Category Archives: Talk Radio

The part of radio that makes its living by talking

Bev Smith gets pink slip

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Bev Smith will be out of a job at the end of the month. If you don’t know who she is, she’s a black woman who broke into radio in Pittsburgh about 40 years ago. She is heard on about … Continue reading →

Posted in Liberal Talk, Radio Biz | 4 Comments

Kim Komando jumps the shark

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Disclaimer: about 10 years ago, Kim wrote favorably about my web site (finds ISP) and I advertised in her newsletter. I just heard Kim doing an ad promoting a “cleanup service” from AOL. In the good old days, Kim would … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio Biz, Talk Radio | 10 Comments

Savage and edelweiss

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Fred Stiening

I wrote about this before, but Savage is off on the German Nazi “edelweiss” thing again.    I can appreciate the pain that his family experienced from the Holocaust, living in New York after his parents fled Russia in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Michael "Savage" Weiner, Radio Biz | 3 Comments

The aging of Talk Radio

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Talk Radio as we know it is approaching Alzheimers.    When Rush Limbaugh started national syndication, he was 37 years old, younger than any of the top 25 today in talk radio. Look at who is in talk radio and how … Continue reading →

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Is “The Great American” just “Radio Theater”?

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Bill Cunningham of WLW-AM and Sunday Night talk syndication begins his new TV show for Tribune TV in Chicago. It sounds like the show will be a cross between Dr Phil and Oprah. It will be devoid of political content. … Continue reading →

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Are Germans inherently evil?

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Fred Stiening

[Written September 13, 2011] I happen to have a German surname, like many Americans – Germans are the single largest immigrant group in the United States.   I have never been to German, don’t understand German, don’t aspire to be German, … Continue reading →

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Mark Scott might be smiling in heaven, if he had believed in it

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Mark Scott was a truly unique talk radio host.   He was heard on WXYT-AM in Detroit (the area, not the city).   Mark was a follower of the Ayn Rand’s religion of Objectivism.   He was also a strong supporter of the … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Radio Biz, Talk Radio | 1 Comment

Glenn Beck & Allah

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Glenn is in Jeruslem and scoffing at the idea that Jesus would have said he was the slave of Allah. It was pointed out by a Jewish man traveling with Beck. Beck thought he was being told that because Islam … Continue reading →

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Glenn Beck moves to Texas

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Glenn is out this week – he’s finished with Fox TV, so he now is free to move to Texas. My Glenn Beck prediction average is staying pretty good. According to Tom Taylor, he sold his house in Connecticut for … Continue reading →

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Glenn Beck’s Federalist Papers contradiction

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Fred Stiening

I look forward to day that Beck stops following the Walt Disney narrative of the History of the United States. This past week, his new book company has published a “translation” of the Federalist Papers to modern language – so … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Glenn Beck, Radio Biz | 3 Comments