Category Archives: Talk Radio

The part of radio that makes its living by talking

NPR says “stop talking”

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Almost all NPR programming is preproduced, highly edited and scripted. If the reporter goes “out on the street” to talk to people about some topic, they’ll talk to 50 people, then select the 2 or 3 people closest to their … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio Biz, Talk Radio | 14 Comments

Swapping Wives

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Rush is back on the left’s radar again for commenting again on women. I guess he made some comment about the current episode of this “Wife Swap” TV show that has been on ABC since 2004. I haven’t watchEd TV … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse of America, Rush Limbaugh | 17 Comments

A new face on TRN

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Remember Louie Anderson – the whining fat comic you used to see on Johnny Carson? He has a new show on Talk Radio Network that I just spotted. It may be a little hard to find – it airs on … Continue reading →

Posted in Talk Radio | 6 Comments

Glenn Beck’s Big Announcement

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Fred Stiening

The Blaze is telegraphing a big announcement on Monday. It might be that his campaign to talk one or more of the major Cable TV networks into carrying The Blaze may have borne fruit. There was also a peculiar story … Continue reading →

Posted in Glenn Beck | 12 Comments

Michael Baisden says “Why is my door locked”?

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Baisden was syndicated by our friends at Cumulus Media. He is another of the talents inherited from Citadel who inherited him from ABC Radio. Reportedly his long term contract was for $6 million a year – there is no way … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Liberal Talk, Radio Biz, Talk Radio | 3 Comments

Dr. Savage, how are you? Thank you for taking my call.

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Haha – this is as good as listening to Phil Hendrie. Savage just got back to back calls thanking him for taking their call and asking how he is. He threatened to leave the studio and put on a tape … Continue reading →

Posted in Glenn Beck, Michael "Savage" Weiner, Radio Biz, Talk Radio | 3 Comments

Bow Down Bitches

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Rush decided to talk about this story today http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/9942872/Why-I-dont-want-to-be-Beyonces-bitch.html It’s a story about Beyonce’s new “song”, which is directed at her female fans. Somehow Rush got the notion that the lyrics are Beyonce is telling women to seek out rich … Continue reading →

Posted in Rush Limbaugh | 6 Comments

Dial Global has a new boss

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Now that the lenders are in charge, all of the 3 former co-CEOs are history. The new CEO is named Paul Caine (no relation to Herman). He has been with Time, Inc for about 20 years – currently he was … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse of America, Radio Biz, Radio News, Talk Radio | 2 Comments

Lionel returns

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Fred Stiening

You’re important when you’re in media and people know you by your first name and don’t even know your last name. Lionel is similar to Steve Malzberg, except the opposite politics. Lionel has been on basically every talk station in … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio Biz, Talk Radio | 8 Comments

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, except progressive talk

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Fred Stiening

KJFK-AM in Las Vegas pulled the plug this morning on the so-called Progressive talk format http://www.1230kjfk.com/news.asp They haven’t said what’s next, just they refuse to keep losing money on the format. On the stream, I’m currently hearing a simulcast of … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Radio Biz, Talk Radio | 7 Comments