Monthly Archives: December 2009

Barry from DC called into WTOP yesterday – Ed Anger says that they should have hung up on the Communist in Chief. Hard to argue with that.

Boston Herald doesn’t think Howard Stern will quit Sirius-XM after all and that the talk a couple months ago was just a negotiating ploy… the article notes that terrestrial radio probably can’t take him because they’re all in debt (though … Continue reading →

It’s Christmas week – program schedules will be in turmoil all week and next as hosts take time off and college bowl games are aired… I plan to do more testing of stations rather than looking for programming schedule changes. … Continue reading →

Joe Scarborough taking orders from the White House? That’s the claim being made by Ed Schultz who appeared on their MSNBC TV show. The “left wing” talk show hosts are pretty much all aligned against the administration’s health care “reform” … Continue reading →

WTDA-FM bucks the trend – this suburban Columbus OH FM station is leaving News/Talk and reverting back to Classic HIts music – they were doing News/Talk with the second string – Dennis Miller, Jerry Doyle, Phil Hendrie, Dan Patrick, Dave … Continue reading →

Puff piece Newsweek Geithner interview at the bottom says (c) 2010 – interesting

Ford has announced it will offer early retirement and severance packages to every one of its US hourly workers. Connect dots here with Ford believing that health care insurance reform may pass and it can dump all of its costs … Continue reading →

Isuzu is considering ending its joint diesel engine manufacturing alliance In Ohio with the “good” GM Does this count as jobs saved?

rbr.com reports that CNN will be cutting its network news feed at the top of the hour to 2 minutes instead of five

Glenn Beck on Leno – Jay has this odd notion that President Barack Obama is a “self educated” man… Private school? Columbia? Harvard Law?

NextMedia – last minute bankruptcy rush…. NextMedia’s ownership is more than a bit murky – you can read what I know here. I’m betting this won’t be the last bankrupcty this year – there are probably tax reasons to take … Continue reading →

Glenn Beck getting Chicago outlet – according to Tom Taylor, WIND (Salem’s station in Chicago) will be carrying Beck from 9-11 AM (Central). Beck has had a hard time breaking into the top 10 markets – not a single ABC … Continue reading →

WZTK-FM in Burlington NC is another News/Talk station that is playing music on the weekend – in this case, Smooth Jazz. Much better than prostate herbal cures!

Beware flying carp! Chicago is currently working hard to keep the Asian Carp from finding a way into Lake Michigan

It’s official – Citadel (ABC radio) is bankrupt. I’m “shocked”.