Category Archives: Talk Radio

The part of radio that makes its living by talking

TRN and Dial Global part ways

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Talk Radio Networks is run by the son of Roy Masters, the somewhat unconventional man who shows up on radio late at night giving his rather unconventional explanations about human behavior. He runs the Foundation for Human Understanding, which seems … Continue reading →

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Spencer Hughes says “Adios”

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Fred Stiening

I predicted that if Fox talk radio was actually dropped by SiriusXM, its viability was unlikely – the network has very few terrestrial affiliates and to some degree irritates them by constantly reminding people the shows are on satellite. Alan … Continue reading →

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Ralph Bailey says “adios” y “hola”

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Ralph is an interesting guy. He has followed Jaz McKay on the Buckley owned KBZR-AM in Bakersfield California. At least on air, Ralph is moderately reasonable – for the most part, he doesn’t make a big deal of his skin … Continue reading →

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President of all the peoples

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Fred Stiening

From today’s Tom Taylor newsletter: “Obama rallied voters, calling a number of African-American radio shows yesterday. USA Today says he was taping guest spots on the Rev. Al Sharpton’s SupeRadio show, Reach Media’s Yolanda Adams show, and the Joe Madison … Continue reading →

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Losing The Power

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Change is in the air at Sirius/XM Some of you know the Fox Talk Radio was removed, but they seem to be steering away from all Toxic Talk Channel 128 was The Power http://www.siriusxm.com/urbanview The channel has been renamed Urban … Continue reading →

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Nation of Islam says Warren Ballentine is innocent

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Since I first reported that The People’s Attorney was indicted for mortgage fraud, he has been removed from his radio show. http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/National_News_2/article_9620.shtml

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The hammer drops at Dial Global

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Fred Stiening

On December 15th, Dial Global (mostly known for syndicating the Air America castoffs and NFL/NCAA sports) on radio got 30 days from their bankers to come up with a plan. Around January 15th, the bankers gave until February 28th. The … Continue reading →

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Chris Kyle

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Glenn Beck mentioned Jesse Ventura had filed a lawsuit against Chris Kyle, the SEAL sniper who was shot in the Texas gun range. Ron Paul said over the weekend that Kyle deserved it more or less. That’s entirely consistent with … Continue reading →

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Martha Stewart to begin 2 hour live daily show

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Fred Stiening

According to Tom Taylor, it will run from Noon-2 PM on weekdays, in direct competition with Rush Limbaugh. Where will you be able to hear it? SiriusXM Now that Mel Karmazin is gone, look for SiriusXM to spend more programming … Continue reading →

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Increase in visitors for progressive talk

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Fred Stiening

I noticed an uptick in the number of people listening to Progressive talk shows this week and was wondering why. This morning I got the answer – two more Progressive Talk stations just went under – WGUV in Atlanta (they … Continue reading →

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