Category Archives: Syndicators

How the Internet is changing the world

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Tom Taylor’s newsletter today is full of interesting news – advertising money is quickly moving to target mobile users, with people spending almost 3 hrs/day on Facebook – radio people think web advertisers are inflating their numbers by counting fake … Continue reading →

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What’s new with Kraig Kitchin?

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Kraig is in the news today, because Bruce DuMont is stepping down from the National Radio Hall of Fame (housed within the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago) and turning control over to the next generation – Kraig Kitchin. The … Continue reading →

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Howie Carr signs national syndication deal

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Fred Stiening

I know how much WesternMA enjoys Howie, but I don’t see this having a snowball’s chance in Arizona to turn out well. Announcement Howie is a newspaper guy and has a huge following in the Boston area. The problem is … Continue reading →

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The Blaze takes over weekends

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Maybe a month or two ago, Joe Pags showed up on The Blaze Radio Network. The show was/is? produced by Premiere – Glenn now employs the guy who used to run Premiere. The Weekend used to be hosted by Mike … Continue reading →

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The state of syndication

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Fred Stiening

My search started simply enough – I wanted to see if Laura Ingrham is even heard on the radio in Richmond Virginia as she claims victory in unseating Eric Cantor. From memory, I knew that the main news talk station … Continue reading →

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Ed Schultz pulls the plug

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Perhaps Cumulus is getting around to demanding pay cuts, maybe advertisers realize how few “progressive” talk stations are left… Whatever the reason, hot on the heels of Randi Rhodes – Ed Shultz will do his final show on Friday of … Continue reading →

Posted in Liberal Talk, Westwood One | 8 Comments

Cumulus cleans up music syndication

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Lenders gave Cumulus money on the basis they would cut costs. Cumulus now owns both the former ABC Radio and former Dial Global – both of which had similar 24 hr/day satellite delivered music for lazy or unviable radio stations … Continue reading →

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Randi Rhodes leaves syndication

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Today is the last day Randi Rhodes will be heard on Premiere radio. Randi wound up working for the “evil” Clear Channel after the failure of Air America and the “progressive” Novo M network in Phoenix. Coinciding with her leaving, … Continue reading →

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Randi Rhodes calls it quits

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Progressive talker Randi Rhodes has been the odd person out. After several prior syndicators, she wound up at Premiere radio, the syndication arm of the evil Clear Channel. If this was Sesame Street and we were playing “which one of … Continue reading →

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In the radio news

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Michael Graham of Boston (of the now defunct WTKK-FM talk station) is heading to Hotlanta Georgia at WYAY-FM, which is running a mixed news / News talk format. Atlanta is the home of Cumulus Media, who just so happen to … Continue reading →

Posted in IHeart Media, Westwood One | 4 Comments