Category Archives: Radio Biz

Really bad radio – the first 36 laps of the Indy 500 was about 2 minutes of coverage and 34 laps of commercials. A large portion of the non-commercial time is being spent reading the list of affiliates (supposedly) covering … Continue reading →

Herman Cain has a new show – in addition to his evening show on WSB-AM in Atlanta, and frequent replacement host for vacationing Neal Boortz, Herman has a new show “Herman in the Morning” on the religious American Family Radio … Continue reading →

Michael Reagan update – after Radio America ended the syndication of his program, the adopted son of Ronald Reagan landed at American Family Radio. AFR is run by a 501(c) organization led by Donald Wildmon. Reagan was given one hour … Continue reading →

Brian Lehrer on WNYC interviewed Zev Chafets, the author of the biography of Rush Limbaugh (“Rush Limbaugh, an Army of One”) on Friday. Brian tried a few attempts to get Zev to call Rush a racist, but to no avail. … Continue reading →

Rush was planning his wedding originally for July 4th, but Radio-info.com is reporting the event is going to happen next week. Based on the past experience with Rush and other hosts getting married, I expect the demands of marriage will … Continue reading →

Is Glenn Beck afraid to take phone calls? Back in the late 70s, Larry King had a radio show on Mutual Radio Network overnight – roughly the same hours as Coast to Coast. One thing he said has stuck in … Continue reading →

Bill Clinton did it! Glenn Beck hasn’t got the news yet :) [Oops! I was streaming the program on a station on a one hour delay] As Glenn predicted, they dumped the story of the Sestack “investigation” on the press … Continue reading →

“Brian and the Judge” is losing The Judge. This show has never had a significant audience. I’ve alluded to this before in a poll question – I really don’t understand what it is with Radio Program Directors and wanting to … Continue reading →

“You need to be fat and hate… if you want to get a syndicated show”… (referring to Rush Limbaugh) – so says Vinnie Penn, the morning DJ currenting hosting the morning show on WELI-AM, Clear Channel’s news/talk station New Haven, … Continue reading →

If the FCC wanted HD radio to be a success… change the market ownership caps to count each FM station as 3 stations (HD1/2/3)… and force owners to divest the excess licenses. Clear Channel would be giving HD radios away … Continue reading →

Bill Kurtis and radio – you probably know him from TV especially if you have lived in Chicago. Tallgrass radio is partly owned by him and was just seized by the bank for non-payment of the loans. One pattern I’ve … Continue reading →

Canceling Sirius – Long time readers know that I signed up for Sirius/XM Internet (only) streaming about a year ago to add it to the database. One of my concerns was that Sirius could end up playing the AOL game. … Continue reading →

Nick Digilio & Shrek – Nick is on WGN-AM in Chicago and mostly does entertainment industry stuff. He was talking about the release of Shrek this weekend, and he was talking to someone who finally validated and picked up on … Continue reading →

Today’s poll question was inspired by Warren Eckstein, who has a Pet Show on WOR’s network on the weekends. He was asking a caller if her dog’s personal trainer comes out to the house. Is this country screwed up or … Continue reading →