Category Archives: Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck’s Revolution

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Fred Stiening

For several years I’ve been pushing the idea that Glenn Beck’s future was not on radio, where he can be constrained by FCC threats, politically motivated boycotts and meddling station management. http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2012/09/12/glenn-beck-and-dish-network-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-pay-tv-tyranny/ Glenn Beck is blazing a new path with … Continue reading →

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How is Mike Huckabee doing?

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Cumulus Radio inherited Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee when they acquired Citadel Broadcasting who had acquired ABC radio. Huckabee was brought in to fill the void left by the death of Paul Harvey. Lew Dickey, the head of Cumulus came … Continue reading →

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Woah – Jay Severin has a new home!

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Fred Stiening

I fired up the 24 hour Free Glenn Beck feed and it wasn’t Glenn but a vaguely familiar voice. Lo and behold, Boston’s Jay Severin has a new home on the newly launched The Blaze Radio Network. Move over TRN.

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Goodbye GBTV

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Glenn Beck’s empire is having a reorganization. Part of the change is that the brand GBTV is going away and the video service will be rebranded as TheBlaze. The combined brand will be run by the woman who used to … Continue reading →

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Glenn Beck News

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Two items in the news this morning about Glenn Beck.  The good news is Glenn has agreed to a 5 year contract extension for $100 million.  Radio contracts typically are inflated, stating numbers based on hypothetical incentives like ad sales, … Continue reading →

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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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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 →

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All Hannity, All the Time

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Randy Michaels didn’t become head of Clear Channel 14 years ago by being a wall flower.   A lot of people in radio hate his guts, but a lot of people would follow him anywhere and do anything for him. Merlin … Continue reading →

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Glenn Beck appears with James Robison

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Mike Huckabee worked for TV Evangelist James Robison in his 20s – I remember watching Robison in my youth.   Wondering if has still around, I searched out for a web site, and found the web site is featuring a series … Continue reading →

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Glenn Beck’s Oval Office

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Well, this should cause fireworks… Glenn Beck has built an exact replica of the Oval Office down in Texas http://www.theblaze.com/stories/beck-builds-his-own-oval-office-and-heres-why/

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