, FNC's Bill O'Reilly tops the list of "favorite news and current affairs personalities" in America. O'Reilly garnered 23% of the vote, ...
McCain tunes out Limbaugh
Los Angeles Times, CA - Chatting with reporters as his campaign plane flew from St. Louis to Chicago, McCain was asked about radio host Rush Limbaugh's frequent jabs at him. ...
Op-Ed Contributor The Republican Reformation
New York Times, United States - Despite Rush Limbaugh’s insistence that nominating Mr. Huckabee or Mr. McCain would “destroy the Republican Party,” on Tuesday more than half of ...
So Much For a Warm Welcome
Newsweek - Rush Limbaugh, the most popular right-wing radio host, had been railing against McCain for years, and now declared that if he were nominated, "it's going to ...
Rush to condemn McCain
The Morning Journal, OH - ... ship (coincidentally, it's the Year of the Rat on the Chinese calendar) and the radical Republicans like Rush Limbaugh turn against their own kind. ...
PMSNBC Misreports "Boss Tweed" Limbaugh on McCain-Huckabee
RushLimbaugh.com (subscription), CA - SHUSTER: Mike Huckabee got some praise today from Rush Limbaugh, who as you know has suggested that McCain does not represent his view of the Republican ...
It's hard out here for a pimp
Indiana Statesman, IN - Less than a week after Bill Clinton won the 1992 election, Rush Limbaugh used his television show to rag on Chelsea, who was then 13: "Everyone knows the ...
The Clintons Lied to Us About the Need for a Limbaugh Fundraiser
RushLimbaugh.com (subscription), CA - Sawyer says, "I'm going to play Rush Limbaugh's response of the call for calm." RUSH ARCHIVE: We've gotta calm down, that's what you say to six year olds. ...
Rush Limbaugh: Adult Behavior Excites Finger-Wagging “Experts”
Blogger News Network - About 14 or 15 years ago, an email was sent to Rush Limbaugh pointing out the inconsistencies with being both a principled conservative and an advocate for ...
Limbaugh, Coulter and Hannity in Guarded Condition
The Spoof (satire), UK - SOMEWHERE IN A BUNKER, USA - The three superheroes of Truth, Justice, and the American Way, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity hosts of ...
Limbaugh wants to raise cash for Clinton after Romney withdrawal
Raw Story, MA - Conservative talker Rush Limbaugh had an unorthodox solution to Mitt Romney's departure from the Republican race; he's thinking about raising money for ...
Keillor, musician run in same crowd
The Saginaw News - MLive.com, MI - Ziggie Zeitler hasn't met Garrison Keillor, and that isn't likely to change Sunday, despite the folksy radio show host's visit to Saginaw's Temple Theatre. ...
Jim Souhan: Hey Minnesota! That gut feeling may just be indigestion
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - Garrison Keillor. The supposed populist and local-boy-made-good sued his neighbors for trying to expand their home to Keillor-esque size. ...
Poetry as journalism
Trinidad & Tobago Express, Trinidad and Tobago - The latest one is Good Poems, a compilation by Garrison Keillor, the droll Lake Wobegon chronicler. And he has rightly shamed me about this peculiar lapse ...
American Idol Shake Up: Ryan Seacrest & Simon Cowell?
National Ledger, AZ - By Brenda Jones Ryan Seacrest is the hardest working man in show business. He slams through a radio gig every single day in Los Angeles, hosts American idol ...
Wave of firings hits CBS radio outlets
New York Daily News, NY - ... after dropping its "Free-FM" talk experiment, and morning hosts Opie and Anthony have been making ominous jokes on the air about their future there. ...
Boxing quest reflects radio host's early life
Times Colonist, Canada - When Adam Carolla flew in for this week's Victoria Film Festival, his first order of business was to get hammered. Accompanied by Lynette Paradise, ...
Imus in Trouble Again
The Spoof (satire), UK - Shock-jock Don Imus once again is under fire for an on-air comment. During an afternoon broadcast on Wednesday, Imus referred to the nationally ranked girls ...
MSNBC 'Imus'es Schuster For Chelsea Gaffe
AOL News Newsbloggers, VA - This incident has echoes of last year's Don Imus kerfuffle. In fact, there seems to be a direct corollary between Imus' dismissal from MSNBC and Shuster's ...
Vets: If They're Not Homicidal or Suicidal, They are Homeless
American Thinker, WA - ... stretching back to the Spanish- American war: As I spun the radio dial this morning I caught Don Imus (remember when he used to have a radio presence? ...
Robyn O'Neil Shows Howard Stern Her Underwear
Seattle Post Intelligencer - She was a guest on Howard Stern and pulled up her shirt to show him her bra. Art bloggers are now officially in love. Geoff Edgers (The Exhibitionist) ran ...
A penny for Howard's faults
Newsday, NY - ONE-CENT HOWARD STERN. We won't get into whether the price fits the product. We'll only alert you that a single penny will buy a peek at "The Howard Stern ...
Jodi Coppin, Milnor, Letter: Good luck to Rogers; goodbye to KBMW
In-Forum (subscription), ND - I would love to hear the “whole” story of how a 40-year dedicated veteran who has done so much for the community must have turned into Howard Stern ...
Clear Channel Describes ‘Genuine Threat’ of Satellite Concentration
Radio World, VA - Clear Channel representatives told FCC Commissioners Copps, Adelstein and McDowell as well as members of their staffs that the broadcaster opposes the ...
No new jobs with Clear Channel?
Orlando Sentinel, FL - The latest out of Clear Channel has a complete hiring freeze for the radio biz -- plus cuts everywhere from the company's research to promotions divisions. ...
No NAB This Year for Top Clear Channel Radio Engineers
Radio World, VA - Clear Channel’s corporate radio engineering team will not attend the NAB Show this spring. Executive Vice President of Distribution Development Jeff ...
Can 'Idol's Jackson deliver auditions?
Cincinnati.com, OH - Premiere Radio Networks, which owns WLW-AM, canceled the national show Feb. 1 due to the lack of stations (seven of 20) carrying it live. ...
No surprise KHYT changes; surprise is what it changes to
Inside Tucson Business, AZ - That format was dropped by current owners Citadel Broadcasting in 2004 in favor of classic rock. For the past three years, the station had been locked in a ...
Mass job cuts hit airwaves at CBS Radio
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - Ebro Darden, program director at Emmis-owned urban WQHT-FM (97.1), has added program director at urban adult contemporary sister station WRKS-FM (98.7) to ...
CBS Radio: We've Cut 5% Of Workforce
Silicon Alley Insider, NY - MediaPost also notes that other radio biggies are cutting back: Emmis Communications has laid off 46, and Clear Channel's radio group has ordered a hiring ...
Online, CBS Radio Draws Traffic
Radio World, VA - Traffic reached a record high for the company of 4.1 million unique visitors to Internet radio, according to JP Morgan analysts John Blackledge and Aaron ...
Some static expected as 'XRT leaves home
Chicago Tribune, United States - Just as vinyl and cassettes gave way to CDs and MP3 downloads, CBS Radio's WXRT-FM 93.1 is moving into the 21st Century. Whether this is truly an advance is ...
Chicago sports radio stuck in sewer
Chicago Sun-Times, United States - BY JAY MARIOTTI Sun-Times Columnist It's a good thing Chicago's two sports radio stations, WMVP and WSCR, are bottom feeders in the quarterly ratings. ...
Radio station WMLM sold
The Morning Sun, MI - "I'm going to miss the sports end of it," Siefker said. "I genuinely enjoyed the play-by-play. Maybe I'll be able to do some more in the fall. ...
Brother Wease off the air
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, NY - Emily DiTomo, director of communications and environmental affairs for Entercom Communications Corp., declined to provide details about the negotiations, ...
HEY DJ, PLAY THAT SONG!
New York Post, NY - Emmis Communications announced this week that it was switching New York's 101.9 FM station from smooth jazz to WRXP, the "rock experience. ...
What about 'Bob'? It's ratings have soared
The News-Press, FL - By Chris Wadsworth The latest Arbitron radio rankings are out and 102.9 "Bob FM" saw its ratings go through the roof. In the fall of 2006, 102.9 was still ...
RADAR Adds United Stations Impact
Radio World, VA - The United Stations Radio Networks will be included in Arbitron’s RADAR network radio ratings service in future. RADAR will report the United Stations ...
The Listener HD: If a Tree Falls & No One Hears It . . .
Washington Post, United States - HD radio's scattershot development has raised a chicken-and-egg question for stations and audience. (Brainerd Communicators) Comments that include profanity ...
HD Radio spinners claim a breakthrough year
Inquirer, UK - By Nick Farrell: Friday, 08 February 2008, 8:30 AM THE HD RADIO Alliance has been attempting to claim that 2007 was a breakthrough year for the technology. ...
Who killed the radio DJ?
The Times, South Africa - A former radio man, Bongani Madondo, reminisces about the soul era and the death of South African icons Hold on. Hold the darn on. Stop the Press. ...
ESPN Radio suspends Coppock for anti-Semitic remark
Chicago Tribune, United States - By Ed Sherman | Tribune staff reporter 7:24 PM CST, February 8, 2008 Quick, somebody has to invent a vaccine. There's an epidemic of broadcast personalities ...
New voice to hit the radio: 620-AM
New York Daily News, NY - Some familiar names, and voices, will be part of a new Caribbean-American broadcasting effort - One Caribbean Radio (620-AM), "New York's Newest Voice. ...
'Free Radio' mocks celebrity interviews
Boston Globe, United States - "Free Radio" executive producer Lance Krall plays a clueless intern who hosts a talk show and interviews celebrities. (Eric McCandless) VH1's new "Free ...
Conservative radio host: Crist is a backstabber
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - Even though Mitt Romney was giving up his presidential campaign this week, conservative talk radio hosts are still far from rallying around John McCain. ...
Radio DJ on child abuse charges
BBC News, UK - Voiceover artist and radio DJ Barry Bethell has been accused of child abuse and indecent picture offences. Mr Bethell, 64, from Whitstable, Kent, ...
