Category Archives: Talk Radio

The part of radio that makes its living by talking

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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G Gordon Liddy to Retire July 27th

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Fred Stiening

I detect a pattern. G. Gordon Liddy was of course the guy deeply involved in the Watergate breakin and the one guy who went to prison rather than rat out Richard Nixon.  Mr Liddy firmly believes at this point that … Continue reading →

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The return of Mark Davis

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Salem Radio’s frames the arrival of Mark Davis  (perhaps more accurately than they intended) that they “just sat back and waited for their competition to screw up”. You probably have heard Mark Davis a number of times filling in for … Continue reading →

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Bruce Williams: Only Made in America

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Fred Stiening

PR NewsWire Story So Bruce Williams has returned to broadcasting, but not on radio – as I reported earlier.   He’s doing an hour a day internet only show formatted as a podcast. So today, someone paid PR NewsWire to create … 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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Merlin about to dump all-news in Chicago and New York?

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Fred Stiening

http://www.insidemusicmedia.com/merlin_to_dump_all-news_in_new_york_chica Jerry Del Colliano thinks so.  He has lots of acquaintences working in radio and is a fierce opponent of radio consolidation – in particular he thinks Lew Dickey of Cumulus is a total authoritarian ass, and Clear Chamnel is … Continue reading →

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Roseanne Barr Radio Update

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Fred Stiening

The return of Bruce Williams got me thinking about other things being done on radio that have a small probability of success. A few years ago, TV’s Roseanne Barr joined the long list of people who think being a TV … Continue reading →

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Bruce Williams is back

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Fred Stiening

http://taeradio.com/the-bruce-williams-show This makes me sad.   I listened to Bruce Williams a lot as a  young man 30 years age when he and Sally Jesse Raphael were pioneers in national talk show syndication on NBC Radio (long before the 1996 … Continue reading →

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The John & Jeff Show is GONE (!)

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Fred Stiening

I’m in shock. One measure of your success in life and generally is how many people miss you when you’re gone.   It looks like John & Jeff did their final show on February 23, 2011 – and I just now … 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