Category Archives: Syndicators

Cumulus is a buyer in Chicago

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Fred Stiening

The huge mistake called Merlin Media – which talked a PE firm into buying radio stations to go head to head against CBS in the All News business – has turned over the keys to their last two stations. Merlin … Continue reading →

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Bob Grant dead at 84

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Michael Savage mentioned the recent news that Bob Grant has died – he actually died New Year’s Eve. Bob’s weekend show quietly ended last summer and he has been in declining health. Bob is now eating at the banquet table … Continue reading →

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“Give me 15 minutes and I’ll give you America” ™

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Michael Savage has arrived at the pinnacle of his career, landing in afternoon drive in the major cities on the east coast. Savage will be googling the phrase of this blog to see who has “stolen” his stuff

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Bank of America sells Cumulus stock

Posted on December 26, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Bank of America Capital sold roughly a million dollar’s worth of Cumulus stock on Monday, just as several Security advisory firms just started touting Cumulus Nedia stock as something you should want to buy SEC Form 4 Meanwhile Lew Dickey … Continue reading →

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Dickeyed Up

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Fred Stiening

I’m about at my limit on the crap Cumulus is doing. I may just drop everything except the URL for the web sites. Some of you have noticed (perhaps) that Cumulus has dropped their streaming links for iHeartradio from their … Continue reading →

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Is liberal talk moving to Clear Channel?

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Fred Stiening

KFI-AM in Los Angeles is dumping Rush Limbaugh! For a few weeks I’ve been asked what is going to happen to the former Dial Global, formerly Jones Radio lineup – Bill Press, Stephanie Miller, Thom Hartmann, Ed Schultz, Norm Goldman, … Continue reading →

Posted in IHeart Media, Radio Biz, Talk Radio, Westwood One | 14 Comments

Mel Watt introduces new “performance tax” bill

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Fred Stiening

http://watt.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2649&Itemid=66 Mel Watt represents the 12th Congressional District, a legacy of the Voting Rights Act – the district combines the black portions of 3 far away cities and the farmland in between on the naive belief that black people vote … Continue reading →

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