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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Colorado Media Matters: Repeating EFCA falsehood, Independence Institute's Oliver attacked Rep. Markey for "pay(ing) back" labor donors
Colorado Media Matters: KHOW's Boyles falsely described federal gun bill, fabricating government home inspections and ad hoc mental exams
Colorado Media Matters: Rosen's column moving to the Post; will editors hold him accountable for false and misleading information?
Nuggets announcer Scott Hastings does not think highly of Jay Cutler
Westword, CO
You can listen to Hastings' rant yourself; he delivered it on Dan Patrick's radio show this morning. But if your office doesn't appreciate you streaming little-bitch bombs, here are highlights, via cnnsi.com: Jay Cutler lost Hastings' respect when he ...
Nuggets TV Analyst On Jay Cutler: "I Think He's A Little Bitch"
Deadspin, NY
But that's what Denver "TV analyst" Scott Hastings called Jay Cutler on Dan Patrick's show today. Hastings told Patrick his dislike of Cutler began after the punky qb in training boasted about how his arm was better than Elway's and when he didn't show ...
Jay Cutler Insulted by Nuggets' TV Guy
FanHouse, NY
The Nuggets TV analyst visited with Dan Patrick on the radio Tuesday and, given all the hullabaloo about a possible trade, was asked to share his feelings about the Broncos quarterback. Hastings isn't a fan, and was more than happy to make sure that he ...
Suspense builds for Debutante Ball
Denver Post, CO
My Big Greek Roast, honoring Denver Broncos trainer Steve "Greek" Antonopulos, takes place March 14 at Invesco Field. Ron Zappolo and Dave Logan will emcee this benefit for Dani's Foundation; details available at danisfoundation.org.
Jared Polis hits section cover in the Denver newspaper bloggers ...
Westword, CO
The Rocky was the home of Mike the big Angst Rosen -- whose pretentious complaining will now be limited to a talk radio station that I never listen to. So, yeah, I am happy that the Rocky failed. They supported Bush in 2000 and in 2004. ...
21st Century Tea Party Goes Digital
Human Events, DC
Jon Caldara, a Denver talk show host and president of the Independence Institute, called on attendees to adopt many of the techniques utilized by the left in 2008 to successfully elect Obama. "We are not good at this," he told the crowd. ...
An Evangelical's Goodbye to Dr. Dobson
Spot-On
Dr. James Dobson stepped down last week from his post as chairman of the worldwide Focus on the Family ministry. I have been critical of the political involvement of Dr. Dobson and other evangelical leaders, and will continue to watch how he and Focus ...
Evangelicals ponder 'who's the next Dobson?'
Washington Times, DC
The long-expected resignation of Focus on the Family's James Dobson highlights an open secret among America's roughly 70 million evangelicals: There are no obvious successors to the group of evangelical leaders who created massive organizations or ...
Adoption Emerges As The Next Gay Rights Battle
On Top Magazine, OH
The FCAC is partially funded by James Dobson's conservative ministry Focus on the Family Action. While the law affects both gay and straight couples, it disproportionately impacts gay couples who cannot legally marry in the state. ...
Keeping Matters In Focus: Why James Dobson’s ‘Retirement’ Isn’t ...
Americans United, DC
I’m underwhelmed by the news that James Dobson will no longer serve as chairman of Focus on the Family (FOF). Most people know Dobson through his daily radio broadcasts, which reach millions. Dobson will continue doing those. ...
Franken starts with voters in Minn. Senate case
Boston Herald, United States
Democrat Al Franken is beginning his side of the Minnesota Senate trial by asking voters who may have had their absentee ballots rejected tell their stories. Several took the stand in the early going today, the day after Republican Norm Coleman rested ...
Franken called it: Limbaugh is GOP’s ‘national precinct chairman’
Minnesota Independent, MN
From his 1996 book “Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations,” here is how Al Franken put Limbaugh’s place in politics: “(H)e’s used his platform to become national precinct chairman for the Republican party. ...
Duluth's request for more Franken cash denied
Minneapolis City Pages, MN
Coleman When Duluth City Clerk Jeff Cox was subpoenaed by Al Franken's campaign for the recount trial, he told the lawyers to pay up or get lost. Franken's team offered him $105 for his time, but the city said he deserved $1100 to cover mileage, time, ...
Franken team presents case as Coleman suggests election redo
Pioneer Press, MN
Inside the courtroom Tuesday, they heard from 23 voters whose stories attorneys for Democrat Al Franken said will help them with that chore. Outside the courtroom, Republican Norm Coleman, who sued to overturn Franken's narrow lead, said the judges' ...
GOP Chair Michael Steele: 'Franken Stealing Coleman's Senate Seat'
Brad Blog
At least if the latest fund raising letter from Steele, charging "liberal Democrat comedian Al Franken" as "stealing Norm Coleman's US Senate seat in Minnesota" is any indication. On the same day that former Senator Coleman rested his so-far failed ...
Coleman wonders if judges can find a winner
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN
Coleman, a Republican, questioned whether the panel will be able to certify him or DFLer Al Franken as the candidate with more legitimate votes. "I think the court is going to have to reflect on that," Coleman said during a break in the trial, ...
Coleman camp asks that election result be 'set aside'
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN
Jim Mone, AP Norm Coleman attorney Joe Friedberg rests his eyes as Pamela Howell, background, is cross examined by Al Franken's attorneys during the Senate vote recount trial Monday. Request was made as Franken's lawyers prepare to make their case. ...
My View: Bill an attempt to muzzle free speech
MLive.com, MI
Unlike government-run programs, talk radio has to be commercially viable. Talk radio has to make a profit to be successful, and liberal attempts at talk radio such as Air America have been miserable business failures. The absurdity of the Fairness ...
Balance of Power with Tucker Carlson and Ana Marie Cox
Washington Post, United States
They both write for The Daily Beast, and she's a national correspondent for Air America Radio. They were online Tuesday, March 3 to offer their analysis of the first weeks of the Obama presidency and other goings-on in the world of politics. ...
This is a rush transcript from "The O'Reilly Factor," March 2 ...
FOXNews
They kicked it over to MSNBC, these people, and Air America on the radio, and they said, OK, demonize this guy. But now it's inside the White House. Now it's to the chief of staff level. So I'm saying to myself, there has got to be more than Rush ...
American press too stupid, evil and cowardly to live, alleges left ...
Wired News
There are now progressive voices on MSNBC, Comedy Central, and Air America, but they are still overwhelmed by (the) Right's enormous megaphone. “Republicans in Congress can count on overwhelming message support in their home districts and homes states. ...
Republicans Decide at CPAC to Run on Empty
Huffington Post, NY
Just imagine if a floundering Democratic Party brought in Randi Rhodes to lead them. But it's worse than that. Rush Limbaugh's fire-breathing bombast is what helped Republicans lose their last two national elections! Why in heaven's name would a ...
Of Being A Better Advocate
Examiner.com
Today I almost ended up on The Ron Reagan Show which airs on AirAmerica radio. The producer wrote me and asked if I would be willing to talk with them about the Malika Calhoun story and, presumably, the accountability problems in Seattle and King ...
First thoughts: Backflips for Rush
MSNBC
Thom Hartmann along with anyone else who has paid close attention during the last eight years can attest that there's a shift in this party that is EXTREMELY unbecoming to the democracy of our country. We (middle-class and the working poor) are under ...
Jim Hightower's Tips on 21st Century Populism, and Obama's Rare ...
BuzzFlash, IL
National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of the forthcoming book, Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow, Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That ...
The unfairness of a Fairness Doctrine
Los Angeles Times, CA
told liberal radio host Bill Press, "I think it's absolutely time to pass a (fairness) standard." Stabenow promised congressional hearings by the end of the year. Although the Obama administration has said it is not inclined to support a new Fairness ...
New Big Brothers Big Sisters Campaign Calls for More Men to Mentor
PR Newswire (press release), NY
The Stews also enlisted the support of their sports and urban media buddies, including syndicated radio personality, Tom Joyner , to use the airwaves and websites to help spread the word about the need for African-American men to become mentors. ...
The GOP's Hip-Hop Makeover
The Nation., NY
In the past few weeks, Steele has reached out to the President via rap lyrics; advocated conservative principles in a television debate with Chuck D., star of the politically charged hip-hop group Public Enemy and, in a sign that Steele may be on to ...
Obama’s Coalition of the Unwilling
Truthdig, United States
Amy Goodman is the host of “Democracy Now!,” a daily international TV/radio news hour airing on more than 700 stations in North America. She was awarded the 2008 Right Livelihood Award, dubbed the “Alternative Nobel” prize, and received the award in ...
Morning Joe on the Morning Media Menu
mediabistro.com, NY
... "Morning Joe" co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski will call in to the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast. We'll talk to the duo about their recent broadcast from the White House, their new WABC radio show this year and more. ...
Monsters in Human Form
FrontPage magazine.com, CA
Dennis Prager hosts a nationally syndicated radio talk show based in Los Angeles. He is the author of four books, most recently "Happiness is a Serious Problem" (HarperCollins). His website is www.dennisprager.com. To find out more about Dennis Prager, ...
Ann Coulter on Conservatives, Limbaugh's CPAC Speech
FOXNews
Your favorite media personality either on TV or radio. Rush Limbaugh, 26; 17, Glenn Beck. Actually, I have to tell you the truth. When I saw that, A, I thought it was wrong, and B, I saw that and thought I can't believe my name is even on that list. ...
The Jonas Brothers are coming in July
BYU Newsnet, UT
On his radio station show, Glenn Beck said he has been to all of the big Fourth of July events, but Stadium of Fire is his favorite. He said the events include the largest Fourth of July parade and that no one will regret taking their family. ...
‘Who Is John Galt?‘
American Daily, OH
John Galt is talk radio show hosts like Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck who don’t shy away from controversy to keep listeners and sponsors happy, but rather face it so that the truth can be heard. John Galt is the coalition of Democrats and Republicans ...
Who's steering this sinking GOP ship?
Boston Globe, United States
"(I)f there is no thoughtful, rigorous presentation of conservative ideas, then conservatism by default becomes the raucous parochialism of Limbaugh, (Michael) Savage, (Sean) Hannity and company," he wrote, concluding: "Why have we allowed carny ...
Big radio struggles to keep up volume
Washington Times, DC
Among its many properties, the Texas-based company counts Premiere Radio Networks - home to Rush Limbaugh and Michael Savage, among many other broadcasters - as a subsidiary with 190 million listeners. Clear Channel's programming is heard on AM, FM, ...
Fairness vs. rights
Oregon Daily Emerald, OR
The target here is really the conservative-dominated "talk radio," infamous for such household name shock jocks as Rush Limbaugh, Don Imus and Michael Savage. Naturally, there has been serious outcry against the doctrine's reinstatement in this corner, ...
Does 'Change' Really Mean 'Debt'?
FOXNews
SEAN HANNITY, HOST: And our headline on this Monday night, a day when the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped another 300 points is "Obamanomics, Part Two, The Sequel." Now as Democrats like Ken Conrad and Byron Dorgan announced that they have ...
What is Sean Hannity Thinking?
CAUSA, Oregon's Immigrant Rights Coalition, OR
When it comes to mischaracterizing and making false statements about immigrant rights group like National Council of La Raza (NCLR), Fox News Conservative Talker Sean Hannity is one of the best. On Thursday, Media Matters brought us a story about Sean ...
Limbaugh chastens Steele
Patrol Magazine, NY
Phil Gingrey made the mistake of criticizing Rush: I mean, it’s easy if you’re Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh or even sometimes Newt Gingrich to stand back and throw bricks. You don’t have to try to do what’s best for your people and your party. ...
Counting the Cost of the Census
The New American
It is "the biggest White House power grab ever," Sean Hannity declared on his Fox News talk show, reacting to the announcement from the president's office that the census director "would work closely with White House senior management" on next year's ...
Presidents should not be associated with terrorists!
University of South Alabama News, AL
One night last week, I didn't have much to do, so I decided to watch Sean Hannity's show on Fox News. (Interestingly, the token liberal, Alan Colmes, is now off the show, so it's only Hannity.) Hannity led off with a piece about some horrible ...
In Defense of a Higher Quality of Name-calling
Anchor, RI
It sounds to this listener like Mr. Jindal has spent a bit too much time listening to the tired jeremiads of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. Speaking of Mr. Hannity (who is currently incapable of discussing current policies without uttering the word ...
Right Wing Claims Stock Market Declined Because Obama Was ...
Think Progress, DC
Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity touted the line as well, but added that the market’s problems started when Obama was nominated to be the Democratic Party’s candidate for president in the middle of last year: LIMBAUGH: To say that Obama has been in ...
Rush Limbaugh is a leader. Period.
American Spectator
Name a person in the media that's able to motivate others the way Rush motivates his listeners. Keith Olbermann? No. Bill O'Reilly? No. How about columnists? Does Paul Krugman motivate others? MoDo? Oh but he's a populist attention grabber, they say. ...
INDUSTRIALIZED CIVILIZATION MUST COLLAPSE
NewsWithViews.com, OR
Laura Ingraham, a former Supreme Court clerk and a former speechwriter in the Reagan Administration and still thinks he walks on water, now has her very popular radio program since 2001. She is often a guest on the Bill O’Reilly Factor on Fox. ...
GOP Seeks Balance With Conservative Icon Limbaugh
Washington Post, United States
Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, shown with former defense secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld at the White House in January, has created a quandary for the GOP. (By J. Scott Applewhite -- Associated Press) Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or ...
Rain, Rush and All the Media News for the Week
San Francisco Chronicle, USA
Rush Limbaugh was on all the major cablets the other night putting on a show. Rush bragged that "I don't need a TelePrompTer," forgetting that he had about 30 pages of notes in front of him, thus making the Obama reference make no sense whatsoever. ...
Limbaugh vs. Obama: So who won?
The Swamp - Tribune's Washington Bureau, DC
"Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer. Rush Limbaugh's whole thing is entertainment. Yes, it is incendiary. Yes, it is ugly." "Of course, the vociferous Limbaugh didn't take the comments in stride. Lashing back on his radio show Monday, he accused Steele of ...
GOP walks fine line with Limbaugh
Contra Costa Times, CA
... Rush Limbaugh has a knack for creating problems for those who do. Still smarting from consecutive electoral drubbings, Republicans now find themselves caught in a crossfire between Democrats pressuring them to denounce the conservative talk radio ...
Democrats' "apology" Web page mocks Limbaugh
CNN Political Ticker
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Democrats will continue Wednesday to portray Rush Limbaugh as the spokesman for the Republican Party by launching a Web page that mocks GOP leaders for apologizing to the radio host for criticizing or publicly disagreeing with him. ...
McAuliffe asks Republican to condemn Limbaugh remarks
CNN Political Ticker
WASHINGTON (CNN) – As national Democrats eagerly point to Rush Limbaugh’s influence among Republicans, one Virginia Democrat is looking to make the radio host a flash point in this year’s governor’s race. Terry McAuliffe, the former Democratic National ...
Sarah Palin? 'Nope, nope,' Rush Limbaugh
The Swamp - Tribune's Washington Bureau, DC
... having some ad-fun with the opposition, offers a new ad for cable TV consumption asking this about the weekend summit of the Conservative Political Action Committee at which radio's Rush Limbaugh stood his ground against President Barack Obama. ...
Pawlenty + Limbaugh + "orgy" = Press-release nirvana
KARE, MN
Instead, he spent the weekend in Washington at a right-wing orgy with Republican Party head Rush Limbaugh. Pawlenty was attempting to court his radically-conservative base - a base that loves him so much that he ended up second to last in their beauty ...
DNC chair: Limbaugh is 'the godfather' of the GOP
CNN Political Ticker
WASHINGTON (CNN) – The chairman of the Democratic National Committee persisted Tuesday in calling attention to his Republican counterpart Michael Steele’s apology to Rush Limbaugh, describing the radio host as “the godfather” of the GOP. ...
WaPo Reporter on MSNBC: Next GOP Nominee Must ‘Stand Up To Rush’
NewsBusters
Rush Limbaugh's on the radio, he's an entertainer. Some of the things he said is ugly and incendiary. Exhibit A is 'Barack the magic Negro' that got air time on Limbaugh's radio station. And you know, it almost seems like the Republican Party needs a ...
Ode to the unhappy Conservatism let you down? Obama nothing more ...
San Francisco Chronicle, USA
Perhaps the new de facto king of the GOP, Rush Limbaugh, praying aloud that Obama fails as he scrunches up his sweaty, bulbous face and scans the horizon for the slightest glimmer of a tolerable future Republican candidate who can shove us, well, ...
Rush Limbaugh Has Balls Of Steele
Wonkette (satire), DC
So anyway yes, Michael Steele spoke ill of Rush Limbaugh on late-night television, and then Rush Limbaugh said mean things about Michael Steele on the radio, and then Steele had to apologize because Rush Limbaugh makes a gazillion dollars a year ...
David Letterman: Rush Limbaugh a 'Bonehead'
AOL News Newsbloggers, VA
By David Knowles Is Rush Limbaugh the de facto head of the GOP? Maybe, maybe not. But David Letterman has another title for the radio talk show host turned kingmaker: Don't look for Letterman to apologize, ala Michael Steele, any time soon. ...
Has Taking on Rush Ever Worked?
RushLimbaugh.com (subscription), CA
They've been trying to make the case all weekend that Rush Limbaugh was the face and the leader and the intellectual force of the Republican Party. Here Michael Steele, the newly elected chairman of the Republican Party, criticized him. ...
Michael Steele Hand-Delivers His Own Rear End to Rush Limbaugh
AOL News Newsbloggers, VA
Two days after calling Rush Limbaugh a mere "entertainer" with an "incendiary" talk show, Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele apologized and acknowledged the radio commentator as a "national conservative leader. ...
McCain: GOP lost 'big-time,' must rally
The Swamp - Tribune's Washington Bureau, DC
Rush Limbaugh is one of them,'' McCain told Neil Cavuto on FOX's Your World with Cavuto. "(RNC Chairman) Michael Steele, I respect enormously, the governors, (Tim) Pawlenty (of Minnesota) and (Bobby) Jindal (of Louisiana) and (Sarah) Palin (of Alaska, ...
The Myth of Rush v. GOP
Sound Politics, WA
The media feeding frenzy over the now settled contretemps between Rush Limbaugh & Michael Steele is ridiculous. I just watched a supposedly neutral journalist on one of the cable nets gleefully declare this to be "a war for the heart and the soul of ...
Gov. Crist: Be the Independent Thinking Man
TPMCafé, NY
Rush Limbaugh needs to be put in his place sir. This man is a radio talk show host. He does nothing but 'talk' and 'bicker with others'. He has no responsibilities. He doesn't have to make sure his State or Country's economy is safe. ...
The Stupid Party
Lone Star Times, TX
“Rush Limbaugh, his whole thing is entertainment,” Steele said then. “Yes, it’s incendiary. Yes, it’s ugly.” Yes friends, that is correct. Big, bloated government has been loosed in Washington, led by The Pied Messiah and his magical bottomless bag of ...
Blaming Obama for the Dow
The Washington Independent, DC
The sinking Dow Jones Industrial Average is emerging as an attack line for Republicans—on his radio show today, Rush Limbaugh claimed that “capital is on strike” against the president—but there’s some message muddle about when, exactly, Obama started ...
Epic Fail: The Unpatriotism of America's Conservatives
Jossip, NY
Patient zero of this disgusting plague was Rush Limbaugh, the moronic talk radio jockey who – and we borrow a line from Vincent Gallo here – is burdened by the physique of a slave trader and the brain of a goldfish. Asked to use 400 words or less to ...
The Alex Jones Show - LIVE - March 3 With Richard C. Cook
Prison Planet.com
Alex also talks about the latest news with regular guest Mike Rivero, publisher of the popular website WRH and GCN radio host. Finally, Alex welcomes back to the program author, consultant, and former US federal government analyst who in 1986 became ...
Tony Farmer wants you to know the truth
Ball State Daily News, IN
Vice President John Michael Boger, one of the Truth Movement's founders, said he had his 'wake up' moment in high school after listening to alternative news host Alex Jones. Boger said Jones talks about non-mainstream media news and promotes activism ...
On camera, Garrison Keillor hits the road
MLive.com, MI
Written and directed by Peter Rosen, with Sara Lukinson weaving her script from Keillor's monologues, the film is "Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes." Talk about truth in title. Keillor indeed performs in red shoes, his preferred ...
When your brother dies
Salon
(Garrison Keillor is the author of a new Lake Wobegon novel, "Liberty," published by Viking.) Garrison Keillor is the creator and host of the nationally syndicated radio show "A Prairie Home Companion," broadcast on more than 500 public radio stations ...
Museum of Broadcast Communications invokes spirit of Paul Harvey
Chicago Tribune, United States
With the end of Paul Harvey's 58 years of "News & Comment" and Don McNeill's extended run before that with the "Breakfast Club" on what originally was NBC's Blue Network, Bruce DuMont notes this week was the first since 1933 that a national ABC Radio ...
Steele: Rest in peace, Paul Harvey
Savannah Morning News, GA
And now Paul Harvey is gone, and I don't yet have a new radio home. The three people who inspired me to talk to the folks via the radio all pass on. Irony of ironies, I don't get to eulogize any of them on the radio. So in a medium that is foreign to ...
Remembering Paul Harvey, voice of America
Kansas City Star, MO
Paul Harvey was created more than 60 years ago when Joe Kennedy recommended that he be promoted to a national show. The ABC radio studios were housed in the Chicago Merchandise Mart, which Kennedy owned. “Harvey found a way to ride the tide of ...
Harvey had way with words, and silence
Dickinson Press, ND
He could so seamlessly transition from news to a paid advertisement that it took a few moments to realize that this revolutionary mattress wasn’t really news, Paul Harvey just made it seem that way. I grew up with my ear almost attached to the radio. ...
Salina remembers Paul Harvey
KSN-TV, KS
By Justin Kraemer SALINA, Kansas – Legendary radio host Paul Harvey passed away over the weekend. His career is now being celebrated across the country, including Salina where he worked one of his first jobs. In fact, his presence is still being felt ...
Report: No Decision Yet On Harvey's Successor
Streaming Magazine, FL
NEW YORK -- March 3, 2009: The death of Paul Harvey leaves three daily time slots to be filled by ABC Radio Networks, but ABCRN spokesman Louis Allen tells the New York Daily News that no long-term plans have yet been made. He said, "We will discuss ...
Since You Asked: Stand by for an answer about Paul Harvey
Mail Tribune, OR
I heard that Paul Harvey, the popular radio commentator who died Sunday, visited Medford during the festivities marking the opening of Rogue Valley Manor. Is there any truth to that? We checked it out, Chad, and it's true. Harvey, who died March 1 at ...
Cyrus Hit Backs At 'Revealing Photo' Claims
San Francisco Chronicle, USA
She tells radio host Ryan Seacrest, "I don't get the big whoop, but whatever. I guess I'm not allowed to jog any more. "(We) wanted to have a car wash. It's, like, 100 degrees out. As I'm running, it (the shirt) got a little bit lower and you could see ...
'The Bachelor' host Chris Harrison: I expect a retraction and apology
Reality TV World, MA
"That report that Us magazine came out with is so unbelievably irresponsible," Harrison told American Idol host Ryan Seacrest during a Tuesday appearance on his KIIS-FM radio show. "(It is) unbelievably made up and just all-out lies. ...
Random Thoughts
San Diego Reader, CA
Don't tell me that they're thinking of voicetracking her voice for Ryan Seacrest's voicetracked show? Idea for The San Diego Chargers: could the San Diego Chargers trade LaDamian Tomlinson to the US government for a share of the federal bailout money ...
Britney Spears' Fashion Moment with Dsquared2 and Candie's
Fashion Wire Daily (subscription), NY
The show, which Spears’ manager Larry Rudolph told Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM radio show Tuesday will be “full-blown, full-out Britney Spears show….a pop extravaganza” and will also feature aerialists, martial arts and Spears’ signature slew of ...
Comedian Andrew Dice Clay Discusses Getting Fired on "Celebrity ...
Gather.com, MA
Comedian Andrew Dice Clay was back on The Howard Stern Show today, this time he was detailing getting kicked off Celebrity Apprentice. Andrew Dice Clay was the first celebrity to get fired from the new season of Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice. ...
Help Rush Limbaugh Pick A State For His 2010 Run! (note: it's hard)
TPMCafé, NY
Don Imus got fired for calling a women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos", but you kept your job. Amazing! But running for office while saying stuff like that could get you in trouble. North Dakota. A record-setting cold season up here gave plenty of ...
Chimp cartoon at least gets America talking
DetNews.com, MI
It is our five-alarm eruptions like the Post's cartoon or Don Imus' "nappy-headed hos" episode that draws the truly angry minds into the arena, even if only to shout at one-another. Only then do we see just how widely and deeply race continues to ...
Chicago Tea Party Gets Scrutiny but Scant Coverage
Chicago Daily Observer, IL
Perhaps they read it here in the Tribune, or the New York Times, or heard in on the Mancow Muller radio show on WLS, who repeated the claim today (while saying a well put So What?), but the general story coming from the media (all based on a rather ...
Death of 26-Year-Old Patient Linked to 'Celebrity' Clinic
FOXNews
An upscale psychiatric hospital that has an affiliation with celebrity rehab specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky and has a reputation for treating the rich and famous has been inspected several times over the past year by government regulators who found failing ...
Should Patriots Have Gotten More In Return From Chiefs Trade?
SportsBusiness Daily (subscription), NC
Syndicated radio host Jim Rome said of Belichick, "If the guy is guilty of anything, it is panicking and pulling the trigger too soon.” Rome: “In the end, the market for Matt Cassel wasn’t that strong and Belichick got what he could under the ...
1040 burns Clones
The Province, Canada
It is our guess the same holds true for radio. Team 1040 has made the decision to move popular syndicated sports personality Jim Rome out of his live 9 am to noon spot. A daily taped recap of the show will be broadcast in the evening. ...
Safety in numbers
Salt Lake Tribune, United States
The fair -- organized by Clear Channel Radio -- covered everything from Internet safety to healthy eating habits. About 24000 people funneled into the South Towne Exposition Center during two days last week for the 11th annual event. ...
In Brief - March 3, 2009
FMQB, NJ
Joey worked alongside Chio at crosstown competitor Clear Channel CHR WIOQ (Q102) from 2001-2005. He was most recently executive producer of the MJ Radio Network based in Tampa. At Clear Channel AC WALK /Nassau-Suffolk, cutbacks have claimed ...
Honolulu FM radio pioneer dies
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, HI
"The FM didn't play that stuff," said Dale Machado, director of engineering for Clear Channel Hawaii. Weinstein and others played "the San Francisco sound" of bands including Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Steppenwolf, and Santana, ...
Listening to Internet Radio increased 37% Last Year
Radio Business Report, Virginia
The top online stations or networks in this updated annual report were Clear Channel’s Online Network, AOL’s network, Pandora and Yahoo. Those four groups comprised a strong 51% of the total hours listened to online. CBSRadio now operates AOL’s network ...
AJC Radio Message: Our World Vision – Peace and Mutual Respect
American Jewish Committee (press release), NY
Harris’s weekly messages on the CBS radio network air during the Osgood File. All AJC radio commentaries since 2001 are available at www.ajc.org/radiocommentary. The other day, I was at a meeting. She feared that, with the economic crisis, ...
Power Boost or Bust for HD Radio
Radio World, VA
Field testing is being conducted in a number of major markets by several NPR affiliates, CBS Radio, Greater Media and a few other groups. NPR Labs launched a comprehensive HD Radio coverage and interference evaluation effort in late 2006 under the ...
CBS Radio/New York Ups Lance Delaney to WCBS GSM
Radio Online, TX
RichBroRadio The Ultimate Oldies Web Site. Proudly playing the greatest collection of Oldies music in the world! Mitch Craig Productions Choose the right image voice the first time! Your competition is listening! Promos/Liners--voice only or fully ...
Financial ducks in a row for Westwood One
Radio Business Report, Virginia
As first reported last week by RBR/TVBR, Westwood One has been in negotiations with its lenders and has now announced an agreement in principle to refinance its capital structure. The lenders have agreed to refinance WW1's $241 million in outstanding ...
Entercom Communications Posts Q4 and 2008 Annual Results
Trading Markets (press release), CA
Mar 02, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- ETM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Entercom Communications Corp., a radio broadcasting company, reported financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2008. ...
Arbitron, GAP Broadcasting sign multiyear deals
MSNBC
COLUMBIA, Md. - Audience research firm Arbitron Inc. said Monday that it signed multiyear deals with GAP Broadcasting LLC and GAP Broadcasting II LLC for diary-based radio ratings services in 17 markets. Arbitron said the agreements include software ...
Arbitron Enhancements Go Nationwide
Daily Research News Online, UK
Radio ratings giant Arbitron has confirmed that it will be extending methodological enhancements from New Jersey, New York and Maryland to all PPM markets. The firm has also announced a new multi-year deal for diary-based ratings, and discussed revenue ...
Genachowski named to head FCC
Reuters
Among the FCC's broad mandates are regulation of telephone and cable companies, oversight of concentration of ownership of radio and television outlets, and auctioning public airwaves. Consumer and industry groups said Genachowski's friendship with ...
With Limbaugh Battles Raging, Republicans Unite Behind Media Freedom
Washington Examiner, DC
Of course, that's not to say that the FCC will continue to do so. And Republicans argue that the re-allocation of radio and television station ownership, done at the behest of the government, could undercut the power of talk radio. ...
A comeback for Low Power FM radio?
Ars Technica, MA
Thousands of local organizations focused on local culture and music "would give their eye tooth to run small, local, non-commercial radio stations," Bracy said. "And we have had a federal policy for many years where the FCC has recognized that there is ...
Station not only survives, it gets big discount
Radio Business Report, Virginia
Boston area station WDIS-AM Norfolk MA, licensed to Discussion Radio Inc., was not only looking at a $16.5K fine, it was facing an existential threat as the FCC said that a laundry list of violations “were particularly egregious to the extent that the ...
RIC Radio Celebrates 30 Years
Anchor, RI
“As far as the actual day to day process” of running WXIN, says McKenna, “we’re just like any other radio station. We keep up with the current technology. We abide by all the FCC rules and regulations.” “As far as equipment-wise,” adds Lima, ...
Judge rules St. Olaf’s WCAL sale was valid
Northfield News (subscription), MN
SaveWCAL waited nearly four years after the closing of the FCC-approved sale to file a petition. In a Saturday press release, David Gonnerman, St. Olaf spokesman said, “The college has always believed its actions regarding the sale to have been proper ...
Expanding the FM Band Is a Great Idea — But Keep It Simple
Radio World, VA
Who, other than FCC bureaucrats and the engineers who prepare applications for FM construction permits, ever refers to an FM channel number? If I want to listen to WBHT, I tune to 97.1 MHz, not to "Channel 246." Why carry this practice to the expanded ...
Sirius XM ‘Challenged’ by Auto Slowdown, Maffei Says
Bloomberg
By James Callan March 3 (Bloomberg) -- Sirius XM Radio Inc., the money- losing satellite broadcaster, was “challenged” by the slowdown in US car sales, Liberty Media Corp. Chief Executive Officer Greg Maffei said. Liberty, controlled by John Malone, ...
Sirius XM Radio To File Annual Report By March 17
FOXBusiness
NEW YORK -- Sirius XM Radio said Monday it's postponing the filing of its 10-K for 2008, but will complete the annual report by March 17. The New York-based satellite radio company said senior management has been focused on recent refinancing ...
Nine More Lawmakers Express Opposition to Airplay Fees
Radio Online, TX
The House resolution counters legislation backed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which would require local radio stations to pay royalties for local airplay. Reps. Paul Broun (R-GA), Andre Carson (D-IN), Jerry Costello (D-IL), ...
Radio Stations and Advertisers Consider Withdrawing Support for ...
Huffington Post, NY
Limbaugh's lengthy Castro-like speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) was his coming out party for a run for president of the United States and as he emerges as the new leader and voice of the Republican Party, radio stations and ...
Frank Ford, radio pioneer and DA’s husband, dies
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA
By Sally A. Downey Local radio pioneer Frank Ford - who over the decades worked for just every station in town - died today from complications of a stroke at Vitas Hospice at St. Agnes Hospital in Philadelphia. A longtime Center City resident, ...
Radio vet Harry Warren dies at 88
Modesto Bee, CA
Harry Warren, a broadcaster since the golden age of radio who spent more than three decades as a newsman and announcer at KFBK in Sacramento, has died at age 88. He died Feb. 21 of complications related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ...
Radio personality known for 'dusties' dies
Chicago Breaking News - Tribune, IL
Richard Pegue, a Chicago disc jockey known for playing rhythm and blues "dusties" and a songwriter who wrote a long-running commercial jingle for Moo & Oink markets, died of heart failure this morning, according to radio station WVON-AM. ...
WMG's Bronfman Supports Radio Royalties
FMQB, NJ
The bill would compensate artists and their record labels with royalties when their music is played on the radio. "It is right and proper that we get paid for our content," Bronfman said, according to the Business Insider. He argued that radio is not ...
WFAN's Francessa Under Fire From Mets
Washington Post, United States
For most of his career with New York's WFAN, arguably the most successful regional sports radio station in the country, Mike Francessa has predominantly received the latter. He's a Long Island-born Yankees fan who lives and breathes with his team, ...
RADIO ONE REVENUE TANKING: Largest black radio network loses $64 ...
Eurweb.com, CA
*Radio One, Inc - the nation’s largest Black radio network - announced last week that it had suffered a net operating loss of $64.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2008. According to the Washington, DC area owner of over 60 radio stations across the ...
