Proving the adage “Money isn’t everything,” Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Ryan Seacrest may have made less money than Howard Stern ($95 million) last year, but all are “more powerful” according to the latest Forbes magazine Most Powerful Celebrity List.  Rankings are based on several factors other than money, (press coverage, web coverage, social rank, etc.) According to the list Limbaugh is ranked 19th and made $69M last year. Beck ranks 23 (right between Jennifer …

Syndicated Solutions inks an agreement with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson to syndicate Startalk Radio, effective June 2. Startalk Radio is a two-hour weekend program focused on science, space, technology and more. A stand-alone 60-second daily weekday short form feature will also be syndicated. Host Neil deGrasse Tyson is Director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York, a best-selling author, and host of the new Cosmos series premiering on Fox in January, 2013. SSI President Bob …

Syndicated Solutions Inc. announces the launch of  “Save Us Chuck,” hosted by veteran TV personality Chuck Woolery. The one minute daily syndicated radio political commentary debuts June 4th.  SSI Pres. Bob Carey said, “When you think of recognizable personalities in America, Chuck Woolery certainly makes the list.  He’s a proud and vocal conservative who’s well accomplished from years of national successes across multiple platforms.  This timely and topical daily political feature/commentary, “Save Us Chuck”  builds …

Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton who already hosts a syndicated radio daily entertainment feature for Cumulus Media is picking up the night show from Dial Global’s Billy Bush Show on more than 50 Cumulus stations including those in Dallas, Houston, Atlanta and Detroit. The company dropped Bush in response to Dial Global’s placing its sports programming (the NFL, NCAA and Olympics coverage it acquired in the Westwood One deal) on non-Cumulus stations. “Perez Nights Live” launches …

Motley Crue founder and bass player and Premiere Radio Network syndicated radio personality Nikki Sixx can now add morning show host to his list of credits. Premiere and KEGL-FM (97.1 The Eagle) have announced that Sixx will move to mornings with a customized for Dallas version of Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx effective Monday May 7th. Sixx who joined the Eagle’s lineup for the weekend version of Sixx Sense in February 2010, will now add …

Increased reliance on STORQ technology is the reason for recent staff cuts at Dial Global’s 24 hour networks. Cuts were felt in Dallas, Seattle and Valencia California, but most of the layoffs occurred in Denver. Approximately 30 staffers in all were let go as Dial Global makes adjustments to its 24-hour formats merging staffs and redundant positions in programming, on-air and support staff positions. DG President of Programming Kirk Stirland said the “personnel realignment is …

Dial Global, picking up the pieces of a fallout with Cumulus Media, has added the syndicated Billy Bush Show to a dozen recent additions-bringing the total up to 60 stations. The latest Dial Global outlets to jump on the Billy Bush bandwagon include Starr 94 Atlanta, KFRH-FM Las Vegas, KREV-FM (The Revolution) San Francisco and KRCK-FM Palm Springs. Cumulus Media’s decision pull Dial Global’s “Billy Bush Show” off its CHR stations for it’s own new …

Premiere Networks has announced the launch of On with Mario Lopez into national radio syndication. Hosted by popular television personality, producer, actor and best-selling author Mario Lopez, the four-hour, music-intensive program will feature a unique blend of entertainment stories and celebrity interviews from a multimedia star’s point of view. Beginning April 30, On with Mario Lopez will be available to radio stations nationwide to air as a daily four-hour block between 3 p.m. and midnight …

Syndication One syndicated radio talk show host Warren Ballentine recently scored an exclusive interview with First Lady Michelle Obama “live” from the White House. Ballentine visited the White House on Monday, April 16th as part of their Summit on Entrepreneurship for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions. The Summit offered the opportunity for Ballentine to provide a national African-American audience for small business owners, government experts, and leaders from a variety of HBCUs/MSIs …

EMF Broadcasting Contemporary Christian Air1 Radio Network announced the addition of Brenda Price as midday host starting this week.  Price will take over the mid-day slot from 11a to 3p (ET). “Brenda’s great passion for radio, her listeners, and God is contagious.  She’s just the lively and engaging personality we’ve been searching for in mid-days to fit between our dynamic morning duo of Eric Allen and Mandy Young and the always compelling Brant Hansen in …