Category Archives: Radio Biz

Culture Shocks

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Barry Lynn is an ordained minister who believes with every ounce of his being that government should stay out of the religion business. His religious affiliation is with the left leaning United Church of Christ. (The college I graduated from … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Collapse of America, Glenn Beck, Individual Liberty | 24 Comments

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 →

Posted in Syndicators | 19 Comments

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 →

Posted in Radio Biz, Syndicators | 4 Comments

Chicago Cubs leaving WGN

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Fred Stiening

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/06/04/cbs-radio-gains-cubs-broadcasting-rights/ This is pretty big news for Chicago, and baseball and radio in general. Tribune Company owned not only the Cubs, but WGN-AM, WGN-TV and the Chicago Tribune newspaper. This company became vulnerable when they tried to get the State … Continue reading →

Posted in America Loves Sports!, Barack Obama, CBS, Radio Biz | 8 Comments

Music Rights issue about to clobber radio

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Fred Stiening

The Department of Justice is now involved. Just before World War II, the radio business decided to “break” ASCAP, who the NAB felt was increasingly abusing its control over payments to Composers and lyricists and artists [hold that correction!]. The … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 Election, American Politics, Collapse of America, Radio Biz | 9 Comments

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

A Face for Radio

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Bob Levy’s first Selfie WOBM-AM and its AM simulcast partner WADB-AM in Monmouth County New Jersey (Jersey Shore) have dropped oldies music to pick up Beck, Limbaugh and Hannity. The station is owned by Townsquare Media (Oaktree Capital). This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Talk Radio | 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 →

Posted in Liberal Talk, Premiere (IHeart) | 8 Comments

“Old School” Radio

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Fred Stiening

I’m listening to WKEI-AM in Kewanee, Illinois. They have a trading show. If you want an item on the show, follow these easy instructions: – Download the form from the web site – Print it out – Fill in the … Continue reading →

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