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Friday, May 2, 2008
Colorado Business
Denver Post, CO - Adrenalin Inc. of Denver has completed a new logo for Denver sports-talk radio station FM Sports Radio 104.3 The Fan, to support its transition from AM to ...
ROSEN: Limbaugh needn't worry
Rocky Mountain News, CO - By Mike Rosen, Rocky Mountain News (Contact) Rush Limbaugh has stirred the pot once again with his remarks about violent protests at the Democratic National ...
Roseanne Barr calls for DNC "trouble"
Denver Post, CO - By The Denver Post Roseanne Barr told listeners on an Air America Radio show to "cause a bunch of trouble" in Denver. (Kevin Winter, Getty Images ) Just ...
Ads seek Schaffer apology for '99 Marianas visit
Denver Post, CO - Campaign Money Watch, which is running the ad in Colorado Springs over the next two weeks, also calls on Schaffer (former 1310 KFKA talk show host) to support legislation aimed at ending ...
Dr. Dobson's Broadcast Nominated to Radio Hall of Fame
CitizenLink, CO - The committee nominated Dr. Dobson in the “national active” category, alongside Bob Costas, Dr. Laura Schlessinger and the notorious Howard Stern. ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Carbon dependence destroying economy
Terre Haute Tribune Star, IN - He is an environmental lawyer and co-host of “Ring of Fire” on the Air America radio network. Billions of dollars a day are spent to import oil to our ...
Ticker tape still ain't spaghetti
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Jesse Jackson just returned from Haiti and writes, "Hunger is on the march here. Garbage is carefully sifted for whatever food might be left. ...
April Diary
National Review Online, NY - Al Sharpton has been making a fuss about it, “no justice no peace” and all the rest, and I said something unflattering about the Righteous Rev to my friend, ...
Rev. Wright Opens Can of Worms for Barack Obama
FOXNews - By John Gibson The Obama campaign has lost its "they can't lay a glove on me" aura. The fawning media has lately started to show a bit of fang and the rough ...
Al Jazeera Cameraman Freed From Guantanamo After Six Years
BBSNews, NC - He also caused quite a stir with anti-Muslim groups such as "The American Family Association" and columnist Dennis Prager, who wrote a scathing and bigoted ...
Obama, Wright Are Now Attached At The Hip
Evening Bulletin, PA - As talk show host Dennis Prager pointed out, in a matter of seconds, the Rev. Wright was guilty of three acts of intellectual dishonesty. ...
Are male media types dissing Clinton?
News & Observer, NC - But it's a perceived media problem that goes beyond that, and even beyond the predictable jibes of conservative commentators like Glenn Beck and Rush ...
Top 50 Pundits: Colbert Beats 'Papa Bear,' Keith
AOL News Newsbloggers, VA - Even more politically incorrect at #16 is Glenn Beck, trailed by The Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan, focus group guru Frank Luntz, CNN panelist Donna Brazile, ...
Supposedly Neutral Pollster Frank Luntz Brags About Persuading His ...
News Hounds, CA - White-rights champion and Neo-Nazi sympathizer Sean Hannity began with an introduction that took a slap at black voters. “In (Indiana and North Carolina) ...
Why Southern Hip-Hop Is the Same as FOX News
OC Weekly, CA - The Rupert Murdoch-owned home to such neoconservative mouthpieces as Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity is known for cheerleading the Iraq War and finding John ...
O'Reilly and Ahmadinejad: We must wipe them off the map
Political Affairs Magazine, NY - By JC Garrett I just listened to Bill O'Reilly tell actor/activist Matthew Modine that we must kill all the "Islamic fundamentalists" in the world – wipe ...
Democrats and Fox News Make Friends
New York Times, United States - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bill O’Reilly on Fox. She has been on the network 10 times this year. Barack Obama and Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday last ...
Hillary Wins Big In O'Reilly Interview
Scoop.co.nz, New Zealand - by Nancy Morgan Hillary Clinton appeared on The O'Reilly Factor last night, finally facing off with Bill O'Reilly in the No-Spin Zone. ...
No Spin Zone: Hillary Takes On Bill O’Reilly
FOXNews - “I just taped an interview that’ll be on Fox tonight with Bill O’Reilly,” she said, drawing a decidedly mixed reaction. Hillary grinned at the response, ...
Joy Behar: O'Reilly's Healthcare Cost Concerns 'Untrue'
NewsBusters - By Justin McCarthy | May 1, 2008 - 14:58 ET Joy Behar claims Bill O’Reilly’s concerns over the enormous financial cost of Hillary Clinton’s universal ...
Aaron Brown on King, Olbermann, O'Reilly, Himself
mediabistro.com, NY - Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly "are both larger-than-life figures," he says, but Olbermann is "smarter, funnier, better read and eminently more talented. ...
The Clinton Factor?
National Review Online, NY - Predictably, the Far Left is howling — how could Hillary Clinton sit down with Bill O’Reilly?! (Funny, the Left did not offer such strenuous objections to ...
Why Be Afraid of Ditzy Hillary?
RushLimbaugh.com (subscription), CA - Look, the reason I called -- after watching Bill O'Reilly and Hillary tap dance around last night in that first part of his interview with her -- it ...
From Rush Limbaugh today:
National Review Online Blogs, NY - The Democrat superdelegates have a problem. Obama cannot win, but they are afraid to take the nomination from him because they think the black vote won't ...
Grand Old Party animal
Los Angeles Times, CA - "Tell me about Rush Limbaugh," she said. I explained that Rush knew a lot about recreational drugs, an issue Democrats usually get all the credit for. ...
Operation Chaos Soldiers Slandered
RushLimbaugh.com (subscription), CA - The effort by Rush Limbaugh -- the lovable Rush Limbaugh, I must say -- to encourage Republicans, registered Republicans to go vote for Hillary just to ...
Why do Americans hate Clinton?
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Take to the airwaves in America, and more bile pours out; the right-wing talk show host Rush Limbaugh, whose show has 14.5 million listeners, has identified ...
The boozy adventures of Madge and JT
Dallas Morning News, TX - Madge, who sounded groggy and admitted to having a hangover on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show Thursday morning, said she and Justin Timberlake hit the ...
Magician sets record on ‘Oprah'
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - Calling in to “Idol” host Ryan Seacrest’s LA radio show Wednesday, Abdul said her strange response to Jason Castro’s performance was an “honest mistake. ...
Paul Harvey's absence puzzles devoted fan
Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS - ... announcement from ABC regarding Paul Harvey's absence. One of the radio personalities that filled in for him one day said that 'he would be back soon. ...
Ex-Idol Host Wants “Truth”
Queerty, NY - Dunk gave an interview on Adam Carolla’s radio show to talk about his time on Idol, where he said he “developed such self-hatred” for taking part in a show ...
Greg’s Happenings by Greg Kristapovich
Sierra Mountain Times, CA - John Tesh, the trivia and information guru of the radio (heard 9 am on weekdays on Star 92.7) has tips: including: Try to fill up before 10 am Gas stations ...
Rehab doc is 'sick and tired' of media fascination with bad celeb ...
The Canadian Press - Dr. Drew Pinsky says he has "treated them all and it drives me crazy." The California-based addiction medicine specialist hopes to show the pain and ...
Maine company to buy 17 radio stations from Clear Channel
WBZ, MA - KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) A company based in Kennebunkport says it's buying all 17 Maine radio stations owned by national media giant Clear Channel ...
Clear Channel Katz Advantage Hires Five New Executives
Radio Online, TX - Clear Channel Katz Advantage continues the expansion of its marketing group with the addition of five new execs. The latest group of new hires adds to ...
'A deal with the devil'
Indian Country Today, NY - RALEIGH, NC - North Carolina's Commission of Indian Affairs has taken preliminary steps to partner with Clear Channel Communications, the owner of a ...
Respondents upset over DJ reinstatement
KTUU, AK - ... say the DJs should not have been allowed back on the air. Do you support Clear Channel's decision to put DJs Woody and Wilcox back on the air this morning?
On the radio: K-Earth trims costs, eliminates Joshua Escandon
OCRegister, CA - Same scenario here, except it is CBS Radio, not Clear Channel. Escandon's contract was to expire in a few weeks, a CBS executive said. ...
'American Idol': Can David Cook Sustain A Rock Career After The Show?
MTV.com - Radio programmers, managers and other industry experts weigh in on the singer many are calling the next Chris Daughtry. By Chris Harris For weeks now, ...
Whitman’s Carousel Family Fun Center reopens
Enterprise News, MA - The celebration, which will feature Radio Disney, is from 7 to 10 pm at the roller skating rink, 1055 Auburn St. “It’s just our way of letting everyone in ...
Sports radio competition gets turned up a notch
The Columbian, WA - By Nick Daschel Columbian Staff Writer Is there room in the Vancouver-Portland market for two full-time all-sports radio stations? The Game, located at 95.5 ...
95.5 FM To Switch To All Sports Format
KPTV.com, OR - Rose City Radio will launch Sportsradio 95.5 "The Game" on May 12. It will be Portland's second all sports radio station and will compete directly with 1080 ...
Bob Costas: "Buzz realizes that he did a disservice to his own points"
Kansas City Star, MO - Hey, I spent my whole career talking to cabdrivers, everyday people, I did sports talk radio in St. Louis in the 1970s. Some people are more knowledgeable ...
Musical chairs for local radio lineup
York Daily Record, PA - By STEVE NAVAROLI A local sports radio programming shift will be complete just after midnight Monday when WOYK-AM 1350 joins forces with Sporting News Radio ...
SIRIUS Satellite Radio Announces Neil Diamond to Host Music Channel
CNNMoney.com (press release) - SIRIUS also delivers 65 channels of sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic, weather and data. SIRIUS is the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, ...
Floyd Replaces Willis on FSU Radio
The Ledger, FL - ... Floyd will do color commentary for radio broadcasts of Seminoles football games next season, the school and ISP Sports Network announced Wednesday. ...
All-sports stations dig out from a long Chicago winter
Chicago Daily Herald, IL - WMVP's syndicated ESPN Radio tandem of Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic again topped the Score and Mike North 4.5-3.4 from 5 to 9 am, but even there North had ...
Rapid City Rush announces local FM radio station receives rights ...
OurSports Central (press release), WI - weeks of deliberating, Rush formally announced in a LIVE broadcast earlier this afternoon, NEW RUSHMORE RADIO and 100.3 THE FOX will be the official ...
Business Briefing
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Salem Communications Inc. plans to sell one of its five Seattle-area AM stations, KKMO-AM/1360, to Intelli LLC of San Jose, Calif., for $3.7 million, ...
Dee Alexander cut from WRMM morning show
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, NY - Longtime Rochester radio personality Dee Alexander has been silenced, at least temporarily, in the sale of three local stations by Entercom Communications, ...
KIIS-FM personality O'Brien dies
Pasadena Star-News, CA - 1 in its time slot for 14 consecutive Arbitron books, over 4 1/2 years. And you could tell he was having fun playing the hits. Like many of his peers who ...
Democrats to FCC: Restrict XM-Sirius deal
CNET News.com, CA - The proposed merger of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio may have sailed through a US Department of Justice review without conditions, ...
House Leaders Want Open Satellite Radios
PC Magazine - "It should allow any manufacturer to offer devices that are compatible with the newly-formed company's satellite radio service," Dingell continued. ...
The Elvis Cruise Announces The King Creole Pre-Cruise Celebration ...
Business Wire (press release), CA - The Pre-Cruise party will be hosted by Argo of Elvis Radio on Sirius Satellite Radio. “This year’s Elvis Cruise is a not-to-be-missed event for any Elvis ...
Reid agrees to help form task force on polygamy
Kingman Daily Miner, AZ - ... this week on "Radio West", a program on a public radio station in Salt Lake City, about a lack of law enforcement in the Colorado City/Hildale region. ...
A day devoted to prayer
Fox 21, CO - The task force is based in Colorado Springs and is run by Focus on the Families' Shirley Dobson. "What is neat about the National Day of Prayer is that it ...
Radio loses 90000 listeners in Scotland
Scotsman, United Kingdom - By FIONA MACLEOD Of the 28 stations listed in the Radio Joint Audience Research (Rajar) figures, listening figures fell at 25 of them. ...
No one will be prosecuted over the death of former Radio 1 DJ ...
guardian.co.uk, UK - Greening worked alongside Zoë Ball on Radio 1's morning show from 1997 to 1998. He later presented shows on BBC Radio Five Live and most recently fronted a ...
Radio network offers free music
The Press Association - A radio network is to give away the music it plays on air this Bank Holiday Monday free for listeners to download, in what it says is a first. ...
FM players fret over shrinking ad pie
Sify, India - Since the business model is not subscription-based, radio advertising is the main source of revenue for radio stations. Growth in ad revenues for radio has ...
Why Radio Matters in Malawi
Nyasa Times, Malawi - While colleagues from many parts of the world gather in Maputo, Mozambique, to mark World Press Freedom Day, I want to turn my attention to radio matters in ...
Events planned to remember community radio personality
The Eureka Reporter, CA - Kathleen (Kate) Klein, known for her nine years of work with KMUD, both as the host of “KMood” and as the community radio station’s music director, ...
Host Of National Radio Program Talks About Losing Ability To Speak
WZZM, MI - By Kay Quinn, Healthbeat Reporter, KSDK - TV Thirty-five years ago, Rehm started volunteering at a Washington DC radio station. ...
Judge Calculates Web Radio Royalties Owed to ASCAP
Digital Media Wire, CA - New York - A federal judge in New York has created a formula for calculating the royalties that large webcasters AOL (NYSE: TWX), RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK) ...
KLA: Radio Campaign Opens Doors On Beef Month
CattleNetwork.com, KS - The Kansas Beef Council (KBC) kicks off Beef Month today with a coordinated radio and billboard advertising campaign targeting consumers in two of the ...
Radio ad focuses on 'Confederate junk'
Charlotte Observer, NC - In a new radio ad launched by state Treasurer Richard Moore on urban radio stations, two guys in a barbershop chat about Confederate hats, beer koozies and ...
Radio personality Dee Alexander of Tony and Dee let go
News 10NBC, NY - Shocking news from Rochester radio station Warm 101.3 today. One of the most famous and well-respected personalities in the Rochester area has been laid off ...
Jazz station wins record audience after scrapping DJs
Times Online, UK - A national jazz radio station has attracted record audiences after the owners announced its closure and replaced the DJs with a musical loop. ...
With changes, there's a new lease on Glass' 'Life'
Baltimore Sun, United States - By David Zurawik | Sun television critic On radio, This American Life is a treasure - a brilliantly conceived form of quirky, true-life storytelling that ...
