Monthly Archives: April 2012

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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Is Baseball really “America’s Sport”?

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Fred Stiening

At the tail end of the Fox Sports morning show “FSR at Daybreak”, Andy Furman and Artrell Hawkins got into a bitter argument over baseball that was turning racial and personal.    [People here longer than 5 minutes know I care … 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 →

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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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The Fox Mole

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Fred Stiening

http://gawker.com/5900710/announcing-our-newest-hire-a-current-fox-news-channel-employee The Fox Mole has been fired by fox.  You could be aware that while I think Fox is better than CNN, I fundamentally dislike Fox’s yellow journalism.   News should be about reporting what is happening, not touting disinformation … Continue reading →

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9th Circus Court is at it again

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Can Public TV/Radio run ads? Just in time for Obama 2012, the San Francisco Court of Appeals can be counted on to make a bizarre ruling. Going back to the 1920s, there has been tension between commercial broadcasters and non-profit … Continue reading →

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Pacific Rim on fire

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Fred Stiening

This morning I was passing along information about a major earthquake in the Indian ocean (it ended up not causing a tsunami).  In the past couple hours ther has been an earthquake off Northern California, another off the coast of … Continue reading →

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The return of Tom Leykis

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Cumulus Radio thinks they can reach a younger, female, more diverse audience by putting on a preacher turned Beltway politician talking to George Will about baseball and talking to Mitt Romney’s wife about making cookies?   You have to be kidding. … Continue reading →

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