Monthly Archives: November 2009

January 15th is “B” day for Citadel – that’s the day Citadel has to cough up $150 million they won’t have

“Do not serve an amuse-bouche without detailing the ingredients. ” – Rule #55 in the NY Times article of 100 rules for running a restaurant.

Defenders of Obama are twisting in their own illogic… KDKA’s program can’t decide if Obama wanted war in Afghanistan or not (he campained on it!)… then caller asserts (without challenge from the host) that the Opium trade in Asia was … Continue reading →

US Army Chief of Staff Casey is concerned for Muslim troops. London Guardian newspaper calls concerns about Islam The New McCarthyism

Hasan’s 9/11 connection – the Fort Bragg Shooter attended the same mosque in Virginia as 2 of the 9/11 group, and its leader also was the spiritual leader for a 3rd member… according to the London Telegraph

Why would ABC news think a convention of athiests in Seattle is news worthy?

Republic leader Hailey Barbour “Wants President Obama to Succeed”… “especially becuase he’s the first black president”

Drudge’s Report seems to have fewer updates and not as quick to post updates (doesn’t have anything up on the Obamacare vote yet)…. I wonder if something is wrong with Drudge or if he is losing interest…

Bill Flannigan is out – Lynn Jimenez is “in” as Bob Brinker’s new “permanent guest host”. Given Citadel’s financial condition, I think it likely you will be seeing Bob for not much longer. Lynn is the business reporter at KGO … Continue reading →

Radio Hall of Fame induction this weekend – that’s where Rush is…. This year’s crop is Neal Boortz, Dr Demento, Norman Pattiz (founder of Westwood One), Ed Walker (WMAL), Wendy Williams, Jose Miguel Agrelot, Harry Kalas, and Studs Terkel

Freddie Mac + Fannie Mae = $26.5 billion loss in 3 months… (and that’s just the beginning)

A REAL hero – only the media “heroes” which are usually people who have been captured or are victims of crime, Kimbery Munley is the civilian police officer who “took out” the shooter in Fort Hood. She ran right towards … Continue reading →

“In the Koran, you’re not supposed to have alliances with Jews or Christian or others, and if you are killed in the military fighting against Muslims, you will go to hell.” That’s the quote from the predictable New York Times … Continue reading →

Cumulus loses $144 million for 3Q 2009… The reason was an additional $173 million writedown of the value of station licenses… cash flow was just about the same as their debt interest. Cash on hand went down because they repaid … Continue reading →

Citadel posts 3Q loss – the company which includes the former ABC radio no longer has earnings events, but filed their 10Q. Revenue was hit hard by the death of Paul Harvey and Sean Hannity moving to Clear Channel. Sarah … Continue reading →