Category Archives: Talk Radio

The part of radio that makes its living by talking

Streaming Listening by 3 hour block (ET)

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Fred Stiening

There graphs are updated daily. You may want to bookmark the page 🙂 Note that the Mid-6AM graph is Monday-Friday (like for RedEye Radio), not Tues-Saturday for Coast to Coast…

Posted in Radio Biz, Talk Radio | 6 Comments

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

Rome going to CBS

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Fred Stiening

The rumo[u]r is officially true – sports radio broadcaster Jim Rome is headed to the new CBS Sports Radio network.   He currently works for Premiere, owned by Clear Channel. CBS still knows how to make money in radio, in … Continue reading →

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The Decline of Jesus Christ

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Fred Stiening

From 9AM to Noon (ET) on Sundays, Premiere Radio has been syndicating a peculiar show for probably 5 years.  The host of  The Jesus Christ Show is a Catholic priest who spends three hours talking to callers as if he … Continue reading →

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America can’t get enough sports

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Fred Stiening

NBC Sports Radio and the powerful CBS Sports radio debuted this week in time for the NFL season, taking the fight to ESPN and the struggling Fox Sports Radio and Yahoo! Sports. Few people come here looking for sports talk, … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Guide, Radio Biz, Talk Radio | 6 Comments

Ground Zero

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Premiere has a new syndicated show – a Coast to Coast like program that was a local show on KXL has gone national. The hours are not yet clear – the web page says 7PM-Midnight Pacific (10 PM – 3 … Continue reading →

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G-Bye

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Fred Stiening

(Oops – forgot to click “publish”) Friday was the final day of the G Gordon Liddy Show. Mrs Liddy died about a year ago.   The G-man has previously said he would keep doing the show until the day he … Continue reading →

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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

In the News…

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Big news day – my time and energy is limited, so here is the placeholder if you have opinions – Buckley Broadcasting (now on the Third Generation ™) has announced it is selling WOR-AM to Clear Channel.  Goodbye Joan Hamburg, … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio Biz, Radio News, Talk Radio | 9 Comments

Cumulus Revenue down 3%

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Fred Stiening

You see a train wreck about to happen and know you can’t do a thing to stop it. The Cumulus strategy has been to turn their news/talk stations into cookie cutter stations carrying almost nothing but Cumulus Media syndicated shows … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio Biz, Radio News, Talk Radio | 3 Comments