Category Archives: Talk Radio

The part of radio that makes its living by talking

Newt Gingrich is a Marxist!

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Fred Stiening

That’s the latest claim from he Voice of The Truth – Glenn Beck. This is added to the recent list that Newt probably consumes kiddie porn, likened his consulting for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to being a crack dealer,  … Continue reading →

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Lou Dobbs turns in his notice

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Populist TV host Lou Dobbs will be leaving syndicated radio at the end of February according to the Tom Taylor newsletter.  The program has been syndicated by one of the smaller independent syndicators. Lou Dobbs joins an ever growing list of … Continue reading →

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A new voice on overnight radio starting Monday

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Actually not a new voice, but a bigger one.   Back in 2009, CBS decided it could save money by putting Jon Grayson on its major market Flame Thrower AM talk radio stations (formerly part of Westinghouse) – KDKA in Pittsburgh, … Continue reading →

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Did Glenn Beck cause the collapse of Bear Stearns?

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Fred Stiening

I asked the question at the time if Glenn Beck contributed to the collapse of Bear Stearns in 2008, and today’s radio show forces me to ask it again more forcefully. Glenn had a guest on GBTV last night spinning … Continue reading →

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Rush’s “Full Disclosure” about Bain Captial & Clear Channel

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Timing is everything.    I was just sitting down to type a blog post saying the Rush really really needs to disclose that his paycheck is signed by Bain Capital.   That moment, he gave his “full disclosure” (Tuesday @ 2:14 PM … Continue reading →

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Who listens to radio at 2 A.M.?

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Fred Stiening

John B. Wells made his debut over the weekend replacement for Ian Punnett on the Sunday morning edition of Coast to Coast Radio.   He (or his producer) made a serious blunder that shows he doesn’t understand overnight radio. So who … Continue reading →

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Another AM station fades

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Fred Stiening

What makes a radio station important? One of the disagreements I have with Wikipedia is that the Radio Project took the position that every radio station has “notability” because it has an FCC license.  That’s just not true.    While most … Continue reading →

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Miss Dr Laura?

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Fred Stiening

It’s been a year since Dr. Laura left terrestrial radio.   How is she doing? Call of the Day  Dr Laura still thnks she can  or should sing. Caller’s important criteria for a husband was that he is “doting” even if he has … Continue reading →

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The Return of Melanie Morgan

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Fred Stiening

http://www.melaniemorgan.com/ Tom Taylor’s afternoon newsletter drops in the item that Melanie Morgan has resurfaced.   She had been paired for a long time with Lee Rogers and Officer Vic (traffic guy) on KSFO-AM in San Francisco.  This was a tricky situation, … Continue reading →

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New York’s Lynn Samuels has died

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Fred Stiening

The afternoon newsletter from Radio-info.com reports that Lynn Samuels has died.   She was an entertaining woman of the leftist persuasion who enjoyed mixing it up with the Cosnervative men at WABC-AM. She has recently being working on Sirius/XM and … Continue reading →

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