Category Archives: Conservative Talk

Looking for Michael Savage?

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Michael Savage has been granted his freedom by TRN – so he isn’t being held him prisoner forced to talk to you. Jerry Doyle has agreed to move to Savage’s old time slot from 6-9PM Eastern. TRN has not yet … Continue reading →

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Big Changes in Atlanta on Monday

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Neal Boortz is losing the final bonus hour of his show to make room for Rush Limbaugh on WSB AM/FM.  Boortz is retiring in January and has strongly hinted on air that he wishes Cox would let him retire now … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio Biz, Rush Limbaugh, Talk Radio | 7 Comments

Trouble in Grant’s Pass, Oregon

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Today began with an Email telling me that WTNT has dropped America’s Morning News. This is significant because WTNT was the “flagship” station for the show affiliated with the Washington Times and syndicated by Talk Radio Network. TRN is located … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Michael "Savage" Weiner, Radio Biz, Talk Radio | 2 Comments

Internal Conflict

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Fred Stiening

The third hour of the Michael Savage Nation is usually prerecorded and put together by Talk Radio Network, although Savage’s contract allows him to opt-in to do the third hour live.   Frequently that hour is filled with prerecorded scripted “Interviews” … Continue reading →

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Goodbye GBTV

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Glenn Beck’s empire is having a reorganization. Part of the change is that the brand GBTV is going away and the video service will be rebranded as TheBlaze. The combined brand will be run by the woman who used to … Continue reading →

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Glenn Beck News

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Two items in the news this morning about Glenn Beck.  The good news is Glenn has agreed to a 5 year contract extension for $100 million.  Radio contracts typically are inflated, stating numbers based on hypothetical incentives like ad sales, … Continue reading →

Posted in Glenn Beck, Radio Biz, Talk Radio | 7 Comments

Who was Mark Levin talking about?

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Fred Stiening

The first hour today, Mark Levin was talking about something that was sent to him just before he went on the air (From Lew Dickey?) .   Levin characterized it is from failed, know nothing radio consultant libs trying to get … Continue reading →

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Making a deal with the devil

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Fred Stiening

The other day, Glenn Beck was talking about web tracking how tempting it is for a service to tell him details about what who his audience and what they do – he decided it was too tempting and he doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Savage’s America

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Fred Stiening

“If I were President, I would arrest every class action lawyer in America, I would seize all their assets going down to the third generation, and I would take their children out of school and make them clean toilets in … Continue reading →

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Stu’s Excellent Analogy

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Glenn Beck’s Stu had a brilliant insight this morning [no sarcasm]. While discussing why people would vote for a dog eating Communist for President, Stu made the observation that most of America knows about as much about politics and the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Election, Glenn Beck, Presidential Elections, Radio Biz, Talk Radio | 10 Comments