Category Archives: Talk Radio

The part of radio that makes its living by talking

What is “Talk Radio” in 2012?

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Now some preliminary results from the process of sorting out the “Hard Core” political talk from other types of talk radio stations. There are about 15,015 full power licensed AM and FM stations stations licensed by the FCC. Of that … Continue reading →

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The Overnight Race for Sleepy Ears

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Fred Stiening

So how is the overnight talk competition stacking up now that Midnight Trucking and Redeye Radio have joined forces and Cumulus is pushing Coast to Coast off their stations? Now the disclaimers: – this only measures traffic to this web … Continue reading →

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Should Rush Limbaugh be fired?

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Various news outlets have started running “polls” asking if Rush Limbaugh should be fired – what “The Media” don’t seem to understand is that Rush Limbaugh cannot be fired.   Rush is employed by his own production company, the same arrangement … Continue reading →

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Rush Limbaugh vs Cumulus Media – one month to go

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Cumulus Media has been clearing the schedule of most of their news/talk stations of non-Cumulus programs – replacing them with their own syndication – Chris Plante, Mark Levin, John Batchelor and the Redeye Radio show (hosted by former Midnight Radio … Continue reading →

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Andrew Breitbart dead at age 43

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Andrew was on a radio show only a few days ago – I think it was Dennis Miller – talking about a variety of things, including his work for Arianna Huffington to help create the Huffington Post. He talked at … Continue reading →

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Progressive Talk Stations

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Fred Stiening

This is a change I’ve resisted – splitting “news talk” stations into Progressive vs Conservative stations, but the time has come.   Since the failure of Air America and the migration of almost all so-called “Progressive” hosts to Dial Global, there … Continue reading →

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Cumulus swinging the axe at talk lineups

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Fred Stiening

In the past few days, Cumulus has been pulling most of its news/talk programming in-house – specifically switching its stations to John Batchelor and Redeye Radio. They’ve also dumped Michael Savage on a few stations and replaced him with Mark … Continue reading →

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Chuck Harder: Will We Ever Learn?

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Fred Stiening

If you know or remember who  Chuck Harder is, he showed up during the third hour of Coast to Coast last night.   He was talking with George Noory partly about Area 51 – he mentioned working with George Knapp back … Continue reading →

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K-Rock goes To Talk that Rocks

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Fred Stiening

WRXK-FM is located on the Southern end of the Gulf Coast of Florida near Port Charlotte.  Up until today, it was mostly a hard rock station, with Bubba the Love Sponge anchoring mornings. This part of Florida is not a … Continue reading →

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Cumulus to put Huckabee against Limbaugh

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Back when the Atlanta based Cumulus acquired Citadel Media (including the former ABC radio stations and syndication) with the mandate from the investors funding the deal to cut costs, I wondered out loud if Rush Limbaugh was going to become … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Election, Radio Biz, Rush Limbaugh, Talk Radio | 10 Comments