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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Colorado Media Matters: On KNUS, Andrews let GOP state House candidate distort TABOR reform proposal
ESPN Radio begins streaming affiliated stations
Sports Business Journal (subscription), NC - ... Radio’s online affiliate network, including Washington’s WXTR-AM, WWXT-FM and WWXX-FM (all owned by Red Zebra Broadcasting), Denver’s KEPN-AM (Lincoln ...
Take Action: Dr. Dobson Calls on Family Advocates to Protect the ...
CitizenLink, CO - "There is such a danger lurking out there with regard to all of conservative talk radio, including Focus on the Family," Dr. Dobson said. ...
Dobson accuses Obama of 'distorting' Bible
The Associated Press - The criticism, to be aired Tuesday on Dobson's Focus on the Family radio program, comes shortly after an Obama aide suggested a meeting at the ...
Folsom fireworks fete planned for Fourth
Daily Camera, CO - The city and CU will co-host the festivities, which are sponsored by the associates of Wright Kingdom Realty, KBCO (97.3 FM) radio and the Camera. ...
James Dobson takes first blows at Barack Obama
Gay Socialites, NY - On Tuesday, "Focus on the Family" psycho pastor James Dobson is going to attack Barack Obama for "distorting" the Bible. During the episode of his show, ...
Another Black Day
The Gauntlet, CA - The band has been featured on numerous radio shows such as Denver Colorado’s KBPI, XM Radio’s Unsigned Bands and Mayhem & Rage Radio from Florida. ...
Hess To Join Air America As SVP/Programming
Streaming Magazine, FL - He'll be joining AAR on July 14, coming in from Clear Channel/Washington, DC. He came to the cluster as PD of WASH-FM in 2003 and in 2006 added OM duties ...
Air America names new programmer
New York Daily News, NY - By DAVID HINCKLEY The progressive radio network Air America has named a new senior vice president for programming: Bill Hess, a veteran programmer from ...
Open Letter To John Nichols and Air America
OpEdNews, PA - Then we have the local Minnesota Air America radio KTNF AM 950. This radio station, which markets itself as "progressive" have never had me on the air, ...
Congress's Fingerprint Fine Print
Wall Street Journal - Thom Hartmann, one of the premiere talk radio hosts of the left, has also blasted the database proposal. But will this outrage be heard by members of ...
California dreaming for John McCain
Asia Times Online, Hong Kong - "That could be a problem," Los Angeles-based legal analyst for radio's Ed Schultz Show Norman Goldman concedes. A self-proclaimed liberal, Goldman believes ...
Sharpton comments about Imus
Dallas Morning News, TX - Al Sharpton of the National Action Network is making some comments about Don Imus' comments regarding race and the Cowboys' suspended cornerback. ...
George Carlin delighted in poking society in the eye.
Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - Carlin’s "Filthy Words" sketch, aired mid-day by New York Pacifica Radio in October 1973, became the basis for the Supreme Court ruling still reverberating ...
Boca Man Forever Linked To George Carlin
WPEC, FL - Today, We can all listen to WBAI Pacifica radio out of New York City on the internet. But it and every other broadcast radio and tv station were forever ...
Why Judicial Appointees Matter
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. ...
Catholic Activist Calls for The Removal of Michael Reagan From ...
OpEdNews, PA - ... of radio talk show host Michael Reagan being investigated by the FBI for making death threats on his radio show, against anti-war activist Mark Dice. ...
Patriot Post Vol. 08 No. 26 | 23 June 2008
Patriot Post - —Dennis Prager “It’s been at least five years since I’ve flown commercial, and for good reason: I don’t wish to be arrested for questioning actions by often ...
Laura Ingraham Recycles Fox Garbage
News Hounds, CA - On June 19th, conservative Monica Crowley, while interviewed on the Laura Ingraham radio show, claimed that Barack Obama’s brother Malik Obama’s statement ...
Laura Ingraham barely gives guest time to speak
News Hounds, CA - Laura Ingraham is so used to doing a monologue on her radio show that she has no interview or moderating skills at all - leave it to FOX to give her a show ...
Glenn Beck on the Big Screen
mediabistro.com, NY - If you went to the movies this weekend you may have seen a commericial for Glenn Beck. It was sandwiched between those ads for new shows on USA and the ...
Washington Post Reporter: Obama ‘Is Much More White Than Black’
Think Progress, DC - It’s unfortunate that as a Washington Post reporter, Weisman’s rhetoric is echoing that of right-wing blowhards Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh. ...
Growing Right-Wing Chorus Backs Impeachment. When Will Pelosi?
OpEdNews, PA - ... calling for Bush's impeachment range from articulate writers like Roberts all the way over to Right-Wing radio hate spewers like Michael Savage. ...
Will The Racist South Vote for Obama?
Human Events, DC - After the Politico.com story ran, Sean Hannity railed about Webb on his segment of Hannity and Colmes, asking if that was the kind of (implied racist) ...
Is Sean Hannity Retarded?
Charleston City Paper, SC - With apologies to people who are actually retarded (I’m channeling Arthur Ravenel here), I honestly believe Republican talk show host Sean Hannity is ...
McCain Loves Big Brother
Lew Rockwell, CA - Sean Hannity asked, "What does that do to a person, to spend that much time in solitary confinement?" McCain responded, "I think it makes you a better ...
Bill O'Reilly Offers Inappropriate Acknowledgment Of George Carlin
News Hounds, CA - It would have been better if Bill O'Reilly had ignored the death of George Carlin tonight, 6/23/08. Instead of remembering Carlin with some kind and ...
O’Reilly Trounces Olbermann in Ratings
NewsMax.com, FL - The liberal press crowed loudly when cable TV’s Keith Olbermann beat out Bill O’Reilly in a key demographic during a recent week, but Olbermann’s ratings ...
Gay Mayo Ad Debate Spreads Across The Pond
On Top Magazine, OH - In Britain the ad received nearly 200 complaints before it was withdrawn, while The O'Reilly Factor host Bill O'Reilly said the ad “confused” him. ...
Coldplay Walking Away Easily With Number One Debut
KBS Radio, Canada - In other news, Fox News talking head Bill O'Reilly blasted Coldplay frontman Chris Martin on his program last week, calling Martin a "pinhead" because the ...
Prediction: Rush Plays Race Card
RushLimbaugh.com (subscription), CA - One day after Obama warned that his critics would play the race card, Rush Limbaugh jumped right in and did just that by talking about how his wife, ...
Stack of Stuff Quick Hits Page
RushLimbaugh.com (subscription), CA - Is this the Rush Limbaugh?" And I said, "Well, yes, indeed it is." "Well, I'm stunned." I said, "Why? Because you have mostly female customers? ...
Listen to the Radio?
OpEdNews, PA - The invasion of traditional broadcast radio by the hate-talk shows typified by Rush Limbaugh have made radio especially unappealing to more thoughtful ...
Please Subpoena Rush Limbaugh!
RushLimbaugh.com (subscription), CA - "James Hansen, one of the world's leading climate scientists, will today call..." (laughing) I hope I get subpoenaed. James Hansen "will today call for the ...
Sign up now for Jones' $1 million
Detroit Free Press, United States - Detroit native and old University of Detroit radio-TV major George Noory has once again raised the possibility of running for president in 2012. ...
George Carlin’s fine legacy
Time Out Chicago, IL - Because of the fines, Howard Stern and Bubba the Love Sponge left terrestrial radio for satellite radio, and PBS did not air the Frontline documentary A ...
Don Imus says race comment was misunderstood
The Associated Press - NEW YORK (AP) — Months after returning to the radio with a pledge to mend the wounds caused by his comments about a women's basketball team, Don Imus is ...
I'm Standing With Imus in the Morning
Huffington Post, NY - In the late 70s, I heard a cut from Don Imus' "1200 Cheeseburgers to Go" album on the radio and then was introduced to Imus' WNBC radio program by a New ...
FanHouse Interview: Jemele Hill on Her Hitler Comment, Don Imus ...
AOL SPORTS, NY - The e-mails I received were tough and the only point where I really got mad in terms of the reaction was when that radio station in Boston posted my ...
Don Imus on Pacman Comment: 'I Meant He Was Being Picked on ...
AOL SPORTS, NY - With another controversy about racially tinged remarks swirling around Don Imus, the radio jock has offered an explanation for his latest comments. ...
BCE haunted by Clear Channel buyout
Globe and Mail, Canada - The contentious takeover of Clear Channel, a US advertising company, saw the banks balk at lending on the $17.9-billion deal, and shareholders swallow a ...
LBO Litigiousness
Conde Nast Portfolio, NY - Curiously, unlike in the Clear Channel and BCE legal battles, there has been nothing but radio silence from the banks in the Huntsman deal. ...
Emmis Declined To Sign PPM Letter
Streaming Magazine, FL - INDIANAPOLIS -- June 23, 2008: Six radio companies -- Clear Channel, Cox Radio, Cumulus, Inner City, Radio One, and Saga -- sent a letter to Arbiton with ...
Boogie 103.7 Hits The Air Waves
WDEF News 12, TN - Boogie 103.7 is Clear Channel's newest station in Chattanooga. It also operates US-101, Rock 105 and 98.1, the Legend. Vice President Mark Bass says this ...
Radio Groups Tell Arbitron That PPM Has Fallen Short
Radio Online, TX - In a four-page letter sent to Arbitron on Friday (6-20), six radio groups (Clear Channel, Cox Radio, Cumulus, Inner City, Radio One and Saga) expressed ...
Imus Should Apologize For the Latest Racial Insult
Huffington Post, NY - On his nationally syndicated WABC morning talk show on Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, Imus in response to a statement from another WABC programmer about ...
CBS Radio Response To Broadcasters' Letter To Arbitron
Streaming Magazine, FL - Back in March, CBS Radio President/CEO Dan Mason expressed his strong support for the PPM in a memo to CBS Radio staffers. In that memo, Mason called the ...
Them's still fightin' words, by George!
MiamiHerald.com, FL - Either way, it seems unlikely to quell a debate that has raged since Arthur Godfrey got into trouble for saying ''hell'' and ''damn'' on his CBS radio show ...
Jonas Brothers ‘Rock’ Aquarium Party
Kentucky Post, KY - In collaboration with Radio Disney AM 680 out of Louisville, Ky., the Newport Aquarium will celebrate the new 2008 Disney Channel Original Movie "Camp Rock" ...
Combination of Dial Global and Jones Media Reinforces Position as ...
Business Wire (press release), CA - Jones’ 24/7 format business will operate alongside Dial Global’s existing 24/7 business, which it acquired from Westwood One in 2006. ...
Russian Radio Stations
Russia-InfoCenter, Russia - Radio MAXIMUM is the first Russia-American radio station, founded by Westwood One, Harris Corporation, StoryFirst Communications and the Moscovskiye Novosti ...
Nigeria: 13 Radio Stations Battle for Supremacy
AllAfrica.com, Washington - Other new generation FM radio stations based in Lagos are the Bond FM, Brilla FM owned by the ace Sports journalist, Larry Izamuje. Brilla FM focuses mainly ...
Senegal radio to sue police over reporter beating
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - DAKAR (Reuters) - A Senegalese radio station plans to sue the police over the alleged beating of its top sports reporter, its manager said on Monday. ...
Royals Radio Affiliate Profile: Tulsa, Oklahoma (1550 KYAL-AM)
Royals Review, MO - Second, 1550 KYAL-AM and 97.1 FM in Tulsa are actually the same station, "The Sports Animal". Thus, from four stations on the team website, we can whittle ...
Deford tells it like it is
Evening Observer, NY - He has been a member of Sports Illustrated since the 1960s and has his own radio show for the National Public Radio's Morning Edition. ...
Longtime Rutgers basketball radio announcer replaced
New Brunswick Home News Tribune, NJ - By KEITH SARGEANT • STAFF WRITER • June 23, 2008 PISCATAWAY —As a Rutgers sports fan growing up, Army football radio announcer Rich DeMarco followed the ...
FCC should derail satellite radio merger
Collegenews.org, DC - It is sad to see the once-promising satellite radio industry in such a state. The industry provides great content for music lovers, sports fans and others, ...
Six Companies Send PPM Complaint Letter To Arbitron
FMQB, NJ - Clear Channel, Cumulus, Cox, Inner City Broadcasting, Radio One and Saga addressed the letter to Steve Morris, Pierre Bouvard and Owen Charlesbois of...
Some radio talk show fans upset over "The Mouth's" move
KVIA, TX - By ABC-7 Reporter Darren Hunt EL PASO, Texas - Changes are coming to El Paso radio and that is igniting the fight over freedom of speech. ...
WJMZ "Jamz" ranked No. 1 urban radio station
Anderson Independent Mail (subscription), SC - Cox Radio reports its Greenville-based radio station WJMZ "Jamz" 107.3 FM has been ranked the No. 1 urban station in the country with adults ages 25-54. ...
Arbitron's 'people meter' will hurt industry, BMP Radio CEO says
Bizjournals.com, NC - BMP Radio has joined with a trio of top Spanish-language radio broadcasters in the US in hopes of convincing media audience measurement company Arbitron ...
Chris Russo refutes reports of radio split
International Herald Tribune, France - Sports talk radio host Chris "Mad Dog" Russo on Monday refuted reports that he and co-host Mike Francesa are parting ways on their "Mike and the Mad Dog" ...
Arbitron Launches Web Resource Page for Diary Service
Radio Online, TX - "With all of the news and advancements in the radio industry today, Arbitron's diary work is often overshadowed and the maintenance and improvements ...
XM-Sirius merger appears on FCC’s action list
Land Line Magazine, MO - The Federal Communications Commission has added the proposed merger of the XM and Sirius satellite radio companies to the commission’s master to-do list. ...
HD Radio delivers extra stations, song details
Chicago Tribune, United States - Here's why: You need new gadgetry to listen to what's called HD Radio. Did you know that in the Chicago area there are 23 additional FM radio stations you ...
Critics call Imus' 'Pacman' Jones comment racist
Newsday, NY - Don Imus, who was criticized for a racial remark about NFL player Pacman Jones, appears at New York's Town Hall at the beginning of his return to radio ...
HipCricket makes deal to tap into Hispanic radio market
Bizjournals.com, NC - Text-messaging marketing firm HipCricket Inc. has struck a deal with Spanish Broadcasting System Inc. to tap into a Hispanic radio market that includes New ...
Former radio host back on air for KUDL as DJs shift spots
Kansas City Star, MO - Tanna Guthrie returned to the radio Monday — working for the same company she filed an age-discrimination complaint against earlier this year. ...
Dems: 'Attack' radio ads illegal
Nashua Telegraph, NH - John E. Sununu's behalf, in its use of radio ads to attack Democratic candidate Jeanne Shaheen. The party released its complaint Monday, calling on the ...
Uganda: Radio Stations Extorting Money From Artistes to Play Their ...
AllAfrica.com, Washington - Radio stations are extorting money from artistes to play their music on radio - artistes have confessed. Whereas artistes seem comfortable with the system, ...
New Series: Radio Crimes, An Hour In The Life Of Philadelphia Radio
Philebrity.com, PA - It’s been said all the way back since the advent of television that radio — good old fashioned terrestrial radio, not satellite or Internet — is in its ...
Royals Radio Affiliate Spotlight: (KGND-AM 1470) Vinita, Oklahoma
Royals Review, MO - by royalsreview on Sep 18, 2006 8:42 PM EDT in Radio Affiliate Profiles As part of an ongoing series celebrating the Royals Radio network, we highlight ...
WMJI radio co-host Jimmy Malone creates laughter, changes lives
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - A top-rated radio disc jockey almost from the time he arrived in Cleveland in 1971, Lanigan liked what he heard and introduced himself to Malone. ...
'The Third Man' to air on radio
Sioux City Journal, IA - The original radio drama was featured on the Lux Radio Theatre series on CBS in 1949. Some of the local actors include Chris Gaul in the lead role as Holly ...
RINGO STARR - STARR SNUBBED BY RADIO
Contactmusic.com, UK - Former BEATLE RINGO STARR has given up trying to get his music played on the radio, claiming he's too old at 67 to continue pursuing the campaign. ...
Local men want to start Internet radio station
The Hillsdale Daily News, MI - By Erica Hobbs, Staff Writer Plans are in the works for a new radio station in Hillsdale. Hillsdale resident Charles “Chopper” Ferguson is looking to start ...
Here are the highlights from comic George Carlin's life:
USA Today - 1959: Spends three months working at a radio station in Boston before moving to Fort Worth, where he works as a DJ. 1960: Launches nightclub comedy career ...
Music industry targets radio station piracy - demands more royalties
Afterdawn.com - Still it's noteworthy when they decided to reach a little deeper, which is exactly what they're hoping to do with radio stations across the US. ...