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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Making Moves: Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Making Moves At Glenn Beck's production company, Mercury Radio Arts, Carolyn Polke is promoted to Sr. VP of Digital. Read More

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Clear Channel-San Francisco announces talk lineups at 910 and 960

Clear Channel Gene Burns and Len Tillem, both former KGO (810) hosts, are joining Clear Channel as part of the revamped "Bay Area's Newstalk 910." Here's that roster: - At 910, Armstrong & Getty remain as the morning drive show, simulcast from Sacramento sister KSTE (650). They air 6-9am. Read More

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Kevin Wall joins KXNT, Las Vegas to host afternoons

KXNT AMFM Wall is a regular fill-in host for Bill Bennett, Glenn Beck and on Fox News Radio, and now will be heard each afternoon on CBS-owned KXNT talker KXNT-AM/FM (840/100.5). KXNT PD Andrew Paul says, "Kevin is talented, bright, articulate and an excellent communicator. Read More

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Goldline executives face fraud charges

prison bars You hear conservative talk show hosts including Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin and Laura Ingraham discussing Goldline on their programs, and they are featured on the company website. Now the discussion of Goldline will turn to a court of law, after several company executives have been named in a 19-count fraud complaint. Read More

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Making Moves: Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Making Moves Radio-Info.com hears from Chicago, where Merlin Media's rock WLUP (97.9) announced they will part ways with morning news/weather/traffic sidekick Jill Egan, and she's looking for a new opportunity in the Windy City ... In Austin, Texas, classic rock KLBJ-FM (93.7) moves B-Doe to afternoon drive and CJ into nights. Read More

Monday, October 3, 2011

Making Moves: Monday, October 3, 2011

Making Moves Rubber City Radio in Akron, Ohio has dropped WQMX-FM (94.9), WONE-FM (97.5) & WAKR-AM (1590) sports anchor Joe Jastrzemski, as well as Marcy Pappafava, their morning news anchor - both apparently due to budget cuts ... In Salt Lake City, Bonneville has hired Kelly Hammer to become Product Brand Manager for KSFI-FM (100.3) & KRSP-FM (103.5) ... Read More

Monday, September 12, 2011

Glenn Beck’s 2-hour video show launches today on GBTV

Glenn Beck Beck already has 230,000 paying subscribers, says the Wall Street Journal, with the monthly rate being $9.95 a person. At that rate, Beck could make much more money than the estimated $2.5 million he banked from Fox News Channel. Read More

Friday, September 9, 2011

Sean Hannity's unhappy about his role in the "Tea Party Zombies Must Die" game

Sean Hannity Sean Hannity is the one who usually goes after liberals and President Obama. However, a new online video game has Hannity as the one to go after - with weapons. Read More

Monday, August 22, 2011

CBS to split off Detroit's WXYT-AM (1270) and go talk

WXYT-AM Detroit Talk Radio The 1270 was CBS Radio's original all-sports outlet in the Motor City, starting in 2000, and it was the basis of the current highly-rated "Ticket" simulcast of 1270 and WXYT-FM (97.1). As of Monday, September 12, CBS will break off the 50,000 watt AM and install a separate talk lineup. Read More

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Glenn Beck's The Blaze hires Amy Holmes as news anchor

Amy Holmes Amy has been anchoring a daily three-hour block for America's Radio News Network from TRN. She has also been a commentator for various cable news channels, experience that will come in handy when Beck's "The Blaze" video channel debuts on September 12. Read More

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Glenn Beck compares Norway's murdered camp kids to "Hitler Youth"

Certainly no stranger to controversy, syndicated talk radio host Glenn Beck draws a parallel between the children killed during the recent massacre in Norway, and the Hitler Youth movement during World War II. Beck said on his show, "As the thing started to unfold and there was a shooting at a political camp, which sounds a little like the Hitler Y… Read More

Monday, July 4, 2011

Glenn Beck takes a loss on selling his Connecticut home

Glenn Beck Beck originally bought the mansion in New Caanan, Connecticut for $4.2 million five years ago, and put it on the market for $4.9 million. But in the end he accepted a $3.6 million offer. Read More

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Glenn Beck claims his family was harassed at a New York City event

Glenn Beck They went for a night out in Manhattan, to see Alfred Hitchcock's movie "39 Steps" in Bryant Park, but what was surreal to syndicated talk host Glenn Beck was the reception he claims he and his family were subjected to, in "a hostile situation." Beck discussed the events of the prior night on his talk show, saying his wife had wine "intentionally k… Read More

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Making Moves: Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Making Moves Chaos is heading back to Columbus, Georgia, as former Clear Channel WVRK-FM (102.9) PD/DJ Chris Chaos is moving across town to PMB Broadcasting's WRCG-FM (106.9) as PD. The new rock WRCG will debut on July 4 ... Read More

Monday, June 20, 2011

Making Moves: Monday, June 20, 2011

Making Moves In Rochester, New York, Dem Jones is out as afternoon host on Entercom-owned rock WBZA-FM (98.9). Radio-Info is told that the position has not been filled and no decision on a replacement has been decided. Read More

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Politico.com raises questions about talk radio and think tanks

Politico says the conservative political Heritage Foundation spends about $2 million with Premiere’s Rush Limbaugh Show, and about $1.3 million with stablemate Sean Hannity. While Mark Levin’s show features ads from Americans for Prosperity. Read More

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Talk hosts make millions selling sponsorships to conservative groups

Rush Limbaugh The question is - does this cross the line? Politico reports that conservative talkers, including Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin and Glenn Beck, are making millions of dollars annually for their on-air endorsements of certain conservative groups. Read More

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Glenn Beck's GBTV.com to offer his 2-hour daily video talkshow at $4.95/month

Glenn Beck The New York Times says some programming will debut on GBTV today (6/7), when Beck talks about it on his Premiere Radio Networks show. That will be largely behind-the-scenes footage, leading up to the September 12 launch of the actual two-hour “Glenn Beck” subscription video show, the successor to his current Fox News Channel show, and also st… Read More

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Glenn Beck's FOX News ratings continue to fall

Glenn Beck Slated to leave at the end of this month, it appears syndicated talk show host Glenn Beck could be leaving Fox News on a down note. The May Cable TV ratings show Fox News still topped both CNN & MSNBC combined in total viewers, and the numbers continue to grow for Fox News anchor Shepard Smith. Read More

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Glenn Beck expands deal with Simon & Schuster, will have his own imprint

Glenn Beck "Mercury Ink" is the name of a new "co-publishing" division working in cooperation with CBS Corporation-owned Simon & Schuster. Mercury Radio Arts' SVP of Publishing Kevin Balfe will oversee the arrangement, and handle acquisitions of new properties. Read More

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