Category Archives: Talk Radio

The part of radio that makes its living by talking

Cooperation is better than competition

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Fred Stiening

This mirrors a little of what I wrote before about many people viewing public policy questions only from the “what is in it for me?” and not the bigger question of what the effect will be on the larger group … Continue reading →

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Who is crazy now?

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Forbes story Alex Jones is talking about DHS buying up 1.6 billion bullets, many of which are hollow point, which are outlawed for military use by international treaty. So you might be saying “Alex Jones? Pffft… Rachel Maddow told me … Continue reading →

Posted in Alex Jones, American Politics, Collapse of America, Gun ownership, Individual Liberty | 35 Comments

Maybe Mexicans don’t like sports so much after all

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Fred Stiening

A few months ago, WGST-AM in Atlanta dropped its Conservatie talk format after Rush Limbaugh destroyed talk radio by calling someone a “Slut”. The station switched to ESPN Deportes, the Spanish language Version of ESPN. The highest ratings it got … Continue reading →

Posted in Glenn Beck, Radio Biz, Rush Limbaugh, Talk Radio | 17 Comments

Assuming facts not in evidence

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Mark Levin is an attorney (I am not – I know law from watching Perry Mason) One very important rule about questioning people in a trial is to not embed a “fact” in a question if you haven’t already introduced … Continue reading →

Posted in Mark Levin | 9 Comments

Pay to watch PLUS bonus advertisements!

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Fred Stiening

ad Age Paying for a TheBlaze subscription and getting ads for Blinds.com too! Now that’s hot!

Posted in Glenn Beck | 3 Comments

Glenn Beck threatens the US Government

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Fred Stiening

That Saudi student who was the first person of interest… Glenn knows he is and why he is a really really really bad person. Glenn has given the government until Monday to disclose what they know or Glenn is going … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse of America, Glenn Beck | 15 Comments

The Illinois Gold Confiscation Law

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Today at the behest of his Gold sponsor who charges upwards of a 50% “spread”, Glenn Beck passed along a dire warning that the Illinois Legislature almost passed a law that would require everyone to register their gold so the … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse of America, Glenn Beck | 29 Comments

Fox Radio Update

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Fred Stiening

When Sirius/XM dropped Fox News Talk Radio, I suggested that Fox would likely pull out of Radio syndication, since they have a puny affiliate base on Over the Air Radio Well, my prediction wasn’t bold enough. News Corp threatened today … Continue reading →

Posted in Glenn Beck, Radio Biz | 20 Comments

Good news – more sports radio!

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Fred Stiening

April 1st was the launch date for the full 24 hour/day NBC sports Talk being produced by Dial Global. Dial Global is also the distributor of CBS sports radio, carried on more Cumulus radio stations than CBS Owned stations. As … Continue reading →

Posted in America Loves Sports!, Radio Biz, Talk Radio | 18 Comments

Drive by talk radio

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Why do people in radio think you can get by with “local talk” when the host is not from the city and calling the show in on the phone? The latest to fail at this is Heidi Harris. Her schtick … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio Biz, Talk Radio | 7 Comments