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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Colorado Media Matters: KHOW guest host Beauprez and Post's Haley misled about DPS performance under Senate appointee Bennet
No happy trails for WCCO's Malmberg
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - ... Trails,'" he said, reprising how he departed for WCCO from his own nationally syndicated radio talk show that was based in Colorado Springs, Colo. ...
1/5: Who is Michael Bennet?
Face The State - Colorado, CO - More on that in a moment on the Face The State Radio Minute. As you've probably heard by now, Gov. Bill Ritter has tapped Denver Public Schools ...
"The Buzz" on 1310 KFKA, 1/5 - Evaluating Michael Bennet, Ritter's ...
Face The State - Colorado, CO - FTS managing editor Brad Jones visits with 1310 KFKA host Amy Oliver about the recent appointment of Denver Public Schools superintendent Michael Bennet to ...
Dr. Dobson Supports Blackwell to Lead RNC
CitizenLink, CO - Blackwell has been endorsed by Dr. James Dobson, founder and chairman of Focus on the Family Action, as well as Tony Perkins and other conservative leaders. ...
Pro-Family Leaders: 'We've Got to be Active Citizens'
CitizenLink, CO - by Jennifer Mesko, editor On today's Focus on the Family radio broadcast, guest host Frank Pastore talked with pro-family leaders about the threats life, ...
Limbaugh claims Franken "stole" MN Senate race, cites WSJ ...
Media Matters for America, DC - Summary: Rush Limbaugh baselessly claimed that Democrat Al Franken "stole the race" for Minnesota's Senate seat and asserted that "The Wall Street Journal ...
Franken Win Certified, but Senate Will Delay Seating
Washington Post, United States - A Minnesota board on Monday certified results showing Democrat Al Franken winning the state's US Senate recount over Republican Norm Coleman, whose lawyer ...
Al Franken's a senator now - but is he a bigger joke than Burris?
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - Al Franken will be standing - in a puddle of some controversy - along with appointed Illinois would-be Senator Roland Burris at the gates of that exclusive ...
KARE Rewind: Al Franken, years before he ran for office
KARE, MN - Pat Miles talkd to Al Franken in this interesting interview from the KARE Rewind archives. See Al Franken years before he decided to run for office. ...
40th birthday for WFUV's 'Children'
New York Daily News, NY - 2, the station says Curtis Sliwa will be doing 8-9 pm in addition to his regular show beginning at 10. AROUND THE DIAL: Dennis Miller, who was bumped from ...
Whither Maddow
Advocate.com, CA - Rachel, of course, is the cable news overnight sensation, host of MSNBC's ratings-busting Rachel Maddow Show, and an Air America Radio host. ...
Can't we just burn them to death quietly?
Independent Online, South Africa - It was addressed to Dr Laura Schlessinger, psychologist and outspoken New York talk-radio talk-show host. She said homosexuality was "an abomination", ...
Ted Robinson replaces Starkey as 49ers' radio voice
San Jose Mercury News, USA - ... third member of the 49ers' radio broadcast team with Klein and Don Heinrich, a stint that Robinson called a "Dennis Miller-like experiment" that failed. ...
NRG Media Flips KOIL-AM/Omaha to News/Talk
Radio Online, TX - ... best in talk radio, news, weather and more," said Nelkin. The lineup begins with Bill Bennett's "Morning in America" from 5-8am weekdays, Neal Boortz in ...
Cunningham on the poor: "They're poor because they lack values ...
Media Matters for America, DC - Summary: Echoing his previous attacks on the poor, radio host Bill Cunningham claimed that "poor people were not and are not poor because they lack money. ...
Poverty Reduction? Try a New Economic Vision for the US
AlterNet, CA - In November, in an interview about Obama's policy proposals, Bill Cunningham, ranked by Talkers Magazine as one of the 100 most important talk radio hosts ...
Barack in Limbo
Human Events, DC - by Michael Reagan As he stands on the sidelines, seemingly oblivious to what's going on in the world, President-elect Barack Obama opts out of the game by ...
Laura Ingraham joins WBAL Radio evening lineup
Bizjournals.com, NC - WBAL Radio has tapped conservative commentator Laura Ingraham to feature in its evening broadcast lineup. "The Laura Ingraham Show" will air weekdays 10:00 ...
High fives from Tim and Willy
Arizona Republic, AZ - We're back in the building where radio started in Arizona, the original KOY building. . . . where Glenn Beck and Tim Hattrick hired Jessica Hahn to be on ...
'Daily Show' Returns -- As Alan Colmes Becomes Stephen Colbert's ...
Editor & Publisher - A little later, Stephen Colbert, on his show, shocked the world by introducing ex-Foxman, Alan Colmes, as his new co-host, now that Sean Hannity didn't want ...
CNN Gets Buzz It Wants (if Not the Way It Wants)
New York Times, United States - The message was an apparent reference to a parody song, "Barack the Magic Negro," that was broadcast on Rush Limbaugh's radio show in 2007. ...
PBS and NPR: Time To Change or RIP
Stay Thirsty Media, IL - There is no doubt that PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) and NPR (National Public Radio) produce superb content at the national level. ...
Mix your own NPR podcast
Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - National Public Radio has hundreds of great podcasts on music, technology, news, politics and lots of other topics. Now you can create your own custom ...
Station Identification: KPBS Faces 'Time of Tremendous Change'
Voice of San Diego, CA - As an example of the benefits of big gifts, he pointed to the late Joan Kroc's $200 million donation to the National Public Radio network. ...
Language matters matter - sometimes
Palladium-Item, IN - But when an announcer on National Public Radio did it last year, I sent him an e-mail. A week later he announced on the air that he had received hundreds of ...
"Larry" gets no respect, even for a lobster
The Banner-Graphic, IN - A friend tells me that Garrison Keillor, on his National Public Radio program "A Prairie Home Companion," often mentioned "Larry," a strange character of ...
WCCO-AM's overnight out-of-towner
MinnPost.com, MN - We're not getting a Mischke or Phil Hendrie; Grayson sounds likeably mainstream and a knowledgeable culture geek. If you want to get a flavor of how he ...
Mics Make the News Stand Out
Radio World, VA - Bob now makes microphones for radio applications (used by Tom Joyner and Art Bell among others), and for us in the field, handheld microphones. ...
Ryan Seacrest show coming to Star 94
Bizjournals.com, NC - Ryan Seacrest's original syndicated radio show, American Top 40, is heard on nearly 500 stations in the US and around the world.
Ryan Seacrest's Got A Playmate
Actress Archives, NY - Known in recent years as the altruistic, often avuncular host/co-host of every televised event known to mankind, Ryan Seacrest is indeed a man in need of a ...
Bubba's Raw Deal - Stern Devalued
istockAnalyst.com (press release), OR - Sure the model has worked for Opie and Anthony, but at least they had a satellite radio portion each day. With the Bubba deal, fans will only get the "REAL ...
Howard Stern: Rebecca Romijin-Jerry O'Connell welcome twin girls!
Newsday, NY - Celebrity couple Rebecca Romijin and Jerry O'Connell finally had their twin girls, according to Howard Stern, who mentioned it on his Sirius radio show this ...
Where is Artie Lange? Not on the Stern show
Newsday, NY - The Howard Stern Show returned after a two-week vacation without comedian Artie Lange yet again. Monday morning's show opened with the crew mentioning the ...
Anybody miss Imus?
New York Daily News, NY - Somewhere, on some radio station that has nothing to do with sports, Don Imus and his leering crew are surely droning on about stuff. ...
Anybody miss Imus?
New York Daily News, NY - Boomer Esiason is one of the most pleasant listens on talk radio. No grown man should ever be required to run through an inflated plastic helmet on his way ...
Fox Earns 19.9 Overnight For Eagles-Vikings; NBC Sets High Mark
SportsBusiness Daily (subscription), NC - NBC's Dan Patrick on his radio show today indicated that he "didn't even know that Millen would be part of the Super Bowl coverage, or even the Saturday ...
CCTTN Debuts Real-Time Traffic On HD
Streaming Magazine, FL - SAN ANTONIO -- January 5, 2009: Clear Channel Radio's Total Traffic Network is launching its real-time traffic services over HD Radio channels,and Dual ...
Clear Channel's KYSR-FM program director resigns
Daily Breeze, CA - I haven't made radio industry predictions for the new year in quite some time. And I won't attempt too many now - except to say it will probably be a roller ...
New Year's Best Resolution: Proving You Deliver
Audio Graphics, OH - I find it unique that we can read about a Clear Channel GM meeting where the soldiers will be given marching orders based on the worth of talent and sales ...
Houston radio gets Classic Cool
Houstonist, USA - And we've never been happy about the homogenization of our airwaves thanks to Clear Channel's omnipresence. Today, long-time Houston radio disc jockey ...
Hubbard Makes Predictions For Radio In '09
Streaming Magazine, FL - The only positive here is that Clear Channel got benchmarked as a valuation before the crash. That is the only floor left for the industry. 6. ...
Martin Joins CBS Radio/San Francisco As VP/Programming
Streaming Magazine, FL - Martin started his career in Los Angeles radio at KIIS-FM. He earlier worked in San Francisco at Clear Channel's KYLD and was most recently CC's ...
Auto sales slump cuts into radio advertising
New Orleans CityBusiness, LA - Clear Channel Radio New Orleans Vice President Dick Lewis said advertising for his seven radio stations has been down all year but declined to give specific ...
John Banaag - The Magic Man: DJ John Magic
Asianjournal.com, CA - The 32-year-old Banaag better known as DJ John Magic is the Number 1 radio on-air personality and DJ in Central California. Since joining Clear Channel KBOS ...
Tre Tailor gets the 'Kiss'-off
The State, SC - Doug Williams, the afternoon drive-time DJ, is now listed as the 10 am to 2 pm host for the station, which is owned by Citadel Broadcasting. ...
Reassessing prospects for CBS
Radio Business Report, Virginia - In radio, Barclays is projecting that industry revenues will decline 18% in Q4 and the analysts note that CBS Radio has been trailing the industry by ...
Matt Millen? In NBC press release, overwrought praise
Los Angeles Times, CA - Heck, it was his player insights during his stints as an NFL broadcaster on Fox and CBS and Westwood One radio that helped Millen get hired by the Detroit ...
Ted Robinson Becomes Voice of the 49ers
SF49ers.com - Robinson has also called many other sports, including NCAA Basketball Championship for 22 years on CBS and Westwood One, Olympic sports for NBC, ...
NRG Media Flips KOIL-AM/Omaha to News/Talk
Radio Online, TX - NRG Media flips Childrens KOIL-AM (Radio Disney)/Omaha to News/Talk as "The All-New KOIL 1180" with a line-up of mostly syndicated programming. ...
DeFeo Leaves TownHall.com For Washington Times
mediabistro.com, NY - He also oversaw the web sites for Salem Communications' five nationally syndicated talk radio hosts, Salem Radio Network News' SRNNews.com and Salem's 26 ...
WEEI signs Ordway to a new multi-year contract
Boston Globe, United States - The New England unit of Entercom Communications Corp. said today that it has re-signed WEEI Sports Radio host Glenn Ordway to a new multi-year contract. ...
Emmis Ups WQHT GSM Harry Clark to New York DOS
Radio Online, TX - Clark joined Hot 97 in 2006 as Local Sales Manager and previously worked for Arbitron/Dallas as Western Divisional Manager for its Radio Station Services. ...
Helicopter Goes Down, 2 men unhurt
KGMB9, HI - Next thing I know we were hanging upside down and I was looking up at the sky," said Caughill, the Cox Radio Hawaii technician that was going to be working ...
Cox Sells For ABC TV Sites
MediaPost Publications, New York - Cox Cross Media represents some 700 sites linked with TV outlets as well as local radio stations and some newspapers. Its portfolio also includes mobile ...
Tony Bruno lands ESPN950 show
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - The station carried his old morning show, then syndicated by Sporting News Radio, before it was dumped a year ago. Bruno's show is now heard on about a ...
BCS locked in through 2014
Arizona Republic, AZ - "It's not the bowl games at fault," Tim Brando of CBS Sports and Sporting News Radio said. "It's the commissioners and presidents who have turned this into ...
Spanish-language radio stations refocus their missions
Yakima Herald-Republic, WA - Arbitron ratings -- based both on the percentage of listeners in any given 15-minute period and how long they listen -- are what drive radio advertising. ...
Hubbard Makes Predictions For Radio In '09
Streaming Magazine, FL - The People Meter will be a disaster for radio. We lived for years on imprecise Arbitron numbers, but we all knew that this system was over-estimating the ...
Christian Contemporary Radio Stations Continue Steady Growth
BREATHEcast.com, CA - And in a review of Arbitron ratings over the last decade, religious radio showed steady growth, while other formats, such as classical, oldies and even rock ...
FCC Reform Conference
Public Knowledge Tech News and Comment, D.C. - The FCC used to have a Pioneer's Preference program that recognized the special problems of radio technology and regulatory approval. ...
Converting to HDTV: A viewer's tale of woe (part 1 of 3)
Examiner.com - by Ken Judah Freed, Media Industry Examiner To check reception of local HDTV broadcasts, I used an FCC coupon to buy an analog-to-digital converter box. ...
Will digitial TV conversion be the Y2K disaster we never had?
Change of Subject - Chicago Tribune Blog, IL - It would have been smarter for the FCC to roll out this conversion market by market or region by region over a few months: Start small. With Montana, say. ...
Are Poor Car Sales Priced Into Sirius XM?
istockAnalyst.com (press release), OR - Even as Ford, GM, Toyota and others are in the process of announcing yet another drop in sales, the stock of Sirius XM Radio is actually up. ...
MLB Rumors: XM Radio Edition
FakeTeams - by raygu on Jan 5, 2009 9:15 AM EST in Baseball I timed my trip to the grocery store just right and caught Lee Hacksaw Hamilton opening to his 3pm show this ...
XM Outage Darkens Garmin Weatherlink
AVweb, CT - Spokespersons for both Garmin and WxWorx, which massages the weather data for delivery through the XM Radio system, told AVweb on Monday morning that no one ...
Sirius XM On Blackberry
istockAnalyst.com (press release), OR - With all of the news making the rounds on a satellite radio application for the iPhone and Mac's, I thought it would be appropriate for me to revisit a ...
Music industry eases tactics in fighting piracy
Reuters - ... investigation of radio payola. The RIAA maintains that it won't seek government regulatory or legislative enforcement to get ISPs to agree to the plan, ...
Oil-rich dictator cultivated by Prince Andrew blocks BBC broadcasts
Daily Mail, UK - Voice of America and Radio Free Europe were also barred, prompting a withering US State Department condemnation last week that the move would represent 'a ...
Hispanic radio industry pioneer dies
BusinessWeek - McHenry Taylor Tichenor Sr., who helped develop the Hispanic radio industry in the United States, has died at the age of 76. Tichenor died Saturday in Round ...
Oakland A's touch that dial: New radio deal
Bizjournals.com, NC - The Oakland A's are jumping to a new flagship radio station, announcing a one-year deal with KTRB 860 AM for this coming season. ...
Levin Re-Ups With ABC Radio Networks
Streaming Magazine, FL - DALLAS -- January 5, 2009: The Mark Levin Show is nearing its third anniversary, and the conservative talk host has just re-upped with ABC Radio Networks in ...
Houston radio gets Classic Cool
Houstonist, USA - Houstonist's AM radio dial has been missing something ever since KBME (The Best Music Ever) went syndicated Animal on us. K-Hits is great if you consider ...
Georgia Radio Reading Service seeks order against ex-volunteer
Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA - By DERRICK MAHONE A Cobb County judge has been asked to issue a restraining order against a former volunteer at Georgia Radio Reading Service (GARRS). ...
A's New Radio Station
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo and Ray Fosse will continue to do the radio broadcasts, with Robert Buan doing the postgame show. Most important for listeners ...
Northeast Public Radio CEO Makes Unintentionally Hilarious Case ...
NewsBusters - ... "Making the case for Caroline Kennedy," by WAMC Northeast Public Radio CEO, Alan Chartock, is that it was not meant as a satire. ...
Local radio community mourns the guy who gave them their starts
Burlington Times News, NC - Bill Diffee worked for every radio station in Burlington, said his best friend and industry colleague Harry Myers. His influence on local radio was broad ...
Radio Netherlands in partnership with NRC Handelsblad
Radio Netherlands, Netherlands - Radio Netherlands Worldwide has launched a partnership with the international website of the Dutch national daily, NRC Handelsblad. ...
Wedding bells for radio star Roo
Swindon Advertiser, UK - "He's my radio husband," she said. "Jez was so excited he ran round the studio after I surprised him on air with the news."
Radio Host, Missouri Native dies
KY3, MO - by Los Angeles Chronicle By Gene Hartley, Paul Adler SAVANNAH, GA - Don Zeman, known to millions of radio listeners and television viewers across the ...
