Category Archives: Syndicators

Glenn Beck is being sued

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Fred Stiening

The Saudi guy in Boston who Beck accused of funding the Boston Marathon bombing is suing Beck, his company and Premiere. This could get interesting.

Posted in Glenn Beck, Premiere (IHeart) | 10 Comments

Cumulus hires new national talk show host

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Mike Rogers is a Republican Congressman from Michigan. He is currently the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, which oversees the NSA. He is also a former FBI agent. Washington Post I think a new name just popped on to … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Cumulus Media, Privacy, Syndicators, Westwood One | Leave a comment

What’s Old is New Again

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Fred Stiening

The True Oldies Channel which used to be syndicated by the ABC Radio Network was Scott Shannon. He has an exceptional standard for the quality of the audio, song selection, and applying digital enhancement to the songs – in addition … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio Biz, Westwood One | 8 Comments

It’s official – Andrea Tantaros isn’t coming back

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Fred Stiening

It’s been about six months now since Andrea Tantaros quit TRN and filed a lawsuit with a laundry list of complaints, biggest one that TRN had fired all the support staff and ad revenue wasn’t meeting her expetations. In the … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio Biz, Syndicators, Talk Radio Network | 8 Comments

Gambling with Gambling

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Salem Radio’s WNYM-AM in New York City has agreed to let Third Generation radio guy John Gambling on their station from 11 AM-1 PM. The station currently carries syndicated programming, and will replace it with two hours of local programming … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio Biz, Salem, Salem Radio | 4 Comments

Cox Media / Herman Cain joins the 24/7 crowd

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Radio stations have invested a lot of time and money in developing brand loyalty (“The BIG talker!”), but after people arrive here, typically after a few weeks they realize their local station is irrelevant to hearing a syndicated program, since … Continue reading →

Posted in Cumulus Left, Radio Biz, Syndicators | 1 Comment

Auto extracting affiliate lists

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Fred Stiening

This is a waste of time, but heck – I have almost 3 years left to waste, so I better get busy! Dave Graveline hosts a technology show that airs live from 2-5 PM on Sundays. He’s actually on my … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Guide, Radio Biz, Syndicators | 11 Comments

John B Wells gone from Coast to Coast

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Fred Stiening

This happened a month ago, but this was the first time I noticed it. John B Wells has been doing the Saturday night / Sunday morning edition of Coast to Coast since Ian Punnett “retired” a few years ago. John … Continue reading →

Posted in IHeart Media, Premiere (IHeart), Talk Radio | 1 Comment

What’s in a name?

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Fred Stiening

There was a small news item the other day that may force me to make a change to the listings. I’m writing this to ask for opinions. It’s nothing earth shattering. The news item has said that word has gone … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Guide, Syndicators, Westwood One | 6 Comments

Kaliki is here – move over iHeartRadio

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Fred Stiening

The new Rusty Humphries daily news show from the Washington Times will be distributed by Kaliki, an app that is already being built into new GM and Ford vehicles. When your car is connected to the Internet directly and can … Continue reading →

Posted in Mobile Streaming, Radio Biz, Talk Radio Network | 5 Comments