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Fargo talker KFGO-AM will have a sister: separately-programmed "101.9 Talk FM"
Owner Jim Ingstad of Radio Fargo-Moorhead will flip "Rock 102" KRWK, Fargo to conservative talk on Monday, says the Fargo Forum, under new calls of KFGO-FM. Mainstream talk "Mighty 790" KFGO is unaffected. Read More
When it comes to advertisers avoiding controversial shows, it's not just Rush
From today’s TRI Newsletter: Premiere Networks is circulating a list of 98 advertisers who want to avoid “environments likely to stir negative sentiments.” The list includes carmakers (Ford, GM, Toyota), insurance companies (Allstate, Geico, Prudential, State Farm) and restaurants (McDonald’s, Subway). As you’ll see in the note below, those “envi… Read More
In Cincinnati talk radio, Dave Ramsey and Michael Savage swap stations
That’s according to a report by John Kiesewetter at the Enquirer. Ramsey’s moving from “Real Talk 1160” WQRT to Clear Channel’s WKRC (550). Read More
Talker Michael Savage offers candidate Newt Gingrich $1 million to drop out
It is a limited offer, however, says the Savage website. It’s only good for 72 hours. Read More
Radio hate speech is prevalent, says a UCLA report
A study conducted by UCLA found that comments against Hispanics are on the increase, and many of the comments may not have a basis in fact. The study analyzed three specific talk shows on different broadcast days.
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Herman Cain may have a "major announcement" on today's Michael Savage radio show
Syndicator Talk Radio Network says the GOP presidential candidate will appear with Michael Savage around 4:30pm Pacific/7:30pm Eastern time. That's about midway through the 3-hour show.
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Making Moves: Wednesday, September 28, 2011
The Oakland A's will keep their radio play-by-play voice Ken Korach, signing him through the 2014 season to call games on Entercom's "Game" KGMZ-FM (95.7) ... Matt Derrick trades "Cajun Country" for the Atlantic Ocean, leaving CHR KQID-FM (93.1) to be PD for Clear Channel's CHR WKZP-FM "Kiss 95.9" & AC WQHQ-FM (104.7) in Ocean City, Maryland ...
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Former NY Gov. David Paterson to host 4-6pm on Buckley's WOR, NYC (710)
Paterson has been a frequent guest and host on New York radio, including at CBS Radio's WFAN (660). Now talk WOR-AM says he will take over permanent hosting duties in the 4-6pm hours beginning the day after Labor Day, September 6.
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Talkers seminar "Controversy:" The line between excitement & disaster
When it comes to talk radio, controversy can be a daily occurrence. Opinions can lead to modest to severe listener and even client reaction.
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Making Moves: Wednesday, June 1, 2011
In Buffalo, talk WECK-AM (1230) PD Brad Riter tells Radio-Info that host Bill O'Loughlin has resigned, and will be replaced "for the interim" with the syndicated Dennis Miller. In addition, morning co-host Loraine O'Donnell has also left, with co-host Tom Donahue and producer Corey Griswold staying on in mornings as the station continues to segue t…
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Making Moves in Syndication
In Dallas, news/talk KLIF-AM (570) in Dallas has dropped the syndicated Michael Savage from evenings, where he was on tape delay, replacing him with the Wall Street Journal's new Daily Wrap talkshow ... The Rusty Humphries Show adds 10 new affiliates, including Houston's KSEV-AM (700), WMPS-AM (1210) in Memphis, WTTB-AM (1490) in Vero Beach, Florid…
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Portland talker KPAM (860) to add a morning news block
This is the first major move since former Red Zebra Washington, DC PD Dennis Glasgow returned to Portland, Oregon and took the leadership of KPAM-AM. Starting Thursday, Pamplin Media Group's KPAM will debut "First Edition," an all-news block hosted by Tim Hohl & Pat Boyle from 5-7am.
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Progressives make a move up on the Talkers Heavy Hundred
Although the top four of the annual Talkers Magazine Heavy Hundred talk show hosts remain the same from 2010 (Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Michael Savage), there are some interesting moves on the 2011 list. Three progressive talkers are in the top-10, with Dial Global's Thom Hartmann and Ed Schultz at numbers 8 & 9 and Washington, DC WO…
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Making Moves: Monday, February 7, 2011
Radio-Info confirms Brian Bridgman is no longer OM for R&B classic KDAY-FM (93.5) in Los Angeles. No replacement named ...
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Dennis Glasgow heads back to Portland to program talk KPAM (860)
Former Washington, DC Red Zebra Broadcasting VP/Operations Dennis Glasgow is heading home to Portland, Oregon for a new challenge. Glasgow, who formerly ran Portland's all-sports KFXX-AM (1080) will now take over as PD of Pamplin Broadcasting's KPAM-AM (860), along with sister-station adult standards KKAD-AM "Sunny" (1550).
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Talk host Mark Levin threatens lawsuits against MSNBC hosts
The threat by conservative talker Mark Levin follows commentary by MSNBC host Chris Matthews where he claimed on his "Hardball" program that talk hosts such as Levin and Michael Savage created the climate of hate that led to the Tucson shootings. Matthews said, "People like Mark Levin, Michael Savage, for example, who every time you listen to them,…
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Talker Michael Savage wants free of syndicator TRN
Savage (Michael Weiner) is suing Talk Radio Network in federal court, claiming that with his TRN contract expiring this month, he wants to accept a competing offer from Courtside Radio (Norm Pattiz) and Westwood One. He alleges that Oregon-based TRN is employing "strong-arm tactics
designed to intimidate" him into accepting a "sub-standard agreem…
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Ohio and Alaska get new talk stations
Within the last few months, the Youngstown, Ohio market has gone from having two nostalgia stations to none. Following the flip of WNIO-AM (1390) from standards to sports, Cumulus has taken WSOM-AM (600) and turned it from standards to conservative-leaning syndicated talk.
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Riverside's KSPA (1510) will dump talk for contemporary standards
Owner Art Astor tells the Orange County Register he will abandon talk to return to standards after the Christmas holiday: "The billings were not better than before. Then I lost Glenn Beck to KRLA and now Dr.
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D.C.'s new conservative talk "WTNT" is at 730 AM, thanks to a sale
It’s been just over a month since Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder blew up the talk format on WTNT at 570 and turned it into an ESPN-based all-sports station. That move stranded a talk lineup that included TRN’s Laura Ingraham, Michael Savage and Jerry Doyle. Read More
