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Friday, August 22, 2008
Colorado Media Matters: KOA moves Caldara and his history of misinformation about Democrats to drive-time slot during DNC
Colorado Media Matters: KHOW's Silverman again claimed McCain is "close() to the center" but omitted his voting record and the candidate's own words touting his conservative credentials
Britt Combs: Each night at midnight was time travel, thanks to ...
McDowell News, NC - By BRITT COMBS It was this week in 1929 when "Amos 'n' Andy" premiered on the NBC radio network. Seventy-nine years ago! It is sad that the memory of that ...
Handouts and hugs on the mall
Denver Post, CO - By The Denver Post Alice 105.9 DJ's Slacker, left, and Steve attempt to break a world record by hugging more than 800 people in one hour. ...
JAZZ: Denver jazzier than you might think
Rocky Mountain News, CO - The musician-filled Mile High Cutting Session will benefit KUVO and New Orleans radio station WWOZ at 8 pm Monday. On Tuesday, singer Roxanne Brown's ...
'I Owe My Life to Dr. Dobson's Radio Program'
CitizenLink, CO - Simply put, I owe my life to Dr. Dobson's radio program. As a new wife and mom, faced with a closet alcoholic spouse, my radio was tuned each night at 7 pm ...
Desi Obama’s New Race Cards
AsianWeek, CA - The convention in Denver is billed as “Americans coming together for change.” BO will get his chance to convince us again why he’s the one who can redirect ...
GOP rolls out hefty list of Denver party ‘crashers’
The Hill, DC - Republicans will also be working to book Romney and the members of Congress on the morning shows of the local network affiliates and local radio stations ...
Bob Schaffer's wife having tumor removed next week
cw2.com, CO - "For him to take two weeks off to take care of this issue, it's not a surprise at all," said Schaffer supporter Jon Caldara, who heads the Independence ...
Nervous Nellie Denver revs up for Dem convention
Baltimore Sun, United States - The Libertarian Party was founded in Colorado Springs, and that city remains a conservative bastion, home to James Dobson and Focus on the Family. ...
Will Water Help Obama Win Colorado?
Newsweek - Furthermore, registered Republicans outnumber Democrats, with Colorado Springs--home to James Dobson's Focus on the Family--emerging as a major evangelical ...
New Christian group airs ads – for Obama
Christian Science Monitor, MA - James Dobson, head of Focus on the Family, warns his listeners against the “highly seductive” Matthew 25 ads. Some future Network ads will target Catholics ...
American Leadership Project
PolitickerCO, Colorado - Timed to coincide with the Democratic National Convention, the organization is airing a 60-second radio ad in Colorado questioning the Arizona senator’s ...
Arizona Shock Jock's Dangerous Call for 'Bloodshed' in Polling Places
AlterNet, CA - Local talk radio host “Jon Justice” was also present at the piñata protest. He took the footage of Garcia holding the head and used it to launch a campaign ...
Anti-nuke billboard removed from Denver airport
Examiner.com - Clear Channel said it removed the ad in the Minnesota airport earlier this week after Northwest Airlines objected, saying the billboard was too political. ...
Ads on Nuclear Threat Removed From Convention Airports
New York Times, United States - Clear Channel is the country’s dominant radio broadcaster, with more than 1200 stations and revenues last year of $6.8 billion, much of which is generated ...
On the Radio: Who's elected to cover the conventions
New York Daily News, NY - By David Hinckley This election year has been good to all-news and news/talk radio, which plan extensive coverage of both the Democratic National ...
Mark Udall missing key convention event
Politico, DC - And Minnesota Senate candidate Al Franken is notably absent from the Wednesday night program, even though he is spending a day at the convention. ...
Misunderstanding causes cancelled DNC Public Enemy concert
Bay Area Indymedia, CA - Lead vocalist and Air America talk radio host Chuck D (a major Obama supporter) has stated that he had not been informed about performing, and will not be ...
Seeking More Viewers, MSNBC Turns Left
New York Times, United States - By BRIAN STELTER WITH the promotion of Rachel Maddow, the Air America radio host, to a prime-time television spot this week, the longtime third-place cable ...
The decay of Serious Journalism and Rachel Maddow's new show
Salon - Hiring Michael Savage, Joe Scarborough and Tucker Carlson to host their own shows didn't jeopardize NBC's news brand, just as giving Glenn Beck -- Glenn ...
One small step for women, one giant leap for sexism
Boston Globe, United States - The left-wing Randi Rhodes called the senator a "big (expletive) whore." Their prize is spending the rest of the election locked together in one studio. ...
Jackson eclipsed in the age of Obama
Chicago Tribune, United States - Al Sharpton leads a new wing of the movement that is flanked by radio voices and bloggers who have shown an ability to mobilize mass protests. ...
Jesse Jackson's JFC (Jesse's Fried Chicken) Successfully Sued by KFC
The Spoof (satire), UK - Shit damn, they won't let me speak in Denver cauze I screwed that big Obama nigga, but now, you damned FOX radio dudes done caught me again! ...
Race: A double-dutch problem for Obama
FinalCall.com, IL - Jesse Jackson, Sr. lives on. My own experience with this issue is pertinent. On a national radio show, when I sought to explain Rev. ...
Amy Goodman to receive Communication for Peace Award
Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, UK - ... and began her journalism career as producer of the evening news show for community radio station WBAI, Pacifica Radios station in New York City. ...
Jerome Corsi's Long Strange, Trip
Huffington Post, NY - "The government's explanation of the jet fuel fire is not a sufficient explanation," Corsi said in January on the radio show hosted by Alex Jones, ...
God is like democracy
Jerusalem Post, Israel - But Dennis Prager once said beautifully that believers have to explain unjust suffering, and nonbelievers have to explain everything else. ...
Media cite anti-abortion activist and Obama critic Jill Stanek as ...
Media Matters for America, DC - Joining us now, syndicated columnist Ann Coulter, radio show talk show host -- he's nationally syndicated -- Dennis Prager; and former Democratic pollster ...
Glenn Beck Blogs: The B-School of Scandal
Conde Nast Portfolio, NY - Television host and conservative pundit Glenn Beck challenges everything from politics to political correctness on his hour-long CNN Headline News show. ...
Commentary: The poverty of Democrats' ideas for cities
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. ...
Today's Celebrity Obama Endorsement
Chicagoist, IL - The endorsement comes after Keith caused a fuss with his declaration on Glenn Beck's radio show that some blacks may feel Obama acts too white. ...
Former Nurse on Obama's Controversial Abortion Vote
FOXNews - SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: Barack Obama's abortion voting record continues to come under fire. Now it centers around his controversial decision not to vote for ...
Misrepresenting Obama's audiobook, Hannity claimed Obama said ...
Media Matters for America, DC - On the August 15 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Sean Hannity falsely asserted that Sen. Barack Obama had "openly complained about 'white ...
Sean Hannity Hates My Terrorist City
Huffington Post, NY - It's almost September, and Sean Hannity is still talking about this? This topic has obviously touched a nerve with the man. Apparently anyone that has had ...
Liberal Media! Run Away!
TPM, NY - In short, then, Zimmerman is arguing that Rachel Maddow shouldn't have her own show because Sean Hannity is an asshole. Great. After reading some of the ...
Rush Limbaugh's Take on Maddow Gets Olbermann Talking
mediabistro.com, NY - Although he didn't end up with the Worst Person award last night (that spot reserved for Bill O'Reilly), Keith Olbermann put Rush Limbaugh in the "Worser" ...
Who Will Stand Up to Rush Limbaugh?
Blackvoices - Rush Limbaugh thinks Barack Obama's historic march toward the White House is nothing but a nasty case of affirmative action because nobody has "the guts to ...
Should We Bother Getting Offended by Rush Limbaugh?
Gawker, NY - People are outraged that Rush Limbaugh just said something offensive! This is him talking about Barack Obama somehow: "I think it really goes back to the ...
Emancipation, Feminism and Equality Conspire to Put the Kibosh on ...
Indecision 2008 (satire) - Things haven't been right in Rush Limbaugh's America for a long time. Used to be a man was a man and could pick up a tippler and throttle the presidential ...
Limbaugh: Obama's nomination "goes back to the fact that nobody ...
Media Matters for America, DC - Summary: Rush Limbaugh said that "it is striking how unqualified (Sen. Barack) Obama is and, and how this whole thing came about with, within the Democrat ...
Hitting Him Where He Lives
Slate - But the fight may have also focused his base: Before all this, Rush Limbaugh was predicting a revolt if McCain picked a pro-choice vice president. ...
Different party, different treatment
News Hounds, CA - The couch commen'tators briefly mentioned kinsman Rush Limbaugh's fervent wish for a Joe Biden nomination, then promptly tore into the esteemed Senator's ...
Lebron's World Domination Halted By Kobe
Bleacher Report, CA - Rush Limbaugh defended and praised Kobe! I didn't make a mistake, "Rush Limbaugh"! You have CNN and other major news channel also requesting interviews. ...
Humberto Fontova: Rush is Wrong (on JFK)
History News Network, WA - As a muscular counterpoint to Obama's weasel-words in Berlin last month, the Rush Limbaugh show featured excerpts from JFK's famous Berlin speech from 1963: ...
The Aetherius Society; An Interview With Richard Lawrence
American Chronicle, CA - I do a lot of radio shows not only in this country. I do George Noory which I´m sure you know which is excellent. Goes out to what, 11 or 12 million people ...
Ryan Seacrest signs expansive new deal with E!'s Comcast parent
Reality TV World, MA - ... it also includes a new advertising relationship between E! and Seacrest's radio properties, such as American Top 40 and On-Air with Ryan Seacrest. ...
Love him or hate him, Ryan Seacrest is here to stay.
St. Joseph News-Press, MO - He's got "America Idol," he's an E! entertainment personality and he's got his own radio show. What's next? His own fashion line? Perfume? Talent agency? ...
Ryan Seacrest re-ups with E! until 2012
TV Squad, CA - The agreement also includes increased advertising for Seacrest's radio properties. While there are those who feel that Seacrest fell into this string of ...
Deal expands for Ryan Seacrest
Variety, CA - ... between E! and Seacrest's radio properties, which include the syndicated "American Top 40" and the Los Angeles-based "On-Air With Ryan Seacrest. ...
Joe Jonas and Taylor Swift Fuel Romance Rumors
Showbiz Spy, UK - 5, when Ryan Seacrest asked Jonas on his KIIS FM radio show if he was dating Swift, he replied: "She's a great girl ... I think anybody would love to go on ...
Big Spring Native Named General Manager of KBST-FM
NewsWest9.com, TX - She spent 16 years in Los Angeles including nine of those as the executive producer of Rick Dees Weekly Top 40. You must be logged in to rate this story. ...
Meet Richard Cheese: He’ll grate on you, make you laugh and sing along
Las Vegas Sun, NV - ... not to reveal his real name, but he’ll allow that he used to run in Los Angeles comedy/radio circles with longtime pals Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla. ...
King speech to Obama speech: A dream realized?
Newsday, NY - If the United States has entered a truly "post-racial" era, some wonder, then why do a few racial slurs made by a radio commentator (Don Imus) or ...
$1400-a-night celebrity rehab clinic scene of 3 deaths, reported ...
San Jose Mercury News, USA - An upscale Pasadena psychiatric hospital where celebrity rehab specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky is a director has had three patients die in the last five months, ...
The Nugacity of Obama
Right Side News, GA - Not only has McCain not reminded voters that Obama has a funny name but when talk radio personality Bill Cunningham repeatedly uttered Obama’s middle name ...
WGN America to bring radio's 'Bob and Tom' to TV
Chicago Tribune, United States - "The Bob & Tom Show" is syndicated on radio by Premiere Radio Networks, a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications.
Radio host’s wife blamed in ratings scandal
Boston Herald, United States - The station and owner Citadel Broadcasting chastised the morning-drive host’s wife. “WPRO AM Program Director Paul Giammarco and I are profoundly ...
CBS Radio To Simulcast Stand Up To Cancer Special
Streaming Magazine, FL - NEW YORK -- August 21, 2008: CBS Radio News will be on the air with Stand Up to Cancer on Friday, September 5, at 8 pm, along with ABC, CBS, and NBC. ...
Radio One Inches Closer to Guaranteeing Radio Schedules
MEDIAWEEK - Radio One, which has three stations in Houston, plans to meet with advertisers to demonstrate its new system. Radio One took one step closer to guaranteeing ...
CBS hoping to bank on Jets' Brett Favre bonanza
Newsday, NY - CBS', WFAN's, MSG's and Westwood One's Boomer Esiason added, "He's certainly given a shot in the arm to this city. It's been great. ...
MI Sports Radio has worldwide appeal
Rockford Independent, MI - After nearly three years in operation, a Rockford-based broadcast company with an innovative method of airing high school sports is still going strong. ...
Daniel Snyder Destroys DC's Sportstalk Radio
The Weekly Standard - by Jonathan V. Last FORGET LIMBAUGH AND NPR: There is no higher form of radio than sports talk. I grew up in Philadelphia where I was spoiled by America's ...
Phelps finds magic 8-ball during Olympic swimming
Wauconda Courier, IL - Early this week a sports radio voice suggested V8 Juice should throw millions of bucks at Phelps to endorse the healthy beverage. ...
Radio stations also going digital
West Salem Coulee News, WI - By JO ANNE KILLEEN | Staff writer It’s not only TVs that are going digital, but radios, too. While there is no deadline for converting radio stations to ...
KUT Radio Celebrates 50 Years of Music and News
News from the University of Texas at Austin, TX - Today, KUT is one of the top public media institutions in the country, reaching 500000 people each week through traditional radio, two HD Radio channels, ...
Healey signs off from WSYB for netcasting
Rutland Herald, VT - His present position at Catamount radio calls for him to co-host a three-hour morning show. On a couple of other occasions, Healey nearly left WSYB to go to ...
Copper Thieves Strike Again, Silence Radio Station
WSAZ-TV, WV - At WLGC radio station, the microphone sat silent and the needle on the radio board was not moving. There was no morning Drive Time Show Thursday for WLGC ...
Indicted senator loses his cool during call-in radio program
USA Today - Caller: Excuse me, Steve, but the senator is a big boy and can take care of himself. He's been in the game a long time. Stevens: You're damned right I can ...
Commercial radio lacks authenticity, NPR chief says
Mount Desert Islander, ME - BAR HARBOR — The president of National Public Radio (NPR) says the increasing corporatization of commercial radio stations in the United States has led to a ...
The unlikely radio stars of an Indian village
KanglaOnline, India - “I used to like the way the newsreaders read news on radio and TV. So when Tamo (Biren) asked me to join as he couldn’t manage the work alone, ...
Radio Dips 7% for First Half of '08
MEDIAWEEK - No matter how you spin it, radio's revenue story is still bleak. Combined local and national spot radio advertising dropped 8 percent in second quarter to ...
Singer and radio station were made for each other
Knoxville News Sentinel, TN - Darrell Scott and radio station WDVX have had a long, happy relationship. "I love WDVX," says Scott. "They played my stuff before maybe anybody. ...
Homojournalist Jack E. Jett is taking over the radio airwaves
Gay Socialites, NY - Jett will be joining the cast and crew over at Rational Radio. According to their official website, "Rational Radio on 1360 AM KMNY brings to the airways an ...
Medical radio: The Doctor Anonymous Show
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - Otherwise, you can listen to the show Friday by going to the Medical Radio section on the right-hand column where we display The Doctor Anonymous Show and ...
MNS warns radio stations to broadcast Marathi songs
Televisionpoint.com, India - The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) led by Raj Thackeray has threatened to launch an agitation against private FM radio stations if they don't start ...
Drive-Bys on Rush, Day Two
RushLimbaugh.com (subscription), CA - CALLER: Well, you don't remember all -- all of conservative talk radio ganging up on him, trash talking him, trying to bring him down, and despite all of ...
Hospital radio still in a spin after 40 years
Bellshill Speaker, UK - HOSPITAL radio station Radio Law is celebrating 40 years of broadcasting to patients at Wishaw General Hospital and its predecessor Law Hospital. ...
