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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Colorado Media Matters: KOA's Rosen allowed right-wing think tank guest to understate renewables' share of U.S. electricity supply
Doyle Adds 20, Money Pit, Racing Rocks Pick Up Affiliates
Streaming Magazine, FL - United Stations' Radio Networks' Racing Rocks also has three new stations, adding KRFX/Denver, WROV/Roanoke, and WVVB/Birmingham. The NASCAR-themed two-hour ...
The top 10 comedic stories from 2008
Bennington Banner, VT - James Dobson's Focus on the Family called for a storm of biblical proportions to disrupt the outdoor acceptance speech of Barack Obama on last day of the ...
It's the Al Franken and Roland Burris comedy show
Kansas City Star, MO - By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist Former "Saturday Night Live" comedian Al Franken is the elected US Senator from Minnesota. ...
Roland Burris/Al Franken
TIME - Over in Minnesota, former comedian Al Franken was declared the winner of a two month long recount effort over incumbent Norm Coleman by a mere 225 votes. ...
Coleman sues over Minnesota Senate recount result
The Associated Press - (AP) - Republican Norm Coleman filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging Democrat Al Franken's apparent recount victory in Minnesota's US Senate race, ...
Political Wisdom: Is it Sen. Al Franken - Or Not?
Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - Al Franken now - or not? "Minnesota's canvassing board is set to certify comedian Al Franken as the winner of the Senate race by 225 votes, ...
SheWired's Top 10 Women Who Love Women
SheWired, CA - A voice of sanity on the airwaves during the primaries and the election season, The Rachel Maddow Show radio show airs on Air America, while she's tearing ...
Junior Gotti asks judge to release him from prison while awaiting ...
New York Daily News, NY - Gotti, 44, has won three mistrials on federal conspiracy charges that include the assault and kidnapping of radio host Curtis Sliwa. ...
Axis of Friendship Festival Calls for Peace, Not a War Against Iran
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, DC - More than 2500 people attended the event, which also featured speeches by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Deepak Chopra and others. Protesters greeted attendees ...
Two Views Ahmadinejad and the US Media
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, DC - By contrast, hosts Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez of "Democracy Now!" lived up to their reputation for covering news that goes underreported - or in ...
Jim Zorn Listens to Dr. Laura
Washington Post Blogs, DC - but to me, the standout quote was this: "I've heard on the radio Dr. Laura Schlessinger -- she is a talk show host that has some real sense, I admire her a ...
Michael Reagan coming to Beaumont
Texas Examiner, TX - ... Torch Awards for Marketplace Trust banquet on May 5 will be Michael Reagan, author, radio talk show host, and adopted son of President Ronald Reagan. ...
Barack Obama In Limbo
Yankton Daily Press, SD - 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 ...
Discussing Israel/Gaza on right-wing talk radio
Salon - Last night, I was on The Hugh Hewitt Show to discuss the Israeli attack on Gaza -- or what The New York Times now actually calls "Israel's war on the ...
Hewitt Interview: Hamas and Iran, Fatah and Israel
ThreatsWatch.Org - The audio from Monday's interview with Hugh Hewitt on his national radio program is available here if you missed the program and were interested in ...
Sept. 11 shaped some of Bush legacy
MLive.com, MI - Hugh Hewitt is a nationally syndicated radio talk show host and executive editor of Townhall.com. His most recent book is "The War Against the West. ...
Obama Spending Plan Will Throw Good Money After Bad
Opinion Editorials, VA - Michael Medved points out in his new book, "The 10 Big Lies About America," history demonstrates that presidents who reduced spending during hard times ...
Doyle Adds 20, Money Pit, Racing Rocks Pick Up Affiliates
Streaming Magazine, FL - ... with Talk Radio Network announcing that conservative talker Jerry Doyle has picked up 20 new stations in recent months, including WCFO/Atlanta, ...
Laura Ingraham v. Michael Newdow On Public God Reference
Post Chronicle - by Michael J. Gaynor On January 5, 2009, Laura Ingraham hosted on her radio show Dr. Michael Newdow, described on Laura's website as "one of America's ...
Billionaire targets conservatives
Rome Sentinel, NY - CAP's intention is to do away with broadcasts like Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and others like them. Why? Because George Soros doesn't like ...
Dobbs on NM investigation: "Maybe (Richardson) messed with Senator ...
Media Matters for America, DC - Summary: On his radio show, Lou Dobbs baselessly suggested that Hillary Clinton and James Carville "ratcheted up" the federal investigation into business ...
Savage on Obama choice for CIA director: "(M)aybe Bill Ayers ...
Media Matters for America, DC - ... Michael Savage asserted on the January 5 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show that "maybe (former Weather Underground member) Bill Ayers ...
Alan Colmes plays Colbert's sidekick for a day
The Associated Press - NEW YORK (AP) - Divorced from his longtime co-host Sean Hannity, Alan Colmes was adopted by Stephen Colbert - for a day, at least. On Monday's "The Colbert ...
Twitter Accounts of Britney Spears, Barack Obama Hacked
KTLA, CA - Comments about the romantic tendencies of Bill O'Reilly showed up on Fox News's page. Twitter has deleted the fake posts and reset the passwords on the ...
The $6 Million Social Worker
The Baltimore Chronicle, MD - Far behind are factually-challenged Sean Hannity with a five-year $100 million contract, and Bill O'Reilly, the bloviator-in-chief, who is cashing a measly ...
Limbaugh: 'Segregationist' Reid Barred Burris From Senate
NewsMax.com, FL - Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh on Tuesday compared Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to infamous Southern segregationists Lester Maddox and George Wallace, ...
Republicans 'aghast' at plan
Straits Times, Singapore - Rush Limbaugh, the dean of right-wing talk radio, said the only way Mr Obama and 'liberal Democrats' could meet their target was to restore the draft and ...
Who's Up and Who's Down After RNC Chairman Debate?
Human Events, DC - (which was actually produced and played on national radio by Rush Limbaugh). As always, Michael Steele was genial and articulate -- citing his background as ...
MPR replaces 'Jazz Connection' with 'Radio Heartland'
Pioneer Press, MN - Lately, radio has been feeling the pinch of the current economic climate. Last month, National Public Radio announced plans to cut 7 percent of its ...
FM 89 Considers Midday Program Change
KUAR, AR - 10, National Public Radio announced several budget cuts as a means to deal with a projected $23 million budget deficit for the current fiscal year. ...
Bob and Ray live again
Wicked Local Eastham, MA - Garrison Keillor, another fan of Bob and Ray, said, "They were masters of a rare brand of silliness that still makes me laugh until I weep," and movie ...
Howard Stern: More People Listen To Me Than Watch Jay Leno
Popeater, NY - "I kind of watched Howard Stern," says Leno. "On radio, Howard to me was a populist. The truck driver, the average guy would listen in the cafe, the truck, ...
Return of the Sanjaya
Los Angeles Times, CA - Eventually Sanjaya ended up hijacking Season Six as Idol haters (votefortheworst.com and Howard Stern) rallied around his exotic name and appearance and ...
ABC Radio Networks Kicks Off 'The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40' This ...
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 6 /PRNewswire/ -- ABC Radio Networks kicks off its new agreement with Dees Entertainment this weekend as the syndication representative of "The Rick Dees ...
Millen In "Unusual" Predicament In Move From Front Office To NBC
SportsBusiness Daily (subscription), NC - Syndicated radio host Jim Rome said Millen "was an excellent analyst. He just was not a very good football executive, and to say that he has no credibility ...
Clear Channel offering traffic info on HD Radio
Bizjournals.com, NC - Clear Channel Radio's Total Traffic Network is now offering its real-time traffic services over high definition (HD) radio channels. ...
Houston Radio's Sports-Talk Battle Goes On
Houston Press, TX - At the time we wrote, KGOW ("The Game") was not yet on the air, but it was poised to take on radio giants CBS (KILT-AM), Clear Channel (KBME, ...
Cumulus to move stations
Cincinnati.com, OH - The US Justice Department in February ordered Clear Channel, the nation's largest radio station owner, to divest the two FM stations here when approving the ...
Chris Berry Heads West to KSPN-AM
MEDIAWEEK - The announcement comes one day after Citadel Broadcasting, the owner of WMAL, consolidated general manager responsibilities for all three of its stations in ...
Radio: Who will survive?
Radio Business Report, Virginia - In order of decline, she sees CBS Radio down 13.9%, Citadel down 12.7%, Entercom down 11.7%, Radio One down 11.5%, Entravision Radio down 11.3%, ...
Kevin Calabro Joins 710 ESPN Seattle
MyNorthwest.com, Seattle - During the summer of 2000, he was selected by The Westwood One Radio Network to be the voice of the United States Men's 2000 Olympic Basketball Team. ...
Terry Bowden returns to football at D-2 N. Alabama
Williamson Daily News, WV - Bowden has been out of coaching for a decade and is currently a broadcaster for Westwood One Radio and a college football writer for Yahoo Sports. ...
Radio network gives Obama ad money to pro-life groups
BP News, TN - (BP)--Under FCC law, Bott Radio Network -- an evangelical chain of stations covering 14 states -- was required to run political advertisements paid for by ...
KACY radio station owner makes court appearance
Arkcity.net - The search was conducted by officers of the Cowley County Drug Task Force, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Arkansas City Police Department, ...
John Gilbert Lord, 1922-2008: Sound engineer who aided Naperville ...
Chicago Tribune, United States - ... biggest clients was the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra. He left his business in 1952 and went to work at KGLO radio and television in Mason City, Iowa. ...
CES kickoff event: first Internet radio for car is the coolest at ...
VentureBeat, CA - There may be a reason no one has tried Internet radio in the car before, but if it works, it's going to change the landscape for players like XM Sirius ...
Azerbaijan restricts foreign broadcasting companies
International Herald Tribune, France - But Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, or RFE/RL, a radio and television broadcaster financed by the US government with representation in most countries of ...
Radio Silence
Transitions Online, Czech Republic - "The Soviet authorities used to jam Radio Liberty and the Voice of America. Now, they actually revert to jamming, but using different, quite legal tools. ...
Pandora Radio version 2.0 launching for iPhone today
VentureBeat, CA - Pandora Radio, Pandora's iPhone application, was the top downloaded app in Apple's App Store for all of 2008. By the end of 2008 it had been downloaded over ...
Braves closer to naming radio team
AtlantaBraves.com, GA - By Mark Bowman / MLB.com ATLANTA -- The Braves are getting closer to selecting their new radio broadcast team. But a source with knowledge of the ...
Suspension Ending for Talk-Show Host
New York Times, United States - Jonathan Ross, who hosted programs on BBC1 and Radio 2, was suspended from both in October after appearing on the radio show of the comedian Russell Brand, ...
Multiple revenue streams key to TV, radio's sales future
SmartBrief, DC - Although the TV and radio sales market is likely to be down this year, broadcasters will be taking key steps to expand their revenue base into Web and other ...
Channel 2 lays off one person: anchor Wendy Corona
Houston Chronicle, United States - Veteran Houston bandleader and radio voice Ronnie Renfrow is back on the air with his Classic Cool Radio program, which airs from 4 pm to signoff weekdays ...
Local Radio Legend Dies
MSNBC - KOGO radio confirmed Tuesday morning that Martin, who was know to fans as the Happy Hare, passed away on Monday. He was 81. Martin was so popular as a ...
A's get new radio home, may bring back Giambi soon
Contra Costa Times, CA - The A's only concrete news Monday was their deal with KTRB, giving the team a flagship station with a stronger signal than 1550-AM, the A's previous radio ...
Kitchen Radio: Ed Witt
Metromix, IL - Kitchen Radio explores this special relationship by asking a culinary pro to talk less about stock and more about rock. Here, we chat with Bloomingdale Road ...
Canadians Like Their Radio Drama
Radio World, VA - by James Careless, 01.06.2009 The heyday of radio drama and comedy may have passed with the advent of television, but original and old-time broadcasts have ...
