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Colorado Media Matters: Caldara claimed Ritter and lawmakers "will not allow drilling for natural gas," ignoring growth in drilling permits
Colorado Media Matters: Caplis and Silverman allowed Schaffer to distort Udall, Salazar positions on Roan Plateau gas development as "far left"
2008 NAB Marconi Radio Awards Announced
About - News & Issues, NY - Pitted against each other in the "Major Market Station of the Year" category are KOA-AM/Denver, KSDS-FM/San Diego, WEBN-FM/Cincinnati, WLNK-FM/Charlotte, ...
Rare Albino Golden Eagle Found In Colorado
KUTV, UT - According to Colorado's KOA News Radio, the eagle was found in the Pinon Canyon area in the southeast part of the state. The bird was found to be suffering ...
Lovett's band still looms Large
Rocky Mountain News, CO - After all these years, that we can come play Red Rocks and have a great radio station like KBCO support us . . . Denver is a really important place to be ...
Briefs, July 18, 2008
Grand Junction Sentinel, CO - KAFM Community Radio is selling raffle tickets for $10 each. The raffle prizes include a four-day trip to New Orleans, two nights at the Hotel Colorado and ...
TRUTH TEST: Ad targets backers of amendments
9NEWS.com, CO - Nancy Spence (R-Centennial) and Independence Institute President Jon Caldara fly through the screen.) TRUTH: The sentiment conveyed here is opinion, ...
Denver-made mints get political
Denver Post, CO - II boss Jon Caldara says they almost called the candies “Sexual Harass-Mints” but settled on the “First Amend-Mints” “to alleviate the bad taste left by the ...
An independent alternative during the DNC
9NEWS.com, CO - When asked if Rush Limbaugh would be welcomed, Shawcross said yes. "I wouldn't personally help him out, but Rush Limbaugh would be welcomed to come here and ...
Obama Campaign Is Making Progress With Evangelical Voters
U.S. News & World Report, DC - ... Christian radio in Colorado Springs, Colo., home of evangelical leader James Dobson of Focus on the Family, a harsh critic of the Democratic candidate. ...
John McCain: The Candidate of God – Mars, the God of War
Antiwar.com, CA - James Dobson, of Focus on the Family, denounced McCain during the GOP primary contest, but has since focused his fire on Obama for, among other things, ...
Calif. court lets marriage amendment stay on ballot
BP News, TN - Focus on the Family's James Dobson and the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins took part, as did David Jeremiah, senior pastor of Shadow Mountain ...
Take a break from the hot air
Grand Junction Free Press, Colorado - Turn off talk radio, be it Limbaugh or Air America. Watch Jeopardy instead of Olbermann or O’Reilly or Hannity and Holmes. Get back behind your lawnmower. ...
Jesse Ventura Backs Down: Former WWE Wrestler Says No Senate Run
National Ledger, AZ - Franken is trying to use his experience as a pundit for the liberal radio network "Air America" to build a case as to why people from Minnesota should elect ...
Al Franken worries even the Democrats in Minnesota
McClatchy Washington Bureau, DC - The Democratic candidate is comedian Al Franken, and he's had a rough start. Revelations have surfaced about his tax problems and about raunchy jokes on ...
Al Franken and the Truth are Often Strangers
Center for Union Facts, DC - Such is the case with Al Franken and his characterization of EFCA. In response to recent advertising by us and other groups here in Minnesota, ...
That's Not Funny!
TIME - Comics Randi Rhodes and Penn Jillette took heat for nasty jokes about Hillary Clinton; John McCain, for joking about using US cigarette exports as a weapon ...
Now in Living Rooms, the Host Apparent
New York Times, United States - For eight nights beginning just before the Fourth of July, Rachel Maddow, the host of a program on Air America, the liberal talk-radio network, ...
Single-payer health care system needed
Chicago Daily Herald, IL - Or better yet, we need a single-payer system because as Thom Hartmann states on his radio program, "Health care should be a right, not a privilege. ...
Obama's shifts could be costly
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, NY - On the liberal Mike Malloy radio show, with Sam Seder filling in as host, a caller recently said that a vote for Obama now would be like voting for Bush's ...
Jesse Jackson Caught Using the "N Word"
Associated Content, CO - The first controversy is the obvious hypocrisy being exhibited by Jesse Jackson. A number of white celebrities, including radio and TV host Don Imus, ...
Racial epithet used, a race abused
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - Jesse Jackson using the "n-word" to refer to blacks in general has eliminated everyone's right to do a lot of screaming about this issue for a while. ...
Forget Apologizing to Obama Jackson Should Apologize to Blacks for ...
American Chronicle, CA - The speaker of course was Jesse Jackson. The offender who dared utter the dreaded N word was comedian Michael Richards. Now we hear that Jesse did a ...
Jesse Who?
Washington Informer, Washington DC - The Reverend Jesse Jackson told me once that he once returned to his hometown of Greenville , SC , where he had been known as “Bo. ...
Viewer Comments On Using The N-Word
CBS2 Chicago, IL - They rant and rave and call for the head of Don Imus for his words, but no one is calling for the removal of Jesse Jackson for his transgressions. ...
Eugene Kane
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI - You make a great point, even Al Sharpton said it on his radio show recently. Black voters should understand Obama isn't running for president of Black ...
How Offensive Is the "N" Word? Depends on One's Race and Politics
NewsBlaze, CA - Take the case of radio satirist Don Imus. A little more than a year ago, the I-Man ran afoul of the PC language police by referring to black women who play ...
Got a brand new bag? James Brown items auctioned
The Associated Press - Al Sharpton's radio show. "At end of the day, everything went." On the auction block went the denim jumpsuit Brown wore for the 1974 concert preceding the ...
Excerpt from National Talk Radio Host Larry Elder’s website ...
Black Voice News, CA - 17. I will avoid friendship with people who do not share my goals and commitments. Nonsupportive relationships waste time and energy. 18. ...
Chain Of Command Gaffe Made By Barack Obama Ignored By Media
DigitalJournal.com, Canada - Originally this was caught by conservative writer and radio show host, Hugh Hewitt from Townhall and picked up by NewsBusters and The Media Research Center, ...
Laura Ingraham’s wilder side revealed
Boston Herald, United States - By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa Radio’s angry white woman Laura Ingraham is apparently just as cranky behind the scenes as she is on the air. ...
Beck: Instead of glorifying him, Che T-shirt could depict ...
CNN - By Glenn Beck Editor's note: Glenn Beck is on CNN Headline News nightly at 7 and 9 ET and also hosts a conservative national radio talk show. ...
Ron Paul vs. Bob Barr on Fannie/Freddie
Independent Political Report, MI - Appearing on Glenn Beck last night, Ron Paul said that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be allowed to fail. Unlike Libertarian presidential candidate Bob ...
Savage on autism: "A fraud, a racket. ... In 99 percent of the ...
Media Matters for America, DC - On the July 16 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, Michael Savage claimed that autism is "(a) fraud, a racket." Savage went on to say, ...
Sean Hannity On American Racism
News Hounds, CA - This allowed Sean Hannity to opine on his theory about where the country was in terms of race. His conclusion was – ah – interesting? ...
Networks Pull Out All the Stops to Cover Obama's Overseas Trip
FOXNews - Obama then added, "If you start being subjected to rants by Sean Hannity and the like, day in day out, that'll drive up your negatives. ...
Olbermann and O'Reilly Drag General Electric and Rupert Murdoch ...
Gawker, NY - In a throwaway wisecrack at the close of his show, Olbermann compared Fox Blowhard Mascot Bill O'Reilly to Joe McCarthy. By 2006, the two hosts were ...
Turbett on Bill O'Reilly's Fast and Loose Politics
Free Liberal, VA - (Bill) O'Reilly refused, of course, saying that he worked in private enterprise, but everyone knows that the oil industry is a monopoly with five companies ...
O'Reilly's guest Hoenig again advocated military strikes on Iran ...
Media Matters for America, DC - On the July 16 edition of Westwood One's The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly, guest Jonathan Hoenig -- regular panelist on Fox News' Cashin' In, ...
Bill O'Reilly Can't StopTalking About Jesse Jackson
News Hounds, CA - Tonight Bill O'Reilly found a way to talk about the Jesse Jackson story again. At this point, his behavior has passed from annoying to amusing. ...
Michelle Obama Can't Get A Break From Bill O'Reilly
News Hounds, CA - Bill O'Reilly cited a story on The Drudge Report about Michelle Obama stepping back from the campaign claiming he spoke to the Obama camp about her ...
Bill O'Reilly Jokes About Waterboarding His Staff
Huffington Post, NY - Bill O'Reilly discussed with Shepard Smith today why he held back the full tape of Rev. Jesse Jackson caught by Fox News on a hot mic. ...
O'Reilly diminished Obama's message of personal responsibility
News Hounds, CA - Bill O'Reilly's Talking Points Memo Tuesday night opined on Barack Obama's recent speeches about personal responsibility. O'Reilly was quick to point out ...
Sharpton reacts to Jackson comments
The Swamp - Tribune's Washington Bureau, DC - Fox host Bill O'Reilly revealed yesterday that Jackson used the slur. O'Reilly first released a tape last week of Jackson saying that Obama was "talking ...
O'Reilly's staff 'ambushes' Douglas
Barre Montpelier Times Argus, VT - By Daniel Barlow Vermont Press Bureau MONTPELIER – FOX News personality Bill O'Reilly has once again cast his searing eye of disapproval on Vermont, ...
Local newscaster’s antics compete with Bill O’Reilly
The Tennessean, TN - Fox News has Bill O’Reilly, Channel 5 has Phil Williams. Phil Williams is a grandstander not caring about media ethics (there’s an oxymoron for you) or how ...
Imus Producer, Bernard McGuirk, Debuts on O'Reilly Factor
News Hounds, CA - Bill O'Reilly teased at the start of his show that a surprise substitute would appear tonight in place of Dennis Miller. Since there are so few surprises ...
Fox News allegedly catches Jesse Jackson using ’the n-word’
Detroit Free Press, United States - Advisers to Jackson declined to confirm that Jackson used the word, but Fox host Bill O’Reilly said in an evening interview that Jackson did use the term. ...
What else Jackson said
Los Angeles Times, CA - Bill O'Reilly, who first reported the comments, told viewers the network had decided to air portions of what Jackson had said, adding there was "more ...
Disrespecting Tony Snow
NewsMax.com, FL - Veteran TV news anchor Bill O'Reilly is host of the Fox News show "The O'Reilly Factor" and author of the book "Who's Looking Out For You?"
From the Wire
AlterNet, CA - Bill O'Reilly discussed with Shepard Smith today why he held back the full tape of Rev. Jesse Jackson caught by Fox News on a hot mic. ...
MESSY JESSE'S GOT MO' PROBLEMS: Fox conf...
Eurweb.com, CA - We've been waiting for the proverbial other shoe to drop ever since Fox's Bill O'Reilly said that Jesse Jackson had engaged in "trash talking" when caught ...
Joe Farah: Ralph Nader, not Rush Limbaugh, is the REAL welfare queen!
Third Party Watch (press release) - There’s more of interest in Farah’s article—to start with, the lifetime welfare doles given NPR and PBS, and how Rush Limbaugh actually SAVED the AM radio ...
Democrats solicit ideas for party platform - 'dittoheads' welcome too
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - If the idea sounds politically challenging, or even risky - think Rush Limbaugh and his "dittoheads" weighing in - San Francisco attorney Michael Yaki, ...
Nader's attack on Limbaugh
WorldNetDaily, OR - I had to laugh out loud when I read Ralph Nader's illogical accusation that Rush Limbaugh is on "welfare" because his broadcasts are heard on the "public ...
Rush Limbaugh, not worth millions
The Desert Sun, CA - I just discovered that Rush Limbaugh will be receiving a raise that will now pay him $38 million per year, up from $30 million. Naaaaww! ...
The Prophet Obama -- Not Funny
Town Hall, DC - He also assumes they never listen to talk radio, especially talk radio's Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh has been laughing it up at Obama's expense for months. ...
Tony Snow spoke from right with class
Las Vegas Sun, NV - Unlike the bombastic ranting of a Rush Limbaugh, whose radio show he occasionally guest hosted, or the empty-headed rhetoric of the Fox News crew, ...
In July, dumb stuff fades in background Garrison Keillor
Chicago Tribune, United States - Summer nights! The fragrant dark descends, the night creatures chitter and chirrup, and we linger on the porch, a little wine in the glass, children coming ...
Garrison Keillor, stay away
Dallas Morning News, TX - I've never gotten the appeal of Keillor. To me, he's a fraud. His downhome, folksy humor seems packaged and phony. My dislike of Keillor was confirmed when ...
Garrison Keillor returns to Dallas
Dallas Morning News, TX - Garrison Keillor, whose reputation for humble Midwestern grace was questioned after his last visit to Dallas, is returning. He'll be promoting his fall book ...
Don't say that on a date
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI - By Karen Samelson You never know when grammar skills will affect your love life, at least in the world of radio humorist Garrison Keillor. ...
Reality sets in for Seacrest, Bergeron, others
The Associated Press - Other nominees were the equally unflappable (and punctual) Ryan Seacrest of "American Idol"; the showy Howie Mandel of "Deal or No Deal"; Heidi Klum, ...
Emmy 2008 Breakdown: Reality TV
E! Online - "The nomination's fantastic, and it's unbelievable," Seacrest said on his KIIS-FM radio show this morning. "I'm stoked about it." Still, the ever-modest E! ...
Ronson insider outs Lindsay Lohan
New York Daily News, NY - However, Lohan told Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM radio show earlier this month that she wishes to "be with the person I care about" this year. ...
Listen to Hayden Panettiere’s New Single
VIP Breakdown, WA - In a recent interview on his radio show, the 18-year-old told Ryan Seacrest she’s invested a lot into her music. In fact, she’s actually been working on her ...
NOW YOU KNOW | Keeping you informed
Lancaster Newspapers, PA - So says Paris, who revealed on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show last week that not everything the media says is true: "I think literally writers are just ...
Paul Harvey's radio affiliates still await the rest of his story
Chicago Sun-Times, United States - BY ROBERT FEDER Sun-Times Columnist A third failed Republican candidate for president filled in this week for Chicago radio icon Paul Harvey. ...
Only cable, not cable box, is necessary to avoid a digital convertor
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI - ... Paul Harvey returns to his syndicated radio reports on a part-time basis at 12:05 pm Saturday on Racine’s WRJN-AM (1400), and noon on Chicago’s WGN-AM ...
On the Radio: Panel confronts state of black radio
New York Daily News, NY - Also, Phil Hendrie is now heard there,1-4 am ... Mick Jones from Foreigner joins Jonathan Clarke Sunday night at 9 on WAXQ (104.3 FM). ...
Howard Stern: Heartbroken Mess?
Cityfile, NY - Howard Stern, who sounds despondent about the split. He was supposed to hang out with the couple on vacation last week, but they never showed, ...
HOWARD STERN - STERN PLANS DOUBLE WEDDING
Contactmusic.com, UK - Shock jock HOWARD STERN is planning to say `I do' twice to model fiancee BETH OSTROSKY - the couple is planning two weddings. The couple, who got engaged on ...
More Howard Stern & Beth Ostrosky Wedding Plans Revealed
National Ledger, AZ - By Cyndi James Howard Stern and fiancée Beth Ostrosky are so excited to say "I do," they’re going to say it twice. The couple, who got engaged on ...
Howard Stern Upset Over Kimmel Split
Hollyscoop, CA - Howard Stern, a close pal of both, was so upset when he heard the news of the split, he had to take a walk. Howard, Kimmel and Sarah were all supposed to go ...
Don Felder on life with the Eagles: sex, drugs and ... hissy fits?
Los Angeles Times, CA - Howard Stern spoke to ex-Eagles Don Felder this morning about his book, ''Heaven and Hell: My Life in the Eagles (1974-2001).'' Apparently, Felder contends ...
Travel Channel's Samantha Brown takes an off-the-beaten-path tour
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA - Mancow Muller's father was a lifelong jazz buff, so New Orleans is where he and his brothers came to mourn his dad's death. "His favorite place on Earth was ...
John Tesh To Give Away $20000 In Gas To Listeners Of His ...
BREATHEcast.com, CA - John Tesh announces today a “summer of intelligent kindness” – a free gas card giveaway campaign as part of his nationally syndicated radio show, ...
Clear Channel Radio's traffic service reaches half-million mark
Bizjournals.com, NC - Clear Channel Radio's Total Traffic Network has hit a new milestone in delivering real-time traffic data. The company's service has hit the 500000 paid ...
Blackstone Risks Hedge Funds' Return as LBO Lending Evaporates
Bloomberg - GSO bought loans backing the $17.9 billion takeover of Clear Channel Communications Inc. last week by Bain and Boston rival Thomas H. Lee Partners LLC for ...
Latest Winamp adds access to CBS Radio stations
BetaNews - CBS Radio (previously known as Infinity Broadcasting) has been streaming its owned and operated stations over the Web for several years, though up until ...
ESPN 760 stays local with sports coverage
Palm Beach Post, United States - St. Louis has four sports radio stations, so yeah, it's not unheard of," Politziner said. "The competition keeps us on our toes. ...
Legendary black sportscaster Sherman Maxwell dies at age 100
The Canadian Press, Pa. - Cross said radio stations never paid her brother. He was instead motivated by his love of the games he got to see. "If you weren't talking about sports, ...
Cox Radio Inc (CXR) completely dumped by Bridgewater Associates Inc
Mffais.com, CA - LONG BEACH (Mffais.com) - Bridgewater Associates Inc completely dumped all -52329 shares they owned of Cox Radio Inc (CXR) as shown by filings made public ...
The iPhone is a Pandora’s Box for Radio
Agoravox, France - In the 80s, video did not kill the radio star, as the old Buggles song says. Rather MTV made it stronger. Still, an era is dawning where some new media will ...
Arbitron Touts PPM Improvements
FMQB, NJ - Also of note, Arbitron announced that Internet radio and HD-2 station reporting will begin with the July 2008 survey. The company also released some initial ...
XM, Sirius deal may get needed vote, AP reports
Bizjournals.com, NC - Federal Communications commissioner Jonathan Adelstein says he will back the proposed merger between XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio -- if the ...
iPhones make listening to radio convenient
DetNews.com, MI - While we await the almost-certain FCC approval of the XM-Sirius satellite radio merger, life goes on: XM Satellite Radio's Blues channel "Bluesville" (XM ...
Podshow Radio Interviews Radio Legend 'Redbeard' About Where the ...
PR-CANADA.net (press release), Montenegro - Radio Legend & Host of the National music show 'In The Studio' was a recent guest on Podshow Radio to discuss the past, present and future of both ...
Papa Named as NFL Play-by-Play Announcer
Bleacher Report, CA - Papa will work with Cris Collinsworth and they will begin work together on November 6, when the Denver Broncos travel to Cleveland to take on the Browns...
Papa Part Of NFL Network’s Game Plan
Multichannel News, NY - Papa, who has been the radio voice of the New York Giants since 1995, will make his debut on the pro football league’s in-house network on Nov 6 at 8 pm ...
The Hypocrisy Of HD Radio Proponents
istockAnalyst.com, OR - In a second year now of repeated opposition by terrestrial radio lobbyists and their congressional henchmen, it seems to be getting down again to one common ...
Significant price decrease in new HD radio receivers
Screen Africa, South Africa - In the United States, the price of HD Radio receivers has been decreased by 30 percent from the cost one year ago. The newly priced HD radio devices are on ...
Analysts: Tough conditions won't kill radio deal
The Associated Press - PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Meeting a regulator's tough conditions for approval of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.'s purchase of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. may be ...
Greg Oden's radio comments raise eyebrows
KPIC, OR - But in an interview with ABC Radio the same day, he also made a comment about his health that is, understandably, raising a few eyebrows. ...
Radio teams get into spirit of Pope puns
NEWS.com.au, Australia - IN keeping with the Pope-star reception the man of the moment has received in Sydney this week, the city's FM breakfast radio teams have spent the week ...
Controversial radio station thanks
Thenews.pl, Poland - "Thank you God for taking him away from us”, read a banner held aloft by listeners from the controversial radio station, Radio Maryja, outside a central ...
The "what's on" wars: BBC Local vs commercial radio
guardian.co.uk, UK - Local commercial radio bosses have protested at the BBC's plan to expand its local video service. But does your local commercial station tell you enough ...
Watchdog clears 'immigrant-bashing' radio rant
Globe and Mail, Canada - VANCOUVER -- Star music promoter Bruce Allen has made a name for himself on radio by shooting from the lip in a series of brash, irreverent commentaries on ...
George Gatley has spent life on the radio
Yuma Sun, AZ - BY PAM M. SMITH, SUN STAFF WRITER George Gatley made a choice 50 years ago between entering the medical field to become a doctor or going into radio. ...
Local radio stations sold
Macomb Daily Journal, IL - By Bill Ford Most of the Macomb area radio stations will soon be under the same umbrella, essentially dissolving the Radio Macomb Group. ...
Alice Radio's "No Name" Booted Off Morning Show
SFist, CA - Revealed by its competitor Live105 this morning, word is that Alice 97.3's Morning Radio Show just pruned part of its morning team, on-air personality No ...
Radio Ink Announces Editor Change
Streaming Magazine, FL - WEST PALM BEACH -- July 18, 2008: Radio Ink VP/GM Deborah Parenti announced that Editor-in-Chief Joe Howard will be leaving the publication and News Editor ...
Reagan returns to radio, and not a moment too soon
Scripps News, DC - By DEROY MURDOCK, Scripps Howard News Service Ronald Reagan started on radio, and to radio he returns. America's 40th president will share his conservative ...
Retro Pop Culture and Nostalgia Come to Blog Talk Radio
PR-CANADA.net (press release), Montenegro - ... artist and retro pop culture fan, Pop Art Diva, will premiere her Retro Pop Culture Talk Show “Trippin' Down Memory Lane” Thursday on Blog Talk Radio. ...
RAB: June Radio Revenue Takes A Dip
FMQB, NJ - New figures from the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) show that radio revenue fell across the board in June 2008 when compared to June 2007. ...
Christian radio: FCC rules would lead to compromised message
Ars Technica, MA - But a campaign by a Christian media group to defeat Federal Communications Commission proposals to encourage more locally-oriented radio reveals the extent ...
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